"So this is how it feels to die." He said as he felt the golden throne becoming rapidly weaker and weaker by the minute." Strange. I always imagined it more… dramatic and saddening." The Emperor said as he watched the army of tech priests and servitors attempt to halt the Emperor's inevitable Demise.
" Tech priest. Send word of the golden throne's failure to mars and any other imperium forge world. We will not let the our holy lord die today!" a custodian yelled as he carried equipment to the busy tech priests." I find it deeply saddening that I didn't die being surrounded by my sons for one last time. But still.. It is very touching that all of you are working to save me but.." The emperor said as he paused to watch a servitor carry a plasma battery by.
" My death is inevitable. Even if you save me today, what will happen tomorrow? Or the next day? Or the next?" He said to the custodian." Our lord, please do not speak like that. Who else will guide us through the warp? Who else will shine his holy light across the stars? Who else will lead us?" The custodian said as he helped a tech priest connect the plasma battery to the throne. Suddenly a light appeared in the middle of the room revealing a eldar farseer and her ranger bodyguards.
" Witch! Have you come to watch our holy emperor die before you like the countless others?" The custodian aid as he raised his bolter in order to defend his holiness. The farseer gave him no heed and walked towards the throne and surprisingly keeled before it." Emperor of mankind, the Eldar wish to propose an alliance to halt the approaching black crusade for the 16th time. Will you take up arms with us?" The farseer asked the emperor." noble farseer i wish to propose a permanent alliance, one that will last until the last star in the universe dies. I wish to make the imperium of man and the Eldar have peace between them. There has been too much blood shed between our races. Do you accept?" The Emperor said as he felt the energy that had kept him alive for many millenniums slowly fade.
The farseer quickly agreed to this permanent alliance, but was troubled." Why do you propose the alliance now?" The farseer asked as she slowly stood to meet the emperor's holy gaze." I am dying, farseer. The golden throne has finally failed me. If i truly needed i could save myself at any time, but no. By doing so i would simply put humanity at risk of the great enemy or worse." The emperor explained as the room began to slowly glow with a golden light.
" I shall grant humanity three last gifts before I die. Each will help protect it from the forces of chaos and any other exterior threat that threatens the imperium. The first gift is the return of the loyal primarchs that still walk among us. They shall provide protection and leadership in the dark time ahead. The second gift shall be a new emperor. Custodian, you have served me well for the past millennium. You have shown passion for the imperium and expert leadership skills. The last gift i give you is the warp closing." the emperor said as the golden glow became blinding.
" good bye my children. Take care." the Emperor said as he released the last of his power and energy towards the eye of terror in a blinding golden light. In all of a mere moment it was all gone. The universe stood still looking towards where the eye of terror once stood.
Enraged the remaining forces of chaos quickly launched a full fleet towards holy Terra." My lord... As you command, i shall obey your last order." The Custodian said as he slowly stood and began issuing orders to prepare for the massive chaos fleet that was approaching slowly towards Terra." He sacrificed himself to save his people. Even when he could've saved himself. He truly was worthy of the title emperor of mankind." The farseer thought as she quickly ordered her ranger escort to contact the eldar fleet for support in the defense of their now lifelong ally.
The Emperor sat up with a start to find himself in a field of green grass." So this is the after life." He thought as he stood up. Walking over to a tree he sat down underneath it." this is peaceful." He thought as he looked up towards the sky watching a blackbird fly high up in the sky towards an unknown location. The Emperor sighed with relief as he closed his eyes to take a well deserved rest. A loud screech of a bird was heard causing the Emperor to wake from his nap.
" I guess even in the afterlife they still have annoying birds." The Emperor said to himself as he looked up into the sky to see a nevermore." Holy shit that's a big bird. And is that? Is that a child on it?" the emperor said watching the nevermore slowly glided down to earth.
