Ch. 2 Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

As the TV lit up, everyone began to quiet down and watched in awe as a scene came on.

[The scene shows a snow covered Berk.]

Hiccup: This is Berk,

Everyone jumped at the sound of Hiccup's voice and looked to the teen. Said teen raised his hands up. "Didn't even say anything yet." He called out before they all turned back to the screen.

Hiccup: —boasting the kind of balmy, fun-in-the-sun climate that will give you frostbite on your spleen.

Everyone chuckled at this statement, knowing it's true.

Hiccup: The one upside is our annual holiday. We call it Snoggletog.

"Oh! So this is going to happen…in about a month or so." Said Hiccup.

[Scene: Haddock Household.]

[The scene stops on the Haddock household before changes to Hiccup's room. Hiccup asleep.]

Hiccup: Why we chose such a stupid name remains a mystery, but with the war long over… [Toothless roars, roof rattles causing Hiccup to peak from under the blankets and look up at the ceiling before covering himself again.] and dragons living amongst us. This year's Snoggletog… [Toothless roars again, making Hiccup turn on his side.] promises to be one to remember.

Some of the Vikings chuckled at his statement of their "stupid" name of their holiday. Gobber cleared his throat. "Yes, welcome to Berk. Where you can either freeze to death or die of laughter at our stupid names." Everyone laughed at the joke. Hiccup shook his head, but couldn't help but laugh as well.

[Toothless roars]

Hiccup: Okay, okay, I'm coming.

[Hiccup groggily reaches for his helmet, puts it on his head and gets up to leave. Scene changes to Hiccup outside, yawning and looks up to see Toothless up on the roof looking down excitedly.]

Hiccup: [YAWNS] Well, good morning Mr. Bossy.

Toothless huffed. "What? It's true." Said Hiccup. He received a smack in the back of the head by a tail.

[Toothless trills a sound. Hiccup imitates him as Toothless climbs down to meet him.]

Hiccup: Do you always have to wake me up so early to go fly-I-I-I—

[Before he could finish his sentence, Hiccup slips on ice on his prosthetic leg. Toothless catches him before he falls and rights him up.]

Everyone winced at the reminder, the amputees especially, knowing how hard it is to adjust to a prosthetic. It's bad enough that he was the youngest, but also he had to have it at the worst time in the season.

Hiccup: UNH! Stupid leg. Oh, thanks buddy. I'm okay. Yeah, w-we can go flying now.

Though they had to give him credit for him adjusting to it and accepting it so quickly.

[Toothless burps in his face.]

Hiccup: EW! EW! What?! EW! OHH! Toothless.

[Scene changes to Hiccup and Toothless soaring through the air above the clouds.]

Hiccup: Come on! Let's see what you got today.

[Toothless dives down towards the sea with a sharp whistle, Hiccup whooping along before Toothless spreads his wings at the last second.]

Hiccup: Yeah!

[They skim across the water, passing sea stacks. They approach an arch.]

Hiccup: Okay. You ready?

[Toothless looks unsure. Hiccup detaches his prosthetic, causing the prosthetic tail fin to close itself. Toothless wobbles slightly as Hiccup stands atop of Toothless. The archway approaching.]

Hiccup: Easy. [Beat. Jumps over the arch and back on the dragon.] YES! Finally!

"'Finally?!' Hiccup, how many times have you tried to do this?" Stoick said sternly.

"Uh…"

[Scene: The Plaza.]

[Scene changes to the Village Plaza. All the villagers preparing for the holiday. A female Viking flies a Gronckle with a decorated axe in her hand by the dragon stables. Gobber the Belch directs her.]

Female Viking: Here?

Gobber: Yes, yes. No, no, no. That one a wee bit higher.

Female Viking: Here?

Gobber: There! Ah, that's the spot.

Female Viking: All right.

[A child dressed as a Gronckle runs up to Meatlug.]

Viking Child: RAR! [Meatlug roars back, causing the child to squeal and laugh before running away. She playfully chases after. Fishlegs watches fondly.]

Everyone chuckled fondly at the sight. Said child laughed happily.

Fishlegs: Attaboy, Meatlug.

[Astrid and Stormfly are by the Snoggletog tree. Astrid holding up two shields.]

Astrid: Are you ready, girl?

[Stormfly extends her tail spines. Astrid throws the shields up and Stormfly shoots, attaching the shields onto the tree. Stoick and Gobber walk together as they watch the preparations.]

The Vikings watched happily as the preparations were made, the kids jumping and laughing excitedly.

Stoick: By Odin's Beard, Gobber, Vikings spending the winter holiday with dragons. What would our fathers say?

"They'd probably say we've gone crazy…" said Hiccup.

"Or insane…" added Snotlout.

"Or stupid…" Said Tuffnut.

Gobber: They'd think we'd lost our minds.

"…Or that." Added Ruffnut.

Stoick: [chuckles before addressing to everyone.]Well done! Well done. All of you. I never thought I'd live to see this day – peace on the isle of Berk. This will surely be the greatest holiday we've ever seen.

[Everyone applauds and cheers jovially while the dragons screech and roar happily. Suddenly, there is a distant roaring and everyone looks up in shock and alarm.]

Stoick: What the…

[All the dragons suddenly looked up when they hear the roars and their pupils narrowed into slits. Everyone looks up seeing a whole flock of dragons flying in the same direction.]

Gobber: What in Thor's name…

Everyone along with the teens looked at each other nervously and confused, wondering what was going on.

[Stoick and Gobber look over to see Hookfang roaring up at the sky along with the residential dragons before every single dragon in the Village Plaza flew off to follow the flock.]

The children whimpered as they snuggled up to their dragon friends. Said dragons knew what was going, but didn't know how they could interpret it to their Viking friends.

