Hadley Harper wouldn't stay long in EPA after all she had found a new place for her talent to roam. She wasn't going to leave without showing people first that she was one of the best. Hadley had never in her career actually got the chance to encounter Gabriella Riley and now the opportunity had presented itself. It was her chance to show that she could handle the so-called "competition". Sure she didn't see it, she didn't get what people saw in Gabriella Riley, but she didn't much care to either. Hadley had one thing in mind and that was leaving EPA with that one win on her record. She had a lot of things to think about though, she had a huge match in GWE this week that would lead her to win the women's championship she didn't have much time to really think over her match tactics against Gabriella Riley. Fortunately for Hadley she was never one of those girls that had to review tapes in order to do well. She didn't need to scout out her opponents and she sure as hell didn't need to go over what they were good at and what they weren't. It was called talent to do things without having to worry about the strengths and weaknesses of your opponent. Sure Hadley wasn't technically apart of the EPA roster anymore but she was still going to show up on of the girls that thinks they're better than her. After all that's something she did well, beat the twats of the world into the ground. Hadley was used to people bashing on her career, she was used to the people just looking for flaws in it, because jealousy ran deep when you didn't get things that other people did. People called Hadley a fluke said she didn't deserve the things that she got, but she had don't enough to prove herself and she didn't much care to try to impress people anymore. She was just planning on being who she was and that was good enough for her. It wasn't stuff she hadn't heard before, after all Hadley didn't have many true flaws. Sure she had something handed to her once but what did that mean after awhile, after she had defended her title, what did it mean that it was handed to her? She never let it get to her though because she knew she was better than what people made her out to be, she knew that she had more to offer than this broken down piece of trash that called herself Gabriella Riley. After all..she was the queen.

Hadley held her hands together on her lap she hated sitting through long speeches but for some reason she had found herself at the University of Iowa giving motivational speeches to kids taking summer classes. The man before her didn't seem to know how to stop talking. He had survived a car crash but lost both his legs after the whole lower half of his body got stuck under water in the crash for two days. He had adjusted his life around it and it ended up being for the better. Now he could dedicate his life to talking to kids...how fun. Hadley rolled her eyes. She was up next and she hadn't really planned out what she was going to say. She figured if she was really going to motivate people it was going to be improved she wasn't going to try and write down her whole life and try to make kids care. They never really did, so what's the point in wasting your time? Suddenly Hadley heard a thunderous applause she turned her attention to the man that sat in a wheel chair he waved out to the crowd and said his thank yous bowing as well as he could in the chair. Hadley lifted her hands from her lap and clapped her hands. She hadn't paid much attention to him but who cares. He pushed himself towards her. She then got to her feet looking down at him as he stopped in front of her. He lifted up the microphone for her to take. She grabbed it from his hands.

Man; Good luck!

He winked at her and then took his place as Hadley continued walking. She walked to the front of the rather large stage and placed her hand on her hip looking out at the rowdy crowd of college and high school kids. She could see that there were also a few parents in the audience. She lifted the microphone to her glossed lips.

Hadley Harper; Well for those of you who aren't wrestling fans my name is Hadley Harper. I am a two time women's champion and a hall of famer at the now retired Online Championship Wrestling. I am here to motivate all you kids today and honestly I don't know how. I don't know how to get through to kids that aren't motivated because I, myself, have always been someone that is motivated. There has never been a point in my life when I didn't go for what I wanted, and even more so there isn't a point in my life when I haven't gotten what I wanted. Whether it's been handed to me or whether I got it on my own. Now for those of you that are wrestling fans and have seen my work you know that I was handed one of my women's championships, and you should all know that people give me crap for it all the time. However there is a difference between simply getting things handed to you and working for them. I worked for everything I got even the things that were given to me. Sometimes you're going to lose, and that is something that comes with life, but the real winners are people that still go for the things they want even if they have setbacks. I realized that I had a lot of potential to be something that I always wanted to be and I didn't stop until I got everything I wanted. Now I am happy to say that I'm in the career that I love doing exactly what I love. That is something that is key; cause if you love what you do then there is no possible way to go wrong.

Hadley took a second to catch a breath.