The emperor's fatherly instincts kicked in causing him to run towards where the giant bird fell in order to save the child. As he ran he summoned his holy golden armor and his sword of heavenly fire. He thundered past what appeared to be a large group of children, all wielding strange weapons, and towards the circling nevermore.
The nevermore saw a distracted girl in a red cloak watching the new fighter in his glistening golden armor running towards her and released a barrage of razor sharp feathers down. Ruby watched as the golden man ran towards her yelling something in a language she didn't understand." Ruby! Look out!" yelled Yang causing Ruby to turn and see a feather projectile a foot away from her face. Ruby closed her eyes as she crouched down knowing there was no time to dodge the feather." This is how i die," Ruby thought," Not even the first mission and i die due to me being careless. Yang's going to blame herself , Dad's going to have no one to share cookies with, and.. And.." Ruby waited for the impact of the feather. It never came.
Ruby slowly looked up to see the golden man holding the object of her demise three inches above her head. Ruby quickly moved out of the way as the man hurled the heavy feather to the side and then said something to her in his odd language before he picked up his sword. The sword lit on fire as the man charged into the mass of grim beowolves that were drawn by the sound of the fighting. He proceeded to hack and slash as he went charging into the horde." Who is that?" Nora asked Yang as they watched in awe as he slashed a Ursa with his clawed gauntlet decapitating its head.
The slaughter lasted a total of ten minutes as the Emperor slew every single demon like creature he could find. Once satisfied the emperor sheathed his blade and walked back towards the children." Greetings. May i enquirer where i am?" the emperor asked. A blonde haired girl stepped forward and said something in a language he didn't recognize.
" i do not realize that language. Do any of you speak high or low Gothic? No? English perhaps? No. seriously? Fine let's try German i guess." the Emperor said thinking out loud as he tried a multitude of languages. Weiss perked up when she heard the man begin asking if any of them spoke this language." Ja." Weiss said." Oh thank me. Finally a language one of you understands. Where am I? Because i refuse to believe this is what the afterlife is like." The emperor said in fluent German." You are on remnant sir. What is your name Mr?" Weiss asked as the group walked towards the cliffs.
Blake watched curiously as the golden man replied causing Weiss's face went a shade paler and she stopped talking. Goodwitch and Ozpin stood waiting for the students to arrive on top of the cliff.
"who's that?" Goodwitch asked Ozpin who was in the middle of a big gulp of coffee. Lowering the mug Ozpin saw a giant man covered in golden armor, which seemed to glow golden light. Ozpin spat out his coffee soaking a nearby student." children get away from that man!" Goodwitch said as she assaulted the emperor with her semblance.
For a minute the Emperor was actually impressed by the mere fact that the people of this planet could actual harness their soul and use it to fight the demons of this world. But alas none of them were as strong as the Emperor himself, due to the fact he had been holding the chaos gods back for over ten millennium. The Emperor quickly broke free of Goodwitch's grip and returned the favor. Slowly Goodwitch rose into the air by a strong invisible force.
" Ozpin. Help." Goodwitch said as she attempted to break free. Ozpin nodded and attempted to enter the man's mind. Ozpin expected a lot more resistance from this man but surprisingly he seemed to welcome Ozpin into his mind. As Ozpin looked through the man's memories he came across one that seemed to have lasted for ten thousand years. It was of a skeleton sitting on a golden throne in a golden room. As Ozpin exited the man's mind he immediately collapsed due to the strain on his mind. Ozpin slowly stood up with the help of his cane and cleared his throat.
." Well, Mr. Emperor sir. I can see that you are older and definitely stronger than anything we have ever seen. I am extremely sorry but this isn't the after life. Since you have nothing to do now, i think it would be beneficial for all of us if you were to become a teacher at Beacon." Ozpin said as they walked hastily back to beacon." I agree. That would be beneficial for all of us in the long run." The Emperor said with perfect pronunciation and grammar." What how? You were speaking the language of Atlas a minute ago!" Weiss said stunned.
