Hey guys sorry for not updating in like 15 years. School started and then life then got in the way. My heart is not really in this story at the moment and I might put in on hiatus until my heart is. Unless you guys really want me to. So if you want me to continue then comment and review. But none the less hope you enjoy.
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EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - MORNING
GOBBER (O.S.)
Today is about teamwork. Work
together and you might survive.
"Might? You really are the king of inspirational speeches,"
"Why thank you." Gobber replied to Hiccup either ignoring the sarcasm or just not being able to hear it in Hiccup's sentence.
ON A DOUBLE-WIDE DOOR. Gas seeps through the cracks.
It BLASTS OPEN. A cloud of smoke engulfs the ring, swirling
around the paired-up teens. Astrid with Ruffnut. Snotlout
with Tuffnut. Fishlegs with Hiccup. All carry buckets of
water, poised to throw them.
"Ten bucks says Hiccup messes up horribly," one Viking said.
"Ten bucks says he doesn't." Moonie replied.
"Done."
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Now, a wet dragon head can't light
its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is
extra tricky. One head breathes
gas, the other head lights it. Your
job is to know which is which.
"How do we do that exactly?" Hiccup asked.
"Um… Well… You see… Just… Because… Because we are that's how." Gobber stumbled through an explanation that ended in the stupidest reason ever.
The smoke encircles them, cutting them off from each other.
The teens LISTEN and WATCH for any sign of the dragon.
FISHLEGS
(muttering to himself)
Razor sharp, serrated teeth that
inject venom for pre-digestion.
Prefers ambush attack, crushing it's
victims in it's...
"You seriously need to stop that, before one of us murders you," Astrid told Fishlegs.
"Yeah you tell him babe!" Snotlout said just before Astrid's fist met his face and then his gut.
"Don't ever call me that again."
HICCUP
(TENSE)
Will you please stop that?
ON SNOTLOUT AND TUFFNUT
Moving nervously through the fog, back to back. Snotlout is
singing to himself to calm his nerves.
"Scared Snotlout?" Hiccup asked his annoying cousin.
"What?! Phff! As if! No! No.. YOU were scared not…not me. As if." He replied oh so not convincally.
SNOTLOUT
If that dragon shows either of his
faces, I'm gonna-
(spotting an approaching
shape, terrified)
-There!
Snotlout and Tuffnut HURL their water into the fog.
ASTRID
Hey!
RUFFNUT
It's us, idiots.
Astrid and Ruffnut are soaked.
TUFFNUT
Your butts are getting bigger. We
thought you were a dragon.
SNOTLOUT
(TO ASTRID)
Not that there's anything wrong
with a dragon-esque figure.
"That is by far the worst pick up line in the history of pickup lines."
"Well… um… it's better than Hiccup's!"
"I don't have any pickup lines Snotlout.'
"Exactly… wait what?"
"Can we just resume the movie now?" Astrid asked Moonie getting tired of Snotlout being Snotlout.
Astrid ELBOWS Snotlout in the face. Ruffnut DROPS Tuffnut
with a PUNCH to the throat.
ASTRID
Wait.
They FREEZE. A tail SWEEPS out of the fog, taking them down.
Their buckets spill.
ON FISHLEGS AND HICCUP coming across them. They see the
puddles of spilled water.
TUFFNUT
Oh, I'm hurt. I am very much hurt.
"Idiot," Ruffnut said just before her brother head butted her and started fighting again. Everyone just ignored them and looked back at the screen.
FISHLEGS
Chances of survival are dwindling
into single digits now...
HICCUP
Look out!
A Zippleback head emerges out of the smoke. Fishlegs hurls
his water at it, completely dousing the head. It leers and
opens its mouth, spewing gas into the area.
"See? How was Fishlegs supposed to know that that was the wrong head?" Hiccup asked, Gobber opened his mouth to answer but Hiccup cut him off " And if I saw/ remember correctly Fishlegs did not 'just know', he hit the wrong head for Thor's sake."
FISHLEGS
Oh. Wrong head.
GAS FLOWS around their legs. Fishlegs flees in a panic.
GOBBER
Fishlegs!
Beat. A clicking sound comes from behind them. Sparks flash
in the smoke.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Now, Hiccup!
The other head sweeps out of the smoke. Hiccup hurls his
water with all his might. It arcs and drops short of the
dragon's sparking mouth. The dragon grins, savoring the kill.
