A/N: Sorry for the late update guys, I had to edit the script I am using because it had heaps of stuff from the write and editors of Httyd on it. Also, because I am both lazy and procrastinate a lot, I had heaps of school work I had to start and finish over the weekend. Anyway, enough excuses, time for chapter 2

Chapter 2: Dragon raid

Last time:

"No I am not a god. The reason I know you yet you don't know me is because I am not from your time. I am from 10 years into your future. And the village I am from…

Is Berk."

This time:

"Lies!"

"We would never live with those devils…"

"They are nothing but mindless beasts…"

"Kill him!"

These were some of the things said Rider after rider not only declared he was from 10 years into the future, but that he was from Berk, and that in the future, Vikings and dragons live together in peace. The Dragons were saying similar things about the Vikings, except it sounded just like threatening growls to all but Rider, who had spent 3 years learning the language of the dragons.

"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!" Rider bellowed as loud as he could, shutting everyone up. "Look, you may or may not believe me, but that does not change the fact that in the future, Berk is one of the only villages to have made peace with the dragons. But, because of the reason we are all here, it did not happen, so we are here to watch what Odin calls a 'movie' for you to see what is supposed to happen. Heimdall, can you start the movie now?"

Heimdall nodded and moved to the white wall, sliding his sword into a slot before walking to the side again. While this was happening Rider motioned for him and Hiccup to sit at one of the smaller tables near the dragons, angering most of the Vikings.

FADE IN:

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.

"Is that hiccup?" many Vikings asked, looking slightly confused as to how hiccups voice could be coming from the moving picture. Rider simple nodded before pointing back to the screen, signalling the Vikings to keep watching.

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 Vikings chuckled at Hiccups apt description of Berk.

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. It's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new.

"Because of those flying devils." Stoick muttered, just loud enough for everyone to hear.

"And Useless." Snotlout whispered to Tuffnut, causing the male twin to snicker.

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...

"Pirates?" Tuffnut guessed. Ruffnut hit him over the head.

"No, you idiot. Dragons, duh!" She looked quite pleased at correcting her twin before he lunged at her and they started fighting. The Vikings either chuckled at the twins antics or just tried to ignore them.

Sheep graze peacefully on a hillside. Suddenly one is snatched.

Gobber rubbed his eyes with his good hand and looked at the screen confused "Wait, what happened? I blinked and then the sheep was gone." Most Vikings including Rider chuckled. Stoick didn't though, as he did not think that a dragon stealing their sheep was a laughing matter.

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.

"Hey look, it's Useless!" Snotlout shouted. Earning glares from many Vikings and a throwing knife stuck in the wall next to him from Rider.

HICCUP: ...dragons.

The Dragons got glares from most of the Vikings, bar hiccup and rider who just continued watching the movie.

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.

Stoick and many other Vikings groan, knowing that with Hiccup running around during a Dragon raid, disaster is sure to follow.

More dragons swarm in, setting rooftops alight and hauling off sheep.

HICCUP (V.O.): Most people would leave. Not us. We're Vikings.

"Yeah! We're too good to leave our home just because of a few pesky Dragons" Snotlout said boastfully, flexing his 'muscles' in Astrid's direction.

We have stubbornness issues

This caused several Vikings to snicker, both from Snotlout's failed attempt to gain Astrid's attention, and from what the on-screen Hiccup said about stubbornness, because the Haddocks are the most stubborn out of all the Families on Berk.

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.

The Vikings watched as Hiccup skilfully dodged all the large Vikings around him as he ran through the streets.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D): My name's Hiccup. Great name, I know. But it's not the worst.

Stoick frowned, the way hiccup said that made it sound like Hiccup did not like his name.

Parents believe a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and trolls. Like our charming Viking demeanour wouldn't do that.

"What's that supposed to mean?" the few Vikings that picked up on the sarcasm said threateningly, while that others sat confused at how their cheerfulness would scare gnomes and trolls away.

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'!

Everyone laughed while the Viking that was shown on screen looked somewhat embarrassed.

Hiccup gets to his feet and continues to rush past gigantic men and women.

HICCUP (V.O.): Meet the neighbours. Hoark the Haggard...

HOARK: What are you doing out!?

Everyone looks to Hoark, who just glares at them until they look away.

HICCUP: ... Burnthair the Broad...

BURNTHAIR: Get inside!

Then they look at Burnthair who just ignores them.

HICCUP: ... Phlegma the Fierce...

PHLEGMA THE FIERCE: Get back inside!

