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Movie script

Normal writing stuff (with "people talking, of course.")

Thoughts

'Dragons talking.'

"STOP THE FIGHT!" Yelled Stoick.

"No, you to see this. They aren't what we think they are." Hiccup said while looking at the dragon.

"I said STOP THE FIGHT!" Stoick yells even louder.

Stoick slams his hammer on to the cage, a blinding white light filled the area. The vikings feel weightless, as if gravity had been shut off.

The bundle of vikings landed in a hep. Stoick, finely untangling himself from the bottom of the pile, was already angry from Hiccup in the ring. He now became full of absolute rage, especially when he see Hiccup, who had landed lightly on his feet, laughing at them.

"I AM STOICK THE VAST! SHOW YOURSELF WITCH!"

"Um, Dad? If this person is powerful enough to send us all here, where ever here is. Then maybe we shouldn't make them mad."

"But making people mad is so much fun." Exclaimed Tuffnut, the twins highfived as they cackled.

A young girl appeared at he front, startling the viking, they hid it well. "You Hiccup, are correct. Stoick the Vast I am no witch, but you should be wary. I am Tatum the Fierce I am from the future, but also from another world. One of which there is no dragons." A mummer starts up among the vikings. No dragons? "I should tell you about it sometime." Tate lets out a laugh, and turned to the twins, grinning. "It is very fun to make people mad."

The twins nod their heads excitedly, "Yeah!"

"I like her!" They bonk their heads together, then stagger a little with there hands on there heads. They fist bump, grinning. "That was awesome!"

Tate sighs and rolls her eyes. Clapping her hands together Tate states,"Ok, so this is how its going to work. If you don't like you will just have to deal with it. We are about to have guests, you notice that you have no weapons. If any of you try to harm them in anyway, I will be forced to kill you." Everyone blinked. She said that so seriously, but she was grinning when she said it. "Except for Hiccup," she says dreamily as she watches him as if daydreaming. He awkwardly scratches the back of his neck.
"You mean me of course, "Snotlout boasts, puffing out his chest.

Tate looks at him in disgust, "no you moron. just-just ew."

"Finally! Thank You! Someone understands!" Astrid laughs, as she punches Snotlout.

"Anyway. We keep getting distracted, where were we, oh yes! I will kill you, there will be a invisible barrier between you, later on you may pass it as long as you mean no harm. Hiccup and Astrid are the only ones that may pass it now."

"Why?"

"Why them?"

"What?" The villagers protest.

"SHUT UP," She yelled. She disappeared for a moment, then reappeared with dragons on the other side of the barrier.

"Dragons!"

"Get down!"

"We need our weapons!"

"SHUT UP! Again, jezz."

Hiccup stands at the back, smiling and shaking his head. Scanning over the dragons he finds Toothless. As quietly as he can he walks to the now shimmering barrier and walks through it. Toothless coos quietly when Hiccup reaches him in the back.

Tate projects her voice more, knowing where Hiccup is, to make sure he can hear her. "The reason I have gathered you all here today." She giggles at her own inside joke, "is to watch a movie. Before any of you ask *cough* Fishlegs*cough*, what a movie is, a movie is a bunch pictures the move, telling you a story."

"What is the movie called, " Asked Fishlegs.

"That, Fishlegs, is a secret. I will tell you after. Now everyone sit down."

They all look around in surprise to see seats for them all. A large bean bag appeasers next to Toothless. Hiccup sets down with a flop. Hiccup and Toothless (and the bean bag) disappears then reappear by the barrier, closer to the Vikings. So he can hear and see the movie, and chat if he wants.

A Tate's voice speaks to Hiccup where only he can hear. As long as you are in this dimension, I have made it where you can understand the dragons. Only you. When you go home, if you like, I can, for lack of a better word, 'install' the 'language' in your head.

Tate disappears and the room darkens.

We skim above a dark, wild ocean. The camera turns toward a lone island, Berk. It is a gigantic shard of rock jutting straight out of the water.

the Vikings were exited to see Berk on screen.

