"And that's for everything else" Astrid says. Suddenly the moon starts to shine and Hiccup, Astrid and Toothless are blinded, so does the rest of the village.
Then the blinding light stops, but everything goes black.
The entire village wakes up at the same moment. They're all sitting in red chairs without weapons. In front of them, there was a big weird plane thingy and a girl wearing strange clothes. She had short brown hair and green eyes than shone with energy. She was short, and scrawny. She wasn't ugly, she was actually kind of cute but anyone could see she was a hiccup.
"hi every one, I know that you must be confused but don't worry, I am not going to hurt you"
"THEN WHY DID YOU STEAL OUR WEAPONS?" Stoick yelled. The mysterious girl just rolled her eyes
"oh shush Stoick, could you please not yell?" Stoick just glared at her
"better. Now, okay everyone, I'm Yay and I'm a super fan of Berk, well not all of berk, just you, you, you, you and you two" she said pointing at hiccup, Astrid, snoutlout, Fishlegs and the twins.
"and you…" she said pointing at Stoick "well, depends on how my day is going"
"so anyway, I brought you all here to watch a movie"
"what's a movie?" Fishlegs asked
"it's like moving pictures that show a story, the movie is about someone on this room" most of the village, except for Hiccup, Astrid, Gobber and some other people, beamed with pride.
"It's not anyone that is smiling like an idiot" most of the smiles dropped.
"Before we start the movie" she turned to Hiccup "I need to speak with you for a minute" both of them headed towards the door, Hiccup looking quite surprised.
When they exited the room, Hiccup spoke up
"what do you want to tell me.."
"Yay" she said smiling
"Yay?"
"This" she managed to do her best taxi cab whistle and a black shadow tackled Hiccup to the ground
"GAH! Toothless! Get off!" when Toothless let him go, he looked at Yay who was trying hard not to laugh
"How did you…" Hiccup started to ask
"oh, Toothless is a cutie pie" she said scratching Toothless behind the ear, then she became all serious
"you figured out what the movie is about?"
"yeah" Yay placed a hand in his shoulder
"don't worry, I promise no one is going to hurt you, Toothless… or Astrid" she said pushing his shoulder playfully. He blushed
"let's go" they entered the room again and Hiccup sat in his chair next to Astrid, in the back of the room. On the other side of the theatre, Stoick was sitting in the first row.
Yay cleared her throat and everyone became silent
"LET THE MOVIE BEGIN"
EXT. NORTH SEA/VILLAGE - NIGHT
We skim above a dark, wild ocean. The camera turns toward a
lone island, Berk. It is a gigantic shard of rock jutting straight out of the water.
HICCUP (V.O.)
This, is Berk. It's twelve days
North of hopeless, and a few
degrees South of freezing to death.
It's located solidly on the
meridian of misery.
The camera drifts over rolling hills to reveal a small
village nestled on an outcropping of sea mounts.
Everyone except Hiccup, Astrid and Yay looks surprised when they figure out that Hiccup is the one talking
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
My village. In a word, sturdy.
And it's been here for seven
generations, but every single
building is new.
The camera drifts closer, circling.
Some Vikings chuckle when they heard how Hiccup describes they're village.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
We have fishing, hunting, and a
charming view of the sunsets. The
only problems are the pests. You
see, most places have mice or
mosquitos. We have...
Sheep graze peacefully on a hillside. Suddenly one is
snatched.
Everyone's face darkens, they all know what this means. A raid has begun.
CUT TO:
INT. STOICK'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
A door is pulled open... as a DRAGON swoops directly toward
it, BLASTING FIRE. The door is SLAMMED. The fire shoots
through the slats of wood, illuminating HICCUP, a gangly
teenage Viking.
HICCUP
...dragons.
EXT. STOICK'S HOUSE
He reopens the sizzling door, as leaps off of the front
porch. He weaves through the erupting mayhem as Vikings pour
out of the buildings, ready for a fight.
More dragons swarm in, setting rooftops alight and hauling
off sheep.
HICCUP (V.O.)
Most people would leave. Not us.
We're Vikings. We have stubbornness
issues.
Vikings sound the alarm. Viking men and women pour out into
the streets, axes in hand.
ON HICCUP darting through alleys, staying under eaves, making
his way through the battle.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Stoick asks, turning to his son, but he isn't listening. He remembers this night too well. This is the night he shot down Toothless. Instead, Yay answers
"it means that you're all as stubborn as a Yack, now sit down and watch the movie"
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
My name's Hiccup. Great name, I
know. But it's not the worst.
Parents believe a hideous name will
frighten off gnomes and trolls.
Like our charming Viking demeanor
wouldn't do that.
Dragons sweep back and forth, dodging axes and blasting the
Vikings who throw them. A burly warrior gets tossed in an
explosion, knocking Hiccup to the ground.
VIKING
(FIERCE)
Arggghhhhh!
(cheery, insane)
Mornin'!
