Here's the next chapter! In this one, Dani meets Toothless properly.

Onto the story!

Here there'll be dragons… LITERALLY!

"Dragons. Your base is called Dragon's Edge because you have a dragon," Dani said, her eyes still wide as she watched Hiccup get licked to death by the black dragon on top of him.

Dora and Aragon are one thing. But an actual living, breathing dragon is another thing entirely.

"Toothless! Hey, easy there bud!" Hiccup exclaimed as he managed to wriggle out from underneath the dragon and stood up.

Dani gasped when she saw his left leg.

"Whoa! What happened to your leg?" Dani asked.

Everyone looked at her and Dani's face reddened.

"Sorry. Probably a sensitive question. You don't need to tell me. Anyway, does anyone in this room realise that there's a freaking dragon standing right there?!"

"Dani, we do know. Don't you have dragons from where you're from?" Astrid asked her.

If you count Dora and Aragon, who can change into dragons, then yeah, Dani thought sarcastically.

"Astrid, she may not be used to seeing dragons," Hiccup said to the Viking girl in question.

I'm used to seeing ghost dragons, not live ones, Dani thought to herself.

"Dani, this is Toothless," Hiccup said to her, gesturing to the dragon. "He's a Night Fury, and my best friend. He's also the last of his kind."

"He's really cool. Wait, he's the last of his kind? Poor thing. And, how come he has a red tail fin and is wearing a saddle?" Dani inquired.

"Toothless lost his tail fin, and I replaced it. As for the saddle, it's there because I ride on him," Hiccup answered. Dani's eyes widened.

"You're a dragon rider. That's really cool. Are all of you dragon riders?" Dani asked.

"Yep/Wasn't it obvious?/Yeah/Absolutely!" Astrid, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut answered in answer.

"Wicked," Dani murmured. She looked at Hiccup and asked, "Hiccup, could I, uh…"

She made a stroking motion with her hand.

"But it's totally okay if you don't want me too. I would never pressure you into doing something that might be uncomfortable for 's just…"

"It's fine, Dani. Nearly all of the kids back on Berk pet him whenever they get the chance," Hiccup allowed.

Dani smiled and moved closer to Toothless.

"Hey, Toothless. Is it okay if I can-"

Before Dani could finish, Toothless' pupils narrowed and he roared in fright, backing as far away as he can away from Dani.

"Whoa. Never seen him react that way before," Hiccup said to Dani, who stood awkwardly. "He's usually pretty friendly."

He must have, somehow, felt my ghost half and was frightened by it, Dani hypothesised.

"I'm sure he was probably scared by me approaching him, since he's not used to me," Dani said.

"That makes sense. Give him time, he'll- AHHH!"

Hiccup, who'd been standing next to Dani, was now behind Toothless; the Night Fury had dragged the brunette Viking behind him.

After looking back at Hiccup, who was now safely behind him, Toothless faced Dani, growling threateningly at her, and began prowling threateningly towards her, forcing Dani to back away.

"Uhh… does he do this often?" Dani asked Hiccup nervously.

"Not usually. Toothless, what's wrong with you? Why are you-TOOTHLESS!"

The Night Fury had leaped on top of Dani, knocking the raven-haired girl to the floor. She let out a startled yelp and looked up and saw Toothless looking threateningly at her. She looked at his eyes, and saw terror and protectiveness towards Hiccup in his eyes.

Okay, he's obviously terrified by me being part ghost and that I might hurt Hiccup because of that. This is going to be difficult, Dani thought.

She heard the sound of metal on wood and watched as Hiccup managed to convince Toothless to get off her.

The Night Fury got off her, but looked at her suspiciously, still growling, giving her the message, If your hurt my friend, you'll regret it.

Hear you loud and clear, Toothless, Dani thought. Loud and clear.

"I'm sorry Dani about that. Toothless is usually not like this, except for when he's protecting me from something, or someone, dangerous," Hiccup apologised to her. He gave her his hand as an offer to pull her up and Dani took it.

"Unless he heard me headbutting Snotlout and throwing Tuffnut over my shoulder," Dani joked, though she definitely knew why Toothless had been threatening towards her.

He was just protecting Hiccup from me because he somehow knew that I'm half-ghost, or could sense it, Dani thought to herself.

"Like you said before, give him time. He'll probably get used to me being around," Dani said, rubbing her neck awkwardly.

"Probably."

"Hey Dani, do you want to see the rest of Dragon's Edge, and see the other dragons?" Astrid asked her.

Dani smiled eagerly.

"I'd have to be crazy to say no. Heck yeah!"

"Let's just hope the other dragons don't react the same way towards you as Toothless did," Snotlout said.

Hiccup and Astrid glared at Snotlout while Dani gave them a confused look.

"What? I was being obvious."

"How were you being obvious, Snotlout? Dani hasn't even met the other dragons yet," Astrid said to him, folding her arms.

"Isn't it just strange that Toothless reacted that way to her, when she headed towards him? And I bet it has something to do with what I saw, before she threw Tuffnut over her shoulder!" Snotlout exclaimed.

"What did you see, Snotlout?" Hiccup asked him as Dani looked nervously at the ground, rubbing her arm.

"Her eyes turned green. Then, they turned back to blue. And now, Toothless reacted to Dani as if she was a threat. There's something off about her."

Not as dumb as he looks. He may not think that I'm half-ghost yet, but best to stop this at the source before my secret is in danger, if what Danny had told me about what happened to him, Sam and Tucker in 1600's Salem is anything to go by.

"Snotlout, maybe your eyes were playing tricks on you? And Toothless may have thought I was a threat because I'm new here," Dani suggested.