"Told you so. Ten bucks lady!" the Viking who had bet Moonie that Hiccup would mess it up said.
"Just wait." Moonie replied.
HICCUP
Oh, come on!
GOBBER
RUN, HICCUP!
Gobber COVERS his eyes.
"Wow Gobber love the confidence in me,"
"Well I didn't want to see you get eaten."
"So instead of helping me out you just covered your eyes?"
"Exactly."
"Wow. Thanks."
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Hiccup!
Beat.
The Zippleback hesitates. SNIFFS. Then retreats.
The teens get to their feet, watching transfixed. Gobber
peeks through his fingers to see...
The Zippleback backing away from Hiccup. He stands and holds
his hands out, as if controlling it.
HICCUP
BACK! BACK! BACK! Now don't you
make me tell you again!
The Zippleback retreats through its door and into its cave,
hissing.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yes, that's right. Back into your
cage.
Hiccup slyly OPENS his vest, revealing the spotted smoked EEL
from earlier. He TOSSES it inside the door, then SLAMS it
shut.
"So that is how you did that. Cool." Fishlegs said.
"Cheeter! Hiccup cheated! That was unfair! And cheating!" Snotlout yelled while looking around at Gothi, Stoick and Spitelout but all they did was shrug. The twins were too engaged in battle to care and/or notice.
"Ten bucks please." Moonie said holding out her hand for the money.
"What? How? Why? HHHow did you know?" the Viking asked.
"I have seen this movie way to many times."
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Now think about what you've done.
Hiccup turns to the teens and Gobber. They stare, slack-jawed
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Okay! So are we done? Because I've
got some things I need to...
Hiccup jogs out of the ring, past the speechless group.
"Smooth,"
"Why thank you."
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yep...see you tomorrow.
Astrid SNEERS. Something's going on.
"You really need to work on that."
"I know."
EXT. WOODS/COVE - SUNSET
BEGIN MUSIC MONTAGE
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - HICCUP'S CLOSET - CONTINUOUS
Hiccup cuts and stitches leather, draws and shapes steel. He
works by candlelight. An overhead shot reveals what he's
building: a harness, complete with handles and foot pedals.
EXT. COVE - DAY
Hiccup appears before Toothless, holding the new prosthetic.
Toothless runs off as Hiccup chases him down.
HICCUP
Hey!
EXT. COVE - DAY
Toothless and Hiccup are zooming over the ocean. The tail
breaks free sending Hiccup flying.
"You realty should learn not to fall off." Astrid said.
"WHAT?!" Stoick yelled "HE SHOULDN"T EVEN BE ON THAT… THAT… THAT THING ANYWAY! THERE IS NO REASON HE SHOULD LEARN NOT TO FALL OFF SINCE HE SHOULD NOT BE RIDING IT AT ALL!" Everyone looked to Hiccup to see what his reaction was going to be. The silence was deafening. Hiccup stood up and walked over to Toothless and sat against him without even acknowledging his dads rant about how he shouldn't be around the best thing that happened to him.
HICCUP
Yeah! Whoa!
INT. BLAKCSMITH STALL - LATER
Hiccup adjusts the harness and uses a metal clamp to affix
himself to Toothless' saddle.
"See I'm working on it Astrid."
"Yeah whatever you need to tell yourself."
EXT. SKY/FIELD - DAWN
Hiccup and Toothless zip through the air - his rudimentary
harness and tail controls are working, barely. They crash-
land in an open field.
Hiccup recovers to find Toothless still rolling around in the
tall grass. Hiccup discovers that it's a patch of dragon-
nip.' Toothless writhes on his back, tongue wagging, in
complete bliss.
"What is that?" Fishlegs asked.
"Dragon-nip. They love that stuff." As if proving what Hiccup just said Toothless nosed his pockets "Toothless! I don't have any!"
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - MORNING
Hiccup grabs the head as instructed, then discreetly pulls a
fistful of dragon-nip' and presses it up to the Gronkle's
nose. It immediately stops struggling and goes weak in the
knees. Hiccup drops the handful of dragon-nip to the ground.
The Gronkle goes down with it, whimpering and blissful.
From Gobber and the recruits' point of view, Hiccup is
controlling the Gronkle with no more than a limp arm.
"So that is what that looked like! Wow. It looks like I am controlling the Gronkle with nothing more than my arm."
