How (Not) To Please Your Dragon

2.NOT A Nadder?

Luna,Alyssa,Amadora and Chloe staggered through the snow.(Hildegard had already gone back to her house.)"What a day,"moaned Luna."I wake up,eat limpets for breakfast,get shouted at by Gobber,and as a result,now have a dragon in a basket on my back,which I coincidentally have to train by Initiation Day."

"Come on,Luna,"said Amadora,bouncing along cheerfully."It could be worse.You could be eaten by the dragons."

"True,"Luna mused.

"Let's see what dragons we have,"Alyssa suggested.She took off her dragon basket and settled it on the wet,muddy ground.The others copied her.

"We'll open it on three.One,two,three."Luna said.

The flipped open the lids of their dragon baskets.

Alyssa poked her head into Luna's basket."That doesn't look like a Nadder,"she remarked.

The dragon inside was dark blue,with a hint of silver on its wings."I dunno.I'll look that up later."

Amadora's dragon had remarkably large nostrils,although its body wasn't quite as large."I think it's a Sniffer Dragon,"said Alyssa."Funny,they're usually bred in the Murderous Mountains."

Chloe had a ordinary brown Gronckle."Meh,"Luna commentated.

Alyssa had a beautiful flame-red dragon curled up in her dragon basket."Hold on,"Luna narrowed her eyes."That looks like a Monstrous Nightmare.Alyssa,I thought you said you wouldn't break the laws?"

"Pah,"Alyssa pooh-poohed."I don't care."

Luna was slightly hysterical."Don't care?DON'T CARE?DON'T CARE?You can't NOT care about the laws,for Thor's sake."

"How about YOUR dragon,huh?It doesn't look like a Nadder,"Alyssa scowled.

They both peered at Luna's dragon.Sure enough,the smoke curling out of its nostrils as it snored was a dark blue."That's a Ravenhunter,idiot,"said Alyssa.

Luna was slightly disappointed."Anyway,I'll call her Silverslash."

"It's not even silver,"complained Chloe.

"What about YOURS,eh,"Luna shot back.

"I'll call it Rocky,"said Chloe.

"ROCKY?"said Alyssa."No,I'll think of a good name for your dragon.Let's call it Meatlug."

"That's even worse than Rocky,"said Amadora."As for me,I'll call my Sniffer Dragon Sweet Wood."

"Wood isn't sweet,"said Alyssa."Unless you coated it with sugar."

"Lots of sugar,"Luna added helpfully.(A/N : This conversation did happen.)

"Whatever,"said Amadora.

"I've got it!"Chloe exclaimed triumphantly."My Gronckle is now called Groncky the Grumpy." (A/N again :Don't blame me.Alyssa came up with that name when I asked.)

"How creative,"Luna muttered sarcastically.

"Why,thank you."

"C'mon.Gobber said we have to read this book thingy in the Great Hall."moaned Alyssa.