I swear these people are going to be the death of me.

Between having these powers and fighting against the criminal rapscallions that continue to plague the world, I'm going to die by the age of 30. It's even worse knowing that a few of my "companions" are either immature or completely dim-witted to the point that I'm surprised how they managed to get past high school, let alone find themselves aligned with the Huntsmen. Scratch that, I'm going to be dead by the age of 25 if I'm lucky, and I'm only 23 years old now.

But where are my manners, I'm sure you're curious to know who I am.

My name is Weiss Schnee, former heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, and now full time Huntsman. I'm sure you're curious as to how I managed to find myself wrapped up in the business of fighting crime when I had such a well off lifestyle ahead of me. Honestly, I'm perfectly happy where I'm at right now.

About a year ago, I found out that I had special powers. My father tried to hide me away, keep me from running off and fighting against the powers that be like my sister Winter did. Before that, I was raised basically as a pawn in his operations, given no choice for what I was to do in life, and it was terrible. I was told that if I wasn't perfect, then nothing good would ever come to me, and so I grew up with a lot of resentment for my father, and for the world itself as well. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to experience that in your life. Not so perfect as you expected being rich and famous, huh?

Anyway, once I discovered my powers, my father locked me away and tried to keep me from experiencing the world. Fortunately, I was still able to keep in contact with my sister, even after she ran off. I told her about these powers, and she was back sooner than I thought possible. She easily broke me out of my own home, more like a prison than a home though. My father certainly isn't happy about it, but what can he do really? I'm out of his reach, and as much as he likes to, for a lack of a better term, bitch and moan about it, he can't do anything to me anymore.

The only downside to me being able to escape was that I couldn't stay with Winter out in the world. As much as I like to think it, my father still could do some damage if he found one of us. Even if he couldn't do anything to us personally, he had enough pull in all the corrupt governments that the Huntsman I fought side by side with would have to face the consequences.

So, Winter and I split up.

She returned to working with her superior within the Atlas Military, General James Ironwood. I heard from her up in Atlas that they were planning on allowing people like us, those with powers, to join into the military as a part of a special task force to help route out crime. Of course, it isn't without its faults, but then again, nothing ever is. Still, they are at least working as best they can, and it's hard to argue with the results, despite how much it looks like the military is indoctrinating those within its ranks.

You might be wondering where I went once the two of us split up. Well, once Winter broke me out, she and General Ironwood arranged for me to meet up with the Headmaster. He is a colleage of the General, and is the man who founded the Huntsman all those years ago. Now I'm working with him in Vale to help undermine the criminal empires that run roughshod over the people.

Things haven't been perfect, and honestly, I couldn't be more grateful for it. I've run into some interesting people along the way. Some of the mercenaries that work with us are...more than a little eccentric. I need only point out Nora Valkyrie in order for you to understand what I mean by that. Fox Alistair and Coco Adel have shown to be pretty effective at what they do, and despite how absolutely brutish she acts, I have to admit that Yang Xiao Long is very good at her job.

Speaking of Xiao Long, her little sister, Ruby, has been making a little bit of progress with her training to be one of the Huntsman. I know I give her a hard time, but in the end, I'm sure it'll be to her benefit. If no one pushes her to be better, then would she be able to reach new heights? She'll understand one of these days.

It's such a surprise to see her refer to the Headmaster by something other than "Headmaster". They really do know each other, and have for a long time. I guess that's why he's so confident in what she can do, because he knows the kind of person that she is.

Anyway, I should probably go help out with the new arrivals. The transport bringing them in should be landing soon, and they should be in need of getting some of their belongings taken care of so they can rest.

"How much longer until we land, exactly?"

I couldn't help but groan once again at Scarlet's question. I mean, everyone tells me that I'm the impatient one out of the four of us, yet you don't see me complaining about this at all, and I'm the monkey in the group. No, I'm being serious. I'm a monkey faunus. The name's Sun Wukong, and I got these cool awesome powers at my disposal. I'm a member of the Huntsman just like my friends Sage, Scarlet, and Neptune. People make fun of me because my usual attire is just a white button down shirt that's left open. I also wear blue jeans with some greaves over my legs, as well as some gauntlets on my arms. I do wear a scarf that I can pull up over my face for when I'm in the field, also has my modulator in it. What I lack in aesthetics, I make up for in the fight, got some solar clones that I can create and use to fight off evil fuckers.

