(After Credits!)

AN: Now, like Marvel Movies, this is the after credits to the movie.

(The Tower Fortress of Barad Dur)

On the top balcony, there stood a woman in a black kimono. Her hair was pale white, and her skin was of a matching tone. Black roots were on her face from her hair to her eyes. Her irises were blood red while whites of her eyes were completely black.

"Mistress Salem…" said a low voice from behind. Salem turned around slowly to find a man in black and green armor behind her. The armor was cracked and broken, while the helmet itself was broken in half to reveal the man's face.

"Locus," Salem said with a calm voice.

"Cinder is dead, most of the White Fang have surrendered, the Grimm-Orc army was scattered, and the Arkenstone is destroyed," Locus said with ragged breaths as he slowly walked out of the shadows.

"Who do you think is at fault for this failure?" Salem asked with a disappointing look.

"The fault goes to Cinder Fall." Another man said as he was coming out of the shadows behind Locus. The man was wearing a white cloak and had a black staff with a white Diamond Dust shard at the top of it.

Locus turned his head to see the man walk past him and recognized his face. "Saruman."

"Cinder's obsession with attaining the Maiden's powers is what drew the Arc knight to her in the first place. And making everyone believe that she killed Ms. Nikos only made things worse than better," Saruman said with a confident voice.

"At least she did something! When Arc was in Rivendell, you could have stopped him there and it would have kept all of this from happening!" Locus spat at the wizard with a disgusted tone.

"Enough." Both Saruman and Locus turned to their mistress as she continued; while she didn't yell, her voice alone was enough to make them both become silent. "Cinder Fall was a powerful pupil, but she was also short-tempered and arrogant." Salem then approached Locus. "Why did you come here? You could have ran and hid after your failure, but you chose to appear before me instead."

"You promised me a new start, a new world…" Locus pulled off his right hand glove to reveal a robotic hand, "…and a new body for my service. I still wish to serve." He then lowered his head to her.

Salem gave Locus a confident smile as she turned back to the balcony, "Even though you did not achieve your objectives… the four kingdoms believe the worst has passed, and that the war is over." Salem continued to the edge of the balcony and rested her hands on the guardrails, "But my sister and her little friends aren't stupid enough to believe that. All the same, however, we have an advantage."

"What advantage?" Locus asked in a respectful manner.

"The kingdoms of man will not be ready for our armies when they come." Salem said with a confident voice.

"There is also the matter of the Ring; it still remains in hiding." Saruman said.

"The Ring will reveal itself when it is ready, and when humanity is nothing more than a memory…" Salem turned to the two men and gave them a confident smile, "...then my vengeance will be complete."

To Be Continued…

AN: I would like to thank Nightengale4698 and Breakawayfan for being my Beta Readers and partners in this story. They have both been helpful though this story.

This story at first was a means of coping for the loss of Pyrrha, and it evolved into this… I am quite proud of that. Jaune Arc is, and always will be, my favorite character in the RWBY universe. I hope in the upcoming Vol. 4 of RWBY, he will be able to show everyone how powerful he is and how great of a leader he can be.

And before anyone asks, the answer is 'YES!' There will be a sequel story to this one based on the Lord of the Rings. I will begin working on that story soon, but I won't be able to publish it until mid-December, because of school.

Thank you all for reading this story, and staying with me up till the end. Your support and reviews have been very encouraging and very helpful though the time of writing this story.

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