A huge thanks to Blair6661, luneara eclipse, and Miss-RKO. Thanks ladies! You rock! :D

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I'd like to give a shout out to Blair661, Thank you so much for letting me steal your promo,butcher it and use it for Erik. All credit for Erik's promo goes to her!

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After checking my makeup and dress for the last time, I walked out the bathroom and joined my fellow rookies in front of the monitor.

"Oh! I love your dress, Sis." Nira commented as I walked up.

"Thanks. You look beautiful too. You both do." I smiled at both Nira and Cody.

Looking around I didn't see Zayne.

"Where's Zayne?" I asked.

Cody pointed over to him talking with his pro, Melina. A crew member walked over to us as Zayne joined us.

"Alright. In about 10 minutes the pros will go out one by one and introduce you. When you get called, walk out on the stage and then walk down the ramp with them. Got it?"

We nodded and he walked off to the pros.

"Randy." Cody whispered.

I glanced at her and she stepped back and motioned me over.

"What?"

"Rands, I'm scared."

"Don't worry, Codez. You be fine." I replied, giving her a reassuring smile.

"But there are a lot of people out there. A lot more than I'm used to."

"I know. I'm nervous too. But this is what we've dreamed of. This could be a chance to get a WWE contract."

"But Randy, I'm not sure if I can do this."

I pulled her into a hug.

"You can do this. I know you can. Right now it's just a rookie introduction."

"I know but I'm supposed to be a heel! I suck at being a heel! You're the best at it!"

"Calm down. Remember back in high school when I showed you how to be a heel?"

"Yeah." She nodded.

"Take everything I've taught you and what we've learned from OVW and use it."

Taking a deep breath, she nodded.

"Thanks Rand."

"Five minutes!" The crew member shouted.

Cody and I rejoined Nira and Zayne at the monitor. After the pyro goes off, there's a little bit of commentary between Josh Matthews and Michael Cole as the crowd goes crazy. The camera then focuses in on Matt Striker in the ring

"Hello everyone and welcome to the newest season of NXT. I'm your host, Matt Striker. This season is gonna be different from the past seasons. This season is gonna be a battle of the sexes. There will be 3 male rookies and 3 female rookies. Let's let pros come out and introduce their rookies!"

The pros lined up at the curtain, ladies first. Melina's music starts to play first and she walks out.

"WWE Universe let me introduce to you, my rookie, the charismatic Zayne!" She smiles as Zayne strides out. He loops his arm in hers and they walk down the ramp as Eve's music starts to play, earning a huge reaction from the crowd.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, my rookie is the toughest of the tough. Give it up for the powerful Erik!" She claps as the crowd erupts in cheers as Erik walks out and joins Eve before going down the ramp.

Next out is Natalya.

"My rookie is not only strong but he also knows how to wow a crowd. Give it up for highflying Jake!"

Evan's music plays and the audience goes wild. He walks out on the stage and smiles.

"WWE Universe, not only is my rookie smart and beautiful, but she's also extremely talented. Give it up for the lovely Charity!"

I walk out and smile as I wave to the crowd. I was nervous but also excited. Taking Evan's arm, we walked down the ramp. He got up and held the ropes open for me as I climbed the stairs and stepped inside and waited next to the other 3 rookies and their pros.

Edge's music played and he walked out.

"Everyone let me introduce you to your next breakout star, Codi!"

Cody slowly walked out and waved to the crowd. Walking over to Edge she takes his arm and they descend down the ramp.

Alberto Del Rio's music starts playing as his cars pulls in with an eruption of boos from the crowd. Smirking he gets out and walks up the ramp.

"My name…..my name is Alberto Del Riooooooooo! But you, you already know that. But what you don't know is that rookie, like me, my rookie's destiny is to be the NXT next break out star! Let me introduce to you, Nira!" He says. Being that he's a heel, Nira came out to a chorus of boos. She takes his arm and then head down the ramp and get into the ring. After we are all in the ring, Striker tells everyone that he's going to let the rookies introduce themselves. He hands the mic to Nira first.

"Hi WWE Universe, I'm Nira Spark and I'm honored to be in WWE NXT and to have such an incredible athlete as Alberto Del Rio to be my Pro. I'm a high flyer and flying is my main arsenal in a match, so my opponents would have to keep me grounded to be able to defeat me. High-Flyers such as Evan Bourne & Rey Mysterio have been my biggest inspiration."

