Title: Righteousness, Revelations and Enigmas: The Girl in the Velvet Mask
Author: Kaykyaka
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE and TNA characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.
Ratings: K+
Characters: Shawn, Cameron, Rebecca and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna Helmsley, Trish, Randy and Randy Orton Jr, Melina and Johnny Hennigan, Jeff and Stephanie Hardy, Elizabeth Hardy, Vince McMahon, Tristen Nash, Kevin Nash and various WWE and TNA wrestlers.
Summary: Samoa Joe thinks Cheyenne is ready to go pro but she's not ready to tell her father so she wrestles in a mask to protect her identity. She was not prepared for the impact or how much one particular person wanted to get to know the girl in the velvet mask.
Chapter Fourteen – Unmasked
Today was Cheyenne's 18th birthday and it was a pretty big deal, at least for the members of her family. They were throwing her a party at The Sandbox and close friends and family were invited. Cheyenne invited Samoa Joe and Victoria, it would be weird talking to Victoria as herself instead of as CM Melody but it wouldn't be the same if she wasn't there and one day she could hopefully tell Victoria why.
LC and Cameron were in a completely different mood today. They had totally forgotten about how different Cheyenne looked, her turning eighteen was way more important than that. At least for today. On the flight to Connecticut Cheyenne thought about the miles she travelled on the road going from state to state with Victoria and her locker room buddies. Now she understood why her father loved wrestling so much; flying was fun but there was something about travelling with friends on the open road that made wrestling pretty special.
She tried to shake off these reflections once she arrived at The Sandbox with LC and Cameron. There was a huge banner over the front of the house that said 'Happy 18th Birthday Cheyenne!' and it was pretty so Cheyenne knew that Rebecca Michelle had definitely worked on it. When Cheyenne stepped inside the house she turned bright red as everyone was standing in the foyer waiting for her to arrive.
"Happy 18th Birthday!" they all cried out and Cheyenne smiled from ear-to-ear.
"Oh wow you guys thank you!" she said touched and Shawn stepped forward and embraced his daughter.
"Happy birthday my lovely Cheyenne Michelle," Shawn said and they hugged while everyone looked on.
"Hey save some for me!" Hunter said pulling Shawn away for a hug of his own.
"Hey I'm next in line for a hug!" LC said pulling her father away to get to Cheyenne.
"Not before me!" Amy said but Chyna tripped her up and beat her to it.
"Ow!" Amy yelped holding her knee.
"Oh get up you big phony, you can't even get hurt," Hunter said to Big Red who hoped her sympathy might get her to Cheyenne quicker.
"You're all crazy," Cheyenne said before picking up Rebecca Michelle.
"Except for you you're wonderful," she said and kissed Rebecca Michelle and her little sister hugged her with a smile.
"Hey what about us?" the Hardy girls said at the same-time.
"Oh guys I'm sorry how could I leave you all out?" Cheyenne said going over to Aurora, Elizabeth and the A Twins and hugging them all. Angelo Jericho was smiling for once. "So you do have teeth," Cheyenne said to him and he showed them off to her proudly.
"Very nice," she said and he kissed her on the cheek.
"Aw!" Steph and Jeff Hardy said and Romeo Perez Hennigan instantly got jealous.
"Cheyenne what about my teeth, don't you wanna see them up close?" Romeo said coming over to her.
"I sure do," Cheyenne said and she picked up Romeo and gave him a big kiss.
"Oh Mamma, now I don't feel so bad that Randy Jr's not here," Romeo said with a dreamy look in his eyes.
Cheyenne looked around and realized that The Ortons were missing.
"Where's Trish, Randy and RJ?" she asked her Dad.
"Well RJ was supposed to finish his homework last night so he could come to the party today," Shawn explained. "And when Randy asked RJ if he had finished his homework, he lied,"
Cheyenne gasped, "Randy Jr lied?" she said in shock.
