Escaping to You -Book I of the Journey Series

Chapter 22

===Hiccup===

The rest of the morning was a blur and I suddenly find myself on Toothless and back in the arena for the Dragon Games of Thawfest. To make sure nothing bad happens, my dad appointed Heather and  the boys as Thawfest Marshalls of the Dragon Games to make sure nothing goes wrong -meaning making sure Snotlout and the twins don't have any dirty surprises up their sleeves.

Heather and Windshear are next to my father, Nikolai and Leo were near Bucket and Mulch, Skylar and Midnight were above the Bleachers and Aaron and Phantom are by the gates. Eyes sharp and focused on us in the arena.

"Welcome back everyone to the Thawfest Games. Today is the second and Final Event -the Dragon Games!" Mulch announced and the crowd burst in applause filled with anticipation.

"First up, the hurdles. Where our contestants will fly under them without bumping into them in any way. Whoever makes through them in the shortest time wins the first point." Mulch declared before he sounded the bugle to start the event.

Fishlegs went first, and to no one's surprise, he and Meatlug got stuck in the first hurdle. Fishlegs didn't even need to call for help, since Skylar and Midnight were already on it.

"Okay girl, not a full blast. Just enough to push them out of that wedge they got themselves into." Skylar told his dragon gently, and she purred in response, getting ready to fire.

"W-What's happening?" Fishlegs asked, obviously terrified.

"Getting you unstuck the fastest way possible." Aaron answered him.

"Now, Midnight!" Skylar commanded, and Midnight blasted onto Meatlug's behind.

It did the trick, and not a scratch on both of them. Though, Fishlegs couldn't stop screaming, and he did when he was told he was disqualified.

Next up, the twins. They managed to fly steadily under, but ended up getting Barf and Belch tangled together and Ruff and Tuff were thrown from their dragon and into the bleachers. Guess they're disqualified, too.

Astrid was up next. And she managed to get through great, except Stormfly can't glide under the hurdles for that long so she needed to flap her wings, causing both of them to hit their heads on the last hurdle. So close.

Next up, Snotlout. And Hookfang looked like he wasn't in an obedient move. Snotlout hit every single hurdle with his helmet. When he came out the other side, he was seeing stars and Hookfang looked rather pleased with himself.

"Does anyone know when I win?" He slurred before passing out.

"Come on bud, let's show then how it's done." I said to Toothless with a smirk, and he roared with confidence.

He glided under them all perfectly while I laid flat on his back to avoid hitting anything. And when we came out, the crowd was cheering.

"And the first point go to Hiccup and Toothless!" Mulch announced.

"Honestly, this is totally boring. Why not just save them all the trouble and give Hicc and Tooth the medallion?" I heard Nikolai mutter to Leo, who roared in agreement.

I just rolled my eyes at the pair. Where's the fun in that?

"Next up, the Fly and Shoot. Our contestants need to fly into the obstacle course, protect the allies and destroy the enemies by shooting their fireballs at them. But, remember, the allies and the course must remain unharmed and fireballs must only be used in order to win. " Mulch announced next, with a warning.

And first up is Fishlegs. They did pretty well, only Meatlug's lava blast accidentally set a ship on fire.

Next, the twins. And Tuff forgot to tell Belch to spark the gas. The entire course was filled with gas, and by the time he did spark it, the course was no more. They were still pretty happy despite getting disqualified - they blew something up.