Yay a new chapter! Okay so before we began I just want to say. I am not promising daily or frequent updates. I am going to update whenever I can and please no flames. I'm already getting them in my danny phantom fanfiction.
"Dragons/Hiccup dialogue"
"Normal dialogue"
Red Death dialogue
Thoughts
"Movie dialogue"
Actions on screen
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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."
Everyone except the three (Hiccup, Nightwolf, and Siren) jumped at the sound of the said boy's voice.
"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."
Stoick frowned. Does he really think that? He thought to himself.
The camera drifts over rolling hills to reveal a small village nestled on an outcropping of sea mounts.
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."
"Gee I wonder why?" Snotlout said. Everyone chose to ignore him.
The camera drifts closer, circling.
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.
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.
"Hiccup why can't you stay inside?" Stoick asked.
"It's not like you care." Hiccup muttered, but everyone still heard. Oops?
HICCUP (V.O.)
"Most people would leave. Not us. We're Vikings. We have stubbornness issues."
Gobber chuckled. "Like you don't?"
"I said 'we'. I never excluded myself."
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.
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."
Everyone laughed except for a few. Viking demeanor?
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'!"
The said Viking blushed.
Hiccup gets to his feet and continues to rush past gigantic men and women.
HICCUP (V.O.)
"Meet the neighbors. Hoark the Haggard..."
HOARK
"What are you doing out!?"
"Going to the forge." Hiccup answered.
HICCUP
"... Burnthair the Broad..."
BURNTHAIR
"Get inside!"
"No." Let's just say everyone was surprised by the answer.
HICCUP
"... Phlegma the Fierce..."
PHLEGMA THE FIERCE
"Get back inside!"
"Let me think about it. Hmm, no."
Nightwolf turned to Hiccup. "You totally have nice neighbors."
Hiccup snorted as the dragons looked curiously at him while a few guilty Vikings stared at the floor.
A gronkle looked sadly at him before turning to Toothless. "Nightflyer is that really how they treat their own hatchling?"
Toothless nodded sadly. "Yes, that is how they treat him."
The dragons glared at the Vikings much to their confusion.
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!?"
Hiccup crossed his arms. "No, it's a Dragon."
(accusingly; to the crowd) "What is he doing out again?! (TO HICCUP) What are you doing out?! Get inside!"
"Um, the house was on fire, I had to get to the forge. Take your pick."
The flames light up his scowling face and matted red beard. He sets Hiccup down and turns to the sky, searching.
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. 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."
Stoick beamed at this while his son was disgusted.
Nightwolf cleared her throat. "To be honest I don't believe it. Although, what Hiccup did when he was a child I believe it since I seen it."
"What did he do?"
"I'm not telling."
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."
The said species looked proud as Toothless rolled his eyes.
STOICK
"Any Night Furies?"
VIKING #1
"None so far."
STOICK (RELIEVED)
"Good."
Hiccup beamed at Toothless who smiled back.
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."
Everyone chuckled.
Hiccup dons a leather apron and starts to put away Gobber's scattered appendages.
"You really need to clean up."
"That is why I have you."
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.
All the Vikings rolled their eyes as the dragons chuckled their special chuckle.
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."
"Oi! Who you calling a meathead?" Gobber yelled.
"Oh, just the other Viking with interchangeable hands."
The two had a stare down before Gobber deadpanned. "Too shay."
Stoick felt a pang of jealousy at his son and friend's relationship.
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."
Many chuckled at his sarcasm.
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.
The teens wanted to see how Hiccup saw them. But Snotlout noticed something. "How come you don't smile? I mean, you either smirk or just have a small evil grin."
Hiccup shrugged. "I only smile when I'm happy."
HICCUP (V.O.)
"Oh and that's Fishlegs,"
"The boy who never stops talking about dragons," Hiccup said in a happy tone. Fishlegs and him have a lot in common and still sees him as a friend.
"Snotlout."
"The egotistical idiot."
"The twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut."
"The ones who never stop fighting."
"And... (DREAMY) Astrid."
"The competitive girl who is a sore loser." Hiccup smirked at the shocked teens.
A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and heroic.
No one commented, for they were still too shocked on what he said.
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.
"What's with you guys and holding me up by my clothes? Do I have a sign on me saying 'hold this teenager by his clothes?'"
The dragons snorted at the hatchling's humor.
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."
Many (all) winced at the memories.
HICCUP
"Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date."
Snotlout snorted. "Who'd want to date you?"
Nightwolf paused the movie. "Siren, you have the honor."
Siren smirked and a scroll appeared out of nowhere. It unrivaled itself into a long list.