Phlegma blushed slightly when everyone turns to look at her,

HICCUP: … Ack.

He passes a silent ox of a Viking, picking his ear.

HICCUP (CONT'D): Yep, just Ack.

Everyone, including the Dragons, laugh at what Ack was caught doing, and what Hiccup said about him.

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.

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 Chuckled slightly, he couldn't believe that rumour was still going around. What had actually happened was a dragon got into his house when he was a kid about 7, it attacked him and he fought it off with one of his father's spare swords until his father came and killed it. People started to talk about it, constantly changing it until they started to say that he was only a baby and he killed it bare handed by himself.

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 smiled, thinking his son thought so highly of him, until he looked at his son sitting next to Rider, and noticed that Hiccup was looking slightly disgusted. Confused, Stoick turned back to watch the movie.

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: Gronckles. 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.

Most Vikings snort, trying to hold their laughter; Snotlout though, didn't hold back and started laughing as loud as he could, until his had to hold his aching stomach whilst lying on the floor.

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.

The Vikings smiled at the blacksmith's and his apprentice's witty banter but Stoick couldn't help but feel slightly jealous at the relationship that Gobber and Hiccup had with each other.

HICCUP (V.O.)

The meathead with attitude and interchangeable hands is Gobber. I've been his apprentice ever since I was little. Well...littler.

"Hey! Who are you calling meathead?" Gobber called over to Hiccup.

Hiccup smiled his lopsided grin and replied, "Well, you did call me a toothpick just before, so it seems only fair for me to call you a meathead." Gobber was left speechless after that, he opened and closed his mouth several times before he crossed his arms and sat back down.

EXT. VILLAGE - CONTINUOUS

ON STOICK

STOICK: We move to the lower defences. 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.

A few Vikings chuckled at how Hiccup said that.

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,

Fishlegs smiles happily seeing himself in the movie.

Snotlout.

Snotlout smiles smugly and once again flexes his arms towards Astrid who, once again, ignores him.

The twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut.

And...

The Twins grin and bash their heads together, leaving them both stunned for several seconds.

(DREAMY): Astrid.

Everyone laughs at movie Hiccups face, bar hiccup and Astrid, who are both blushing, though Astrid has no idea why she is. Snotlout though, is not laughing good naturedly, his laugh it taunting and mean, he even starts mocking Hiccup by saying that Astrid would never even think of going out with someone like Hiccup, a useless runt. He continues laughing at Hiccup as he says many other cruel things about him. Rider notices Hiccup with his head in his hands, realising that Hiccup is getting upset over what Snotlout is saying about him, he discretely takes Hiccup over to the side of the room, were no one could hear them talking.

"Hey, don't listen to Snotlout okay. Listen, when I was you age the girl I loved never paid any attention to me either," Hiccup looked up at him confused at where he was going with this, "I would always stumble over my words with around her. I also know someone like Snotlout he would always taunt me, and call me names. Because of this I basically lost all my confidence around people, especially her. One day though, I met someone who became my best friend, he gave me back my confidence which allowed me to show her my real self, not the bumbling fool with no confidence that everyone, including her, thought I was. After that, she and I became friends, and we got closer and closer until we started dating, and then I asked her to marry me, now we have a son and another child on the way."

Hiccup still looked confused; he had no idea why Rider was telling him this. Rider noticed his confusion and said, "Look, what I'm saying is don't believe what Snotlout says, just because you are not as strong as the other Vikings does not mean that you are worse than them, in my time you are a great chief, everyone looks up to you even though you are not as strong as you father. You rely on speed and agility when you fight, and when you are not fighting you are either flying with Toothless or spending time with your wife and child…"

"Wait, hold up a second, firstly I can't fight, I'm terrible with all types of weapons, and secondly who is my wife? Do we actually love each other or was it an arranged marriage that my father has not told me about yet." Hiccup said slightly panicked, arranged marriages often turn out badly.

"Hehehe, okay firstly next time you use a sword try holding it in your left hand instead of your right. Also, yes you and your wife love each other a lot and it was not an arranged marriage, you were unofficially dating for about 2 years before you got the courage to ask her out officially, of course she punched you for taking so long and then kissed you. You then spent the next three years officially dating before you proposed to her and she said yes. As for who you wife is, I would tell you but chances are you would not believe me yet, so I will tell you that she will kiss you sometime in the movie and let you try and figure out who it is.. We should get back to watching the movie now, though I doubt anyone other than Heimdall noticed us leave." Hiccup smiled and nodded, happy that his life may get better in the future.

