(Opening Theme: Let's Just Live Performed by Casey Lee Williams)

"It's unfortunate you were promised a power that was never truly yours…"

"... Please don't do this!"

"You Miss ***** have a choice to make…"

"WE HAVE TO RUN! PLEASE WAKE UP!"

"I'll come back… You guys can count on it…"

"But take comfort in knowing… That I will use it in ways, you cannot imagine."

"... Do you believe in destiny?"

Elise's eyes shot open and sat up suddenly when she saw herself get consumed by fire, and heard faint screaming echo through head. She found herself sweating from the nightmare she had and her skull felt like their was a drill going through it and her chest felt like it was on fire. As Elise grasped her head she noticed that her elbow had been wrapped in bandages and a cast was seen on her leg. Finally she looked around and saw that she was in a familiar room in shades of red, and a dresser with a single glass of water next to it that had been half full. She looked out the window to see a familiar blood sky and that had only confirmed her theory.

"I'm back here…?"

She soon heard someone softly breathing; She turned and saw a familiar young girl with gray and white hair, just sleeping soundly; her hair was untied and was hanging loosely around her shoulders. "Diamond?"

Diamond let out a groan, as she lifted her head and yawned; Her eyes perked up when she saw Elise sitting up. "You're finally awake, thank goodness." Diamond said with relief, as she putting her arms around her.

"Diamond what…" Elise said groaning again, "... What happened? Why are we back here?"

"We were forced to retreat, after you passed out." Diamond explained as she broke the embrace, "You were out cold for awhile and we didn't think you would wake up. How do you feel?"

"My head feels like it wants to split open and my chest hurts a lot…" Elise said; Her eyes soon widened slightly when she noticed something on Diamond's face; She noticed their was a bandage on her cheek. "Your face…" Elise said with shock. Diamond didn't realize what she was talking about until she realized she was referring to her wound; her hand covered the bandage. "Don't worry about it. It's nothing."

"What happened?" She asked reaching towards her face. Diamond grabbed her wrist stopping her, but soon afterwards she let go of her. Diamond took a seat just at the side of her bed and soon explained what had happened, "After you passed out, we were forced to abandon the task the Mistress gave us. Before we did, the Silver Eyed girl… Ruby I believe her name was… She shot off his stinger."

Elise gasped at this placing a hand over her mouth, at what she was told. Diamond continued with her explanation, "We bought you back here and we went to the Mistress, and we-Well I explained what happened. I told her about what you did, out there, about how you attacked Tyrian and I, though, she wasn't happy when we returned without Cristal and Ruby. I know it's hard to tell but trust me she wasn't. Tyrian sort of lost it and gave me this cut. It was an accident so don't worry. Though it took me a while, but I managed to calm him down."

Elise tilted her head slightly letting Diamonds words sink in at what she told her, "... I… Attacked you…?"

"What?" Diamond said confused.

"Just now…" Elise said, as she groaned from the pain she felt in her head and chest, "... You said, I attacked you… When did I do that…?"

Diamond's jaw dropped slightly and gave a quizzical look to her, "... Are you-Are you saying you don't remember? Like, at all?"

Elise simply shook her head before asking, "... How's Tyrian? Will he be alright?"

Diamond stammered slightly, "... Uh… Well, you know how he is, it's hard to tell."

Before Elise could ask anything more they heard the door open, and someone step inside. The two teens tensed up when they realized who it was. "Mistress!" Diamond exclaimed, as Elise's eyes widened. She immediately stood up and bowed her head, "My apologies, I didn't realize that you were coming, I should've been-!"

"It's fine." Salem said to Diamond making her flinch and standing straight, "I'd like to speak with Elise alone. Would you mind?"

Diamond replied, "No of course not." She turned over to Elise and said to her, "I'll come back later, don't worry."

