Life's Full of Little Surprises

Disclaimer: I own absolutely none of the 'Mighty Duck' characters or the rights to the "Mighty Duck" franchise, that honor belongs to Disney. So I would appreciate that I wouldn't get sued over something I don't own.

Summary: Dani's life couldn't be going better. She has finally made it to the Olympics, doing the sport she loves the most. But... after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota things change. First she is constantly badgered by her brother, then she falls for one of his friends, and, of course, there is always a stalker!

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PrincessH- Laughing uncontrollably were you? I should hope so, that was the reaction that I wanted! Anyway, I am glad that you didn't fall out of your chair whilst laughing, because I don't like causing physical harm!

Thanks to RIP MuM i love you so much.

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Dani sat in her 'classroom', looking at the contents of a large yellow envelope with tears of horror in her eyes. She had received another 'gift' like her roses, but this time they were pictures. Pictures of her skating, of her sitting around with Dean (his face having red marker through it), her and the Ducks just joking around, and her and Adam on their first date kissing in the rain. A post-it note sized piece of paper had fallen out onto her lap just as she opened the envelope and she read it. 'I'm getting impatient'. What the hell was going on?

Dani jumped as she heard footsteps in the hallway and she quickly stuffed the pictures and the note back in the envelope and crammed the envelope in her bag. She attempted to wipe the tears out of her eyes, but didn't in time for Becky, Monica, and Ana to come in and not see them. "Hey Dani." Becky said, "What's wrong?"

"Wrong?" Becky nodded, "Nothing, bad allergies, I swear the never dust this place." The three young girls agreed and sat down next to Dani, "What? What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." They replied together.

"Um-hmm." Dani said skeptically, "Yeah, sure, I believe that." Monica shifted a little in her seat, "Out with it, Monica."

"Are you dating my brother?" She blurted out. Realizing what she had said, Monica quickly covered her mouth with her hands and looked around for a way to get out of the situation that she had gotten herself in. Dani laughed and shook her head. How did they find out about that?

"Well, aren't you just straight to the point." Monica chuckled nervously, "Yes, actually, I am. And you three are not going to tell anyone if you want to keep your vocal cords, clear."

"Um, why?" Ana asked.

"Ana, have you ever seen my brother?" Ana nodded, Monica and Becky had shown her plenty of pictures of the Ducks, "That's why. Do you want your best friends brother to be killed?" Ana shook her head, "Didn't think so. I have to find Dean in a good mood so that I can tell him."

"Does anyone else know?" Monica asked.

"Jamie for sure, he might have told his friends."

"I like them." Monica said, "Did you hear about what happened? Oh, duh, you were the one who called Adam's cellphone to tell him to turn on channel three."

"How did you find out about that?"

"Adam's phone has good memory. I learned his password, so I like to check his past calls." Dani raised her eyebrows, "Please don't tell him, he'll kill me." Dani opened her mouth to question, but she couldn't find the words, "I know, I'm a horrible child. But I'm a naturally curious and free-spirited person, I can't help it."

"Are you going to be one of those girls that doesn't shave their legs?" Dani asked curiously.

"Um, no."

"Oh, good." The girls laughed as Dani looked down and at Becky's legs in her wheelchair, maybe legs aren't the right thing to be talking about at the moment. Just as she thought that she saw a fly land on Becky's left foot and the foot tick to get the fly away. Wait, tick! "Um, Becky."

"Yes, Dani."

"Your foot just ticked."

"What do you mean?"

"It ticked." Dani said, trying to find a word to elaborate, "It, like, moved." Becky's eyes grew as she looked down, was Dani being serious? "I know that look, Becky. Yes, I am being very serious."

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Dean, Fulton, Charlie, and Guy had somehow met up at Mickey's and decided to just talk and walk, nothing special as everyone else had something to do. They had no idea where they were going, but none of them really cared. "So, does anyone have any clue what to do?" Guy asked as they sat down on a park bench on the top of a hill.

"Not a clue." Dean mumbled as he zipped up his leather jacket that Dani had given him for their birthday. Shit! It was November and he still hadn't gotten her a birthday present. He was the worst brother in all of Twin-dom.

"Mall of America?" Charlie suggested. "I'd like to relive the days of eating hot dogs and riding roller coasters until I hurl." Fulton laughed and they slapped palms.

"Did this happen when you two were Captain School-less and the School-less Wonder?" Dean asked, thinking of the first two superhero names that remotely made sense. Charlie and Fulton nodded, "Damn, I should have showed up earlier."