Hiccup gets to his feet and continues to rush past gigantic
men and women.
The viking bluses "I was having some mead before the raid started" he excuses himself
HICCUP (V.O.)
Meet the neighbors. Hoark the
Haggard...
HOARK
What are you doing out!?
"oh you know, getting out of my house on fire… going to the forge to help out"
HICCUP
... Burnthair the Broad...
BURNTHAIR
Get inside!
HICCUP
... Phlegma the Fierce...
PHLEGMA THE FIERCE
Get back inside!
All of the mentioned vikings suddenly become very interested in their boots
HICCUP
. Ack.
He passes a silent ox of a viking, picking his ear.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yep, just Ack.
Enter STOICK, the biggest Viking of all. He yanks Hiccup from
the path of a strafing dragon and holds aloft to the crowd.
STOICK
Hiccup!?
(accusingly; to the crowd)
What is he doing out again?!
(TO HICCUP)
What are you doing out?! Get
inside!
The flames light up his scowling face and matted red beard.
He sets Hiccup down and turns to the sky, searching.
"I don't understand" Hiccup says "If I stay in the house you Yell at me for not doing anything to help the village, when I go to the forge to help the vilage, you Yell at me for going outside"
stoick starts to feel guilty, did his son really think that?
HICCUP (V.O.)
(IN AWE)
That's Stoick the Vast. Chief of the tribe. They say that when he was a baby he popped a dragon's head clean off of its shoulders.
"okay, ew" Yay said
Do I believe it?
Stoick grabs a wooden cart and hurls it, knocking the
strafing dragon out of the sky.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Yes I do.
An EXPLOSION forces Vikings to DUCK. Stoick stands firm,
brushing flaming debris off of his shoulder.
STOICK
(barking; to his men)
What have we got?
VIKING #1
Gronkles. Nadders. Zipplebacks. Oh,
and Hoark saw a Monstrous
Nightmare.
STOICK
Any Night Furies?
VIKING #1
None so far.
STOICK
(RELIEVED)
Good.
VIKING
Hoist the torches!
Massive flaming braziers are raised on poles, lighting up the
night sky... and revealing swirling dragons of all types.
Below, Hiccup crosses an open plaza and ducks into an open
building with a tall chimney.
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
He crosses behind a counter, where a peg-legged, one-armed
hulk of a Blacksmith reshapes blades with a hammer and tongs
appendage.
GOBBER
Ah! Nice of you to join the party.
I thought you'd been carried off.
Hiccup dons a leather apron and starts to put away Gobber's
scattered appendages.
HICCUP
Who me? Nah, come on! I'm way too
muscular for their taste. They
wouldn't know what to do with all
this.
Hiccup strikes a bodybuilder pose.
Everyone laughs and Stoicks starts to be jelous of his best friend and his son's relationship.
"okay" hiccup shouts "nobody was supposed to hear this conversation"
GOBBER
They need toothpicks, don't they?
Hiccup gets to work, transferring bent and chipped weapons to
the forge as Vikings crowd the counter for replacements.
HICCUP (V.O.)
The meathead with attitude and
interchangeable hands is Gobber.
I've been his apprentice ever since
I was little. Well...littler.
"who you calling meathead, fishbone?"
"I'm calling you Meathead, Meathead"
EXT. VILLAGE - CONTINUOUS
ON STOICK
STOICK
We move to the lower defenses.
We'll counter-attack with the
catapults.
Armed men rush past, flanking others who carry sheep to
safety. Stoick follows up the rear as, overhead, a dragon
strafes the rooftops with Napalm-like fire.
HICCUP (V.O.)
See? Old village. Lots and lots
of new houses.
VIKING
FIRE!
In response, the fire brigade charges through the plaza -
four TEENS, tugging a large wooden cask on wheels. From it,
they fill buckets of water to douse the flames. One among
them is a cute, energetic Viking girl.
Hiccup leans out of the stall to watch her.
HICCUP (V.O.)
Oh and that's Fishlegs, Snotlout.
The twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut.
And...
(DREAMY)
Astrid.
A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a
sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and
heroic.
Hiccup and Astrid blush
"Astrid and Hiccup sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G" Yay sings which makes the two teens blush even harder
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Their job is so much cooler.
Hiccup tries to join them as they pass, but he's hooked by
Gobber and hoisted back inside.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(PLEADING)
Ah, come on. Let me out, please. I
need to make my mark.
GOBBER
Oh, you've made plenty of marks.
All in the wrong places.
"do I even want to know?" Yay asks
"no you don't" Gobber replies
HICCUP
Please, two minutes. I'll kill a
dragon. My life will get infinitely
better. I might even get a date.
"When Useless get's a date, I'll take a shower everyday" snoutlout says
"you'll regret that very soon snoutlout" Yay says with an evil smile
GOBBER
You can't lift a hammer.
"That isn't true!
You can't swing an axe...
"well maybe if you have me one that isn't bigger than me…"
Gobber grabs a bola (iron balls connected by rope).
