We haven't seen any of the school competitions in a while, have we?

"Jack, good luck today!" Ellie hugged him as he getting the last of his equipment ready.
"Thanks," He hugged back. It was Saturday morning, the day of Blue Sky game.
"You're going to win right?"
"We'll try,"
"I'm sure you'll score a lot of goals,"
"I sure hope so," He said, "Now give me a kiss for luck," She kissed him on the cheek.
"Too bad Elsa isn't here, she could give you a kiss for luck too,"
He blushed, "Okay I've got to go," He put her down and all but ran to his car. At the stadium he met up with North as he was heading to the locker rooms, and Tooth, Sandy and Aster were waiting just outside.

"Good luck you two," Tooth said.
"It'd be lucky if they don't have to play," Aster said.
"Don't say that," Tooth hit him.
'They'll be fine.' Sandy signed.
"You saw the Blues, that Mammoth has only gotten bigger."
"He's not so big," North said, "We crush the blues easy,"
"That's the spirit," Ruffnut said as she and the other came down the hall.
"Yeah! We'll grin the Blues into dust," Snotlout fist pumped with Tuff.
"With our faces!" Tuff yelled. The others groaned.
"What's that bloke's obsession with physical face violence?" Aster asked.
"No one knows," Hiccup said with a sigh. "Let's gear up team, on the ice in half an hour,"
North and Jack shared encouraging fist bumps with Aster and Sandy and quick hugs from Tooth before following the other.

Jack quickly changed into his gear, one of the first to do so. He was sitting on a bench, waiting for the others when his phone ran. He grabbed it from his gym back.

"Hey, glad I caught you before the game started. This isn't a bad time is it?"
"Ah," Jack glanced around quickly. Hiccup, Fishlegs and Astrid were discussing last minute plays. Snotlout and Tuffnut were getting into their gear. Ruff wasn't here, probably still in the girl's locker room. North was a few benches away lacing up his skates.

"I can talk, not long thought," He said in a low voice.
"I understand," Elsa said, "I just wanted to wish you good luck,"
"Thanks…I'm kinda of nervous though," He admitted, "The Blues are looking in really good form."
"Hey, that's not the moony attitude. You can't lose to those guys, you have to lose to us,"
Jack chuckled, "Big words,"
"Are you going to rise to challenge?"
"No moony is never going to take lip from a mouse," He smirked, "Even one as beautiful as you,"
"Is that so? Strange, I was convinced you rather enjoyed my lips,"
"Only when you're not using them to sass me," He smirked a bit.
"Frost, we're hitting the ice,"
"Right," He called, "I'll talk to you later, after we win,"
"That sounds like the Jack Frost I know. Go crush them,"
"Will do," He hung up.
"Who was that?" North asked.
"El, she forgot to say good luck when I left so she called,"
North laughed, "That sister of yours is something,"
"Yeah, let's hit the ice."

"Looks like the teams are taking to the ice, here comes Blue Sky's team," Doing the commentary today was a student from DreamWorks, Roxanne. "Lead by Manny 'the Mammoth' the reigning champs are looking is tip top shape,"
The six members of Blue Sky's team spread out on the ice going through warm-ups. Manny, Diego, Sid, Crash, Eddy and Scrat skated along the perimeter of the rink. Blue's cheering squad out in full force.
"Show 'em the Saber's fangs Diego!" Shira cried out. Diego waved up at her. Ellie sitting next to Shira was holding up one end of a banner saying 'Knock them into an Ice Age!' The other end of the banner was held up by an elderly woman. She was cheering as loud as the teens.
"Sid, go show them what you're made of!"
"You got it Grany," Sid cried back.

