The garden quickly devolved into chaos as the dragons spread out between the three challenges, and the sitting areas of the garden, where they could relax and sip on juice as they watched their friends compete.
The fact that the challenges were actually hard was a real change from their usual competitions. It wasn't just brute strength that determined the victor, and they weren't fighting each other, but competing to see who was the best without interfering with each other.
Mostly.
The obstacle course participants had quickly realized that they could use midair collisions to slow each other's times, and the mages had learned to target each other's skills, if they thought that the phoenix wouldn't be able to intercept the spells.
By the time that lunch came around, and the very confused Palace Maids brought in the meals, everyone was dirty, exhausted, and either laughing or extremely bitter about a recent loss.
