Epilogue (Rumours, lies and half truths)

Yang was too prideful to tell Weiss she knew that Emerald's semblance interfered with her match. Who would believe her story apart from Team RWBY anyways? Withholding this information however gave Emerald enough leeway to interfere with Penny's match against Pyrrha, resulting in the Fall of Beacon. If Team RWBY had tried to confront Emerald earlier, they may have prevented it.

The Fall of Beacon was a tragedy to all parties involved, perpetrators included. Even Cinder did not come out unscathed. A blinding silver light somehow managed to incinerate the hand she used to leech the Fall maiden’s powers with. She lost an eye due to burns on her face.

The airship Dr Watts flew into Vale for extracting Emerald and Mercury became a make-shift operating room once he found Cinder. Her blood loss after having an arm vaporised was excessive.

Emerald provided an emergency blood transfusion to keep Cinder alive long enough to reach Salem’s domain. She pleaded tearfully for Cinder to not die on her. Everything she did was for her! This all couldn’t go to waste!

Cinder survived her ordeal, but became emotionally numb. The mental trauma from her injuries was immense. The same could be said for Yang, who similarly lost a limb during the Fall of Beacon. However, Yang did not have the emotional support of Emerald to bolster her through the recovery.

Cinder was rendered unable to talk while Emerald nursed her. Her throat was damaged. Dr Watts monitored Cinder closely for internal bleeding. Somehow, Ruby's silver flash managed to damage Cinder's muscles tissues internally and externally. Cinder resorted to writing down what she wanted to say on paper. Her words were few... Her gaze was hollow. She needed help with basic living functions in her weakened state.

Emerald spent long hours at Cinder’s bedside. There wasn’t anything better for her to do.

Several months later, Cinder regained the strength to take care of herself. She insisted on having more time alone, meaning Emerald returned to a life of monotonous boredom stuck in Salem's castle. With no CCTS to go online, Emerald had to find some distractions. All Emerald had was Salem's collection of books and the porno she recorded.

One restless night, Emerald decided to wander the castle of Salem’s domain. The castle was so big that no one would find her walking around in her underwear. The warm glow in Emerald’s panties led her like a moth to a flame towards Cinder's bedroom. Emerald invited herself into the room without knocking. She found Cinder half-asleep. Cinder was conscious enough to hear Emerald whisper her name.

Cinder's singular eye opens to find Emerald in a matching green bra and panties at her bedside. Her eyes scan up and down- she groans in confusion.

Emerald makes her intentions clear by holding Cinder’s hand against her bare thigh. Cinder withdraws her hand in fright. She still saw Emerald as the 15 year old girl they met three years ago.

Cinder shakes her while groaning in protest. Emerald hushes Cinder, placing a finger delicately on her lips.

“Cinder, I am not a child anymore. I’m a woman now, and you are not my mother. You never wanted to be. You wanted a partner in crime. I want to be your partner, not your lackey. I want a seat at Salem’s table next to you. Do you want it?” Emerald whispers.

Emerald takes her finger away from Cinder's lips. With a slight look of embarrassment, Cinder nods. Emerald gets on top of Cinder to kiss her. She then pulls bedsheets aside and climbs into her bed.

Emerald allows Cinder to use her mouth, pussy and ass for their leisure. They spend most of their time mounting Cinder and taking charge due to her weakened state. Emerald helps Cinder to regain her confidence by letting them go on the offensive in positions that are easy to perform with only one arm. Her assets and skills left Cinder drained, but filled with a deep sense of satisfaction.

Cinder snuggled closely to Emerald in bed. Emerald clutched Cinder's head into their bosom- she suckled on their breast like a baby. In the months Cinder was at her most fragile, their roles had reversed Emerald. The provider had become the dependent. Cinder found peace in being **** for once. She owed everything to Emerald and vice versa. They belonged to each other.

Through all rumours, lies and half truths, Emerald found true love.

All it took was destroying Yang in the process...