AN: It's my b-day, so, another chapter for this short preview. Enjoy!
Bloom's playing with Hiccup near the smithy while Stoick is busy chiefing - Gobber's watching them while their dad is busy, as one of the only Vikings without kids of his own to watch for. Bloom suddenly hears rustling in the grass, and drops the stuffed dragon to go investigate.
What she finds is a grass-green Terrible Terror watching the two of them from the relative safety of the taller grasses. She reaches out with one hand, and the dragon…presses its head to her palm. She lets out a quiet gasp, then gets closer to see if it'll let her pet it - to her utter delight, it does, actually arching up under her fingers so she can pet it more.
The small dragon chitters out a purr, and then Hiccup asks "What's over there, sis?"
He apparently sees, and then lets out a scream of pure terror and runs off.
Unfortunately, the dragon also runs off - it disappears into the grass, completely out of sight.
Moments later, Gobber comes running out with his hammer attachment as one hand and a sword in his only hand. "Where is it? Where's the dragon?"
Hiccup's clinging to Gobber's actual leg and looks over at Bloom fearfully - she just silently holds the stuffed dragon up as an explanation. Gobber sighs, and says "Hiccup, it's a stuffed toy! It's not going to hurt her! Or you!"
"T-t-there was one though! It was in the grass!" When Gobber looks, there's nothing there.
*Some time later*
Bloom looks back at Berk for a minute before heading into the forest - she can't take them anymore. All their talk about killing dragons, but all she can see is a bunch of creatures trying to survive.
She's busy mentally ranting when she gets distracted by a series of chittering growls - when she looks down, there's three Terrible Terrors sitting on a nearby tree branch.
She stretches a hand out towards them, and one leans forward and sniffs it - and then rubs its head against her palm, before climbing onto her arm and then onto her shoulders.
"Hey! That tickles!" She starts laughing as the three Terrors nuzzle her, their smoky breath finding its way into her ears, at her neck, anywhere and everywhere to make her laugh.
A Gronckle appears and sniffs her whole body all at once before nudging her with its head. Which, unfortunately, automatically packs enough strength to knock her down due to size difference alone.
She eventually meets at least a dozen other dragons that live in the forest - Thor knows just how long they've been there! - including a few Nadders, a Changewing she names Shift, more Gronckles, and even a few Monstrous Nightmares.
Along with a dragon type she doesn't know of - she's never seen it attacking Berk, at least. She names it a Typhoomerang, after seeing a few of the little ones spin around like boomerangs and make a typhoon of fire.
Also, she's noticed something weird - all the adult dragons bow their heads to her. She's go no idea why, as the babies and Terrible Terrors just want to play with her, but the grown ones all bow their heads when they first meet her.
Weird, but she doesn't question it. Because how would they answer, anyway? It's not like she can understand them!
Spoiler summary
A: Bloom takes walks in the forest.
B: Nobody seems to notice - let's face it, Stoick did not exactly take away the 'greatest dad ever' award in the movie. By any stretch of the imagination. Heck, the whole town didn't seem to care that Hiccup went into the woods every single day while he was in Dragon Fighting classes - even when he was getting popular.
C: all the adult dragons seem to collectively recognize her.
D: she named the Typhoomerangs first, having seen them while on one of her walks through the forest. She obviously kept it a secret, as then she'd have to tell how she found it and gave it a name in the first place.
PS. Yes, I really am going crazy with all my classes.