Later that evening, Astrid, Snotlout and the twins were at the arena looking at a board with white chock over it. They were going over Tuffnut's rules for their new sport Dragon Racing.

"So here is how it works: The sheep are hidden everywhere. Which means you can't see them," Tuffnut explained.

"Hence, the hidden part?" said Astrid rolling her eyes.

"Ooh, somebody has been paying attention," said Tuffnut. "All right…wait where was I?"

"The sheep," said Ruffnut.

"Of course I was Ruffnut, "said Tuffnut and looked back at the other. "The sheep are hidden but we are not."

"Not what?" Snotlout asked

"Not hidden, uh, someone has not been paying attention," said Tuffnut rolling his eyes. "Anyway, grab as many sheep as you can. If two Riders get to one sheep at the same time, you can tear it in half. Half a sheep equals half a point."

Hiccup and Ragnar then entered in the arena. They had overheard there conversion about their new sport and they knew Stoick wouldn't be too happy if they didn't ask permission.

"Ah, gang I hate to be that guy, but uh, no, there isn't going to be any sheep-tearing in the near future," said Hiccup.

"Why not?" Snotlout asked.

"Because there isn't going to be any dragon sheep racing," Hiccup explained.

"Hey, who made you Chief?" Snotlout demanded.

"Stoick," said Astrid.

"So, who made Stoick Chief?" Snotlout asked.

Hiccup, Astrid and Ragnar gave him annoyed looks.

"That would be his dad," said Ragnar rolling his eyes.

"Just wondering," said Snotlout.

"Look guys, I've been given strict instructions to prepare for the Regatta," said Hiccup.

"By Stoick," Ragnar added.

Astrid, Snotlout and the twins groaned in annoyance.

"Astrid, will you please back me up on this?" Hiccup begged.

Astrid sighed. "Okay guys, you heard the acting chief, no dragon racing."

"Thank you," said Hiccup gratefully.

"I wonder how long their going to keep that promise," Ragnar said to himself.

Next morning, Hiccup woke up to the sounds of people cheering. He and Toothless rushed outside and saw Astrid, Snotlout and the twins flying around on their dragons racing on another and the entire village was cheering.

"Snotlout! Oi! Oi! Oi!" Snotlout yelled as he flew past.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding," Hiccup sighed.

"Got to admit," said Ragnar as he walked up to him, "I'd thought they'd disobey your orders soon."

They watched as the four Dragon Riders began to chance after a sheep in the plaza.

"Yeah!" Tuffnut yelled.

However, before he could grab it Astrid snatched. "Thank you very much!" she said flying off with it.

"Hey, half that sheep is mine!" Tuffnut yelled.

"Yeah, and half of that half is mine!" Ruffnut added.

"Sorry!" said Astrid as she flew off.

" Oh, really, Astrid?" Hiccup yelled. "Where's the love for the acting chief?!"

Ragnar chuckled to himself as the two of them mounted on their dragons and flew after them. As they flew Hiccup noticed the whole village was outside watching the race and they seemed to be enjoying it.

"This is better than the Regatta," said a cheering Viking.

"I can see where this is going," said Ragnar looking at Hiccup.

Hiccup didn't answer, he knew Ragnar was right and as acting chief it'll be up to him to keep them happy.

About half an hour later, Hiccup and the Dragon Riders, minus Fishlegs, were sitting behind a table while the villagers kept on yelling for more Dragon Racing.

"Come on, everyone, just take a seat!" Hiccup yelled to no avail. Hiccup looked at Toothless. "Can you help me bud?"

Toothless fired a plasma blast over the villagers' heads. That got them to quiet down.

"Okay, I know you had a lot of fun today with the Dragon Academy doing exactly what they promised they would not do," said Hiccup glaring at the other Dragon Riders.

"Yeah, I've me out if this," said Ragnar taking another sip of yak milk.

"I didn't make any promises. Did you?" said Tuffnut looking at his sister.

"Not a one," said Ruffnut.

"All right, I know you all want to blow off steam, but hey what could be better than a spirited Regatta. Ha, ha, ha," said Hiccup as joyous as he could.

He looked as the villages, who just remained silent. It was so silent you could hear a cricket in the background.

"I tell you what's better, anything not named Regatta," said Tuffnut. "And how about a Dragon Race."

"Dragon Race!" Ruffunt and Tuffnut chanted.