Snotlout: Come back! What're you doing?!

Fishlegs: [GASPS] MEATLUG!

Ruffnut: What's going on?

Tuffnut: What's happening?

[Astrid looks around and looks up worriedly.]

Astrid: Where's Hiccup?

[Scene: Hiccup and Toothless still up in the air heading towards Berk.]

Hiccup: What do you say, bud? Wanna go again? [Looks forward in alarm.] Whoa![Sees the migration of dragons and narrowly gets hit.] Whoaaa!

[Hiccup and Toothless evades and dodges the unexpected on slot of dragons. A dragon's wing hits Hiccup's helmet, knocking it off and drop down to the sea.]

Hiccup: Oh, no! My helmet!

[Toothless looks down and roars before diving down towards it, causing Hiccup to yell in alarm.]

Hiccup: Aah! Toothless! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

[They nearly catch up to the helmet but Hiccup stops him before they crash into the water.]

Hiccup: Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait! Toothless, stop! [Toothless reluctantly stops and looks around in the water.]We'll get it later, bud. We need to get back and find out what's going on.

[Toothless looks down one more time before begrudgingly flies off towards Berk.]

[Scene: The Village Plaza.]

Male Viking: What's the matter? Where are you going?!

Astrid: No, no, no, no! Don't leave, Stormfly! Don't go! Please.

[Hiccup lands and runs towards Astrid. Upon seeing her friend, Astrid runs towards Hiccup along with the rest of the villagers.]

Hiccup: Astrid!

Astrid: Hiccup, what's going on? Where are they going?

[All of the villagers surround the two, immediately overwhelming them. They all yell Hiccup's name, vying for his attention. All of them scared and confused.]

Male Viking 2: Why did they leave?!

Female Viking: What's happening?!

Male Viking 3: What if they never come back?!

"Well, how am I supposed to know?! I'm just as clueless as you all are! I don't know every single thing about dragons." Said Vikings blushed in embarrassment at their on-screen selves. The twins gasped. "Oh, what now?"

"How dare you deceive us!" Said Tuffnut.

"Youmade us believe that you knew everything? You Liar!" said Ruffnut.

"You made us believe that you were perfect!"

"Yeah, well, I don't know everything…nor am I perfect." Hiccup replied with the roll of his eyes. They gasped again.

"What? No. What?"

"Oh, Thor! And just when I thought my world was shaken enough, it has shaken again!"

"Whose painting am I gonna have above my bed now?"

"First of all, ew. Second of all, shut up so we can watch." Astrid said in annoyance.

Hiccup: Stop! Wait!

Stoick: CALM DOWN! [Stoick makes his way to the front.]Give him a chance to speak! Hiccup, where are all of our dragons going?

"Thank you, Dad." Hiccup said sarcastically.

"Your welcome, son!" Stoick beamed, the teens snickering in amusement.

Hiccup: Dad…I don't know.

[Stoick sighs as everyone looks dejectedly at his answer. Hiccup looks behind him when he hears a roar and sees Stormfly trying to convince Toothless to come with them, but Toothless replies back telling her to go on without him and she reluctantly flies away with the rest of the migration. Hiccup and everyone else watches the flock fly away in sadness and confusion.]

[Scene: The Great Hall.]

[Everyone gathers around the fire as they all discuss about what happened at the Plaza. The teens are off to the side, away from the commotion as they watch on.]

Male Viking: Where'd they go?

Male Viking 2: Snoggletog is ruined.

Stoick: It's not ruined! [Everyone looks over as the chief goes over to the fire pit and gets up on top of the stone wall that surrounds the fire.]We're Vikings. We've been perfectly happy celebrating without dragons for generations. And there's no reason we can't do it again. Now, we don't know where they've gone off to, but we have to have faith that they'll be back again soon. Am I right?

[All of the villagers mumbled in agreement.]

Gobber: You're right! [They all turn to him, seeing him dressed festively with bells attached to his left arm.] We areVikings! We are tough! [BELLS JINGLE] Most of the time.

People chuckle with their on-screen selves.

Gobber: [PEOPLE CHUCKLE] Let's sing some Snoggletog songs.

[The teens had heard enough and all dejectedly, minus Fishlegs who had been smiling secretively the whole time, left the Hall. They all walk through the village.]

Ruffnut: That was depressing.

Astrid: I know. I was looking forward to spending the holiday with Stormfly.

[Fishlegs whistles a happy tune, making Tuffnut look over at him weirdly.]

Tuffnut: What are you so happy about? Don't you miss Meatlug?

Fishlegs: Me? Oh, yeah. [CLEARS THROAT, FAKES SOBS] I-I…I miss him so much. [SNIFFLES] [Everyone stares at him.]Well, good night. [They all watch him go as he quickly takes his leave, looking suspicious.]

The teens raised skeptical eyebrows and stared at Fishlegs questionably. He shrugged, not sure either and fondly pets Meatlug.

[They all watch him go as he quickly takes his leave, looking suspicious.]

Astrid: [GASP] I've got an idea. Let's come up with a bunch of new holiday traditions. You know, to bury the sadness.

The teens, minus Hiccup and Astrid, sighed along with their on-screen selves. Hiccup raised an eyebrow in confusion while Astrid crossed her arms indignantly.

[Everyone but Hiccup sighed, knowing where this was going. Astrid looks to Hiccup for help.]

Hiccup: Actually, Astrid might be on to something.

Tuffnut: Easy for you to say. Your dragon can't go anywhere without you.

[The scene cuts as they all look over to Toothless on top of a cliff looking out and down to the water before cutting back to the teens.]

Ruffnut: Must be nice.

Hiccup's eyebrows raised and he turned to said teen who was sitting in front of him. "What's that supposed to mean?!" she turned to him.