GOBBER (CONT'D)
... you can't even throw one of
these.
"I… haven't got an excuse for that one"
"hiccup" Astrid said
"yes?"
"shut up"
"sorry"
A Viking runs by and nabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it at a dive-bombing Gronkle. The bola binds its legs, sending it into a heavy crash.
HICCUP
(ready with the answer)
Okay fine, but...
He rushes to the back corner of the stall and presents a
bizarre, wheel barrow-like contraption.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
... this will throw it for me.
Hiccup OPENS the hinged lid of the device. An arm springs up,
equipped with twin bows. They prematurely launch a bola,
narrowly missing Gobber... and taking out a Viking at the
counter.
VIKING
Arggh!
"that hurt you know!" The same viking yelles
"sorry!"
GOBBER
See, now this right here is what
I'm talking about.
HICCUP
Mild calibration issue.
GOBBER
Hiccup. If you ever want to get out
there to fight dragons, you need
to stop all...
Gobber gestures in Hiccup's general direction.
"… this" Yay finishes
GOBBER (CONT'D)
... this.
HICCUP
(ASTONISHED)
But... you just pointed to all of
me.
GOBBER
Yes! That's it! Stop being all of
you.
HICCUP
(THREATENING)
Ohhhh...
GOBBER
(MIMICKING)
Ohhhhh, yes.
HICCUP
You, sir, are playing a dangerous
game. Keeping this much,
raw...Vikingness contained.
(BEAT)
There will be consequences!
Gobber tosses him a sword.
GOBBER
I'll take my chances. Sword.
Sharpen. Now.
Hiccup takes it begrudgingly and lobs it onto the grinding
wheel. He stews... fantasizing...
HICCUP (V.O.)
One day I'll get out there. Because
killing a dragon is everything
around here.
"why?" Yay asks
EXT. VILLAGE - LOWER PLAINS - CONTINUOUS
Nadders land, gathering like seagulls around a seemingly
vacant house.
HICCUP (V.O.)
A Nadder head is sure to get me at
least noticed.
The Nadders clamber onto the building, tearing the roof and
walls apart. Sheep pour out and SCATTER.
Elsewhere, hippo-like Gronckles pick drying racks clean of
fish and fly off like loaded pelicans.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Gronckles are tough. Taking down
one of those would definitely get
me a girlfriend.
Yay laughs. Oh, the irony. He did just the opposite and he still got a girlfriend
A stealthy, snake-like dragon head peeks over a rooftop,
breathing gas into a chimney.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
A Zippelback? Exotic, exciting. Two
heads, twice the status.
A second head pokes through the door and lights it. KABLAM!
The two heads fly through the explosion, their necks zipping
together to reveal a single body.
It flies past Stoick as he climbs to the top of a CATAPULT
TOWER.
CATAPULT OPERATOR
They found the sheep!
STOICK
(FRUSTRATED)
Concentrate fire over the lower
bank!
CATAPULT OPERATOR
Fire!
Boulders are catapulted at the corralling Nadders...
Just as a huge red dragon whips past, spraying the base of
the catapult with sticky fire.
HICCUP (V.O.)
And then there's the Monstrous
Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go
after those. They have this nasty
habit of setting themselves on
fire.
It emerges from the flames, climbing the catapult with a
leering, toothy grin.
STOICK
Reload! I'll take care of this.
Stoick takes on the Nightmare, face to hammer.
Suddenly, a LOUD BALLISTIC MOANING streaks overhead. The
catapult crew ducks.
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
ON HICCUP, looking up from his work, reacting to the same
sound.
HICCUP (V.O.)
But the ultimate prize is the
dragon no one has ever seen. We
call it the—
VIKING
Night Fury! Get down!
Vikings everywhere take shelter. The moaning sound BUILDS.
Everyone except Hiccup, Astrid and Yay drops to the ground.
Yay laughs and says "everybody do the flop"
EXT. VILLAGE - CATAPULT - CONTINUOUS
The Monstrous Nightmare suddenly stops fighting and takes
flight. Stoick looks skyward.
STOICK
JUMP!
KABOOM! The Catapult EXPLODES as though hit by an artillery
shell... sending Stoick and the crew leaping for their lives.
HICCUP (V.O.)
This thing never steals food, never
shows itself, and...
The sound recedes, leaving the crippled catapult in flames.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
...never misses.
(BEAT)
No one has ever killed a Night
Fury. That's why I'm going to be the first.
IN THE STALL
Gobber trades his hammer for an axe.
GOBBER
Man the fort, Hiccup, they need me
out there!
Gobber pauses. Turns with a threatening glare.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Stay. Put. There. You know what I mean.
Gobber charges into the fray, HOLLERING.
ON HICCUP, a smirk crosses his face.
EXT. VILLAGE - MOMENTS LATER
"You really think he's going to litsen to you?" Yay asks Gobber shrugged
"I had hope"