As Hiccup swung onto Toothless's back, he squinted up in the sun, seeing seven new shapes gliding towards Berk in the sky. As they came closer, he saw that they were dragon riders, but he had never seen any dragon species like these before. The rider on the first dragon held up a white flag as he spiralled towards Hiccup. The sign of peace. He was signalling that they had come in peace, and so would prefer it if they were not attacked. The rider then landed lightly on the grass, and Hiccup realised it was a girl. She had shoulder-length straight red hair, big blue eyes and rosy pink lips stretched into a smile. She was wearing a golden top with a beige fur collar that covered her neck. She had a short white skirt decorated with glinting sapphires, with a dagger in her belt and beige boots matching her fur collar. A gold circlet emblazoned with a beautiful sapphire crowned her red hair, with a tuft of hair falling across her face and covering one blue eye. She reminded Hiccup of Astrid, but prettier and not as serious. Her dragon resembled Toothless almost exactly, but it was pure white, with soft fur covering its scales. It had big bat like wings gilded in gold from inside and long, fox ears. It had big liquor gold eyes, and tiny horns on its head and cheeks. Its back was rigged with gold horns, and its tail looked like Toothless's, but was curved with gold horns like its back, and the edges were tinted with gold. In short, when Hiccup looked at the dragon, he saw the symbol of light and gold.
The girl leapt nimbly off the dragon and studied Toothless, who was sniffing at her dragon. They were exactly the same size, and so seemed like twins in white and black. "Interesting. I've never seen this kind before." She muttered under her breath. Then she seemed to notice Hiccup. "Oh…um...hi" she said, blushing, "I'm Comet, and this my dragon, Asterion. You are -?" Hiccup scratched his head, wondering where this strange girl had come from. From the corner of his eye, he saw Astrid and Fishlegs emerge from the forest with their dragons, holding huge barrels of fish from the lakes. Astrid sensed something was wrong right away, and she broke out running towards Hiccup, with Fishlegs struggling to keep up. Comet did not seem to see them. "Hi…uh, I'm Hiccup, and this is Toothless. I, um, I just wanted to know, where exactly did you come from?" The girl's face fell. She gave a piercing whistle, and the rest of her crew flew down.
There was a long necked black dragon with polished white fangs and horns, with a furry neck, feet and tail, upon which two girls were sitting. The one in front was kind of tall, with a serene look on her face. She had long curly black hair, deep brown eyes and was wearing a black fur top with a grey skirt, white leggings and black fur boots. The one sitting behind her was slightly plump, with wavy coffee coloured hair left open over one shoulder and playful grey eyes beneath horn-rimmed glasses that rested on the bridge of her nose. She was wearing a brown blouse with long white sleeves, a long white skirt that fell a few cm below her knees, and her boots were not fur boots like the others, but tight fawn coloured leather boots with pointed edges. The next dragon that landed resembled Barf and Belch, as it had two heads. It was pale blue colour, with a soft yellow underbelly, a thin coat of fur and spikes on its heads, tail and legs. On it sat two boys, obviously twins, with long black hair in a short ponytail, furry brown vests on top of long beige tops with fluffed collars, skinny brown trousers and tall fur boots. One of them had a peg leg, and the other a hook hand. Two huge carts pulled by a hundred or so small, strong dragons with huge wings descended, overflowing with food, luggage, any kind of supplies. Men sat at the reigns of each cart, leading the dragons toward the ground. The last shape was a big, regal bronze coloured dragon with a plated underbelly and piercing yellow eyes. On it sat a tall man with shaggy blonde hair, and behind him was a man and a woman both wearing black and brown woollen clothes, with curly hair.
Astrid and Fishlegs had reached them by now, and were frowning at the newcomers. "Who? What in the – where?" Astrid spluttered, panting. Comet sighed. "Let me introduce you to our crew – I'm Comet, and this is Asterion. The girl in black is Iva, and the girl behind her is her sister, Faun, who is a year younger. The black dragon is Flightmare, but you can call her Fly, and she belongs to Iva. Faun lost her dragon in, er, an accident, and we were hoping you could give her a new dragon at Berk." "Ooh!" Fishlegs said "We do have a few dragons…" "Thanks!" comet said, smiling at Fishlegs. "Anyway, two heads of that dragon over there are Thunder and Lightning, and that-" she pointed at the hook handed guy "-is Linus, and the other one, the guy with the peg leg, is Logan. Those dragons with the big wings are Batterdrums, and that man on the regal dragon is my father, Ankh, and behind him are Iva and Faun's parents, Vesta and Ingot, and the regal dragon is Blaze. The two men at the reigns are Tan and Bron. We beg for Berk's protection and shelter, and we hope you will accept us as your townsfolk. We have nowhere else to live, so please let us live here." There was silence. Hiccup finally said, "Ok, Comet, you can stay here with us. I will take you to my home, so you can meet my mother. I'll also show you around Berk. Astrid, please take Iva and Faun to get a new dragon for Faun, and Fishlegs, you, Snotlout and the Twins take the dragons in and show Comet's dad, Vesta, Ingot, Tan and Bron to the huts. Also, sort out the supplies. Hurry!" "Fine, Chief." Astrid grumbled. She eyed Comet suspiciously and took Iva and faun and walked off. Fishlegs hurried off too. Hiccup smiled at Comet. "Well, since it's only the two of us, I would like to take you to the place where I first met Toothless…"
Some time, later, Comet, Hiccup, Asterion and Toothless arrived at a beautiful cove in the forest. Toothless took Asterion on an aerial tour of Berk, while Comet and Hiccup sat at the edge of the lake. Comet picked up pretty stones from the water and twirled them between her fingers before tossing them back in. Hiccup said, "so…..Comet, I know you haven't told me the full story yet. Where are you from? How did you come here? Why did you come here? What happened?" He was full of curiosity. Comet sighed. "It's a loooooong story…" Hiccup grinned. "I like loooooong stories!"