Hadley Harper; I didn't want to come up here and tell all of you what you should do with your life, because that's not my place, but I will give you a suggestion. Do something that you're good at. Yes I know it sounds simple enough and it's an obvious thing to say but some people don't go after their dreams because they think that it's going to go the wrong way for them. Quitters aren't going to be legends though. People like me, people that are willing to put themselves out there to win are going to be winners. I have a theory that the more people down on you the better off you are. I am fueled by doubt, I am fueled by people telling me that I'm not good enough, that I won't live up to what I've created because I want to laugh in each and everyone of those persons faces when I come out the winner and they're left on the mat wondering what just happened to them. My most recent example would be my upcoming match in a new promotion by the name of Elitist Pro Alliance, fans should tune in this Friday at 10 p.m, 9 central. Anyways, the example comes from a match between Gabriella Riley and myself. I have never gotten the chance to go up against Gabriella but trust me I wanted to when she came into OCW. Unfortunately though the managers had other plans for her. Now Gabriella is the type of girl that flaunts herself, the type that builds herself up to be something amazing and compares her to people that are better than her, but seems to think she's just as good. Now Gabriella says that my career has been filled with luck. Now honestly I can't say she's wrong. I was lucky to sign a contract with OCW, I was lucky to be born into a family that would buy me my own ring and fly trainers in for me. Everyone has luck in their career. She says that she ranks up to people like Scarlett Manson and Rain Storms people that made me want to be apart of OCW. The funny part about this is that those two are apart of the OCW hall of fame, and I am too. However Riley is not. So the question is how does she compare to them when I have just as good of resume as both those women and she doesn't.

Hadley grinned a little bit.

Hadley Harper; However I won't dwell on the words that she spoke, it is just more of a reason for me to beat her than before. It is more of a motivator to go up against someone that thinks they have got everything under control and show them that they're quite wrong. See I went into my career telling myself and everyone else that I had a mission. It wasn't simply to be successful like other people came into the business for. I went into the business to get rid of all the women that were making their career by showing off their bodies and slutting around. It is a common problem of the wrestling world to put the female in a spot where she comes off as a slut, now these women the ones that infest the MSN circuit are strong women but that doesn't mean that it's okay for them to be trashy. People like Jade Jiles, Jasmine Stephens, and Gabriella Riley seem to think it's okay to show their bodies off and to talk about sex all the time, but my job is to keep the place classy and to show that there is no problem in just wrestling because you cannot to get your tits into playboy.

Hadley took a break as the audience responded with a laugh. She smiled.

Hadley Harper; I suppose what I'm trying to say is that it's important to get yourself into something that you want to do, for the right reasons. I became a wrestler because I wanted to wrestle and because I wanted to prove that I could handle the shots that come with it. Wrestling isn't just about the physical game, it's also about the mental game and you need to be on top of your game in both places to be the best. Thanks guys, keep up the good work.

The audience cheered as Hadley waved out to them a fake smile glowing on her face. She stepped back to hand the microphone to a woman that had stepped up to meet her. Hadley was met at the front of the stage by all the other speakers, had she really been last? She shrugged thinking to herself.

Woman; Alright, thank you so much students lets hear it again for your speakers!

The women motioned to all of them as the kids cheered each trying to pretend to be more enthusiastic than the rest. The woman clapped her hands a couple of times nodding towards the speakers including Hadley. She then turned back out to the kids.

Woman; Alright, now...

The woman kept talking but Hadley had zoned out. She felt a tap on her side. She looked to her side and then down to the man in the wheelchair that had spoken before her. She rose an eyebrow as he nodded at her.

Hadley Harper; Can I help you?

The man chuckled a little to himself.

Man; You seem to have a tough exterior miss..Harper was it?

Hadley Harper; Yeah, Hadley Harper. I suppose that's part of being a professional wrestler, gotta keep the face on at all times.

She flashed a fake smile at him as he laughed.

Man; Yes well you did an excellent job of talking today. How long did that one take you to write up?

The man looked up to her, he seemed genuinely interested.

Hadley Harper; I didn't write anything down actually, I feel like that takes away from the true passion of it.

The man looked at her, he seemed impressed. Hadley smiled.

Man; Wow very nice. I've been telling the same story for five years, never thought to really wing it.

Hadley shrugged her shoulders

Hadley Harper; Well I suppose that's my nature. I like the element of surprise. I like to prove that I'm not really down and out when everyone thinks I am. It's apart of me that I really enjoy actually, being able to surprise people for the better.

The man nodded his head.

Man; You do a very good job then I suppose? I mean what with all those accolades you were talking about.