EXT. WOODS - AFTERNOON
The recruits walk home together, surrounding Hiccup and
BOMBARDING HIM WITH QUESTIONS.
FISHLEGS
Hey Hiccup, I've never seen a
Gronkle to that before.
TUFFNUT
How'd you do that?
"Dragon-nip."
"Well we know that now Useless." Snotlout replied with his usual sarcastic tone.
RUFFNUT
It was really cool.
He squirms and invents an excuse
HICCUP
I left my axe back in the ring.
He turns and hurries back.
"You really need to make up better excuses."
"Well not all of us worship Loki" Hiccup replied to the twins comment about his lying skills.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
You guys go on ahead and I'll catch
up with you.
Astrid watches, suspicious.
EXT. COVE - LATER
Hiccup rubs Toothless behind the ear, causing him to relax
and fall over.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - LATER
An angry Deadly Nadder approaches Hiccup. Just as Astrid
moves in to strike, Hiccup performs his special rubbing
technique, which sends the Nadder down. Astrid and the other
kids look on from the sideline in amazement.
"So that was what happened! I always thought that you hit him with the butt of your axe when we weren't looking." Astrid said when she finally saw his technique.
INT. MEADE HALL - CONTINUOUS
Hiccup sits down at a table to eat. The other recruits notice
him and move over to his table to talk to him - leaving
Astrid alone.
FISHLEGS
Hey Hiccup!
SNOTLOUT
What was that? Some kind of trick?
What did you do?
"Well you see Snotlout…"
"I KNOW!" Snotlout yelled cutting off his cousin before he could explain again.
TUFFNUT
Hiccup, you're totally going to
come in first, there's no question.
"Well now we know for sure." Gobber joked.
EXT. COVE - LATER
Hiccup is using a mirror-like object to create a patch of
light on the ground. Toothless claws and chases the light
patch like a cat chasing a laser pointer.
"He's like a giant cat." Tuffnut joked forgetting like the very same dragon was in the room.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - DAY
A beam lifts from the door of another dragon pen.
GOBBER
Meet the Terrible Terror.
A tiny, pint-sized dragon steps out and moves toward the
recruits.
TUFFNUT
Ha. It's like the size of my-
Tuffnut is taken down in a blur.
TUFFNUT (CONT'D)
Get it off! Get it off! Oh! I'm
hurt, I am very much hurt!
"Why do you always say that?"
"Say what?"
"Never mind Stupid."
Hiccup stops the Terrible Terror with the same light-patch
trick he used earlier with Toothless. The tiny dragon
retreats back to it's cage. The teens approach him yet again
as Astrid looks on with suspicion.
TUFFNUT (CONT'D)
(TO ASTRID)
Wow, he's better than you ever
were.
"NO HE IS NOT!" Astrid was defending her pride quite well and scaring the twin who said that on screen.
CUT TO:
EXT. FOREST - MOMENTS LATER
Astrid furiously hurls her axe at a nearby tree. She notices
Hiccup walking by in the distance, carrying one of his
trademark harnesses. She quickly tries to follow, but he
loses her in the woods.
She HUFFS, frustrated.
"Stalking me now are we?!" Hiccup teased Astrid.
EXT. COVE - LATER
Hiccup straps a newly designed harness onto Toothless. With
Toothless tied to a nearby post with a rope. Hiccup rides him
in the air - while stationary. Toothless looks like a giant
kite tied to a tree stump. This harness seems to work.
EXT. SKY - MOMENTS LATER
The rope breaks and the pair CRASH into a tree. Hiccup's face
is red.
HICCUP
Oh, great.
EXT. BERK - NIGHT
The streets are empty save for a lone Viking who crosses
Hiccup's path.
VIKING
Hiccup.
Hiccup nods, trying to look casual. Once the coast is clear,
he covertly steers Toothless into the Blacksmith's stall.
Toothless PRESSES himself inside, rooting through stuff and
making a racket. Astrid, walking nearby, is alerted.
ASTRID (O.S.)
Hiccup?
Hiccup FREEZES. Then frantically tries to pry the ring off
the saddle hook. It won't budge.
ASTRID (CONT'D)
Are you in there?
Too late - she's right outside.
ON ASTRID walking along the outside of the Blacksmith's.
Hiccup JUMPS OUT the window and CLOSES the shutters behind
him. Hiccup's harness line is stretched through the window,
still attached to Toothless' saddle.
