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Ok, I am SO sorry for not posting this on Saturday, but I had to visit family before I could post it! Ok, so, I thank my patient followers and reviewers for waiting so long, and a special thanks to Little Unusual Me for waiting SO long for this! Love you all!

Disclaimer: Like every single person except for one, I, sadly, do not own any of the PJO or HoO books... *sob*

1. Taylor: A Quest. Simple as That.

Hi, my name is Taylor Fen, I'm a ADHD and dyslexic daughter of Aether, god of light and the Atmosphere. Welcome to the story of my life! Don't worry, it's not a boring story. And it's not just about my life either, but continuing. In this book, you will learn a few lessons (probably), unless you can never concentrate (like me). Now, continue on, my friends (or enemies)!

I woke up on face first on the floor of my cabin. Stupid half-siblings. They should learn to stop trying to wake me up in the morning. I yawned and stretched, then got up, surveying the remains of the attempt. Popped balloons, fake spiders, toy clown, air hor- wait. CLOWNS? I backed away slowly from it's creepy staring eyes. Sorry, but I am terrified of clowns, real or not. As soon as I reached the wall, I made a small fireball and threw it at the clown. Oh, I'm an elementalist by the way (someone who can control the elements). It melted the clown, but left a fire burning on the floor. That reminded me of that song- Somebody Call 911! Atleast I think that's what it's called. Anywho, I stomped out the fire, just feeling a teensy bit drained. See, that's the thing. I guess I've been given more power than I'm suppose to have, so I have more space to hold it all, so I don't drain as fast as other demigods. Anyway, after I stomped out the fire I headed into the bathroom to try to brush my mane of fiery red waist-long hair. It struggled, but in the end I won the war and tied it up in a pony tail. Luckily, breakfast was still going on when I arrived.

The day was uneventful from that moment forward, and I was as bored as Persephone in the Underworld. Suddenly, a light caught my eye. The energy ball that I was tossing back and forth went out with a "poof", and a phoenix came flying down, landed on my shoulder, and dropped a letter in my lap. I tore it open and read it in my head.

"Go on the quest

-Aether"

Well, that was disappointing. I looked at the bird on my shoulder. "Dad sent you?" I asked it, not really expecting an answer. "Yes." it said. I jumped. "Why can I understand you?" "Because your father is the god of light and the atmosphere. Phoenixes are made of fire, which is light light, and we can fly in the atmosphere." the bird explained. Her voice felt warm and nice, like a small cozy fire. So I was guessing that if she got angry, her voice would seem like a forest fire. I put "do not get phoenix angry" on my mental list of things not to do. "Cool. So, what's your name? Mine is Taylor."
"I am Piras."
"Did my dad name you?"

"Yes."

"Thought so."
My typical dad. He has no imagination. You see, pirus is the Greek word for fire. I know, so much imagination while naming a phoenix. "Ok, well, better show Chiron this." I said. "Um… are you going back to Dad or staying with me?" wow, this felt weird. I was talking to an animal! Oh wait… weren't phoenixes types of monsters? The Greek stuff is so confusing! "Master told me to stay with you." Piras said. "Okay then. Let's go see the horse!"

"Chiron!" I called. He looked up. "Um… have there been any quest callings recently?" I asked awkwardly. Maybe I could have planned that better. The question sounded weird. "Well, yes, there has. I believe it was your friend, Lilac. She's with Rachel right now." he answered. I slapped my forehead. "So I came all the way over here for nothing? Well, thanks anyway Chiron. Bye!" and I ran off to find Lilac.

Outside of Rachel's cave, green mist was pouring out of the entrance, and I could here the oracle's voice, hissing something that I couldn't understand. Poor Lilac. I remember my quest before. The oracle prophecies just creep me out! However, she's lucky, because on my last quest, I had to get my prophecy from the mummy. After a few more minutes, Lilac came out with wide eyes, and practically jumped 5 feet when she saw me right out side the entrance. "Oh, Taylor! You nearly scared me to death!" she scolded. "Yeah. Sorry about that." I grinned. "Anyway, I got a letter from my dad. It said 'Go on the quest'. And I guess you have a quest, so… can I come?" Lilac scanned me carefully, as if wondering if I was telling the truth. She has a problem with that, very mistrusting. "Alright, you may come." "Awesome! Well, I have an archery class that starts in 5 minutes, so I'll see ya later!" I said, already running down the hill, just hearing her mutter to herself, "It's 'you' not 'ya'." that's another thing, she corrects everything wrong that I say. But really, it's the 21st century! Who says stuff the proper way anymore? Eh, whatever. I had more important things to worry about.
1: archery
2: the quest
3: whether I could sneak into the kitchen and grab a snack before dinner
4: kill the Stoll's for pranking my cabin
Yep, life was good.

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