Disclaimer: I don't own any of the superstars and diva's, they are the soul property of WWE and Vincent Kennedy McMahon. I don't make any profit out of this, this is for fun. Special shoutout and thanks goes out to moxbrose. With out her this would not be posible. Thanks Rach. For giving me confidence to write my first WWE story and beta reading it for me as well. Please Read and Review. No Flames! Let the show Begin

Chapter 1: "Living A Dream"

A Summer of Dreams, that's what she was calling it. Some people would throw up a stink; say it was unfair that all the hard work they had done and there were still being sent down. What punishment did they incur that would cause them to be set back in their career?

Most would think that, but not Rikki. She knew that she had done everything right, and had set the tone for future up and coming superstars, she knew with all her heart, that everything had a reason.

Her God-Father Triple H and the very man that had been a grandfather to her from the time she started travelling on the road with her father -Vincent Kennedy McMahon- had tried everything to get her on the Main Roster, but they had to many Superstars there right now. And Rikki understood that.

That was one of the many reasons that shocked both H and Vince, that she understood. Normally when they told a Superstar - or the odd case a Diva - that they were being sent back down, there was cursing and swearing, saying "The WWE sucks, the Indy's had better job opportunity's"... but Rikki never did.

She rolled with the punches and took everything in stride. She told them that if she was meant to be on the Raw with the Main Roster, it would happen when the time was right and not before.

Rikki was born Rikki Piper Calaway on August 12, 1989 in Houston,Texas. Her birth was different from her younger siblings. Rikki was conceived in a one-night stand that her father had on the road. Not many kids could say they were the Undertaker's or Dead Man's daughter. Rikki relished it, especially when they called her the Dark Princess growing up...

As she got ready for her match that night, she decided on her: a red and black racerback Kane tank top, black jeans and red and black high-top sneakers. She had a quick shower and began to change. As she stripped off her towel and dried herself off, she pulled on her black sports bra and matching pair of boy shorts.

She took a glance at herself in the tall mirror that was attached to her dressing table. The years of training had transformed her body into well-defined muscles and naturally placed curves. She may have had an athletic body but she still had curves of a woman.

Not the she was vain by any stretch. Before she hit puberty, she was skinny as a stick and flat chested. But when she turned 14, her body shaped into natural curves that would make a man want to hang on to and her flat chest had blossomed into a 38dd.

She slid on her black jeans that made her ass pop, but that was her opinion. She then pulled on her red and black racerback Kane tank top and then stepped into her red and black high-top sneakers. She checked herself in the mirror as she thought about how she got there.

In 2006, Rikki made her Indy debut. At 17, Taker wanted Rikki to go straight to Louisville, but Rikki put her foot down. She was going to do this her way, which meant cutting her teeth down in the Indy's for a while. She wanted to earn her contract to the WWE by her talent and own merits, not because it was handed to her. Taker was never more proud of her.

So he agreed. 4 long years and one near career ending injury later, she got the phone call personally in 2010 from her Uncle H asking her to come to Stanford, Ct. Walking through the doors of WWE Headquarters, Rikki had to will her heart to start beating again.

It wasn't until she was escorted to the conference room and saw her Dad and Mom, Uncle Kane, her Pops, her Nana Linda, her Uncle Shane, her Aunt Stephanie and Uncle H, that she realised that this was real. H had her signed the contract and then congratulated her and welcomed her to the WWE family.

The shock wore off to relief then shock again which caused her to break down and her legs give out from underneath her. She had did it, and she had earned her contract herself without the help of her extended family. It was in that moment that she found herself engulfed in a set big strong arms, when the hit of Armarni colon wafted into her nostrils. She laid her head on the well-defined chest of her Pops- Vincent Kennedy McMahon, and balled.

3 years being on NXT and training at the Performance Centre had humbled Rikki in more ways then one. Especially when her Uncle Bill aka Bill Demott, told her that she needed to improve on some of her moves because her ground work wasn't going to cut it. That's when Uncle Dusty and Uncle H came in.

They brought her to Dusty's office and had a chat. They agreed with Bill that Rikki's ground work left a lot to be desired; if she continued with just the straight up ground work, she would lose every time and not get the wins she would need. They showed her video of her in the Indy's when she was busting out some High Flying moves on the rare occasion.