"What's this?" The idiot asked.
"It's a list of every girl who wants to date Hiccup," said Siren with smug smile.
GOBBER
"You can't lift a hammer."
"If I couldn't I wouldn't be able to forge." Hiccup pointed out.
Gobber frowned. "But I don't let you forge anything."
Hiccup's eyes widened. "Let's get back to the movie."
"Hiccup what are you hiding?"
"Back to the movie!"
The boy in question sent Siren a grateful smile.
"You can't swing an axe..."
"I can, just not well."
Gobber grabs a bola (iron balls connected by rope). GOBBER (CONT'D)
"...you can't even throw one of these."
Hiccup stayed silent.
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."
"What is that?" Tuffnut asked.
"One of Hiccup's inventions."
Stoick looked over at his son. He felt guilty on how he was with him. How could he have never noticed? When they get back he promised to be a better father.
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!" The Viking said.
"Sorry." Hiccup snorted. "Not."
Nightwolf snorted as Siren and Hiccup high-fived each other.
GOBBER
"See, now this right here is what I'm talking about."
HICCUP
"Mild calibration issue."
"Mild cali-what issue?" A Viking asked.
The apprentice and mentor shared a knowing look before going back to watching the movie.
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. GOBBER (CONT'D)
"... this."
The dragons roared in outrage causing the Vikings to jump.
"How dare he?!"
"-glamoring a False Connection!"
"There is nothing wrong with you!"
"Quiet!" Toothless yelled/roared. The Vikings watched transfixed as the Night Fury made all the dragons quiet down. Toothless turned to Hiccup who was confused.
"Riegan, are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. I'm just confused with what Hookfang said. Something about a False Connection, what did he mean?"
"It means that when someone tries to get you to be something you're not. Like the Queen, she overrides our true nature. She made a False Connection." Toothless and Hiccup looked up at Gobber - who was staring at the Night Fury like everyone else - before turning back to look at each other.
"When your blonde friend said to stop being all of you, he was making a False Connection. From the looks of it, he didn't know, so it's not his fault. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
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.
"You can hold a sword?"
"Well, duh, I work in a forge."
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."
The dragons looked over to said boy, who had a disgusted look one his face.
"I will never kill a Dragon. Not if I can help it."
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."
Said species scoffed. Stormfly said, "We're worth more than that."
"I said 'at least.'"
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."
"That means mate right?"
Hiccup nodded and smiled over at Meatlug. This went unnoticed by the teens. "Yeah, but I rather be single if that's the only way to get one."
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."
Barf and Belch bumped heads as did every other Zippleback.
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."
"We must be the best then!"
Toothless growled at them. "Think again."
"They have this nasty habit of setting themselves on fire."
"Yes, and other than that, they're harmless."
"Get off my back Gobber."
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.
At every hit the dragons, plus Hiccup, Nightwolf, and Siren, winced.
Suddenly, a LOUD BALLISTIC MOANING streaks overhead. The catapult crew ducks.
At the sound of his friend, Hiccup smiled. This action confused Stoick.
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.
Hiccup grinned smugly before frowning at the memory. He became a sickly pale.
Toothless must've picked up on his rider's distress because he hit the barrier gaining everyone's attention. "Riegan, it's okay. I have forgiven you. Now, you need to forgive yourself."
"It's my fault that you can't fly. It's. All. My. Fault." His eyes glazed over with tears. Toothless cooed in sadness and rammed the barrier trying to get to his hatchling. Nightwolf shook her head and mouthed wait.
Toothless, defeated, laid beside the barrier. His purple Aura wrapped around the forest green one in a hug-like-comfort.
EXT. VILLAGE - CATAPULT - CONTINUOUS The Monstrous Nightmare suddenly stops fighting and takes flight. Stoick looks skyward.
STOICK
"JUMP!"
"No, I rather get blown to bits," Toothless said sarcastically in hopes of lifting his hatchling's mood. It worked.
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."
"Ha! That'd be the day!" Snotlout shouted.
Tears threatened to spill, but Hiccup wouldn't let them. He took a deep breath and to calm down.
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."
"Sit. Roll over. Beg."
Hiccup smirked at Gobber. He got on the floor and did what was commanded. "Woof."
Everyone in the room laughed at the duo. Toothless snorted and laughed at his hatchling's antics and was glad that he wasn't sad. Stoick was a different story, he was jealous at their relationship.
Gobber charges into the fray, HOLLERING. ON HICCUP, a smirk crosses his face.
"Oh no. I know that look."
Hiccup gave him an innocent look. "I don't know what you're talking about."
