Disclaimer: I own no part of the Might Ducks movies:. That right unfortunately belongs to the Wonderful World of Disney.
School had always been a drag, but this upscale boarding school added new definitions to the word hell. Even with the Ducks it was hard to survive. Bombay was gone, and a new psychopathic has-been had taken his place as the coach; Jesse Hall had quit the team, Adam Banks was promoted to the Varsity team, and Portman was miles upon miles away doing who knows what.
What else could go wrong? Could the situation get worse?
Yes, unfortunately it could and it was going get worse before it got better. The Ducks had a crushing tie against the Blake Bears, varsity pranks had worn the team raw, Charlie and Fulton quit, but those were nothing in comparison to what happened next. Something none of the Ducks ever expected, the worst thing for their moral possible; Hans died. The man who had knocked some sense into Bombay back in District 5 was gone. With Gordon in California, Charlie had no one left to confide in. However, Bombay had no intention in leaving Minnesota with things in such a state. He set Charlie straight, allowing the captain to return to the team, and the proceeded to defend his team in the face of expulsion. Suddenly, the magic was back with the Ducks and they were unstoppable. With their star center back, a newfound respect for Ted Orion, and the sudden appearance of Dean Portman, the Ducks were able to pull off a last second victory over the Varsity with Goldberg being the MVP of the game. Charlie got the girl he had been crushing on, as did Luis, and Bombay effectively changed the demeaning Warrior name. From that point on Charlie Conway was convinced that life at Eden Hall was going to be much better.
Boy, was he wrong.
The varsity team was down, sure, but they were nowhere near out. And they were vindictive as all hell. Merely a week after the JV/Varsity showdown the male members of the Mighty Ducks had an unfortunate encounter with the Varsity team and found themselves battered and bruised. The girls went unscathed, well at least Connie did. Julie had been successfully wound around Scooter's finger, forcing Connie into an awkward situation of reasoning, defending, and arguing with her roommate and friend as well as tending to her hurt teammates.
For the Ducks, life at Eden Hall was nothing like a picnic in the park.
"I swear the next time I see Reilly, he's a dead man."
"Oh and what are you going to do Charlie? Beat him to death with your wrist brace?"
"Shut up Averman, or do I need to have a demonstration on you?!"
"Stop it!!"
Funny how a loud demand from the petite brunette girl could silence a room of grumpy boys immediately.
"God I swear none of you have matured past the age of five. Charlie you are in NO condition to do anything remotely physical and I will kill you do anything to injure yourself further. We need you all as well as possible for next weekend's game against Pennington!!"
"But Connie they played dirty and we-"
"I do not care what they did! Yes, I mean I know it's evil and stupid, but it would be even stupider of you to counter at all, let alone in this condition! I will not let you instigate anything that you make them want to do this again! We aren't even halfway through the season!" Connie finished exasperated.
"I think the traitor convinced her not to let us hurt her precious boyfriend!"
Immediately Connie's temper was back full flare as she whipped her head to the side. "Julie is not a traitor, Fulton!"
"Then what would you call abandoning your friends for them?! I would call that traitorous!"
Connie winced inwardly at Portman's words. She, as well as the rest of the Ducks, were well aware of the hidden meaning behind them. Only Julie herself had been blind to his feelings for her, and now he was raw from the rejection.
"She's just… smitten…. Because he's older and spoils her."
"If she wanted someone to treat her right she didn't need to go to the enemy!! He's just using her!"
"Well, maybe if y'all had come back at the beginnin' of th' year-"
"Shut up Cowboy!"
"Portman let him go!"
Connie sighed and rubbed her temple as she watched the boys desperately try to pull Portman off of Dwayne. Even with one arm in a sling, Dean was dangerous when he was angry. After a few minutes of tugging, Adam and Fulton managed to pry Dean off, leaving a gasping Cowboy and an angrily glaring enforcer.
"Can we please not do this? Julie's smart, she would know if she was being used, Like I said she's just smitten. She'll be back to normal anytime."
"Connie, we get she's your 'go-to-girl' but none of us see her outside of practice anymore, and she always flies out of the locker room afterwards," the usually soft spoken Ken Wu added.
"And speaking from experience, the Varsity team is very time demanding. When I played with them I barely saw any of you, and I didn't have a choice in the matter."
"Banksie has a point, for once."
"Shut up Averman."
"Hey you leave yourself wide open for this stuff when you wear sweater vests, preppy"
"Again, shut up Averman."
"Oh, good come back Banks."
"Stay out of this Tyler."
"Stay out of this? When you cannot keep your hands out of dudes' pants?"
"Enough Russ. You're just jealous that Banksie somehow manages to attract girls even in his sweater vests."
"Charlie, you're really not helping."
"It's not like he can. I mean look at his girl, she's a freak. At least I have the taste and skill to capture a sexilious cheerleader."
"You. Are. A. Dead. Man."
"Conway, even if you were healthy I'd still be way to fast for you."
"I'm sure it's the same thing when he's in bed with Allie; finish too fast for her too?"
"At least I have Allie, Goldberg. Has anyone of the female sex ever even looked at you?"
"Yes!!"
"Your mommy doesn't count."
"ENOUGH!!"
All eyes quickly darted to Connie. She rarely screamed at them, and now they knew why. Connie hardly ever lost her temper, and she was livid. But not even her temper could conceal the tears threatening to fall.
"If you all want to let this fucking school drive the Ducks apart, AND help them in that endeavor, then go right ahead! But I will not stand here and watch the best thing any of us ever had be destroyed!" And with that she stormed out of the lounge.
For the next few minutes everything was silent except for her long-term boyfriend's mutter of "Shit" as he pried himself off a couch and limped off after her.
So what do you think? It's my first in a while and my first Mighty Duck fic, so be honest. I can handle it I promise!! Next chapter will be out soon, I hope. Ah stupid high school!! So PLEASE REVIEW!!