I'll be starting by next Hiccup Haddock story soon, but I'll probably take a short break during Christmas. But the good news is that I'm on holiday and I won't be returning to University until February.

An hour later, they were all in the Great Hall. The villagers were demanding another Dragon Race, because the last one was undecided. However, with Astrid's arm now in a sling the teams were unbalanced and Hiccup was reluctant to hold another one in fear of his father's wrath.

Dragon Race! Dragon Race!" The villages yelled.

"No, no, no guys the deal was one dragon race, and then back to the Regatta," said Hiccup firmly.

The villages then groaned in disappointment.

Snotlout then stepped forward. "Okay, everyone, okay, okay. Hiccup is right," he said.

"What?" said Hiccup looking at him stunned.

"Let's all start getting ready for the awesome boat race. I mean, it's not like he could beat team Snotnuts anyway."

If there was one person who could push Hiccup's buttons it was Snotlout and Hiccup was having a hard to control himself.

"Come on, Hiccup," said Astrid.

"Astrid, there's no way you can race like that," said Hiccup gesturing to her sling.

"He's right Astrid," said Ragnar. "No Dragon Racing for you for two weeks. Healer's orders."

"Sorry folks, we can't have a rematch anyway. Their short one teammate," said Snotlout.

"Oh, yeah. Says who?" said Hiccup.

Astrid and Ragnar stared at him bewildered. Then Astrid broke the silence. "You're not seriously thinking about…"

Moments later, Hiccup and Toothless were at the harbour, trying once again to get Fishlegs' to join them.

"Hiccup we've been over this," said Fishlegs firmly. "My allegiance is here. I'm a sailor through and through, there's nothing that can stop me from bringing home Regatta gold."

He then pulled the tarpaulin, revealing his boat. Its sail had picture of Fishlegs hugging Meatlug painted on it, two extra sail like wings on its bow, a figurehead of Meatlug's head and sitting on front of the mast was Meatlug with a tin hat on her head.

Toothless seemed to think it was funny, because he was giving a dragon's version of a chuckle.

"Meatlug and I are going to make sailing history," said Fishlegs. He then tossed the mooring line away and set sail. They only got a yard when Meatlug began to act funny. "Oh no, are you sea sick?"

It would seem as if Meatlug was sea sick, because she barfed out some lava. In seconds their boat began to sink.

A second later, Fishlegs and Meatlug flew off the sinking boat and looked towards Hiccup and Toothless. "What time is that Dragon Race again?" he asked embarrassingly.

Ten minutes later, they landed in the arena where Ragnar and team Snotnuts were waiting to start another Dragon Race. The crowd was already there, cheering like there was on tomorrow.

"Glad you made it," said Ragnar happily.

"His new teammate is Fishlegs?" Snotlout laughed.

"You're so slow, that we won't even have to use your super-secret plan," said Tuffnut looking at his sister.

"Exactly," agreed Ruffnut.

"What was the plan again?" Tuffnut asked.

Mulch then walked up Gothi, who was holding the purple flag in her hand, and said, "Racers, ready and…"

"HICCUP!" A loud booming voice yelled.

Everyone gasped, because walking into the arena was Stoick the Vast and he looked extremely angry.

"Uh-oh," said Hiccup.

"We're so dead," said Ragnar.

"Dad, well welcome back early," said Hiccup nervously, as he climbed off Toothless and approached his father. "I can explain."

"I hope so, because these don't look like Regatta decorations to me," said Stoick gesturing to the Dragon Race banners that were up.

"So, Dad, you know being active chief means that sometimes I have to make hard choices for the good of the people," said Hiccup trying to prevent his knees from shaking.

"Uh huh," said Stoick sounding unconvinced.

"So I had to make one of said really hard choices and I chose to…" said Hiccup and then closed his eyes and said quickly, "replace the Regatta with Dragon Racing."

"Oh, really. And you did this by yourself?" Stoick asked.