Hadley nodded her head.

Hadley Harper; Yes, well I am sure that won't be the end of those. Even though I thought I did an excellent job of showing myself to be good enough people are still pulling the same old crap, saying that I was just lucky. I find it funny though because it just shows that there is nothing else that they have on me, they don't have any true things to put on me you know what I mean?

The man looked a little confused but played along anyway trying to encourage Hadley.

Hadley Harper; Yeah, you don't really know what I'm talking about. That's fine though you shouldn't have to know. Well I suppose it would be like people doubting that you lost your legs in a car crash. You know for a fact that it happened and it's obvious to everyone else but they're going to say it isn't legit because it benefits them in some sense. That's what it going on with my life right now. A lot of girls that want to seem like they have one up on me acting like they really know how things are and like they have more talent than me. It just doesn't make sense, cause they have no true basis for their reasoning. Like saying I got lucky, how are they to know that I wouldn't have done just as well at another point in the companies run? They can't possibly know that. Then again at least I've actually done something with my career, which is more than most others can say. After all a title is a title in a legit federation.

The man looked a little less confused by still nodded. Hadley smiled at him.

Hadley Harper; Still nothing?

He laughed a little shaking his head.

Man; Sorry Miss Harper, I myself have never understood the basis of professional wrestling. I just know they beat people around.

Hadley laughed a little and nodded her head looking out to the now almost empty hall.

Hadley Harper; Yeah I hear that a lot. It's okay if you don't get it though, neither does my boyfriend but I still chat his ear off about it. Either way though it was a pleasure meeting you Mr...wow I am so sorry. I can't remember your name.

The man shrugged his shoulders almost to say that it was no big deal. He reached to meet Hadley's hand in a handshake.

Man; It's James Neff. It was a pleasure meeting you as well Miss Harper. It isn't everyday I meet someone inspirational.

Hadley and James both removed their hands from the other. Hadley let her's fall at her side.

Hadley Harper; Wow, me? Yeah right, you're the one that is inspirational. I'm here to be motivational in some sort of way. I think it's just because wrestling is nothing without actual passion for the sport. I mean who would go into a career that they get thrown around in if they didn't love it.

The man shook his head.

Man; That is why you're inspirational. You fight through things like that, through people attacking you both physically and mentally almost everyday. That's one more than me at least, but if you're confident with who you are then there really isn't anything people can do to budge you. Do you understand?

Hadley nodded her head, she had never thought of herself as inspirational and she certainly hadn't expected to be thought of as such, impressive, talented, amazing, those were words she found associated with her name but inspirational was a new one. Then again she wasn't going to complain about that one.

Hadley Harper; Yeah I suppose I've never thought about it like that, then again most wrestlers are inspirational then huh?

Hadley laughed to herself as the man shook his head.

Man; No not all, a lot could be considered that much but you are different. You continue to do well despite the fact that people criticize you and try to break you down. You just get stronger in that sort of sense. It isn't something a lot of people in general can do, to stay not just strong on the outside but on the inside as well. At least it appears as though you have kept your confidence on the inside, I could be wrong.

Hadley shook her head.

Hadley Harper; I am just as strong inside as I am out. That's one thing that I've always been proud of myself for, I just never gave it a name besides confidence. Then again it could be called arrogance. This has given me a new look at myself though, that'll make things even better for me. Thank you.

The man nodded as he shrugged his shoulders.

Man; It's my job, I seek out the inspirational and allow them to see how they can contribute. I hope to see you around Miss Harper.

The shook hands again and he drove his wheel chair off to the left as Hadley began walking to the right. A smile appeared on her face as she made her way down the steps to meet Elliott Channing on the side of the stage. It was Elliott who has set Hadley up to do this in the first place, it was originally in Hadley's EPA contract to do promotional work for them. So she had no choice.

Elliott Channing; Well did you have fun talking to him? We were supposed to leave ten minutes ago.

Elliott looked down at her diamond studded watch and Hadley rolled her eyes.

Hadley Harper; Sorry, he was interesting.

Elliott looked to Hadley laughing.

Elliott Channing; Yeah whatever, anyways lets go before you get more sappy.

Elliott turned to leave and Hadley looked to the ground, damn she was right. Hadley had been acting sappy. Hadley then shrugged her shoulders and followed Elliott. Who cares if she was acting sappy, she was a fucking inspiration. What else did anyone need to know?