"Yeah and his parents being who they are were none too happy about it so he's not coming tonight," Shawn said and Cheyenne shook her head in disbelief.
"I can't believe RJ lied," she said shaking her head until she remembered that she hadn't exactly been honest herself. Now that her days on the road were over there didn't seem any point in keeping her wrestling life a secret anymore. As everyone reached over to her to hand her birthday presents, she knew there was no better time to unwrap her gift given to her by God with some help from Samoa Joe.
"Everyone I have something to say and I want you to all listen to me, especially you Dad," Cheyenne said and everyone listened intently. "You know that new phenomenal wrestler that everyone has been talking about, the Notorious CM Melody?"
"Yeah I saw her at an ROH show in San Diego," Rey Mysterio said.
"We saw her too, she's amazing," Edge said with Christian.
"Well there's something about CM Melody that you don't know and that's her true identity. Well tonight you're gonna find out who she really is because . . . she's me. I am CM Melody," Cheyenne said and everyone paused and then laughed.
"Nice one Cheyenne," CM Punk said holding his stomach while everyone laughed, everyone except Joe and her father. So Cheyenne reached into her purse and pulled out a sky blue mask, the very first mask she ever wore in the ring and she put it over her head. The laughter quickly stopped and now Cheyenne was surrounded by open mouths and eyes in shock. Cheyenne turned to her father who scratched his head as his daughter stood before him in a blue velvet mask.
"I've been training to wrestle for a few months now and I've been touring with Ring of Honor for the past month. That's what I was doing while I was away, I was wrestling Daddy," Cheyenne said and she lowered her head. "Are you ashamed of me?" she asked sadly.
Shawn felt tears burning the back of his eyes and he lifted his daughter's head to meet them," Ashamed of you? Cheyenne how could you think that I would ever be ashamed of you? Everything you do makes me proud of you, including this. I mean, you're CM Melody, you're a hit! Once again God has taken my breath away with how much talent he's given you!" Shawn said tearfully and Cheyenne couldn't believe her ears and she grabbed her father so tight while everyone chanted her alter ego's name.
"Mel-o-dy! Mel-o-dy! Mel-o-dy! Mel-o-dy!"
"Quick who's got roses?" Victoria asked.
"Nobody, let's go out and buy some!" Rey Mysterio said.
"I have one," came the voice of Tristen Nash as he arrived with his father and The McMahons. He walked over to the girl in the velvet mask and handed her the rose. "Happy 18th birthday – CM Melody," he said and Cheyenne took the rose and smiled. She removed her mask confirming her true identity and Tristen shook his head as if he should have know it was her all along. "I thought you said I'd never see behind your mask?" he said and Cheyenne shook her head.
"Never say never," she replied.
"You look great," Tristen said.
"You mean without my mask on?" You wanna keep it?" Cheyenne said handing Tristen her blue velvet mask.
"Why would I wanna keep it?" Tristen asked her.
"Consider it a gift, the way things are going I'm gonna have to start charging for these soon," Cheyenne said and Tristen laughed, he was still amazed that Cheyenne was the woman he'd been trying to unmask for a month.
"No you keep it I wouldn't wanna ruin your collection," Tristen said and Cheyenne shrugged.
"Suit yourself," she said and she waved her mask at Angelica, Ravine and the Hardy girls who were desperate to try on Cheyenne's mask.
"Hey calm down," Hunter said to them all while Kevin and Tamara Nash slinked over to Amy and Shawn.
"That's some girl you got there Shawn," Kevin said to his old friend.
"Tell me about it, her talent is limitless," Shawn said proudly. "I am so blessed,"
"That you are old friend. You know Tristen lost sleep trying to figure out where he knew CM Melody from when he met her in Florida," Tamara Nash said to Amy and Shawn.
"Now that he knows who she really is I'd say those sleepless nights were over,"
Amy disagreed with that statement, she could tell by the way Tristen was looking at Cheyenne right now that those sleepless nights were far from over.