A month had passed by and the weather started to get warmer.

Berk has an annual event every year and it's coming up.

"Thawfest?" I asked

We were in the forest where they, my friends, were practicing for the event coming up next week.

"Yeah, it's to test our strength, endurance and courage" Astrid said as she was breaking a small tree and throwing it.

"You should compete!" She turned towards me and smiled.

I shook my head "I don't know. I think I might just sit out on this one. I can join next year though, right?"

She nodded as she wiped off some sweat off her forehead.

"Just have to be a young Viking to compete." She shrugged and gave me a slap on the arm.

She then walked towards a sheep who was minding its own business and picked it up, then placed it on her shoulders and ran off into the forest.

'Maybe I should try. I don't have to be the best.' I thought

I looked over and saw a sheep standing there.

I walked over to it and lifted it up above my head and onto my shoulders.

It was heavier than I thought 'How did Astrid do this!?'

I ended up losing balance and fell over on my back. The sheep looked down at me as I was facing up towards the sky. It bleated in my face and walked away.

This was going to be hard.

•●●●•

The next few days I trained vigorously on my own.

I wanted to be at least decent while competing.

At first, that wasn't the plan. I wanted to train with Astrid but she is just way too strong and tough for me. Besides, I didn't want slow her down.

I thought about training with the twins or Snotlout but they just goofed off and I couldn't train properly. Also, Snotlout always had his dad around training him and he seems intimidating!

Fishlegs, wasn't too interested in doing anything super intense and Hiccup was trying to figure out his own issues he was having.

•●●●•

It was now the day before Thawfest

I walked into the Academy because Gobber was giving the rundown with the new stuff.

A few days ago they lifted up the top part of the Academy. Making the arena completely open.

As I was walking in with my dragon I saw Astrid flying on Stormfly practicing a really cool move. She turned her head and was surprised to see me, she quickly landed "Are you...?" She said in an unsure tone.

I gave her a wide smile "I decided I'm going to compete," I said with confidence

This year Thawfest was apparently different because we have...

"Dragons!" Gobber shouted "They are now officially part of Thawfest. There will be three additional events. The fly-and-shoot, which will require you to fly straight and shoot straighter."

Suddenly, Barf and Belch shot towards Gobber but luckily he ducked in time

"Hey!" He yelped he then gave the twins a glare

"Sorry! We were on the wrong head." Tuffnut apologized

Tuff and Ruff switched spots

Ruffnut added, "I knew something felt weird."

Barf and Belch shot at Gobber again. He ducked once again but this time it burnt the flag he was holding into a nice burnt crisp.

"Ah, much better." Tuffnut sighed

I raised an eyebrow 'That was weird.' I thought to myself

Gobber continued, ignoring the twins' weird antics "Next, is the freestyle." He blew on the flag that was smoking. "Where it's up to you to impress the judges with a trick of your choice." He said as he pointed at us.

I looked up and saw Astrid gracefully balancing herself on Stormfly

"That's it, girl. Just like we practiced..." Astrid said in a relaxed soft tone

Gobber looked up at Astrid too "Ah! The Nadder Wing Walk. Impressive, Astrid."

Fishlegs started walking up to Gobber "Um, excuse me." Gobber looked at him with curiosity

Fishlegs continued "Meatlug and I were wondering if there were going to be any intellectual events."

Meatlug ate a near by boulder and puked lava all over the ground.

My dragon and I had to take a quick step back since we were awfully close to the hot lava.

"A puzzle perhaps?" His voice continued to be filled with hope

Then Meatlug spat out a small rock

Gobber placed a hand on Fishlegs' shoulder "I'll take that under advisement, Fishlegs."

As I was listening I looked around the area. Something felt missing.

Well, more like someone was missing.

Gobber continued on explaining the events "And let's not forget the hurdles! Where you'll be asked to--" he then got interrupted by none other than...

"Woohoo-hoo-hoo-hooo!" He cheered as he was flying on a very fast Hookfang.

'Ah, of course! Snotlout!' I chuckled to myself for not realizing earlier.

He landed Hookfang in the area while skidding across the ground.

With a stop, Snotlout jumped off of Hookfang.