Hiccup(V.O.): This is Berk,

All the Vikings looks around for Hiccup, but he was hidden by the black Night Fury in the very dim room. Even if he had not been out of view by Toothless only a vague shape would have given him away.

Tate sighs, "it's just the freaking movie, not in real life." The Viking's attention settles back on the screen.

Hiccup(cont'd): It's twelve days north of hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing to death. It's located solidly on the meridian of misery.

Most of the Vikings chuckle, thinking this is a very accurate description of Berk, but Stoick was wondering why Hiccup thought it so badly.

The camera drifts over rolling hills to reveal a small village nestled on an out cropping of sea mounts.

Hiccup(V.O.)(cont'd): My village is, in a word, sturdy.

Snotlout snorts, "I wonder why."

Hiccup: And it's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new.

The camera drifts closer, circling.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) We have fishing, hunting, and a
charming view of the sunsets. The
only problems are the pests. You
see, most places have mice or
mosquitos. We have...
Sheep graze peacefully on a hillside. Suddenly one is
snatched. The other sheep fill it's place.

The Vikings chuckle, they always knew the sheep were greedy.

CUT TO:
INT. STOICK'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
A door is pulled open... as a DRAGON swoops directly toward
it, BLASTING FIRE. The door is SLAMMED. The fire shoots
through the slats of wood, illuminating HICCUP, a gangly
teenage Viking.

HICCUP ...dragons.

EXT. STOICK'S HOUSE
He reopens the sizzling door, as leaps off of the front
porch.

"Ah! Why can't ya just stay in the house Hiccup?" Exclaims Stoic, aspirated.

"Did you not see the house was on fire?..." Sarcasm flows out of Hiccup.

He weaves through the erupting mayhem as Vikings pour
out of the buildings, ready for a fight.
More dragons swarm in, setting rooftops alight and hauling
off sheep.

HICCUP (V.O.) Most people would leave. Not us.
We're Vikings.

"What's that got to do with anything?" Tuffnut asks.

"Just shut up and see," hisses Astrid.

We have stubbornness issues.

"Oh."
Vikings sound the alarm. Viking men and women pour out into
the streets, axes in hand.
ON HICCUP darting through alleys, staying under eaves, making
his way through the battle.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) My name's Hiccup. Great name, I
know. But it's not the worst.

What's wrong with his name? Why doesn't he like it? Val gave it to him. Stoick wonders painfully.
Parents believe a hideous name will
frighten off gnomes and trolls.
Like our charming Viking demeanor
wouldn't do that.

Chuckles.
Dragons sweep back and forth, dodging axes and blasting the
Vikings who throw them. A burly warrior gets tossed in an
explosion, knocking Hiccup to the ground.

VIKING
(FIERCE) Arggghhhhh!
(cheery, insane)
Mornin'!

The Viking mumbled, "I had just finished a brandy." Many laugh at this.
Hiccup gets to his feet and continues to rush past gigantic
men and women.

HICCUP (V.O.) Meet the neighbors. Hoark the
Haggard...

HOARK What are you doing out!?

"Oh I don't know, I think my house caught on fire and I didn't want to burn to death!" Hiccup huffs out, rolling his eyes.

HICCUP ... Burnthair the Broad...

BURNTHAIR Get inside!

"ahem"

HICCUP ... Phlegma the Fierce...

PHLEGMA THE FIERCE Get back inside!

"You know I'm not even going to comment."

"So why don't you shut up, Useless." Snotlout leers.

There is a white flash as Toothless bares his teeth and growls, low and deep. Hiccup pets his head reassuringly.

The dragons are startled a bit. Who is this human, who has formed such a deep bond with their mightiest.

A low voice fills Hiccup's mind, 'One day boy, one day. When that day comes you better sleep with one eye open.'

Hiccup's eyes widen and he turns to Toothless, who is still fuming over Snotlout. Hiccup whispers, "did you just talk?"

Toothless's head tilts, 'depends, can you understand me?'

Hiccup grins, and nods. Then starts raddling off to himself, "this is amazing, just think of all the..." Toothless shakes his head and blocks out his rider.

HICCUP . Ack.
He passes a silent ox of a viking, picking his ear.

