"Come on, (Y/N) we need to go!" Your Aunty shouts at you from the bottom of your stairs.

"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, geez" You shout back, the 'geez' part obviously was under your breath.
You didn't want your Aunty to smack you around the head for giving her cheek…again.
You hop along the floor on one leg as you put on your boots, making sure they tied nice and tight. You give yourself a quick once over in a small handheld mirror that you found in one of the cupboards in your room before skipping down stairs to meet Kari who was now waiting outside for you.

You had to squint your eyes again as you went outside, the sun was beaming brightly today, which was a very rare occurrence on Berk. When you arrived last night, it was so dark you couldn't see in front of your nose. It hadn't occurred to you just how much this place had changed, it was so colourful and there were more houses and station feeders and just everything a dragon or Viking could need. Your Aunty had been telling you about how much damaged there had been when the 'dragon master (' or whoever it was) had attacked the village so a lot of these building had just been built a few weeks ago, which was probably why it looks so bright and new. If there was one thing the Vikings of Berk were good at it was building.

As you and Kari began walking down towards the dragon pens, you were stopped in your tracks by the sounds of someone screaming and more to the point swearing. You try and locate the sound of the voice when your eyes fall upon a Viking who had his hands on his helmet and he was sort of in a 'shocked' kind of stance in front of a chicken coop…an empty chicken coop.
"MY CHICKENS, WHERE ARE MY CHICKENS!? OOOOH MY PRECIOUS BABIES. I SWEAR IF IT WAS THOSE THORSTON TWINS I'LL- I'LL, ARGH!"
You watch as the man begins freaking out before running off shouting "HICCUP, HICCUP! It happened again!" before he disappeared out of site. With your eyebrow raised, you look up at your Aunty who just rolled her eyes as if it wasn't out of the norm.
"What was that about, exactly?" You ask her as you began walking again.
"Och, it's probably just those Thornston twins up to no good again, you'd think they would of grown up by now" She mutters.
"Thornston's? Do you mean Ruffnut and Tuffnutt?"
She gives you a nod. "Aye, they're still the idiots of the town"
You remember meeting them years ago, you found them funny at first but over time their pranks did get a little tedious. Still it didn't stop you from joining in. Still you thought they would of grown out of it by now...but still…you wouldn't mind playing a few practical jokes on someone again, it had been a while since you'd pulled one.
"I'd advise you try and stay out of trouble while you're here okay? I know what you're like." Kari ordered.
You did listen to her…though you were keeping any promises.

After what felt like a very long walk to the dragon pens after been stopped by a number of Vikings asking 'ooooh is that your niece, Kari? She's all grown up' and other annoying pleasantries like that, you finally reach the gates of the dragon pens. You'd never seen so many dragons gathered in one place before. It was amazing. Everywhere you looked there was a Viking feeding a Deadly Nadder or a Terrible Terror chasing after its small rider; even the kids had dragons! From coming from a village that had only 5 dragons to one that had probably well over 50 it was…well, you had no words for how you felt.
Your aunt took you by the arm and led you further into the pens, stopping at a large pen with a sleeping dragon inside. You couldn't help but grin when you saw your dragon, he looked very peaceful which you were surprised at. You opened up the pen and knelt down beside your friend.
"Hey, Ashers, time to wake up mr. sleepy head." You whisper to him, stroking his snout.
In return you received a puff of smoke in your face, making you cough,
"OI you lazy lizard, unlike me, you've had a good 8 hours sleep now I think it's about time you were getting up, we've got a lot to do today." you frown at him as he once again remains on the ground, not even opening his eyes at you. With a grunt you stand up and go to the entrance of the pen where Kari had been watching you, laughing the whole time. You swear under your breath before turning back around to face your dragon.
"Alright then, suit yourself. I guess I'll just have to give all this lonely fish to another dragon or maybe I'll keep it for myself!"
As quick as a flash the dragon stood up, growling angrily at it's owner. Ashers NEVER shared his food, with anyone. Not even his rider. Which is why you always used that black mail as a last resort. You didn't like using it but by god it worked.
"Oooooh yeah now you're up!" You roll your eyes before giggling at the monstrous nightmare.