I quickly noticed he had quite a few medals around his neck. "You know what I love about the Thawfestival Games?" Snotlout said out loud.

He walked up to Hiccup, who seemed very unimpressed, and placed his hands on his side "Winning!" Snotlout said in a sing-song voice.

Snotlout gestured towards the medals "You wanna touch one of my medals, just to see how it feels to be a winner?" He taunted as he lifted up one of the medals.

Hiccup declined "Ah, I think I'll pass."

"My family has never lost a Thawfest Games. Ever." Snotlout boasted, emphasizing 'ever'

Meanwhile, Astrid walked up beside Hiccup and I followed close behind. I walked up beside Astrid and looked at Snotlout with wide eyes

"Never?" I asked. I, on the other hand was pretty impressed, to be honest. Never losing ever? That's very impressive I would have thought maybe Astrid would win at least once.

"Never ", he nodded as he held his nose into the air and smiled

"Here we go..." Astrid said. She was unimpressed as well, she crossed her arms.

Snotlout continued as he looks at the medal he was holding "Dragons or no dragons, I'll do what I do every year: Bring glory to the Jorgenson clan. And you'll do what you do: embarrass yours."

He pointed at Hiccup with both index fingers as he walked backwards towards Hookfang

Snotlout set a foot on Hookfang's saddle "Let's go, Hookfang!"

Hookfang flew up...Without letting Snotlout get a chance to ride on him.

Snotlout's foot got caught on the saddle and was hanging upside down as Hookfang flew off

Snotlout yelled out "AAAAHHH! I will crush you all!" He shouted as he flew away.

I was baffled, I never seen Snotlout this egotistical and arrogant before. Kinda admirable that he has this much confidence though.

But in his entire family history. Not a single time they lost...

•●●●•

We all left the Academy. Astrid asked if I wanted to train a little bit with her, which caught me off guard, but I agreed nonetheless.

Astrid and I continued to practice and train together.

As we were training I looked up at Astrid.

"You know...I kinda feel bad for Snotlout." I said as I threw my ax...very poorly.

"You...feel bad...for Snotlout...?" She asked slowly in disbelief

"I know, I know I should feel bad for Hiccup, which I really do, but it's because of what he said 'My family has never lost a Thawfest Games. Ever.' Is just crazy!" I said as I pulled the ax off the ground

"Well, that's the Jorgensons for ya. Why does that bother you?" She asked as she throws her ax perfectly

"It bothers me...because it probably makes him feel like he has to win no matter what because everyone else in his family did. He doesn't want to be the only one in his family to lose. It probably feels almost like a... responsibility...keeping the winning streak." I said as I stare at my ax

"But Hiccup, who is the chief's son, loses every time! He had for years. It'll be nice if someone else won." Astrid replied as she pulls out her ax from the tree trunk

"I'm just feeling...conflicted." I sighed

"Conflicted?..." Astrid squinted at me "Do you like...?" Astrid trailed off and gasped as her eyes were wide open.

I threw my ax and I hit the base of the trunk.

"What?" I asked I felt a blush creeping up my face

"Oh my Thor! You do! I knew it!" She said "But why him? I mean why not Fishlegs or at least Tuffnut!?" She asked as she walks back to her spot

She continued "Because Snotlout is well...he's arrogant, egotistical, rude--" she said as she was counting with her fingers

I interrupted her "Yes, yes, and yes. Wait...what do you mean 'I knew it'!?"

"Well, I always see how you always look at him and talk about him all the time! You like, like him." Astrid laughed out.

I felt my face heating up, "Astrid! T-that's not true! I mean I like him, but not like that!" She started to laugh harder, "Well, if you do, it's probably just puppy love."

"Puppy love?" I asked her, not sure what she meant.

She raised an eyebrow, surprised I didn't understand, "It means having a crush on someone."

I let out an awkward laugh, "Yeah, no! It's not that!" I shook my head and sighed. Then, I walked over to my ax "Anyways," I continued "I don't know. He acts like that, but I think there's more to him. He just covers it up by being all tough and macho." I said as I flex my 'muscles' and pulled the ax out of the tree.

"Yup, puppy love." Astrid commented with an amused grin.

