"A Snaptrapper dragon, Fear class. Four heads each with their own personality and minds. Like the Zippleback." Fishlegs said to Ech who had told him and the others about her encounter.
"Is said to lure vikings with their sweet smell of chocolate. They also have a very potent acid they can spit at you."
Ech took in every fact that her large friend had said about the dragon. The fact that it could spit acid enticed her, but not just that, everything else. Four heads with different personalities and tastes. It must be difficult to be attached to one body, but have two separate minds.
"Well our dragon is totally better than the Snap dragon thing. Ours can make stuff blow up!" Said Ruffnut proudly.
"Yeah, can your dragon do that? No, that's why ours is better." Second Tuffnut. The twins looked at each other, nodded then clashed heads with their helmets on. They fell on the floor and laughed.
"I will have to get used to that." Whispered Ech to herself. Astrid approached her girlfriend and wrapped her arms around her.
"So, should we go find this dragon? Could be your new dragon."
"Hold up." Intervined Hiccup with his faithful dragon companion by his side.
"The Snaptrapper is very dangerous, it can spit acid and has four heads. You need to be cautious and let us go with you."
Ech smiled at Hiccup for his concern and voluntary accepted his assistance in the situation. Hiccup blushed a bit then turned away. Toothless looked at his friend then to Ech a few times before realizing what just happened. Astrid on the other hand understood it completely.
"Well, I'm a bit busy so maybe Hiccup can go with you." Astrid said gently pushing Ech toward Hiccup.
"Astrid are you su-"
"Yes, now go." She cut off in a polite way, if there is a way to politely cut someone off.
Without further hesitation Hiccup stood near Ech, embarrassed. Astrid hid her jealousy as she climbed on her dragon and flew away. Toothless smirked at Hiccup and gave a laugh.
"Toothless….."
Hiccup and Ech wandered together, with Toothless, in the Woods that Howled in search for the Snaptrapper dragon. Ech remembers vaguely where she met the creature, but not vividly. She was so focused on following the smell of chocolate that she did now ponder where she was headed.
"I remember Astrid and me picking Thorberries, then Astrid left and I smelt the chocolate from…." She looked around the area quickly then pointed southeast. "There."
Ech ran toward where she smelt the chocolate and Toothless and Hiccup followed closely behind her. After about ten minutes Ech halted in front of a large gap between the dense forested trees.
"Here. I found it here." Ech went closer to the location and sniffed. Still a faint smell of cocoa. It was recently here. Toothless stood next to Ech and sniffed the ground then the air. He gave a small growl to his friend who nodded.
"Toothless says it is near. Perhaps we can lure it out." Hiccup reaches into his pack and pulls out a jar of honey. "Fishlegs says that they love honey."
Hiccup unscrewed the jar and let the sweet whiff of fresh picked honey dance through the air. Even Toothless gave a small purr to the delicate smell. I myself was surprised on how sweet honey could smell, if there were any bears here they would be all over the honey. Killing us in the process.
As the fresh smell of yellow nectar drifted in the wind Toothless perked his ears up. He turned his head toward sky and saw a large, 4 headed beast. Quickly, he let out a small cry. Ech looked up as well and saw the dragon, the dragon seemed to have noticed her as well, especially the honey.
Toothless bared his teeth and lifted his wings threateningly standing by his friend protectively. The Snaptrapper softly landed a few feet away from the vikings and dragon. One of the heads looked at the honey in Hiccup's hand, the others focused their attention to Ech. Ech remained motionless against the large green creature. She noticed new features about it that she had not before.
The jaws of the Snaptrapper seemed loose, like they opened like a flower that bloomed in the spring. Its teeth were all around its mouth instead of the upper and lower jaws. The tail was split in two, like the Zippleback.
"Now, go. Just go towards it slow. Show it that it can trust you." Hiccup handed Ech the jar of nectar and stood back, awaiting the results. The dragon now gave all its four headed attention to the viking girl. Ech slowly approached the dragon, shaking a bit out of anticipation. Not fear, she says. The Snaptrapper put its forepaws to the ground and used two of its head to block the path behind Ech.
Ech slowly picked up a leaf from the ground and scooped up some honey from the jar. She approached one of the heads, the middle right, and fed it the honey. It allowed her to feed it by opening his mouth. Ech slowly placed the leaf in the dragons tongue. The dragons head slowly pulled back and swallowed nectar covered leaf gratifyingly. Soon, the other heads closed in on her and opened their mouths, waiting to be fed.
Toothless and Hiccup watched with amazement. This will be the first time they see a Snaptrapper being tamed. Hiccup was also surprised on how swiftly Ech came accustomed to Dragons and learning their behavior. There might be something more to her than what meets the eye.
The Snaptrapper reared their heads, feeling satisfied on the taste of the honey. The female viking was about to retreat but was stopped by the large, green dragon. It glared at Ech hungrily. Toothless gave a small roar and ran towards Ech in attempt to rescue her. He stopped however when he heard laughing. It was Ech.
Ech was scratching under the dragon's chin which made it purr loudly. Once she stopped the dragon grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and lifted her up. It slowly placed her down on its back and made sure she was comfy. Ech herself, felt the smooth skin of the dragon from its back. Her very own dragon. Crap, now she needs to think of a name for it. First off, is it male or female? That may be the new challenge now.