Sage, codename Sandstorm, he's the guy sitting in the corner of the transport right now meditating. He's got a white and green sleeveless tailcoat on right now, with tattoos on his exposed chest and arms. He's also got combat pants and boots on too. The cool part is that on his right arm, he has a brace that he uses to store sand since he can control the earth around him. It makes it easy for him to just throw up a sand barrier whenever we need it. Plus it helps him lift that giant sword he uses in his arsenal. Other than that, he has a visor he wears to keep the sand out of his eyes, with the modulator built in to hide his voice.

Now Scarlet, otherwise known as Captain Sparrow, he's a pretty crafty guy. Can fly around the battlefield like a bird, which has been super useful for us. He wears a red jacket and normal pants, a couple of bandanas and shit on his arms and around his boots, but what's really cool, is how he covers up his face. He took a bandana and wears it around his eyes with holes cut out, and some weird decorations like feathers sticking out of it. I guess it's so it doesn't fuck up his haircut or something, he's really particular about it. The bandana itself also acts as his modulator, which I don't even know how that works, but hey, I'll go with it.

Lastly, Neptune. He goes by Poseidon in the field, and is a pretty tech minded person. Truth be told he's a nerd, but he'll always argue that little detail. Anyway, he's got this weird coat that he wears, and he can control water at will. He also has a pair of goggles that are mechanized to also form into a mask that covers the rest of his face once they drop down overtop of his eyes, though like Scarlet, it doesn't do anything to his hair. I think that's pretty cool too, I mean, who else can pull off blue hair? Not many people.

"You know, time would pass by much faster if you weren't so focused on the time itself," Sage replied from the corner.

"I'm sorry that I want to get out of this stupid airship," Scarlet replied back to him. "I can fly on my own just fine, I don't need this transport to take me there."

"Uh, dude, you do realize just how far this place is from home, right?" I replied. "I don't think even you could fly over the entire ocean between Mistral and Vale, let alone the rest of the trip over land itself."

"Yeah, while I'm not agreeing with Scarlet for the same reasons, I do want to be on the ground already," Neptune chimed in. No surprise there, I'm pretty sure we all know why he wants to land.

"I'm sure Yang appreciates the thought, pretty boy," Sage jabbed.

I guess Neptune wasn't in the mood for snarky comments considering he just walked over to Sage and shoved him over. All of us couldn't help but laugh at Neptune's expense, it's too fun having a laugh with your friends. Neptune knows it's all in good fun though, and soon enough, he's laughing along with us as we continue to ride in the bullhead.

"If you jackasses wouldn't mind taking a seat," I heard the pilot call out over the intercom. "Then I could actually begin landing. We're just over our LZ, and I can't get to a lower altitude until you guys are secured."

"Alright boys," I called out to everyone. "Looks like we're here. Everyone get situated, we should be down on the ground soon."

I took a seat and strapped in my harness, watching as everyone else did so before feeling the transport drop down towards the ground. It shouldn't be much longer till we land, so hopefully we can finally get to work once again.

Weiss

I always hate taking the route through the caves. It feels like anything could come out and attack you in an instant. Despite common belief, the Grimm haven't been completely wiped out, more like they've been pushed back pretty far to the point where they are not really that big of a concern anymore for the common people. Those of us who travel outside have run into the occasional beowolf pack or ursa. Normally it isn't something we can't handle, and it happens once in a blue moon in all honesty, but I keep saying that the Grimm still being around isn't a good sign.

At least Velvet is here.

Surprisingly, Velvet has been one of the few people whom I've gotten along with the most during my tenure as a member of the Huntsman. She also has a really surprisingly powerful ability that is at her disposal. Velvet has the power to use another person's powers for a limited time. She has to actually touch the person in order to do so, and she can only use one person's powers at a time. More often than not, we are working together and she is utilizing the same powers as me. She's actually gotten pretty good at it for the most part.