I scoffed as I let out a laugh, "Whatever..."

Suddenly, I grinned at a certain thought that came to me.

"By the way. You and Hiccup are together, right?" I asked casually

She threw her ax and it missed the tree and landed on the ground

"What!? No, I mean...I..
We--" Astrid said shaking her head

I tilted my head to the side "Why, not? It seems like you both are great for each other." I interrupted her

There was a little bit of silence

"I don't know." She shrugged

I gave her a smile and nodded. I sighed heavily and started thinking about Thawfest.

"Well anyways, I wish everyone good luck nonetheless."

I threw my ax and this time I hit the tree perfectly.

•●●●•

The next day was the day.

Stoick was in the arena standing by a wooden chest "Let the Thawfestival Games begin!" He bellowed as he had his fists in the air

Everyone in the audience started to cheer and whistle loudly with excitement!

Stoick opened the chest letting a colorful group of Terrible Terrors fly into the sky.

As I was looking at the audience I started to get anxious.

All these people are going to watch me...probably fail...great.

I heard a chant and I looked over and it was Snotlout and what I assume is his dad

"Snotlout! Snotlout! Oi! Oi! Oi!" They both chanted in unison and both knocked each other's helmets together

I silently chuckled to myself 'That's really sweet.'

•●●●•

We all stood at one end of the arena.

A few feet away from me was a rope which was the finish line

A short stout man with a right hand that has been replaced by a hook and his left leg by a wooden stick, I believe his name is Mulch, was sitting in front of the scoreboard.

He spoke through a horn "The contests are lining up for the Sheep Lug."

A Viking who was sitting beside Mulch was wearing a bucket on his head "It's a good day for lugging sheep, Mulch." He said

Mulch chuckled "Well, Bucket, every day's a good day for lugging sheep."

Meanwhile, Gobber came up behind us and lifted each sheep onto our shoulders.

After he was done he left the arena and sat beside Stoick.

I looked over at my friends.

I heard Hiccup groan in disgust

I looked to see what he saw and it was Snotlout.

He spat in his hands and was rubbing it all over his face.

'Why!?' I thought

Mulch spoke through the horn again. "On your mark..."

I looked forward and concentrated on the finish line.

We all took a step forward

"Get set..."

We all got into position with sheep on our shoulders

Mulch then banged Bucket's bucket helmet...thing

We started to run. Snotlout ran across the arena with ease followed behind was Astrid. Then Fishlegs, the twins, me and last was Hiccup.

Hiccup started to catch up. Fishlegs ended up being last.

Hiccup was in third close behind was me then Tuffnut and Ruffnut.

Snotlout got to the finish line. He threw his sheep onto the ground.

It bounced off the ground and then bounced off of Hookfang. Then it got up and walked away

Meanwhile, Snotlout cheered with hands in the air. "Yeah!" He pointed with both hands at his dad

I heard his father shout in the audience "That's my boy!" And pointed back at him

I wasn't even halfway across the arena but I pushed myself I barely managed to pass Hiccup

I made it to the finish line puffing

I let go of the sheep. It bounced on its side and stood up.

Snotlout was good. I'm not going to lie.

Hiccup made it next he fell onto the ground with the sheep on top of him. The sheep just jumped off his back and walked away

Behind him, the twins were fighting. Pushing each other with sheep still on their shoulders.

While Fishlegs just collapsed onto his knees

Mulch spoke into the horn while Bucket placed a point beside Snotlout's picture. "The first point of the Thawfest Games goes to Snotlout!"

I was walking to leave the arena for a break

"Right where you belong! Down at my feet." I heard Snotlout say, I turned around and stood by the exit to watch what Snotlout was doing

He held out a hand towards Hiccup, "Here, let me help you."

I smiled, seeing how nice Snotlout was being. Hiccup reached his hand out and was going to grab it, but Snotlout pulled away.

"Oops! Too slow! As usual." He said laughing and walked towards the exit of the arena towards me.

'That was uncalled for!' I thought as I furrowed my eyebrows and frowned.

I looked at Snotlout and crossed my arms, unamused with what he did.

"What?" He asked innocently

I relaxed my face, "Really, Snotlout?" I said in a disappointed tone. He just gave me a shrug, I just sighed and walked away.

