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as we rounded the corner we spotted coach so charlie sounded the duck noise as we all chanted "ducks, ducks, ducks!"

we all surrounded him as he began talking, "hey! okay! all right! come on, get back! welcome back ducks. i really missed you guys, welcome back to minnesota athena, are you ready to fly?" he asked.

"yeah! woohoo!" we all shouted and cheered.

we all stopped cheering as a limo pulled up, my jaw hung open in shock while everyone was asking who it was.

"hey guys, i'm don tibbles, hendrix hockey apparel. we're your official sponsors. anybody want a card?" a man asked as he popped out the top of the limo.

"hell yeah," we all said as we skated up to the limo all taking a card.

we were all sat on a bench infront of the diner waiting for coach to get back out of the limo.

"so athena how was hawaii?" adam asked as i peaked around averman as he decided to sit on my lap.

"it was so good, the weather there is amazing, everything seems much more brighter over there and the food is to die for," i replied as coach got out of the limo to tell us that in a few days time we would be meeting some new hockey players that would be joining team USA.

by the time it came to meet the new players, me and my dad were fully moved into the house and the only thing left to do was to clean up the garden.

"thanks dad, bye," i said as me, connie, charlie and guy jumped out of my dad's jeep as he dropped us off at the ice rink so we can meet the new players.

we were all stood in a group with don and coach stood in the middle of us.

"tell me about my new kids," coach asked.

"that's luis mendoza, he's from our miama club. a real speedster. incredible skater. i clocked him at 1.9 seconds from blue line to blue line." don spoke while pointing at a boy in a blue miami jersey.

"good-lookin skater," connie said, i nodded agreeing with her.

"very good lookin, what do you think guy?" averman said as guy told him to shut up as he pushed him over.

i laughed at him offering my hand to help him up, looking up as i heard luis crash into the boards.

"yee-haw! how if everyone! y'all ready to play some puck?" one boy said throwing off his cowboy hat.

"hey, look it's hopalong gretzky," jesse said making the whole team laugh.

this guy was very good with puck handling, we were then introduced to another girl. i smiled happy to be having another girl on the team.

"there's julie 'the cat' gaffney, she won the state championship for maine three years in a row now."

"i'm so glad there is going to be another girl on the team," i said as i nudged connie, "there is too much testosterone right now."

connie looked at me laughing and guy and averman looked at me with offended looks on their faces.

"isn't that the kid from the olympics? the figure skater?" coach asked as i helped goldberg up off the ice from his failed attempt at the splits.

"yup, ken wu. what can i say? i convinced him that hockey had more of a future. we put a stick in his hands and nobody's been able to touch him." don told coach.

we all spread out onto the ice as the last player skated on with headphones on using his stick as a guitar.

he pushed the boys in the team over as he skated around the rink.

"who does this guy think he is?" i asked no one in particular as i skated towards him, pushing him as the two separate teams stared eachother down.

"who you pushing princess huh," he spoke pushing me.

the rest of my team looked at me as i took another step close to him, being the height that i was eye level with him.

"who are you talking to big foot?" i asked a smirk appearing on my face as he went to push me again, anger appearing on his face, until coach stood between us, breaking us up.

i let out a laugh a smirk still on my face as i moved away from him.

AUTHORS NOTE:
now we are getting into it!! welcoming the new team members and i've now decided on a love interest for athena, who will be averman because i love him and my guy doesn't get a enough appreciation fr