HICCUP (CONT'D) Yep, just Ack.

Ack blushes
Enter STOICK, the biggest Viking of all. He yanks Hiccup from
the path of a strafing dragon and holds aloft to the crowd.

STOICK Hiccup!?
(accusingly; to the crowd)
What is he doing out again?!

"And you couldn't talk to me why?" Hiccup accuses. (Sarcastically of course.)

(TO HICCUP) What are you doing out?! Get
inside!
The flames light up his scowling face and matted red beard.
He sets Hiccup down and turns to the sky, searching.

HICCUP (V.O.)
(IN AWE) That's Stoick the Vast. Chief of
the tribe. They say that when he
was a baby he popped a dragon's
head clean off of its shoulders.
Do I believe it?

Stoick chuckles is that tale still going around?
Stoick grabs a wooden cart and hurls it, knocking the
strafing dragon out of the sky.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Yes I do.

Pride fills Stoick.
An EXPLOSION forces Vikings to DUCK. Stoick stands firm,
brushing flaming debris off of his shoulder.

STOICK (barking; to his men)
What have we got?

VIKING #1 Gronkles. Nadders. Zipplebacks. Oh,
and Hoark saw a Monstrous
Nightmare.

STOICK Any Night Furies?

VIKING #1 None so far.

STOICK
(RELIEVED) Good.

Toothless coos and puffs out his chest.

VIKING Hoist the torches!
Massive flaming braziers are raised on poles, lighting up the
night sky... and revealing swirling dragons of all types.
Below, Hiccup crosses an open plaza and ducks into an open
building with a tall chimney.

INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
He crosses behind a counter, where a peg-legged, one-armed
hulk of a Blacksmith reshapes blades with a hammer and tongs
appendage.

GOBBER Ah! Nice of you to join the party.
I thought you'd been carried off.
Hiccup dons a leather apron and starts to put away Gobber's
scattered appendages.

HICCUP Who me? Nah, come on! I'm way too
muscular for their taste. They
wouldn't know what to do with all
this.
Hiccup strikes a bodybuilder pose.

The teens, minus Astrid, snort.

GOBBER They need toothpicks, don't they?
Hiccup gets to work, transferring bent and chipped weapons to
the forge as Vikings crowd the counter for replacements.

HICCUP (V.O.) The meathead with attitude and
interchangeable hands is Gobber.

"Who you calling a meathead?!" Gobber yells.

"You, meathead!" Hiccup shouts back, fondly.

Stoick is jealous of the relationship Hiccup has with Gobber. It's as if Gobber is his father.
I've been his apprentice ever since
I was little. Well...littler.

The villagers laugh.

EXT. VILLAGE - CONTINUOUS

ON STOICK
STOICK We move to the lower defenses.
We'll counter-attack with the
catapults.
Armed men rush past, flanking others who carry sheep to
safety. Stoick follows up the rear as, overhead, a dragon
strafes the rooftops with Napalm-like fire.

HICCUP (V.O.) See? Old village. Lots and lots
of new houses.

VIKING
FIRE! In response, the fire brigade charges through the plaza -
four TEENS, tugging a large wooden cask on wheels. From it,
they fill buckets of water to douse the flames. One among
them is a cute, energetic Viking girl.
Hiccup leans out of the stall to watch her.

HICCUP (V.O.) Oh and that's Fishlegs, Snotlout.
The twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut.
And...

(DREAMY) Astrid.

Astrid blushes, Snotlout seethes with anger.
A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a
sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and
heroic.

Just like that his anger is momentarily gone, replaced with arrogance, "we... look... AWESOME!"

Hiccup rolls his eyes, and Astrid elbows his ribs.

Snotlout smooths out his voice. "Come on, baby. Don'-"

Astrid quickly takes him to the ground face first, his arm up against his back. Her knee is between his shoulder blades, "I'm not a baby, I'm not your baby, and I never will be." with that she gets up and crosses the barrier. Toothless rumbles, telling her where they were. She shoves Hiccup over. Sitting on the bean bag beside him, she takes his hand. In the darkness Hiccup blushes.

