Authors Note: Sorry I haven't done this in a while. I've been busy what with high school, not to mention writers block, anyways I've been trying to get this one out but its been challenging to tell as you'll soon see. Let's get on with the show.

Thea yawned and got up. The sun was just rising. She quietly left her cabin so as not to wake her bunk mates up. Ever since she was born, she had never been able to sleep while the sun was in the sky.

'One of the problems with being the daughter of the sun god' she thought to herself. She had long since given up trying to figure out why it only happened to her, and not the other children of Helios.

Thea started walking up to Thalia's pine tree so that she may sit and watch the sun take to the sky. When she got there she realized a young boy of about ten was passed out on the grass, just outside of the border. As she got closer, he started getting up.

"Are you okay?" Thea asked pulling him to his feet.

"Oh, uh, yeah, sorry I was just sleeping" the boy replied hazily.

"In the middle of the grass?" Thea asked concerned.

"Sorry, about that, the sunset snuck up on me" the boy explained, "I'm Cyrus, I'm looking for a camp around here. Camp Half-something?"

Thea was off-set by his remark about the sunset but she managed to lead him back to camp.

"Where is everyone?" Cyrus asked, confused.

"It's five in the morning, they aren't up yet" she replied even more confused.

"How could they not be, the sun is up?" Cyrus spread his arms wide open, "Don't people here rise and set with the sun, like they do back at the farm?"

'So that was it he was from a farm, of course he would be used to that, yet he wasn't at the farm anymore, so why would he still stick to getting up early?' Thea pondered.

"Umm, no" Thea replied.

"You're up" the young boy pointed out.

"I don't have much of a choice" Thea replied.

"My mom says you always have a choice" he replied gaily, "Unless you're still living with your mama"

"So, do you know who you're dad is?" Thea asked hoping to get the conversation off her. She didn't like being in the spotlight, which was ironic for a daughter of Helios.

"I've never met him," Cyrus said, his mood sinking a little bit, "But Mama says he was a mighty fine gentlemen"

"Well then, that's okay, I'll get you settled into the Hermes cabin for the time being" The bell went off, "Right after breakfast, that is"

During the meal, Thea kept glancing over to the Hermes table at Cyrus.

"Someone's got a crush" Elio said.

"It's not like that!" she replied blushing a deep red, "I just.., I feel like there is something special about him"

"Like I said, you've got a crush..." Thea punched him in the arm, "Ow"

All through the day Thea kept running into Cyrus.

'Why him of all people' she thought, 'yet I can't help thinking there is something different about him'

At the campfire, that night, Thea was so distracted by her musings that she forgot that she could only stay away while the sun was in the sky. Just as they were singing the final song, she saw a bright sign over Cyrus' head.

"All hail Cyrus, son of Helios" That was the last thing she heard before the sun went down and she fell over, ready to sleep. The last thing she saw was that Cyrus did the same.

'It's nice to see that I'm finally not alone with this curse' she thought before falling into a deep slumber.