Okay, I know To Hell and Back Again isn't finished yet and that I haven't updated it in a while, but I plan on doing that very soon. There should be like 3-4 chapters of that left, but this idea just popped into my head and I couldn't sleep without setting up the opening chapter. Unless I get an overwhelming response to this, expect the end of the other story (I will try to finish that before my Winter Break ends) before I post another chapter for this one. Also, please respond to this prelude/opening. I think you'll find it unlike anything else that has been posted. I know it's different than anything I've read, which is why the idea wouldn't let me sleep. Anyway, please read, enjoy and review!
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of The Mighty Ducks motion pictures or the characters personified through the films. This story has no hopes for any type of financial gain. That, and I'm a college student with no money, so Disney don't waste your time.
His Brother's Shadow
It was official.
He would never be able to live up to his brother.
Never.
It would be impossible since his brother was the perfect child. He did everything right, while it seemed that Adam could only ever mess up.
His brother played hockey, and so did Adam. But big brother was a star on the Hawks his entire youth hockey career while Adam played for the less worthy Ducks.
Even when he went to the Goodwill Games Adam received criticism from his father.
"Why didn't you score more goals? We all know you carry that team! You could have won that game and instead you are one loss away from elimination!"
"Well if you hadn't been hanging around with those kids you wouldn't have learned to celebrate like them and you wouldn't have gotten hurt! Do you realize how much you've just jeopardized your future?!"
And of course in his attempt to be a good son, Adam never mentioned that without the Ducks he probably never would have even heard about the Goodwill Games let alone played in them.
No because good sons don't talk back to their fathers. They sit there and absorb it in order to live up to expectations next time.
But expectations that continuously rise are nearly impossible to meet.
His brother had the right grades; even bad ones were acceptable as long as they coincided with a hard fought hockey season.
He had all the right socialite friends that his family approved of.
He even had the better nickname.
And when Adam started attending the same high school as his brother, the comparisons became brutal.
Even though Adam was the won whom had received the hockey scholarship, he was also the one on the Junior Varsity team.
And when he made Varsity he wasn't a starter.
Adam was so desperate for his father's acceptance that he didn't say anything about the restaurant prank even though he found out late. He knew he could have said something instead of walking away from his friends with his head hung in shame; but he didn't. Instead he tried to do what he thought his father would approve of.
Adam Banks really disliked living in his older brother's impossible shadow.
And when he finally received his reality check after Hans' unfortunate death, Adam started to finally do what he wanted to do. He stood up for his friends, he played for the Ducks, and he started not to care about what his father thought. He began to think that instead of fighting so hard to live up to his brother, he could create his own unique path and force his father to be proud of him.
And it seemed to work.
The Ducks' hard work paid off and they won the JV/Varsity showdown.
And for a few minutes Adam felt like he was on top of the world, and finally free of his brother's shadow.
That was until he saw it.
Adam may never have said anything but he took her. The girl he had been attracted to since the Goodwill Games.
And in the moment it took for lips to gently touch a cheek; Adam was abruptly pulled back into comparison with his elder brother.
It was right then that Adam realized that he couldn't escape Scott Banks' shadow.
I know it's short, but it was an exhausted fleeting idea that I needed to write out and put out there.
Reviews would be very highly appreciated! I really want to hear what people think about this idea, and will probably be a big factor on if or how quickly the plot line is continued!
So PLEASE REVIEW!!
Until next time…
Ciliegina
And lookout for the next installment of To Hell and Back Again very soon! I Promise!