Hiccup's POV

- I'm sorry for being late. I... um... was a bit occupied.

I said as I closed the huge door behind me.

*Stoick* - And as I heard you were "occupied" with other "things" as well.

- Um. Maybe? ...um..., shall we continue? How did you decide?

*Gobber* - We agreed on we should try.

- Well than...

After hours of struggles, they tried to use Astrid for their couse, to make me spill value informations about me, and my dragons... Gobber was way more opened, and tried to help me, but I know my father is stubborn.

Basically neither of us wanted to let the other win, we stood pat.

Until they insulted Toothless.

I stood up and I snapped my hands to the table creating silence.

- You know what? Until you don't fly I won't talk anymore about this bullsh*t! Unless you ....

Suddenly a scream. I rushed out, just in time to see, some rider were practising freefall and fly.

I could catch Fishleg's and Eret's glimse as they flew above me WITHOUT their dragons. Wtf.

- ....DA HELL YOU ARE DOING GUYS?

I looked up, just to find MORE riders falling from the sky with some overgrown reptile! Greeeat. Yap. Scaring the inhabitants!

I mounted Tootless and I flew up to the Main Hall's roof, because it seemed like they are meeting up there.

Everyone laughed with joy until they saw my expression. I didn't even noticed Astrid missed the roof and Toothless dived after her to catch.

- WHAT DID I TELL YOU? - everyone shut up - TO STAY LOW! BUT NOOO LET'S SCARE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF THEM. THANK YOU EVERY MUCH.

They looked guilty and nobody dared to say a word. I stood at the edge, where noone with right mind would stand, and looked at the horizon. Toothless came up to me and with my hand I nudged his nose, I tried to calm down.

*Stoick* - GET DOWN FROM THERE RIGHT NOW!

- You know what? I don't care about your shame anymore. I think I was patient and nice enough and all I got is hate. You know what? - I didn't realized I was saying things out loud utill that point. I turned around. - YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT BERKIANS THINK ANYMORE. - Deadly calm. - AT THE AFTERNOON I WILL HOLD DRAGON RACING!

They were surprised most of them had their mouth open and I jumped off. I opened my leather wings and Toothless shot a fireball underneath me to slowen my fall, right in front of my father and his crew who taken back from the blue flames. I landed and rolled.

I huffed at them. We can say that I'm quite offended, after these countless hours of their whining we can say that I fed up. A bit.

My dad was mad, but I just smiled mischievously. Deal with it old man. The others went back to freefalling.

- Hey bud, let's show them how it's done properly.

He jumped happily up and down, I hopped on, and shot up, high up to the infinite sky. The wind cleared my head out fast, when the cold hit us, we let ourselves to fall.

With perfect sync, we moved together, we heard the whistles of the others. I know it's hard to stay offical expecially since I don't like formalities and we are not used to it, but now I think they have the right to have fun. It's boring here! Now my favorite part comes, what we love the most: timing the last moments. This time I didn't used my wings, just grabbed the saddle and roamed through the houses, people barely had time to jump out of our way. During the slalom we lost speed, and suddenly Toothless fell over, and I flew alone, and landed with many-many rolls, I heard Toothless annoyed roar. When I finally stopped I could see the word spinning and Toothless on his back staring wide eyed at Gothi who looked mad.

Our companions arrived soon and growled  warningly, when Gem apeared and roared at them in more dangerous tone saying that she is a healer. Toothless managed to get on his feet, and together the three of us bowed right in front of her.

When Stoick aproached with loud thumbs he just shouted.

*Stoick* - What's the meaning of it?!

I wasn't interested in to answer to HIM.

*Fishleg* - Um, right, why are you all bowing to her?

Since than every dragon and rider placed themselves on the ground and bowed deeply.

*Eret* - Gem said that she is a healer. We didn't really reach the sociaty of our tribe in your studies, but healers are above everyone else.

*Heather* - We thank our lives to healers because we fight a lot, and with dragons among us there's a lot of injuries. If a healer dies many other may die too because the healers absence. That's why we respect them so much, it doesn't matter who they are helping, us or the enemy. On to your knees!

*Toothless* - My heaaaad huuuuurts!

With that he whined and placed his paws on his head.

- I'm sorry bud, my fault...

With that Gothi hit my head too.

*Heather* - You deserved it! Hehe. By the way where do we plan to have the race?

I was rubbing my head while I got on Toothless.

- I will think of something.

~ Hours later ~

I skipped dinner, because I was working on the details of the race. We flew around the island to check on places, and I sat up checkpoints. By the early afternoon I was done with the map.

And I still have time to repair Eret's weapon!

In the forge, there was Gobber and to my surprise, Gem sat in a corner and kept the fire alive.

*Gobber* - Where were you, lad? We didn't see you since the morning.

- Just built up the race.

*Gobber* - I heard that. But what is that race about?

- Always different but always involves both rider and dragon. Today there will be map reading and collecting the things I hid, than acrobatics, than for the end freefall. They were practising all morning, I'd like to see what they got in their slevees.

*Gobber* - Sounds.... entertaining?

- Believe me, you'll love it. Bet on someone to make things more interesting!

Astrid's POV

Everyone looks at me now more strangly. I sighed and I went to visit Gothi, because the other riders disapeared, and I'm quite bored. I avoided the crowded streets but I still couldn't avoid people.

And of all people I wanted to avoid a few.

Of course I met with the twins.

*Tuffnut&Ruffnut * - ASTRIIID!

*Ruffnut* - You really together with the Dragonhuman?!

- Dragonhuman?

*Tuffnut* - It's said that he is a dragon in disguise!

- Idiots. Of course not. He is 100% human like us.

*Tuffnut* - Ah. Than it's no fun.

*Ruffnut* - Is he as wild as an angey nightmare?

- Um, not. He is rather shy for a leader, and patient!

*Tuffnut* - Than he is really no fun.

*Ruffnut* - He still has his fancy tools and a night fury!

*Tuffnut* - Right! Is that beast is that deadly?

- Of course, if he wouldn't be napping all the time I would believe in too.

*Ruffnut* - You guys have dragons and have no fun?!

- Actually we do. It's amazing to fight with and alongside dragons. In the afternoon we will have a race and as much ad I know about it, there will be friendly fire. A lot. So if you want to see them in action you can.

*Tuffnut&Ruffnut * - YES!

*Tuffnut& - By the way what's that dragon you have beside the nadder?

- You mean the triplestrike? Just for you to know, she is on same level as the nightfuries! She uses her tail as a weapon and easily cut through any skull. Don't even think about checking.

*Heather* - Still my dragon is the deadliest!

*Tuffnut* - And why would be yours better than a nightfury?

*Heather* - The nightfuries are known for their speed, fire power and aim. However Windshear is... um. - Yap, she just realised we should talk much about them - even her tears a poisonous!

*Ruffnut* - Woow.

*Heather* - Astrid, I came for you, because the race soon begins!

I whistled for Stormfly.

- That's great!

*Heather* - If you want to watch, follow us to the Main Hall. That's where we will start!

(A/N Hm. I feel conflicted with this ch, there's parts I'm proud of than some details which just... I dunno. I had no other idea... i hope you enjoyed anyway.)