•●●●•

After our small break, the next event was ready and was set up.

"Next up is our traditional Log Roll event!" Mulch announced through the horn.

Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Tuffnut, Ruffnut, me, and Hiccup stood on a log. Beneath us was a huge pile of sacks to break our fall.

"Enjoy your face-plant," Snotlout said letting out a laugh.

We started to run.

Fishlegs knocked Astrid right off the bat. Fishlegs fell off right after

There were some shocked gasps and chatter in the audience.

Tuffnut knocked Ruffnut as he was falling. The log was going so fast it flung Ruffnut but Tuffnut was wrapped around the log somehow.

The chatter in the audience got louder

It was just us three left: Snotlout, me, and Hiccup.

The log was going faster.

'These guys have so much stamina!' I thought to myself as I look between Snotlout and Hiccup

I slowed down for a split second but that was enough for me to fall off onto the sacks below.

I laid there and caught my breath.

Shortly after Hiccup was flying towards me.

My eyes went wide and I rolled away quickly.

Meanwhile, Mulch announced through the horn "And another point goes to Snotlout!"

Another blue tally got added beside Snotlout's picture

I got up and panted.

I looked up at Snotlout and he was flexing his muscles as he was still running on the log.

"That's my boy!" Snotlout's dad applauded

I looked over to my left and saw Hiccup's head in the sacks. Toothless then came over and pulled him out.

"Ow. Thank you, Toothless." He said as he looked at Toothless

He looked sad and defeated. Toothless copied the same expression

We now waited for the next event

"The next event is the Axe Throwing contest, where accuracy is supreme!" Mulch announced

There were barrels stacked on top of each other in front of us, six of them have red and white bullseyes

Snotlout went first and threw the ax and hit the bullseye perfectly.

My eyes went wide with surprise.

"Bull's Eye!" Mulch commented through the horn

I looked at my other friends but they didn't seem phased. Guess he does it so perfectly every time it doesn't shock them.

Fishlegs and Astrid threw theirs at the same time making both their axes collide with each other.

"And they go-- ooh!" Mulch remarked

Astrid glared at the nervous Fishlegs

I felt bad that Astrid didn't have the chance to shine. Her weapon of specialty is an ax.

The twins went next. Ruffnut held her ax with both hands and started to spin around in circles rapidly.

"Watch out, there!" Mulch exclaimed

She let go but instead swinging it forward it went backwards towards Stoick. He ended up catching it without even blinking.

That must happen very often

Tuffnut was next and he did a quick spin. He let go, sending the ax flying into the audience instead.

Luckily, people moved out of the way and the ax hit a wooden pole.

Of course, a lot of shocked gasps and chatter started to rise in the audience.

It was my turn. I stuck my tongue out as I concentrate.

I grabbed the ax with both my hands.

I lifted the ax above my head and readied it.

Then I threw it as hard as I can.

The ax flew with a swoosh.

However, instead of the ax head hitting the ground or the barrel.

The ax handle bounced off the ground then the ax bounced off the barrel in such a way that suddenly the ax was spinning towards me.

My eyes went wide and I yelped.

I shut my eyes as I covered my head and ducked just in time before it landed in my skull.

There were shocked cries and ooh's from the audience the sounds from the audience got louder.

I stood up. My breath was shaky and so was my body.

Astrid walked up to me and placed a hand on my shoulder

"Are you okay?" She asked with a concerned tone

I just nodded while I tried to control my breath.

It was Hiccup's turn.

He threw his ax. It looked like he could have made it but it fell short.

Snotlout walked over to the ax and picked it up.

"Here's how it's done, Dragon Boy." He mocked as he walked back

He didn't turn around. He threw the ax behind him and got a perfect bullseye!

He picked up two more axes and threw each of them at one barrel. Both hit the target perfectly.

My eyes widened and my jaw dropped

"Show off," Hiccup muttered

Astrid and Hiccup were glaring at him.

I started to think 'I suppose that was a bit too much. Even though I never saw anyone do anything like that before!'

