Eclipse - Act 1 - The Healing

Epilogue

Jaune

A couple weeks later...

Construction is still underway in the repairs for the Academy and the city, however with the looming threat of the Black Smog no longer on everyone's minds, they can finally enjoy their two victories. Victories that came at great cost, and that cost has not been forgotten. Inside of the Food Hall, they have finally set the long-awaited dance off, and the photographs of the fallen have been stapled to a wall to always remember them. Professor Oobleck, Forrest Ickford, Rouge Daniels, the many students and members of staff who were killed in both attacks.

Penny Polendina.

Glynda and Ironwood both stand beside the board, with Professor Ozpin sat down in a wheelchair, still recovering from waking from the coma. Glynda filled him in on everything that has transpired, and the reaction can still be seen in his eyes. That look of I should have been here to help them is clear as day in his brown eyes. However, nobody is dwelling on the past, for that is not what everyone died for, they died so then the rest of the world could keep on living and never forgetting the sacrifices that they made to get to this point.

Peony dances with Jaymes on the dance floor, more enthusiastically than him, whilst Neptune, Scarlet and Sage are all dancing with immense vigour. More vigour than the Schnees who are both sat down, admiring the spectacle of their utterly terrible dancing skills. Sun is sat with Blake, talking indistinctly at their table, and he now has metallic medical filament implanted into his wound, one that has helped repair the damage but has left this long dark metallic grey mark across his chest and side of his face. He actually now has his – now black – shirt buttoned up, unlike what he would normally do.

Accept for this dance he is wearing his smart suit again, and Blake is wearing her beautiful dark purple dress. Everyone is dressed up nice. Pyrrha in her crimson red dress and Ruby still struggling in hers. Yang welcomes the rest of the students into the dance, seeing Team C.R.D.L entering in their suits, and Cardin smiles and playfully bows to Yang. She chuckles, and she lets the four of them enter, new people, no longer the bullies their once were. Hearing cheers from the students who see them, and Cardin smiles as he nudges Russel's shoulder with his elbow.

Team C.F.V.Y are already inside, and this time their planning for the dance was actually completed unlike last time, and it is clear. Their ideas alongside Yang and Weiss' work really shows, especially with Coco's sense of style. Nora and Ren both dance slowly and adorably on the dance floor, whilst one couple...the main couple...is not there.

Not like before.

Pyrrha sits at the table, the music drowning out her thoughts as she swirls her finger around the rim of her glass. The multicoloured lights from the dance floor swipe left and right across the table, when a shadow dwarfs over her. She turns and her solemn expression slowly explodes into an ear to ear grin.

"Still fits me." Jaune chuckles, patting the white dress currently hugging his torso. "I dunno whether to be disappointed or relieved." He laughs sheepishly. "So... wanna dance?"

"Can't go one party without being in a dress, huh?" Pyrrha chuckles, standing and taking his hands, staring longingly into his eyes. His smile softens to sheer compassion. "Thank you."

"Always." Jaune beams. Pyrrha blushes and sobers, looking downwards.

"W-What are we, Jaune?"

"Hmm?" He asks, eyebrows scrunching. She huffs and squeezes his hands.

"Us? Everything. Where are you?" She asks softly, blushing as she studies his hands in hers. "I'm where I'm always going to be, so... it's up to you. I'll understand if it's just too mu-"