Okay, sorry for the late update, I've been super busy with school and work and homework, and I haven't had a whole lot of time to write. So I can't say for sure the next time I'll update either. But for now, let's just enjoy this chapter.

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Okay, so I've probably make things a little confusing. I was a little disorganized when I started this story. So forgive the first person POV in the first chapter, I thought I'd give it a try, but I like third person POV much better, so the rest of the story is going to be in 3rd person.

Second, now this is super important, I was going to make this a sister fic, with Peyton being Percy's sister, but NOT ANYMORE. PEYTON IS NOT A DAUGHTER OF POSEIDON; THIS IS NOT A SISTER FIC. And I'm trying not to make it seem like I'm yelling at you guys, cause I'm not =) So again, Peyton is a daughter of one of the Big Three, just not Poseidon. Sorry if that disappoints anyone, but I had a super awesome burst of inspiration and had another idea instead.

AND, one last thing, sorry, but I'm changing the title. Yup. Sorry. More confusion. So, TITLE CHANGE EVERYONE! I'm changing the title to: Hecate's Gates. So, instead of Poseidon's Gates, it'll be Hecate's Gates. Not a super title change, but a little one.

Sorry for all my ranting, I just think I confused people, which I sorely apologize for. I didn't mean to. If you guys have any questions, any at all, just PM me. I'm sorry for all of this, I sometimes have issues working through all the different stories in my head, and I change things a lot.

Hope you enjoy! I don't own anything.

P.S. Anyone read The Mark of Athena yet? I HAVE! It was AMAZING! Now we just have to wait a year for the next one!

III

Peyton

Peyton didn't think she could be any more surprised after a morning of teenage dudes with pen-swords, Drakons, and flying horses, but she was wrong. They group of pegasi touched down at the crest of a hill, depositing the teenagers, then took off into the skies again. Percy started walking up the hill, and waited for the rest of them, standing next to the biggest pine tree Peyton had ever seen.

"Are you sure about this?" Hal asked one last time.

"He saved our lives', guys. If you guys wanna leave, fine, but I'm going." Peyton replied. She knew they would follow. They always did. And sure enough, she was almost next to Percy when she heard Hal and Aaron grumbling behind her. Peyton couldn't explain exactly why she trusted Percy. She just felt that maybe he could answer some of the questions she'd been carrying with her for her whole life. Maybe she could figure out why she was so different.

When Peyton reached the crest of the huge hill, her jaw dropped as she took in the scene before her. Percy had taken the three of them to a summer camp, but it wasn't like any camp Peyton had ever seen. It looked like somebody had taken a valley, added some Greek buildings, a big baby blue house, and a huge plot of forest and stirred well. It was really hard to take in everything at once; there was so much to look at. Next to the big blue house was a sand volleyball pit, complete with kids playing. Off to right, there was a tall climbing wall, that shook and spewed lava, which Peyton thought was dangerous, but there were several kids climbing it anyway, like they were goats…wait, they were goats. Or at least they had the legs of goats. Peyton tried to recall the name of them…satyrs maybe. Yeah, definitely satyrs.

Looking deeper into the valley, Peyton saw a group of twenty cabins, in a circular formation around a central fire. There was an open-air pavilion with Greek-style columns around it, an amphitheater, a forge and armory, stables for the winged horses, an arena where several kids were practicing swordplay, strawberry fields, and of course the woods, and beach that led into Long Island Sound.

Peyton was completely and absolutely speechless.

"Is that a dragon?" Hal said suddenly, awe and maybe a little fear in his voice.

Peyton turned her head towards the base of the pine tree where Hal was looking. There, wrapped around the bottom, was a real-life, coppery dragon. Peyton also noticed something glittering gold in one of the lowest branches.

"Is that…?" Peyton's question trailed off.

"That's Peleus. He guards the tree because of the Golden Fleece." Percy said, answering both of their questions.

"The real Golden Fleece?" Aaron asked.

"Yup. As real as you or me. Come on, I have a few people I need to introduce you to." Percy said, and he started heading down the hill towards the blue house.

"This is the Big House," Percy said, stepping up onto the big white wrap-around porch. "Chiron?"

Percy waited, and pretty soon, Peyton heard what sounded like the clop of hooves. Coming around the porch was a man…except he wasn't just a man. His upper half was that of a middle-aged guy with a scruffy brown beard, with a bow and quiver of arrows slung over his back. His bottom half…well, it was a horse. He had the body of a white stallion instead of legs.

"Uh…you're friends with a centaur?" Aaron said, staring at the man, centaur, whatever.

"Percy, I thought you weren't coming till tomorrow?" the centaur said kindly, not angry, just wondering what Percy was doing here a day early with three other teenagers.