My thoughts got broken by Snotlout's dad

"Why don't you just give us the medal now Stoick? Save your boy the embarrassment?" He said with a smug on his face

I looked up between the two Vikings

Stoick looked upset and angry "Why don't you take a seat, Spitelout." He snapped back

Spitelout sat down quietly with his arms crossed as the people in the audience oohed.

Meanwhile, another point was added to Snotlout's picture

•●●●•

Later that day I was watching Astrid as she practices her move on Stormfly.

"It'll be great if someone else won a Thawfest medal," Astrid said out loud as she finished her move.

I started to look in the distance, deep in thought.

"(Y/n)?" Astrid said as she landed beside me on Stormfly

"Huh? Oh! Yeah..." I said as I trailed off.

"Someone else might win actually." I blurted out

Astrid cocked her head and got off of Stormfly "Who?"

I looked up at her "Hiccup, he has the best dragon out of all of us. Most likely he will outperform each event tomorrow. My prediction is that Hiccup and Snotlout will be tied." I said with a shrug

I continued "Snotlout may be good at doing physical stuff but as a Dragon Rider even I know he's...well...you know."

"You have a point." She said as she nodded.

She got off of Stormfly and sat down next to me "So what's your performance going to be?"

I gave her a grin "It's a secret. It's nothing fancy like yours though." I chuckled

After talking a bit some more and appreciating the sunset. We got up and went home to get a good nights sleep.

•●●●•

Today is a new day!

"Welcome to day two of the Thawfest Games!" Mulch announced through the horn as usual

This time we had our dragons.

Mulch bellowed into the horn "Let the Dragon events begin!"

Mulch continued "First up, the Hurdles!"

There were seven big wooden hurdles in front of us.

"Hurdles, shmurdles. I could make it over those things in my sleep." Snotlout said confidently

"Be my guest." Hiccup said as he gestures towards the hurdles

Astrid shook her head "You don't go over them Snotlout, you go under them." She said as she does a hand motion

"Duh. I knew that." Snotlout said as he leaned on Hookfang's horn

Mulch spoke through the horn "And first up is Fishlegs!"

Fishlegs flew in but they weren't able to get past the first hurdle. In fact, they got stuck under it..

Next, it was Astrid. She was doing pretty well but on her fourth hurdle, Stormfly hit her head onto the wood.

Then it was the twins. On their second hurdle, Barf went under while Belch went over.

Making them stop to a halt and sent the twins flying into the audience.

It was my turn. I was doing very well up until the last hurdle (y/d/n) went up too soon.

I got caught on the hurdle and ended up falling to the ground on my back with a hard thud. While my dragon kept on flying.

"Uh, (y/d/n)!" I called out

Snotlout was up next. He ended up hitting his head on each and every single hurdle.

I winced each time he hit his head.

Finally, it was Hiccup's turn. He flew in and went underneath the hurdles upside down. Going through the hurdles perfectly. Earning him a tally

"And Hiccup makes a perfect run!" Mulch announced through the horn

Hiccup laughed "Did you hear what he said? 'Perfect!' I-I believe those are my first Thawfest points ever! I just realized something: I like beating Snotlout! I feel taller. Am I taller? Never mind, don't answer that."

I raised an eyebrow meanwhile Astrid furrowed her eyes brows. She opened her mouth and closed it.

Fishlegs was shocked "Is he... gloating?"

Astrid looked at Fishlegs "I'm not sure. I've never actually seen Hiccup gloat."

Snotlout flew in next to Hiccup scowling "Don't get too excited. You know what this is?"

He held up an index finger "Still the number of wins I need to end this thing."

"And you know what this is?" Snotlout then held up two fingers "The number of chances I have." He said as he pointed to himself with his thumb smiling.

"Oh, yeah? Well, you know what this is?" Hiccup held up his hand. He made a small circle with his index and thumb "The size of your brain."

Hiccup raised his eyebrows and scrunched them "No. Wait..."

He made the circle smaller

"Hmm...That's much better." He nodded

My eyes went wide. Since when was Hiccup like this...throwing insults like that.

I never grew up in Berk with my friends but even I know this isn't very Hiccup like.

Snotlout got irritated and his brows knitted "Like you've ever seen my brain. Come on, Hookfang."

