A/N) So, it would seem that there is a definite lack of Figure Skating fiction out there in both novel form and on the net. Of course there is the Silver Blade series by Melissa Lowell that was published between 1995ish to 1998 and despite the awesome story that those books tell, they are at a grade 5 reading level and I am looking for something a bit more grown-up. So I am doing what I have always done- written what I want to read.

This story is especially important to write now considering that I have been totally inspired by the recent performance of our skating team at the Worlds in Sweden. We got a full set of medals there with Dube and Davidson winning the bronze in Pairs, Virtue and Moir winning the silver in Ice Dance and our dear Jeffrey Buttle winning the gold in the Men’s event! And just a disclaimer right off the bat- these characters and their skating club is totally fictional, however I have borrowed the results of Dube and Davidson to date for my two main characters and other famous skaters will only be mentioned in passing.

Other than that I hope that even if you’re not a skating fan you’ll enjoy this story but it’s the first one that I’ve ever attempted that doesn’t have any fantasy or sci-fi elements in it so you’ll have to be patient and kind with me. So leave a review if you feel so inclined, I love reading what you guys write.

And now…on with the show (and I apologize in advance that the first ‘chapter’ is so short. It’s more of a prologue really but I wanted it to be a mini chapter)

Spinning the Same Way

When one journey ends, another one begins. This is the story of Jennifer Brenin who discovers that with the right person and the right attitude anything is possible.

Chapter 1: Ultimate Dream

“REPRESENTING CANDA….”

The roar of the packed audience was un-mistakable as it drowned out the names of the man and woman who skated out onto the ice; such was nature of a skating competition. But this was no ordinary skating competition and it was no ordinary audience. Indeed it was a home-town crowd out there, or rather the host-country crowd out in the stands and that is what made the cheers all the more unbelievable and wild. It was the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada and the number one pair team in the host country had just taken the ice for the last free skate of the competition. They were going for the gold and as they took their opening positions they could hear their hearts beating as one, they could see the support from friends and family in the form of the endless waving banners and signs and that ever so special red and white flag. They could taste the anticipation in the air, they could feel the ice beneath their blades and they could sense the crackling energy in the air. This was their time to shine and prove themselves to the world on the biggest and most magical stage possible. And as the opening notes of their music sounded they knew that they were ready.