Author's Note: I only wish I owned WWE. Oh to have some of those $$$. The OCs are mine and that's about it. Before we get into it, I do want to state that this is an idea from years ago that I'm revamping. It's set when Legacy formed, starting as they began to feud with the McMahons and I've tried to compile as much information as possible about the timeline (because stretching my own brain would not be enough) so hopefully it will still be fairly accurate. With that said, of course I'll be taking some artistic license with it. Enjoy!

Legacy of the Rattlesnake

Prologue:

"Steph, I just don't see how this is going to work." Randy Orton complained, trying to sound calm and collected. He was trying to plead his case with his boss (or at least, with one of them) and so far she didn't look to be swayed. "We don't have any divas available for this storyline that are second generation! And why would I even want a woman in the group in the first place? It makes no sense." To everyone watching the show, he and Stephanie McMahon hated one another. Off screen, things were fine despite small disagreements like the one taking place currently.

"Randy, Legacy has plenty of sex appeal for women, I just want to add some for the men." Stephanie said with a shrug. Randy just blinked at her and stared in shock for a moment before his shoulders gave a slight shake with his laughter.

"That is the worst excuse I've ever heard. Besides, like I said - why would I invite someone who wasn't second generation?"

"Who said they wouldn't be?" Stephanie shot back, making Randy narrow his eyes and squint at her.

"You're just going to write someone up as second generation? Or pull Nattie from what she's doing which would be ridiculous, if you ask me."

Steph rolled her eyes at the younger man and both of their eyes turned to the doorway when the door was opened. The woman who walked in was only a couple of inches shy of six foot, at five foot ten. The lovely mystery was muscular with sparkling blue eyes and a head full of black hair that flowed about halfway down to her elbows.

"Hey Steph…" She greeted casually before her eyes turned to Randy, not looking too surprised to see him in the office.

"Hey! Randy, this is our newest diva, and the newest member of Legacy." Steph said, gesturing at her. Randy looked in between the two of them for a moment, seeming somewhat dumbfounded before taking the hand the still unnamed woman extended to him and shaking it.

The woman smirked at him, "I was born Taylor Williams, but uh… when Dad changed his last name I changed mine too, so I'm better known as Taylor Austin."

His eyes narrowed a moment and his eyes flitted from Taylor's to Steph's, "This is Stone Cold's daughter?"

"That would be me." Taylor said calmly, raising a brow as Randy dropped her hand and snatched his script up from Steph's desk. With that he walked out, shaking his head.

"Well, that went well…" Taylor said dryly and Steph giggled, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

"Ah don't worry about him, I'm sure you'll fit in just fine. Come sit down, get your script and we can talk about it and your back story."

Steph informed her that in the storyline she and Randy had known each others for years through schooling and that they were each the only person the other could trust. It had taken her some time but finally she had followed Randy to the WWE and now she planned to help him take the McMahon family and anyone else who got in their way down. It made plenty of sense with the feud her father had had with the McMahon's during his career - even if she would be on the flip side of the heel/face situation.

The story also said that because her father was so young when she was born, that's why she lived away from him for most of her life and how she'd met Randy.

It wasn't too far from the truth really, if you took out the part about knowing Randy. Steve Austin, who was Steve Williams at the time, was only 16 when Taylor was born. Although he'd always known she was his (his signature was on her birth certificate) and had done what he could to help his young girlfriend at the time, Steve lived in Texas whilst her mother's family had chosen to move elsewhere, though in her storyline it was Missouri near Randy. Even though he'd always been a part of her life in some small way, it wasn't until she was 10 that she'd started to get to know her father better and now they were quite close.

Taylor actually hadn't even started wrestling until 2001 when she and her father had first started talking about him retiring one day. He'd helped to train her since then and she had worked her butt off to get where she was, not wanting to ride on her name - working in Japan and then OVW as well before the WWE decided they wanted her in this Legacy storyline and she was excited. Steph warned her that she might not get to shoot right for a title and she'd be working alongside Legacy and getting involved in their scraps more than she would be wrestling matches on TV but it was a start and as long she got to get into the thick of things, it didn't bother her. Especially since she would get to do more with house shows.

Sadly, Taylor wouldn't get to start on the RAW that would air that night. It was the day after the Royal Rumble and a week after Randy had punted Vince McMahon in the head, and tonight Randy would bring out lawyers to claim he suffered from I.E.D. With this week a little busy and not the best time to introduce her, her on screen debut would have to wait until the next week. The second of February was marked on the calendar and the daughter of one of the best known wrestlers of all time was ready.

Apparently working with Orton was going to be a damper… but nonetheless, this would be fun.

Author's Note: Sorry to stick you with another note at the end... but I just wanted to warn you that this chapter was largely written years ago and I just gave it a few tweaks. If my writing seems a little different in the next chapter, my apologies! Anyway, I hope this basic introduction works well for you and I look forward to continuing this and getting back in the game. Thanks for reading.