Unknown to either of them, a young woman saw both of them leave and followed them, she overheard everything and it left her angrily wondering who hiccups future wife could be, 'Because he cheated in Dragon Training to beat me, so he does not deserve a loving wife' She told herself to explain why she was angry. But she was also confused as to who this Toothless person is, there was no one on Berk called Toothless and how could Hiccup fly with him.

They returned to find the movie stopped and the Vikings still laughing slightly. Heimdall noticed their return and started the movie again, thus making the Vikings quieten down enough to continue watching the movie.

A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and heroic.

"Wow, we look badass!" Tuff and Ruff said simultaneously

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D): Their job is so much cooler.

"Hey! What's wrong with Blacksmithing?" Gobber said, sounding offended.

"Nothing, it's just back then he did have any respect from his peers, whilst the other teens, even Ruff and Tuff had earned respect by helping during raids." Rider answered for Hiccup.

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.

Many Vikings flinched at this.

HICCUP: Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date.

Snotlout snorted, thinking back to what he had said not even 5 minutes before.

GOBBER: You can't lift a hammer. You can't swing an axe...

Gobber grabs a bola (iron balls connected by rope).

GOBBER (CONT'D): ... you can't even throw one of these.

A Viking runs by and nabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it at a dive-bombing Gronckle. The bola binds its legs, sending it into a heavy crash.

Hiccup flinched at this, which went unnoticed to everyone except Rider, Astrid, and Stoick, thinking it was from what Gobber said. Only rider knew it was from seeing the Gronckle get hurt.

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.

"Cool!" the twins said in awe of device, they could cause so much destruction so easily with something as small but powerful as that.

VIKING: Arggh!

Hiccup looked sheepish and called out sorry the Viking mentioned, who just sat there rubbing his head, remembering the injury he got from it.

GOBBER: See, now this right here is what I'm talking about.

HICCUP: Mild calibration issue.

"It was." Rider said to the Vikings, "Several years later he remade it and fixed it up, now Berk uses multiple versions of them for defence against attacking tribes, the launched bolas are good for destroying ships masts."

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.

Rider chuckled and, before he could stop it, said "But you just pointed to all of him."

HICCUP (ASTONISHED): But... you just pointed to all of me.

Many Vikings chuckled at that, as it was the exact same thing that Rider had just said. Hiccup though was looking at Rider suspiciously, slowly connecting the dots, but not enough to figure out Riders Identity.

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!

Once again, Snotlout and the Vikings snorted, both for different reasons. Snotlout because his cousin was a useless runt not a Viking, and the Vikings because they still can't believe that Hiccup, the village runt, placed first in dragon training.

Gobber tosses him a sword.

Several Vikings were surprised that he was actually able to hold up the sword without dropping it, even though he was holding it with both his arms, Viking swords were heavy and someone as scrawny as hiccup should not of been able to lift it without dragging it across the ground or seriously injuring himself.

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.

Rider snorted and said "Not in the future."

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 Nadder look slightly indignant, surely they would be worth a lot more than at least getting 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.

The Gronckles had slightly mixed feeling, a girlfriend was a human version of a mate right, so that was good, but they were also slightly upset that the small Viking was talking about killing them just so he could get a mate.

A stealthy, snake-like dragon head peeks over a rooftop, breathing gas into a chimney.

HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D): A Zippleback? Exotic, exciting. Two heads, twice the status.

The Zipplebacks didn't know what exotic meant but figured it must be good if it would give someone twice the status for taking one of them down.

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.

The Vikings chuckled at how Hiccup made it seem as though the Nightmare setting itself on fire was nothing to worry about, even though a Nightmare covered in flames is hard to deal with because you cannot get close enough to kill without getting burnt.

The Nightmares, though, started boating about how they are the better than the other dragons because only the best Vikings go after them.

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.

Hiccup winced again, tough this time more Vikings noticed it, they simply thought that he was wincing at the sound of the night fury, the one that he lied about hitting. Once again rider knew that the real reason was either because of the Nightmare getting hurt or, more likely, because he was remembering that this is the night he shot down Toothless.

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!

The Dragons looked around, expecting the Night Fury to start boating but they could not find him, noticing for the first time that the Night Fury was not there. Hiccup also started to look for Toothless but stopped after Rider told him that Odin will bring Toothless later, because if he brought him now, the Vikings would stop at nothing to kill the legendary Night Fury.

