AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is the first part of The New Series. There are five more stories planned in this series: A New Team, A New Beginning, A New School, A New Family, and A New Addition. That is, provided that I get enough reviews and have enough time on my hands. This story deviates from the established parameters of the movie a little, so consider it Alternate Universe. I have used the time between the release of The Mighty Ducks and D2 (two years) for this series. At the time I wrote this, I didn't know that Gordon's age had been plugged into the movies anywhere, but I did know that Emilio Estevez was thirty when The Mighty Ducks was filmed. So I just used that as Gordon's age. I know that is contradicted in D2, but like I said, this is Alternate Universe. We won't be seeing much of the Ducks themselves here. The fic centers mainly on Gordon and Kaley. Maybe the Ducks will get a cameo later on, but I'm not sure. If you would like to be notified of updates, please tell me in your review and leave your email. If you would not like to be notified, let me know that as well.
WARNING: The beginning of this story is pretty angsty and deals with some stuff some people might not be comfortable with. But the angst lightens up later (I'm saving it for A New Beginning).
PROLOGUE
The green Bug veered in front of them, then into the right lane, then back into the left lane.
"Goodness." Her mother said. "This guy's going like a bat out of Hades! I'm going to pass him. I certainly don't want to be behind him if he causes an accident."
The blond-haired, blue-eyed girl nodded from where she sat in the passenger's seat. Her thoughts were focused on hockey-as they usually were-and her game that Saturday. She wasn't feeling very well, but she chalked it up to allergies. Anyway, she knew better than to miss practice before a game.
Her mother turned on the blinker and began to pass the Bug. Right as she did so, the Bug veered back into their lane and broadsided their car. Before the girl knew what was going on, she and her mother were tumbling down a steep hill. The car turned over and over, tossing them everywhere. When it finally came to a rest at the bottom of the hill, the girl's mother was draped over her.
What happened? She thought. Why am I upside down? Why is Mom on top of me? Why does my chest hurt?
"What's going on here?"
"Is anyone hurt?"
Voices. She could hear voices. A light peeked in the window. "Two women." A man's voice said. "Both unconscious."
"I'm awake." The girl tried to say, but it came out like "Mwake."
"Scratch that! One of them's awake!" The man's voice said, opening the door. He crawled in. "Can you hear me, young lady?"
She couldn't answer him. "Hockey." She managed. "I'm late for hockey. Coach Evans'll kill me."
The man felt her cheek. "This girl's in shock! Call an ambulance!"
Shock? The girl thought. She was cold, so cold. Where was she? How had she gotten here? A weight was lifted off her and someone picked her out of her bed…no, it wasn't her bed! Where was she? She wanted to fight. But her body wouldn't move. Am I dead?
"All right, let's get her in the ambulance!" Another man's voice said.
Ambulance? I don't need an ambulance. She thought. She couldn't see. She couldn't hear. All she knew was pain through her whole body as a curtain of darkness descended on her.