Snotlout then flew off

Astrid looked at Hiccup with her eyebrows still furrowed. She shook her head in disapproval of Hiccup's action towards Snotlout.

Hiccup looked at Astrid "What? He started it... when we were five." He looked away.

"Next we have the Free-Style event! Contestants and their dragons show off their style and abilities!" Mulch announced

The twins did a trick called "The Iron Split" Tuffnut stood on Barf and Belch while Ruffnut stood on Tuffnut's shoulders.

Everything looked like it was going well. Until Tuffnut stepped up and stood on Barf's and Belch's neck.

The two-headed dragon started to spread apart from each other causing Tuffnut to do an actual split that looked...very, very painful

Two judges gave twos while one gave a zero giving them four points

Next was Fishlegs doing "The Extreme Butterfly" he was flying around fast but he started to spin out of control

A judge gave him a three. One judge gave a zero and the other judge gave a one.

Fishlegs got four points a well.

Astrid was next.

Astrid's performance was called...

""The Balance Dance"... How does she make it look so easy?" Fishlegs said in awe as he looked over at Tuffnut

Meanwhile, Astrid did a flip on Stormfly on her tail and did another one and lifted herself up on Stormfly's spikes on her head doing a handstand.

Tuffnut looked at Ruffnut "How come you can't do that? I mean... I could." Ruffnut scowled at him and then she slapped him, pushing him down in the process.

Two judges gave twos while one of the judges gave a three.

Astrid got 7 points

"Man, these people are hard to please," I muttered. I was expecting a perfect score from the judges.

It was my turn now.

I flew onto one of the sea stacks that I practiced on. It was the perfect angle where everyone can see.

"Are you ready (y/d/n)?" It was the perfect height.

As in, if we do this we won't die.

(Y/d/n) growled in agreement.

I grabbed on tight and breathed in much air as I can.

We jumped off the edge and went straight down towards the water.

(Y/d/n) kept (his/her) body and wings inwards and tight.

We hit the water without making a splash.

In the water (y/d/n) started to make a whirlpool but brought the water up to the surface higher and higher until it looked like (y/d/n) was dragging the sea with (him/her) and into the sky.

Then (y/d/n) did a quick spin sending the water flying everywhere.

The water some how managed to get on the judges and the audience. One of the judges got hit with a fish that got caught in our whirlpool.

I think that made them a bit upset. I got twos straight across.

I only got six points

I was disappointed that I didn't get a higher score but it was alright it was fun!

Next was Hiccup he flew in fast on Toothless.

They were flying towards a sea stack and pulled up hugging against it.

Then at the top, they did a somersault.

And flew over the sea stack gracefully

The judges all gave him a three.

Giving him nine points

People in the audience were cheering and were awe-struck

The final contestant was Snotlout. I overheard Tuffnut saying he was going to perform "The Rings of Deadly Fire"..

I became nervous the words deadly and fire shouldn't be together

There were three giant wooden rings in the arena.

Snotlout flew up and entered the arena full speed

"Fire!" He shouted.

Hookfang fired at the wooden rings.

My heart started to race. This was going to end really badly.

Snotlout was standing on Hookfang's saddle. He was determined to get through those flaming rings.

However, Hookfang backed out and stopped and Snotlout went flying towards the rings.

He hit each ring which knocked them down.

I covered my mouth in shock.

His bottom caught on fire and people were laughing at him.

He looked over and saw a water tub filled with water and ran towards it. Then he jumped into the water tub and extinguished the fire.

Snotlout looked behind him. I looked at the direction he was looking at.

The judges gave him all zeros. He did worse than the twins and Fishlegs.

I ran through the audience and got to the side he was closes to and I called down to him

"Snotlout...are you okay?" I asked worriedly

He looked up at me. His face looked sad for a second but then looked away angrily.

He didn't answer.

He got out of the wooden tub and stomped towards the scoreboard.

He was looking at it intensely.

Soon Hiccup came up behind him. I was listening to their conversation

"Oh, Snotlout, your dad looks pretty mad right now." Hiccup said in a teasing tone as he gestures towards his dad

I looked over to his dad. He was sitting down with his arms crossed. He looked irritated, angry, furious, and anything that's probably negative.

