A/N: I know I don't have the greatest track record of finishing a story, but I've fallen in love with this one and I'll do my best to finish it. I've discovered a way to find time to work on it and to keep myself from getting discouraged. I've discovered Google Docs, so now I can work on it, little by little, at home on my computer or at work on my smartphone when I go on my breaks. I need constructive criticism (not biased opinions please; I'm wanting to improve my writing skills and I need to know how I'm doing.) Hope you guys enjoy this! I've spent a week working on this whenever I got a chance; I work 40 hours a week and I'm a mom to a 2 year old, but I miss writing and I'm trying to get back into it and actually finish something. :)

Edit: Be warned, this story has 'underage' sex in it, so if you don't like it, then don't read. But Xeenia is a Fey and Fey coming of age is different than that of humans, so technically she wouldn't be underage. When that chapter comes up (don't have it written yet), then I'll give a warning at the beginning of the chapter.

Life Used to be So Simple - Chapter 1:

Part 1: Birth of Xeenia

Year 2000

Three elegant woman, each identical except for their hair color, stood in a circle around a softly glowing orb. In it, to an ordinary human, looked only like swirling fog; but the three woman could see something else. In it, they could see a tiny Fey baby with hair that bordered between pink and orange - a color inherited from her grandmother. Her skin tone was a light cream like her mother's. Her sky blue eyes sparkled as she gazed up at her mother, who cooed over her and tugging at her newborn baby's small, elfish ears.

"Fate is a very mysterious thing indeed," The black haired sister, Seline, stated. "This is his last chance..."

"Yes, and it is incredibly rare that a full-fledged Fey be born to a human father, and a half human mother." Said the blond haired sister, Phoebe.

The white haired sister, Luna, spoke next, "I see another rare occurrence." She stared at the orb for a moment, a quizzical look upon her face.

"What is it, sister?" Phoebe asked. It wasn't very often that something would confuse Luna.

Luna glanced at both of her sisters before stating, "We must speak to Titania."

In the mortal realm, Fox Xanatos held her two hour old baby girl, while six year old Alexander sat on the bed with her and stared in awe at his new sister. Her husband, David Xanatos, stood proudly next to the bed. He reached out his pointer finger to the baby and allowed her tiny hand to grab onto it. She giggled as he waggled it up and down. Fox looked up at her husband, "Where's Owen? I thought he would have been here, since he was there when Alex was born."

David stood straighter, just realizing that Owen wasn't there. "This is odd for him."

As if on cue, a knock sounded on the door and Xanatos answered with a "come in". The door opened to reveal a clean cut blond haired man, wearing a pressed black suit and glasses. "I apologize for being late, sir. There had been a car wreck in the parking garage and it was impossible to get through the parking garage's hospital entrance, and so all visitors had to walk around the hospital to the other entrance." Owen said with a very annoyed expression upon his face, still remembering how the wreck even happened.

David gestured to the new baby, "It's fine, but don't you want to meet Xeenia?"

Owen's eyes softened and he smiled, "Of course, sir." He came up to the side of the bed and carefully held the tiny bundle that Fox handed him.

The moment he touched her, Owen felt a strong pulse, but only once. "That's strange." His eyes widened when he saw her long, elfish ears. Normally anyone lesser than a full-fledged Fey didn't have those ears. He brought up his left finger to her cheek and gently stroked it as her wide, innocent eyes looked back up at him. He used a tiny amount of magic, the only thing he can do anymore, to check whether she was a quarter Fey, as she was supposed to be, or a full Fey, as her ears were indicating. The results surprised him - she really was a full Fey. "How is this possible?" He moved his finger down her face and found a ticklish spot under her chin, causing her to giggle and she grabbed his finger with both hands. "I'll have to speak to Titania about this." Owen handed Xeenia back to her mother, "She's adorable, congratulations." His faced turned serious, "Mr. Xanatos, I need to step out for a bit, if you don't mind?"

"No, not at all. Can I ask what this is about?"

"I just need to speak to Titania about something."

"Is this about her ears?"

"Yes, sir. I think it's very strange that a quarter Fey has those kind of ears."

"Then take all the time you need; I'm a little curious myself."

Before leaving the room, Owen said, "Good day, sir." David nodded at him before turning back to his daughter.

On his way back to the Eyrie building, Owen couldn't help but think of this strange occurrence. He had never before witnessed or even heard of something like this before. He pulled into the Eyrie building's garage and locked up the car after stepping out of it. He stepped into an elevator and pressed the topmost floor. The ride up seemed to last for an hour before the doors finally opened. Owen stepped out into the quiet hallway and headed for his office. He pushed open the big, heavy doors and walked over to a an intricate full-length mirror.

