Trailer was dropped today, so naturally, here comes another short story in regards to ADR3. This'll be the last one I do, which means the next time I'm writing on this fandom will be when I'm writing ADR3.
Today was the day. At long last, the second and final trailer for The Hidden World was coming out. From the moment the third film was declared in 2014, there's been a ton of vague information; nobody knew what the plot would be, and nobody knew what characters would be added. Today, a clear contrast to the year of 2014, we know pretty much the majority of what the film will entail. And that was important. For every fan of the series. For each and every passionate fan who's had to wait for basically five years.
When it came down to it, though, the importance will certainly be there for Morgan, arguably the luckiest HTTYD fan of all time. Following his epic experience back in April 2017, coming up to nearly two years ago, he's been thinking non-stop about how he'll potentially return to the HTTYD universe. And that's why this trailer was not just important to him, it was also personal; seeing the dragons and vikings he saw in person on the screen again, albeit for two minutes? it's basically a warm-up for when he hopefully returns to the HTTYD universe.
He's made his feelings very explicit when it comes to the Light Fury; a cowardly dragon who's outdated with the times. Outdated because of her distrust with humans. Morgan's biggest problem with her though, and he wasn't sure if other people across the world shared the same opinion, was her out-of-nowhere appearance, and how she's dragging Toothless away. He can't stand her, no, he HATES her. It enrages him whenever he recalls of her hatred for humans. To him, she was the worst thing about this new film. Because of that, should he return to the HTTYD world in February 2019 after watching The Hidden World, he's going to taunt her, even if she proves to be a dangerous threat. His message to her was plain and clear; go away, you're not wanted.
All of this sounds insane and dumb, but as a fan who, in April 2017, was in the HTTYD world with each of those vikings and dragons in person, Morgan's interpretation was quite honestly justified.
The 19 year old was, as per usual, situated at his laptop, wearing a pink button-down top with khaki-shaded shorts, with dull black socks. He'd always do his hair up with his gel even on days where he wouldn't go out, so that was up today. From the moment he woke up this morning, he's been thinking and waiting for the new trailer of HTTYD: The Hidden World. More than ever, he wanted to see Toothless and the Light Fury, and how they're doing. As he was swaying to the left and right on his chair, out of the pure boredom of having to wait for the new trailer, Morgan took out his phone, and went on twitter.
As he was scrolling down, a HTTYD twitter account that he's been following had the following title with a 2+ minute long video; 'NEW HTTYD TRAILER!' and without a hesitance, Morgan switched off his phone, placed it to the side, and went onto twitter on his laptop to get the new trailer. Who the hell would watch videos off their phone when they've got a computer right in front of them? of course Morgan wouldn't watch it instantly whilst on his phone.
"Oh my gooood..." Morgan said, under his breath, as he could feel his heart beating.
A few more clicks later, and Morgan had the trailer up on his laptop in full-screen mode. For the record, he's done a bit of research prior to this trailer, to help him with the goals he wants to do should he somehow be lucky enough to return to the HTTYD world post-February 2019. One thing he discovered was that Rumblehorns, who will most likely be flying amongst The Hidden World, cannot smell the scent of Dragonberry juice.
This made Morgan satisfied and confident in his potential future plan of going to The Hidden World in his return (if it happens) to track down Toothless in order to see whether The Night Fury remembers him from the 19 year old's first time there. Why? because he can simply cover himself with the juice of the Dragonberry to completely destroy the risk of a Rumblehorn tracking him down.
But again, none of this is for certain, because it's been nearly TWO years, from April 2017, since Morgan was in the HTTYD world. NOTHING has happened from then to now in regards of returning, so he had to take it with a pinch of salt before getting ahead of himself. But now, though, it was time for him to watch the trailer.
A smile couldn't be stopped from emerging on Morgan's mouth as he covered it with his hand, with his elbow on his desk as soon as he pressed the play button on the trailer. He was intrigued, but most importantly, intrigued on Toothless; why? the answer is peculiar.
