Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Empty Empire. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.

Willow sat and watched her people work while she pondered what her father was up to back in Atlas.

"We're almost done, you know?" Nav asked. He looked at Willow and noticed the Heiress was busy watching her staff closely.

"You didn't bring us here just to hand over dust supplies, did you?" Nav asked. Willow shook her head slightly which was all the words he needed.

"Atlas is so stuffy. You've never had to ever just hang out or talk and write, did you? I love my dad, but all he ever wants from me is to go on stuff like this… Don't get me wrong, I like helping the company just fine, but I don't like it being all I'm known for. I'm proud of my family name, but… Eh, we get to go home soon." Winter said. Nav took a seat next to her.

Willow playfully messed with his ears and Nav pulled his head away, a streak of crimson on his face.

"Your adorable when you act like you hate it." She continued to mess with his Faunus ears while Nav tried futilely to bat her away and grunted.

"That isn't funny, Willow. You know how Faunus ears can be… ugh." Nav muttered while he looked around the village.

"Your very vocal about Faunus rights… You had something bad happen to you besides the attacks on you, haven't it?" She looked closer at Nav who blinked and looked at her with amusement.

"Hmm, your very chatty. No offense. I'm allowed to keep that information; I will still say yes." He stated. Willow hummed and smiled.

"I enjoy talking. You enjoy chatting as well, you're just pretending to look busy. I know how to read people, Nav. I do it for a living and I happen to know someone good and funny when they show up." Willow stated. Nav smiled at her before an SDC guard walked over to the duo.

"We're be ready to go in 1 hour. Their refueling your ship, Ms. Schnee." The guard stated. Nav hummed and looked up at the air where an SDC airship awaited them.

It was one of the many cargo ships within the SDC Fleet. Both he and Willow looked at it while messing with her nails.

"I think dad is going to wonder why we spent so much time here." Willow flicked some paint off her nails before flipping to her feet.

Both the guard and Nav looked at her before he hummed and went back to his scroll. Nav sighed and rolled his eyes.

"I just hope we don't run into trouble. I don't like how things are here, Mistral has always been damaged by the war. I just don't know if we healed properly here." He muttered while tapping his scroll.

"Relax, if anything bad happens, we're fight it. I brought you guys, didn't I?" Willow tapped her sword before Nav sighed.

"You go back and forth between being serious and not wanting any trouble to being cutesy silly and cracking jokes and picking fights. I'm supposed to keep you safe, not pick fights for you." Nav muttered. He put a hand on his axe before he turned towards the guards.

"Can one of you please tell Mr. Schnee what's happened so far? I'm busy recording our stock and making sure all the supplies are dropped off." Nav spun his scroll in his off hand before turning to see Willow had wondered off.

He looked around and noticed the girl was gone. His eyes widened in surprise as he turned to another of the guards.

"Where did Willow go?" He asked. The guard pointed to the entrance of the village which Willow strolled through.

"You have to be kidding me… Going to make my job as hard as possible, aren't you?" Nav hummed before going and grabbing Willow's arm.

"Hey, we still haven't explored Mistral yet!" Willow whined. Nav sighed and turned to one of the SDC guards again.

"Can you please ask her father if she can explore Mistral so she doesn't wonder off and get attacked by Grimm or bandits or something?" Nav asked. He turned to Willow who playfully rocked on her heels playfully.

Nav disliked how reckless Willow could be, he did still admire her conviction and confidence. She liked to act silly and snarky when she had no reason to be upper class and much more uptight.

He still trusted Willow not to wonder off as much as he trusted a Sabyr Grimm not to bite his hand off if he went near it.

"We can spend 3 hours going around Mistral, but any more time and we leave, got it?" Willow smiled with amusement before she got a response from the guard.

The man held up his scroll and made a call before Willow clapped her hands in amusement.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that Willow isn't supposed to be serious all the time, she's supposed to be snarky and sassy with serious moments. Next chapter will be on next Sunday the Sunday after that and will show Willow and Nav talking to Nicholas. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

Ps: Raven is next Tuesday or Wednesday and Winter is Saturday. Yang might be on Thursday soon.