"Yeah, I know. It's just, at school, a drakon attacked. I'm pretty sure these were the other demigods Greg was talking about. I brought them to camp, sorry about not sending an Iris-message." Percy said.

Peyton only understood about half of Percy's response.

"Who's Greg?" Hal asked.

"He's a satyr. He stays at Goode to sniff out any demigods that might be there." Percy replied.

Hal didn't respond, though he did still look kinda shocked at where they were. Peyton was finding it hard to believe himself.

"It's alright, Percy. Do you know if they've been claimed yet?" the centaur, Chiron asked.

"I don't think so."

"We'll wait for dinner then, tonight," Chiron turned to look at the three of them. "What are your names?"

Hal looked too stunned to speak like he couldn't believe the horse-man could actually speak English. Aaron didn't make any move to speak either. Peyton sighed. As always, it was up to her.

"I'm Peyton Gates. This is Aaron Fax and Hal Evans." She said, looking up at Chiron, and nervously tucking a strand of dark hair behind her ear.

"I'm Chiron. I'm the activities director here at Camp Half-Blood. Percy, would you show them around? I have an archery class to get to." Chiron asked.

Percy nodded. "Sure. Chiron, is Annabeth here?" Percy asked.

Peyton looked at Percy. As he said the name 'Annabeth', she noticed that Percy couldn't help but smile, his eyes lighting up. Chiron seemed to notice this too, and he returned the smile, his eyes crinkling in the corners.

"She should just be getting done with her monster fighting class with the Athena and Nemesis cabins. They should still be in the arena." The horse man replied.

Percy's grin only got bigger. "Thanks. Come on, guys."

Peyton started to follow Percy as he headed towards a sandy floored arena that she assumed was the same one Chiron had been talking about.

"Hey, Percy?" Aaron asked as he walked next to Peyton, so close that she could smell his cologne and see the flecks of gold in his brown eyes. She swallowed deeply, trying to push down any feelings for Aaron that bubbled to the surface. It hadn't been long since she started feeling that way, but she had no desire to ruin their friendship if something went wrong between them.

"Yeah?" Percy asked, turning to Aaron.

"Are we going to be able to call our parents? " Aaron asked.

"Chiron will handle it."

"How?"

Percy smiled knowingly. "He has his ways. But don't worry; your parents will know you're safe. Speaking of, which parent do you guys live with?"

"What do you mean?" Hal asked.

"Well, you're clearly demigods. Which means-"

"We're the children of a mortal and a god. And since it looks like we landed in ancient Greece, I'm gonna assume we're talking about the Greek gods. So we're half human, half Greek god." Peyton interjected.

The three boys stopped in their tracks, looking at her like she just fell out of the sky and demanded to be taken to their leader. "What?" she protested.

"How'd you know that?" Percy asked.

"I heard you talk about it with Mr. Blofis. I've read about some Greek myths before, so I remembered what a demigod was. But you think we're demigods?" she replied, still finding it hard to believe that she could be considered godly. An ADHD, dyslexic, C average student who was related to the all-powerful gods of Greek mythology? Yeah, maybe just a tad hard to believe.

"I know you're demigods. You're all ADHD and Dyslexic right? You only live with one parent because you've only ever known that one parent. And if you weren't demigods you wouldn't be able to see past the Mist." Percy replied, like he'd been through the same conversation himself.

"The Mist?" Aaron asked.

"It's a magical veil that hides any evidence of the Greek gods or monsters from mortals." Percy answered.

"Right. Of course it is." Hal muttered.

Percy ignored him. Peyton had a feeling that Percy had dealt with skeptical demigods before. She thought maybe he'd been one of those skeptics himself.

"Well, Hal and I live with our mom's. Aaron lives with his dad." Peyton answered Percy's earlier question.

"Good. Hopefully you guys should be claimed by your godly parent either at dinner or the campfire tonight. That's usually when it happens now." Percy said.

Peyton had been so absorbed listening to Percy and looking around at all the different Grecian style buildings that she hadn't realized the boys had stopped in front of her. They were looking at the arena Peyton had seen earlier. Percy pushed the on the gates that flanked the entrance, and they swung open with barely a sound. Inside was a group of at least a dozen or so kids, ranging in ages, all wearing orange t-shirts that said Camp Half-Blood. Most of them had the same golden blonde hair and stormy gray eyes. The others, about four kids, had darker hair and brown eyes. Peyton noticed some of the kids were covered in a yellow powder, while others took various weapons—swords, spears, daggers, and dozens of others-and were carrying them out to a shed.

As Percy walked through the group of kids, most of them greeted him with huge smiles and high-fives. Apparently, unlike at Goode, Percy was a pretty popular guy here. Peyton had noticed him before at school, and there were plenty of bullies that decided to pick a fight. Whenever Peyton was nearby, she would watch as Percy would try to calmly get rid of them. Eventually they would leave him alone after he stared them down long enough. She was pretty sure that if he wanted to, Percy could easily overtake even the biggest bullies at school.