Uncle H thought it would good to build Rikki as a High Flyer and Uncle Dusty whole heartily agreed, even Rikki as well. She had dreams that she wanted to accomplish, and she wasn't going to do that with just powerhouse moves alone. With her now a High Flyer, she could still use powerhouse moves with her move set but it would combined with her natural High Flying ability.

The other thing that Uncle H and Uncle Dusty changed, was what group Rikki would wrestle in. When Jane and Mark signed her, they told her she would be a good fit for the Diva's Division. Rikki didn't think so, but she wasn't going to be the one to tell both Jane and Mark that.

"I know Jane and Mark said that the Diva's Division needs you, but sweetheart, we both know that all that potential will be wasted. Besides, when you were in the Indy's you wrestled more with the guys then you did the girls." Hunter explained.

"So what do I do Uncle H? Jane and Mark are technically my bosses, so what they say, kind of goes." Rikki said looking down, feeling like one of her dreams flying out the window. "I would give anything to wrestle in the Men's Division and bring some of the Attitude Era back, but girls aren't aloud to wrestle with guys any more, let alone me join their division."

"Who said you couldn't Baby Girl? I've seen you, and you're damn good. Hell you're better than some of Diva's who did wrestle in the Men's Division back in the Attitude Era. You have the talent. You could and will make history," Hunter exclaimed passionately.

"Damn! You make it sound like it's almost within my reach. I can picture Pops saying that. But that's a pipe dream, its never going to happen." Rikki sighed.

"But it's your dream Baby Girl. It's the same dream you had since you were 4 years old when we asked you what you wanted to do and you said wrestle. We asked you if preferred the Women's Division and you said no, you were going to take the Men's Division by storm when you got bigger." Hunter said with a proud smile.

"But it's not going to happen Uncle H..." Rikki was cut off when Hunter cleared his throat.

"Your Aunt Stephanie and I have been talking at length with your Pops and he's agreed to go with a trial run. You my little Dark Princess, are going to be our guinea pig. Starting in NXT, your going to join the Men's Roster. It will be a trial run here and up in the Main Roster when you debut on Raw. And if it does well and you are well received in both places, then you will set the tone for all the little girls to follow their dreams in either wrestling in the Diva's Division or the Men's." Hunter explained with a huge cheeky grin.

Rikki almost forgot to breath. Could this be it? Was she this close? She couldn't believe it. If Pops agreed to this, then they must have saw something. A talent that had been lacking for a couple of years now. Pops had an ability of seeing talent where no one else could.

"He agreed? I have permission to join the Men's Division? Even if it's a trial run?" Rikki asked, shaking her head in disbelief.

"He did baby. He wants to see if you will prove yourself and if this move will be well received by the fans. But your nearly there sweetheart." Hunter stated. Rikki let out the biggest squeal in the world and leapt into her Uncle H's arms for the biggest hug.

~ NXT Wednesday, September 26, 2012 ~

Rikki smiled at the memory. She had passed her trial run both in NXT and on the Main Roster with flying colours. The reception she received from the WWE fans both from NXT and Raw was amazing and it actually shut both Jane and Mark up, because they were so sure that she was going to fail and stay in the Diva's Division.

Never, ever tell Rikki she couldn't do something with her career, by telling her she can't, that made her go out and prove you wrong every time!

She pulled herself out of her memories and into the present. Standing in her dressing room, backstage of NXT, Rikki began to focus on her match that she had tonight. The memories of the past could wait for tomorrow but they would still be in the past.

Rikki made a quick note to see Charlotte and have her do her nails with quick drying nail polish, red with black tips to match her outfit. She decided to let the makeup and hair dressing team for NXT, do her hair and makeup.

She grabbed the colours of nail polish that she wanted Charlotte to do, as she turned towards her door to leave, there was a knock. Rikki was confused. Who would want to pay her a visit this close to Show time?

She tentatively opened the door and looked out in the hall. She sighed with relief when she saw her Uncle Dusty on the other side. She swung door open wide and gave Dusty a huge grin.

"Hi Uncle Dusty." Rikki said with a wide grin.

"Evenin' Rikki Honey." Dusty said as he returned grin and let out a whistle. "My, my. Don't you look beautiful for the show tonight. My Little Princess is growin' up and makin' her way in the world. You and Charlotte need to stop gettin' so dang beautiful. Your fathers and I will have to beat the boys off with kendo sticks!"