He placed his hand on the glass and recited a spell in Latin to call for Titania, Queen of the Third Race. The image of a tall, teal-skinned, regal-looking Fey with orange-pink hair much like her granddaughter's, appeared in the glass. Owen removed his hand as Titania spoke, "I haven't heard from you since Fox announced her second pregnancy. Has the child been born?"

"Yes, but there is something different about her."

Titania raised her hand to stop him and as she stepped out of the mirror, placed her hand on Owen's forehead and a small golden glow flashed for a second. "I've now seen your memories of that hospital visit. This is strange indeed." Titania turned back to the mirror, placed her hand on it, and said, "Come forth, Coyote." A tall dark human-looking man with greased back black hair, wearing jeans and a leather jacket over a white muscle shirt, appeared in the mirror.

"Yes, my lady?"

"I will be needing to speak to the two of you, but I want Fox and David to hear as well, so they'll be informed of what will be happening." Coyote stepped out of the mirror and Titania waved her hand, a green swirl of magic emitted from it and surrounded the three of them. In an instant, they disappeared from Owen's office and reappeared in Fox's room at the hospital.

"Mother!" Fox exclaimed nervously, bringing Xeenia closer to her. When Alexander was born, Titania feared that his magic would become dormant like Fox's if he wasn't taught to use it at an early age and to continue using it as he grew. Fox had lived the life of a normal human girl, not knowing anything about the other half of her blood and, because she wasn't taught how to use her magic, it became dormant. It was near impossible to teach her how to use magic now.

A battle had broke out when Titania tried to take Alex and, for the first time, to protect her baby, Fox showed her magic, but that was the only time she was able to do that; any efforts afterwards to try to bring forth her magic again were in vain. Titania and Oberon, who was the king of Avalon, talked it over and decided to allow Alex to live in the mortal realm, but only if Puck was to teach and protect him.

As punishment for refusing to go back to Avalon when Oberon summoned the Third Race for the Gathering, Oberon placed a curse on Puck. Now, he can only use magic and change back into his true form to teach and protect Alex.

Puck created a human alter ego named Owen Burnett many years ago, and he loved his creation because he considered it a challenge to create a personality completely opposite of his own and play the part well. But now, he was forced to be Owen all the time, with no way to ever turn back into his true form and be himself, unless Alex needed him.

Titania walked over to Fox and Xeenia and gently placed her hand on Fox's shoulder, "Do not worry, daughter, I'm not going to try to take her from you. In fact," She gestured to Coyote, "I will be adding another person to your home." Everyone looked over to Coyote, confused, but not as much as he was.

Coyote stepped forward, "What's the reason for this? Couldn't I have had a heads up?"

Titania straightened up to face Coyote and Owen better, "I would rather have told everyone at once rather than repeat myself." She paused before continuing, "Both you and Puck are to be her teachers."

Coyote and Owen stared in surprise at their queen; Owen spoke up, "But we both have our own teaching styles, it could confuse her."

Titania held out her arms for Xeenia and handed her to her. "The two of you will have to work something out."

"Mother, why are you doing this?"

"I'd like to see what kind of person she could turn out to be with being around so many different personalities, not to mention what she could learn from both Puck and Coyote, as they specialize in different types of magic." She turned to Owen and Puck, "While I can't overrule Oberon on his decision to ban Puck from Avalon, I can break the curse he placed on him." Holding Xeenia in one arm, she raised her other arm and circled her finger in the air, pointing it in Owen's direction. Green energy swirled from her finger and zapped Owen, engulfing him. Owen held his head with his hands and grunted; all of his power being returned to him all at once overwhelmed him a little. His body glowed green, so bright that one couldn't make out any details; his form shrunk and the green light vanished. An elfish-looking man with long white hair, wearing a purple toga over a red and gold shirt and dark purple pants with brown boots on his feet stood in Owen's place.

Puck looked up at Coyote, who looked down at Puck. Coyote snickered, "I think I know why she also wants me to be her teacher: all your skills in magic are for playing pranks on people! You don't know anything serious!"

Puck flared up and floated up to Coyote's eye level, "What was that, miscreant?! You want to say that again?!" Puck's hands and eyes began to glow; he had taken to being a teacher very seriously, and Coyote saying something like that, something he knew nothing about, was a complete insult.

"All I'm saying is that you're extremely childish! My lady is probably embarrassed that she even picked you to be Alex's teacher!" Coyote taunted as he poked Puck in the chest.

"Why you…!" Puck tackled Coyote; Titania sighed and used magic to separate the two fighting Fey.

