A/N: Okay, so I know some of you gave suggestions for how I should write this story, especially where you-know-who appears, but truthfully, I already have the whole story wrapped up and ready to be uploaded. But doesn't mean that it's set in stone. You can still review or PM your suggestions and I may adjust my story to integrate that. Just like in this chapter I added some dialogues provided by iron maker2 (thanks by the way). But what thing I'm not going to change in my story is how I'll bring my OC into the mix. I have his character and his backstory figured out and I feel like it will flow well with RTTE, but other than that, other suggestions are welcome. Anyways, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from How To Train Your Dragon
Chapter 2: Sheep-catching Competition
The annual Regatta was approaching and the Berkians kept themselves busy with the preparations. But the preparations were interrupted when suddenly a herd of sheep started flooding the village, knocking over wheelbarrows, preparation supplies and even a viking on a ladder.
"This is outrageous!" The fallen Viking yelled.
Hiccup, Toothless, Hicca and Midnight walked out of the Great Hall to see the sheeps running around with vikings chasing after them. "Ah, yes. Just another day in Berk." Hiccup said to his twin and the two dragons.
"Looks like we got our agenda for the day." Hicca said.
The group went to the ledge of the stairs leading to the Great Hall, where they joined Raeda and Sparkfire, the former was sitting with one of the sheep's in her lap.
"Hey, Rae." Hicca said as she sat with her best friend, who greeted her back.
The group watched as Gobber cornered another sheep in the plaza
"Uh, Gobber. So, what is going on here?" Hiccup called out, getting his mentors' attention.
"Just a little bit of rogue wool." The blonde man explained. "Nothing old Gobber can't handle."
"Where did all these sheep come from?" Hicca asked.
"That would be Not-So-Silent Sven. Apparently the herd took a vote and they aren't too thrilled with the sound of his new voice." Gobber said.
As if on cue, the mentioned farmer gave a loud scream causing the teens and dragons to cringe. "AAAHHH! You ungrateful sack of fur! Come back!" He yelled, chasing after a sheep.
"Yeah, I get that." Hiccup said.
"Poor sheeps." Raeda said, cooing at the sheep still in her lap.
Gobber then turned his attention back to the sheep. "Eh. Okay little lady, I may be big, but I'm fast on my feet!" He swoop in to snatch up the sheep, only for the woolen animal to slip through his grasp and a run. Gobber chased after him and ended up smashing his head into the wall of a nearby house, allowing the sheep to escape.
Sheep: 1, Gobber: 0. Next round Gobber vs House
Stoick then walked up holding two sheeps. He stopped and saw his friend struggling to get his head free from the wall. The Berkian chief sighed in annoyance.
"Uh, Dad? Shouldn't you be getting ready for the big boat race?" Hiccup questioned
"Yes, the Regatta, and this is the last thing I need." Stoick said, dropping the two sheeps to the ground. "Why don't you guys gather up the Dragon Riders and get these sheep back in their pens now!"
Sven then gave out another scream causing them all to wince.
"If I have to hear that sound one more time, I'm going to put Gobber's hook through my own head!"
"Done it! Wouldn't advise it." Gobber piped in, having finally managed to get his head free.
"We'll get this under control, Dad. Nothing to worry about." Hiccup reassured.
"You focus on the Regatta. These sheeps will be back in their pens before you know it." Hicca added.
"Alright gang, you know the drill!" Hiccup called to the others.
The dragons split up and searched for the stray sheeps.
Fishlegs and Meatlug found one and dove straight for it. "Come on, girl. You got it!" Fishlegs encouraged. As Meatlug flew closer, a series of spines suddenly flew at the sheep, pinning it to a nearby tree. "Whoa! Hey!"
With a smug grin, Astrid and Stormfly went to collect the sheep.
"That little guy was mine!" Fishlegs protested.
"And now he's mine." Astrid retorted, before she and Stormfly flew off.
Meatlug grumbled at her human, clearly not happy with losing to Stormfly. "I know, girl. She's always so competitive." Her rider comforted.
