I know that the attack on the Princess Andromeda was on August 11, but I have my reasons for the change of the date. Therefore, the attack is on June 1st instead.

Disclaimer: I own nothing

The months flew by until it was a week away from June 1st, and not much had changed at Camp Half-Blood, although more campers had begun to arrive for the summer.

But there was one event that didn't happen very often.

Nyssa Barrera was nervous.

For you, being anxious may be completely and utterly normal, but for Nyssa, this didn't happen everyday.

Had she really just signed her twelve, almost thirteen year old brother up for an incredibly dangerous mission? What had she been thinking?

Let's rewind to that morning.

With Beckendorf not returning for another week, Nyssa had to take over as Head Councilor, and a meeting had been called that morning.

"Alright," Chiron said, looking so anxious that the councilors grew nervous themselves. "The Princess Andromeda, where Kronos's army resides, will be just off the coast of New York by the end of this week."

Mutters broke out before Chiron stamped his hoof, shushing them.

"We have decided that two people- Percy, being the child of Poseidon, and a child of Hephaestus- shall bomb the ship on June 1st. We have two options for a child of Hephaestus. Nyssa, are you or Leo better with explosives?"

"Leo, but I'm not gonna sign up my little brother for this quest."

"Nyssa," Katie said in a voice that meant she was trying to get her to see reason, "Leo's going to have to get involved in dangerous missions. He's a demigod! Besides, he traveled the Labyrinth. I'm sure he can bomb a ship with Percy's help."

"I guess I see your point, but-"

"Nyssa," Travis said, "if anyone can do this mission, it's Leo. I mean, I've seen him work on explosives before. When anyone else does it, they work very slowly and very carefully. Leo just throws it all together without fear. Besides, Leo, Connor, and I have nearly blown up the camp more times than I can count. If anyone can blow up a ship, it's him."

Nyssa shut her mouth. He did have a point.

With the war right around the corner, Nyssa and Leo had started building explosives and storing them in Bunker Nine until they were needed.

When Nyssa worked on them, she worked very slowly and very carefully, almost as at a snail's pace.

But Leo? He didn't seem to be afraid of blowing himself up. He just threw the explosives together, haphazardly.

When she'd asked him, he replied, "Fire's my specialty," and left it at that.

She started to wonder what he meant by that. Could her little brother be a fire user? But she immediately dismissed that thought; after all, that power hadn't shown up in over a century. Why would it show up now?

"Alright, it's settled," Chiron said. "Leo and Percy will be going. I shall Iris Message Percy immediately, and inform him of the plan. Nyssa, I assume you will fill Leo in?"

"Of course," she responded, her mouth suddenly very dry.

"Thank you."

Chiron turned and left the room followed by the other campers, who were oddly silent as they left.

Nyssa stood on shaky legs and went to inform Leo of the plan.

She found Leo easily enough. He was training in the arena with Clarrise.

She stood off to the side, politely, watching as he fought against Clarrise's spear with a hammer (you wouldn't think it'd be the most effective weapon, but it worked fairly well).

She marveled over how much her brother had improved since the Battle of the Labyrinth. His dodges and attacks were equivalent to her's, and she'd been staying there for years. It was like he'd been training his whole life because even with a sword he wasn't half bad.

She waited by the door, impressed by how long it took Clarrise to defeat Leo. Usually, the daughter of Ares had a person pinned with a sword at their throat in ten seconds flat, but with Leo? They were fighting for a good five minutes before a worn out Clarrise finally disarmed Leo and aimed a sword at his throat.

"You're improving," Clarrise said, stoic, before turning on her heel and leaving. That was the closest you got to a thank you from Clarrise.

"Hey, Nyssa," Leo greeted, wiping sweat from his brow as he stored the hammer in his magical toolbelt (she found out that it was magic back in October). "What's up?"

"Well, Leo, I need to tell you something. "So you know what the Princess Andromeda is, right?"

Leo nodded. "Kronos's ship."

"Well, a week from now, it's going to be right off the coast of New York with Kronos's army. Chiron wants to send two people to blow it up- Percy because of his water powers and a child of Hephaestus."

"And he picked me?" Leo guessed.

Nyssa nodded.

"Alright. I'll get the explosives ready if you get the transportation."

"You're not at all worried that you may blow yourself up?" She asked.

Leo shrugged. "Like I said, Nys, fire's my speciality."

He smiled, waved, and headed for Bunker Nine..

She stared after him. He couldn't really be a fire user, could he?

She'd figure it out when the mission was over, and Percy and Leo came back.

If they came back...

Leo knew he'd revealed too much to Nyssa by saying that fire was his specialty. But how could he explain that he wasn't afraid of the mission because he couldn't blow himself up because he couldn't be burned? Sure, there was the risk of the force of the explosion literally ripping his body apart, but hey. Been there, done that.

More than that, how could he explain to Nyssa the vision he'd recently had? Or that he was having visions at all?

He'd been walking towards his cabin after working in Forges all afternoon when it hit him.

He was walking beside Will, away from Cabin Nine.

"How did he die? I mean Beckendorf," Leo was saying.

Will Solace trudged ahead. "Explosion. Beckendorf and Percy Jackson blew up a cruise ship full of monsters. Beckendorf didn't make it out."

The vision faded, but Leo got the gist. Don't let Beckendorf go on that mission.

And then, there was the dream. How could he forget the dream?

He was being dragged by two monsters, and his head really hurt at this point.

He was shoved into the middle of a bunch of uglies, staring up at Percy standing on the balcony with Luke/Kronos.

They were talking, but he couldn't hear anything over the rushing of the blood in his ears.

One of the monsters holding him dumped out a sack and a collection of peach cans tumbled to the floor.

Kronos was yelling, but he wasn't paying attention to him. He smiled, sadly, at Percy as he lifted a hand to his watch.

Percy shook his head, looking afraid.

Leo pressed the button.

At first, nothing happened.

Leo caught a glimpse of himself in a monster's shield and wasn't entirely shocked to find Beckendorf's face staring back.

Then, the world exploded.

The last thing he saw before the world erupted in a fiery horror of orange and scarlet flames was Percy jumping over the side of the ship with one last apologetic glance in his direction.

Leo woke up and knew that Beckendorf could not go on that mission.

He'd make sure of it.

A WEEK LATER...

"Are you ready?" Nyssa asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be," Leo responded, attaching the sack of explosives (and peach cans) to Blackjack's back.

"Good luck," his sister told him. "Be careful."

"I will."

Then, Leo flew off to pick up Percy, knowing that he may not be returning to camp.

"I thought you weren't supposed to help the boy, other than send him the visions?"

"So I altered the time line a little. This is better for everyone."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, things have to happen this way."

"If you say so..."

"What was that?"

"NOTHING!"

I know the dream isn't exactly what happened in the Last Olympian, but since Leo wasn't there, it's bound to be a little different from the real thing.

THE SEQUEL IS UP! IT IS CALLED THE FIERY HERO!