HICCUP
Astrid. Hey! Hi Astrid. Hi Astrid.
Hi Astrid.
ASTRID
I normally don't care what people
do, but you're acting weird. Well,
weirder.
Toothless spots a nearby sheep and makes a move toward it. As
a result, Hiccup is suddenly PULLED TIGHT against the window
shutters. He STRIKES A POSE to compensate... then gets PULLED
THROUGH the shutters. They snap back in Astrid's face.
Astrid reopens them and finds nothing but an empty stall.
In the distance, Toothless and Hiccup slip off unseen.
"So that is what you were doing. Also explains your weirdness."
EXT. DOCKS - DAWN
A lone, battered ship is pulled into a slip, overloaded with
equally battered-looking men. They disembark to a crowd of
onlookers, looking like a team of hometown heroes who just
had their butts kicked.
Gobber hobbles through the MUMBLING crowd to find Stoick -
last to disembark and glowering with battered pride.
VIKING
Where are the other ships?
SPITELOUT
You don't want to know.
"AWESOME!" the twins exclaim I awe of the distruction.
Stoick lumbers past Gobber, leaving him staring at the
trashed ship.
GOBBER
Well, I trust you found the nest at
least?
"Nope," Hiccup said cheerfully for some reason.
STOICK
Not even close.
GOBBER
Ah. Excellent.
Gobber follows Stoick up the ramp and snags his duffle bag
with his hook appendage, sharing the burden.
STOICK
I hope you had a little more
success than me.
GOBBER
Well, if by success, you mean that
your parenting troubles are over
with, then... yes.
Stoick stops. What does that mean?
A group of merry villagers rush past.
VIKING #1
Congratulations Stoick! Everyone is
so relieved.
VIKING #2
Out with the old and in with the
new, right?!
VIKING #3
No one will miss that old nuisance!
VIKING #4
The village is throwing a party to
celebrate!
"Guys you're making it sound like he is dead."
"Oh, opps," says one of the Viking previously on screen.
Stoick is stunned, overwhelmed by the insensitivity. He turns
to Gobber.
STOICK
He's... gone?
GOBBER
Yeah...most afternoons. But who can
blame him? I mean the life of a
celebrity is very rough. He can
barely walk through the village
without being swarmed by his new
fans.
Stoick is doubly confused.
STOICK
Hiccup?
GOBBER
(BEAMING)
Who would've thought, eh? He has
this...way with the beasts.
"Way with the beasts?" Hiccup asks quizzically "Really?"
"Why not?"
CUT TO:
EXT. SKY - AFTERNOON
Toothless and Hiccup soar through a perfect blue sky.
Billowing clouds rise like mountains. The ground seems miles
below them.
HICCUP
Okay there bud, we're gonna take
this nice and slow.
"Why am I scared for your safety again?" Astrid asks.
"You were scared before?" a flustered Astrid tries to correct her mistake but fails horably.
"I soooooo ship you guys!" Moonie says after wtching a flustered Astrid for the past two minutes, before anyoe can regester what she said "Back to the movie."
Hiccup checks a leather cheat sheet, clipped onto his
harness. Inscribed upon it are several tail positions and
their pedal position equivalents.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Here we go. Here we go...position
three, no four.
"I think you have a reson to be scared for his safety." Gobber remarkers.
He presses the pedal, causing the tail to flare. They roll
off into an arcing bank, gloriously lit by the late afternoon
sun.
Hiccup tucks tight against his neck, thrilled that his new
harness and vest are holding. The foot controls make the tail
appendage quick and responsive. He watches Toothless' every
fluctuation, trying to match it with the prosthetic.
Hiccup sizes up a target - a towering arch of stone, rising
from the sea.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Alright, it's go time. It's go
time.
They dive toward it, lining up to pass through the arch.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Come on. Come on buddy. Come on
buddy!
They zip through the arch. A perfect maneuver.
"Wow."
"That."
"Was."
"So."
"COOL!"
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yeah! Yes, it worked!
The triumph is short-lived. They smack into one of several
sea stacks as Hiccup tries to keep up with the turns.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Sorry.
They hurtle into another rock pillar. Toothless grumbles.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
My fault.
Toothless swats him with his 'ear' plate.
Toothless does exactly what his movie self does just to annoy his rider.
"Hey I said I was sorry!"
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yeah, yeah, I'm on it.
(referring to the cheat
SHEET)
Position four, no three.