Yatsuhashi is also here, along with that brute Xiao Long. Apparently blondie has met the guys we're bringing back to the mansion, so it does make some sense as to why she would be joining us. Still, if I have to hear one more stupid pun from her, I'm going to flay her with my mind.

"Weiss, you alright?"

I turned towards the voice that called out to me from the truck that Yang was driving. Velvet was giving me a concerned look, one that I honestly did appreciate after all. She really was my best friend within our little band of "heroes". I really could talk to her about anything and not have any feeling of worry that she'd do something to harm me in some way.

"Yeah, why?" I asked in response.

"You look like something's bothering you," Velvet answered. She's probably the only person who can read me so easily. "I know that look, tell me what's up."

"I'm concerned about this whole thing," I mentioned to her. I looked up towards the front of the truck, hoping that Yang and Yatsuhashi weren't paying attention. Fortunately, they looked to be deep in conversation and ignored me. "We don't know anything about these guys that are joining up with us from Mistral. What happens if they're spies for one of the major crime families, or god forbid, the White Fang?"

"Well, that's what Yang's for," Velvet replied. "Remember, she's met with them, and worked in the field with them. She may have her faults, but Yang knows when someone is trustworthy or not."

"It's not just that," I interjected. "After finding out what Ruby, Penny and Yatsuhashi discovered, I'm a little concerned about how we're going to combat the criminal organizations if they end up having people that are similar to us. Plus, I don't like going through these caves, I feel as though the Grimm could pop up at any second and ambush us if they really wanted to."

"I doubt that the Grimm would be able to do anything against the four of us," Velvet assured me. Honestly, it probably is me just being overly cautious, but I think that being cautious is a good way of going about things. "As for the thing about the crime families…" Velvet taking a pause, that isn't really like her. She must be as concerned as I am for this. "...Honestly, it isn't easy to solve this one. We'll just have to wait and see how things start out, and go from there."

"That's certainly reassuring," I commented. "I'd rather not have to worry about taking the life of someone else. I'm lucky that we don't do that already."

"I'm lucky as well," Velvet said in response. "But I worry that one of these days, we'll have to end up doing just that, and it scares me when I think about it. I don't know how Yang is able to sleep at night knowing that she's responsible for someone's death."

"We both know that it's different for her," I mentioned, giving Yang some credit where it's due. "First, she doesn't have powers like we do, she can't just find a way to use it into forcing people to submit. Second, the kind of jobs she's done for our cause have been the kind of work where that is just a part of the job. Thirdly, we don't even know if it does cause Yang to have regrets, so that isn't something we should speculate either."

"Never thought I'd hear the day where you would defend Yang," Velvet chuckled. She does have a point, I really don't defend Yang too often. "It's nice to see this side of you, you should let it out more often."

I don't know why, but I could feel heat rise in my face. I turned away to hide myself from Velvet, hoping to save myself from even more embarrassment over this whole thing. Fortunately, Yang decided now was a good time to intervene in our conversation.

"If you two are done flirting back there, Yatsu and I would find it really nice if you guys could join us out of the truck to greet the guys. They'll be landing in a minute, so get any sex stuff done now before it's too late," Yang jabbed at me.

If my face could go any more red, I'd be amazed. To be fair, Velvet was also blushing wildly as much as I was. "What did you just say?" I said in a furious rage, rushing out of the truck and right up to her. Once again, standing right in front of Yang, I'm reminded of just how stupidly short I am, and it just makes me even more angry than I already am. God I hate genetics for cursing me with such poor stature.

"I said the airship is coming in now, you might want to look presentable for our guests," Yang said as she turned and pointed out the airship that was coming in for a landing.

That was when Yang's radio decided to chime in. "Beacon Mercenary Company, this is angel 479er, I'm coming in for landing now. Please give us enough space in the LZ so I don't accidentally swallow you into the jet turbines."