"How should I know? I don't know what my future self is thinking!" yelled Ruffnut as she threw her arms in the air.

[The rest of the teens leave for home, leaving Hiccup behind who had a contemplative look as he thought over what Tuffnut said.]

[The scene cuts to the next day as kids play outside with sad looks as they make a snow Gronckle. One child hugs it and sighs sadly.]

Everyone looked sadly at the scene, still wondering where the dragons have gone. Said dragons felt sorry and a little guilty for not trying hard enough to tell them where they went.

[Suddenly they hear someone shouting and looked over to see Astrid carrying a tray with two mugs and a picture.]

Astrid: YAK NOG! Get your Yak Nog! Come on! Get a frothy, delicious cup of cheer! [GASP]. [Astrid sees some of her friends and walks over to them with the tray excitedly.]Hey, you guys, try this tasty, new beverage I made for the holiday.

[The twins smell the air and recoil with disgusted looks on their faces.]

Tuffnut: Ugh! What's that smell? Is that you? [Pushes his sister's face.]

"No! It was probably you!"

"No, you!"

"No, YOU!" having had enough, Astrid reached over and grabbed them by the helmets and smashed them into each other.

The two wobbled in place before standing with large grins. "Again!" they shouted while the rest of the teens rolled their eyes.

"Muttonheads…" Snotlout muttered.

Astrid: It's Yak Nog! [Pours them a cup of the lumpy beverage.]

Everyone, especially the teens—minus Astrid—cringed. It looked awful and probably tasted awful as well.

Tuffnut: [RETCHES, COUGHS] Ugh! If I drink that, I'm gonna Yak Nog all over the place.

Astrid: Maybe you'd rather taste a punch in the face?

Ruffnut: [SNIFFS] Ugh!

Snotlout: Astrid, it sounds delightful. I'd love a mug.

"~Cough~ Suck up ~cough~." Said Hiccup. Snotlout, who was next to him, glared at him.

[Grabs a mug and takes a swig. He nearly retches from the terrible taste but swallows it down and puts the mug back with a sickened look.]

Snotlout: Ugh! You can really taste the yak.

[Suddenly, Fishlegs runs over when he sees the tray and pushes Tuffnut out of the way in the process.]

Fishlegs: Mm! Yum! What is that?

Astrid: Oh! You want to try some? It's my new traditional drink.

[In the background behind Astrid, Snotlout shakes his head at Fishlegs, conveying that he shouldn't. Seeing this, Fishlegs gets the gist and nervously backs away.]

Fishlegs: Oh, you know, um…I have suddenly and, uh, inexplicably changed my mind.

Astrid glared at all of them but Hiccup, since he wasn't there yet. "Oh come on, my cooking isn't that bad!"

"That's because you never even try it..." Fishlegs said nervously. Everyone else but Hiccup nodded in agreement.

"It can't be that bad!"

Astrid: Well, you don't know what you're missing. I bet Hiccup will love this.

"Oh man, good luck to you, cous." Astrid reached around Hiccup and punched his arm. Snotlout yelped and cradled it protectively.

[She walks away from the others to find Hiccup. The twins look at Snotlout and grin when they see him holding his stomach in discomfort, looking as though he wanted to throw up.]

Ruffnut: Are you crying?

Spitelout shook his head in disappointment and glared down at his son. Snotlout seeing this, glanced at him nervously and hid under the table.

[Scene: The Forge.]

Astrid: Hiccup?

Hiccup: [Grabs a tool]Yeah! I'm over here, Astrid! Coming.

Astrid: Here. Happy holidays, from me to you.

[Astrid offers him one of her Yak Nog drinks and Hiccup takes a mug.]

Hiccup: Thank you, Milady.

Astrid raised a brow and smirked at him. "What did you just call me?"

Hiccup blushed. "Uh-uh…"

Snotlout, who finally came out from under the table, scowled.

Astrid: What are you up to?

Hiccup: Okay, uh, you're gonna think I'm crazy but I just couldn't stop thinking about what Tuffnut said last night. Toothless can't come and go like the other dragons, and that's just not fair. I was up all night, and I think I found a way to fix that.

Stoick frowned in concern and put a hand on his son's shoulder in front of him. Hiccup looked over behind him. "Son, I know how you get with your ideas and your inventions, but you are young and you need your sleep. So try not to stay up too often." Gobber nodded in agreement, knowing exactly how he gets when he stays up for long hours to weeks on end.

Hiccup sighed tiredly but smiled at him nonetheless in appreciation for his concern. "All right, Dad. Thanks." Stoick nodded and they all turned back to the screen.

[Hiccup finally takes a swig of the Yak Nog and immediately regrets it as his cheeks puff out, looking like he was about to throw up.]

Snotlout smirked. "You were saying?" Hiccup paled at the sight of how his on-screen self looked when he took a drink of that stuff and felt sorry for his future self; he was not looking forward to experiencing that later. Astrid groaned and threw her hands up in the air before crossing them with a huff.

"Fine! I won't cook anymore!"

"Or might I suggest, um, at least try it first before you hand it out to us…if you are going to keep cooking." Fishlegs suggested nervously.

Astrid groaned in frustration. "Fine!"

[Astrid was too distracted to notice as she admires the new tail fin.]

Everyone stared at the tail fin in awe and curiosity. This boy had many talents. Stoick and Gobber, despite not liking him staying up late, couldn't help but feel pride for him.

Astrid: No way! You built him a new tail? So he's gonna be able to fly without you.

Hiccup: Mm-hmm.

Astrid: Wow. What a great gift.

[Hiccup chuckles nervously as he sets the mug to the side, his cheeks still puffed out.]

Astrid: What if he never comes back?

Hiccup: [FROWNS] Mm.

Hiccup sighed. "Now why would you go and say that?" Astrid winced.