"Oh Uncle Dusty, you know you are mine and Charlotte's number one man." Rikki teased.

"Sweetheart, flattery will get you anywhere, especially in this company. Speaking of, I have some good news for you Princess. I just got off the phone with Hunter and they have spot open on the Main Roster. Since you proved yourself so well these past 3 years and over the summer, you're goin' to the Main Roster Baby." Dusty exclaimed with a huge grin.

Rikki was in shock for a couple of minutes before she let out the biggest squeal known to man, did a happy dance and leapt into Dusty's waiting arms.

"I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT!" Rikki yelled as she jumped up and down.

"You did Baby and I'm so proud of you. Come by my office after your Main Event match and we'll signed your contract." Dusty smiled as he gave Rikki's right shoulder a squeeze and started to walk away but quickly turned back around when he remembered something.

"Oh Baby, there's been a slight change in your match in the Main Event tonight. Corey Graves didn't clear concussion protocol and is out. So your replacement is Kassius Ohno. Give him hell Baby Girl." Dusty exclaimed.

"I'll personally send him there Uncle Dusty." Rikki said with a grin and gave her uncle a quick thumbs up.

/

An hour later, Rikki set patiently on the bench in the Diva's Locker Room as Charlotte calmly did her nails the way she wanted them. Before she went to meet Charlotte, she had made quick a stop with Tanya and Bridget- the NXT hair dresser and makeup artist.

The two girls worked in tandem, while Tanya worked to get Rikki's Natural dark red hair into ringlets that hung down her back, Bridget concentrated on her bright sea green eyes having that perfect smokey eye look. When she was done, she thanked both Tanya and Bridget for all their hard work and then made her way to the Diva's locker room.

Which where she found herself now. Seating patiently on the bench as she watched Charlotte work delicately on her nails. Making sure they were perfect. Because there no way in hell Charlotte was sending Rikki out in her final match on NXT, with less the perfect nails. She was a little bit like Nikki that way.

It was one of the reasons that Rikki was so excited to up to the Main Roster. She would be able to see Brie and Nikki every day and not just the Bella Twins but Nattie, Naomi, her God-Brothers Jimmy and Jey, Randy, Cody and so many others. You could always tell who were children of the Superstars because they seemed to gravitate towards each other.

When Brie and Nikki debuted 2007, Rikki was travelling with WWE off and on, but during that time they formed a lasting friendship that everyone started calling Rikki the long lost Bella Triplet. Even her own father called her a Bella Triplet. So the name stuck. And their bond was unshakable.

"Ok Rikki, your all done." Charlotte Flair said as she finished one last swipe of Rikki's nail.

She got up from the bench and walked to a dressing table mirror to observe her friends work. Rikki grinned. They were beautifully done. They looked like they were professionally done, that's how good Charlotte was. But then again, Charlotte was always this good with nails and hair and make up. Rikki always told that she could make a living out this but she would always shake her head and say no, she preferred wrestling.

"You out did yourself as always Char." Rikki praised. "I couldn't have done them any better if I had done them myself."

"That's true. Many times I have to correct what you done because your a little lop sided." Charlotte said with a teasing grin which caused Rikki to stick her tongue out at her. They looked at each for a minute before bursting out laughing.

"Oh that's just what we needed." Rikki grinned as she threw her arms around Charlotte's neck and gave a hug. A hug that 5 minutes because neither wanted to let go.

"It's not going to be the same around here with you gone Rikki. I need my partner in crime! Nobody is going to be able to take your place, with you up on the Main Roster. It won't be the same at all." Charlotte said mournfully.

"Yes it will Char, yes it will. Look before you know it, time will have flown by you will be up on the Main Roster with me. But until then, you'll have things here to occupy your time." Rikki said with reassuring smile.

"Like what?" Charlotte asked. Curiosity getting the better of her.

"Well for starters: I need someone to drive Seth up the wall, that poor boy is always looking over his shoulder. I can't imagine why, but it always seems to be when I'm around. I need you to put the fear of God into him for me," Rikki began with a cheeky grin that cause Charlotte to burst out laughing.