EXT. VILLAGE - MOMENTS LATER WHAM! Hiccup pushes his wheeled contraption through a wall of clustered Vikings. He weaves through the ongoing mayhem, as fast as his legs can carry him.
VIKING #6 (O.S.)
"Hiccup, where are you going!"
VIKING #7
"Come back here!"
HICCUP
"I know. Be right back!"
ON THE PLAIN BELOW The Nadders have cornered the house-full of sheep. They close in, ready to spring upon them. Stoick suddenly appears, HURLING FISHING NETS over them. The surprised Nadders are caught. Stoick and his men rush in. A Nadder blasts a hole through its net. Stoick leaps onto it, clamping his thick arms around its head, forcing its jaws shut.
STOICK
"Mind yourselves! The devils still have some juice in them."
An inhuman growl emitted. The Vikings looked over at the dragons, but they were as confused as they were. They looked over at where the trio sat. Nightwolf and Siren were trying to calm Hiccup down. He had his hands pressed to the side of his head.
"Hiccup, you okay?" Stoick asked.
"Yeah, it's just a headache. Can we go back to watching the movie?"
Toothless and the dragons knew that it was more than a headache, but didn't say anything.
ON THE PLAIN ABOVE Hiccup reaches a cliff overlooking the smoking CATAPULT and drops the handles to the ground. He cranks several levers, unfolding and then cocking the bowed arms of his contraption. He drops a bola onto a chamber and then pivots the weapon on a gimbal head toward the dark sky. He listens, with his eye pressed to the scope, hand poised on the trigger. He hears the NIGHT FURY approaching... and turns his aim to the defense tower. It closes in for the final strike, completely camouflaged in the night.
HICCUP (TO HIMSELF)
"Come on. Give me something to shoot at, give me something to shoot at."
KABLAM! The tower topples. The blast of fire illuminates the dragon for a split second. Hiccup pulls the trigger. KERTHUNK! The flexed arms SNAP forward, springing the weapon off the ground. The bola disappears into the sky, followed by a WHACK and a SCREECH.
It was silent. Then, cheering. "That's my son!"
Hiccup sighed and rolled his eyes as he muttered, "Yeah that's not all. Keep watching and you'll hate me."
HICCUP (CONT'D) (surprised, then elated)
"Oh I hit it! Yes, I hit it! Did anybody see that?"
Hiccup's victory is short-lived. A Monstrous Nightmare appears, slithering up over the lip of the cliff.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"Except for you."
"How do you manage to be sarcastic after all that?" Ruffnut asked despite the situation.
"Lots of practice."
ON STOICK, holding down the netted Nadders. He hears a familiar HOLLER and looks up to see... HICCUP running through the PLAZA, SCREAMING, with the NIGHTMARE fast on his heels. Alarmed, Stoick abandons the Nadders and runs off.
Everyone was now on the edge of their seats, momentarily forgetting that this was in the past.
STOICK (to his men, re: the NADDERS)
"DO NOT let them escape!"
IN THE PLAZA Vikings scatter as Hiccup dodges a near fatal blast. The Nightmare's sticky, Napalm-like fire splashes up onto buildings, setting them alight. Hiccup ducks behind the last standing brazier - the only shelter available. The Nightmare blasts it, spraying fire all around him.
Hiccup peers around the smoldering post. No sign of the Nightmare. He turns back to find it leering at him, blocking his escape. It takes a deep breath. Hiccup is finished. Suddenly, Stoick LEAPS between them, tackling the Nightmare to the ground. They tumble and wrestle, resuming their earlier fight. The Nightmare tries to toast him, but only coughs up smoke.
STOICK (CONT'D)
"You're all out."
He smashes the Nightmare repeatedly in the face, driving it away. It takes to the air and disappears. Winded, Stoick turns to Hiccup.
Stoick looked over at his son. "I'm sorry for not believing you Hiccup."
"It's okay, I wouldn't have believed me either."
HICCUP (V.O.)
"Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know..."
The burnt brazier pole collapses, sending the massive iron basket crashing. It bounces down the hill, destroying as it goes and scattering the Vikings who were holding down the netted Nadders. The freed dragons escape... with several sheep in tow.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"Sorry, dad."
All the dragons looked between Stoick and Hiccup. They could see the similarity, but they are still shock that he is the father of Hiccup.
EXT. VILLAGE - UPPER PLAZA - CONTINUOUS The escaped Nadders fly past with sheep in their clutches. The raid is over. The dragons have clearly won. The murmuring crowd eyes Stoick, awaiting his response.
