Life seemed to hate Lake, as simple as that. Right now he was sitting on some smelly bus with a pair of war demigod twins and a silver dagger that was currently the only luggage he had. The bus smelled like old peanut butter and he felt like he was going to puke.

And the twins had explained some things that he didn't really want to know.

One, his mom was a powerful Goddess and she had sent him some test that was supposed to see whether or not he was worthy or not to go this place called Camp Illion.

Two, the gods were real. And his mom was Trojan goddess, not Greek, not Roman, Trojan. They stand more for the home front, they stand for home and protect it there, they're real close to their kids but they still keep the distance. That's what Kevin had told him.

Three, Camp Illion was a super secret camp in the middle of nowhere and you were never to tell anyone where it was unless you wanted the wrath of Zeus.

Four, once they got there he was going to assigned to one of the other kids as his mentor, whatever that meant.

The bus drove for many miles in silence. The twins were whispering to one another, sometimes casting a glance at him, not making him feel any better. He turned and stared out the window, walking the Texas terrain speed behind the closer they got to the ocean.

He looked at the twins, "Where is this place again?"

Kyle gave him an unreadable look, "Texas coast, near the Mexico border."

"Okay," Lake said dryly. The rest of the trip passed like grass growing, really slow but eventually they pulled to a stop and Kevin dragged him off the bus. The two pushed him down a path that leads to the seashore. The closer they got Lake felt something crawl up his spine. It was similar to that of the one the giant flytrap had given him but this one was friendlier.

The path started leading up to a rise. Once they got to the top, Lake's jaw literally dropped.

There was a large bay, with a half circle on the coast, surrounded by the highest walls Lake had ever seen. A castle of golden-brown stones was near the back, with four tall towers and more windows then he could count. There was a huge dock with six of those Greek ships, what were they called? There were several long buildings near the walls of the castle, four in all, two on each side. A collection of small and big houses were in the middle, with a section on a hill, composed of a lot of Greek temples, all in different colors. And in the sunset it was simply amazing.

"Is that Camp Illion…" he finally managed to spurt out.

The twins nodded, Kevin pointing down a slope to a group of people who were making their way up. The four people walked up to them, one of them breaking ranks to run up and hug Kyle. One of the three remaining soldiers came up, removing his helmet.

His facial features were scarred but still immensely handsome. Jet black hair and steel gray eyes, he looked like one of those people from one of the space shows, "Name's Alan, son of Athena. Welcome to Camp Illion." He stuck out his hand in greetings.

Lake took it, shaking it, "My name's Lake Daniels…don't know who my mom is though."

Alan smiled, putting a hand on his shoulder, "It's fine, your mom will send a sign in no time, the longest period for being unclaimed is a week. Trojans' don't have as many kiddos as Greek or Roman."

Lake fiddled with the dagger, which was now in a sheath that twins had given to him to put it in, "Are you my mentor person?" he asked.

The son of Athena shook his head, "No, Danny over there is." With a snap of his fingers one of the soldiers trudged forward.

"Danny" was quite small for a guy, but from what he could see through the helmet he was about his age, with dark blue eyes and wavy black hair. Danny was a few inches shorter than him and a lot, how do you put it, petite for a guy.

He smiled at Danny, "So you'll be my…."

Danny cut him off, "No talking, I want to get this over with as soon as possible."

Lake shuddered, "Harsh much."

Alan gave a nervous smile, "Danny here is a son of Poseidon. Been here two years."

The twins went over and hugged Lake, which greatly surprised him, "We're in barrack two, if you ever need us for anything." Lake noticed that Kyle had a red mark on his cheek and that the person who had hugged him was pushing brown hair back under her helmet.

Alan dismissed the other soldiers, except for Danny. He smiled at him, "Come on, let's show you your bunk, introduce you to a few of your future battalion mates. Oh and Welcome to Camp Illion, otherwise known as new Troy."

With that they descended into the camp.

~Well, that's chapter 3. I hope you enjoyed it. Danny is a secondary character and is going to be one of Lake's two main friend here at Camp, the next one may or may not be introduced next chapter but you never know. Oh, and something to ponder, Danny has a secret. ~