"I am ordering the two of you to at least try to get along, or I'll be turning you both into pigs and make sure that you two can't change back!" Puck and Coyote gulped and straightened up. They hadn't seen Titania like that since they lived on Avalon before Titania and Oberon divorced. Back then, all four tricksters stayed together and we're pretty good friends. Well, Puck and Coyote had never really got along and they were more like rivaling brothers than friends. All four tricksters were Avalon's trouble makers; they drove everyone nuts.

"This child is a very rare occurrence; I have only seen one other full Fey born to human parents before, but that was about ten thousand years ago. There is a reason why she was born a full Fey." Everyone in the room waited for the reason, but Titania changed the subject, "Anyhow, lessons begin as soon as possible. Coyote, you are also going to be Alexander's teacher, as well, but the two of you should switch up every day. For example, one day, Puck has Xeenia and Coyote has Alexander, and the next day Puck has Alexander and Coyote has Xeenia. It would make it fair for both children and that way Puck won't have to teach two children at once."

Titania handed Xeenia to Coyote, "You are the only one who hasn't met little Xeenia yet." Coyote's eyes widened as he felt a strong pulse, which happened only once.

Coyote looked up in confusion at his queen; he had never felt anything like that before. "My lady, I had felt a strong pulse, like a heartbeat, and it was only once. Do you know what that could be?"

Puck spoke up, "I felt that the first time I held her, too!"

Titania smiled, "That is a story for another time. I must return to Avalon now. I need to make sure the other two tricksters haven't destroyed the place." She sighed in exasperation at the latter; even though every member of the Third Race were also known as "Oberon's Children", they really weren't all his children (or hers). But most of them were like her own children and she often found herself playing the role of the mother. Puck tried to stifle a snigger and Coyote smirked; they knew the other two were always up to something.

In a flash of light, Titania disappeared. That was something most of the other Fey couldn't do, was teleport to and from Avalon without using Titania's mirror or some other item charmed item.

A week later, on a warm July night, was time for Xeenia's first lesson. The trouble was, the two tricksters were in the family room of the castle, arguing over who was to get her for that night. David watched the two, amused, and Fox had the same exasperated look her mother had the day Xeenia was born when she had mentioned the other two tricksters. "Now I understand what she means. Just Puck being around is fine, but get him with another trickster and they act like children!"

Puck flew around, trying to hit Coyote with a spell to stick his feet to the floor, while Coyote ran and hid behind pillars and when the spell hit the pillar, a black tar-like substance formed on it. Fox couldn't take it anymore; the place was going to end up in shambles if they continued like this, "STOP! GET OVER HERE!" The two tricksters halted with a look that clearly read, "Oh crap, she's going to be like her mother…" The only difference was that she couldn't use magic, but they knew she could summon her mother using the mirror.

Fox pulled out a coin that Alexander had handed her earlier that day. She checked both sides just to be sure and then said, "We'll flip a coin and see who gets her first tonight. Puck is heads and Coyote is tails." She flipped and caught it, then opened her hand to reveal that it had landed on heads up.

"HA! I get her tonight!" Puck quickly disappeared just as Fox picked up the coin to check the other side; she wasn't surprised at all to find that Puck had made both sides of the coin heads. He certainly was a trickster. She sighed, "Mother, I'm starting to think that you just wanted another trickster out of your hair!"

Puck appeared in the Xanatos' bedroom and floated over to a white bassinet. He pulled the sheer pink curtains back to reveal tiny Xeenia laying on her back; she was dressed in a light pink onesie with a blanket patterned with bunnies and moons wrapped around her. She was looking at the baby monitor next to her before she noticed Puck, who leaned over and scooped her up in his arms.

"We don't have much time, lil' Xee, because you need as much sleep as possible. Our first lesson is going to be just an introductory.

With that, Puck disappeared.

Over the years, rambunctious Xeenia took up to both Puck and Coyote, much to her mother's dismay.

When Xeenia graduated elementary school, Fox discussed with David and her mother about sending her to a boarding school. Titania wasn't too keen about the idea, but agreed to it, since she could see her daughter's point. Titania did want Xeenia to be around both tricksters to broaden her personality and for other reasons, but being around them too much could be a bad thing. They agreed that Xeenia would just have to have longer lessons so she could catch up on what she missed while she was in school during her summer vacation.

