Ruby wakes up in a forest with nothing but foggy memories and a letter on a scroll. As she begins to remember the world, she tries to piece together what happened to her, how the world has changed, and most importantly, who Weiss Schnee is and what she used to mean to Ruby; with nothing to guide her but letters from a missing heiress.

We are not alone in the universe. Neither Earth nor Remnant expected to meet the other, and especially not this way. We must now learn to coexist in a new uncertain era or suffer the consequences. Formerly Emergence Second Interquel, the latest entry in the Emergence series. A sort of anthology divided into distinct arcs. Final arc: Unending.

Ruby's life was going great. But after jealousy rears it's ugly head, she finds herself alone. Betrayed by the other students in her grade, abandoned by her friends, and left to die at their very hands, Ruby must struggle to live and find her vengeance. With darkness growing in her heart, Ruby finds the power to take the shadows she previously fought, and make them her thorns.