Incase you guys were wondering I based the hooligan tribe skating styles on their dragons. A Gronckle's bulk made Fishlegs perfect for goalie. The Twins work best together, two heads are better than one. Astrid has a flashy and swift style of skating she's also good at tracking the puck. Snotlout is all about power and force. And Hiccup is the unholy offspring of lighting and death itself.
There was a roar from DreamWorks' when they realised Jack was playing.
"Oh, looks like DreamWorks has gone for a change in the line up, could this be the turnaround they need?" In the background of Roxanne's commentary Megamind could be heard cheering for Jack.
"Astrid, you handle the face-off, just get the puck to one of us,"
"Got it," Astrid nodded, skating up to face Manny. Hiccup and Jack both moved behind their own goal flexing their knees in anticipation.
"I just hope you can keep up Frost,"
"Remember who you're playing against Haddock,"
As soon as the whistle sounded they took off, hurrying down the ice. As they past the centre line the puck appeared in front of Hiccup. He grinned 'That's my Astrid,' . The wall that was Manny and Diego loomed ahead of him. He smirked and leaned to his right and they follow his motion.
"Too late," He slammed the puck to the left, right towards Jack.
"Frost!"
"Go get them Jack!"
"Score,"
Jack shot through the gap left by Diego and hit the puck pass Scrat.
"YES!" He pumped a fist in the air.
"That's our Frost!"
"FROST! FROST!"
"See that Blue? That's how you skate!"
Hiccup gestured to the others, looking at the scoreboard, 9-7.
"We're still trailing, but we've closed the gap we can still turn this around. They're going to be paying attention to Jack now, so let's shake it up for the next play. Astrid, Ruff we haven't done that this game yet,"
Both girls grinned.
"You got it chief," Ruff said skating away.
"Don't call me chief!"
"Jack you want to handle the face off?"
"I can manage that," He said eyeing Eddie at the centre line. He skated over, his body tense with anticipation. At the whistle he and Eddie jostled for the puck. The Blue got around him for a second, but Jack stretched out his stick, knocking the puck towards Tuff. Tuff took it, heading up ice and passed towards Hiccup.
"Guard Frost, they'll pass to him again," Diego said as Jack moved towards Blue's goal. Sid moved forward to guard Jack, but that's when he saw the grin on the boy's face.
"Wait, Diego it's not coming…" He didn't get the chance to finish before Hiccup passed the disk to Astrid. The girl rushed toward the goal, but Manny got in her way. She turned sharply, cutting straight across the ice. Hiccup and Jack were ahead of her. Crash and Sid moved to block them, as Diego chased Astrid. He leaned forward with the intention to check her, but she broke short and he by-passed her.
"That's Astrid for you," Hiccup thought to himself as he watched her move toward the right of the ice, closing in on Blue's goal, "Her movements are flashy, but not wasted." Eddie and Scrat both move to the right in preparation for her strike, "But it's that flashiness that makes you forget there are other on the ice," Instead of hitting the puck she actually stopped it with her hockey stick. The movement was so precise unless you'd been looking right at the puck you would have missed it. So most people didn't. But Ruff had been waiting for it. She grabbed it hurrying to the left side of the ice. Scrat realised she had the puck, too little too late. By the time he'd dived the puck was over the score line.
"Nice Ruffnut!" Fishlegs called from the other end of the ice.
"Nice scoring Ruff!" Snotlout wailed from the players' bench. Astrid skated towards Ruff and gave her a high five.
"Two more and we'll take the lead," Tuff said getting excited again.
"We're not letting up now, we're going to take those points back," Sid said.
"You can try," Jack jeered.
Hiccup grinned as he went to the face off. Diego growled at him. The Saber grabbed the puck before he could, knocking Hiccup on his back. He struggled back to his feet, but by the time he was on knees, Astrid had already had the puck in her possession. She passed to Ruff and the twins moved to the other end of the ice together, the puck passing between them effortlessly was they avoided the defence in their way. Tuff went in for the kill shot, but Scrat saved it by the skin of his teeth, or in this case, the edge of his foot. Blue's goalie deflected the puck just enough so it bounced off goal post. Crash took possession racing back to the other side of the ice.