"You really should get that right before you crash."
They pierce the clouds. For the first time, Hiccup can see
the whole of the island below them. It shrinks with every
passing second. He SWALLOWS hard and tightens his grip on the
handles.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yeah! Go baby! Yes! Oh, this is
amazing! The wind in my...
He spots the leather guide tearing free in the turbulence.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(PANICKED)
... CHEAT SHEET! STOP!
Hiccup grabs frantically for the airborne sheet...
HICCUP (CONT'D)
No!
... and NABS IT before it's carried out of reach. Toothless,
however, obeys the command and suddenly STOPS beating his
wings.
As they slow to a stop, Hiccup goes weightless. The rings of
his vest float off of the harness hooks. Hiccup suddenly
finds himself detached, free-falling.
"HICCUP!" Practically everyone in the theater call out forgetting that he is sitting right in the same room with all of them.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Oh gods! Oh no!
Without Hiccup, the tail loses control. Hiccup and Toothless
spiral downward. Toothless FIGHTS to get back under Hiccup.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(trying to calm Toothless)
Alright, okay. You just gotta kinda
angle yourself. No, no...come back
down towards me. Come back down-
Hiccup extends his arms and legs, giving himself as much
surface area as he can. He angles back towards Toothless as
the tumbling dragon WHACKS Hiccup with his wing.
After a few more misses, Hiccup finally GRABS HOLD of the
harness and manages to lock in - just in time to pull
Toothless out of his dive... barely shy of the tree tops.
They careen past the wooded cliff and directly into a
treacherous slalom course of jutting sea stacks.
Hiccup pulls the cheat sheet from his teeth and attempts to
check positions. It flaps violently in the turbulence, making
it impossible.
With no time to think, Hiccup throws it away and steers
Toothless' tail on instinct... with perfect intuition.
Together, they manage a tight, hair-rasing series of split-
second turns, making it to the open water, unscathed.
Hiccup takes a breath and glances back at the death-defying
obstacle course, now safely behind them. He beams, relieved.
He sits back and throws his arms up in victory.
The whole theater minus Hiccup, Toothless and Moonie , let out a breath they didn't even know they were holding.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
YEEAHHH!
Toothless concurs with a happy SQUEAL and a fireball.
Hiccup's glee turn to dread as they fly directly into it.
ON HICCUP'S FACE
"Love the expression,"
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Ah, come on.
EXT. BLACK SAND BEACH - SUNSET
Hiccup and Toothless lounge on a sprawling, deserted beach,
snacking of freshly caught fish. As Hiccup cooks his over a
fire, Toothless suddenly regurgitates a fish head. Hiccup
smirks with forced politeness.
"Eww"
HICCUP
Uh..no thanks.
(gesturing to his fish on
A STICK)
I'm good.
Several Terrible Terrors land like seagulls, hissing and
nipping at each other as they approach Toothless' pile of
fish.
"Carful Hiccup," Stoick whispered fearing his sons safety.
One grabs the regurgitated fish head and drags it away.
Another attempts to steal it from him. They face off and last
fire balls at each other to settle the fight. Hiccup and
Toothless watch, amused. That is until...
Toothless spots one of his fish leaving the pile. A stealthy
Terrible Terror is exposed as the thief. They tug on the
fish, and it snaps back into Toothless' mouth. He swallows it
back tauntingly.
Irate, the little dragon paws at the ground and blast
Toothless. He opens his mouth, the gas hiss comes, and
Toothless fires a tiny flame straight into its mouth, causing
the gas to backfire into the little dragon. It coughs up
smoke and staggers away, looking ill.
Hiccup laughs.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Not so fireproof on the inside, are
you?
"We can use this information to our advantage." Stoick thought.
Hiccup throws the hapless Terror his freshly cooked fish.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Here you go.
The appreciative little dragon gulps down the meal and
approaches Hiccup cautiously. He curls up next to him. Hiccup
is amazed.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(PENSIVE)
Everything we know about you guys
is wrong.
"WHAT! HOW COULD YOU! THEY ARE BIG FAT EVIL MONSTERS WHO HAVE KILLED THOUSENDS OF US!" Stoick yelled at his son's one sentence on the screen.
"Well you know what dad? We have killed thousands of them. And these so called beasts? The offspring of lightning and death itself? Is my only and BEST friend. So you know what? I don't care if you disown me and if you banish me forever… I will NEVER change my mind ."