"Sorry…" Toothless walked over from where he was laying in front of the teens with the rest of their dragons and nudged Hiccup's arm.

Hiccup gave a small smile and scratched him behind the ears, making him purr. "I know, bud. You wouldn't do that without a reason, right?" Toothless crooned before going back to where he was sitting so he wouldn't be in anyone's way.

Astrid: Pshh! What am I saying? Of course he will.

Hiccup: [NODS] Mm-hmm.

Astrid: Well, I'm gonna go spread some more holiday cheer. [Turns around and takes her leave, Hiccup nodding her good-bye.] You're amazing!

[When he was sure that she was gone, he spits out the Yak Nog onto the floor.]

Hiccup: Ugh! Bl-bl-bl-blah! [Wipes his chin.] Ugh-gg-gg-gh.

Hiccup chuckled nervously while Astrid grumbled under her breath. Most of the Vikings either chuckled or looked over in sympathy.

[Hiccup turns to the new tail fin and has a thoughtful look, thinking over what Astrid said. With a sigh, he leaves the shop with the tail and finds Toothless on top of his house again, roaring and stomping. In the process, some of the roof shingles fall off.]

Stoick groaned and rubbed his brow, knowing he was going to have to fix that later in the future. Hiccup smiled apologetically to him.

Hiccup: Toothless, come on down, bud. I got something for you. [Toothless comes down and sniffs the tail fin curiously.]What do you think of that? Yeah.

"Uh, does he even know what that is?" Asked Snotlout. Hiccup rolled his eyes.

"Oh! I know what that is!" Tuff turned to his sister. "Do you know what that is?"

"No idea." Answered Ruff.

Hiccup: [Hiccup tries to get the new tail on, but Toothless just circles around him.]Would you just settle down? Toothless, come on, bud. Let me get this on ya. Yeah. [He finally attaches the fin onto Toothless' tail.]You are going to love this. [GRUNTS] Okay.

[Toothless, not liking the feel of it, tries to get it off by bucking and swinging his tail around. Hiccup ducking when it almost hits his head.]

Hiccup: No, no, no, no, no! Toothless, stop! Please wait! Toothless, please!

[At the last swing, the tail unfurls itself along with his only tail fin and he grunts out in surprise and shock. The prosthetic opens and closes along with his fin, making gear sounds as he does and he looks at it in amazement.]

Everyone oohed at the sight of the tail fin, watching it move along with the other fin in amazement. Toothless tilts his head curiously.

Hiccup: Ah. There you go. See? Got it? [Toothless tests it out some before he slowly turns to Hiccup, his eyes turned into slits.] Toothless—Whoa! [When Hiccup tries to touch him, Toothless backs away from him and with a flap of his wings and a roar, he takes to the skies leaving Hiccup looking up at him, stunned and in shock at what just happened.]

Silence.

Everyone was in stunned silence as they stared at the Hiccup on-screen and over to the duo off-screen, who walked over to comfort his rider, wondering what in Thor's name just happened. The teens gaped at the scene, just as stunned and confused.

"…Did he just…" Snotlout trailed off.

"Wow…" Ruffnut breathed out.

"Did not see that coming." Tuffnut added. Toothless crooned and rubbed his head into Hiccup who hugged his head. Stoick looked at his son in sympathy.

[The scene cuts to Hiccup lying on his bed staring up at the ceiling with a hopeful look. With a sigh, he sadly turns away from the ceiling. Suddenly, his expression turns hopeful again when he hears a moan. Then a clatter and he slowly rises up from the bed. With a final thud, he gasps and runs out of bed towards the door.]

Hiccup: Toothless! I knew you'd come ba—OHH! UNH!

[Before he could finish, he slips on some ice with his prosthetic and falls to the ground on his back.]

Everyone winced.

[From his position, he sees that it was only his father on the roof with a hammer in his hand fixing the roof. Stoick turns around and smiles down at Hiccup.]

Stoick: Morning, son!

"Whoa! I didn't know the chief was a dragon?!" Tuff exclaimed.

Said Chief glared at him. "I am not. A dragon, Tuffnut." He said sternly.

"You certainly breathe fire like one…" Gobber muttered jokingly. The teens snickered while Stoick glared at the blacksmith.

Hiccup: Oh, hey…Dad. [He gets off the ground with a look of disappointment as Stoick climbs down from the ladder.]

Stoick: Glad you're up. I was looking for your helmet.

Hiccup winced.

Hiccup: [CRINGES] My-my helmet?

Stoick: Odin needs a place to put your goodies.

Hiccup: Yeah, right, I'll, uh…get on that. Great.

[He starts to walk away with a frown on his face, but Stoick stops him when he notices that something was wrong.]

Stoick: Hold on. Hold on. All right, come on. What's on your mind? Out with it.

"Hmm, let's me see…the dragons are gone, Toothless is gone, my helmet is gone…Nope, can't think of anything at all." Hiccup deadpanned. The teens chuckled while Stoick rolled his eyes.

Hiccup: Well, it's been three days, Dad. I just thought Toothless would be back by now.

Stoick: Oh, I'm sure he's with the other dragons.

Hiccup: Yeah? I wish I could be that sure.

Stoick: [SIGHS] Listen, I know what it's like to miss someone you love this time of year. But what do we do when they can't be here for the holiday? [He puts his hand on Hiccup's shoulder with a soft smile.]We celebrate them. And I imagine that's exactly what Toothless would want you to do. Right?

"Right?" Stoick repeated.

Hiccup sighed. "You're right."

Hiccup: [SIGHS] You're right.

Hiccup blinked.

Stoick: Good! [He pats Hiccup's shoulder, with a bit too much force needed since it nearly topples Hiccup over, and walks away.]Now, go get that helmet. We've had enough disappointment around here.