Everyone looked at her as Dani looked at the floor awkwardly.

"Uhh… maybe I could now see the rest of Dragon's Edge and meet your dragons?" Dani asked, her tone slightly nervous.

"Of course, Dani. Me and Astrid will give you a tour," Hiccup said and he, Dani and Astrid walked to the entrance of the hut. Hiccup raised the door, and Dani gasped at seeing the blue sea in front of her.

"Wow," she breathed. "Hiccup, you've got one awesome view."

"Thanks, Dani."

"Don't mention it.

They exited the hut and Snotlout yelled behind them, "There's something off about Dani, Hiccup! Don't say I didn't warn you!"

"Just ignore him, Dani. I do it all the time," Astrid advised her.

"Well, there's a moron back where I'm from and he's not much. Trust me, underneath all that macho manliness, he's a big softie."

Astrid smiled at her. "I can tell we could be good friends, if you don't need to go back to your village right away."

Dani suddenly became nervous and rubbed the back of her neck nervously.

"About that… I don't think I'll be able to go back to my village right away."

"Is it far? We could make the flight by dragon-"

"Astrid, I appreciate what you're offering, but right now, I think it would be wiser if I stayed here. If that's okay with you, that is."

"It's okay with me, if you have nowhere else to go, but it's best if you ask Hiccup. He's kinda the leader of the dragon riders."

"Thanks, Astrid."

"No problem."

The two girls smiled at each other before Dani noticed two long poles with half moon-like covers attached to the top.

"Hiccup, Astrid, are those watch towers?" Dani asked them, pointing them out.

Hiccup, who had been walking ahead, turned and looked at the towers as well as Astrid.

"Yeah, Dani, those are watch towers," Hiccup confirmed.

"Then where are the sentries?"

"That's… a good question. Where are the Night-"

Before Hiccup could finish his question, a small black blur tackled Dani to the ground, the dark-haired girl surprised at the sudden attack.

"Terrors," Hiccup finished as he and Astrid watched as Dani's face was licked to death by one of the Night Terrors, who looked very overeager to see Dani.

"Dani, are you okay?" Astrid asked her.

"My face is getting licked to death by a very overexcited mini-dragon who won't budge, but yeah, I'm fine," Dani answered. "Now, mini-dragon, please GET OFF ME!"

For emphasis, Dani quickly made her eyes flash a ghostly green, spooking the Night Terror and causing it to fly back to it's watch tower, shrieking in fear.

"Sorry little guy, but you were overextending your welcome," Dani apologised to the small dragon, her eyes returning back to normal icy blue.

Standing up, she asked Astrid and Hiccup, "I guess that was one of your sentries, right?"

"Yeah," Hiccup answered.

"What type of dragon is it?"

"A Night Terror. They're usually nocturnal dragons, but they serve as our sentries. If someone attacks us, we'll know about it thanks to those dragons warning us," Hiccup explained.

"That's awesome. Wish back home there was an early warning system like that. Maybe…"

Dani looked down, wisely closing her mouth as she finished that sentence in her mind.

Maybe Amity Park wouldn't be attacked by ghosts so regularly.

"Maybe what?" Hiccup asked.

"It's nothing. Just… thinking about my village. I hope it's okay," Dani casually said.

Hiccup and Astrid looked at each other and guessed one thing: Dani's village, wherever it was, was attacked regularly. By what, they had no idea. But whatever it was, it seemed to be even worser than dragons.

Dani looked up at them and, feeling the tension in the air, asked, "So… can I meet the other dragons?"

"Uh, yeah. Sure," Hiccup answered.

He and Astrid headed to the stables, where Hookfang, Stormfly, Meatlug and Barf and Belch were, Dani following them and hoping that they wouldn't have the same reaction towards her as Toothless did.

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A Few Minutes Later

"So… what type of dragons are in there?" Dani asked as they walked towards the stable doors.

"Well, my dragon, Stormfly, is a Deadly Nadder. Snotlout's dragon, Hookfang, is a Monstrous Nightmare. Ruffnut and Tuffnut's dragon, Barf and Belch, is a Hideous Zippleback and Fishlegs' dragon-you'll meet him soon-,Meatlug, is a Gronkle," Astrid answered her.

"Those sound like pretty cool dragons," Dani said.

"Thanks."

I just hope they don't react the same way to me as Toothless did.

Hiccup slid the metal doors open, and he gestured for Dani and Astrid to go inside.

Dani smiled at him as she walked inside the stables, Astrid and Hiccup following her.

Inside, a blonde, stocky Viking who was washing what appeared to be a bunch of boulders with wings on it looked up and smiled when he saw Hiccup and Astrid.

"Hey Fishlegs," Hiccup greeted.

"Hey Hiccup," Fishlegs greeted back.

Dani looked around and saw three other dragons in separate cells, with one who appeared to have two heads. They looked at her… and then their pupils narrowed.

Dani gulped and began, "Uhhh, Hiccup…"

"Fishlegs, I would like you to meet-"

And then all hell broke loose.

Well, it seems like Toothless may or may not know that Dani's half-ghost. And he reacted like Dani is a threat, while the Night Terrors seem to love her.

What will be the other dragons' reactions to her? You'll have to wait until the next chapter.

I apologise if I'm making either Hiccup, Astrid, Snotlout, Ruffnut or Tuffnut too OOC. It's really hard for me to keep them in-character. Strangely, the only character I'm able to keep in-character is Dani, but that's because her personality and character is really easy to adapt to a story that is not canon. If I'm making the riders too OOC, please tell me and I'll try to make them in-character.

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GhostWriterGirl out!