"Okay , I've got some work of my own to do, so I'll see you tonight dear, okay? Hiccup said he'd meet you at the old training ring this afternoon so I'd make sure you head straight there. Stay out of trouble." Your Aunty grins ruffling your hair before leaving you to your own devices. You have her goodbye before making your way over to a small bench where your dragons saddle had been placed neatly for you.
"Alright, boy, time to sa…sa…oh my thor…" You gag as you lift up the saddle. Some slimy substance starts dripping off it and landing at your feet. You had no idea what it was but it sure wasn't on it last night! You place it back down wiping your hands on your clothes before looking around to see if you can locate of source of this horrible stuff. It was like a mix of dragon slime and fish guts, or at least it smelt like it. You knew for sure your Aunty wouldn't of done this too you and it was in an area where no dragon could of drooled or spat on it which meant someone or something must of deliberately done this to you. You felt livid to say the least. A few swear words slipped out of your lips as you stormed over to a bucket, snatching it up as well as a sponge before shoving a number of Vikings out the way so you could get some water. Ashers golden eyes followed you from left to right as you made your way back to the saddle. With the sponge you found you drip it in the water, rinsing it out then begin to scrub the saddle as hard as you good. Yeah you were mad but at least you were letting it out on the saddle and not a Viking.
"I swear if I get a-hold of whoever did this, Ashers." You growl you hand squeezing the sponge as tight it was acting more like a stress-ball at this point. Luckily most of the substance came off, the smell however, was still lingering. So not only were you late to meet Hiccup but now you stank of fish! You had no idea today was going to be this stressful. As you fasten the saddle onto Asher, he wiggles in excitement, kind of like a dog when he sees his leash. He was just as excited to get out of here as you were, you just had to wait a little bit longer before you could go out flying out over Berks forest.
"Alright, let's get out of here before anything else happens" You sigh, mounting your dragon giving him a light tap on his neck. He waddles out of his cage and into the open, stretching his wings out before lifting up into the air, and out of the dragon pens.

As you and your dragon glide peacefully above Berk, you look down to try and locate the old training ring. It wasn't exactly hard to find, it was big enough but Berk had grown so much that it did feel like it was further away then you remembered. You shrug off your thought and make your way down, you could already see Hiccup and his night fury waiting on you, as well as quite a lot of people actually…you had no idea you were going to have an audience like that. Were you really that important? When you land, you jump of Ashers, giving his chin a rub before walking over to the Chief who welcomed you with a surprising smile, you expected him to be mad that you were like 30 minutes late.
"(Y/N)! It's so good to see you, I was beginning to think you'd gotten lost" He said bringing you into a warm hug which, again, caught you buy surprise but you expect it anyway, maybe it was one of those one in a life time hugs? Or maybe he just wasn't that awkward little nerd that you used to know.
"It's good to see you too, Hiccup. Sorry we're late, someone thought it would be funny to cover my saddle in slime" You grumble folding your arms.
"Is that what that smell is? I thought maybe you'd followed your father's footsteps in the fishing industry" He teased.
"Haha you're funny. But seriously how long is it going to take for that smell to wash out, I can't stand it and it's the only saddle I brought with me."
"OH I'd give it a few weeks, give or take." Said a voice from behind you. You look over your shoulder to see who you presumed was Tuffnut but with a lot of face paint on…seriously what was up with that facepaint, had he joined a metal band or something?
"And you know this how exactly, Tuff?" Hiccup questioned him.
"Because I used to put it in Ruffs helmet and her hair would smell for weeks afterwards, the key ingredient was the three day old fish guts that had been sitting in the sun for a couple of hours."
"Hahaha yeah we just covered some dudes saddle with some this morning, I can't wait to see his face when he realises." His sister laughs as she comes in behind him, her face paint was a lot neater than his-wait did she just say this morning!? You glanced over at Hiccup who was already shaking his head at them. Your eyes immediately dart back to the twins who were looked a little confused.
"Did you just say 'this morning'" You grit your teeth with anger.
"Uh- did I say this morning? I meant last week! Y-yeah last week right, Tuff?" Ruff says backing up slightly, realising her mistake.
"No it was this morning, I was there I should know!" He corrects his sister, who responds by jabbing him in the ribs and nodding her head over at you who was currently giving them a death stare.
"Actually now that I think about it, it wasn't this morning, it WAS last week, ha silly me." He to, starts backing up but they were stopped by none other than your dragon who stuck out his wing to stop them from getting away. With your fists clenched you walk closer to them, until you were right up in their faces.
"You two are lucky that Hiccup is here because if he wasn't I would be kicking your butts right now." You whisper at them, before giving them a small innocent smile (which was kinda creepy) before turning back around to face Hiccup, who had just been watching quietly.
"SO was there a reason you wanted to meet me here? I never expected there to be so many people here.."
"Actually (Y/N) I wanted to ask you if you wanted to join in, in this month's dragon race? Any extra player like you would defiantly spice up the competition." Hiccup spoke, stroking Toothless gently who purr in delight.
Well that explained the face-paint and why this place was so crowded. But dragon racing? You weren't exactly in the mood for competing in any competitions. But you didn't want to seam rude, it was probably quite a bit deal to be asked to compete in the sport. You weren't exactly part of the 'dragon riders' and you expected that not many people did actually get the chance to join in. Besides you'd be able to get back at those twins for potentially staining your saddle with fish guts. What did you have to lose?
"Umm, sure, okay….what do I have to do exactly?" You asked.
"Basically you need to collect as many sheep as you can, Gobber will explain the details before we start. Okay you better get ready, we line up in 10" The chief says, getting onto his dragons back.
"Get ready? What do you mean exactly?"
"The face-paint is over there, use as much as you like!" He says before lifting off into the air.
"Oh…great."