"Too late for that…" Hiccup retorted, making the others chuckle.

[Hiccup rolls his shoulder around before he sighs sadly.]

Hiccup: Hmm.

[Scene: The Plaza.]

[The scene cuts to town where everyone is doing their normal routines, Hiccup carrying a couple of oars on his shoulder.]

"What are you going to do with those oars?" Astrid inquired.

"Probably try and find my helmet." He answered.

Hiccup and Fishlegs: Ugh!

[On the way, he bumps into Fishlegs who was carrying a basket full of fish. When Fishlegs realizes it was Hiccup, he starts to look nervous.]

Hiccup: Oh, Fishlegs, you hungry? There's enough fish there to feed a dragon.

Fishlegs: [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY] Oh! A dragon, that's…

Again, the teens stared at him, now suspicious.

"I-I I don't know what's going on either!" Fishlegs exclaimed in exasperation.

[Fishlegs runs away, panting. Hiccup watches him suspiciously and follows him silently where he finds Fishlegs going into a shed with the basket. He stares at the shed, now really suspicious. Fishlegs looks around to see if the coast is clear and closes the door behind him with a successful smile before he walks away. Hiccup is hiding on the side of the shed and watches Fishlegs walk away. Making sure he was far enough away, he puts the oars to the side and opens the doors.]

Hiccup: Aaaaaaaaaahhh...[What he finds shocks him as with a roar, Meatlug takes her chance and flies out of the shed at full speed, breaking the chain in the process and carrying Hiccup with her.] Ugh! Meatlug?

"FISHLEGS?!" the teens gaped.

Fishlegs looked on in horror. "I-I I didn't mean too!"

"Did you seriously kidnap your dragon?" Tuffnut yelled, walking up and pointing at the screen. "How dare you!"

Ruffnut groaned. "Could someone pleasetell me how we're even related?"

[Astrid, who was walking around town, ducks down when she sees them and watches them go in bewilderment.]

Astrid: WHOA! Hiccup? Where are you going?!

Hiccup: I HAVE NO IDEAAA!

[Right at that moment, Fishlegs runs back to the shed and calls back to his dragon.]

Fishlegs: MEATLUG! What about presents?! Hey!

[Scene: The Shed.]

[The rest of the teens were at the shed to investigate what was going on.]

Fishlegs: I can't believe him.

"YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HIM?!" Astrid smacked him. "You kidnapped your dragon!"

"I didn't mean to!" Fishlegs said defensively, not sure what he was thinking at the time. Meatlug scooted away from him slightly. "Aw, Meatlug! Not you too!"

Astrid: YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HIM?! [Smacks his arm.]You kidnapped your dragon!

Astrid blinked.

[As they continue arguing, Ruffnut sees something in the pile of hay and nudges her brother. They approach it to investigate and move the hay aside.]

Fishlegs: Well, that makes it sound so mean.

Tuff chuckled. "It was mean."

Fishlegs looked at him blankly. "Thanks."

"You're welcome."

Tuffnut: Hey, guys…

Astrid: He flew away the second he was unleashed.

Fishlegs: I'm 72% sure he wanted to stay.

Tuffnut: Guys!

Fishlegs: Whoa-ho-ho-ho. Meatlug barfed up a pile of rocks.

[The others approach what the twins found. What was in the hay was about a dozen or so rock-like grey eggs. Astrid kneels down to take a closer look.]

The dragons laughed in their own way.

"You're such an idiot. Those aren't rocks." Said Ruffnut.

Ruffnut: You're such an idiot. Those aren't rocks. Your dragon laid eggs.

Everyone looked at her weirdly. She shrugged.

Astrid: Hey, wait. I bet that's why the dragons left—to lay their eggs.

Hiccup thought on this. "I…guess that makes sense."

Fishlegs: But…boy dragons don't lay eggs.

Ruffnut: Yeah. Your boy dragon is a girl dragon.

Snotlout chuckled. "Wow, Ruff figured that out faster than Fishie here!"

"Kind of surprising, actually." Added Astrid.

Fishlegs: Okay? That actually explains a few things.

"…Like whaaat?" Snotlout dragged out as they looked at him strangely.

Fishlegs twiddled his fingers nervously. "Umm…I'd rather not say…"

"Fishlegs…" Hiccup raised his brow.

Fishlegs cringed. "It's not like I don't want to…I'd just rather not embarrass him. I mean, her!" he corrected, hugging said dragon. Meatlug rolled her eyes.

Astrid:[Stands with an egg in her hands, surprising everyone.]Hey! Everyone's missing their dragons, right? [Astrid walks off to the side to grab something.]

Snotlout: [GROANS] Oh, here it comes.

Astrid: I've got an idea. [She grabs a pink ribbon. When done, she turns around to reveal the egg wrapped in a pink bow.]It'll be another new Snoggletog tradition.

Gobber hummed on this. "That's not such a bad idea, lass." Hiccup frowned.Why do I have a bad feeling about this?

Astrid: Oh, this is gonna be so good.

[Everyone leaves the shed with their own decorated egg and go around from house to house to put the eggs in everyone's boots or helmets.]

[Meanwhile, Hiccup and Meatlug are still flying somewhere far off from Berk. Hiccup tries to see where they are going through the fog with no such luck, nearly ramming themselves into a sea stack.]

Hiccup: Whoa! Meatlug, where are you taking me? Aah! [They nearly hit a wrecked Viking ship and Hiccup steers them up higher into the air at the last second.]Whoa!

[As they continue flying up above the clouds, up ahead Hiccup sees a bare crescent-like island surrounded by miles of clear blue waters and steaming water spouts. In the middle of the crescent island was a very large bay area with sand on the edges of the clear water. After they land on the island, Hiccup dismounts off to investigate and sees that the island is surrounded by wild dragons, including the dragons from Berk. And with the dragons were newborn baby dragons. Hiccup looks around in awe at the spectacular sight as he watches a mother Nadder feed her young.]

