How You Doing Insane Gang!
This is it guys the last chapter of Road to Victory. I started this story almost 2 years ago and I never thought it would get this big. This was a huge project for me and a story that I am so proud to share with all you. I hope every one enjoyed this story as much as I did and I hope this last chapter does this story justice. Thank you to all of those who commented and stuck with this story from the beginning.
I've been thinking of doing a sequel to this story so let me know what you think of it.
Disclaimer: I don't own How To Train Your Dragon.
Hiccup set his alarm bright and early so he and Toothless could get to the track without their parents knowing. Brandr was lucky and decided to stay the night at Snotlout's because he didn't want to feel the wraith of Stoick and Valka.
Hiccup strapped on his prosthetic and shook Toothless awake.
"Toothless, let's go."
He groaned and buried his head deeper into his pillow.
"What time is it?"
Hiccup glanced at the clock on the nightstand. "Almost a quarter past 5 in the morning."
Toothless groaned again but quickly got dressed.
Once both boys were already Hiccup turned his doorknob quietly and tried to open the door. The key word was tried.
He stared at the door in confusion. "What the...?"
"Open the door already Hiccup, we're burning daylight."
Hiccup growled in frustration. "I'm trying here but the door won't budge."
Toothless sighed and took his turn trying to open it. He gave a puzzled glance at his brother.
"See I told you, something must be blocking it."
Toothless rammed his shoulder into the door creating a loud thumping noise.
"Dude!" Hiccup whisper yelled, "Do you want us to get caught?"
"Then what do you suppose we do mister smartypants?"
Hiccup scanned his room and his eyes landed on his phone.
"We'll call for back up."
Astrid answered her phone on the second ring. "Hiccup!" "Where are you two?" "Everyone is already at the track."
"Yeah...about that..." "It seems we are trapped in our room and we can't get out." He tells her sheepishly.
"What can we do about it?" "We can't just go in there with your parents still asleep."
"Uh...do you think you have a really tall ladder?"
Ruffnut and Tuffnut both raised their hands. "We have a tall ladder!" Tuff exclaimed.
Hiccup heard him over the speaker. "Great!" "Hurry up then my dad's alarm should go off in 20 minutes."
Astrid hung up right when Snotlout asked the question, "Why do you two have a tall ladder?"
"Well, remember that one time you had that creeper stalker that always left messages on your bedroom window while you were asleep?" Ruffnut told him.
"Oh yeah...I still never found out who did it, who ever it was needed a really tall ladder..." He said reminiscing.
A second later realization crossed his face. "Hey!" "Wait a minute..."
The twins laughed. "No time now S we got some friends need saving!"
Hiccup paced around his room watching the minutes tick by.
"They are taking to long."
Toothless sighed. "They'll be here."
A knock on their window startled them.
Poking through was Brandr.
"Did someone order a rescue?"
Hiccup sighed in relief. "Thank Thor, dad's alarm clock is about to go off any minute."
Brandr climbed down the ladder followed by Hiccup and Toothless.
The others were at the bottom holding the ladder in place.
Hiccup wrapped Astrid in a hug. "Thank you for the rescue."
Astrid pecked his cheek. "When am I not saving your butt?"
"Uh...guys I hate to ruin the moment but can we get out of here?" Fishlegs asked.
"Right we have no time to lose." Toothless declared.
The race was going to be held some time in the evening right before the sunsets. The gang was going to practice all day and hopefully steer clear of Dagur but once again with the gods hating Hiccup that was the first person he saw.
"Brother!" "I'm glad you could finally make it, after all you are going to need all the practice you can get." Dagur laughed.
Brandr spoke up. "We're not scared of you Dagur."
Dagur scrunched up his eyebrows. "Oh, Brandr, I'm surprised you came back here."
"Of course, I wouldn't miss Hiccup kicking your ass in the finals." He said confidently.
Dagur glared at him darkly. "We will see about that."
"Jeez he's like a tick, we can't get rid of him." Toothless commented.
Tuffnut gasped. "Maybe he really is one!" "Like he's using his special tick powers to win races and stuff."
The others turned their heads to stare at him with confused expressions.
"Do you even have a brain in there?" Snotlout asked.
Ruffnut punched her brother. "Nah, sounds hollow."
The rest broke out laughing.
Hiccup smiled and shook his head.
"Let's get back to practicing."
Hours later the final race was about to begin.
"Teens of all ages it is time for the final showdown between the Riders versus the ShatterMasters!" The loud speaker boomed and the crowd cheered.
The crowd was massive every plateau near the track was filled along with the rest of the ground. The cup was proudly displayed near the center of the track next to the loud speaker. The cash prize money of 5000 was going to be handed out at the end along with the trophy.
The money was going to be split between the 8 of them which would be 625 a person.
Hiccup and Toothless were about to join in on the group huddle when they were both yanked to the side.
