Diane lead her team out to a local port town, Weiss frowned “Why are we out here anyway?”

Diane smiled “To relax, it’s never good to be too tense. Besides I haven’t actually spent much time out of Atlas and I want to know more about the world I live in.”

Sunset frowned “Isn’t Vytal Festival coming up soon, shouldn’t we be preparing for that.”

Blake shook her head “Well the students from Vacuo are arriving here soon, maybe we will get to meet some of them.”

Cardin frowned as he saw a dust store with shattered windows “Another Dust robbery, whoever needs this much dust must be planning something really big.”

Diane frowned “The main suspect is Roman Torchwick, Atlas has been providing aid to Vale in order to catch him but we have little luck. Someone has been keeping him hidden and we are not sure why.”

Diane then sighed as she saw a blonde monkey Faunus running away from two detectives on the docks “Let’s go and help them, that man has a lot of Aura within him. Likely he is one of the Students from Vacuo.” She then ran after the two detectives, the rest of her team following behind.

Diane ran around the corner after them only to be knocked over as she bumped into someone, a freckled girl with orange hair wearing a whitish-grey blouse with short grey overalls. She also was wearing a black and green collar with matching stockings. Diane dusted herself and blinked “Penny.”

Penny helped her up with a smile “Diane, I wasn’t expecting to see you until the tournament.”

Diane smiled “I wasn't expecting it either but it is good to see a friend here.”

Penny's eyes widened “You really think I’m your friend, I always thought you just used me as a training partner.”

Diane laughed “There plenty of other strong training partner in the Atlas Military” she then gestured to her team “Meet Sunset, Weiss, Blake and Cardin my teammates.”

Sunset smiled holding out a hand “It’s a pleasure to meet you, I’m Sunset Shimmer. It’s a pleasure to meet one of Diane’s friends.”

Penny smiled widened as she looked at them “Does that mean that all of you will be my friends as well.”

Diane frowned “I must tell the truth about Penny, but you are not to tell anypony. You see she was not born, she was built by Atlas as the world’s first android that can use Aura” she then smiled “Regardless, she is my friend and I hope she will be yours as well.”

Weiss smiled “Gladly, I’m Weiss Schnee it’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Penny wrapped her in a hug “Thank you for being my friend.”

Blake giggled at the display, while Cardin pried the girl off Weiss “Maybe you should tone down the hugging. You are much stronger than the average person and you need to be a little more careful.” He then smiled “I’m Cardin Winchester, I’ve learned a lot from Diane since I joined her team. It’s been a real eye opener for me.” Diane smiled, she was glad that Cardin was opening up to the rest of the team. Cardin called out “Blake!”

Blake walked over nudging him with a smirk before smiling at Penny “I must admit I don’t much about Atlasbut it’s pleasure to meet you all the same.”

Penny exclaimed “So what’s your friendship like! Please tell me!”

Diane nudged her “You'll learn more from watching us, some things can’t be explained by words. We have a monkey Faunus to meet up with.” Diane burst into a run, her team and Penny quickly following her.

Diane paused as she saw the Faunus they were looking for sitting at table by himself, Diane walks over to him with a smirk “Good job evading those two detectives, yet again that should be expected from a Hunter in Training.”

The Monkey Faunus smirked “I am Sun Wukong, now what is the daughter of the Atlas General doing in Vale?”

Diane smiled “Well I am attending Beacon to become a Huntress, there wouldn’t much for me to learn in the Atlas Academy. I assume you are from Vacuo judging from your attire and judging from your Aura you from the Shade Academy.”

Sun laughed “Well your half right, I was born in Vacuo but moved to Mistral to attend Haven Academy.”

Weiss raised an eyebrow “I didn’t think that they would accept you wearing that while representing Mistral. They are a very formal society.”

Sun smirked “Well I was born in Vacuo, I tend to rough whenever I can. Can’t let myself go soft, all those fancy buildings and clothes don’t suit me.”

Diane frowned as pulled out her scroll to see her father looking at her, Ironwood grimaced “A Schnee Dust Shipment is coming to the port town you are in. Jacques had demanded that I provide armed guards to the ship when it stops off in the town, all these Dust Robberies are making him paranoid.”

Diane frowned “I assume you want my team to assist, seeing as we are in the area. Give me a minute before I tell you who is coming.”

Weiss frowned “It is my family’s shipment, I’m in.”

Cardin nodded “I’m in as well, this sounds like fun. Our first proper mission.”

Sunset nodded as Blake frowned “I’m in as well, can’t believe that I am doing this. There was a time when I would have been the one raiding the ship.”

Sun smirked “I’ll join in as well, sound like fun.”

Diane nodded to her father “We’re all in, how much authority did I have over this mission.”

Ironwood frowned “You acting with my full authority, having said that try to keep the damage to the shipment to a minimum. I’d rather not have Jacques breathing down my neck because of the damages.”

Diane nodded “We’ll do our best but you know as well as I do that no plan ever survives contact with the enemy.” Diane sighed as the message ended, she was hoping to relax for a little bit but works was work.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy this chapter.