A boy walked down a moonlit beach, skipping pebbles. He looked about 18 with shaggy black hair and sea-green eyes. He slowly walked away from the shore, heading to an area with a volleyball court and an old farm house. Instead of heading towards the house, he turned so he was walking to a huge pine tree with what looked like a dragon sleeping around it.

As he got closer, a ray of moonlight shone down on a limp figure right on the crest of the hill. The boy ran to the person, seeing that it was a young girl, and picked her up carefully. He checked her pulse, and walked quickly towards the farmhouse with a worried look on his face.

Mmmmmm. Something warm trickled down my throat. It tasted like warm noodles, with all the slurp included. My head felt like someone stuffed it with cotton balls, and baked it in the oven. I couldn't feel any of my limbs, much less move them. There was an odd murmuring sound that I could hear.

I opened my eyes to see a man with a scruffy beard and a blonde girl that looked about fifteen looking at me. She smiled at me, and I felt like I was looking at an old friend. I struggled to move my mouth, and rasped out as many words as I could.

"Where?... Who?..."

A sound of slow clopping noises filled the room, like a video of a horse trotting was being played and I couldn't see it. As it kept going I realized it was coming from the man as he was pacing the room. Was he on a horse? I couldn't tell.

The blonde smiled again, and this time I could see worry behind it. "My name is Cleo, what's yours?"

It felt as though my skull was squeezing my brain and pulling it at the same time. "Umm.." I stalled as I tried to get my mind to reboot itself.

"Tayen!" I exclaimed as I remembered, "My name is Tayen."

The odd man gave Cleo a glance that looked like trouble. "We have to go, Cleo, now."

Cleo looked at me apologetically as she rushed out the door. "Sorry, I have to go! It's really important.. Stay in bed! Eat the things next to your bed! Doctors orders!" And with that, she ran out of the room with the man behind her and shut the door.

Doctors orders? She couldn't be an actual doctor, could she?

Now that I was alone, I studied the room that I was in. It had blue walls and it looked very old, with the the paint peeling and the old fashioned furniture. Next to the bed I was laying in was a table with what looked like little bread squares on a plate, and a cup.

I peered suspiciously into the glass. It was filled with a golden liquid, and smelled odd. Taking a careful sip, I tasted the mysterious liquid.

Oh. Wow.

The drink tasted like hot cocoa after coming from in a day of intense skiing. It warmed me to the core, waking up my numb limbs and leaving a sweet aftertaste. It was the soothing warm feeling that woke me up.

I eyed the little squares on the table, hoping for them to be a delicious as the liquid. When I picked one up, it felt soft and crumbly in my hand. I closed my eyes as I put it in my mouth so I could taste it better.

I was not disappointed by the drink's counterpart. Despite having the texture of crumbly bread, the food was as cool and smooth as ice as I swallowed it. The taste reminded me exactly of when I visited Italy with, someone... We had gelato, and it tasted exactly like this, I think. Trying to remember made my head hurt all over again.

I wiggled my toes, and even though it was against the "doctor's" orders, I swung my legs over the side of the bed. Time to figure out what I was doing here.

As I headed to the door and reached for the knob, it swung open without my help. There stood Cleo, who immediately put on a stern face and walked me back towards bed.

"You can't get out of bed, I'm sorry. You need rest! After a good night's sleep you will be able to get up, and then Chiron will give you the intro, hopefully." She chewed her lip. "Stay in bed, you have too!"

Before I could get a word in she sat me down in bed, almost ran out of the room, and clicked the lock behind her.

Great. Locked in my room like a little kid. I sulked there for a moment before crawling into bed and laying there like a dead log. Woo.

Hope you all enjoyed! Thanks for all the reviews and positive comments. I love knowing at least someone out there likes my writing. In this chapter we start seeing some of Tayen's attitude, which somewhat reflects my own. :) I will try to upload tomorrow, which happens to be in about ten minutes :)