A/N: Just a little note here guys! This story starts right about the time when The Authority era started!
Training
Leah winced and blew out air as she took yet another bump. Her bestfriend motioned for her to get up and she obeyed. She took another fall, one after the other, repeatedly until she was told to stop. It doesn't matter how long, you've been doing this, years...it doesn't matter. You never get used to the pain, at least Leah didn't. But she wasn't gonna give up. This was her dream, and now that she was a quarter of an inch away from it, she wasn't going to give up now.
"Good!", April (AKA AJ Lee) smiled, "You're getting better!"
Leah gave her a friendly smile
"Am I gonna be on the card?", Leah asked hopefully, as she ran at the ropes. The only way to get better is to do it over and over again
"Yeah, you are actually. Making your debut"
Leah stopped dead in her tracks, looking at her friend
"April, are you serious?"
"Yep!"
"Oh my god! I am soo happy!", she exclaimed
"I'm happy for you hun, but remember to stay focused! Now we are not done here, you wanna get better?", April asked
"You want to be great in this business, you gotta train. And that's what I'm here for. You're making your debut tonight, so when you get out there, you want the fans to be wondering who you are when you leave. Now let's try the bumps again", Leah sighed and got in position. April was already up on the main roster and was amazing. Her character, 'AJ Lee', fit her perfectly. She had never seen any woman do crazy better than her, not even Victoria, and Victoria was one of her inspirations.
Leah winced again as she took another bump
NXT
Leah was pacing back and forth. She was excited at first and now she was literally trying to stop herself from running up the walls. This was her time...this was it. Ever since she was a kid she's wanted this and now it's time. She kept rubbing her hands together, as if it was winter time and she was outside. Her opponent was Sasha Banks and Summer Rae would be coming to the ring with her. She heard Sasha's music blare through the arena and she immediately tensed. She was considering running out of the building but she saw Hunter and Stephanie from far away and knew that, that wasn't an option. She quickly made her way to the gorilla area and waiting for her music to hit.
"Headstrong" by Trapt
Her heart clenched as she stepped from behind that curtain for the first time. The lights were going off, pink and black, as the lighting dimmed down.
"And her opponent, from Mobile, Alabama...Leah!"
Her music was pumping loudly, flooding her ears. Something else took over her body, and she wasn't afraid anymore. She smiled big and held up the rock and roll sign. She ran down the ramp and slid into the ring, jumping on the ropes and holding up her sign again.
Her music died down as her and Sasha stood across from each other. Sasha was making remarks towards her, looking back at Summer as they both laughed at Leah. But Leah wasn't paying attention to that, like April had told her. Stay focused, don't let anyone get inside your head and most of all...Never trust anyone in the WWE
Sasha and Leah locked up and Sasha took an illegal shot by kneeing Leah in the stomach. Leah gasped and fell to the mat, holding her stomach as Sasha pranced around the ring with a big smile on her face. She stopped and did that little thing that she always does, Leah didn't know what the hell to call it, but it was pissing her off. While Sasha was still turned around, she came up behind her and jerked her leg, making Sasha fall face first into the mat. Leah took the opportunity and covered her
1...
2...
Sasha kicked out and Leah got her up, throwing her into one of the turnbuckles. Leah gave her a high kick to the mid-section, followed by a backhand chop. She then flipped Sasha over her, initiating a hold.
Sasha threw her head back, catching Leah right in the mouth. Leah fell backwards as she held her mouth. Sasha climbed on top of her and began throwing multiple punches to her face.
"Hey! Come on Sasha!", the ref yelled before starting his count
Sasha stopped when the ref got on 4, but she was still on top of Leah, holding her by her hair.
It was then that Leah remembered a move that April had taught her. Sasha was too busy, trash talking Leah to Summer, but she still had a good grip on Leah's hair. Leah arched her back, rolling both her and Sasha over, countering into a pinning position.
1...
2...
3...!
"Headstrong" by Trapt
Leah couldn't believe that it had actually worked! She hadn't even tried it before! April had done it on her and tried to get Leah to do it. But Leah thought it was too complicated and that she would never be able to do it, right. After many failed attempts of trying to persuade her, April gave up on it.
The referee raised Leah's hand, and she looked around the arena, looking at the crowd clap for her.
Leah left the ring and slapped a few hands, when she got on top of the stage she looked into the ring, watching as Sasha threw a fit.
BACKSTAGE AT RAW (A few months later)
April was the only person Leah really knew so, sometimes she would come to a Raw show and hang out backstage in April's Locker Room. April was the Divas Champion, so that meant she could have her very own Locker Room.
She had been waiting on April to come back. April had to leave because it was time for her match, so Leah waited quietly for her to come back. She was sitting on a chair, in front of the monitor in April's room that let her watch the show. She had watched April's match and once again, she had blew Leah away. Sometimes she wondered why, April was her friend. No one else in the business had even cared to ask who she was. It had been about a year ago, not long at all, that she had met April. Leah had not the first damn clue of how to wrestle, but she had a dream, and that was good enough for April. And ever since they met, April and Leah had just clicked. Leah was still pretty young, 21 to be exact and April was the sister she never had. Like a big sister. April kept her in line, whenever she would try to do something that was stupid, April would sit her down and talk to her. Making sure her head was straight, and the one thing that she would always love her for...was being there. And April also taught her how to wrestle. Every single thing she knew, to be exact. She sometimes thought about where her life would be if she hadn't met April, that one night backstage at a Raw Show.
April entered the room, closing the door behind her as she held a towel in her hand. The show came back on air and Triple H's song blared through the arena. Since they were just backstage, the guitar chord made the walls rumble.
Out walked Triple and Stephanie, holding hands and The Shield not too far behind them. Leah had watched the PPV the night before, and watched as Daniel Bryan was screwed out of the WWE Championship. Leah couldn't believe that they'd actually do Daniel like that. She felt so sorry for him...but then again...we all remember how Triple H and Stephanie used to be..
Remember the Mcmahon-Helmsley era?
They all entered the ring and Hunter's music died down as he and Stephanie grabbed a mic. She wasn't listening to anything they were saying but her eyes did travel to the three men standing behind them.
The Shield.
She had heard about them. Well, actually, she had heard not to fuck with them. And now she completely understood why. I mean look at them! They could make even the largest man, fall to his knees, pleading for them to spare him his life.
She then started thinking of Security..she bet that, that would be the safest place to be if you were new in the WWE.
She began thinking a lot of things, and then her curiosity finally piqued her.
"April", she called
"Huh?", April replied
"What do you know about The Shield?"