Hiccup and Jack both went after him. He passed to his brother, making both boys turn sharply. Eddie passed to Diego, and he shot right behind Hiccup and Jack.
"Astrid!" Hiccup called. She was already on it, slamming into Diego. He pushed her back, causing them to both lose their balance. The puck slid into no-man's-land. Sid was the first to reach it, making a b-line towards Fishlegs. DreamWorks' goalie got ready to receive the hit, eyeing Manny coming up behind Sid. Sid passed to the Mammoth who slap shot the puck off the ice. Fishlegs threw himself to the side, blocking it with his knee. He couldn't help his cry as he felt the impact through his padding. Tuff took the puck, passing to Jack.
"You okay?" he asked
"I'm fine, go," Fishlegs pointed forward. Tuff nodded, racing to centre ice. Hiccup and Jack were once again racing towards the goal. Scrat's head swivel between the two, trying to figure out who was going to shoot. Jack had the puck, but he sent the puck in Hiccup's direction. Scrat moved the far right, ready to block Hiccup's attack. But the puck never made it to Hiccup. Jack only hit it hard enough to sent it half way. Astrid came up from behind and swiped the puck into the open space behind Scrat.
"YEAH!" She raised her fist in the air.
"DreamWorks has closed the gap created by Blue Sky, the score now tied 9 apiece. With only a few more minutes left in the second period the next play could decide who has the lead going into the third and final period."
"I'll take the face off," Hiccup said. The others nodded. He found himself facing Sid. The other boy was fidgeting, his hockey twisting in his grip. Hiccup watched him movements closely waiting for the whistle. As soon as the sharp blast permeated air he hit the puck to his left, to Tuffnut. He took the puck a few meters up the ice before Diego stole it. Jack tried to steal it back, but Manny checked him, pinning him again the wall. Diego tried to score but Fishlegs blocked it. Astrid took the puck and tried to make it up the length of the ice but before she could get there the buzzer sounded for the end of the period. There was a groan from several persons in the stands, and a few on the ice.
"Only a few more seconds I am sure I could have scored," Astrid grumbled.
"It's okay, we still have time left in the game," Hiccup said her. They retreated into the locker room. Jack took a bottle of water and placed it against his shoulder.
"You okay?" Snotlout asked.
"Yeah, the Mammoth got me good in that last play though,"
"I know the feeling,"
"Are you still good to play?" Hiccup asked. Jack nodded.
"I'm not going to let you get all the glory for winning the game,"
"Yeah Frost, that's just what you need, more fan girls pining over you,"
"Jealous?"
"Like if," Hiccup snorted. "Okay, but seriously, that was some great work on the ice, keep it up and we have this game in the bag."
"Today the Blues, tomorrow the Mice...well not tomorrow literally, more like…"
"We know what you mean Ruff," Fishlegs said.
"We do?" Tuff asked. The others sighed.
"I'll explain later," Hiccup said passing a water to the male twin.
The break ended and they made their way onto the ice again for the third period.
"And we're down to final critical twenty minutes." Roxanne said. Critical was right. This may have been the first game for the season for each team but who ever won this game was going to play Disney. Whoever the victor of that match was would almost be guaranteed the championship. These next minutes would shape the way the league played out for that year and both teams knew it. And the next few minutes played out like a championship match, the blows coming fast and furious. In ten minutes five goals were scored, three for DreamWorks, two for Blue Sky. Roxanne was saying something but no one could hear the words over the shouting match that erupted in the stadium. Not even Megamind heard her, he was too busy screaming with the rest of his school.
"Guys don't give up!" Shria screamed.
"There's still time on the clock," Rafael cried.
"Don't let them get you down!" Ted shouted.
"Go team!" Blu said.
"Blu, that's not how you cheer," Pedro said.
"But I'm showing my support,"
"Yeah, but no one's going to hear your support," Nico said.
"MANNY! SID! DIEGO! GO! GO! GO!" Luiz cried dancing on his seat, waving a banner.
"That's how you cheer," Jewel said, ducking when some of Luiz's slushy slopped out his cup. It hit Nico.
"Hey, man, watch it," He flicked the liquid away.