HICCUP (SHEEPISH)
"Okay, but I hit a Night Fury."
Stoick grabs Hiccup by the back scruff of his collar and hauls him away, fuming with embarrassment.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"It's not like the last few times, Dad. I mean I really actually hit it. You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot. It went down, just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there, before it-"
STOICK
"-STOP! Just...stop."
He releases Hiccup. Everyone goes silent, staring expectantly.
STOICK (CONT'D)
"Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter's almost here and I have an entire village to feed!"
Hiccup looks around. All eyes are upon him.
HICCUP
"Between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't ya think?"
A few rotund Vikings stir self-consciously.
The same Vikings did the same thing as the dragons snorted at the true statement.
STOICK
"This isn't a joke, Hiccup! (EXASPERATED) Why can't you follow the simplest orders?"
HICCUP
"I can't stop myself. I see a dragon and I have to just... kill it, you know? It's who I am, Dad."
"Correction it is not who I am."
"Oh, do you really think that?" A red Aura swirled around his own green one. "All you are is a screw-up. Do you really think the Night Fury cares about you?" A laugh like sound rang through his head as he gripped the sides.
"Shut up! You don't know anything."
"Yes, I really do. I know a lot more than you. The Night Fury practically hates you for taking away his ability to fly. The only reason he hasn't killed you is because he is using you. Your tribe would rather die than be with you."
"SHUT UP!"
This exchange didn't go unnoticed by Nightwolf or Siren. They side-hugged him.
STOICK
"You are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them."
Sting. Hiccup looks around to see many nods of agreement.
STOICK (CONT'D)
"Get back to the house. (TO GOBBER) Make sure he gets there. I have his mess to clean up."
Stoick lumbers off in the opposite direction.
"I'm so sorry Hiccup."
"It's fine, Dad. I'm used to it."
The dragons glowered and growled at the Vikings at how they made him feel, much to the Vikings' confusion.
Gobber leads Hiccup through the walk of shame. They pass the teen fire brigade as they snicker.
TUFFNUT
"Quite the performance."
SNOTLOUT
"I've never seen anyone mess up that badly. That helped!"
HICCUP
"Thank you, thank you. I was trying, so..."
Hiccup avoids Astrid's glare and heads up toward a large house, standing prominently on the hill above the others.
The teens felt a bit guilty at how they treated him before they dismissed it.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"I really did hit one."
GOBBER
"Sure, Hiccup."
HICCUP
"He never listens."
GOBBER
"Well, it runs in the family."
HICCUP
"And when he does, it's always with this... disappointed scowl. Like someone skimped on the meat in his sandwich. (MIMICKING STOICK) Excuse me, barmaid. I'm afraid you brought me the wrong offspring. I ordered an extra large boy with beefy arms. Extra guts and glory on the side. This here. This is a talking fish bone."
They would've laughed if it wasn't depressing.
Does he really think that? Stoick thought.
GOBBER
"You're thinking about this all wrong. It's not so much what you look like. It's what's inside that he can't stand." Beat.
HICCUP
"Thank you, for summing that up."
They reach the doorway.
GOBBER
"Look, the point is, stop trying so hard to be something you're not."
Hiccup SIGHS heavily.
HICCUP
"I just want to be one of you guys."
Gobber eyes him sympathetically. Hiccup turns and goes through the front door. And straight out the back door. He hurries off into the woods, determined.
"Hiccup can't you stay inside just once?!"
"Nope." Instead of sounding sarcastic, it sounded forced. No one, but Toothless and the two sitting next to him, noticed this.
INT. GREAT HALL - DAY A noisy din of PROTESTING VOICES leads to... STOICK, glowering in the firelight. Surrounded by his men.
STOICK
"Either we finish them or they'll finish us! It's the only way we'll be rid of them! If we find the nest and destroy it, the dragons will leave. They'll find another home."
"Yeah and that'd be Berk." Nightwolf deadpanned.
"Excuse me?" Stoick turned to her.
"You heard me."
He sinks his blade into a... LARGE NAUTICAL MAP, spread out on the table... the blade pierces the middle of an uncharted corner, swirling with painted sea monsters and dragons.
STOICK (CONT'D) (DECIDEDLY)
"One more search. Before the ice sets in."
VIKING
"Those ships never come back."
STOICK (MATTER-OF-FACT)
"We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard. Now who's with me?"
Stoick throws up his fist. No one follows. The crowds shifts in restless silence. Head scratches. Eyes averted.
VIKING (FEEBLE)
"Today's not good for me."
VIKING (CONT'D) (EQUALLY FEEBLE)
"I've gotta do my axe returns."