"Boys."
Both their eyes widened in surprise. "Dad!"
"Look you can arrest us later but first we have a cup to win." Hiccup told him stubbornly.
Stoick placed a hand on each of their shoulders to hold them in place.
"Look, I'm not here to arrest any of you...me and your mother have been thinking and seeing what both of you can do...I just want to say I'm sorry for everything and I'm proud of you, both of you."
Toothless and Hiccup exchanged a side ways glance.
"Thanks dad it means a lot to us." Toothless accepted the apology for the both of them.
Stoick smiled and gave both of them a good hearty hit on the shoulder.
"Good!" "Now go win that cup!"
The brothers both smiled and nodded their heads. They left their father to join the rest of the team in the group huddle.
"This is it guys, I know this sounds cheesy but this is the moment we have been training for." "Even if we don't win today I just want to say I am proud of all of you and I'm glad to call you guys my friends." Hiccup declared.
"Hey, we will win this cup, we put to many things on the line not to win this." Toothless piped up.
"We are better than Dagur's lousy team." Snotlout finished confidently.
They were about to break up but Fishlegs interrupted. "Wait guys I have a little gift for all of us." "I know its a little late and all but I thought it would be nice for the last race."
Fishlegs got into his quad compartment and pulled out neatly folded jerseys.
The jerseys were used for motocross racing. The diagonal top was pitch black and then gradually turns the bottom diagonal into red. The long sleeves were black with one long white stripe going down both arms. On the front of the shirt was the Berk crest in white and on the back was their nickname and number in white lettering.
Hiccup was number 1 with Night Fury on the back, Tobias was number 2 with Toothless, Sean was number 3 with Snotlout, Frank was number 4 with Fishlegs, Astrid was number 5 with Stormfly, Rachel was number 6 with Ruffnut, Thomas was number 7 with Tuffnut, and Brandon was number 8 with Brandr on the back.
"These are amazing Fishlegs." Astrid commented.
"Yeah, way to go Fishface I'm going to look super sexy in this." Snotlout mused.
Hiccup rolled his eyes and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you Fishlegs."
Everyone tugged on their jersey to find it the perfect fit.
"Now we look like a team." Brandr smiled.
"Let's win this as a team." Hiccup declared putting his fist in the middle. The others followed suit.
"Riders on 3!" Snotlout yelled, "1,2,3!"
"Riders!"
The team went into their starting positions.
"Hiccup."
Said person turned around to see Astrid coming his way.
"What's the matter?" He asked her.
Astrid interlaced both of her hands in his.
"Just be careful." She warns.
Hiccup cracked her his famous grin.
"When am I not carful?"
Astrid gave him a pointed look.
"Just get back here in one piece will you?" "There is no telling what trick Dagur is going to pull."
Hiccup sighed heavily but smiled. "Fine I'll be carful just for you though."
"Thank you and good luck." Astrid pulled his hands towards her to reach up and kiss him.
Astrid was pulling way but Hiccup held her in place by his last interlocking hand.
"Hey, I love you."
She smiles back at him. "Love you too."
Toothless placed his helmet over his head making sure the strap under his chin is tight enough.
Brandr lifted up Toothless's visor so he could see his eyes.
"Dude, you got this okay, take the lead for us."
Toothless gave him a thumbs up. "You got it."
Brandr nodded once and slapped the side of Toothless's helmet in good luck. He took a breath and pulled his visor down again.
The light started at red and made its way down to the last green accompanied by the sound.
Once Toothless could see the green he blasted forward. He was to focused on the track to see Warren come speeding right up next to him.
He hit his bike once or twice trying to get Toothless off balance. Doing some fancy maneuvering Toothless was able to get on the inside of the track to make some tighter turns so Warren can't bump him again.
Heather must have felt confident or crazy because for the first time she was really challenging Astrid.
At one point Heather rammed her bike into Astrid's so hers was almost scraping the side of the barrier. Desperate times called for desperate measures so Astrid jumped on the back of Heathers motorcycle and used her brute force to turn violent away.
Astrid was able to kick off Heather's bike to get to her own as Heather was having a hard time trying to maintain her balance. She was able to shoot ahead of her and hand off the pipe to Snotlout.
Snotlout and Thuggory were trying to throw punches at each other while driving. It almost became to comical to watch them trying to land a strike without falling off their bikes.
Towards the end Thuggory used his hidden knife in the toe of his boot to pop Snotlout's back tire. He managed to ride it far enough to toss Ruffnut the pipe but they lost valuable time.
Now it was all about the Riders trying to catch the ShatterMasters. Little by little Ruffnut and Tuffnut both used their agility to catch up.
It now laid with Hiccup to beat Dagur and bring the cup home.
Hiccup could hear Dagur chuckling ahead of him. He already thought he could beat Hiccup even though they weren't have away through the track yet.