Hiccup then looked at the other Dragon Riders, who were either whistling innocently or twiddling their thumps nervously.

He then turned to his father and took a deep breath. "Huh, yep. Yep, just me."

"Totally contradicting my orders?" said Stoick glaring down at his son.

"Yep, yep, again that would be yes, again."

"Well, well, well I suppose there is only one thing left for me to do."

"Oh, Thor," said Hiccup preparing for the worst.

So, he was very surprised to find his father placing a hand on his shoulder and shouted, "Run the Dragon Race!"

"Wait, what?" said Hiccup stunned.

"You heard me but if we're gonna do it where gonna do it right," said Stoick pushing Hiccup back to the other racers. "Now get everyone together. I have some ideas."

Moments later, all the races were putting face paint on. Hiccup's team with red paint and Snotlout's with green. All of them were painting their own styles or in Tuffnut's case splatting it all over his face.

"Face paint! Nice touch, Dad," said Hiccup.

"Well, it does give a warrior feel doesn't it?" said Stoick.

He then walked up to Gothi and turned to face the crowd. "Welcome to the first annual Berk Dragon Race!" Stoick yelled.

Stoick then opened the chest that stood next to him and several Terrible Terrors flew out. "We have two teams. The green team, Team Snotnuts, and the red team, Team… Haglegs?"

"Mm-hm, I thought of that," said Fishlegs proudly.

Stoick chuckled. "Yes, Fishlegs, that's quite apparent," he said. He then turned to face the crowd. "All right, each sheep is worth one point except the Black Sheep, which is worth ten. I've appointed a referee to make sure there's no funny business." He added, gesturing to Astrid, who on top of Stormfly, and glaring at the twins.

"Why does he always look directly at us when he says that?" Tuffnut asked.

"The winner of today's race will have their portrait hung in the great hall and a feast thrown in their honour," Stoick continued.

"Might as well call it the Feast of Snot," said Snotlout. He then became confused with what he just said. "Snotfeast, a Feast of Snot."

"Are we ready?" Stoick asked.

Gothi then raised her flag and the racers took their ready positions. A horn in the distance could be heard and Gothi dropped the flag signalling the start of the race. The two teams then rushed skywards and went their separate ways.

Fishlegs in no time at all spotted a sheep below him and flew down towards it. "Keep going, girl," he said, but then Snotlout and Hookfang came out of nowhere and grabbed it. "Hey!"

"Nice try, Fishy, this wool is mine. Snotlout!" Snotlout yelled flying back to the arena.

Elsewhere, Hiccup and the twins had entered a tunnel. With Toothless able to navigate through it, he was able to get ahead of the twins.

"Hey, out of the way! Move!" Tuffnut yelled.

Hiccup ignored them and soon Toothless grabbed one of the three sheep that were hidden in the dark.

When they finally exited the tunnel they saw that the twins had grabbed the other two sheep in there.

"In your face, Hiccup, two sheep," said Tuffnut gesturing to the sheep he and his sister caught. "I mean not in your face but you know that we got them. That's in your face."

"Uh, you were saying?" a voice behind them said.

They turned and saw Fishlegs and Meatlug hovering behind them. Meatlug then opened her mouth and relived two sheep inside it.

Ragnar and Skull were flying behind Snotlout, who was chasing two sheep in the village.

Ragnar looked down at Skull. "You know what to do, boy," he said.

Skull then gave a roar so loud that it coursed Hookfang to crash into some crates. This gave them a chance to grab the two sheep, so Skull flew down and grabbed them and flew off.

"You snooze you lose, Snoty!" Ragnar yelled.

Soon Hiccup was returning to the arena with a another sheep and dropped it in his team's basket.

"Another score!" Astrid announced.

"Beats the heck out of the old boat race, doesn't it, Chief?" said Gobber. He then saw Stoick's face and quickly added, "Boat race was good, too."

Out at sea, Hiccup and Toothless had spotted a sheep on a piece of drift wood, how it got their Hiccup would never know. What he did know was that Snotlout and Hookfang were heading towards it.

