Happily Ever After is a Relative Term

by shortstuff1699

Warning! There are spoilers for Winter in here. You have been warned! The story says they lived happily ever after, but that doen't mean that they didn't still experience hardships. Starring all major characters, see what happens 5 years after the end of the series said: And they lived happily ever after.

1. Chapter 1

Cinder gazed out across Artemisia Lake. It was the beginning of a true sunrise, her favorite time here on Luna. Few things were more beautiful to her than watching a real sunrise from the amazing view of the throne room. She'd woken up early to see it.

Kai was still asleep, they'd been up late last night preparing for the meeting this afternoon that would set the most of the final laws in order to finally make Luna a republic. Five years of hard work and policy changes and now finally one of her dreams was finally coming together.

Cinder was happy with what they'd done, but with this reformation almost coming to an end, she couldn't help feeling bittersweet emotions that always come from a goal being completed. She was happy for her people. Proud of them, of how well they had taken the changes that basically had turned their entire lives around. She was ecstatic that for the first time in history, the people of Luna would not only have a say in how their government was run, but they finally had the opportunity to run it. They already had nominations for elected officials, and the voting process was underway.

But she was also a little sad. Sad that she would no longer be queen, that she probably wouldn't get to talk to many of people of Luna face to face ever again. But this sadness was completely outweighed by the joy that she felt.

She just had one more thing to put in order.

The offer that Kai had made her five years earlier, after her coronation ceremony.

Cinder heard footsteps, but didn't bother turning around. She felt arms slip around her waist and a kiss brush the top of her head. "Good Morning," he whispered.

She turned around and their lips had just met when a beep came from the portscreen in her pocket. She pulled it out and opened a video comm from Wolf.

He looked distressed..

"Thank the stars , you two are awake. You need to come to Earth. Now,"

"Can we meet you later today?" asked Kai, "We've kind of got an important meeting this afternoon, involving a bunch of laws-"

"No, you need to come now. It's Scarlet, she's not doing well."