Chapter 3 - Game On
Hiccup awoke in his bed with a wave of exhaustion poured over him with all his bones and muscles protesting to move even an inch. He had been up most of the night in the forge putting the finishing touches on the metal rod for toothless' saddle which would help make them more streamlined in the air. Against all the protesting from his body Hiccup knew he still had to get up for dragon training today as the mornings exercise was stealth and evasion something he and toothless were both very good at anyway. Well better get a move on I'm already late for the lesson anyway and I don't want another lecture from Astrid of how important it is which ended up in my arm being numb for a week. Hiccup shivered as he reflected back on the memory. "Come on bud. Lets go." He said to toothless who had been following him with his big emerald green, cat like eyes all morning with much curiosity who ran out to catch his rider.
"Ok guys we're good to go right? Everything is set?" Snotlout asked the twins with a grin still sticking to his face and his leg twitching from excitement.
"No. Why? Are we going somewhere nice?" Tuffnut replied with a hint of excitement in his voice.
"Yeah or somewhere dangerous!" his sister said with much more enthusiasm.
"Yeah... wait what? No! I mean are we set for the race?" Snotlout said getting annoyed at his friends.
"Oh who's racing? We love a good race." Tuffnut asked.
"ME AND HICCUP!" Snotlout snapped at them evidently annoyed with their stupidity.
"Oh that race why didn't you say so? Yeah were totally ready." Ruffnut replied
"Great lets get to training then." Snotlout finally said.
"Yeah! Wait what were we to do again?" Tuffnut finally said.
"Oh for the love of Thor! Ok this is what's supposed to happen. When the race starts you go to...
As Hiccup approached the gate to the academy he was silently praying that Astrid was in good mood today so he could keep his other arm intact. When he entered he caught sight of her checking up on stormfly while giving the kids a lesson on nadders always checking on their appearance. Huh maybe today wont be so bad after all she seems to be fine with me being late perhaps the worst will be a stern talking to good I got off light.
"Hiccup!" came her voice from the other side of the arena, "Do you know how late you are!" she said with agitation in her voice.
Scratch that I'm dead. I always thought I would live at least a little longer but oh well. "Calm down Astrid I didn't mean for us two to be late I just slept in this morning from what I was doing last night." He replied in hope that she would be lenient towards him and toothless.
"Well then where were you last night? Please do tell." she replied obvious that she wasn't going to let it go easily.
Oh great she is in the interrogation mood today I might as well say goodbye to the world now while I still have throat. "I was at the forge last night working on a new piece for toothless' saddle which is now finished and on him." as he mentioned for toothless to show her in hope she'll ease up just a little.
"You were up for most of the night when you knew you had lessons tomorrow are you stupid!" she started as she walked towards him with fury burning in her eyes as if she was searching his very soul.
"Now now Astrid lets talk about this." Hiccup said trying to reason with her as he was backing off slightly. "It wasn't that late that I finished it."
It wasn't enough as she shot out and grabbed him and proceeded to drag him towards the other wall of the ring.
Why do the gods hate me so much. Hiccup was complaining to himself as toothless just watched this unfold in amusement.
Thanks for nothing you useless reptile.
"You two got it now?" Snotlout said to the twins hoping they would get it this final time.
"Oh I think i got it now. That's very good. Sneaky even." Tuffnut said as he started to understand.
"Finally he gets it. A rock could have got this by the second attempt." his sister said as she mocked him.
"Hey! They are only smarter due to their stubbornness. I would be smart if i was that stubborn." Tuffnut snapped back at her.
Snotlout and Ruffnut just stared in annoyance.
"I've made my point." Ruffnut finalizes.
"Ok! yeah yeah. Lets just get to training quickly." Snotlout said to the both of them hoping to get them to stop arguing.(yeah right good effort though)
"Yeah lets go before he gives a pebble a staring contest." Ruffnut spat at her brother.
"Hey! I won that one." Tuffnut snapped back as they started to bicker again.
*Sigh* "Lets just go." Snotlout said obviously done with the two of them.
"OK ASTRID I GET IT PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON MY EAR!" Hiccup shouted in desperation for his already red coloured ear.
"Well are you going to stay out late when you have training the next day?" Astrid asked sounding quite pleased with herself.
"YES! YES! YES! I MEAN NO! NO! PLEASE LET GO ITS GOING TO COME OFF SOON!" Hiccup cried in a final attempt of freedom.
"Good." Astrid said at last and released Hiccup's ear looking proud and amused.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!Ow!" Hiccup cried repeatedly cradling his ear as he walked around trying to get the pain to subside.
Astrid turned to the rest of the students and said "That will do for today kids remember to read up on Changewings for next time" she said as she started clearing up.
"Awwww." the rest of the class sighed and mumbled about how it was not fair. As they started to leave the twins and Snotlout appeared on their dragons in the ring.
"Where were you guys you missed the entire lesson today." Fishlegs said while he was helping clean up.
"Oh really because that's what we were going for." Tuffnut replied to him.
"Would it kill you to show a little bit of responsibility from time to time?" Astrid asked both of them.
"YES!" they both replied simultaneously.
Astrid and Fishlegs just shook their heads and sighed at this as they knew their was no point in saying any more to them.
"So Hiccup," came Snotlout's voice from behind them "I hope you haven't forgot about the race today." He said with overconfidence.
"What rac... oh yeah that race. No we're still good to go with that." Hiccup replied
"Awesome!" Snotlout shouted as he turned to the twins.
"What's this all about?" Astrid asked coming over to them.
"Me and Hiccup are going to have a race around the island on our dragons." Snotlout said sounding cocky.
"Really? When?" Astrid replied with growing curiosity.
"Any minute now actually." Snotlout continued, "He's got no chance though. Everyone knows they cant beat a Jorgenson." He replied confidently.
"We'll see snotty." Hiccup said mocking his bigger cousin. "We should probably get going shouldn't we?"
"Yeah you're right lets get to the hill start." He replied
Hiccup and Snotlout sat on both of their dragons of the starting hill as Fishlegs came to announce the course and rules.
"Ok guys, this will be a fair race with the best man and dragon coming out on top," he started "The course will be 1 lap of the island then out the the ship wreckage and back, the first one back from that will be the winner. Got it?" Fishlegs asked them.
"Yeah we got it." They both said almost said simultaneously.
Snotlout turned his head to the twins and quickly nodded while no one was watching. The twins quickly nodded back and slipped back into a bush and disappeared from sight. Snotlout turned his attention back to the race as they got ready to get it started.
Astrid stepped forward past both of them up to the edge of the hill to get it under way.
"Are both of you ready?" she said getting two nods in response, "Very well let the best viking and his dragon win." she said to them and raised her hands.
"3, 2, 1, GO!"
Well that's that chapter up don't know if it was to quick to post but I just wanted to get it done to focus on the next chapter coming either tomorrow or the day after. Most likely tomorrow.
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