Achilles Heel

Achilles Heel is the femslash ship between Pyrrha Nikos and Cinder Fall from the RWBY fandom.

Canon
In Volume 2, Cinder tells Emerald to add Pyrrha to "the list" meaning that she might have had some unknown plan for her. She then gets Mercury to fight against her to see what kind of semblance she has who later tells her he's impressed with the results.

In Volume 3, Cinder orchestrates Penny's "death" and has Pyrrha framed for it. In Chapter 11, As Pyrrha gets ready to have the Fall Maiden powers transfered to her, Cinder suddenly enters and steals the Fall Maiden's powers for herself. In Chapter 12, Pyrrha then decides to try and fight Cinder herself. Pyrrha is eventually overpowered and Cinde shoots her in the heel with an arrow. Cinder then kneels in front of a hurt Pyrrha and mockingly tells her that the maiden powers were never hers to begin with, and that she will make better use of them. Pyrrha then looks up at her and defiantly asks her if she believes in destiny, to which Cinder responds "yes". She then shoots her in the heart with another arrow and disintegrating her body.

Volume 3
Chapter 11
 * Pyrrha attempts to fight Cinder before being sent away by Ozpin.

Volume 6

 * Cinder tells Neo that she believes in destiny, quoting Pyrrha's words to her.

Fanon
Achilles Heel is a rarepair in the RWBY fandom, due to the two being enemies, and Cinder killing Pyrrha. Some fans view them as a tragic couple and their dyanamic appeal as an opposites-attract ship due to their drastically different personalities.

People who don't ship these two usually ship Arkos.

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Trivia

 * Their ship name comes from the Greek god Achilles who Pyrrha is based off of. Achilles was fatally shot in his heel which became his downfall, Pyrrha was also shot in her heel by Cinder, which became her downfall.