Hiccup, Bloom, and Astrid are racing their dragons down a snowy mountain, like a much better version of sledding - with friendly competition between Hiccup and Astrid…which results in an avalanche.

They all get trapped in a crevice, no light to be seen, and two of the three people freezing cold.

Astrid's voice says "I-I-I'm so c-c-cold!"

Hiccup says "Come here. Bloom, you to."

They huddle together, and Astrid immediately warms up. "Bloom, how are you this warm?! You sick or something?"

"No, I'm fine, except for the part about being trapped under a mountain's worth of snow! Where are our dragons?!"

There's suddenly a burst of pale-purple light, and then another, and then a shot of bright orange - they're protecting them! They've got their wings spread out in a cone shape to keep the snow off their riders! Bloom ignites a fireball in her palm and holds it up to see, and they see Brightfire, Toothless, and Stormfly in a triangle around them.

Bloom breathes out "Good dragons. Very good dragons. You three are the best."

They shoot a hole in the snow, and daylight pokes through it to the young dragon riders.

Astrid says "Daylight! We're gonna make it!" And that's when Astrid and Hiccup realize the position they're in - wrapped in each other's arms.

They quickly pull back, Bloom saying "Get over yourselves, you two." She rolls her eyes at Brightfire, who thrums and almost rolls her eyes back at her.

Hiccup asks "Bloom, do we even want to know what she's saying?"

"Probably not. Are you too curious?"

Astrid and Hiccup share a look, and both say "No!"

Back in the village, Astrid and Hiccup are relating the whole story to the others. When Fishlegs suggests huddling to share body heat, Astrid and Hiccup both get self-conscious - and Snotlout says "You know, Bloom, Astrid, if either of you are still cold, I'd be more than happy to share."

Bloom whacks him over the head with her now-empty wooden plate, and Astrid knocks a pile of snow onto him - Bloom's not digging him out, that's for sure. Bloom suddenly looks around at the sky with a worried look, and asks "Do storms ever come this early, guys? As in, ever?"

Fishlegs says "Not normally. Why?"

"Just a feeling I've got. Also, Bucket's screaming across the village."

Ten minutes later, they're in the house with Stoick and Gobber - the animals are scared stiff of the dragons, so much so that they aren't producing. The hens aren't laying, and milking the yaks doesn't do anything - Mulch produces an empty cup after three hours of trying, poor yak.

Bloom says "Alright, I think I know what to do. Get the animals in the arena, and I'll bring Brightfire. Just me and her, no other dragons. They'll get used to her, and relax around other dragons."

Hiccup says "That…that could actually work."

"Good, because dragon eggs explode - and they're a lot bigger than normal eggs - so having some hens sit on a few wouldn't work. And the animals are too scared of dragons like Monstrous Nightmares and Deadly Nadders to even go near them - the spikes and spines and needle-sharp teeth and all."

Hiccup says "Right. Good point."

Mulch says they have a week - and then amends it to three days and six hours when Bucket moans and grips his bucketed head.

Bloom says "Well, we'd better get to work on gathering the herds up."

They get the animals in the ex-arena, and Bloom shoos out the other Riders and their dragons - because huge teeth aren't going to help matters, and neither will spines being accidentally shot at the poor animals or getting set on fire.

Bloom has Brightfire roll over onto her back, exposing her much-more vulnerable underside to the animals - when she goes near-limp from getting a belly rub, all the animals relax a little around her.

By the time the storm comes, Bloom's gotten the animals used to the idea of Brightfire at least - enough to start giving milk and eggs again!

Unfortunately, the barn gets destroyed in the storm - so they have to go in the Great Hall with everyone else - including the dragons. That likely won't go over well, but Bloom'll be on hand to keep things from getting out of hand too quickly.

After the storm passes, and the animals are laying eggs and giving milk again, Hiccup asks "Bloom, how do you know so much about animals and how they behave?"

"Hiccup, I've been around dragons for a really long time. Since I was walking, basically. Dad never noticed when I went out for a walk into the forest and found some Terrible Terrors. He was always too busy chiefing, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember."

"And you were always trying to drag a sword around and look for dragons to fight. Even though it was too heavy for you."

"Is that why you never told me?"

"It was a later reason. If I could've I'd have taken you out and away from the entire village."

Hiccup puts his arms around Bloom, and says "It all worked out in the end, Sis. Right?"

Bloom sighs, and says "Yeah, it did…" That doesn't mean she likes sharing the dragons anymore now than she did when the village first made peace with them.