"There's also Dean Ambrose, but that man isn't afraid of nothin'. Just tell him that he lost his Piper when he had a chance. If you keep telling him long enough, he will most definitely start to channel is inner Moxley. Which is good because then he'll know what it's like to pine." Rikki said seriously. Charlotte gave her shoulder a squeeze and a knowing grin. "Uncle Dusty said there was going to be great things coming your way, so you see, you'll be too busy to miss me."

"I guess you're right. But I know certain Lunatic who going to miss you," Charlotte teased with a cheeky grin causing Rikki to grin back at her and shake her head.

"Your way off base Char. That man won't miss me. With so many Ring Rats and groupies he won't know what to do with himself. Everyone knows by now, that Dean Ambrose is a Love Her and Leave Her type of guy." Rikki said as she looked Charlotte in the eye and sighed, crossing her arms.

"You could never fool me Rik and you couldn't hide anything from me either. Everybody here knows that when the two of you think the other isn't looking, you will stare at each other with such intensity that you almost want to devour the other. It's kind of sweet and disturbing at the same time." Charlotte teased.

"I do not! Charlotte that's completely absurd. I would never stare at that muscle-bounded, dirty-blonde, cobalt blue-eyed male, that is a cross between Ares and Adonis, and if.." Rikki stopped and blushed.

Charlotte burst out laughing. "Oh Sweet Pea, you are so digging yourself into a hole. It's ok to have a crush. Or have feelings for Dean that you thought had went away."

"But those feelings should have gone away Char, because they are one-sided. I have them but he doesn't, he made that perfectly clear 5 years ago." Rikki stated as she glared at the wall.

Charlotte sighed, there was no way to say this delicately. Either way could set Riiki's temper off. "Sweetie, did you ever stop to consider that maybe he felt he wasn't good enough for you. That he thought you could do so much better?"

Rikki turned and looked at Charlotte with a sigh of her own as looked back down at the ground. "I did. I did consider that. Then I found out that he took a Ring Rat Bitch that had come on to him at the bar he was at, back to his motel room. Of course my room was right beside Dean's soo..I heard them 'All, Night, Long'. Take from that what you will."

"Oh." Charlotte said with another sigh. "But maybe he's grown up since then, how do you know that he hasn't change Rikki?"

"I don't. But if he has grown up and if he wanted a chance, he would be at my door asking me for one but I don't see that happening anytime soon." Rikki said. She gave herself a minute to collect herself then reach out and gave Charlotte a hug.

"Thanks again for the nail job Char. Give the girls here hell when I'm gone. I love you." Rikki said as she walked out of Charlotte's dressing room made her way down the hall toward Gorilla.

/

Half way towards Gorilla, it gave Rikki a chance to think over what Charlotte had said. Maybe, just maybe, Dean had grown up over the 5 years that they knew each other. But if she were honest with herself, she had changed too.

She was just coming out a relationship that she had no business been in the first place. Logan Connors. There was a name she wished she could swipe from her mind and forget ever existed. Their relationship was doomed from the start. But she wouldn't listen. And it had taken him to hit her for her to realise what a fool she was.

Rikki had ended it. Walked away on her own two feet, all the while Logan was screaming at her. That she was cunt. A waste of space and that nobody walked away from Logan Connors. She told him on no certain terms that she just did. Big mistake on her part. Letting her temper get the better of her.

Logan at that point, had saw red and took swing at her. She hit back and told him that if he knew what was good for him, he would disappear before her family found out what he did. She suffered a black eye for her trouble but it was worth it, or so she thought.

Now he had taken to stalking her. Rikki had her cell phone and number changed 4 times in the past 6 months. He just would not leave her be. Her self proclaimed stalker plagued thoughts.

"Dark thoughts Darlin'," A voice came from her right side. She turned head sharply and spotted the very man Charlotte and her were discussing a few minutes ago. Dean Ambrose. The man coul make leaning with his arms crossed his well defined chest, his back against the wall and his leg bent with his foot laying flat on the wall, look like art. Cobalt blue eyes, watched every move she made.

"Now why would gorgeous woman, like yourself, have to be so worried about? Did one of your many admires not get what he asked for?" Dean teased. "Little Wolf, I always said that would backfire on you."

