I unpacked the little belongings I had with me. The picture of my family, picture of my auntie, and a copy of the Maraid. I looked out into the window and saw the great Traveler. Wow even my room has a great view. My Ghost showed me to my wardrobe where I saw my uniform. A sleek blue attire with a cape and a helmet. On the back of the cape I saw the Hunter symbol along with a snake. "I can probably guess the snake is to symbolize the stealthiness of a Hunter."

"You're not wrong there. Along with the original Hunter, Warlock, and Titan symbols we have animal symbols. The snake as you said symbolizes the Hunter's stealthiness, the eagle symbolizes the Warlock's wisdom, and the Lion symbolizes the Titan's strength."

"Is the cape really necessary? What if I'm fighting an enemy and my cape gets caught on to something. This is not really efficient for fighting."

"It's supposed to help you blend in with the wild and at the same time create a sense of mystery for your enemies. I almost forgot." My Ghost beamed up a knife right in front of my hands. When I unsheathed it it was sharp and pointy and so shiny. It looks so beautiful I hate for this to get weathered in anyway. "That knife will be good in case your enemies get too close to you." Kai was right this is a cool knife and I have to admit the cape and the uniform looks pretty cool too. I guess I'm starting to blend in with the whole Hunter deal but it still doesn't feel right.

When I woke up the next day I was already a mess. Not only did I oversleep I was late. I remember when i would be late to Uldren's training sessions I would get a terrible beating from him. Now you can see why I favorite my auntie more than my uncle. "Ghost why didn't you wake me up. I'm so late." My Ghost kept reassuring me that I'll be alright since Cayde is a really laid back Guardian. I didn't listen I put on my uniform and ran out the door so fast. I was in such a hurry I even grabbed my Ghost as well.

"You know I can fly."

"Oh sorry." I said letting go of my Ghost. When I got to the training room I only saw Tegan and Kai. "Aww! You look so awesome in your Hunter uniform." said Tegan. I took my helmet off wiping off some of the sweat. "You know you're not late there's no reason for you to run here." said Kai. I was surprised. I wasn't late. I guess I'm so used to waking up early in the morning for Uldren's training sessions. I noticed that while we were waiting for our teachers Kai kept staring at me. But not that kind of stare like you feel like you know someone but it's that kind of stare where you feel their potential love for you.

"Is everything okay Kai?"

"Yeah totally it's just you look really cool and beautiful in your uniform. The Hunter look really suits you." Zavala, Ikora, and Cayde came out the doors. Thank goodness it was starting to get awkward in here. "With the threat of the Darkness coming you three must be prepared for what's to come. Your priority is to protect the City, our people, and the Traveler. The time will come for some of you or one in this case one of you where we will send you on missions to snuff out the bits of Darkness that spread out across the universe and destroy it. Good luck with your training." After that speech from Zavala, Kai left with Ikora and tegan left with Zavala and I was left with Cayde.

"OK so when I get Hunter rookies they are mainly just a bunch of dirty misfits but not you I see you're prepared and if I'm not mistaken you've trained for this for a long time before coming to us. Your Ghost told me. So a few questions have you encountered any Fallen, Vex, or Hive?"

"I've fought a couple Dregs and Thralls before. And what's Vex?"

"Well you're gonna see a lot more than Dregs and Thralls and to answer your question Vex are nothing but evil robot aliens. Now let's get started. We're gonna have to go outside for this part."

"Outside? Shouldn't we go through safety regulations or at least study the different types of enemies I'll encounter."

Cayde just laughed at me as I said the funniest joke in the world. "I can see it already. You're already my favorite student. Well counting the fact that the rest of my students before you all got themselves and their Ghosts killed but not only that you got a great sense of humor. No Hunters learn by going outside and facing the danger head on. I hope you got your knife ready and you'll be needing this." Cayde tossed me a pistol and a machine gun from the rack. "Cuz we're going to be shooting at a lot of Fallen today."

We rode our ship all the way to the European Dead Zone or EDZ. "The EDZ is crawling with with Fallen which makes it a good spot for training new Hunters like you." I was still unsure about going into action without preparing or studying a bit. "Are you sure we'll be okay? Back at the Reef I would always study my enemies first before going out there."