Peyton stood awkwardly nearby with Aaron and Hal. Hal had already started chatting it up with a guy that was carrying a bow and a quiver full of arrows. Aaron was calmly looking around, just absorbing his surroundings. Peyton, having known him practically her whole life, would be one of the only ones to notice the tense set of his shoulders, and the wariness in his brown eyes. She wondered how he felt about this whole 'demigod' thing. Peyton thought about Aaron's dad, Mr. Fax.

Mr. Fax was one of the nicest, most innocent people Peyton had ever met. He was always making a fool of himself just to make others laugh. He was almost like a little kid sometimes, and quite oblivious to the horrors of the world outside of their apartment and his calm job at the library. Peyton loved him, almost like he was her own dad. She wondered what goddess would have been attracted to Mr. Fax's playful, lovable demeanor. She was pretty sure there wasn't a goddess for being goofy.

"Annabeth," Percy said, jolting Peyton out of her thoughts.

Peyton watched as Percy approached a blonde girl from behind. The girl, Annabeth, turned. She had the same stormy gray eyes as the other blondes around her—Peyton assumed they were her siblings—and her blonde hair was pulled up onto a ponytail. Annabeth sheathed the dagger she had in her hand when she saw who had been addressing her. Annabeth's face lit up, and she smiled hugely. Percy leaned forward and kissed Annabeth.

"Get a room guys!" one of the other kids yelled, which was ignored by Percy and Annabeth, seeing as how they had entered their own little world. Peyton felt slightly jealous, wishing she had someone that cared that much about her.

"I thought you weren't coming till tomorrow?" Annabeth exclaimed, surprised, as she wrapped her arms around Percy.

"Me too, but there was a drakon attack at school. I had to bring those three demigods I was telling you about here." Percy replied.

Percy turned back to the three of them, and introduced them all to Annabeth. She was polite, but Peyton noticed that she was looking all of them over, her eyes calculating. Peyton wondered if she was trying to figure out who their parents might be, just based on how they looked.

"Could you take Peyton and show her around? I'll take the guys." Percy asked.

"Sure. See you at dinner, then." Annabeth replied. She gave Percy a peck on the cheek, then led Peyton out of the arena.

Annabeth started heading towards the group of cabins, a big smile on her face the whole time. Peyton didn't know much about dating, or what it felt like to be in love, but she could tell that Annabeth was completely head over heels for Percy.

"How long have you guys been dating?" Peyton asked once they were out of earshot.

"Not long. We started dating in August." Annabeth said, and Peyton could tell that the past month had been the best of Annabeth's life. "Are you dating anyone?"

Peyton paused before answering. She felt like she could trust Annabeth, but she didn't quite feel like spilling all of her deepest feelings quite yet. "No."

Annabeth looked over at her, maybe a little skeptical, but she didn't say anything about instead, Annabeth started asking her about her mom and school, keeping Peyton engaged as they toured the camp. Peyton loved it. She didn't know if she felt like she quite fit in yet, but she felt like this could be a home for her. A place where she wasn't the only outsider who had never met her dad.

"Who's your godly parent?" Peyton asked Annabeth.

"Athena, Goddess of Wisdom." Annabeth said, standing a little straighter at the mention of the goddess.

"What about Percy?"

"He's a son of Poseidon."

"So…it really is true? I'm a demigod? Aaron and Hal too?" Peyton asked, though she already knew the answer.

"Yup. I know it's a little strange, but the Greek gods are here, they're alive, and they're still having demigod children." Annabeth replied gently, like she was trying not to force the information on Peyton to suddenly. Peyton wondered how many times Annabeth had had to deliver the 'yeah, your parent's actually a Greek god' speech.

"Do you have any idea who our parents might be?" Peyton questioned.

"Hard to say. For you and Aaron, it could be almost anyone. The only way we'll know for sure is when you get claimed by your parent."

"And then what? Do we just stay here all the time? what about school?"

Annabeth gave an amused smile, like she'd heard all the same questions before. "Some campers stay here year round, but a lot of them still go to school, and come when they can. We'll see how this weekend goes, and then Chiron will tell you if he thinks you should stay here year round or not."

Annabeth looked like she might've said more, but then a horn blew in the distance.

"Come on, time for dinner." Annabeth said, walking to the open air pavilion that was lined with picnic tables, one for each cabin, as Annabeth had told her.

"Dinner…?" Peyton muttered to herself, then she realized that the sun was dipping towards the horizon, casting an orange light over the valley and buildings.

Annabeth grinned, though whether it was for Peyton or the prospect of seeing Percy, Peyton wasn't sure. "Alright, let's find out who your godly parent is!"

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