Year 2016

"Mom, everything's packed!" 16-year-old Xeenia struggled to pull her two huge suitcases and a duffle bag slung over her left shoulder. She dropped them, "Ow, my arms! I wish mom would let me use magic any time I want! Instead of during my lessons…" Xeenia smirked, "But what she doesn't know won't hurt me." Xeenia snapped her fingers and her luggage levitated a couple of inches off the ground and she continued to the elevator, to meet both her parents, Alex, Owen, and Coyote. She was off to Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, a private high school where students lived on campus, much like college students. She hated going to boarding schools, but her mother was very adamant about it. She lectured about how Xeenia should be extremely focused on her education, instead of going to a normal high school where she could get into drugs and underage sex and become boy-crazy. Xeenia had rolled her eyes many times during her mother's lectures. What her mother didn't realize was that those things are going to be everywhere people go, she can't avoid it. If her mother knew some of the things Xeenia had done, she would lock her up. Xeenia was still a virgin, but she had done a enough oral sex to lose her naiveness. She had tried drugs once, but they didn't affect her, so she didn't care for it. She was very focused on her school work, but she would also like to hang out more with Puck and Coyote and have fun and live a carefree life; they were a couple of the most fun people she had ever met.

Before Xeenia turned the next corner, Owen came around it and stopped her, "You know your mother would have a fit if she caught you using magic outside your lessons."

Xeenia's luggage fell to the floor and she crossed her arms, looking away defiantly in the process. "Hmph! Just because she can't use magic doesn't mean I'm not allowed to! It isn't fair!"

Owen picked up her luggage for her and headed to the elevator, "Now, Xee, she only wants you to learn human values and humility before you start using your magic regularly, you know that." Xee had heard all this before, and she had heard of how a lot of Fey were pretty pompous and thought they were better than humans just because they could use magic and they were immortal (well, to an extent.)

They arrived at the elevator and Fox looked over her petite daughter to make sure she was dressed descently. Xeenia had a small frame and she was very short for someone her age (only five foot!) In her human disguise, she had long, dark brown hair like her father's, and wore a red t-shirt that read "Just do it" and light blue jean shorts. She had a small chest and wasn't very curvy, since she was still fairly young. Her eyes, no matter if she was in her human disguise or in her true form, were a sky blue, as was very common amongst Fey.

Xeenia looked up at her older brother, Alexander ("Alex") Xanatos. He was six years older than her and he was engaged to a human named Alice, who was pregnant with their first child. Xeenia didn't like Alice much, and she was grateful that her soon-to-be sister-in-law was at work. Alex had grown to be as tall as his father, but he had orange-red hair like his mother. He had inherited her green eyes and had a tattoo of a Fox head over his right eye like his mother. He was a true mama's boy.

The ride to the school was interesting, as always. The Xanatos family sat in the back seat while Owen and Coyote sat in the front. Her parents had made a decision for the two tricksters to always sit in the front because her mother was paranoid that if they spent too much time with Xeenia then they would develop feelings for her and do something that would force either Fox or David or both to want to turn them into stone for an eternity. Or castrate them or whatever.

"I told you, it's my turn to drive! You drove Xeenia to school last year!" Coyote exclaimed.

Owen stopped at a stop light and looked over at Coyote, "I have seniority in this job."

"Well, then I'll just be a better Owen than you and move up faster than you did."

"Don't even try to play that game with me." Both men glared at one another; the light turned green and Owen pressed on the gas.

Xeenia giggled at the two. They were always fighting, and usually over the silliest things!

They pulled up to her school and Xeenia grudgingly stepped out of the limo. She hated boarding school; it felt like jail to her! Owen and Coyote picked up her luggage out of the trunk, arguing over who got to carry what.

After finally making it up to her room, she said her goodbyes to her parents; after they left the room, and making sure no one else was in there, Owen turned into Puck. "Oh, Xee! I'm going to miss you! Other than myself, you're the most interesting Fey on the planet!" Xeenia giggled at Puck's overly dramatic exclamation.

"I'll be missing you too, kid. I do every year!" Coyote bent down and hugged her.

After almost a minute of awkwardly staying like that, Puck pushed on Coyote, "Ok, ok, that's long enough! It's getting creepy!"

Coyote stood and, before leaving the room, turned to look at Xeenia, "See ya at Christmas!"

"Bye, Coyote!"

After Coyote left the room, Puck stood in front of Xeenia with his hands on his hips, "What a pervert! Doesn't he know how to treat a lady?"

"I don't think even you know how to treat a lady." Xeenia said with a neutral expression.

Puck laughed nervously, "Uh, yeah. I haven't had much luck with them." He quickly flew over to her and wrapped his arms around her, "Can't wait til you come home! I have a strange feeling things are going to be interesting this year." Xeenia blushed; something about the way he said that struck a new chord within her, but she couldn't explain the feeling. Puck sprung away from her quickly, "Welp, see ya!" He disappeared quickly, leaving Xeenia that familiar feeling of being alone and bored.

"There has to be more to life than this. I don't want to grow up to control a company like dad; I want to have fun!" Xeenia jumped into one of the beds in her room. "Come on, school year. Get started so I can get it over with."