"You wish I had admires Ambrose, unlike you with your Precious Ring Rat's, I know how to say no." Rikki said with a cheeky grin. Her sea green eyes twinkling.

"You better wish that they're just that, 'Admires'. Because if I had my way, they wouldn't get within 5 feet of my Wolf." Dean growled as he stalked towards her, nose to nose.

"Since when have I ever been your Wolf?" Rikki asked, shocked.

"Since always Little Wolf. I needed time and so do you, to realise that. But you always were, always have and always will be my Little sea green-eyed Wolf." Dean stated, his knuckles gently brushing against her cheek.

"When the time is right, mark my words Darlin', I will come for my little Wolf." Dean said as she walked away.

Rikki couldn't have been more shocked. But as she thought on his words, she couldn't help but grin widely. This was going to be a wild ride if he were serious? Maybe Logan would back off, if he saw Dean. She couldn't dwell on that now, she had work to do.

/

~ NXT- Main Event, Wednesday September 26, 2012 ~

The Main Event seemed to sneak up on Rikki when she least expected it. She busied herself by keeping herself loose. She jogged in place, rolled her arms back and forth, stretched her legs, even went so far as to do push ups. Anything to keep herself limber.

She was no stranger to battling Kassius Ohno. She knew him from his time in the Indy's as Chris Hero. They had some battles then to in CZW and ROH. But she had beaten him then and she could beat him here to. A point of reference being their gauntlet match that lasted 45 minutes.

Just then the ring bell sounded on the monitor,

"The match is set for one fall and can be won by either pinfall or submission. Introducing first from Dayton, Ohio, weighing in at 270lbs, Kassius OHNO!"

Rikki took that as her cue as she heard Kassius' music start. She made her way to the curtain, walked the stairs towards the stage and waited for her cue to greet her fans.

"And his opponent, weighing in at 118lbs, from Houston, Texas, Aspen Wolf!"

All of sudden the strains to Rob Zombie's Dragula could be heard through out the arena and the first thing she heard as she burst through the curtain and onto the stage, was howling. She grinned, cupped her hands over mouth and let out a loud howl of her own.

She tagged fans hands as she made her way down the ring. All the while noting the death glare Kassius sent her way with a nod of respect which she returned. She leapt up and grabbed the top rope and vaulted herself over in to the ring. She did her poses on the turnbuckles for the fans, then jumped down and jogged in place, then turned and waited for the referee to start the match.

"This has been the match I wanted to see all night." Tom Philips said with a huge grin. "There has been no love loss been these two."

They stared at each other as the referee went about checking them and asking if they were ready. In perfect unison, Rikki and Kassius said they were ready, never taking their eyes off the other.

"Thomas we are in a prestigious moment here, anything can happen. We might be witnessing the last meeting between these two individuals. Especially when one is looking more beautiful every time I see her. Aspen looks like a fiery goddess this evening." William Regal said , giving appreciation where appreciation was due.

As if she heard him, Rikki turned towards the commentary booth and pointed to Regal in acknowledgement.

"I think she heard you Regal." Tom said.

She turned back to matter at hand as she and Kassius began to circle one another, trying to get the upper hand. It was in that moment, that Rikki and Kassius locked up. But he was 6 inches taller then her 5'5", he got the upper hand to put her in a head lock.

But she used his 6'4", 270lbs frame to her advantage and made a quick escape. She ducked and dodged Kassius for a good five minutes until Kassius had just about enough. He growled in frustration and grabbed Rikki's arm and put it in armlock.

Rikki grunted and tried to find someway to use Kassius' size against him. At this point, Kassius would have the upper hand. This was the type of situation that she really didn't want to be in so early in the match. Especially with a man that out weighed by over 200lbs.

"Man, Ohno has that classic armlock locked in doesn't he." Tom said, wincing in sympathetic pain every time Kassius twisted Aspen's arm a little more.

"He suburb at it. Brilliantly done. Now Aspen as to go on the counter attack. But with the way the momentum shifted, I don't think our dear Aspen can do it Thomas. At this point, my bet is that Kassius has this match." Regal said as he to winced at Aspen's arm being twisted.

"Don't counter her out just yet Regal." Tom exclaimed.