She got some cheers from the crowd and a smile from Evan. She handed back the mic to Striker who then gave to Cody.

"Alright, listen up. My name is Codi Ashbeck. For all you idiots out there, it's Cody with an I. I as in I AM your next breakout star. Just look at me. Even all you losers out there can see I am the picture of perfection. Obviously I have the best pro ever but with him or without him, I WILL win this competition."

Smirking, she shoved the mic back at Striker and posed earning 'you suck!' chants.

Striker then hands the mic to me and I thank him.

"What's up Tampa?" I say, earning cheers from the crowd. My name is Charity Cage and I am so excited to be her. I also have one of the best pros ever and am very fortunate to be here this season. I can't wait to show all of you what I can do and why I should be your NXT next break out star."

Before I can hand the mic back to Striker, Zayne grabs it from my hands.

"Blah, blah, blah! Charity, I love how you talk about yourself and what you'll do. But look around, princess! Nobody cares! There's only one rookie in this ring who's going to be the next NXT break out star and you're looking at him!"

As he gets booed, I look down as if sad when Jake takes the mic.

"Aww! Is little Charity gonna cry? Did the big bad Zayne hurt your feelings? Too bad! In this competition, we don't have time for little crybabies like you. You need to be tough, like me. I'm the toughest person here! I'm the one that's going to win NXT! Me! Jake Candaleria! Not you and…" He points at Zayne. "Not you. None of you are as good as I am."

He tosses the mic back to Striker as he also gets booed while him and Zayne glare at each other.

"Ok then! Last but certainly not least, we have Erik. Take it away!" Striker said, handing the microphone to him.

"Easy there ladies. No need to fight." He said to the two men, earning a laugh from the crowd. "WWE Universe, my name's Erik Swanson. First off, I just want to let you all know how happy I am to be here. And why am I here? That's simple... For a long time, wrestling has meant absolutely everything to me. I would watch talented men and women wrestle and I realized that I wanted nothing more than to do what they did. I am so passionate about this business that I left behind everything to come here and make a name for myself... I've trained with the best, I've fought the best, I look up to the best and I want to BECOME the best. I might be a technical wrestler by nature but I can fight anybody - highflyer, brawler, whatever - and I can win. So WWE universe, I urge you to keep your eyes on me because I'm gonna show you why I will be the greatest technical wrestler of my generation, and that I'm gonna blitz the competition to win NXT".

"Alright, with that said after the commercial, we will come back with the first rookie challenge!"

As the show went to commercial, we all got out of the ring and headed back up the ramp to backstage.

"That was great Cody!" I exclaimed as we got backstage.

"You think so?"

"Yeah, I agree with Charity. That promo was amazing!" Nira added.

"Thanks. I was hoping I'd do okay."

I wrapped my arm around her shoulders as the three of us headed to the women's locker room to get changed for the challenge.

After changing we all met up at the curtain until we were told to go back out. We lined up at the top of the ramp near the stage as our pros sat over to the side with their clipboards.

"Okay and we're back. The first rookie challenge is going to be the obstacle course. All rookies will start at the starting line and high step it through the tires. You make your way around to go over the barriers. You will then complete 10 full pushups in the square, then make your way to the balance beam, come up and push the cart with all your might past the finish line. Whichever rookie can complete the course the fastest will be the winner of the challenge and will have immunity at the eliminations next week. So now, Rookies, are you ready?"

We all nodded and he turned to the crowd.

"Are you ready?"

That screamed 'Yes!' and he turned to face Nira.

"We'll go ladies first. Okay, Nira. You're up first! Start at the yellow line and on your mark….get set….GO!"

Nira runs and goes through the tires with ease then runs around and clears out all three of the barriers. She gets down in the yellow box and does pushups as the ref and crowd count. She springs back up and quickly crosses the balance beam leaning as she gets to the end. She jumps off right in time and runs to the cart and pushes the cart up past the finish line. The buzzer sounds and her time is 00:36.5 seconds.

"That was really good. Now it looks like 36.5 seconds is the time to beat. Codi, you're up next!"

Cody walks over to starting line and waits for Striker.

"Okay, on your mark….get set…GO!"

