Hiccup's POV
The race was in full swing and Astrid and I were tied second with the twins leading leaving Eret behind us, Fishlegs and Snotlout trailing behind with none.
Mum was watching from the sidelines shouting words of encouragement. Gobber was watching with mum and was also cheering for Astrid and me.
Astrid had just found another sheep and was now in the lead with the twins. I saw her smile at mum as mum cheered loudly for her.
I looked over at dad's statue - immediately gaining confidence. His statue looked even more magnificent from the air.
I was snapped out of my thoughts when Astrid came from behind me, tapping me on the head. She was standing up in her stirrups looking back at me with a smile that made her look absolutely gorgeous. I shook my head and gave her a bring-it-on face before I jumped right back into the game, just as the black sheep was released.
I saw Astrid teaching for the black sheep, her face filled with determination. I flew above her and jumped in to snatch the black sheep from her.
I immediately took of, flying towards the baskets. I knew that Astrid and the rest of the gang were going to be trying to steal the sheep so I wouldn't win, but I had other ideas.
Once I reached the baskets, instead of going to the black one at the end of the line, I jumped from toothless with the black sheep in my arms and threw it into Astrid's basket. I landed back on toothless and threw Astrid a smirk. I knew she hated it when I did that. Letting her win because of my talent. She rolled her eyes as she let Gobber announce her win.
We all then positioned ourselves on the platform in the arena, with Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly and I on the top platform and the gang on the platform below.
I let toothless give a mighty roar as the people of Berk cheered for us.. for me.
I could do this. With the help of toothless, mum and Astrid, I knew I could get through this.
I turned around to smile at Astrid. Instead of the expected "why did you let me win?" I got an "I love you" shouted over the load noises Berk was making.
I replied with a "I know you do," that had become our thing really. We never replied with ' love you too' we just said 'I know you do' when one of us said it to the other.
I knew I was going to be fine, because Berk had dragons.
We were ready to fight for our dragons, and they were ready to fight for us.
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After the War
FanfictionSet in HTTYD 2 from after Stoick dies to when the last dragon race takes place The War has finished, Valka is back, Hiccup is chief and Stoick is gone. Hiccup is struggling, he can't handle the responsibility without his Dad. Astrid tried to help hi...