Toothless purrs, wrapping himself around his rider and the female he is convinced is his rider's mate.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Their job is so much cooler.
Hiccup tries to join them as they pass, but he's hooked by
Gobber and hoisted back inside.

HICCUP (CONT'D)
(PLEADING) Ah, come on. Let me out, please. I
need to make my mark.

Vikings groan, remembering some of those marks.

GOBBER Oh, you've made plenty of marks.
All in the wrong places.

HICCUP Please, two minutes. I'll kill a
dragon. My life will get infinitely
better. I might even get a date.

Hiccup slouches.

GOBBER You can't lift a hammer.

"Yes I can, how else am I suppose to work in the forage?" Hiccup says.

Gobber turns suspiciously, "your not in the forage Hiccup. I have you on design and repair only, unless you tell me where things can be fixed better. But even then, I'm using the forage not you Hiccup."

Hiccup remembering this quickly quiets down.

"Hiccup..."

"I think we should continue watching the movie."

Gobber grudgingly turns his attention to the screen.

You can't swing an axe...

More quietly hiccup mumbles, "yes I can." Many still hear anyways.
Gobber grabs a bola (iron balls connected by rope).

GOBBER (CONT'D) ... you can't even throw one of
these.
A Viking runs by and nabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it
at a dive-bombing Gronkle. The bola binds its legs, sending
it into a heavy crash.

HICCUP (ready with the answer)
Okay fine, but...
He rushes to the back corner of the stall and presents a
bizarre, wheel barrow-like contraption.

HICCUP (CONT'D) ... this will throw it for me.

"Exactly."
Hiccup OPENS the hinged lid of the device. An arm springs up,
equipped with twin bows. They prematurely launch a bola,
narrowly missing Gobber... and taking out a Viking at the
counter.

VIKING Arggh!

"That hurt you know!" The Viking called.

"Sorry." Hiccup sent back, even though he knows it does no good.

GOBBER See, now this right here is what
I'm talking about.

HICCUP Mild calibration issue.

GOBBER Hiccup. If you ever want to get out
there to fight dragons, you need
to stop all...
Gobber gestures in Hiccup's general direction.

GOBBER (CONT'D) ... this.

HICCUP
(ASTONISHED) But... you just pointed to all of
me.

GOBBER Yes! That's it! Stop being all of
you. Hurt covers Hiccuos face, Hiccup
covers it up before Gobber sees.

All the dragons growl loudly, 'stop being you!' 'How dare they!'

The Vikings jump, turning to see. Wishing they had their weapons.

The loudest what Toothless, 'He dare say that my rider, MY hatchling is unfit? Unworthy?' He makes to get up, Hiccup pushes him back down, "shhh, he didn't mean anything by it. No harm done, see? I'm fine. It's not what it sounds like." They reluctantly settle down.

The Vikings are marvled, its as if the dragons were defending the boy. but they were only mindless beasts.

Gobber is the only one not astonished, he had toned everyone out. He had saw the pain on Hiccups face, before he put on a mask. He only wishes he had seen it that day.

HICCUP
(THREATENING) Ohhhh...

GOBBER
(MIMICKING) Ohhhhh, yes.

HICCUP You, sir, are playing a dangerous
game. Keeping this much,
raw...Vikingness contained.

Even Toothless snorts.

(BEAT) There will be consequences!
Gobber tosses him a sword.

GOBBER I'll take my chances. Sword.
Sharpen. Now.
Hiccup takes it begrudgingly and lobs it onto the grinding
wheel. He stews... fantasizing...

The Vikings and teens jaws drop, he lifted a full sword. Even some of the teens couldn't do that. Hiccup looks smug, Toothless huffs at them all.

HICCUP (V.O.) One day I'll get out there. Because
killing a dragon is everything
around here.

Dragons lift their heads slightly, is this why they are hunted?

EXT. VILLAGE - LOWER PLAINS - CONTINUOUS
Nadders land, gathering like seagulls around a seemingly
vacant house.

HICCUP (V.O.) A Nadder head is sure to get me at
least noticed.

