Emberald

Emberald is the femslash ship between Cinder Fall and Emerald Sustrai from the RWBY fandom.

Volume 2
It is revealed that Emerald works under Cinder's direct command and never questions her authority. Emerald seems to have a deep amount of respect for Cinder and greatly values her approval, sometimes even addressing her as "ma'am" instead of by her name, and eagerly going out of her way to perform tasks for her. In "Best Day Ever", she enthusiastically greets Cinder when she appears, only to be let down when she ignores her. Conversely, after being scolded for acting impulsively and against her direct orders, Emerald looked saddened and apologized saying it wouldn't happen again.

Volume 3
In volume 3 Cinder, Mercury and Emerald all set their fall of Beacon plan in motion. Emerald takes part in framing Yang for hurting Mercury and then framing Pyrrha for killing Penny. They then both watch the destruction together from a rooftop. In "Beginning of the End" it is revealed that part of Emerald's loyalty to Cinder is due to being saved by her from living on the streets. Whatever affection toward Cinder she has in connection to this is not equally returned, as Cinder can be heard striking Emerald and reminding her to know her place when Emerald speaks out against recruiting Mercury Black.

Volume 4
After the Fall of Beacon, in "The Next Step", Emerald appears to worry about Cinder alot, due to Cinder's injuries caused by Ruby making her unable to speak at all. As a result Emerald ends up being Cinder's interpreter and relaying her speech to others in her stead. She also helps Cinder train by conjuring up illusions of Ruby which Cinder uses her new maiden powers on.

Volume 5
In "The More the Merrier" Emerald reveals to Ruby during their fight that her debt to Cinder is worth more than anything and that she doesn't care about Salem. In "Haven's Fate", Emerald breaks down in tears after realizing that Cinder was defeated (and might have been killed). This causes her to scream in agony and she inadvertently activates her hallucination semblance on everyone in her grief. She is later shown unconscious with hazel carrying her over his back.

Volume 6
In "So That's How It Is", She responds in horror when tyrian tells her Cinder can't protect her anymore. She is later shocked to find out that Cinder is still alive. In "Lost", she confesses to Mercury that she thinks of Cinder as family, she taught her things and she cared for her deeply. But when Mercury bluntly points out to her that Cinder never cared for either of them, she quickly denies his accusation and later became enraged enough to lash out and get into a physical altercation with him.

Volume 8
In "Divide", Emerald was happy to see Cinder return to them and attempted to excitedly greet her and express her faith that she would come back only to be saddened and stop in her tracks when Cinder harshly tells her to be quiet. In "Fault" despite their time apart and Cinder's own degrading and disrespectful tone to her during their Reunion, Emerald is still shown to still care for her and is still strongly devoted to Cinder. When Neo initially refused to go along with Cinder, Emerald jumped at the opportunity to help her get the winter maiden powers.

In "Amity", During Cinder's fight with Penny Polendina, Emerald constantly followed Cinder around as the two Maidens battled in order to provide assistance to her if needed. She was then shown to smile confidently at Cinder as she began getting the upper hand in the battle. She later provided support to Cinder by using her Semblance to conjure several illusions to confuse Penny. After Cinder is defeated by Penny and knocked unconscious, Emerald immediately runs to her side to see if she's alright. She angrily lashed out against Penny when she came close and despite knowing that she stood no chance of actually winning, threatened to take down the main power to destroy the Amity Communications Tower controls before she could get to Emerald.

In "Midnight", Emerald was extremly relieved to see Cinder wake up and see she was alright. She then defended her against Mercury after he began belittling her for her choice of going against Salem's orders and that Cinder never cared for her. Emerald is disheartened once again when Cinder told her and Mercury to get out. Despite all this, Emerald was horrified and sympathetic towards Cinder when Salem began punishing her for her actions by inducing pain in her Shadow Grimm Hand.

Fanon
Emberald was a popular ship in the early volumes of RWBY, since it was glaringly obvious that Emerald cared for Cinder and looked up to her. It waned in popularity as the volumes went on as it became obvious to the audience and even some of the characters in the show that Cinder doesn't care about anyone or anything except herself. Nevertheless, it still has a small fanbase.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Their ship name comes from the word ember, since Cinder has a fire based semblance and the last part comes from Emerald's name.