The Thorston twins just found two sheep in a trench. "Two woolies in the tunnel. Let's gas 'em and blast 'em!" Tuffnut said to his sister excitedly.
"Let's slap 'em and pass 'em!" Ruffnut agreed, equally excited.
"And never even ask 'em!" Tuffnut finished with a laugh. "All three of those things rhymed!"
On cue, Barf and Belch blew up the trench sending the two sheeps flying, only to get caught by Hookfang as he and Snotlout flew by.
"Ha-ha! Sheep in a barrel, baby!" Snotlout yelled.
"Hey!" Tuffnut yelled.
"Come on!" Ruffnut grumbled.
Hiccup and Toothless flew closer to the ground with the Night Fury grabbing two sheeps in its paws (or claws?). "Great job, bud. I see one more. Okay, barrel roll." Toothless flew upside down, allowing Hiccup to be able to catch the sheep. "Toothless, not so-" But it was too late as he runs into the sheep with his head, with the sheep's tail end right in his face. "Ah, I did not need to see that." Hiccup said in disgust as he pulled the sheep away with a shudder.
Snotlout, Astrid and Raeda were the first three to make it back to Svens' farm. "Heh. How many did you get?" Snotlout asked the two girls after setting aside his two sheeps.
"Three." Astrid answered as Stormfly revealed the three sheeps.
"Same here." Raeda said, gesturing to her sheeps.
Snotlout paused in trying to come up with something to say, until he spotted another sheep walking by. He then kicked the sheep to join the other two he caught. "Huh, me too."
Hiccup and Hicca then joined them, each of them also bringing three sheeps.
"Aah!" Tuffnut yelled as he and Ruffnut quickly ran into the pen being chased by three sheeps. Ruffnut quickly opened the gate to the pen and her twin ran in with the sheeps still on his tail. He then reached the other end of the pen and jumped over so that the sheeps couldn't get to him.
"Ugh. What is that disgusting smell?" Astrid cringed, wondering if she wants to know the answer.
Raeda grimaced at as well. "Yeah, it kind of smells like-"
"Trust me, you don't want to know." Tuffnut panted.
"Yeah. They like it. That's all that matters." Ruffnut said.
One of the sheeps started tugging Tuffnuts' pant leg, causing the blonde boy to swat it away. "Hey, sheep, no means no!"
"So, we all got three." Raeda said, looking at the number of sheep each rider has.
"Hah, not all of us." Snotlout sneered as Fishlegs and Meatlug joined the group with no sheep in sight. "Get a load of Fishlug. Big fat yak egg."
"Oh, yeah?" Fishlegs challenged. "Show 'em girl." Meatlug opens up her mouth to reveal to sheeps inside, much to the others' surprise. Fishlegs cleared his throat and tapped Meatlug. Reluctantly, the Gronckle spit out a third sheep.
"Normally I would applaud someone who makes Snotlout eats his words but this doesn't help us." Raeda said.
"Why is that?" Hiccup questioned.
"Because it's a tie with all of us." Astrid answered.
"What's a tie?" Hicca asked.
"The sheep-catching competition." Snotlout answered as if it was so obvious.
"Oh for- Does it always have to be a competition?" Hiccup asked, annoyed.
"Yes!" Astrid, Snotlout and the Thorston twins answered at the same time.
"Give it a rest bro, they already made up their mind about this, plus the competition thing does add to the fun of it." Hicca admitted.
"Yeah, Hiccup, plus we already had a discussion on this not long ago." Raeda reminded the Haddock boy.
"Where is he?! Where is he?! Where is my prized black sheep?!" Sven exclaimed, looking around the sheep pen. "He's still out there! I hope he didn't fall down the well again."
"We'll check the well first, Sven." Hicca reassured.
"You know what this means?" Snotlout asked the others, the challenge in his eyes.
"Tie-breaker." Astrid answered with a grin.
"NOT A COMPETITION!" Hiccup exclaimed. But when he turned to the group, he found that it fell on deaf ears as half the group already took off to look for the sheep with only Fishlegs, Raeda and Hicca staying behind with their dragons.
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that, bro." Hicca said. Hiccup huffed in annoyance.