Elise nodded her head to Diamond, and with one last bow to Salem, she left in a hurry shutting the door behind her leaving only Salem and her in the room. "Elise." Salem said, making Elise flinch slightly, "You've only been gone for a short time, and already you've forgotten your manners?"

Elise took a deep breath and said to her calmly, "No Mistress, I haven't forgotten, forgive me."

Salem walked over to her and had taken a seat where Diamond had sat earlier, "Your sister had explained to me what had happened, about how you attacked her and Tyrian. Did you have a particular reason to do such a thing?"

"No, Mistress I don't." Elise replied, "I don't even remember attacking them."

"You have no recollection doing so?" She asked.

"No." The young teen replied, before groaning and grasping her head when the pain continued, "Yes, maybe, I-I don't know." She felt the pain in her head increase and more images flashed through suddenly; She cried out in agony as she dug her nails into her head. The voices rang through her head once more.

"Hey… An *** never goes back on his word. Now do you want to stand there and laugh at me, or do you wanna dance?"

"I would love to dance!"

"Do you believe in destiny?"

"Sometimes I wonder… If something different were to happen. Like what would happen if I was given a choice?"

"You're one of the most sweetest, and kindest girl we've all come know. Don't let others tell you otherwise."

"Do you believe in destiny?"

"WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING ******, NOT POISONING HER!"

"There was absolutely nothing wrong with that."

"IF IT LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DOES COMING BACK UP, THAN THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG!"

"Come on guys, let's get a group photo for little ******!"

"Do you believe in things like destiny?"

Elise felt small amounts of blood drip from the side of her head when she stopped scratching her scalp; she forgot about all that was around her, and even the fact that Salem was sitting at her bedside. Salem herself had sat there in her usual calm posture as she watched Elise catch her breath and stopped what she was doing. Though both didn't realize that the glass of water had started to ripple slightly despite there being no vibrations of any kind.

"Stop it…" She heard Elise say, "Stop it, just shut up… I'm not her…It's all a lie… I'm not her… I'm NOT you… STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME THINK I'M YOU!"

Elise slammed her fist onto the bed, and a glass of water that had sat nearby suddenly splashed upward and turned into ice instantly. Salem and Elise had taken notice of this, and the young girl herself was especially shocked; She looked at her own hand, than the glass of water. "Wha-what?" Elise stammered the pain in her chest increased, "Did I just-Agh…" Elise looked up to Salem, "Mistress… What's…"

Salem placed a finger under her chin as she was thinking, "... This only confirms it, what Diamond saw out there…" She said softly.

Elise was left confused by this, as what Salem said didn't really make sense to her. Finally Salem turned to Elise, "... I'm going to ask you one thing, and I expect you to tell me." She said, "... What was the last thing you remember?" Elise thought about her answer but avoided eye contact. Salem put her fingers under her chin and made her turn to her, "I want you to look me in the eye, and tell me." Salem said with a different tone of voice

Elise had nodded slightly and her fingers were removed. She soon replied, hesitantly, but still retaining eye contact, "... I was… I was fighting the one named Jaune, and the building's roof we were on collapsed beneath us… I fell and I was surrounded with darkness… I found a video, and I saw the girl, and Pyrrha… That's when the voices came and my chest started burning. All I did was scream. The voices, they haven't gone-." The young teen girl heard more of different voices go through her head; to her it sounded like the voices were bouncing off of the walls in the very room she sat in. She groaned in agony slightly. She was about to grasp her head again, but Salem grabbed her wrist stopping her.

"Hurting yourself won't be able to help you." Salem said as she soon let go of her wrist letting Elise's hand fall , "What your feeling is a side effect to your new abilities that have manifested. It's happened before when you came out of the Abyss, and it will only get worse."

Elise looked to Salem with confusion, "... I…" She stammered, "Mistress, I'm afraid I don't understand…"

"... Do you remember what I told you, about the Maidens?"

"... Y-Yes Mistress… I remember… You told me, that Cinder is one of them. The Fall Maiden to be precise… Why do you-?"