Soon the crowd joined them yelling, "Dragon Race! Dragon Race! Dragon Race!"

"What's wrong, Hiccup?" Snotlout asked mockingly. He then brought Hookfang's head towards him. "You afraid you and Toothless are no match for five thousand pounds of muscle?"

"Wow, sounds like Snotlout's calling someone out," said Astrid.

"You're supposed to be on my side, Astrid," Hiccup reminded her.

"All I'm saying is, Stoick isn't going to be back for a few days and isn't this a great way to blow off steam, too?" said Astrid innocently.

Hiccup looked at Ragnar, who shrugged. "You know, they're not going to stop. And a chief is supposed to keep his villagers happy."

Hiccup sighed knowing Ragnar was right.

Moments later, Hiccup and the Dragon Riders, minus Fishlegs, were standing at a board with a map of the village.

"The sheep start at Silent Sven's farm. The racers will be at the Academy. On the start, the sheep are released. Once caught, we drop them into baskets," Hiccup explained and looked at the other Riders. "Any other suggestions?"

"Teams," Snotlou suggested.

"What do you mean teams?" Hiccup asked.

"We should have teams."

"Really? And how do you propose we pick these teams?" Hiccup asked.

"We already did," said Snotlout. "Me and the Twins against you, Astrid, Ragnar and Fishface."

"We even have a team name," said Tuffnut.

"Snotnuts," said Ruffnut.

"Wow, how did I not think of that first?" said Astrid rolling her eyes.

"I think that's pretty obvious, we're sort of the more creative element of the group," said Tuffnut not getting Astrid's sarcasm.

"Really," said Ragnar in the same tone Astrid used.

"This is going to be too easy," said Astrid.

Moments later, Hiccup, Astrid and Ragnar were at the harbour asking Fishlegs to join them. He was still working on whatever he had under the tarpaulin.

"Sorry, Hiccup, can't do it. Can't afford to take one moment away from my preparation," said Fishlegs. He then turned and faced him disappointedly. "And frankly I am surprised you would shirk your responsibilities as acting chief and give over to the wims of the masses."

"What?!" Hiccup yelled. "I'm not giving over to anything!"

"Actually, you kinda are," Ragnar pointed out.

"You're not helping," said Hiccup glaring at Ragnar.

"Come on, Fishlegs. Wouldn't you love to take out Snotlout and the twins?" Astrid asked. "Or should I say Snotnuts?"

"'Snotnuts'? How long did it take them to come up with that?" said Fishlegs as he tried to hold back a laugh.

"About five seconds," said Ragnar.

"Well, as tempting as it is, Meatlug and I have one thing on our minds and one thing only, we are going sailing," said Fishlegs as he and Meatlug went under the tarpaulin. "Now if you excuse me, my first mate and I have some last minute preparations to do."

He then pulled the tarpaulin over them, hiding them from view.

The three young Dragon Riders looked at each other confused.

"I don't know," Astrid shrugged.

Later that day, the Dragon Riders, minus Fishlegs, were in the arena on their dragons. The entire village had shown up to watch the race and Gothi in the middle of the arena with a small purple flag in her hand.

"All right gang, when Gothi drops that flag, we race," Hiccup explained.

"Hey losers?" said Snotlout.

"What?" The twins asked.

Snotlout stared at them in disbelief. "Oh, sorry. Were you talking to us?" Tuffnut asked.

"No, I was talking to the other team," said Snotlout shaking his head in annoyance "You guys aren't the losers. You're part of me. I'm a winner."

"Oh," said the twins.

"Makes sense," Ruffnut nodded.

"If you guys race as well as you trash talk, you're in big trouble," Astrid smirked.

"Oh yeah? Well, welcome to Loserville and I'm the mayor. I'm going to give you the key to being a loser," said Tuffnut and his sister laughed. He then realised his mistake. "Wait, nah that doesn't work."

"We don't even need to trash talk," said Ragnar. "You're going the job for us."

They then all looked at Gothi, who raised the flag. Their dragons then took ready positions. Gothi then waved it and they all took off into the sky.

They then heard a horn that signalled Silent Sven to realise his sheep.

The Dragon Riders then split-up all going in different directions. Hiccup and Toothless were out at sea, but the twins and Barf and Belch were following them.

"Come on, Toothless," said Hiccup.

Hiccup then noticed three sheep on Thor's Beach.