"One mutton to go with a side order of victory!" Snotlout yelled.

Hiccup quickly pulled down on his stirrup realising Toothless tail fin. With that burst of speed they zoomed over the water towards the sheep. They went straight under Hookfang, who was moments away from grabbing the sheep, and Hiccup grabbed the sheep.

"Sorry, Snotlout! Your kitchen is closed!" Hiccup yelled and they flew skywards.

Meanwhile, the twins were sneaking towards another farm, full of sheep.

"You know, these aren't Sven's sheep," said Ruffnut as they crept towards the farm.

"No one will know the difference," said Tuffnut as approached a sheep.

Then suddenly several spikes came out of nowhere, blocking their path. They looked up and saw Astrid and Stormfly hovering above them.

"That's because you won't be using them," said Astrid glaring at them.

"Hey, Come on. If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying, right?" said Tuffnut.

Astrid responded by getting Stormfly to fire more spikes at them. Getting her message clear, the twins ran away from the farm.

Team Haglegs were flying towards a snowy mountain peak, where a sheep stood stranded.

"That's it girl," said Fishlegs and he and Meatlug rushed towards the sheep.

"Fishlegs!" Hiccup yelled.

"Don't!" Ragnar cried.

Too late, the sheep had slid off the snowy mountain peak and was sliding down the mountain. Fishlegs chased after it, but it slid off a snowbank and into a nearby crevice.

Fishlegs gasped, but then the sheep's head poked out of the crevice. Seconds later, Hiccup and Toothless flew out of it, with the sheep on Toothless' head.

"Close one," said Ragnar as he flew alongside Fishlegs.

The two teams returned to drop the last of the white sheep into their baskets.

"It's all tied up!" Astrid yelled.

"Haglegs and Snotnuts are dead even at twenty five points. Whoever catches the Black Sheep wins!" Stoick announced.

"That's a go on the super-secret plan," Tuffnut whispered to his sister.

Behind them Team Haglegs were discussing where to find the black sheep.

"We gotta find that Black Sheep," said Hiccup.

"But it could be anywhere on the island," said Ragnar.

"I have an idea!" said Fishlegs. "Something Silent Sven said. The Black Sheep always falls into…"

"The well!" Hiccup and Ragnar shouted at the same time.

"Exactly."

"Let's go," said Hiccup.

Moments later they were at the well. Fishlegs and Meatlug were flying slowly down into the well. Hiccup and Ragnar were hovering over the well waiting for their return.

"That's it, steady girl. Steady," said Fishegls as they entered the well.

"Incoming!" Tuffnut yelled as he and his sister flew over Hiccup and Ragnar.

"Here we go!" Ruffnut yelled.

"I'm here all week! Try the mutton!" Tuffnut yelled.

They passed over Hiccup and Ragnar and they both saw in Barf and Belch's claw was the black sheep.

Back at the arena, everyone was cheering for Team Snotnuts' victory.

"The winner is Team Snotnuts!" Stoick announced.

The entire crowd then cheered their lungs out.

"We're never going to hear the end of this are we?" said Ragnar as he and Hiccup clapped.

"Nope," Hiccup agreed.

"Snotlout, you are good! Woo-hoo! Yeah!" Snotlout yelled in Hiccup and Ragnar's faces.

"Well, Snotnuts, congratulations," said Hiccup lifting his hand up.

"Hey good game," said Snotlout. "In your one-legged dreams! Ha. ha. ha."

"Oh, the leg thing. That's appropriate," Hiccup muttered.

"You know a little humility wouldn't go amiss," said Ragnar crossing his arms. "Also might I remind you that I have visions of the future in my dreams."

"I've got three words for you two, un-de-feated!" Snotlout yelled.

"Boy, do I enjoy your company," said Hiccup sarcastically.

"Not so fast, Snotlout," said the voice of Fishlegs

They looked up to see Fishlegs and Meatlug landing in the arena. In Fishlegs hand they could plainly see a black sheep.