Everyone stares in awe at the new island and its oasis.

Hiccup: You guys come here to have babies. Whoa.

Fishlegs squealed as he squirmed in place. "This is incredible! You HAVE to put this in the Book of Dragons when you see this, Hiccup."

"Way ahead of you, Fishlegs…" Hiccup responded as he drew the outlines of the island and wrote some notes down in his notebook. Hopefully it will stay their once this event happens.

"Oh! What should we name this island?"

"Hmm…how about Crescent Island?"

"'Crescent Island?'" Snotlout repeated, unimpressed. "That's something even I can come up with."

"Perfect!"

"Crescent Island it is." Snotlout looked at them in disbelief.

"What?! You like that?! AAW, COME ON!" the teens laughed at him.

[Hiccup looks down to see a mother Gronckle pushing her eggs towards a water spout. Curious, Hiccup climbs down the hill, yelping when he nearly runs into a baby Gronckle and Nadder playing as they run off. He walks over to the Gronckle and watches her drop her eggs into the spout and sees them sinking down to the bottom. With a red and orange flash and a pop under the water, the baby hatches and swims up to the surface along with the rest following behind before climbing out towards their mother. The first tried to fly but was too young and tumbles towards her while the rest crawls.]

Everyone awes at the sight of the babies along with Hiccup, who also puts down more notes and drawings.

Hiccup: Aaw. Wow! [Hiccup looks off to the side and sees a stray egg. He walks towards it, not noticing the dragons surrounding the area back away.] Hey, look over here. You missed one.

The dragons screech as they try to warn the on-screen Hiccup.

[The mother jumps and scampers away, trying to warn him as it starts to shake and hatch. Just when he was about to kneel down to grab it, it explodes with a boom and a flash of fire and lava.]

Hiccup: Whoa! [He lands about a foot away with a skid on his back and looks up to see the dragons come back, the baby dropping down from the sky with a thud. The baby stretches out and yawns, not affected by the crash landing.] Man, it's a good thing those don't hatch on Berk.

Hiccup cringes and makes a sheepish noise. "Well…that's unfortunate." He commented as he adds a side note.

Stoick groans and drags his hand on his face. "Oh no…"

Fishlegs gaped at this while the twins and Snotlout laughed in amusement. Everyone else paled, but not as much as Astrid. "The eggs…explode?"

[Scene: Berk.]

[Back on Berk, the rest of the teens finished up putting the eggs into everyone's houses and met up at the Plaza when they were done. Astrid being the last one as she puts the last egg into a boot in a Viking's house and closes the door behind her, not noticing the inside of the boot lighting up and making a crackling sound.]

Astrid: Wasn't this a great idea?

Fishlegs: Uh-huh! Everyone is gonna be so surprised.

"Oh yeah, surprise is one way to put it." Snotlout commented, but Astrid didn't hear him as she just continued to stare at the screen in horror. Everyone else was leaning in their seats in anticipation.

[Suddenly, with a boom, the house explodes into flames; the baby Gronckle popping out and ricocheting off Fishlegs' face, surprising the others.]

"My house!" a Viking in the back yelled while the twins and Snotlout laughed.

Fishlegs: Ow! [Falls down.] Oof!

Snotlout: [SMIRKS] Surprise!

Fishlegs: Unh!

[With a whistle, the baby lands on Fishlegs' chest safely and yawns. Everyone but Astrid awes at the sight as she dawns a look of horror.]

Astrid: The eggs…explode? [Just when she says that, the houses around the Plaza explode with a boom and a whistle before catching on fire.]THE EGGS EXPLODE!

The three laughed more as they all watched the mayhem happen.

[Everyone around Berk runs and screams in a panic as their houses explode and catch on fire. One Viking running out of his house, screaming as his helmet caught on fire.]

Male Viking: [BOOM!] AAH! HA HA HA!

Astrid: Sorry! [BOOM!]

Male Viking 2: AAH! AAH!

Astrid: Sorry!

[All around the village, more explosions happen as baby Gronckles pop out of them while everyone screams and panics. One landing next to its sibling and they watch the carnage as the rest of their sibling's fly out like fireworks and crash through the Snoggletog tree, catching it on fire in the process. Astrid freaks out the whole time while the rest of the teens but Fishlegs, who's holding one of the babies, watch in amazement and amusement.]

Ruffnut: Awesome!

Tuffnut: Wow!

Snotlout: This is your best idea yet.

Astrid's eyes bulged as she bit her nails nervously. "So, um, Astrid— "she leans around Hiccup and grabs Snotlout by the shirt, glaring dangerously at him. Hiccup ignores this as he leans away.

"Say another word and it'll be your last." She threatened. He threw his hands up in surrender and stayed silent.

[The chief and the rest of his people comes over to the tree to see what is going as it continues to burn into flames.]

Stoick: Oh! [He turns to the teens with a look of rage and bewilderment.]What in Thor's name is going on?!

Astrid: The eggs explode. [BOOM!] [The final house explodes behind her. She glances at it before smiling sheepishly at the chief.]

Stoick groaned in misery, seeing all the destruction they would have to clean up.

Astrid dropped her head in her hands. Hiccup looked at her and nudged her. She glanced over. He gave her a sympathetic smile. "Hey, come on. It's not so bad."

"'Not so bad?!' Hiccup, I just got the whole village destroyed; that'll take weeks to rebuild! And you're saying it's not bad?!" Hiccup shrugged.

"Yeah, well, think about all the accidents I've done over the years. Besides, you didn't know."

