HTTYD: Reflections
1: The Raid
We open to a volcanic island just before dawn. "This is Snag, it's a twelve days north of hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing to death. It's just due west of the Meridian of Misery." Zoom into a group of caves near a forest. "My Rookery, in a word sturdy; it's been here for seven generations but every den is new. We have hunting and fishing and a charming view of the sunsets. The only problems are the pests." Scene shifts to a pair of elk one of which hit with an arrow. "While most places have bears or wolves we have…" Deer run in front of a cave and a Viking runs toward you with a sword as Toothless rolls a large bolder in front of the entrance. "…Vikings!" Toothless said.
"Most reptiles would leave. Not us, we're Dragons; we have stubbornness issues." Toothless then runs outside to a battle between the Dragons and the Vikings "My names' Toothless, great name I know. But it's not the worst. Most parents believe that a name should reflect something about the kid and they would strike fear into gnomes or trolls; like our charming Dragon demeanor wouldn't do that." A large horned Dragon roared at Toothless. "Morning." it then said.
Toothless continued to run as other dragons said thing like. "What are you doing here? Get back inside!" and "What are you doing outside?" others just looked on the battle like it was nothing even taking time to preen.
"Toothless!" A larger black dragon like Toothless but with red eyes grabbed him by the neck. "What he is doing out again?" the female dragon asked someone. "What are you doing out? Get back inside!" she said. "That's Shadowgale the Swift, Alpha of the tribe. They say that when she was a hatchling she split a Viking in two with a swing of her tail. Do I believe it? Yes I do."
Shadowgale spat a fireball at the ax of a Viking who then ran away. "What do we got?" she asked a Dragon. "Choppers, Crushers, Long Stabs, oh and Gral saw a Spiked Smasher." The dragon said. "Any Flash Slashes?" Shadowgale asked. "None so far." Was what the Dragon said. "Good."
Toothless flew up to a cave. "How nice of you to join the party." A Boneknapper said to him as he was clawing at some stones in the wall. "I thought you've been dragged off."
"Who me? No I'm way too muscular for them. They would know what to do with all this." Toothless said flexing as he began to dig. Toothless was skinny compared to other Dragons his age.
"Well they need belts don't they?" The Boneknapper with a broken horn and a claw missing from his toe said.
"The meathead with attitude and bones all over is Lockjaw. I've been his Fire Rock digger apprentice since I was little…well littler."
"Move to the southern defenses we'll counter attack with fire streams." Shadowgale ordered. Just then some Vikings ran out of a cave with baskets of fire rocks as it caved in.
"See old Rookery, lots and lots of new dens."
"Cave in!" A yell came.
A bunch of young Dragons ran in with tree trunks trying to keep a cave from collapsing across from Toothless. The Dragons came in this order; A Gronkle, a Monstrous Nightmare, Hideous Zippleback and a Deadly Nadder.
"That's Slugcrunch, Hotfoot." "The sisters that share a body; Bite and Scratch, we call them BitenScratch. And…" Then in a loving tone Toothless says. "Rose. Their job is so much cooler than mine." He says as they step out of a cloud of dust.
Toothless tries to sneak when Lockjaw grabs his tail with his mouth. "Oh come on just let me out there. I need to make my mark."
"You've made plenty of marks all in the wrong places."
"Please two minutes. I'll kill a Viking; my life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date." Toothless whined.
"You can't crush a rock in your jaws, your claws don't cut through their metal shells, and you always miss when you breathe a fireball." Lockjaw then tossed a rock out to a Dragon that swallowed it then shot a fireball at a Viking with a hammer.
"Yeah but this will make sure I don't miss."Toothless said putting on a group of twigs tied together with vine in a circle in front of his eyes. He then spat a fireball which hit a passing dragon in the face and knocked him out.
"You see. Now this right here is what I'm talking about!" Lockjaw said.
"It just needs a small adjustment." Toothless said.
"Look Toothless, if you want to get out there and fight Vikings you need to stops all of this." He said spreading his wings over Toothless.
"But you just gestured to all of me."
"Yes that's it exactly. Stop being all of you."
"You are playing a dangerous game sir. Keeping all this raw Dragon strength contained, there will be consequences!"
"I'll take my chances. More Fire Stones now."
"One day I'll get out there. Because killing a Viking is everything around here."
Some Viking with axes chased some Terrible Terrors. "We call Vikings by the tools they use when they fight us. The Chop Chopper is a favorite of theirs, biting a head off one of them will at least get me noticed." Hammer wielding Vikings tried to break into a sealed den. "The ones that use Crushers are though. Taking down one of those will at least get me a girlfriend." Other Vikings were throwing Bolos and Spears. "Tangle Stones and Long Stabs are among the few that can strike from a distance; twice the danger, double the status".