Nadders huff, surely they are better then that.
The Nadders clamber onto the building, tearing the roof and
walls apart. Sheep pour out and SCATTER.
Elsewhere, hippo-like Gronckles pick drying racks clean of
fish and fly off like loaded pelicans.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Gronckles are tough. Taking down
one of those would definitely get
me a girlfriend.

'That's a mate, right!?'

Hiccup nods absently in his shame, Toothless trys to cheer him up.
A stealthy, snake-like dragon head peeks over a rooftop,
breathing gas into a chimney.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) A Zippelback? Exotic, exciting. Two
heads, twice the status.

A Zippelback pairbonk their heads, grinning.
A second head pokes through the door and lights it. KABLAM!
The two heads fly through the explosion, their necks zipping
together to reveal a single body.
It flies past Stoick as he climbs to the top of a CATAPULT

TOWER.
CATAPULT OPERATOR They found the sheep!

STOICK
(FRUSTRATED) Concentrate fire over the lower
bank!

CATAPULT OPERATOR Fire!
Boulders are catapulted at the corralling Nadders...
Just as a huge red dragon whips past, spraying the base of
the catapult with sticky fire.

HICCUP (V.O.) And then there's the Monstrous
Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go
after those. They have this nasty
habit of setting themselves on
fire.

One does so in its exitment, quickly trying to put it out before it gets growled at by Toothless.
It emerges from the flames, climbing the catapult with a
leering, toothy grin.

STOICK Reload! I'll take care of this.
Stoick takes on the Nightmare, face to hammer.

Hiccup winces with every blow.
Suddenly, a LOUD BALLISTIC MOANING streaks overhead. The
catapult crew ducks.

INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
ON HICCUP, looking up from his work, reacting to the same
sound.

HICCUP (V.O.) But the ultimate prize is the
dragon no one has ever seen. We
call it the-

VIKING Night Fury! Get down!
Vikings everywhere take shelter. The moaning sound BUILDS.

Toothless purrs, he likes that he is so magnificent. 'No one even SAW me.'

Hiccup scratches him, "don't get to arrogant, you might start sounding like Snotlout." Hiccup whispers, Toothless snorts.

EXT. VILLAGE - CATAPULT - CONTINUOUS
The Monstrous Nightmare suddenly stops fighting and takes
flight. Stoick looks skyward.

STOICK
JUMP! KABOOM! The Catapult EXPLODES as though hit by an artillery
shell... sending Stoick and the crew leaping for their lives.

HICCUP (V.O.) This thing never steals food, never
shows itself, and...
The sound recedes, leaving the crippled catapult in flames.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) ...never misses.

Toothless grins.

(BEAT) No one has ever killed a Night
Fury. That's why I'm going to be
the first.

Snotlout snorts, "more like I will be the first! I'm going to be the greatest dragon killer there eve-"

This time it wasn't Astrid shutting him up. Tate appeared beside him and sighed, "finally, I got tired of hearing him talk." Snotlout mumbles and groans past his sealed lips.

'I think I like him better like this.' Hiccup laughs at Toothless's statement.

IN THE STALL Gobber trades his hammer for an axe.

GOBBER Man the fort, Hiccup, they need me
out there!
Gobber pauses. Turns with a threatening glare.

GOBBER (CONT'D) Stay. Put. There. You know what I
mean.
Gobber charges into the fray, HOLLERING.
ON HICCUP, a smirk crosses his face.

Stoick turns a glare to Gobber, in a harsh whisper he scolds him, "You left him there?!"

"They needed me out there what did you expect me to do? Besides, the boy would have snuck out anyway." Gobber returned.

Stoick set his jaw, but didn't reply.

EXT. VILLAGE - MOMENTS LATER
WHAM! Hiccup pushes his wheeled contraption through a wall of
clustered Vikings. He weaves through the ongoing mayhem, as
fast as his legs can carry him.

VIKING #6 (O.S.) Hiccup, where are you going!

VIKING #7 Come back here!

HICCUP I know. Be right back!

The Viking sighed, "I should have known better."

Astrid nodded, smirking.

