Disclaimer: I don't own the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, and I never will. Or Rise of the Guardians (you'll see why this one is included), for that matter.

Summary: Well, the village of Berk gets the opportunity to watch How to Train Your Dragon while Hiccup is still in a coma after defeating the Red Death. Hiccup may or may not (I haven't decided) witness the entire thing in an out of body experience. We shall see.

Enjoy!

"Astrid, I get it!" Gobber shouted in exasperation, throwing his hand and stump in the air. "Yer' worried about Hiccup. We all are."

Astrid flinched, recalling just how many times she'd asked Hiccup's mentor how he was doing.

Gobber sighed, glancing at the blonde girl and running his flesh hand through his beard. To be fair, she had reason to be concerned. Hiccup's condition had been very unstable early on in his recovery, and he'd nearly been killed by the fever that had seeped in after losing his leg. The possibility of the wound getting infected had terrified all of them.

The only reason the lad had survived, Gothi had claimed, was because the dragons had brought him back to the village (to her, specifically, as the healer and medicine woman) as fast as they could. After a day of warming up under piles of blankets, the fever had broken.

When it came time to take care of his leg, however…his screams and gasps of pain had every villager who heard them in tears, tough and prideful vikings or not.

It had been three months since Hiccup had fallen into the sleep, and they were worried that he would never open his eyes again. He'd gotten even skinnier than he was previously (which was saying something), too, because it was difficult giving him enough nutrition.

Ah, Berk. This charming little village, full of not so charming and not so little Vikings, was in the process of trying to acclimate the dragons to their way of life. At this point, most of them despaired, but they didn't want to let down the brave young man who'd saved them from the monster they had started referring to as the Red Death. The fact that the beast was green didn't matter, it was the blood of innocent people (and dragons) spilled by the beast that earned it its name.

However, it was difficult suddenly being surrounded by the dragons that they'd been fighting for their entire lives. There were fights popping up all around the island, usually between two or more dragons. The villagers would've gotten involved, but again, they didn't want to let down the Chief's son by ruining the tentative peace that had fallen over the island.

Now if only Hiccup would wake up.

The next morning, as the villagers met in the Mead Hall for breakfast, something unexpected happened.

A bright flash blinded the vikings temporarily, and they all grabbed their weapons or wrapped their arms around their families in an attempt to protect them from whatever it was.

Moments later, a shout from Astrid had them all glancing at something on the large wall. A large dark gray surface had appeared, the likes of which no one had ever seen before.

"What is this?" Astrid whispered, gently touching the odd material in confusion and curiosity. The old her would've destroyed it with her axe, but since the flight with Hiccup and Toothless she had realized that not everything new and strange was bad.

"This is called a movie screen." A voice erupted in answer. Astrid shouted in surprise, jumping away from the object as she quickly looked around, searching for anyone unfamiliar. "My dear girl, I am not in the room with you."

"WHO ARE YOU?" Stoick boomed, uncertainly.

"My name…I am called 'Manny' by those I consider friends." The voice, which Astrid now identified as male, announced. His voice had a sort of dreamy quality, and it sounded almost as if he was half asleep, or at least far away. Nonetheless, they could hear him clearly.

"Manny." Stoick muttered, eyebrows raising before he sighed with a shake of his head. "Fine. I don't suppose you could tell us where you are?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." The voice, Manny, answered. "However, I can tell you that I am not there on Berk. I am not of Earth." Unknown to the voice, that last sentence would inspire the belief of aliens from space in the future, but that's irrelevant.

"Then how are we hearing you?" Fishlegs asked, confused.

"Magic." Manny answered. Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"Magic?!" Snotlout scoffed, sneering as he tried to pinpoint the voice, regardless of the fact that they'd been told Manny wasn't present. "Yeah right."

"Ah, Snotlout." Manny seemed almost displeased. "You are an irritating one."

"And what are you going to do about it?" Snotlout challenged.

"Oh, I cannot hurt you." Manny answered. "My job is to look after the children of the world, and that includes you. I can, however, let you know an interesting little tidbit about the future."

A majority of the hall froze in shock. The future?

"Do I become chief?" Snotlout asked enthusiastically.

"No." the voice was blunt, and Snotlout and Spitelout's shoulders snagged in disappointment. "However, what I can tell you is that you end up shorter than your cousin."

"What?" Snotlout shouted, outraged. Hiccup was a shrimp! No way would the scrawny boy end up outgrowing him! It didn't matter if he'd slayed the Red Death…

"Yes." Manny confirmed. "Out of you teenagers, he is the tallest."

Stoick and the others' had shocked expressions. Hiccup, the smallest viking besides the young children, ended up being taller than even Fishlegs?

"Anyway," Manny continued, sensing that no one quite had anything to say to that. "This screen is going to show you what is called a movie. I suppose you could see it as moving…paintings… that tell a story. There will also be sound to go with it."

"A…movie?" Ruffnut repeated, testing out the unfamiliar word. "Wait, a story? Is it going to be bloody?!" Her eyes and Tuffnut's grew wide in excitement.

"No. There are some dangerous scenes, however." Manny sounded resigned to the fact that the twins were violent little brats, not that he would ever say it. "The story is about Hiccup."

"Wait a minute…" Astrid muttered. "You said something about the future earlier. Has whatever we're going to see already happened, or what is going to happen?"

"Ah, very good." Manny seemed pleased. "This movie is about events that already happened. There may be a second one afterwards about the future, however."

"But what is the 'movie' about?" Fishlegs asked quietly.

"Why, your very own Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, of course." Manny seemed surprised that it wasn't obvious.

"Wait, what?" Snotlout cried. Why did Hiccup always get the attention?

"Without further ado…" Manny announced, ignoring the brat. "How to Train Your Dragon!"

People gasped as most of the torches in the hall went out, and the screen lit up…

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