This has taken so much more time than I ever intended for another update to be uploaded. From now on I'll stop putting a date for the next chapter because I already know it won't happen like that. My apprenticeship is far more demanding than would've thought before. But for now enjoy this update!

Kapitel 32

[The scene changes to Berk, inside the Haddock residence. Hiccup is lying unconsciously on his bed, while Toothless patiently sits waiting beside him. As Hiccup's eyelids start to flutter the dragon happily nudges his friend.]

„Thank the gods, you're okay!"

HICCUP (groaning)

„Oh, hey, Toothless. I'm happy to see you too, buddy."

[Toothless is overjoyed und tries to climb the bed. While doing so he accidentally steps onto Hiccup's belly.

„Autsch"

HICCUP

„W! What- Uh."

[He looks around and slowly his surroundings and the situation register in him.]

„I'm in my house. You're in my house! Uh... does my dad know you're in here?!"

„Oh, I think all is as it should be." I said with a grin.

[By now the Night Fury is jumping everywhere in the house and even climbs between the rafters.]

HICCUP

„Okay, okay- no, Toothless! Aw, come on..."

[Hiccup tries to get up but notices something being off. He pulls the blanket aside and with a shocked expression looks at Toothless, who has in the meantime calmed down and is now standing next to his human. The camera shifts to ground level, where a boot appears floowed by a metal prosthetic. Overwhelmed Hiccup looks at Toothless who lowers his head, sniffs the metal leg and looks back up at Hiccup. The boy takes a deep breath and tries to stand up. He only manages the first step before he loses his balance and tips forward. But Toothless catches him and helps him back up.

„Gods! I don't want to know what this is like, especially not at that young age.

HICCUP

„Okay... okay... Thanks, bud."

[Together the friends manage to reach the door. Hiccup opens it, sees a dragon in front of it and immediately closes the door again.]

HICCUP

„Toothless, stay here."

[Hiccup opens the door again and sees Snotlout riding on his Monstrous Nightmare.]

SNOTLOUT

„Come on, guys, get ready! Hold on tight! Here we go!"

„Do you really have to startle us like this?" I asked, a little exasperated.

[Several dragons fly by as Hiccup carefully crosses the threshold and stops in front of the now closed door. Stoick approaches him, supportingly putting his hand on his son's shoulder.]

HICCUP

„I knew it. I'm dead."

„No, but you barely missed that door." I guess I couldn't estimate just how close he really was to crossing it.

STOICK

„No, but you gave it your best shot. So? What do you think?"

[By now the other vikings had also noticed their hero.]

VIKINGS

„Hey, look! It's Hiccup! Hiccup, how you doin' mate? It's great to see you up and about."

[Stoick and Hiccup carefully descend the stairs leading to the village square. The whole village seems to be around to greet Hiccup.]

STOICK

„Turns out all we needed was a little more of... this."

HICCUP (SURPRISED)

„You just gestured to all of me."

And suddenly that reaction got a whole other meaning.

[Stoick nods.]

GOBBER

„Well, most of you. That bit's my handiwork. With a little "Hiccup Flair" thrown in. You think it'll do?"

[Hiccup lifts the prosthetic.)

HICCUP

„I might make a few tweaks."

„Yeah, I can confirm that. A lot has changed about it."

[Astrid approaches Hiccup and lightly punches him on the shoulder.

ASTRID

„That's for scaring me."

HICCUP

„What, is it always going to be this way? Cause..."

[Astrid interupts him with a kiss.]

HICCUP

„...I could get used to it."

[Gobber passes Hiccup a whole new flying gear for Toothless.]

GOBBER

„Welcome home."

„Finally!"

[Toothless seems to have decided he had been waiting long enough and leaps through the door, landing on some of the people.]

VIKING

„Night Fury! Get down!"

[Hiccup and Toothless prepare for taking off.]

HICCUP

„You ready?"

[The both of them and Astrid and her Nadder take off and flow over the island. One by one the other teens join them.]

HICCUP (v.o.)

„This... is Berk. It snows nine months of the year, and hails the other three. Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so. The only upsides are the pets. While other places have...ponies or parrots, we have... dragons!"

[The scene darkens.]

„That was ..." I was actually lost for words. I had to speak to Hiccup as soon as possible about what I had just seen.

So, yeah, this was the second to last update. There's actually only one scene left after this. I really hope you're looking forward to it :-D Bye for now and habe a good time