"479er this is BMC Lt. Xiao Long, you are cleared for landing," Yang replied. "I get the feeling that there's a story behind that whole jet turbine thing, isn't there?"

"Too long to tell right now," The pilot replied, sparking my mind into imagining just how stupid someone must've been in what was clearly their final moments on this earth. "We'll be touching down in less than a minute, hope these guys don't give you too much trouble."

"I've worked with them in the field before," Yang replied once again as the ship got closer. "It's nothing I can't handle. A good ass-kicking is all that I'll need to set them straight."

"Well, they're your problem now," the pilot replied once again as they reached us and delicately touched down in the grass that we were parked in. It wasn't a big clearing, the cave entrance we had just came out of directly behind us. There was enough space to get a small transport in for a landing, much like the bullhead that had just landed in front of us.

Once the engines started to die down, the side hatch opened up and out popped a few guys who looked like they were ready to take on the world. Based on the way they were acting now, I could only imagine that this was going to go superbly well. Total sarcasm on that last note though.

"What took you guys so long?" I noticed Yang shout to one of the guys, a person with blue hair I might add. "I was beginning to wonder if I was gonna be all alone tonight."

Dear god is she flirting with him already?

"Guess you don't have to worry about that now, I'm right here goldilocks," The guy replied in what I could only guess was a seductive tone, though it only made me want to throw up.

"Oh my god will you two get a room?" The blonde guy who came off of the transport said. "Anyway, you're not gonna introduce us, Yang? I'm sure your lady friends wouldn't mind getting to know us."

"We do appreciate the help," Velvet immediately jumped in, though she sounded almost like someone who was laying down the law almost immediately. "But I know I don't really appreciate the flirting all that much. I'm sure we can be friends, but don't just assume."

What has gotten into her? This isn't really something that I've seen from her before. I mean, I'm glad that she said it, I really didn't want to have to deal with some of this flirting either, but I don't know if it's a good idea to shut it down before it really even starts. That just seems too impolite.

"Alright alright," The guy says. I finally notice the tail attached to him, giving me an indication that he is a Faunus. "Anyway, the name's Sun Wukong, otherwise known as Monkey King." Sun started to point to his friends and introduced them to us. "That's Sage Ayana, otherwise known as Sandstorm, Scarlet David, he goes by Captain Sparrow, and lastly, Neptune Vasilias, or Poseidon in the field. And you guys are?"

"Velvet Scarlatina, I go by Mimic," Velvet said immediately. "You already know who Yang is, this is Yatsuhashi Daichi, the Red Blade, and lastly, Weiss Schnee, otherwise known as Arch Mage."

"Awesome, now I don't know about you, but I want to get going and stretch the legs," Sun said in response. "You don't know how cramped it was in the airship."

"It isn't gonna be much better in the truck, you know that right?" Yang replied as she started to help Neptune load their bags into the car.

"Eh, at least the drive won't be too long, then we can get settled in," Sage mentioned. "So, do you guys want to get on the road?"

I immediately turned towards the airship to help pull some more of their gear out with my glyphs. "I'd be more than happy to get this done with," I replied. "No offense of course."

"Lady, you have no idea how much it would take to actually offend us," Scarlet said as he jumped up and took flight.

"Oh this will be fun," I whispered to myself as I continued to help grab some of the gear.

AN: So, we get to see some new perspectives from the story, as well as introducing some characters into the universe itself. That's what this chapter was mostly about; it was meant to introduce characters and perspectives, as well as give us some backstory on one Weiss Schnee. On top of that, there's some relationship drama going on that I've either bluntly hit you guys over the head with, or am subtly leaning you towards so that you don't end up surprised.

Shoutout to MartunaMajor for continuing to be a more than phenomenal editor. Considering the workload he gets not just from myself, but from all of the Legion, it's a surprise why he bothers to put up with it anymore. So huge thank you to him for being pretty much the equivalent of Captain America!

Anyway, thanks for tuning in, I'll be sure to update you guys with more of this and other stuff soon. Have a great day!