AN: Hey, so it's been a while since I last wrote anything for Stargate. I just finished this chapter tonight and I probably wouldn't be posting it if my friend (lks358) hadn't been pestering me. Essentially this is about John's daughter, Daniel and Vala's kids, and a few other kids of Stargate personnel and their adventures in the Pegasus Galaxy. I have a vague idea where this is going and for now we'll see what happens. Please review!

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I sat in the car and gazed out the window as we drove through the city. I was barely paying attention to the direction we were headed. All I knew was that I had been picked up from my school and dragged to Cheyenne Mountain. Apparently, the military needed my help. I wasn't entirely sure how that worked. I wasn't some genius kid who could hack computers in seconds nor was I some martial arts protégé. I didn't even go to military school for crying out loud.

I was just a student at the Denver School of Arts. I wanted to be a writer. I had absolutely no interest in going into the military. My grandparents wanted me to follow my dreams. They only made me take self-defense classes because my dad wants me to. He's always hoped that I would follow in his footsteps and join the military. Not that he wants me to actually fight, but perhaps an administrational job.

Perhaps I should backtrack. My name is Eleyna Sheppard and my father is Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard of the US Air Force. My mother is—was—Nancy Sheppard. She was killed three years ago by a drunk driver on her way home from work one night. My parents had never married and my dad was out of the country. I had always lived with my mom and suddenly I was going to live with my dad's parents. I didn't really know them but now I love living with them now. I still miss my mom though.

My grandparents are filthy rich so I spent the last three years of my life completely spoiled. More importantly, I haven't seen my dad in as long. He came back once for my mother's funeral and that was it. I guess that's what happens when you're a military brat.

The officer sitting across from me cleared his throat awkwardly and I glanced up at him. "Brigadier General Jack O'Neill" read his uniform. I looked at him questioningly. I could tell he wanted to ask me something.

"So…" he began.

I rolled my eyes slightly.

"How old are you again?" he asked.

I raised an eyebrow, "Shouldn't you have read my file? I'm assuming there is one on me… But I'm 17."

He glared at me, "Don't you give me lip Missy."

I returned to staring out the window. I had issues with the military. Especially with the people who were in positions of power. It probably had something to do with the fact that my dad was never around because he was in the Air Force.

After a few more minutes of silence we pulled up to a massive gate around a military complex. I sighed as Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill flashed his badge and pointed at me. He was talking too quietly for me to hear what he was saying. But I really didn't care what he was talking about. I didn't want to be here. Being denied access would be awesome!

The Lieutenant General sat back in the car and we moved forward. Damn, I thought. I was being sent into the Lion's Den. We pulled through the gate and wound around for a while under the mountain before stopping. The General got out of the car first before walking around to open my door. I gave him a whispered thank you and gazed around in wonder.

Lieutenant General O'Neill placed his hand on the small of my back and directed me towards the door that was cut in the wall. We walked inside in silence and I eventually found myself sitting alone in a conference room staring awkwardly out at a massive ring with strange markings around it. There was a ramp that led up to the ring.

The door opened behind me and I turned to look at who had entered. It was a young man dressed in a uniform. I looked at him closely and frowned slightly when I realized it was a uniform for the George Washington Military Academy. A blonde woman had been the one to gesture him inside.

He sat down awkwardly and scanned his surroundings. He seemed surprised to see me looking at him curiously. After a few moments of silence, it became clear that he wouldn't be initiating the conversation.

I cleared my throat, "Hi, I'm Eleyna Sheppard."

He met my gaze and nodded once. "Aiden Jackson," he replied gruffly.

I hoped he would say more, you know, maybe ask me something, or give us another topic to talk about.

Instead, he studied the table in front of him. Bored out of my mind, I pulled out my journal and began writing slowly. Part of me really wanted to write about the place I was in, but I had a feeling that anything I knew would be considered classified. Therefore, I couldn't tell a soul about anything I saw or did here. Instead, I began writing a poem for my poetry class. I should tell you now, I'm not a huge fan of poetry but every once in a while I really enjoyed writing a poem or two.

This was not one of those times. Instead I was writing a poem for homework where I had to rhyme dotted, leftie, and Neolithic with other words at the end of each line while writing a cohesive. I was not looking forward to it. After a few minutes of struggle I gave up and began writing my novel.

Aiden was staring at me when I looked up again. He quickly looked away, out at the room with the ring, when he met my eyes.

The door opened a third time and a girl came in. She was wearing a typical schoolgirl uniform with a plaid, pleated skirt and a sweater over a white shirt. When she saw the Aiden, her eyes lit up and she ran over to him excitedly.

"AIDEN!" she screeched and I winced at her decibel level. I was pretty sure my eardrums had just ruptured.

The boy smiled at her and stood to hug the girl. I was a bit confused since it was obvious they weren't romantically involved. Then they pulled out of their hug and I saw the family resemblance. Both of them were fair-haired and brown eyed. Siblings, I realized.