"Come on Hiccup!" "I know you can go faster or are you a coward?" Dagur taunted him behind the helmet.
Hiccup growled and revved his throttle harder. He caught up with Dagur and started ramming into his front into his bumper.
Dagur just laughed even louder. "That's not nice now is Hiccup, I thought you of all people would try to win fairly."
Hiccup was transported into his memory of the last time he raced Dagur in the finals...he lost his leg. Dagur's laugh broke him out of his reverie and he shook his head trying to erase the awful images.
Dagur pulled out his pocket knife from the back of his jeans. He laughed more and more as he missed each swipe at Hiccup. Hiccup tried to escape but it really didn't help that he was trapped between Dagur's bike and the wall.
"Are you crazy!" Hiccup growled at him.
To dodge a close blade Hiccup stood up on his bike to gain enough leverage to kick the knife out of Dagur's hand using his prosthetic. He was also able to push Dagur's bike away from him.
The crowd oohed and awed and continued to cheer even louder. There was even some chants of Night Fury.
Dagur was still in the lead but was losing ground fast. Even though he was losing ground their was no way Hiccup could pass him in time.
Hiccup glanced down at his handle bars where he wired a small red button near his thumb. He contemplated his choices looking back up and down between the button and Dagur's maniacal laughter.
He had never even tested out the button yet. With one press would activate the extra burners he asked Gobber to install on his bike the day he found his new seat and tank.
The extra burners will immediately put him well into the Red Zone. Hiccup never tried a speed that high before and doesn't even know if he could steer.
He took a long deep breath, "Its now or never..."
He pushed it with his thumb.
Dagur's laughing was cut short as he heard the familiar sound of something igniting. He turned around just in time to spot Hiccup gaining tons of speed and passing him.
"No!" He yelled as he tried to speed up more but he was topped out.
As soon as Hiccup was half way through the final stretch he pressed the button again to turn off the burners. He crossed the finish line before Dagur.
Hiccup sat up even more on his bike to fist bump the air knowing he won.
"The Riders win!" "The Riders win!" The loud speaker announcer was going crazy.
The crowd was mostly made up of Berkians roared as loud as they could.
Hiccup was tacked into hugs by the rest of the team.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut banged helmets, Brandr and Snotlout received cheep champagne from some teens in the crowd and doused each other in the liquid. Toothless and Fishlegs were hugging each other giddily.
"Ruff I've been meaning to tell you something for a while..." A now champagne covered Snotlout hesitantly told her.
Ruffnut pulled roughly on his jersey sending his lips crashing into hers. She pulled away a second later. "I like you too."
Snotlout stood there with his mouth gaping open like a fish as Ruffnut walked away to join her brother again.
He shook his head and saw her retreating figure. "Hey!" "Wait up!"
Someone pulled Hiccup up from the ground. The said person pushed up Hiccup's visor. Piercing green met icy sky blue.
"You okay there, bike rider?" She chuckled.
"Better now that you're here."
Astrid undid his helmet strap and took it off letting it tumble to the ground.
Hiccup placed his hands on her waist while she wrapped her loosely around his neck.
"I told you I would be careful." He smirked.
"Would you rather get my prize or the trophy?" She mused.
Hiccup tilted his head up pretending to think already knowing what he would choose.
"I think I would like you prize way better."
Astrid laughed lightly.
Hiccup couldn't take it anymore seeing how beautiful she was.
"Come here you."
Astrid's laugh was cut short by Hiccup's lips over hers. She sighed appreciatively into his mouth.
"LoveBirds we have a trophy to receive!" Toothless called out to them.
The rest of the team stood there laughing as they watched the whole exchange.
The head of the league was already at the cup.
"It is my honor to give the cup to the first ever team competition and the 5000 dollar grand prize to the Riders!"
The crowd bursted into loud applause and cheers as he handed over the cup with the money inside it to Hiccup.
Brandr stood in front of the team and the cup. "Ready, ready guys, selfie!"
Brandr in front almost out of the shot, with Hiccup hugging Astrid to his side, in the back where the twins with rock symbols out, Toothless was at the other side with Fishlegs and Snotlout in front of him. Everyone had a hand holding the cup up as the flash went off.
Hiccup tacked the photo up on the wall of the garage with the other pictures. The trophy was proudly displayed on top of the shelf with the other ones Hiccup and Toothless both won over time.
"Who decided Hiccup and Toothless get to keep the trophy?" Snotlout asked slightly annoyed.
"This garage is the team garage, not just their's." Fishlegs pointed out.
Brandr tucked himself in a spinning chair. "What do we do now since we all graduated high school?"
Hiccup glanced up at the wall to see the photograph Gobber let him keep ever since he saw it in his shop when dropping off his bike to get it fixed. He's been secretly doing research on it ever since.
He turned his head back to face the rest of the gang and smirked. "I think I have some ideas..."
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