"Come on Hooligans, let's knock the Blues out from the get go!" A boy sitting in the announcer's booth grabbed the microphone from Roxanne. She pulled it back and hit him.
"Bernard promised you'd behave," She snapped, "I'm not even supposed to have you in here,"
"Sorry," He said sheepishly.
"Geez, for a guy with the nickname Megamind you really do some stupid things sometimes,"
"Sorry," he said again, fiddling with his thumbs. She frowned for a second more before letting out a sigh. She gave a quick peck on the cheek, "Don't look so down, we're supposed to be unbiased."
"How am I not supposed to show bias?"
"You don't have to, but if you want to cheer like that then you can go sit with Minion and Metro in the stands,"
"Okay, I'll be quiet," He slumped back in the seat, but got up again and let out a howl as DreamWorks took to the ice. Roxanne held the mike away from him and said.
"And here's DreamWorks' team, nicknamed the Hooligan tribe for good reason, lead by the fearless Hiccup,"

"Are you ready to dance pirate?" Diego taunted Hiccup. Astrid growled and started forward but Hiccup grabbed her shoulder.
"Save it for the game," He said. She growled again, but didn't move forward.
"Okay guys let's get warmed up," Hiccup said to the entire team. North and Jack did laps with the team, but when it was time for the match to start they went to the player's bench.

Hiccup called the others into a huddle, "Okay, I don't need to tell how good these guys are. The Mammoth, Sloth, Saber combo is our biggest concern. Remember the plays, keep the puck away from them at all cost."
"Right chief," Snotlout said.
"And don't call me chief. Let's show them the power of the Hooligans,"
"Yeah!" Ruff, Tuff, and Snotlout let out cries akin to battle cries.
"Hooligan! Hooligan! Hooligan!" DreamWorks side was chanting in unison.

Hiccup and Manny squared off at centre ice.
"You ready for this,"
"Oh ho, don't you know it," Hiccup tried to look intimidating but that was kind of difficulty when he had to look up almost a foot to see into Manny's helmet.
The puck was placed on the ice and whistle went off. Hiccup swiped as fast as he could, without really aiming. The puck went shooting across the ice and bounced off the wall. Sid closed on it, but from seemingly out of nowhere, Ruff hit the puck across the ice to Astrid.

"A strong opening play by DreamWorks," Roxanne's commentary was barely audible over the roar from crowd.
"Astrid, I'm open," Snotlout yelled out. Manny, Diego and Sid moved towards him when they saw Astrid raise her stick in preparation to strike. Only the puck never went in that direction. Astrid changed the angle of her swing at the last second and the puck went flying past Scrat into the goal. DreamWork's broke in a ecstatic cry.
"Wh-" The boy looked in shock at the puck behind him before hopping around in frustration.
"Hey, don't get so worked up," Manny said, skating over.
"Yeah, we'll make it back. It was only one goal," Diego said. Scrat nodded.

"Nice Astrid," Ruff said hold up her hands. Astrid gave her a high five grinning wildly.
"Alright guys!" Shrek yelled from the stands, "Let's keep it up,"
"Keep on high guard, they're watching our plays very closely, looking for a weak spot," Hiccup said eyeing Manny and Diego.
"That would work, if only we didn't have any weakness," Snotlout smirked, "Let's show them how much we've improved since last season,"
"Okay, let's switch it up, give them the zippleback, Astrid you set it up,"
"Got ya' chief," The twins said together.
"Don't call me chief,"
"Let's go," Astrid said. She went to the face off, Diego grinned and told Manny he'd take this one.
"You sure?"
"I'm all over it," He skated into the centre ring, "You want to dance Princess?"
"Princess?" She snorted, "You must have me confused with the ditzes from Disney," The whistled sounded. Diego swiped the puck away with a quick flick. Weaving around Astrid he smashed the puck towards Sid. The other teen intercepted and shot down ice dancing around Hiccup and Snotlout. He hit it toward the goal, but Fishlegs blocked it with the goalie stick.