STOICK
"Alright. Those who stay will look after Hiccup."
At this, the said boy's head shot up. People could clearly see the hurt and betrayal written all over his face.
Hands jut into the air, volunteers galore. Enthusiastic murmurs of prep and packing fill the room.
"Really?" His voice sounded so broken that people honestly felt guilty. "Wow, I knew you guys hated me, but I never knew I was so bad that you would go on a suicide mission than be with me."
Many people felt an extreme amount of guilty, save for the dragons who were to busy glaring at the village that they didn't notice the red Aura around the boy.
"I told you, but you didn't believe me."
"SHUT UP! LEAVE ME ALONE!"
PHLEGMA THE FIERCE
"To the ships!"
SPITELOUT
"I'm with you Stoick!"
STOICK (DRY)
"That's more like it."
The Vikings rush for the door, leaving Gobber and Stoick alone. Gobber gulps back the contents of his tankard attachment and scrapes back the bench.
GOBBER
"I'll pack my undies."
STOICK
"No, I need you to stayl and train some new recruits."
GOBBER
"Oh, perfect. And while I'm busy, Hiccup can cover the stall. Molten steel, razor sharp blades, lots of time to himself...what could possibly go wrong?"
Stoick sinks onto the bench beside Gobber, his brow burdened.
STOICK
"What am I going to do with him Gobber?"
GOBBER
"Put him in training with the others."
"Wait, so you're the reason I'm in this mess?"
STOICK
"No, I'm serious."
"Wow, nice vote of confidence."
GOBBER
"So am I."
Stoick turns to him, glaring.
STOICK
"He'd be killed before you let the first dragon out of its cage."
"It's so nice to know how you feel about me."
GOBBER
"Oh, you don't know that."
STOICK
"I do know that, actually."
GOBBER
"No, you don't."
STOICK
"No, actually I do."
GOBBER
"No you don't!"
STOICK
"Listen! You know what he's like. From the time he could crawl he's been...different. He doesn't listen. Has the attention span of a sparrow. I take him fishing and he goes hunting for... for trolls."
"Trolls exist! They steal your socks. But only the left ones. What's with that?" Hiccup imitated Gobber.
"How many people can you imatate?" Nightwolf looked at him her silver irises meeting his green ones.
"Everyone."
GOBBER (DEFENSIVE)
"Trolls exist! They steal your socks. (DARKLY) But only the left ones. What's with that?"
Everyone laughed at the similarities between the apprentice and mentor.
"Actually trolls do exist. In Harry Potter, Frozen, and Homestuck," said Siren.
Nightwolf smacked her upside the head. "You are one Siren."
STOICK
"When I was a boy..."
"Oh here we go." Hiccup muttered.
GOBBER (GRUMBLING)
"Oh here we go."
Cue the laughter.
STOICK
"My father told me to bang my head against a rock and I did it. I thought it was crazy, but I didn't question him. And you know what happened?"
"You got a headache?"
GOBBER
"You got a headache."
More laughter. Cue more jealousy from chief.
STOICK
"That rock split in two. It taught me what a Viking could do, Gobber. He could crush mountains, level forests, tame seas!"
"Okay, first of, no human can do that only dragons and gods can." Hiccup argued. "Second, I have nothing."
"Even as a boy, I knew what I was, what I had to become. (BEAT) Hiccup is not that boy."
GOBBER
"You can't stop him, Stoick. You can only prepare him. (BEAT) Look, I know it seems hopeless. But the truth is you won't always be around to protect him. He's going to get out there again. He's probably out there now."
ON STOICK, as Gobber's words hit their mark.
Nightwolf stood up. "Let's take a slight break."
"FERN WASH THE CLOTHES!" A female voice yelled.
"COMING!" Nightwolf turned to Siren. "Watch them, I have to do chores."
She nodded. "Don't forget to lose-" she gestured to all of her.
"Oh yeah." With a snap of her fingers, she looked like a normal human. "Don't burn down the theater. It might be fire proof but knowing you, you'd probably figure out a way." She looked at Siren once more before disappearing in a cloud of silver smoke.
Hiccup looked at the dragons. "Toothless?"
"Yes Riegan?"
"Um, after they see me free you, can I go over to you?"
"Yes, you can."
Hiccup smiled. "Thanks."
"No problem."
So there's the second chapter. There was some angst, humor, and very weird things. I know Hiccup was bipolar in this chapter but his mood didn't change that much, he was just putting on a show a bit, so yeah.
Tell me how you guys like it or if you have question in the reviews and have a nice day or night?