Vikings everywhere take shelter. The moaning sound BUILDS.

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.

Hiccup, remembering his best friend, smiled fondly…

That's why I'm going to be the first.

But his smile instantly faded when he thought about how he once wanted to kill the night fury. Now hiccup rather would die than hurt Toothless.

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, why would you leave Hiccup alone during a dragon raid?" Stoick said half way between angry and exasperated.

Gobber just smiled sheepishly and shrugged at Stoick.

Gobber charges into the fray, HOLLERING.

ON HICCUP, a smirk crosses his face.

"Oh no…" the Vikings muttered, knowing that hiccup was about to do something stupid.

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.

Gobber sighs and mock glares at Hiccup "What part of 'Stay. Put. There.' Did you not understand?"

Hiccup shrugs and smiles 'Innocently' "All of it?"

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.

Hiccup frown at Stoick calling the dragon devils, while the dragons and Rider growled angrily.

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 defence 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.

"Oh come on, there is no way that Useless could hit a Night Fury," Snotlout started to say…

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.

Complete and utter silence followed as realised that Hiccup had shot down the Night Fury. Snotlout was left sitting there gaping; his cousin had actually managed to shoot down a Night fury? Suddenly everyone erupted into cheers. Stoick couldn't help but feel proud that his son was the first Viking ever to get a hit on the Night fury.

Hiccup though, had his heads in his hands again, he hated thinking about when he shot down Toothless, and now he basically had to relive it. Rider noticed this and started comforting him, saying how if he didn't shoot Toothless down, then Hiccup and Toothless would never have met, and if he didn't lose his tail fin and did not need to rely on Hiccup, then they would not have such a strong brotherly bond. Rider tells him that in the future, out of everyone Hiccup and Toothless have the strongest Dragon-Viking relationship.

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.

The Vikings and Dragons both laugh at hiccups bad luck.

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.

Stoick, even though he is proud of his son hitting the Night Fury, sighs at the sight of his son getting in trouble again.

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 smouldering 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.

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.

"Wait, the Chief is Hiccups dad?" Ruffnut says confused.

"No, you idiot, the Chief is not his father, Stoick is." Tuffnut replies. The Vikings just stare at them, astounded at how dumb they can be at times.

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.

"I am sorry I did not believe you, Son, when we get back we will go looking for it." Stoick says to Hiccup.

Hiccup just sighs, and continues watching the movie.

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.

Some of the teens and Vikings laughed at what Hiccup said but the larger Vikings glared at him.

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.

Both Rider and Hiccup snorted and said "I/he will never be a Dragon killer." Hiccup stared at Rider for a few seconds, confused. before shrugging it off and continuing to watch the movie.

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 looked at his son, expecting him to look upset at what had just happened; instead Hiccup seemed to be… Smiling? Stoick was thoroughly confused at his sons behaviour since they started watching this movie.

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.

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.

HICCUP (CONT'D) I really did hit one.

GOBBER: Sure, Hiccup.

Gobber looked down in shame, he should have at least tried to believe hiccup.

HICCUP: He never listens.

GOBBER: Well, it runs in the family.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Both Hiccup and Stoick said at the same time.

HICCUP: And when he does, it's always with this... disappointed scowl. Like someone skimped on the meat in his sandwich.

Hiccup (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.

Stoick was shocked, was this really what Hiccup thinks Stoick thinks of him. He would have to talk to his son when they return to Berk.

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.

Everyone laughed at how bad Gobber is at reassuring him.

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.

The Vikings all look down in shame, was this how Hiccup felt, he was only ever trying to fit in trying too hard to gain the respect of his fellow villagers, even though everyone treated him like a walking disaster.

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.

"Gobber, I told you to make sure he gets home." Stoick said, slightly annoyed that Hiccup once again disobeyed his orders.

"Well, I did make sure he got home, but you never said for me to make sure he stays there." Gobber replied with a cheeky grin.

"Now, I the next scene may anger a few people, so let me warn you now, anyone that tries to hurt Hiccup, with be personally dealt with be my and the Dragons." Rider said with a glare at all the Vikings who, albeit confused, nodded slowly showing they understood.

A/N: Hey everyone, sorry for taking so long but as I said I had heaps of school work to do, and I had to edit the script to make it easier to write this story. Also, even though you may or may not care, I have changed my Pen Name from Ismellpurple to Dominus Furor which is the name I use for most things nowadays. Hopefully the next chapter will be up sooner than this one was. See you next time!