15 minutes for Rikki turned into an hour. That was until she came up with an idea. She decided to use a trick out of Brett and Owen Hart's book. She bent down into a crouch and began somersault to the right. She then spun somersaulted the other way on Kassius' right side then turn and did same trick the other way until she broke free of hold and reversed it.

"Wow, who knew Aspen could pull an Owen Hart?" Tom asked with a huge grin.

"Impressive as always! This young woman has a certain class about her that you simply can't teach. I think Owen would have been proud." Regal said.

Kassius growled. He easily escaped the armlock and turned faced Rikki again. But she wasn't going to let him have the upper hand again, so she made a run at the ropes. She run behind him, bounced off the ropes, gaining momentum, running full speed and ducking when Kassius to a swipe at her.

She then bounced off the ropes that were directly in front him, leapt into the air, front flipped, wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him down with he falling momentum.

"Oh my goodness gracious! That was exquisite. Beautifully done. We have just witnessed her father in motion Thomas and it was glorious." Regal praised.

Rikki staggered to her feet and aloud herself a moment to breath, but Kassius had other ideas. As she moved herself in front of ropes, Kassius attacked. He charge at her with a yell and went to hit with Hero Kick but Rikki had ware withal to move last minute and pulled the ropes down. The action sent Kassius' momentum over the top and onto the ground.

And just like was gong to do with her, Rikki refused to let Kassius rest. She rushed the ropes, bounced off, ran straight across the ring, leapt in the air and flipping into a Flipping Suicide Dive causing Kassius to somewhat catch her as she hit him and fall to the ground stunned.

"Oh My God! Regal, Aspen just hit Kassius with Thunderstruck. I feel it, I feel it. The momentum looks like it's shifting." Tom said excitedly.

"Beautifully executed. Aspen as an inner strength that is surpassed by none. She may be small but she has her father's in ring genius and Rey Mysterio's heart." Regal said with pride.

Rikki reached down and grabbed him by the hair and all but threw back into the ring. As she climbed through the second rope, Kassius recovered some what and went on the attack again. He gave her a series of forearm smashed to the face and stepped back.

Before Rikki knew what was happening, Kassius hooked his arms around her head and started to lift her off the ground for his Hero DDT. But at the last moment, Rikki started to fight back. She escaped his hold, swung herself in his arms, wrapped her hands around the back of his head, did the splits in the air and brought Kassius down into a sitout Facebuster.

"Air Wolf, Air Wolf! Aspen just hit Air Wolf!" Tom said excitedly, as he jumped up and watched.

"Momentum is in young Aspen's favour. But can she capitalise." Regal explained.

"Oh My God! Regal she's going for it." Tom exclaimed.

Rikki slipped through the second rope and made her way to the top turnbuckle. She climbed to the top and got herself situated. She raised her hands into the I love You sign and leapt into the air.

She corkscrewed her body around twice then manoeuvred herself into a crouch midair and the rotated in the splash position. She felt her body hit Kassius' and then got up for the cover sitting on him while lifting his leg.

"Harlequinade! And she's got it Regal." Tom yelled.

"1, 2, 3! Ring the bell!" The referee yelled.

Rikki rolled off Kassius and sat down in the middle of the ring as a deafening roar rang through the crowd. She stood up slowly, trying to catch her breath. Then she felt the referee grab her wrist.

"And here's you winner via pinfall, Aspen Wolf!"

The roar grew louder as her wrist was raised in the air for victory. She was over come with emotion. She knew she was popular but she didn't think this much.

"THANK YOU ASPEN!" THUD, THUD, THUD, THUD. "THANK YOU ASEPEN!" The crowd yelled, clapping their hands in time.

Rikki turned to the crowd and in pure Trish Stratus fashion, waved her hands in the air and took her bow in the middle of the ring. As she stood, she wiped the tears that formed in her sea green eyes. She pointed towards the crowd and clapped for them as well.

This may be her last match on NXT, but this moment right here, would go with her and stick with her while she was on the Main Roster. She was going to save this match in her momentum column. This was what she was born to do.

She looked up towards the stage for split second and saw Dean standing there. They stared at each other for what seemed like eternity, and then Dean blew Rikki a quick kiss and nodded his head in respect.

She was shocked at first and then blew one of her own back at him. Rikki had a funny feeling that there were going to be more situations like this in the future. Rikki had to grin, it was going to be a hell of a ride for them both.