"Wooo! Ha ha!" Fireshard sped along and skimmed the water. "Yeah!" She didn't know why, but she was seriously happy. 'I need to talk to Leo... why not make an entrance?' She thought.

"Where's Jason?" She heard a girl say.

"Taking a nap." Another girl's voice.

Fireshard pressed a button with her heel and sped up. She sped over the railing of the bronze ship, and at just the right time, stopped. She noticed two boys and two girls. One girl was blonde with stormy eyes, the other chocolate haired and eyes that sparkled green, brown, and blue. One boy had black hair and sea green eyes. ('He's cute.' Fireshard thought.) The other had ruffled brown hair and mischievous brown eyes. She noticed he was staring.

"Hi." Fireshard said with a smile. "Is there a kid named Leo Valdez here?"

"Uh..." Mr. Mischievous said, raising his hand. "I'm right here."

"Hang on a sec!" Blondie said suspiciously. "She might be a monster! How did she know Leo's name?" She took out a bronze knife as she said this.

"Whoa whoa whoa, girly! I am not a monster." Fireshard flipped her hoverboard skateboard style. "I am controller of fire, and I am here to help Leo control and refine his abilities. Got that, blondie?"

"My name's Annabeth." The girl growled. The cute one put his hand on Annabeth's shoulder.

"Chill, Annabeth. She's here to help." He said calmly. He walked up to Fireshard and shook her hand. "My name's Percy Jackson."

"Fireshard."

Then Leo put his hand on her shoulder.

"We have to show you the ship." He grinned. "And introduce you to Festus."