"Hiccup's right, lass." Stoick stated with a sigh as he rubbed his temple. "You were only trying to help like Hiccup. You couldn't have known, so don't beat yourself up for it." Astrid nodded but still felt guilty.

[Scene: Crescent Island.]

[Hiccup is walking around looking for Toothless.]

Hiccup: Toothless! Toothless? Ah, Toothless, where are you?

Hiccup frowned sadly at the reminder that his dragon was still missing. Where was he? His friends looked at him with pity.

[As he continues walking, he stumbles upon his friends' dragons along with their babies, excluding Meatlug's of course. Hookfang is the first one to spot him.]

Hiccup: Hookfang! [He runs over to Hookfang who greets him happily, nuzzling him as he hugs him.]Stormfly! [He walks over to her and hugs her.]Oh! You have no idea how happy I am to see you guys. [She nuzzles and snorts at him, showing him how much she missed him. He looks down and sees her babies.] And you have…babies? [They approach him curiously.] Aaw! Look at you guys, all happy together.

Astrid gasped in delight at the sight while Stormfly squawked proudly at her young.

[He kneels down to their level and reaches his hand out to them. One hisses at him defensively while another happily approaches him, nudging his hand so he could scratch under it's chin, making him laugh. The rest of it's siblings watch on before they start knocking each other aside to get his attention.]

Everyone awes at the sight.

Hiccup: Who knew you were leaving to celebrate your own…sort of…holiday? [STANDS UP] I should get back to my holiday.

Stoick nodded in agreement.

Hiccup: [Hookfang grumbles at him and Hiccup turns towards him, petting his snout.]So, what do you say there, Hookfang? Think you could give me a ride back home?

"Ha! Like he'll give you a ride. He knows who his master is." Said Snotlout, smug. Hookfang huffs and whacks him with his tail, sending him into the wall.

[Hookfang nuzzles him before standing up and lets Hiccup mount onto his back. They take to the air and hover above the island.]

"You were saying, Snotlout?" Astrid smirked as Snotlout walked back to his seat with a scowl.

"Stupid dragon…" he muttered and Hookfang took another swing at him but Snotlout anticipated it and ducked. He smirked. "HA!" Another swing got him, making him face-plant the table. The others snickered while Snotlout grumbled. "Hookfang…"

Hiccup: I'll see you all back on Berk when you're good and ready, okay, gang? [Stormfly looks up at Hookfang and, with a screech, she takes to the air causing the rest of the adult dragons to the take to the air as well.]

Hiccup: Oh! No, no! No, no, no! I, uh, think I just started the return migration.

"What's a return 'magistration'?" Tuffnut mumbled to his twin, confused.

She shrugged. "Beats me?"

[The babies flap their wings and chitter excitedly as they watch their parents take to the air, their parents urging them to come with them. The babies make small baby screeches as they run off to follow their parents towards the ledge.]

"Aww, look at them! How adorable." Fishlegs cooed.

Hiccup: Well, if you insist.

[He watches from a top of Hookfang as an adult Nadder gives an encouraging squawk while the rest watch the babies carefully in the air. A couple babies hesitantly jump off the cliff, trying to catch the updraft. Hiccup watches hopefully.]

Hiccup: Come on! [But their wings were still not strong enough to hold themselves up in the air and they were too light as the air current blew them back on the island.]Oh, boy, this is never gonna work. [The babies squeak out for their parents, wanting to be up there with them.]Hmm…Oh! Hold on. I've got just the thing. [Hiccup pats Hookfang and leads him somewhere.]

The Vikings turned to look at one another curiously, wondering what he was going to do before they turned back to the screen when the scene changed.

[Scene: Berk.]

[The scene cuts to Berk where everyone is trying to clean up the damage. The chief and blacksmith walking around town.]

Stoick: Oh, Gobber, this is a disaster.

Gobber: Ach, it's not so bad.

Everyone looked to him in bewilderment. "What?!" he cried. "Just trying to make light out of the situation, really." The Vikings shook their heads.

Stoick: Oh, not that bad? [They walk under a destroyed house where Astrid is on the roof fixing it, then walk to the middle where everyone is staring up at the sky.] The village is destroyed, the dragons hav-have gone and left us. Let's face it. This holiday is a complete—what are these people looking at? [He shoves his way to the front and looks up to see what everyone else was looking at. Everyone mutters to each other as they see an indistinct mass in the sky, flying towards them.]

Stoick: What is that?

[At a closer look, the front of a boat is shown with ropes hanging off it. As the scene pans out, hundreds of dragons are carrying the broken half of a Viking ship with ropes in their claws. Hiccup leading them a top of Hookfang.]

Stoick: It's Hiccup!

[Everyone starts cheering at the sight of Hiccup with the dragons.]

Astrid: And our dragons!

Everyone cheered with their on-screen self at the miracle, Hiccup smiled and made a note of this as well.

[The dragons gently land the broken boat on the ground, the sheep bleating as it passes by. When it finally stops, the dragons let go of the ropes and fly off to land, causing the boat to tilt slightly. The villagers approach it and look at it curiously, and what comes out warms everyone's hearts. One by one, baby dragons of every class pop out of the boat. Everyone cheers and give shouts of gratitude to Hiccup as Hookfang and the rest of the dragons land before he dismounts off. Everyone runs towards their dragons and their children.]

Snotlout: Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

[Meatlug flies around worriedly before she finally spots her babies. She lands and they gather around her as she regurgitates a pile of fish for them to eat.]

Fishlegs: Meatlug! [He tackles her.] Unh!

Astrid: Stormfly! You're back! Oh! [Stormfly's babies approach her.]And there are babies.

Stoick: [He laughs as he grabs Hiccup into a tight bear hug.] Well done, son!

Hiccup: [STRAINING] Thanks, Dad.

[Stoick drops him, letting Hiccup get air into his lungs as he grabs everyone's attention.]