Watching with focused and intent eyes, Morgan didn't move at all as the map of Berk popped up on the first second of the trailer. As it switched to Berk itself briefly, and then, to Hiccup as a baby in Stoick's arms, he subtlety nodded a 'no' gesture. He's already seen that part before, and to be frank, he didn't care about that part. But seeing Hiccup, as an adult, back in that very same spot as Toothless emerged from behind to poke him with his head, Morgan's eyes were firmly locked on the black dragon; he was still the same, quite clearly.
Seeing The Hidden World in a much clearer sight within the trailer also gave Morgan a good idea about how easy it'll be to navigate the place; however, realizing that the big 'hole' in the sea that was shown in the trailer was the entrance to The Hidden World, Morgan had no idea how he'd even get there in the first place. He'll have to work that one out if he returns to the HTTYD world itself.
As the trailer moved onto its main substance, starting with Toothless using Hiccup's metal leg as a chew toy, Morgan still didn't move from his position; he just didn't seem all that fussed about Hiccup either. Just Toothless. As Hiccup threw his metal leg over the edge for Toothless to catch, dog-style, Morgan once again nodded as the trailer went on, with a subtle 'no'. He didn't really care about the similarities to a dog, Toothless's mannerisms that was, either, because in Morgan's mind, Toothless is a dragon, nothing else. He didn't like it when Toothless's mannerisms were being emphasised as similar to that of a dog or a cat. Morgan's experience in April 2017 led him to thinking like this, so it wasn't strange, but instead, much more thorough than a regular fan would think.
"Oh, Stormfly?" Morgan said, at the moment where Stormfly was trying to get the metal leg off Toothless, causing Toothless to growl at her.
The second the Light Fury was shown, Morgan chuckled to himself quietly. He didn't know why exactly, but he couldn't help but feel negative thoughts of hatred every time he saw her. She's a cowardly dragon to him, a dragon that Toothless is wasting his time on. If she hates humans, why should Toothless bother with a dragon like that? even if she's supposedly another 'Night Fury'?
"She's a Light Fury, Hiccup...there's a difference..." Morgan said to himself, as the trailer had just shown Hiccup claiming that Toothless isn't the only Night Fury.
About a minute later, Morgan got to the point in the trailer where he caught a glance of Toothless, standing by the Light Fury, at the top of the Hidden World as the alpha, roaring at the dragons in front. Briefly, he got to see the various dragons of The Hidden World, and he was able to make them out; there was a miniature-looking Bewilderbeast, a couple more Light Furies, a Rumblehorn, and a Gronckle. They were just one of many dragon types in that world, and Morgan even paused the trailer at that moment to clarify with himself which species there were, and again, he couldn't help but feel slightly enraged at the sight of Toothless standing besides the Light Fury in the Hidden World.
He saw Cloudjumper, earlier on in the trailer, forced into a cage, and that wasn't cool at all for Morgan to see, given that the lucky HTTYD fan had one hell of an experience with Cloudjumper when he was still in the HTTYD universe; the Stormcutter was by no means easy to befriend at the time, but after a dangerous incident, Morgan got on just fine with him.
It was now at the ending of the trailer, where Morgan adjusted his buttoned pink top, and as soon as he saw the Light Fury charge for Hiccup, as he was flying on top of Toothless, he stopped what he was doing to catch the most clear sight of the moment; the Light Fury THREW Hiccup off of Toothless, and this only caused Morgan to chuckle out loud, nodding a slow but clear 'no', signalling that he's going to basically do whatever it takes to get back at her for being the scum he thinks of her as.
"And yet he's still with her? maan, I've gotta get back and give her the taunting of her life, the absolute little B-" he refused to say the 'B' word in its entirety for the simple fact that his family was in the other room, "little B- of a dragon...she's more like B-Fury..." Morgan said, just crossing the trailer off as soon as it finished.
