"Still think you can win Snotface?" Astrid teased, leaning forward on her snowboard. Snotlout looked over at her, his face red as a tomato.
"For the last time, it's Snotlout!" He shouted, looking forward just in time to dodge a tree. Astrid chuckled and looked back to see the twins punching each other and surprisingly keeping their balance.
"MEATLUG! MEEATLUUG! DON'T GO TOO FAR AWAY ON ME NOW," Fishlegs shrieked, struggling to keep his balance. The dragons were flying above their riders to keep an eye on them in case anything was to happen. Toothless on the other hand stayed on the ground, sledding on his belly alongside Hiccup. Never once letting his rider out of sight. Speaking of Hiccup.
Astrid's eyes looked around her surroundings, searching for the one-legged boy. "Whoohooo!" Hiccup shouted happily, swooping past Astrid and Snotlout in top speed. Astrid laughed, bending lower to catch speed. Hiccup and Astrid's eyes met, making them both chuckle and seconds later, focus on the front. Hiccup bent down, picking up some snow in his hand and throw it up in the air, making it snow above him for a few seconds. She chuckled at his childishness and sped alongside him.
"Someone's enjoying the race," Astrid said, ducking away from a boulder.
"It's winter! I'm enjoying it while I can," Hiccup shouted back, giving her a smile. He usually enjoyed the winter. The beautiful white snow that showed the happy side of Berk whether the war between dragons and humans still continued or not. There were so many things he could do in the season, and with his brain, he could invent even more.
Suddenly, there was a cracking sound. Hiccup and Astrid looked at each other with confused faces. They looked behind them to see their friends looking at something out of their view. Something white and big was coming their way with no plans of stopping.
"An Avalanche!" Astrid shouted.
"Dragons everyone!" Hiccup yelled, whistling for Toothless. He saw a boulder coming his way. Bracing himself, he got lower, nodding to Toothless who understood what he said. He jumped up in the air with the help of the boulder, grabbed his snowboard and landed perfectly on Toothless. His prosthetic leg hooked itself up, and he pushed it down. Nothing happened. He clicked it several times more, only hearing the clicking sound of it. Looking back, he saw the problem.
Toothless's tailfin was frozen.
Hiccup patted Toothless's head, giving him his board and unlocked his prosthetic leg and turned around, holding tightly onto the saddle. He crawled down his tail, reaching out for his tailfin. He tried to break it, but nothing worked.
"Hiccup, come on!" Astrid shouted, flying down beside him.
"I can't! Toothless's tail is frozen solid!" Hiccup shouted back, smashing his cold hand against the tailfin.
"Snotlout!" He flew down on the opposite side of Toothless and looked at her questioningly. "Don't just fly there! Help us!" She yelled. Toothless spread his wings, letting them grab him by his wings and together they flew them away. Hiccup looked forward, seeing the snow only a few inches and could already feel the coldness of the snow, but in the last second, they flew up and got away alive and whole. He sighed in relief, turning around to climb in the saddle.
"Thanks guys," He laughed, gripping the handles hard. "Bring us to the forge! I have a spare tailfin there," Astrid nodded and steered Stormfly towards Berk.
"Okie dokie, that should do it," Hiccup clapped his hands together, looking down at the new tailfin. He nodded in approval and went outside to his friends.
"I was thinking of calling him Ron or Larry," Tuffnut said, hand on his chin in a thinking position. Hiccup walked over to Astrid and stood beside her.
"What is he talking about?" He asked confused. All their dragons were lined up in a row, but the attention was on the Zippleback.
"Tuffnut found out he hadn't named his part of the dragon yet. Basically, he's trying to find the right name," She explained simply. Hiccup snorted, watching them curiously.
"Snelch, Relch, Nelch…," Tuffnut mumbled, trying to find the perfect name. Fishlegs walked over to Hiccup and Astrid, looking at the male twin.
"Why doesn't he just call him…Belch?" Fishlegs mumbled.
"Belch?" Tuffnut said, turning around to Fishlegs with an unamused look. "Belch… I LOVE IT!" He shouted all of a sudden. The Zippleback looked at his rider for once, looking pleased with the decision.
"You don't even know what it means, do ya?" Hiccup asked sarcastically.
"Uhm…Yes?" Tuffnut said confident. Hiccup gave him the are-you-seriously-expecting-me-to-believe-that look. "No," Tuffnut gave up, looking down at his feet. The three teens groaned at his stupidity.
"Hey Hiccup," Snotlout paused, walking over to him. "Didn't you have something you wanted to tell us?" Hiccup's eyes widened, his hand almost instantly going to the back of his neck.
"Y-Yeah, I-I do…uhm…could we talk in the academy? W-where it's…private?" Hiccup asked nervously, almost pleading them to agree. They nodded and mounted their dragons, and then flew off towards the academy.