"Let loose Blu, it's games like these where we you can be loud," Rafael said nudging Blu.
"You tell him Rafee,"
"Okay, let me try again…GO TEAM!"
"Eh, close enough," His friends shrugged.
While Blue Sky's cheering section was cheering the team was planning a counterattack.
"Okay, no mercy, it's not or never," Manny said.
"Sid you know what to do," Diego said and Sid nodded. The Saber faced off against Jack and won the puck after a brief jostle. He passed to Sid, to turned around…skating backwards, towards DreamWorks' goal. The shock of his actions caused everyone to stop for a second before chasing after him. Astrid got to him first. He twisted on his skates, keeping the puck out of her reach. Even so she almost managed to get away from him. At the last second he passed to Manny who scored. There were cries of jubilance and moans of frustration from the respective sides of the rink. The next play held similar results which Diego's goal coming fast after Eddie passed to him.
"We'll take it back, don't worry," Hiccup called.
"Will you?" Sid taunted. Hiccup stiffened but didn't respond. There were less than ten minutes left in the game. They needed two goals to win. That was it. He looked at Jack and nodded. Time to unleash the speed again.
"Astrid, take the face off,"
"On it,"
He and Jack stood on opposite sides of the rink again. Manny saw this and told Crash to go to centre ice. He looked at Diego and Sid. They both nodded, lining up in their defensive positions.
"Sid, go up," Diego instructed.
"But that will make the gap between us bigger,"
"Trust me,"
"Okay,"
The whistle went off and Astrid easily won the jostle for the puck. She bypassed Eddie and passed to Jack. He hurtled up the ice, glancing to Hiccup. He swore when he saw Sid in the path he'd need to pass. He looked for other options but he'd be on top Diego and Manny in seconds. He leaned towards the wall, hoping to edge pass them. But there wasn't enough time to change his trajectory enough. The two boys slammed into him, knocking him into the wall, as well all the wind from his lung. His vision blurred as he clattered to the ice. Sounds seemed to be muted. He notices figures hovering over him.
"Jack? Jack, are you okay?" Astrid asked.
"Uh…"
Hiccup came over, kneeling by Jack.
"How many fingers am I holding up?" He held up two fingers. Jack blinked the stars from his eyes.
"Don't make me count, my head hurts," He groaned.
"Okay, you're out of the game," Hiccup said helping Jack up and placing one of his hand over his shoulder. Astrid did the same from his other side.
"Guys, can you not? I can skate,"
"Dude, you got air time just now, I'm not taking the risk," Hiccup said.
"Air time? Really?"
"Yeah," Tuff grinned wickedly, "It was awesome,"
"And funny," Ruffnut said. Hiccup, Astrid and Jack glared at her. "What? It was." She said with shrug. Jack groaned again. Hiccup helped him into the players' bench and turned to North and Snotlout.
"Oh, me! Me! Please pick me!" Snotlout said jumping up.
"You sure? You wanted to come off the ice before,"
"Yeah, but I want on now,"
Hiccup looked at North who just shrugged good-naturedly, "I have no problem with it,"
"Alright Snotlout, hit the ice,"
"Yeah, time for the Jorgenson to shine," He cried high fiving Tuff and Ruff as he skated pass them.
"Only a few minutes left," Astrid commented. Hiccup nodded looking the others on the ice. A grin spread on his face. They may be unruly and crazy but they were DreamWorks' core hockey team. He had a good feeling.
He went to centre ice, losing the puck to Diego. The Blue passed to Sid, but Snotlout knocked him aside taking possession.
"GO SNOTLOUT!" A freshman, Gustav cried out.
Snotlout wove around Diego, but Crash knocked the puck out of his possession, moving with it. Ruff slammed him from the side and her brother grabbed the disk, only for it to be taken back by Crash's brother. He passed to Diego and he slap shot it towards the goal. Fishlegs dived to save, deflecting it to the wall. Hiccup took possession moving back up the ice. DreamWorks rose to their feet as a unit their individual shouts blending into one deafening wave of sound. Manny and Diego moved towards him. With a quick glance he assessed Astrid and Tuff where to his left and Snotlout to his right. Any other time he would have passed to Astrid. This wasn't any other time. He passed to Snotlout. The burly teen scored and moments later the buzzer went off.