ON THE PLAIN BELOW The Nadders have cornered the house-full of sheep. They close
in, ready to spring upon them.
Stoick suddenly appears, HURLING FISHING NETS over them. The
surprised Nadders are caught. Stoick and his men rush in.
A Nadder blasts a hole through its net. Stoick leaps onto it,
clamping his thick arms around its head, forcing its jaws
shut.

STOICK Mind yourselves! The devils still
have some juice in them.

"they are NOT devils," Hiccup growls out.

ON THE PLAIN ABOVE Hiccup reaches a cliff overlooking the smoking CATAPULT and
drops the handles to the ground. He cranks several levers,
unfolding and then cocking the bowed arms of his contraption.
He drops a bola onto a chamber and then pivots the weapon on
a gimbal head toward the dark sky.

"Woah," the twins breath, "That is awesome!"
He listens, with his eye pressed to the scope, hand poised on
the trigger. He hears the NIGHT FURY approaching... and turns
his aim to the defense tower. It closes in for the final
strike, completely camouflaged in the night.

Hiccup closes his eyes, turning into Toothless so he wont see the moment he ruined his best friends life.

Toothless coos, and almost if he can read Hiccup's mind, 'I'm fine Hiccup, if you hadn't shot me down I would have never met you. Flying with you is worth every bit it took to get there.'

Hiccup smiles and whispers, "thanks bud." But he still won't look.

HICCUP
(TO HIMSELF) Come on. Give me something to shoot
at, give me something to shoot at.
KABLAM! The tower topples. The blast of fire illuminates the
dragon for a split second. Hiccup pulls the trigger.
KERTHUNK! The flexed arms SNAP forward, springing the weapon
off the ground. The bola disappears into the sky, followed by
a WHACK and a SCREECH.

Hiccup's breath hitches. His best friend's tourtered cry echoes in his ears. Toothless rumbles in an attempt to calm him.

HICCUP (CONT'D) (surprised, then elated)
Oh I hit it! Yes, I hit it! Did
anybody see that?
Hiccup's victory is short-lived. A Monstrous Nightmare
appears, slithering up over the lip of the cliff.

HICCUP (CONT'D) Except for you.

The villigers laugh, one asks, "how can you be so funny all the time?"

Hiccup pulls his face from Toothless, "it's how I cover my emotions, especially when what you say hurts. I'm sarcastic to cover it up."

The villagers quiet thinking of all the times Hiccup was sarcastic over the years.

ON STOICK, holding down the netted Nadders. He hears a
familiar HOLLER and looks up to see...
HICCUP running through the PLAZA, SCREAMING, with the
NIGHTMARE fast on his heels.
Alarmed, Stoick abandons the Nadders and runs off.

STOICK (to his men, re: the

NADDERS) DO NOT let them escape!

IN THE PLAZA Vikings scatter as Hiccup dodges a near fatal blast.
Toothless's teeth flash.
The Nightmare's sticky, Napalm-like fire splashes up onto
buildings, setting them alight.
Hiccup ducks behind the last standing brazier - the only
shelter available. The Nightmare blasts it, spraying fire all
around him. Hiccup peers around the smoldering post. No sign
of the Nightmare.
He turns back to find it leering at him, blocking his escape.
It takes a deep breath. Hiccup is finished.
Toothless tenses, growling loudly.
Suddenly, Stoick LEAPS between them, tackling the Nightmare
to the ground. They tumble and wrestle, resuming their
earlier fight. The Nightmare tries to toast him, but only
coughs up smoke.

Toothless huffs, settling down now that his hatchling is out of danger.

STOICK (CONT'D) You're all out.
He smashes the Nightmare repeatedly in the face, driving it
away. It takes to the air and disappears. Winded, Stoick
turns to Hiccup.

HICCUP (V.O.) Oh, and there's one more thing you
need to know...

"What's that?" asks Tuffnut. People groan and roll their eyes.
The burnt brazier pole collapses, sending the massive iron
basket crashing. It bounces down the hill, destroying as it
goes and scattering the Vikings who were holding down the
netted Nadders. The freed dragons escape... with several
sheep in tow.

HICCUP (CONT'D) Sorry, dad.

"Oh."

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