Ever since she received her cutie mark, Sand Scout has only wanted to be recognized as the competent treasure hunter she is. There's only one problem: she hasn't actually done any real treasure-hunting. But she knows she would be brilliant if somepony would just give her a chance, and she's getting fed up with ponies laughing her out of their offices.

Broke, homeless, and too inexperienced to land a job, Sand Scout decides that the only way forward is the "road less traveled". Her friends and fellow team members, Kiwi, Nifty, and Jinx, aren't so convinced, but without anything to their names and no better suggestions, they don't have much of a choice in the matter.

The best they can do now is try to ignore the voices screaming at them to turn back, that what they're doing is illegal, and that if they just try harder they can find a good job...

Perhaps they should have listened.

Story idea(s) conceived before Equestria Girls and season 4, so any incongruities you find are to be ignored. Please and thank you.

Removed 'sad' tag and replaced with new-and-improved 'adventure' model! Also, completely rewrote the description to be less... well, s(buy some apples)t.