As Rosetta and Phil make their way to the Hermes cabin, a young girl looks out from the edge of the trees and wonders what the hell is going on here.  Just a few days ago she'd been having a normal summer.  She'd somehow managed to pass all of her classes, which let her have another year on the swim team.  The cool water of the pool had always been where she felt the most at home.  But this summer something had changed.  She had been plugging along like always, not winning her races, but occasionally placing.  Then suddenly her time had improved drastically, and she made it to the front of the pack.  But only in races.  She heard her teammates start whispering about drugs, and their attitudes towards her had gone from indifference to dislike.<br/><br/>It wasn't until the last race, though, that everything had changed.  Right off the block she'd felt something different, and to her surprise she didn't just win the race but beat everyone else by a full lap.  She'd jumped out of the pool and her mom had run up to her immediately with a towel.  At first  Thea had thought it was to congratulate her, but her mother had wrapped her tightly in the terrycloth and escorted her from the pool before they'd even announced the times.  Thea might have protested, if it wasn't for the look of fear and concern in her mother's eyes.<br/><br/>The next thing she'd known, she'd been packed up and loaded on a bus.  After a long ride from Chicago she'd found herself in New York.  Taking a taxi from th bus station, she'd been dropped outside a large set of gates and had to hike in the rest of the way herself.  There had been a large number of other kids running around the place, but she'd managed to spot an adult in a Hawaiian shirt and purple shoes.  He directed her towards the cabin where she'd apparently be staying, then wandered off.<br/><br/>Finding herself alone, and the cabin bustling with unknown people, Thea was in the process of trying to force herself to go inside.  The place had slowly been clearing out, with most of the people seeming to head towards the delicious smells towards the lake.  Seeing the last pair of kids leave the building, she peered around the corner only to see them stopped by a girl with crimson hair.  The guy had mentioned that her cabin leader had red hair.  Taking a deep breath, she steps out of the trees and coughs lightly to try and get the girl's attention.  "Um...excuse me... sorry to bother you... but I think you're my cabin leader..."