"All right buddy, here we go," he said.

"Yes, white woollies," said Tuffnut.

Hiccup and Toothless were able to grab one, but the twin grabbed the other two and they all flew back towards the arena.

"Zippleback, baby!" Tuffnut yelled.

Astrid, Ragnar and Snotlout were flying over the forest trying to spot the sheep through the trees. Then Snotlout saw two sheep running into the clearing.

Astrid and Ragnar turned and saw what was Snotlout was doing.

"Let's go, girl," said Astird.

"Let's get them boy," said Ragnar.

Soon all three of them were flying straight towards the sheep. Neither one looked as if they were going to move.

"I'm not turning. I'm not turning!" Snotlout yelled.

"Well neither am I!" Astrid yelled back.

"Same goes for me!" Ragnar yelled.

They got closer and closer towards the sheep, still not giving an inch. Suddenly when they were a couple of feet away from the sheep, Snotlout chickened out and pulled up. This allowed Astrid and Ragnar to grab the sheep.

"Knew it," said Astrid.

"Yeah, he is very predictable," Ragnar agreed.

Then the two of them flew back to the arena to drop their sheep off.

Meanwhile, the twins were flying upwards towards a cliff where a sheep stood grazing. Tuffnut was hanging upside down, warping his legs around Belch's neck, in order to grab it.

"Here little sheepy sheepy, don't worry it's just your old buddy Tuffnut," said Tuffnut.

However, before he could grab it, the sheep took a step back and began to slide down the cliff. So, Tuffnut ended up getting his face slammed against a tree branch, which was attached to a tree, which was stood on the said cliff.

Hiccup, however, was flying past and was able to grab the sheep before it slid off the cliff.

"Gotcha," said Hiccup and looked up at Tuffnut, who was spitting out some leaves. "Thanks, Tuff!"

Back at the arena, Bucket and Mulch were counting the number of sheep that the two teams had caught as the crowd cheered.

"And the teams are all tied up!" Mulch announced to the crowd.

"BLACK SHEEP! TIE-BREAKER!" yelled the Dragon Riders, before they flew off to hunt down the black sheep.

The black sheep was running for his life in the forest as the Dragon Riders chased after him.

"There's the Black Sheep! Get it! Get it!" Tuffnut yelled.

The twins managed to chase the sheep through some thick trees that were too thick for Hiccup and Ragnar to get through.

"Whoa!" said Hiccup.

"We'll have to find another way," said Ragnar.

Both he and Hiccup then flew upwards to find another way around.

The twins and Barf and Belch had no problem to get through the trees, due to Barf and Belch's serpent like body.

They chased after the black sheep through the forest. They didn't notice that the black sheep was racing towards a tree which stood in their path.

"Dark wool, dead ahead. I love dark wool," said Tuffnut.

Then Barf and Belch's necks got caught in-between the tree and the twins were thrown off their saddles.

Up in the sky, Astrid and Snotlout were flying over the forest and saw the black sheep running into a clearing. Without a second thought they both flew down towards the black sheep below them.

"Not backing off this time!" Snotlout yelled.

"That's what you always say, right before you back off!" said Astrid confidently.

They then speed towards the black sheep, which was running as fast as his little legs could carry him. However, when he saw the dragons charging towards him, he fainted on the spot.

"Snotlout!" Astrid yelled pulling Stormfly back.

"Oh no!" said Snotlout failing to stop in time.

The result was that both Astrid and Snotlout collide and where thrown off their dragons. Hiccup and Ragnar soon arrived, they had seen the collision.

"Astrid, are you all right?" Hiccup asked.

Both of them seemed fine, but when Astrid tried to move her arm a sudden jolt of pain coursed through it.

"My arm!" Astrid yelled gritting her teeth in pain.

Ragnar soon landed and rushed up to Astrid and examined her arm. "It's not too bad," he said. "But you'll have to have it in a sling for a couple of weeks."

Astrid looked horrified and glared at Snotlout. "I can't believe you!" she yelled.

"Sorry," said Snotlout climbing onto Hookfang. "I'll go get Gothi…" he then took off, bit flew down to grab the black sheep. "…right after I drop this off. Yeah, ha ha ha, Snotlout!"

He then slammed into a tree branched and fell off Hookfang. Then the black sheep landed hard on his chest and ran off.

"Bull's-eye," he wheezed.