Chapter 3

Parents were chatting excitingly as they took a seat on the bleachers around the field. A stage was set up in the middle where the teachers and school staff were seen congregating. The kids were escorted onto the field with the rest of their class and stayed close to their homeroom teacher.

"Good afternoon everyone!" A slim older man with a graying black beard announced from the podium.

"Good afternoon Principal Trader," The kids said rather monotonously.

"Nuff do you see mom and dad anywhere?" Zephyr asked as she mostly drowned out their Principal's boring speech. Nuffink looked around but there were a lot of people in the bleachers so he couldn't pinpoint Hiccup and Astrid. He shook his head and then just shrugged a bit before listening to the rest of the speech.

"....-s you all know being bonded to a dragon is a momentous occasion. It doesn't matter whether it's a Gronkle, a Terror, a Razorwhip, or maybe even a Hotburple." The Principal stated. "Now I remember when I was just a wee lad of nine when I met my partner. I was playing in the forest near my house at the time....."

"Oh Thor. Welp, there goes the afternoon," One of the girls near Nuffink commented as all the kids were used to the Principal's long-winded stories.

".... I was so shocked that I ran and the Nadder chased me... But then after a while, I noticed that he just wanted to play. So... OUCH!" Principal Trader exclaimed when Gothi, the school's Vice-Principal, jabbed him in the foot with her cane. The kids and most of the adults laughed as they were used to this already.

"Yes yes... I'll get on with it." The Principal grumbled as he shot Gothi a glare. "For a demonstration today on how you and your future partner can work together please welcome a blast from the past; Phantom! Lady Lancer! And the Deranged Spark!"

Just as the Principal announced this there was a burst of lightning. The sky darkened and the kids heard the unmistakable laugh of a villain.

"BAHAHAHA! Tremble before me for I am The Deranged Spark!" The man announced as he floated above the crowd while thunder and lightning were his backdrops.

"Again with the dramatics Sparky?" A female voice asked swooping in. The crowd cheered as Lady Lancer made her appearance. She wielded a rapier-like sword made from a Nadder spike and pointed it at the 'villain'.

"Only Phantom gets to call me Sparky!"

"Bit possessive aren't we?" Astrid whispered with a smirk. They were high enough in the air that the crowd couldn't hear that.

"Pot calling kettle black," Dagur raised a brow as he uttered that.

"He's my husband. I'm allowed to be possessive." Astrid grumbled.

"Where is he anyway?" Dagur asked.

"Here! I'm Here!" Hiccup announced as more cheering was heard as he swooped in.

"What took you so long? I thought we were making a joint entrance?" Astrid frowned.

"One of Sparky's bolts hit me in the behind," Hiccup shot Dagur a glare. "I swear I'm out of practice,"

"Or my aim just got better," Dagur preened.

"Nah hun. You're definitely out of practice," Astrid laughed as both guys pouted.

The kids 'oohed' and 'aahed' as the three Supers started flying and shooting blasts at each other. Phantom easily deflected the thunder blasts while Lady Lancer went in for the attack.

"Someone's feeling stabby today," Dagur remarked as he dodged. "You know you're never going to hit me like this."

"Oh, I know," Astrid smirked. "I'm just the distraction."

"Wha-?" Dagur exclaimed just as everyone heard the telltale swooping sound of a Nightfury.

"NIGHTFURY GET DOWN!" Someone in the bleachers shouted and the crowd collectively ducked out of habit as Phantom sharply flew at The Deranged Spark before letting out a plasma blast. The blast itself wasn't all that powerful, just showy and sent Dagur back only a meter.

"These are my good pants!" Dagur was aghast as one pant leg caught fire. "Just you wait! I'll kick your butt at golf next weekend!"

"What a splendid demonstration of powers!" Principal Trader announced as he and the staff started clapping. The kids and adults followed too. Nuffink and Zephyr saw the Supers take a bow mid-air before flying high again and vanishing into the clouds. "Now children, we don't we go meet some dragons?"

The children cheered as a whole flock of transparent dragons flew onto the field from the other side of the school stadium. "Oh my Thor! Look at them all!" Zephyr was visibly excited as she watched all the colorful dragons. She jumped up and down in excitement and was in one of the first groups to tentatively approach the dragons as they landed. Meanwhile, the teachers had invited the parents to join their children on the field.

The Principal had excused himself for a moment to take a call. He had walked out of the stadium and towards the back of the school building where there wasn't much noise.

"How did you get this number?!" Principal Trader hissed into the phone's receiver as his eyes narrowed.

"Now now, is that such a way to greet an old friend?" The voice didn't come from the phone. In fact, the call was cut off. The Principal looked up to see a tall muscular but slim man approach. His face turned white and he ground out "YOU!"

"Now, Johann really. Is that all you have to say to your old partner?" The man smirked. "When I imagined you laying low I never thought you'd become a school Principal."

"What do you want Krogan?" Principal Trader sighed as he asked this.