"Who needs studying when you got the Light on your side. Am I right? Or am I right?" Cayde was trying to make a joke on me I just looked at him nervously. "I'm right." he said. We got to our destination point near the old church. "This is a lot of civilization of course it would be more grander of the Fallen haven't torn up the place."

"Which is why we're here. Now remember everything you were taught and forget about them because it's not about what's in your mind it's about what's in your heart." he said. "My heart? What does that have to do with being a Hunter?" I asked.

"The Traveler chose you to be a Hunter and I'm not making all the shots here but this is your calling. This is your destiny and no one can walk away from their destiny."

"That's what my auntie told me. I can't run away from my destiny."

"But anyway enough with the sappy confusion and finding your place stuff let's get down to business and when I mean business I mean shoot at enemies until their heads come off." This should be fun and disturbing at the same time. It was crazy we went into the cathedral and inside the tunnels. The tunnels are crawling with Fallen. "Now this is a toned down version of what you'll be seeing out there. Out there you'll be seeing much more Fallen Captains and their little Shank and Servitor buddies." How is this a toned down version and what's a Shank and Servitor? I ran to the nearest cover reloading my gun.

"Look out!" I saw a flying drone behind me and I quickly unsheathed my knife and gave it a stab. "Well done now get out here before we all die." It was just too much stress. I've fought Fallen before but not in huge groups like this. I was in under so much pressure I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to go out there. I was afraid of messing up. Oh, what have I gotten myself into.

Then just out of nowhere I felt power course through me.

It was like nothing I've ever experienced before. Then suddenly a burst of orange light engulfed me and my pistol. This must be the Light. I heard of Guardians using the Light at times to defeat their enemies but I never knew it would feel like hesitation I jumped out of my hiding spot and finished off the Fallen. I only had three shots left of the Light in my pistol but it was enough to take down the bigger enemies and leave the small, weak Dregs helpless.

But even with the Captain and the two Vandals guarding him were gone the Dregs still outnumber us and Cayde. I had to think fast until I saw some boulders about to give out on the ceiling the some of the Dregs were underneath it. If I can only get all of them to group up in that spot. The rest were focused on Cayde. They're so stupid they should be shooting at me not him. He wasn't the one that killed the Captain and the Vandals. I shot at one of them and that go their attention.

"Hey four eyes! What smells like trash and crawls on four legs?" I taunted and all the Dregs ran for me and when I finally got all of them underneath the boulders. I aimed my pistol above them and used the last five shots I had and the boulders gave way squishing the helpless Dregs underneath.

I spun my gun in my hand and blew out the smoke from the hole. Cayde was staring at me shocked. "I know I messed up save the lecture when we get back to the Tower."

"Oh... My... God! That was awesome! Like did you realize what you done? You used the Light on your first try and on your first mission! Now when I told you about all the other failed Hunter rookies it took them like three or four missions to discover the Light but for you... you were just perfect! I can't believe you unlocked the Gunslinger ability!" Cayde wouldn't stop bragging about how I discovered the Light. He even had to use the Tower PA to brag about it more.

I wasn't used to getting endless compliments I was more used to being scolded and being told I was a big failure. It was sort of embarrassing having Cayde announce the news like that. My new best friend according to Tegan came over to congratulate me. "Oh my god! I bet it must be amazing! You as a Gunslinger! But you're going to discover more weapons of the Light and I can't wait to see you discover them all. Right now I'm a Defender using the Fist of Havoc and my brother is a Voidwalker using the Nova Bomb. Now we got a Gunslinger on our fireteam that is when they start deploying you on missions. Hey I have an idea we should go celebrate! I can take you out to the City and show you around!"

"Tegan that's very kind of you but I had a rough training day. I was out fighting Fallen in the EDZ. I think I need to rest." I said pushing my Ghost along. "Oh please I'll make it worth your while." Tegan made a very cute, sad puppy dog face and I can't believe it broke me down. "Alright but just for a little while." I don't think Tegan heard me she was too busy cheering.

You know for just being here for two days I'm starting to feel at home than I was at the Reef.