Picturesque Discoveries
This is an extreme AU. Bear with me. I change the history of the McMahon family and some of the TV storyline dynamics slightly.
TITLE: Picturesque Discoveries Prologue?
AUTHOR: Juliet3:16
EMAIL: PG - 13 for now.
CONTENT: VIOLENCE, ADULT LANGUAGE
CATEGORY: ADULT, DRAMA, ANGST
SPOILERS: Although I AU some of the WWF storyline in a minor way, spoilers would run too about a week or two before Armageddon 1999. If you know how Stephanie and Hunter first got married, and how much she 'wanted' out of that marriage before she revealed her true colors at Armageddon then you should be good to go. She'll still be a babyface in this, meaning she still hates Hunter when this story begins.
SUMMARY: A discovery in her late parents' attic sends formerly only child Stephanie McMahon on a search for the brother she never knew.
DISCLAIMER: Vince owns most of the people appearing in this story.
DISTRIBUTION: WWOMB, Anybody else please ask.
Picturesque Discoveries
Prologue.
December 1999.
Stephanie McMahon stared out into space, barely listening to the preacher talk about life, and death, and dust returning to dust. She didn't pay attention, couldn't.
It was supposed to be the day of the Armageddon PPV. Her Dad, Vince, was supposed to fight for her freedom from a marriage that Hunter Hearst Helmsley forced upon her while drugged in Las Vegas. That wouldn't happen now. One plane crash changed everything.
As the service droned on, her godfather, Pat Patterson sat to one side of her and the man that would've been her husband, Andrew "Test" Martin sat on the other. Their support was the only thing getting her through this. As much as she appreciated their love and comfort, however, Steph still wished her parents were with her. That they hadn't been aboard that doomed flight with the majority of the World Wrestling Federation's Champions.
"Steph, it's time to go," Andrew nudged gently, with the same concern in his voice that had been there ever since they had received word of the jetliner's fate.
Stephanie nodded automatically, standing up and receiving condolences from all who had come, including ECW owner Paul Heyman. When it was time to leave, the finality of it all hit Stephanie.
She sank to the ground in Andrew's arms, next to the gravestones of her dead parents.
I know it's sad, and yes, I know there are questions about where Shane is. All I can say is those questions will be answered in future chapters. Stay tuned, more to come.