While the village remained in the Great Hall through the storm, a black dragon flew through the storm, somehow managing to dodge the lightning that was about to hit it. The dragon looked injured, and as did its rider. Its rider looked small, and wearing a leather suit, complete with a hood and mask that was protecting their face from the harsh and cold wind and rain of the storm. The further down the outfit the rider wore, the more weapons there was, there was two swords attached to their belt, and daggers attached to parts of their leg and even some on their arms and chest. The rider looked to be injured, and occasionally moved a hand to the top of their right leg, as it to try and keep something there, though through the sight of the droplets that fell and mixed with the rain, the rider had an injury and a serious one at that. However, there was a cry of pain from the dragon as a lightning bolt suddenly hit it and it hurtled towards the ground, the rider being unseated and knocked unconscious as they hit the hard floor of a field in the middle of Berk, as the dragon skidded a few feet away from the rider along the floor. When it had stopped, the dragon looked up rather groggily, and it forced itself to stand and limped over towards its rider, nuzzling it and almost whimpering when there was no response. It was too dark and cold, and the dragon was too weak to move the rider by them self, so they settled for lying close to their rider, and using their wings and body as a shield, the dragon lay down next to the human, its black wings shielding both itself and the rider from the fierce storm as they waited to be discovered.
The next morning, Hiccup and Astrid were woken up by shouting coming from outside, and they quickly got to their feet and running to where the noise had come from and they found the Vikings circled around something.
"What's going on?" Hiccup asked.
"Hiccup, Toothless is hurt." Gobber told him.
"What, no he isn't, he's right behind me. He slept beside me all night." Hiccup told him, pushing his way through with crowd and he stopped at seeing what they were all crowded around, the black dragon. "It's a Nightfury." He whispered.
Toothless walked towards the dragon, bowing his head and sniffing it, being careful as he took a paw and gently touched the other dragon. However, this caused the dragon to lift it's head and snarl at him, though by doing this, it made the Vikings around it gasp. By moving its head, they could see the rider underneath it, and they set about getting the body away from the dragon, yet the dragon refused them access.
"Wait, stop trying to move the body, the dragon is obviously protective of her, just let Toothless talk to the other dragon." Hiccup told them.
"Tell him to make it quick, that person could need help." Gobber told him.
Hiccup nodded and he looked at Toothless. "Toothless, try and make this one calm so that we can help the person, alright?"
Toothless nodded, as if he fully understood, and he put himself to the floor, showing the other dragon that he meant no harm to the dragon, and that it was the same situation for the Vikings around them. After a few minutes, Toothless tried again to get close to the dragon, but as he was about to be attacked, he watched the dragon calm down, and he noticed that a hand had reached up and touched the dragon's chest.
Astrid and Hiccup also noticed this, and they looked at the rider, making sure that they were actually awake.
"Hello, my name is Hiccup, we're sorry to startle your dragon, but we were only trying to make sure that you were okay." Hiccup told them.
The rider nodded and tried to sit up, but the dragon pushed them back down, and then they noticed the blood that was coming from the rider's leg and the injuries that the dragon had, and this caused Toothless to make a strange purr to the other dragon as if asking whether they were okay. As the dragon tried to stand up, it simply fell back down in obvious pain, and this caused Gobber to help the dragon up so that Toothless could get underneath and almost carry the dragon back to Gobber's forge, though the dragon was too weak to put up a fight, the rider didn't fail to notice and they watched the dragon be taken away.
"Come on, we need to get you to the healers." Astrid told the rider, and she offered them her hand, watching as they took it and hoisted them self onto their feet, but this caused them to almost fall back to the floor, yet they were caught by Stoick.
"I've got him, Astrid." Stoick told her.
"Who are you calling a 'him'?" The rider asked, though he still sounded like a male.
"Um, you are a male aren't you?" Stoick asked.
"No." The rider told him, moving to pull her hood down and her mask in order to uncover long brunette hair, a heart shaped face and quite beautiful features.
"Oh, well my apologies Miss..." Stoick told her, though he still looked flabbergasted that she could be confused as a man.
"Classerson, Caverna Classerson." She told him, slowly going back to silence as they arrived at the healers and Stoick left Astrid with her as the healers removed her pants and they patched up her leg and other injuries as Astrid fixed the cut in her pants where her injury had been.
Astrid stayed with her as she watched the healers stitch up her leg and she turned her back to give her some privacy as she put her pants back on as well as her weapons.
"So, Caverna, where are you from?" She asked her.
"I'm from Crendor." She told her, moving to stand up.
"Whoa, you've got to stay sat." Astrid told her, trying to get her to sit back down.
"Yeah, where I'm from, I'm not supposed to rest." She told her as she side stepped around her. "Anyway, I need to check on my dragon, we must return home as soon as possible."
"Where is Crendor, anyway?" Astrid asked her, not wanting to argue with her.
"It's a four day ride from here on a dragon." She told her as she limped to the front door with Astrid following her.
"What made you fly all the way out here?" She asked.
"To find people who are able to help to protect my family and my village." Caverna told her, and it looked like it was hard for her to admit.
"Why would you need our help?" Astrid asked her, raising an eyebrow at her. "You're a Viking right?"
"Yes and that is why it has taken me so long to leave my tribe and come and ask for help from anyone." She sighed. "Can we just go and see my dragon?"
"Alright, let's go." Astrid led her out of the healer's den, making sure she was able to keep up, even though she was quite fast for someone who had an injured leg. "Wow, you're fast."
"I've had a lot of injuries." She told her. "You get used to limping after the first forty times."
"Wow, I guess you must really, really need our help."
"We do, but I probably would have gotten injured anyway, I am a Viking after all, injuries are just occupational hazards."
Astrid laughed. "Yeah, you're right about that."
As they got to Gobber's shop, they found the dragon lying on a rock table, and Hiccup, Gobber, Stoick, Snotlout, the twins and Fishlegs standing around it.
"Hey guys." Astrid smiled, almost running into Hiccup's arms as he turned around to smile at her. "How's the dragon?"
"Snowdrop, her name is Snowdrop."
Everyone turned around and looked at her, then back at the injured dragon and then they all looked over at Toothless who had jumped down from the roof and walked over to the dragon – now known as Snowdrop.
"What kind of dumb name is that?" Snotlout asked.
"What kind of name is Hookfang?" Caverna asked in retaliation as she moved to stroke her dragon's face. "How bad is she?"
Gobber moved to join her at her side. "She broke her left front leg, cut her tail and she's got a scratch across her right eyes, overall I think she's rather lucky."
Caverna nodded. "When do you think she will be able to fly?"
"I think the minute that she is able to stand up, she will be able to fly short distances...Which should be good for where you're from right?"
"Not really." Caverna told him.
"Why, where are you from?" Stoick asked.
"I'm from Crendor; it's a four day flight from here." She told them, not letting her eyes leave the blue of her dragons.
"What brings you all the way out to Berk?" Stoick asked her, feeling shocked that both her and Snowdrop were able to survive a flight hat long without any noticeable accessories, such as food and water.
"That's something that I need to talk to you about, as leader of Berk." Caverna told him.
Stoick nodded, gesturing for her to come with him and doing the same for Hiccup and Astrid. Hiccup nodded and looked back at his dragon.
"Are you coming bud?"
Toothless simply shook his head and he sat on the floor beside the female dragon, determined to watch her for any improvement no matter how small it was. This caused Hiccup to raise an eyebrow, but he still went up to the Great Hall with Astrid, Caverna, his father and Gobber.