Cody runs and goes through the tires with ease, but a little slow at first. She then runs around and jumps over the first two barriers pretty easily. She gets to the third and gets over but almost loses her balance. She retains her balance and drops down in the box and does her ten pushups. She gets up and goes across the balance beam but is shaky. She makes it across and hurries to the cart and pushes it up past the finishing line. The buzzer sounds and her time is 00:37.2 seconds.

"Oh! You were so close. Nira is still in the lead. Charity, please step forward."

The refs reset the crate while I walk up to the starting line.

"Charity, on your mark….get set… GO!"

I run and make my way through the tires and run and jump straight over the first barrier, then make it over the next two. I drop down in the box and start going when the ref tells me to get fully in the box. I readjust and crank out ten pushups and then run to the balance beam. I start out a little slow then quickly make it across. I jump off and scurry to the crate and push it up. It's a lot heavier than I thought! The buzzer sounds and my time is 00:46 seconds. I walk back over to the rookies and get a hug from Evan and a high five from Nira.

"Good job." Evan says before sitting back in his chair.

"Okay, Nira still has the time to beat. We're going to reset the course. Jake, you're up next."

Jake makes his way to starting line.

"Okay, now Jake. On your mark…get set…GO!"

Jake runs through the tires with ease then ran over to the barriers. He leapfrogged the first one, and made it over the other two with no problem. He dropped down in the box and quickly did ten pushups then sprung back up and ran over to the balance beam. He ran across, and jumped over half of it. As he made his way to the crate, the ref stopped him and told him to do the balancing beam again. Angry Jake runs back and does the beam once more. He gets to the end and jumps off before going to the crate and pushing it up past the finish line. The buzzer sounds and his time is 00:36.7 seconds.

"Oh! That was really close! You were of by only 2 milliseconds! But sorry Jake, you did not beat Nira's time."

"What! Are you serious? That's two MILLIseconds! That shouldn't count!" Jake yelled.

"Sorry Jake. Next up is Zayne."

Zayne lines up at the starting line.

"On your mark…get set…GO!"

Zayne ran through the tires and jumped over the barriers and tripped right before he got to the box. He lands on his hands and started doing pushups before the ref stopped him and told him to get fully in the box. After readjusting he cranks out ten pushups and gets up too quickly and almost trips again. He catches himself and gets up and runs over to the beam. He shakily makes it about half way, jumps off and starts to run when the ref stops him and tells him to go back. Arguing with the ref he goes back and goes across the beam and then runs and pushes the crate up past the line. The buzzer sounds and his time is 00:40.3 seconds. Melina looks a little disappointed but claps anyways. Pissed, Zayne walks down the ramp and starts yelling at the ref.

"It's all your fault! If it wasn't for you, I would have beaten her!" He yells pointing at Nira. "What are you trying to do? Trying to make me look bad? Make it look like I can get beaten by a girl?" The other refs tell him to get back to the stage and he yells at them too. He kicks the crate on his way up the ramp but makes his way back to the stage.

"Okay then. Erik, please step up to the starting line. You're next."

The crowd cheers as Erik steps up to the line.

"Erik, are you ready? On your mark….get set…GO!"

Erik breezes through the tires, barriers, and pushups with no problem. He gets up and goes across the balancing beam and as he makes his way to the crate and pushes it up past the finish line. The buzzer sounds and his time is 00:38.2 seconds. The pros all clap and he gets some cheers from the crowd.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Tomorrow at noon eastern at WWE. com , the voting opens and you along with the WWE Pros get to vote who you think is WWE's next breakout star. Nira Spark is immune from elimination and next week, somebody is going home! Goodnight everyone!"

The NXT theme song started playing as the pros got up and handed in their clip boards while the rookies head backstage. As soon as we got back near the monitor, I gave Nira a hug.

"You did great out there, sis!" I exclaimed.

"Thanks! You did too!"

"Hey!" Cody whined. "What about me?"

Chuckling we pulled her into a group hug.

"You did great too, Codez."

We all headed back to the locker room to change. Afterwards we all met up with the other rookies.

"Now I don't know about the rest of you, but I could definitely go for a bacon burger right now." Jake laughed.

We all nodded and after saying good bye to our Pros, we headed out to eat. Next place: Chicago, Illinois!