Snotlout looked at Hiccup and snapped back "What do you know? He always looks like that! Do you really think you have any shot at beating me?" He gave a small chuckle

"As a matter of fact, I do have a shot at beating you." Hiccup said confidently

Snotlout argued, "Do not!"

Hiccup argued back "Do too."

Snotlout shouted loud, "DO NOT!"

Hiccup got closer to Snotlout's face and shouted louder "DO TOO! Think about it! Toothless is a Night Fury. And I'm the best Rider. How can I possibly lose?" I can hear the slight haughtiness in his voice

Snotlout pointed at Hiccup "Because that's what you do! I win, you lose!" He pointed at himself and back at Hiccup

Hiccup pointed at the scoreboard "Check the scoreboard, Snotlout. Not anymore!"

Snotlout turned around and looked at the scoreboard and back at Hiccup.

He was in a sputtering mess. He was seething with anger.

I never have seen him this angry before he began to stomp away from Hiccup.

I sat and just watched. I didn't know what to do.

I care for them both.

I wish winning wasn't such a big deal.

Nonetheless, we continued on

Mulch spoke through the horn "The contestants are lined up for the Fly-and-Shoot, where they must shoot down their foes and spare their friends!"

There were cut-outs of Outcasts and Friends that would pop up.

Hiccup and Toothless got through the course pretty quick.

"Hiccup and Toothless come through with a perfect score!" Mulch announced

The audience clapped and cheered

Snotlout flew in next.

An Outcast cut-out popped up and Hookfang shot at it.

It caused a lot of smoke, however and it started to go downhill from here.

Cut-outs that looked like a group of kids came up second and Hookfang shot at it

Snotlout started to yell at Hookfang "NO! Those were kids you five-thousand-pound lizard!"

Hookfang became irritated and confused

He started to shoot fire at everything on the course

I gasped along with the audience.

Snotlout continued to shout at Hookfang "No! What! What are you doing?! STOP! SHOOTING!"

Snotlout's dad stood up "Snotlout! Get that dragon under control!" He barked

"This does not look good for the reigning Thawfestival Champion!" Mulch announced through the horn

The twins chanted in unison "Snotlout! Snotlout! Oi! Oi! Oi!"

I glared at the twins. I looked back at Snotlout and Hookfang with concern.

Soon they landed in the arena. Snotlout got off of Hookfang and stood by Hiccup irritated with his arms crossed.

Meanwhile, Bucket placed a point beside Hiccup's picture

Mulch looked at the scoreboard and continued "And for the first time in Thawfest history, we have a tie!"

Hiccup and Snotlout walked up onto the wooden stage.

"Tomorrow, these two young Vikings will go head-to-head in an event to decide the Thawfest Champion!" Mulch excitedly announced.

Snotlout smiled and waved at the audience followed by Hiccup as the audience cheered and whistled.

I noticed Snotlout and Hiccup were saying something to each other through their smiles.

Hiccup must have said something that didn't match his expression because Snotlout's smile turned into a frown.

He looked at Hiccup and he was sputtering with anger again. His hand curled up into a fist.

He turned around and kicked a wooden bucket that was on the ground.

He stomped away from Hiccup and headed towards the exit.

As I was leaving the audience I heard Hiccup yell after him

"Hey, what's the matter? Yak got your tongue?"

I never thought Hiccup was like this.

It feels like he is a different person all of a sudden.

Winning was really getting to his head.

I ran through and dodged the people who were getting up and leaving.

I managed to catch up with Snotlout and placed a hand on his arm.

He turned around aggressively. "What?!" He shouted at me.

I jerked back from the sudden action.

"Hey," I said softly

He seemed to soften a bit. He turned around and kept walking.

"What do you want?" He muttered

I walked behind him.

I tried to match his pace

"You know. Whatever happens tomorrow I wouldn't think any different of you." I said hoping he would stop and just turn around.

There was a moment of silence but his pace gotten faster.

"Yeah...but my dad will." He said.

The tone of his voice...was sadness.

I stopped walking. He wasn't winning for himself.

He wants to win because of his dad.

It was obvious now with all the yelling and shouting from his dad in the audience today.

I stood there and watched him walk away.