"Alright!" Snotlout
"With a literal last second save DreamWorks manages to once again tie the score at 13. With this the game goes into sudden death. The next team to score will take the game,"
"Let's make sure we're the ones scoring that goal," Hiccup said.
"Right," His team answered back.
"You think it's going to be that easy," Diego sneered. Hiccup smirked.
"Oh no, I'm expecting a fight, but it's a fight we don't intend to lose,"
"We don't intend to lose either,"
"Looks like we have conflict of interest,"
"No conflict, you want to win," Diego shrugged, "And we're going to win,"
"Sabertooth, you're proud of that nickname, aren't you"
"What's it to you?"
"Sabertooth, Sloth, Mammoth, they may have existed in the ice age, but they didn't exist together."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You're all strong, there's no denying that. But my team, we may not be much on our own, but together we make a pack,"
"A pack? Of what exactly? Moonbeams?"
"I'd like to think more along the lines of dragons,"
"Dragons? Not exactly creatures of the ice,"
"Maybe, maybe not," Hiccup smirked. The two faced off for the last time that game. The seconds before the whistle time seemed to slow down, and then all at once there was a flurry of action. Hiccup had the puck, racing to the left. Sid moved to block him. He passed to Tuff, who passed to Ruff, who passed to Astrid, who passed it back to Tuff.
"GO!"
"STOP HIM!"
"AHHH!"
Screams were echoing around the stadium.
Tuff tried to score but Scrat blocked it. Ruff got the puck as it ricocheted off the wall. Crash was in her way to score so she passed the puck backwards towards Snotlout. Sid grabbed the little dick before it got to the other boy.
"NO!"
"YES!"
Snotlout and Astrid both closed in on the Sloth, but he stopped sharply and passed with sniper like marksmanship passed to Diego. The Saber moved in a blur up the ice, knocking aside Hiccup. He hit the puck to the left of the goal. Fishlegs dived to block, the puck bouncing off his stick. Manny was there and a second later the puck was in the right side of the net.
Blue's screams were incoherent noise. They hug one another, jumping and crying for joy. Sid, Eddie and Crash jumped on Manny in celebration. The larger boy laughed, struggling to move under their weight. A few of Blue's students were spilling out onto the ice, slipping and sliding along trying to reach their team.
Snotlout tossed his hockey stick aside. Ruff and Tuff had fallen to their knees and Astrid's head was bowed. Hiccup was still on his back, on the ice. He started at the score board. 14-13, winners Blue Sky.
Diego staked to Hiccup's side "Sabertooth, Sloth, Mammoth, we're not your usual pack, but we are a pack never the less," Diego said grinning at Hiccup. "But regardless, it was a good game," He offered a hand.
"Yeah," Hiccup grasped the boy's hand getting to his feet.
"We'll give Disney your regards,"
Hiccup frowned, "I rather you don't,"
Diego shrugged, "Whatever," He skated to the sidelines were his school was waiting on him. They engulfed him hugs the second he was in arms reach.
Hiccup sighed, and skated to where his team was.
"Sorry guys, I should have saved it," Fishlegs said.
"No, I should have scored when I had the chance," Tuff grumbled.
"Guys, it's no one's fault. Blue Sky is powerful team. We knew that. And even if we didn't win we still put up a hell of a fight. I couldn't be prouder to be your captain," He smiled. "In fact to thank you guys for today I'm buying dinner,"
"You all heard him say it right," Tuffnut said pointing at the others, "You can't take it back,"
Hiccup looked up into the stands. There was disappointment on their faces, and that was to be expected. But a few people were still shouting 'good game' or 'We'll get them next time'. He even heard one 'The mouse house got lucky they don't have to face us'. Hiccup laughed when he heard that.
"Let's hit the showers," He said.
After he changed Hiccup caught up with Jack.
"What's the damage?"
"Busied back and that's about the worst of it. The dizziness is gone so the nurse doesn't think I have a concussion."
"That's a miracle after the hit you took,"
"Why we wear the gear, right?"
