Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140912002450/@comment-30764484-20140920060017

173.85.191.139 wrote: Anybody else thinks that the flower Jaune was going to give her. And Weiss found it on the ground after being turned down.

That you're the only person to realize this is rather depressing, it was pretty obvious.

Andrew S-997 wrote:

With Merc, he may just be more mature in Cinders eyes. They do seem to be closer than Cinder and Emme; that may contribute to Emerald's apparent isolation / "Senpai notice me!" thing.

Given this, and how much more likeable Emerald has been portrayed, I think it's very likely she will be that bad guy that helps out the good guys later, or even switches sides.