Almost an entire year later the girls scramble to get ready for the first ever women's Royal Rumble. The women's locker room clears out as the roster empties into the backstage area to prepare for the long match.

A hand reaches out to grab Ravyn's right hand on her walk to gorilla. She looks over to see that AJ has joined her. She gives his hand a squeeze, smiling when she feels the cool metal band touch her skin. He pulls her off to the side as the bottleneck of gorgeous athletes mingle just outside of gorilla. He leans up against the cement wall and wraps his fingers around her hips, pulling her to him. She reaches up and rests her arms on his shoulders, fingers combing through his long brown hair. His bright crystal blue eyes shimmer as he gazes at her.

"You ready to make history?" He asks with a grin.

"Always," she tells him. "Got my lucky number. I get to work with some of the best women in the world. And now I get to go fight with my best friend!"

He's enthralled by her enthusiasm, "Maybe after Wrestlemania we'll both be champions again."

"Remind me to congratulate you later for retaining that World Championship," she flirts. She kisses him softly and leans against his strong chest just enjoying the closeness. "Right now, I've gotta get ready to get out there."

"Good luck, Mrs. Jones," he kisses her with a twinkle in his eye. "I'm never going to get tired of saying that."

"Good, because I'm never going to get tired of hearing it," she nearly melts at the sound of her married name dripping off his tongue with that sweet southern drawl.

Her mind wanders to when they had decided to get married back in the fall. They had gotten lucky with a few days off in the middle of October and invited their closest friends to a small ceremony at their home. JJ had been Ravyn's maid of honor while AJ's best friend Christopher Daniels was his best man. The autumn weather was absolutely perfect for the simple backyard wedding. Ravyn wore a deep purple cocktail dress while AJ wore casual dark jeans and a stylish grey sport coat. The small group of friends celebrated with them late into the night. And just two days later they were all back on the road.

Ravyn squeezes through the crowd of waiting ladies and greets the other competitors before she starts stretching. She looks up to see Toni Storm smirking at her. The crazy blonde Kiwi stalks up to her before hugging the dark haired former champion.

"What's your draw?" Toni asks.

"Seventeen, you?" Ravyn responds.

Toni smiles impishly, "Sixteen, right before you."

"Want to run our Mirror Mirror spot?" Ravyn laughs referring to a sequence they had run on the indies hundreds of times where they mirror everything the other girl does. A play on them both having the last name Storm.

"Definitely," Toni grins, excited to be making her first WWE appearance since the Mae Young Classic the previous summer.

Ravyn nods and goes back to her stretching routine as the match begins in the arena. The next time she looks up she sees her best friend strolling towards her. She squeals and rushes to JJ, excited for the redheads big return from a knee injury six months ago.

"What number did you get?" Ravyn asks.

JJ smiles, "I got twenty six."

Ravyn grins like the Cheshire Cat, "They're going to lose their minds when you come out."

JJ smiles jokingly, "Hopefully they remember me. I've been off TV forever. Too bad I couldn't still be on like you did when you hurt your shoulder."

Ravyn starts to respond but she's cut off by Tyler and Dango making police siren noises as they approach the girls.

"Hold it right there!" Tyler demands peering over his mirrored sunglasses.

Dango struts around them cockily, "There are some serious fashion crimes going on over here!"

"Take these!" Tyler shoves two tickets at them, winks and strides away with Dango hot on his heels.

Ravyn is stunned, "Did... Did they just give us tickets? US!?"

"Am I having deja vu?" The redhead laughs. "Didn't they ticket us on out first night here?"

"Ugh you're right," Ravyn groans as she reads her ticket. "Crazy hair... Jerks. What does yours say?"

"Too much pink," JJ smirks and glances down at his outfit. "There's only a little bit of pink on this gear!"

Ravyn laughs, "We should drown them in the hot tub later." The girls listen as the Philadelphia crowd counts down and Toni heads out to the ring. "Well, I'm next! See you in fifteen minutes!"

"Go get em! I'll see you out there!" JJ calls as Dolph sneaks up behind her fresh off his victory in the men's rumble.

Ravyn enters the arena to a chorus of boos. The five women still remaining in the match let her slide in before they jump the former champion. She pairs off with Toni and they run a few of their favorite spots from the indies. Soon the blonde is eliminated by the returning Piper Niven.

Competitors enter every ninety seconds. Some are tossed out almost immediately while others hang on for long stretches of time. J enters at number twenty six and guns directly for her best friend. They scuffle and bump all over the ring, knocking into other women at every turn. In an odd turn of events they actually end up having to team up to eliminate the rest of the upset competitors.

They double clothesline Sasha over the top and stagger back to the middle of the ring with their backs to each other scanning for other opponents. They slowly come to the realization that they're the last two left. They turn around in slow motion to face each other. Ravyn leans to the side to check behind JJ for anyone else in the ring. JJ does the same. Both stand back up and come face to face.

Ravyn smirks at her best friend. "Looks like it's just us," the camera barely picks up her voice.

"Yup," JJ smiles. "And soon it's gonna be just me!"

JJ shoves her rainbow haired best friend starting an all out war. The two of them leave nothing out. Each girl tries to eliminate the other many times without success. Ravyn kicks JJ in the midsection and leaves her staggering to the ropes. She takes the opportunity to bounce herself off of the opposite set of ropes and launch herself at JJ. She tackles the redhead over the top rope following her up and over with her own body. JJ holds on for a split second as the girls tumble to the outside. The bell rings but neither girls' music plays. Two referees argue about the outcome as the girls begin to stir. As they rise up to their feet each one argues for their own victory.

The Philadelphia crowd goes nuclear as Daniel Bryan's music plays. They expect him to restart the match, but instead he declares both girls winners and announces a three way dance for Wrestlemania. Ravyn throws her arms up in the air angrily and JJ beams. The dark haired woman shoves her finger into JJ's chest. Her eyes travel to the Wrestlemania sign hanging high above them, her finger follows pointing at the blue and orange emblem.

"I'll see you at Wrestlemania!" Ravyn tries desperately to hide her legitimate excitement.

The end.

Thank you again for giving this story a chance! Hope you all enjoyed the ride!

I'm considering doing a prequel to this story, the Ravyn/Corey NXT years, anyone interested?

And of course don't forget that "Life's Zig Zags" is the companion piece to this story.