" Mind reading is a two way street . Now come Emperor, let us get you ready for your initiation duel tomorrow." Goodwitch said. Weiss was left standing with the rest of the students trying to figure out what had just occurred. As the Emperor walked down the halls towards Ozpin's office he noticed students holding out rectangular objects that emitted flashes." Professor, what are those?" The Emperor asked Goodwitch as the walked." Those? Those are called scrolls. The take pictures, videos, can call people, and many other things. Why?" Goodwitch asked as they entered the elevator.
" I have never seen anything like them in my many years of living i have never seen anything like them." The Emperor said as the doors closed and the elevator slowly but surely made its way to the top of the tower. Weiss sat in her team's dorm thinking about what the golden armor clad man had said." he was the god-emperor of mankind?" Weiss said thinking out loud catching the attention of Yang." God-emperor of mankind? I don't remember having a king with god like powers commanding me." Yang said causing Weiss to rage a bit." No you dolt! I'm talking the man from the forest. He said he was the god-emperor of mankind." Weiss said back.
" Maybe he is. He does look like the royal type." Ruby said as she climbed into bed." Ugh. Blake what do you think?" Weiss asked causing Ruby and Yang to turn to look at Blake causing her to retreat further behind her book." I don't know. Maybe he is." Blake said causing Weiss to grow infuriated and jump out of bed and walk out the door in her night gown." Where are you going?" Ruby yelled as she and Yang ran after her." I'm going to talk to our ' god-emperor'." Weiss said as she angrily walked towards the guest dorms located at the end of the hall.
Weiss stopped in front of the dorm that the golden man was staying in," Am i really going to yell at a grown man who calls himself god-emperor in my night gown?" Weiss thought as she looked around in the empty hallway to see Ruby and Yang hiding around the corner. Weiss sighed and knocked on the door. Weiss waited five second, no response. Weiss repeated the action again only this time louder. Still no response. Weiss at this point was fuming about the fact that the occupant of the room was refusing to answer the door.
Weiss drew her sword and sent a fire charge crashing into the door. Weiss entered the room to find everything was coated in a golden light and in the center was a golden throne with the Emperor sitting upon it sleeping." Hey! So called Emperor. Wake up!" Weiss yelled as she took a step forward. Suddenly two armored figures materialized out of thin air and lowered their spears to stop her from approaching the sleeping man. The Emperor slowly woke from his slumber to find Weiss, Ruby, and Yang all sitting in the middle of his room surrounded by two ghostly custodians.
" Custodians. Enough. They are not here to harm me." The Emperor said as he slowly stood up from his golden throne. The ghostly custodians bowed and vanished right before the three members of rwby's eyes. The Emperor walked over to a nearby table and poured himself a glass of water before turning to the blushing girls." I sincerely hope you had a reason for crashing in my door besides you wanting to see me in my pajamas." The Emperor said as he looked at the blushing girls faces.
" Yes… yes we did. Go on Weiss ask him your question." Stammered Ruby feeling slightly embarrassed by the fact they had broken into a man's bedroom while he was sleeping. Weiss slowly stood and attempted to look the Emperor in the eye, but failed due to the Emperor being significantly taller, and asked in a demanding tone," Why are you called the god- emperor of mankind?" The Emperor simply laughed at this causing both Ruby and Yang to feel slightly less uncomfortable.
" you'll just have to wait until tomorrow." the Emperor said as he led the three teenage girls to the door." Wait Mr. Emperor sir?" Ruby asked before they left," Why were you sleeping sitting in that golden chair instead of in a bed?" The Emperor looked back with a saddening gaze towards the golden throne." I guess old habits die hard Ruby. I sat upon a chair exactly like that for a very long time, so i guess it's simply become natural to me now." The Emperor said before he closed the door and went back to sit upon the throne." Maybe she's right. I need to get a bed." The Emperor thought as he sat back down on the throne and drifted off to sleep.