There were large gasps and everyone turned to the twins, who were standing next to their black sheep.

Tuffnut looked at the black sheep then to the crowd and then back to the black sheep. "Uh-oh."

"What's going on here?" Stoick asked and looked at Silent Sven, who was standing next to him. "Sven?!"

"Oh, there's only one Black Sheep, Stoick," said Silent Sven

"And, it's ours," said Snotlout.

"Yes that's right, you're the real Black Sheep aren't you, little sheepy, little sheepy weepy," said Tuffnut as he rubbed his face against its wool.

When Tuffnut pulled away from the black sheep, his face was covered in black paint and the place where he rubbed the black sheep's wool was white.

The entire crowd began to boo and hiss at Team Snotnuts.

"How could you?!" said Snotlout with false humility. "I am ashamed. I am so sorry, everyone!"

"This was supposed to be quick dry paint, right?" said Tuffnut when he noticed the white patch on the sheep.

"We have a reversal folks!" Astrid yelled. "With the real Black Sheep, the winner is… TEAM HAGLEGS!"

The entire crowd cheered and Toothless fired several plasma blasts into the air as Hiccup, Ragnar and Fishlegs waved.

"You are officially relieved as acting chief," said Stoick as he walked up to his son.

"Oh, thank Thor," said Hiccup in relief. "Dad, it's all yours." He then climbed onto Toothless' back. "Bud, let's get out of here before he changes his mind."

They then flew out of the arena in order to enjoy their victory in peace.

Back in present time, the Dragon Riders had just finished their story on how Dragon Racing began. They also discovered something unexpected.

"Huh, I guess technically it was Tuffnut who invented this sport, which is disturbing," said Hiccup.

"Yeah, technically it was," said Tuffnut as he and sister were busy trying to pull a sheep out a nearby roof.

"That's, um… embarrassing," said Astrid.

"And unbelievable," Ragnar added.

"Well at least you came up with most of the rules," said Astrid to a disappointed Snotlout.

"Well, this is depressing," said Snotlout slumping down on his Sheep Launcher.

"Look we all played a part in it," said Hiccup sitting down next to him.

"Really? What did I do?" Snotlout asked.

"The cheating, that was all you," Hiccup reminded him.

"Yeah, yeah, I did cheat!" said Snotlout feeling much better. "No one can take that away from me!"

"Actually, he had no idea what we were doing," said Tuffnut.

"Yeah, he wasn't even in on the super-secret plan," Ruffnut added.

"Stop your yammering! Put your back into it, woman," said Tuffnut as they continued to pull the sheep out of the roof.

"How about we all invented Dragon Racing. Can we say that?" Hiccup called out.

"Oh, sure. But it wouldn't be accurate because Snotlout did nothing. Nothing. Zippo. Goose egg," said Tuffnut. "Yeah I said it, it was like he wasn't…"

Tuffnut then got hit in the face by a sheep that was fired from Snotlout's Sheep Launcher and fell off the roof making his sister laugh.

"I did however invent this," said Snotlout gesturing to the Sheep Launcher. "Ha ha. Snotlout."

They then heard a horn in the distance.

"That's right, bud. Race time," said Hiccup.

They all then hopped onto their dragons and flew up into the sky to start the race.

"Hey, target, face this way!" Tuffnut yelled.

"Ingerman family crest!" Fishlegs huffed.

"Woo-hoo!" Astrid yelled.

"I may not have invented this game, but I'm gonna win it!" Snotlout yelled.

"Actually, I foresee my victory," said Ragnar.

"Not if we have anything to say about it!" said Hiccup. He looked down at Toothless. "Toothless, let's take them down. Let's go, bud!"

Together, Hiccup and Toothless then rushed after the rest of racers.

It's amazing if you think about. I never had one vision of Dragon Racing. I guess this means that we all have the power to shape our futures, you just have to make it count, because you've only got one shot.