"Yeah, nice block!" Jack called. Diego was already going after the puck, but Astrid checked him, smashing into him from the side. Diego landed on the ice while Snotlout sent the puck to Tuffnut. He and his twin sprinted up the ice, their paths interweaving as they ziz-zaged.
"Who has the puck?" Crashed asked Eddie. They tried to keep track of the black disk as it seemed to pass between the two sticks.
"Looks like it's a showdown of twins, who will win this face off," The words echoed around the stadium.
"It's number 4, the guy!" Eddie cried. He and crashed moved towards Tuff. He and Ruff had identical grins on their faces. Ruffnut passed Crash and Eddie, as did the puck, hit to her by her brother. It was too late for Blue's twins to change their direction. Tuff pushed away from them skating in a wide arc towards the wall. Scrat leaned to his right, ready to block the incoming Ruff. And she was ready…to redirect the puck right back to Tuff, now clear of Crash and Eddie. The puck was only in his possession for a second, before it was spinning against the goal net.
"Alright!" The Twins bashed their helmets together, and raised their fist in the air, pumping in time to DreamWorks' cheers.
"There it is, the Ruff 'n Tuff combo!" Roxanne cried.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Astrid smirked down at Diego, "I thought you said you wanted to dance," Diego growled leaping back to his feet.
"Manny, Sid, let's go," he cried, skating back to centre ice.
"Nice team work you two," Hiccup said to the twins.
"Of course it was," Ruff said.
"It is us after all," said Tuff.
"Let's do it again," Hiccup nodded, going to the face-off himself. Diego was tense and quiet now, no taunting words. The stick was tense in his arms, ready to spring in attack. Hiccup kept his own grip light, already setting the angle he'd need to pass to Ruff. But he never got the opportunity. As soon as the whistle went off Diego was gone, the puck with him. He went straight for the goal. Astrid and Snotlout moved to block him. Diego raised his arm, looking like he was setting up for a slap shot, but he grinned as Sid cut in front of him, taking the puck in a completely different direction. Snotlout tried to chase him. Sid hit the puck towards the wall, seemingly to no one. Snotlout took the bait chasing after it. Too late he saw the mammoth bearing down on him. The puck bounced off the wall, right into Diego's waiting arms. He did a slap shot for real this time, breaking right past Fishlegs.

Blue Sky screamed.
"Yeah Diego!" Ellie cried.
"That's the way!" Shira yelled. He waved at them, before taking a bow for his supporters.
"That was, what is sure to be only the first example of Ice Age trio's unstoppable teamwork," Roxanne couldn't keep out the disappointment out of her voice.
"It's only one point guys," Fishlegs said, "We'll make it back,"
"No you won't," Crash said.
"We're just getting warmed up," Eddie said.
"Well so are we," Tuff skated forward.
"And we're more warmed up than you are," Ruff moved towards the other pair of twins. Crash and Eddie seemed up to the challenge, hefting their sticks. Manny grabbed them by the back of their shirts pulling them back to their own side. Hiccup blocked his own twins, not wanted to see a fight break out this early on the ice.

"Instead of throwing words, let's play possum," Manny said. Crash and Eddie grinned.
"Oh, we can play possum," Eddie said.
"That we can do very good," His brother agreed.
"Sid you know what to do," Manny said. Sid saluted with two fingers skating to centre ice. He and Hiccup faced off. When the whistle when off Hiccup was surprised that Sid moved as slow as did. Before he'd even moved his stick Hiccup had the puck in his possession, skating towards the Blue Sky goal. He knew something was off. No one on Blue's team had moved. Astrid was at his right, and Snotlout to his left a little behind him, both were open. Manny, Diego and Sid weren't even attempting to chase. Crash and Eddie were quickly drawing nearing. He faked to the left, before diving right. It didn't work. Eddie like the other members of his team didn't move, until the last second. He checked Hiccup's stick with his own, blocking the pass to Astrid cold. The puck drifted on the ice. Crash was on top of it in a second, hitting the puck right through Snotlout's legs halfway across the ice. Manny took it, with a little defence in his path he scored easily.

"Blue! Blue! Blue!" Blue Sky's supporters were cheering and stomping their feet.
"Damn it," Tuff threw down his stick.
"I'm sorry guys, I should have saved that," Fishlegs said.
"It's not your fault; they caught us off guard with that fake out," Hiccup said. "But not again. The game only just started, we can still make it back. Snotlout you handle the next face off,"
"Snotlout! Snotlout! Oye! Oye! Oye!" He cried skating to centre ice. Diego was facing him. Again he was still and poised.
"Think you can handle the Jorgenson?"
Diego gave a low growl. As the whistle sounded the boys jostled for a moment with the puck and Snotlout broke free heading up the ice. Crash tried to check him, but he sent it to Tuff, who sent back to Hiccup, when Eddie came after him. Hiccup shot up the side of the rink, Manny right on his heels. He tried to make a shot, but Scrat blocked it with his foot. Manny took possession, turning right around. As he crossed into DreamWorks' territory Ruff swiped the puck away, but as soon as she had Sid took it back and he scored with a wrist shot that nicked the edge of Fishlegs' glove, not enough to stop it.