"Hey, look." Guy piped up, "It's Adam." He pointed down the hill to a familiar face sticking out of a familiar jacket. "What it he doing here..." He was cut off as an unidentified person walked behind Adam and tapped him on the shoulder. Adam turned and pulled the person into a deep kiss. "Oh, that."

"Damn." Dean said, "Cake-eater has it going..." He stopped as the person pulled away and turned bright red as he saw that said person was no other then Dani. His Dani. "My sister." He said slowly, "What the fuck is he doing?"

"Portman, man." Fulton said, "Chill, let's go."

"Go... I don't think so." Dean replied dangerously slow, "That is Dani. My sister, Dani. If Cake-eater thinks he getting away with playing tonsil hockey with her, he has got another thing coming."

"Portman, don't do anything rash." Guy added, "If you do anything now it is more then likely that Dani will have no problem hating you forever."

"Good point." Dean hissed to himself, "It's a good thing that I will be seeing him on Sunday night. Good for me that is." Dean huffed as he stalked off back in the direction of Fulton's apartment.

"Adam's in trouble." Charlie said as Guy and Fulton nodded in agreement.

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Sunday night took way to long to get to for Dean. He was sitting in his dorm room as he waited for Adam to arrive, while Fulton was sitting in his bed in an attempt to stop his best friend from pummeling the best player on their team. Fulton, Charlie, and Guy had been attempting to get a hold of Adam all weekend, but he was no where to be found and he never had his cellphone on, a strange thing for Adam.

Dean shot straight up out of his seat as he heard the door of Charlie's and Adam's room open and close. He knew that Charlie was with his mother, so it had to be Adam. Fulton shot up as well and raced to the door before Dean could get there, "What are you doing, Fulton?"

"Dude, just chill for a sec, okay," Fulton said in an attempt to talk some sense into his friend and brother, "You don't know what happened and might not be such a big deal. Besides, think about Dani. How pissed off would she be if you attacked him?"

Dean sighed, Fulton had a point. He loved his sister and the last thing he wanted to do was hurt her, but she had been in a similar position before, twice actually. Her only real boyfriends had seemed nice at first, even if they both had reputations of being major dogs, and Dani had forced Dean and their other brothers to back off, and she had ended up getting pushed around, walked all over, and hurt. Never physically, but she was a wreak when the relationships were over. If Dean never heard the names Corbin Alter or Wilson Malone again, it would be too soon. Dean sighed heavily, "I'm going to break his nose." He tried to push Fulton off of the door, but Fulton was rather persistent when he wanted to be.

"Look, you told me that Dani has had some bad dating experiences, but you already knew that those two were bad news." Fulton continued, "But this is Adam that we are talking about. He is what any person would want their daughter to go out with. He definitely is not like whoever the hell Dani has dated before."

"I just want to talk to him."

"And there will be no beating involved." Fulton said, "If you forget, we kind of need Adam as a team, and I would prefer that my best friend didn't get sent to jail for assault."

"Yeah." Dean said, the last thing he needed was to get sent to jail with his sister hating him, "Fine. I just want to figure out how those two would be attracted to each other, because I can't see it." He pushed Fulton out of the way and left the room.

"Funny." Fulton said to himself, "Because I can." It was obvious to him how Dani and Adam would have gotten together. Did Dean honestly think that Dani would want to date someone like him? She had too many of that type around, she didn't need anymore.

Dean sighed to contain his anger as he knocked on the door of Charlie's and Adam's room. "Come in." Adam said. Dean couldn't help but think that Adam had made a huge mistake. Dean opened the door and walked in, "Hey Portman. Can I do something for you?"

Dean closed the door, "Actually, you can."

"And what is that?" Adam asked.

"Bleed." Adam was caught off guard as Dean lunged at him and grabbed the collar of his shirt and slammed him against the wall, "What in holy hell were you thinking, man?" He slammed him again, "What were you thinking?"

"Portman," Adam said as he tried to breathe, "what are you doing?"

"Answer the question." Dean demanded, "What were you thinking, going out with Dani. That's my sister." Dean seemed to regain normality as he threw Adam onto his bed and ran his hand threw his hair, "You are a piece of work, Cake-eater. A real piece of work." He left the room before he had the urge to attack Adam again.

Adam sighed as he rubbed the back of his head, luckily it wasn't bleeding. How did Portman find out that he and Dani had gone out? He didn't seem to know that they were full-fledged dating, but he was pissed nonetheless. Dani wouldn't have told Dean without informing him that she was doing so, so how did he know? He was going to have to tell Dani that Dean knew, and she seem really upset already for some reason. Adam felt a tear drip down his face as one thought entered his mind, 'God, life sucks right now.'