"They're going after another herd!" Shadowgale was told. "Concentrated your fire on the lower bank". She ordered. Then a Viking with a mace jumped in front of her. "Then there's the Spiked Smasher, only the toughest of the tough go after them because the Vikings who use then have a nasty habit of swinging at everything in sight." "Get more stones I'll handle this." Shadowgale then swipe her claw at the Viking.
"But the ultimate prize is the Viking with a tool unlike any other, one that has never been seen. We call it the…" "Flash Slash!" The shine off the blade was the only warning sign the Dragons ever get. Then after a slashing sound a bunch of trees began to fall toward Shadowgale and the other Dragons. "Run!" She yelled. "This thing never steals anything, never shows it's self…" The tree crashed with a thunderous sound. "…and it never misses. No one has ever killed a Flash Slash. That's why I'll be the first."
"Dragon the hole Toothless, they need me out there." Lockjaw said. "Stay, put, there. You know what I mean." He then roared and flew off. Of course Toothless left as soon as Lockjaw was out of sight.
Some Dragons sprayed sticky green goo at some Vikings. "Keep it up they still have some fight left. If all goes well we'll be having Viking for Breakfast." Shadowgale said.
Toothless then reached an isolated spot getting his new target guide ready. "Come on. Give me something to shoot at, give me something to shoot at." He saw the light gleaming of something in the distance. He fired. Then a scream of pain was heard as he saw a Viking fall down a far away hill. "I hit it! Yes I hit it! Did anyone see that?" Then a Spiked Smasher growled at him from behind. "Anyone but you?"
"Help!" Toothless ran as fast as he could. The Smasher corned him with a high cliff above him.
"Not again. Don't let them escape!" Shadowgale flew to save Toothless with speed that lets you know why they called her the swift. Toothless dodged strikes that were cracking the stone behind him. Shadowgale knocked the weapon out of The Vikings hand. "You got nothing left." The Viking ran as water burst from the wall and washed the other Viking straight to their ships after which the unfurled the sails and rowed as fast as they could with all the meat and stones they took. Shadowgale had an angry look on her face.
"There's one more thing you should know."
"Sorry Mom." Toothless said as the other Dragons gathered around.
"You're in big trouble this time Toothless." A Dragon like Shadowgale and Toothless said. She had yellow eyes and was as big as a medium sized dog.
"Thanks sis, you know you've been a pain in my tail since you hatched right?"
"Toothless do not speak to Moonstar like that!" His mother growled.
"Ok sorry, but I hit Flash Slash." Shadowgale then began to drag Toothless by the wing. "It's not like the other times Mom. I had a very clear shot. It fell somewhere in the wooded valley let's get a search party out there and…"
"Stop! Just stop. Every time you step outside disaster falls. Can you not see I have bigger problems here? Winter is almost here and I have a whole Rookery to shelter for hibernation!"
"Well between you and me the Rookery could use a little less hibernating don't you think?" Toothless nodded to a couple of Dragons that were yawning.
"This isn't a joke Toothless, even your little sister can follow orders why can't you?"
"I can't help it. I see a Viking and I just got to kill it." He made a motion like he was twisting a Vikings head off. "It's who I am Mom."
"You are a lot of things son but a Viking killer just isn't one of them. Go home." The she turned to Lockjaw. "Make sure he gets there. Moonstar come with me, we have his mess to clean up."
They walk passed the cave-in team.
"Quite the performance." Bite laughed.
"I never seen anyone mess up that badly and helped." Hotfoot said.
"Thank you, I was trying." Toothless said. Then Lockjaw slammed his tail on red Dragon giving the young one a head ache.
Rose just gave a look like "Why do you even bother?"
In front of Toothless' family den he talked to Lockjaw. "I really did hit one."
"Sure you did." Lockjaw said sarcastically.
"She never listens."
"Runs in the family."
"And even when she does it's always with this disappointed scowl on her face like someone gave her an underfed elk." He then imitated his mother's voice. "Excuse me sever! I believe you brought me the wrong egg! I asked for an extra large male with sharp fangs and fast powerful legs with extra guts and glory on the side. This here? This is a winged fish bone!"
"Now you're thinking about this all wrong. It's not what you look like. It's what's inside she can't stand."
"Thank you for summing that up."
"The point is stop trying so hard to be something you're not." Lockjaw said really trying to make him feel better.
"I just want to be one of you guys." Toothless said before he rolled the boulder in front of his den, a few minutes later her popped out of a back burrow exit.
Author's Notes: The Dragons and Vikings have roughly the same level of technology as they did in the movie. I just gave the Dragons the ability to make things with very simple materials like stones and plants.