Elise stopped herself when she saw her giving a certain look; Salem gestured slightly over to the water which Elise had froze up. The young girl seemed to put two and two together as she looked at her hand. "Are you saying…" Elise said, "... I'm one of them…? I'm one of these Maidens…?"

"You were able to bend the water and lighting to your very will, without any assistance from Dust." Salem said to her, "... Only a Maiden has such a power to do what you did."

"But I-" Elise stammered grasping her head again, "It can't be… Mistress, it can't-"

"It can be." Salem said, "Though you are not an ordinary Maiden, originating from the four seasons. You are a fifth maiden. The Rogue Maiden."

Elise remembered hearing the term Rogue before; She and her sisters were told of the Maidens existence sure, but she had remembered them telling her and her sisters of the one called the Rogue Maiden. They knew that the Rogue Maiden was one of them, though they couldn't determine which one it was. Elise just couldn't believe her words, at the thought of herself being the one called the Rogue Maiden.

"I'm… I'm the fifth?" Elise said, letting the words sink in, "But… That can't be right… I can't be…"

"It is hard to grasp, but make no mistake." Salem said, "You are the Rogue Maiden. The voices in your head, the pain you feel, is because of your powers. They will only get worse as long as you don't have control."

Elise's expression changed to a panicked expression at this. She couldn't deal with the voices and the burning sensation she felt in her chest. She's had to deal with them for the months she's been alive, she's existed, and she often found herself staying up late at nights or even staying up all night, to try and deal with the voices and the pain, though she didn't know how much more she could take. She heard Salem say, "If you wish for those to go away… Than you must learn to control them. If you do this, than you won't have to worry about them, ever again."

Elise looked more shocked than she did before when she realized something, "...What I did to them… Actually happened… I tried to kill them…"

"And it will happen again, if you let it. Those voices you've been hearing, and the pain you've been feeling will only get worse, and the next time your powers come out… You might take a life."

Elise looked to Salem, her expression a bit more calming, though her expression still read fear. She didn't know what to say exactly, she just sat there in silence. "I will teach you, train you to control your powers, once you've fully healed. On the condition that you are to remain here by my side."

"... Remain here?" Elise said a bit surprised at this; she groaned when more of the whispers went through her head, "... With all due respect my lady, wouldn't I be more useful if I was capable of helping my sisters, with Watts, Tyrian and Hazel?"

Salem replied to the teen, "You will be able to help them, when your powers are kept in check, though for now… It will be safer for you and everyone else if you remain here."

"... I…" Elise said as she groaned, again, "I understan-AGH!" The images and voices started to go through her head once more, as she buried her face in her hands once more. All of them mixed up and all which went by too fast; one being of the young girl and the other being of the girl with crimson hair. She kept trying to block out the images in her head, but it was of to no avail, the pain kept on increasing, to the point where the frozen water that had sat on the dresser melted at started to act up, and a storm had brewed just outside of the window around the castle. Soon enough lighting and thunder echoed through the land.

"Stop it… Stop it!" Salem heard the girl say as she saw tears stream down her face, "Stop making see them! Stop torturing me with those images!"

"Hush now Elise…" Salem said, making the girl turn to face her, "... All of the pain will stop soon…"

Salem moved her hands from her face, before placing her own over her eyes. The red eye on the side of her stomach started to give out a faint glow, and black veins appeared around her right eye and Elise had started to cry out with agony. After only a few short moments Elise suddenly gone limp; the clouds slowly separated themselves from each other and the water stopped moving on it's own and turned into a puddle. The red eye had stopped glowing and the black veins had vanished. Salem removed her hand and Elise's eyes were closed, a faint stream of tears were seen and Salem eased her back into the bed and allowed her to sleep.

With silence filling the room, Salem stood up and left the room leaving the girl alone to rest.

(Ending Theme: I'm Waiting for the Rain Performed by Maaya Sakamoto)