Astrid was a beautiful girl. She had long, blonde hair that she kept back in a simple braid. Her eyes were a beautiful bright blue that matched the cloudless sky. I noticed that when I was near Hiccup that she was a bit flustered. Astrid looks intimidating and I do not want to compete with her, I think.

The large bluish dragon made a small screeching noise and approached Astrid. She patted the dragon softly then turned towards Ech.
"This is Stormfly, she is my beautiful Deadly Nadder."

"A Deadly Nadder? That's quite a strangle name."

"Well they are very dangerous and poisonous spikes on their tail. Seemed quite fitting. Not to long ago we were mounting their heads on pikes."

Stormfly stood up straight and alert making a small fearful screech.

"It's okay girl, No one will hurt you."

"I can you tell it's a girl?" Asked Ech curiously

"Well for Nadders the females have a lighter hue than males. For others dragons you can't tell."

"Really? Do you think it's possible for me to learn more about dragons?"

"Of course! We have our very own Dragon Training Academy."

Astrid walked down the main path seen in Berk and she gestured for Ech to follow. She did without hesitation, she did however marvel at the scenery. Everything about Berk was different from where Ech grew up. Sternly made wooden houses with insignias of some meaning, some houses shared the same. Different households' maybe. Flocks of sheep with short curved horns and lazed expressions nonchalantly gnawing on grass. They were the strangest sheep she had seen. The sea could be seen at the edges of the cliff with long boats with carved out images of dragons on it. With all this sea the main source of food must be fish Ech thought.

Ech continued to follow Astrid down the path until they reached a circular dome with barbed spikes around the top. The doom was made out of wood and steal, a strange place to hold a Dragon Training Academy. Inside the dome were four other people. One looks rather big so did the pile of rocks with a face near him. Another was rather stout with black hair. Near him was a more lizardlike looking red dragon. This dragon had black spots scattered around and two large eyes right on top of its head. The tongue was forked and it occasionally flicked out. The last two looked like twins. They had long blonde hair and was hard to tell which one was male or female. Between them was a green, long-necked, two headed dragon. This dragon had a more circular head and each had a curved back horn and two tails.

"Hey guys we have a new Dragon Trainer here." Said Astrid.

"A new trainer, how exciting!" Responded the rather fat one.

"It's a girl too! I can totally look cool now! No need to get jealous Astrid." Said the black haired boy.

Astrid punched him and he fell to the ground. The red dragon made a gruff noise, similar to a laugh.

The twins simultaneously approached Ech and inspected her. One had their hair in a braid the other had theirs just straight down.

"Looks rather pathetic to me." Said one

"Do we think she could train a dragon?" Replied another.

Astrid pushed those two away and stood next to Ech.

"Only one way to find out." She said smirking.

"Oh oh! Can we start with Meatlug first?" Said fat.

"Why not Fishlegs, go ahead."

The fat one, apparently known as Fishlegs giddied toward Ech with the large rock, which was supposedly a dragon.

"First, this is my dragon, Meatlug. She is a Gronckle. A boulder class dragon."

"Boulder class?"

"Each dragon is categorized into a class; Fear, Strike, Stoker, Sharp, Boulder, Tidal, and Mystery." Fishlegs says with an enthusiastic voice.

"Okay, so this dragon is a boulder class."

"Gronckles like to eat rocks which fuels their fire power. They have a shot limit of six."

"Dragons have shot limits?"

"Of course. Now, with Gronckles it is impossible to tell between its head and tail. They are also the strongest in the Boulder class."

"That is very interesting." Ech said, actually interested in the strange looking dragon.

The black haired boy pushed Fishlegs away.

"Okay! My turn! I have the most awesome, cool, and powerful dragon ever! Hookfang, the Monstrous Nightmare." The lizardlike dragon slowly approached and inspected this new youngling.

"Stoker class dragon whose fire is sticky. It can light itself on fire which is why it should be feared! Totally cool right?"

Ech listened closely, intent to learn more about these new creatures she had discovered. She was extremely entranced by Hookfang.

"Okay, I say he talked enough." The straight blonde one pulled the black haired one down. Rather rough and violent people.

"Yeah, Snotlout, you talk to much. We have to show our dragons too dude." Said the braided one.

The two headed dragon approached and both heads sniffed the newcomer then returned to their trainers.

"First of all, I'm Tuffnut." Spoke the straight blonde.

"I'm Ruffnut. Cool names right?"

"This is our dragon BarfBelch. This one is Barf," Ruffnut pointed to the left head. "That's Belch" she pointed to the other. "Or was it the other way around."

"It's the other way around idiot."

"You're the idiot, idiot." Ruffnut punched Tuffnut then it quickly led to a fight.

Fishlegs stood next to Ech, telling her about the dragon while the twins fought.

"That is a Hideous Zippleback. Fear class dragon. Two heads, twice the trouble. This dragon is unique because they don't both breathe fire. One head breathes a gas while the other ignites it. Each head has its own personality so they fight often.

Ech smiled, thinking how similar the dragon and trainers were. Astrid whistled, calling her dragon near.

"My turn now. Deadly Nadders are Sharp class dragons. They have the hottest fire of any dragon. However they can't see straight, only side to side. Poisonous spikes on their tail which are very potent."

There is so much to learn about these dragons and Ech, thinking that she had to learn it all made her smile, but also a small headache. All this new stuff that was happening was so sudden, but exciting. She hoped to train a dragon one day. Maybe a Monstrous Nightmare, she seemed to like him.

"So much to learn right?" Said Astrid. "It's starting to get dark out to. We should head back? How about you stay with me tonight I have an extra bed."

Astrid's kindness made Ech happy and she nodded eagerly.

The other teens jumped on their dragon and flew out of the arena. Ech watched amazingly then looked at Stormfly.

"Are we-?"

Astrid nodded and helped Ech on to Stormfly then she jumped on herself. Stormfly elegantly flew out of the arena. Ech who was not at all used to the great speed or being on a dragon at all clutched onto Stormfly for dear life. The dragon slowed down to ease Ech which she noticed and slowly loosened her grip.

The view from a dragon's point was amazing. The feeling of flying was free to Ech, she was excited even though moments ago she was screaming. Astrid and Stormfly both smiled and flew to Berk back to Astrid's house. Moments later Stormfly slowed to a stop and landed near Astrid's house. Astrid jumped off her dragon and helped Ech down. Stormfly walked over to the left side of the house and layed down.

"Stormfly likes to sleep near my window. She always there when I wake up, makes me feel safe."

"That's sweet, also thank you Astrid for letting me stay with you."

"It's no problem now let us go get some rest."

Astrid went inside with Ech closely behind her. Tomorrow, Ech thought, she was going to learn more about dragons and maybe find one herself. Even though she just arrived, she was determined to succeed. Now, she was going to prove her determination.