The girl bounced over to me and held out her hand, "I'm Adysin Jackson!"

I took her hand and smiled at her, "Eleyna Sheppard."

There was something about this girl that made her immediately likeable.

She tossed her long braids over her shoulders and sat down next to me. "I'm sure my brother hasn't been very companionable," she began. "Aiden, come sit with us. Teal'c said it would be a few minutes before we learn why we're here. Eleyna? Where do you go to school?"

I looked up startled. I hadn't expected here to start a conversation with me right away. "Denver School of Arts," I replied.

She nodded, "I go to the Marie Curie Institute. Aiden goes to George Washington Military Academy. Are you a musician? Or an actor?"

"Writer." My answer was short and to the point. I knew that the Marie Curie Institute was one of the best schools for aspiring female scientists in the nation. That mean Adysin was a genius.

Before we could continue talking, the door to the room swung open for a final time. four adults filed in solemnly. They quickly introduced themselves as Lieutenant General Jack O'Neill, Brigadier General Samantha Carter, Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell, and Teal'c.

Adysin and Aiden both smiled at the four and I realized that they must have met before this.

After the introductions were over, General O'Neill cleared his throat and opened a folder in front of him. "You're probably wondering why you're here," he began.

I found myself nodding with Adysin and Aiden.

"Well, you see that big thing out there?" he pointed at the ring. "That is called a Stargate and it transports people to other planets through a wormhole."

Adysin looked incredibly excited. Aiden just looked disbelieving. I was more curious as to why they were telling us this. It was obvious they weren't lying because no military force would make up something like this. The idea of interplanetary travel was amazing. And it explained a lot: why my dad was always gone, why I only heard from him sporadically, why he could never say anything at all about what his job was.

Aiden finally spoke, "What does that have to do with us?"

Samantha Carter was the one who answered, "All of your parents are currently off-world in the Pegasus Galaxy. Eleyna, your father has been stationed in Atlantis since we discovered it."

"Atlantis?" I finally managed to ask.

"Yes," Cameron Mitchell replied. "Atlantis."

"As in the Lost City? The legendary people that were lost beneath the sea? My father, is in this city, in a different galaxy?" I said.

Teal'c nodded at me, "Indeed."

I sat back slightly dizzy. It seemed so insane but it all made sense in a twisted way.

General O'Neill continued talking, "The reason we brought you three here is because your parents were captured while on a mission. We want to send you to Atlantis to rescue them."

I couldn't help but start laughing at his proclamation. "Seriously," I choked out. "You want us to go rescue a bunch of highly trained military members that are being held hostage in a different galaxy?"

They all looked at me and nodded.

Adysin had started to turn green.

"Why us?" Aiden asked.

General Carter smiled slightly at him, "Because you, Aiden, have been enrolled at George Washington for four years and are more like your mother than you think. Adysin is a brilliant scientist who will one day be as famous as her father or Rodney McKay. And Eleyna because Lt. Col. Sheppard has made sure she knows how to fight since she was five. She also might possess the Ancient Activation Gene."

When she saw our blank looks she sighed, "Essentially the Ancients were the ones who populated Atlantis and eventually abandoned and came here. They created the Stargate system. If someone possesses a certain gene—which Lt. Col. Sheppard does—then he or she can operate certain technologies left to us by the Ancients."

I looked at Aiden and Adysin. They looked as confused and curious as I was.

Colonel Mitchell clapped his hands together, "Well let's get going kids. Time for you to each visit the doctor and we'll make sure you aren't going to drop dead of some random disease and see if you have the Ancient Gene. Then we'll give you a massive pile of papers and tell you to read them all."

General O'Neill nodded, "We only have two days to get you three ready before you ship out. You had best learn fast."

Carter came over and steered Adysin and I out of the room. "You two are with me," she said.

Adysin looked at her, "Sam, this isn't a joke, is it?"

I was a bit surprised by the fact Adysin called the older woman by her first name.

"No," Carter muttered. "It's not."

We continued to walk in silence for a few minutes until I couldn't help but ask my questions, "Brigadier General Carter?" I began.

She turned and looked at me.

"How do you expect three teenagers to successfully retrieve our parents in a different galaxy? I mean honestly, what can we do?" I inquired.

"You can call me Sam," she said. "And all three of you seem to be working towards extraordinarily promising futures. We are hoping that you can help here because you each have different backgrounds you bring that haven't been touched by the politics that are involved with the Stargate Program. I don't know how exactly you are going to be able to succeed but I know you will."

Sam stopped in front of a large steel door and swiped her keycard to open it. We had reached the infirmary and I spent the next few hours being poked and prodded as my blood was drawn and tested.

AN: Thank you so much for reading! Please review! I don't know when I will update next but hopefully it will be soon. I promise the next chapter will be much more interesting!