"Blue Sky has taken the lead after DreamWorks' initial start, can the Hooligans take back the points,"
DreamWorks' tried, they did, but Blue Sky widen their lead almost right away. With the next five plays they scored four times. While Hiccup scored once the first period came to close with the score being 7-3.

"Man, we haven't been able to catch up since they took the lead," Astrid said in the locker room.
"That was only the first period, only twenty minutes. We still have forty more minutes to get it back,"
"Or to let them make that gap wider," Tuff said forlornly.
"Hey, that is no attitude to have," North said.
"Yeah, well you try to be optimistic when you have to play against the Mammoth."
"True. He is big, but he is not fast," North said.
"North's right. Manny doesn't have much speed, he relies on his power," Hiccup said.
"Yeah, but Diego has speed, that's why he and the Mammoth use a lot of combination plays," Jack said.
"And then there's Sid," Astrid inputted, "He's the wild card. You never know what he's going to do until he's done it."
"We know those three are Blue's strongest," Snotlout said, "The thing is, more often than not once the puck in their possession it tends to stay in their possession."
"Hiccup, what if we try your speed plays," Astrid suggested.
"That might be our best option right now," Hiccup said nodding. "Okay we'll try it," He knew none of the others would be able to keep up with his speed, so unless they started off on Blue's side he wouldn't have anyone to pass to if he needed to…but with his speed, he rarely needed to.

They went back onto the ice and took position at centre ice, once again facing off with Manny. He couldn't help but grin. Manny couldn't keep up with him even when he wasn't trying. The whistle went off. He hit the puck backwards, towards their own goal and chased after it. Blue was confused, as were some of the spectators.
"He just it towards his own team's goal,"
"Did he forget they switched sides?"
"What's he thinking?"
Hiccup only grinning, easily catching up with the puck, he skated past it and then with a sharp turn he was hurling up the ice, the longer distance allowing him to build up speed, shooting past Crash, Sid and Eddie and firing the disk behind Scrat.

There was moments silence as everyone tried to take in what just happened. Then DreamWorks broke out into a roar.
"That our Hiccup!"
"Fastest boy on the ice!"
"Moves like lightning and shoots like death!"
"Hiccup!"

"Give them another one," Tuff said patting him on the back. Hiccup nodded. Using this method he quickly scored two more goals, and was ready to score another. That's when Blue sent Crash to the face-off and Manny, Sid and Diego all stood on their side.
'They're trying to block me with numbers,' He observed as he got ready. Once he went fast enough he would be able to get past them. Speed, that was his best weapon right now.
As the whistle blew he was gone, aiming for the biggest gap in their defence, between Sid and Diego. He should have known that was a bad idea. Those two were Blue's fastest. Diego checked him and Sid stole the puck, passing to Crash. He and Eddie passed the puck back and fought until Eddie hit into the net. There was a groan from DreamWorks. The groans came twice more when they used this technique to stop Hiccup again. They'd planned it well, with Manny on one side, Sid on the other and Diego near the centre, but closer to Manny. They best position so they could cover each other's flaws. It was a good defence against his speed…if only he had someone to pass to.

"Time out!" He called skating to the player benches. The others followed him there.
"Jack, you're coming in,"
"What?" He looked perplexed.
"You're the only one who can keep up with me," Hiccup said, "'You're the fastest one on the team besides me,"
"He's right," Astrid said, "You can back you up the plays,"
"Okay," Jack nodded.
"But who's going to sit out,"
"I will," Snotlout offered. Everyone looked at him in shock. "What?" he shrugged.
"Since when do you willingly give up you're spot?"
"Since I got slammed by the Mammoth, not looking forward to that again,"
"Okay, then it's settled, Jack's in. Let's teach them what the wind looks like," Hiccup said. He and Jack grinned at each other, fist bumping.

Okay, this is late. I know I'm sorry, but I've been sick, plus getting stuff ready to head up to University (argh, school... why?). I'm really sorry about the late chapters.

Nardragon~ until the next page.