"Yeah, team's going for food, probably pizza, you coming?"
"Maybe I'll sit this one out,"
"I'll see if I can swipe a slice or two for you,"
"You're the best Haddock,"
"You say that like it's news," Hiccup smirked, but his face got a bit serious, "Are you driving home by yourself?"
"Don't worry Tooth was in here a few minutes ago and she's insisting she's driving my car and Bunny is following us just in case,"
Hiccup laughed, "I should have guessed. Hey, you played great today, we wouldn't scored as much as we did without you," Hiccup slapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Of course you wouldn't have scored without me, I'm amazing,"
"I can still give you a concussion Frost," Hiccup said teaselling. Both boys laughed.
Tooth and Sandy appeared, Sandy had Jack's bag over his shoulder. "We got your stuff Jack," Tooth said.
"Thank guys. See you around Hic, enjoy the pizza,"
"Look on the bright side, we won't have practice for the holidays," Hiccup grinned and Jack laughed.
"Only upside,"
'Well, that and the fact you don't have to worry about getting into a fight with your girlfriend over the next hockey game,'
"Dude!" Jack snapped.
"I didn't get that," Hiccup said. Tooth whispered it in his ear (Jack had told Tooth and Sandy Hiccup was the only other person who knew of him and Elsa). Hiccup snickered. "Sandy has a point,"
"Shut up," He muttered, "We don't care about stuff like that. Look's let's just go, my head's starting to hurt again,"
The three snickered as Jack stalked away.
Jack was still sulking in the passenger seat of his car.
"I feel fine you know, I could have driven,"
"Hush, like I would let you after that hit you took,"
"It must have look worst than it felt,"
Sandy leaned forward from the back seat signing, 'It looked very bad'.
"I'm fine now, I swear,"
"I'm already driving so just relax," Tooth said in a motherly tone. Jack huffed, wondering if he should have gone with Aster. He could see Aster and North (who also opted out of pizza) in the former's car in the rear view mirror.
Jack heard his phone ring and turned around. Sandy pulled it out of gym bag and handed it to him. He smiled when he saw the snowflake on the screen.
"Hello,"
"Hey, I'm sorry about the game"
"What? You heard the loss already?"
"Yeah,"
"How?"
"We had someone go to videotape your game so the hockey team could get an idea of how you and Blue were playing,"
"Do I even want to ask about how the Disney game went?"
"We crushed Open Road, of course,"
"Of course," Jack let out an amused snort. He heard laughter in the background. "What's that?"
"The girls are over, and they're watching some video online,"
"I see,"
"How are you feeling?"
"A bit disappointed, obviously, but it was a good game and it was really close so no regrets,"
"That's good to hear, but I was asking about your injuries? That slam looked nasty,"
"Oh that, as I keep telling everyone it looked worst than it…wait, what do you mean it 'looked' nasty?"
"I said looked? I meant sounded," Elsa said quickly.
"No, you meant looked. Elsa you weren't the one who taped the game were you?"
"No, I'm not crazy,"
"But how have you seen my crash,"
"I didn't see it,"
"I can tell you're lying," Jack heard the laughter again and he felt his stomach churn. "Oh no…that video they're watching."
"I'm sorry, but there was nothing I could do. I didn't even know they were going to put it up. If I had I would have tried to stop them,"
Jack let out a groan. Tooth and Sandy looked at him. "What's wrong?" Tooth asked.
"How bad is it?" Jack asked Elsa, ignoring Tooth.
"Well…"
"Elsa,"
"By now it's probably in the in box for every student in Disney and probably a few from other schools,"
"Tell Jack to get some ice," He heard someone say, Rapunzel maybe.
"Please, Elsa could just kiss it better," That voice as Anna's he knew. Elsa said something to them be he didn't hear as he let out another groan, louder than the first.
"Jack, what is it?" Tooth asked.
"My tumble on the ice went viral,"
Tooth blinked before she burst into laughter. Sandy smirked. He looked at both in shock.
"You guys suck,"
Next chapter the Fluff shall return in full force. Hopefully that will dissuade you from wanting to hunt me down after having DreamWorks lose.
Nardragon~ until the next page.