From this trailer, he's managed to get a glimpse of The Hidden World, more and more sights of Toothless, including some with the Light Fury, who he genuinely despises, and more of the Grimmel debacle that's inevitably going to be the focus of the film. So much was shown to Morgan, that now, he wants to try and return to the HTTYD universe NOW, TONIGHT, which was precisely what he was going to do.
The Light Fury's enraged him to the worst point since she was first revealed, from that ending of the trailer where she carelessly shoved Hiccup off of Toothless in the air, and he now knows about the Dragonberry juice that he can use to go 'hidden' from the nose of the Rumblehorns in The Hidden World. He wanted Toothless to remember him, so he can get him away from the Light Fury, and amongst that, he wants to return and see if any of the vikings will remember him too. But there was another reason why he wanted Toothless to remember him, and if he returns to the HTTYD world, you'll find that reason quite clearly.
Later that night, Morgan kept his phone in his pocket; ever since seeing that trailer at 3PM earlier today, he's had the most excited mindset in a LONG time, because he genuinely thought he had a chance of waking up in the HTTYD universe again, much like he did back in April 2017. He kept his phone in his pocket because if he does wake up there, he'll have his phone with him, and this time, unlike last time, it'll be at 100%, and he can conserve the charge. He was sleeping in his shorts and pink button-down top, so he'll be clothed up in the event he returns to the HTTYD world.
He can use the flashlight on his Samsung Galaxy S5 as a torch if need be, and on that basis, Morgan, at 0:00 at midnight, was ready to go to sleep in the hope that he'll wake up in the HTTYD world.
"I'll see you tomorrow, you dragons and vikings..." Morgan said, closing his eyes as his phone was firmly in his pocket, with the darkness of the night invading his room.
He felt like a kid on Christmas eve, he was that excited about returning; he just couldn't put his body to sleep for a good hour after going to bed. But it worked. He fell asleep, and now, he'll be back in the HTTYD world...or will he?...
It was morning, 10:03 in the morning to be exact, on the 26th of October 2018. Morgan's body woke up, but he refused to open his eyes; he couldn't help but smirk in his tired state as his body was emerging from that deep sleep; he genuinely believes that he's woken up on Berk, and to test his theory, he opened his eyes ever so rapidly, expecting to be in the cove again...only to find he was still in his room, with the sunlight emerging through the window blinds, with him in his bed looking like the biggest idiot going, what with his clothes on, IN BED.
Morgan sat up, devastated and shock-felt, for he had a feeling where he genuinely saw Toothless in person; you know one of those mornings where you felt like you were genuinely in another universe, and you wake up, only to find it was a dream? Morgan felt that way, but his emotions genuinely had a dose of Toothless's presence, so clearly, although he cannot remember it, he did dream about How To Train Your Dragon in some form. Dreaming about it and being there, however, are two very different things.
"For fuck sake..." he said, unveiling the covers from his body as his shorts were in full display, as was his pink button down top.
He was scared; if he couldn't get lucky again to wake up in the HTTYD universe like he did back in April 2017, then how can he possibly expect to return there after the third film's release? to be fair, he wasn't expecting to wake up on Berk at all back in April 2017, so maybe he wasn't successful last night because of Morgan, this time around, expecting to wake up there? nobody knew.
One thing's for sure, though; if he does return, he's going to use as much energy and as much excitement as possible to find Toothless, and subsequently, the Light Fury, to finish what he started. The 19 year old, being one of the most passionate HTTYD fans, was ready to drive a wedge between Toothless and the Light Fury in the event he returns.
"See you in four months, Toothless...I'll teach your mate a fuckin' lesson if I come back..." Morgan said, sitting up from his bed to go down stairs to get his breakfast, after his failure to return to the HTTYD world.
Luck will hopefully prevail in his attempts in four months time.
A/N: I'll see you all in February next year, when I start Addiction equals reality 3. This short story, as mentioned above, is the last one I'm doing in the lead up to ADR3, which, again, means the next time I write here will be for ADR3. Take care, guys!