Stoick: Everyone! Grab your dragons! To the Great Hall! We finally have something to celebrate.

[Scene: The Great Hall.]

[Everyone was at the Great Hall having a grand old time celebrating the holidays and the return of the dragons. Lights strung everywhere, dragons flying around the room and everyone interacting with one another with their dragons and their babies…Everyone but Hiccup. Hiccup was walking around the room with a smile on his face as he watches everyone enjoy themselves…with their dragons. He turned to see Fishlegs and Snotlout playing with their dragons' babies.]

Fishlegs: This is the best holiday ever! OH! Who's a baby?!

Snotlout: Whoa! [LAUGHS].

[Hiccup continues to watch everyone as his smile turns into a sad one. Then he turns when he hears Astrid approach.]

They all watched this sadly. While everyone else was happy back with their dragons, Hiccup was the only one without his to enjoy the holiday with.

Astrid: Hiccup, I know this must be really hard for you, seeing everyone with their dragons. [She comfortingly grabs his hand.] But you really did a wonderful thing. Thank you. [Astrid cups his cheek and gives him a quick kiss before hugging him and he returns it. Hiccup smiles before frowning.]

The two blushed and looked away from each other, while everyone else was wolf-whistling or making cat-calls. Snotlout growled and clenched his fists.

Hiccup: Astrid, where did Toothless go?

Astrid: I don't know.

[DOOR OPENS]

[When Astrid hears the door creak open, she looks up and her eyes widen when she sees Toothless popping his head in with something in his mouth. He looks around curiously before fully coming inside. One of the villagers looks behind the Viking she was talking to and notices Toothless.]

Female Viking: Oh, look.

"Toothless!" Hiccup exclaimed happily as he stood from his seat.

[Soon as she points out Toothless, the rest of the villagers that were by the door begin to notice as well. Toothless finally spots the two and makes his way towards them. Astrid has a wide smile on her face before it turns mischievous and brings Hiccup out of the hug.]

Astrid: Wow. Man, wouldn't want to be you right now. I mean, you brought back everyone's dragon except yours.

Hiccup: Yeah, you know, this is not helping at all. Unh!

[Before he knew it, Astrid—with a giddy smile—pushes Hiccup, causing him to face the happily approaching dragon with everyone watching with smiles on their faces. Hiccup's expression turns into a look of shock, relief, and happiness.]

Hiccup: TOOTHLESS! Hey, bud!

[Toothless snorts and growls happily as he comes to a halt in front of the boy. Hiccup pauses in front of the dragon, taking in that Toothless is finally back before hugging him. Gobber, noticing this, nudges the laughing chief and gestures to the two.]

Gobber: Stoick.

[Toothless grumbles out happily as Hiccup steps back and has a playful scowl on his face, waving his finger in Toothless' face as the dragon follows it.]

Hiccup: Bad dragon! Very bad dragon! You scared me to death. Don't ever stay away that long again. And what is in your mouth?

The villagers tilted their heads curiously as they tried to figure out what was in the dragon's mouth.

[CLANG].

[Suddenly, Toothless puts what was in his mouth on Hiccup's head, causing drool and saliva to drench his entire head. His friends watch on with looks and exclaim their disgust, but smile anyway. When Toothless let's go and steps back, what appears was Hiccup's missing helmet. Hiccup wipes the drool off his face and eyes, the drool dripping off his helmet.]

They all cringed at the disgusting sight. "Ugh, really Toothless?" then he paused. "Wait a second…my helmet!" Toothless crooned happily and licked his rider's face. "UGH! GAH! Really?!" Toothless chortled.

Hiccup: [WEAKLY CHUCKLES] Yeah, y-you found my helmet.[Toothless grunts in affirmative, making Hiccup pause in realization.] Wh-hey! You found my helmet! That's where you've been? [Toothless leans down for Hiccup to pet his head and nuzzle him as he grumbles happily. Hiccup holds Toothless' head fondly.]Bud, thank you…You are amazing. [Hiccup hugs him as everyone cheers. Stoick and Gobber smile at the two fondly.]

Astrid: Happy Snoggletog!

[The scene fades as it skips onto the next morning in Hiccup's room, the boy sleeping soundly in his bed. Then the next thing, the house is rumbling and the wood is creaking, waking Hiccup up as he rubs his eye and yawns before looking up at the ceiling with a smile. Hiccup steps out of the house and looks around the snow-covered village with a fond smile, the sun up and the birds chirping. Then he hears Toothless' roar, breaking the silence.]

Hiccup: I'm coming, Toothless! [He walks off the porch to meet the dragon on the side of the house.]All right, bud, come on down. I was just…[He pauses at the sight before him. Toothless waiting for him with his old flying gear and saddle.]Toothless, what'd you pull this out for? You don't need this anymore. [He kicks the gear aside.]Come on, let's get going. [He tries to get on Toothless, but when he does, Toothless just goes around him with a grumble. This confuses Hiccup as the dragon sat back down and looks down at the gear in front of him, then at the teen expectantly.]

Hiccup: Would you quit fooling around? You have your new tail now.[Hiccup tries again, only getting the same result.] Toothless... [Toothless looks down in thought, wondering how he wants to interpret what he wants before lifting up his tail and stares at it. He expands it, the gears clinking, before closing it and looking at Hiccup. Next thing Hiccup knew, Toothless pounds his tail into the snow-covered ground, making him jump in shock. He goes over trying to stop him.]

"Toothless, what are you doing?!"

Hiccup: Toothless, stop! What are you doing?! [Too late. The new tail fin breaks to pieces and was tossed into the distance. Hiccup stares at the dragon, stunned at what he did. Before he could question him, Toothless grabs the saddle with his teeth and gently drags it in front of him. Toothless stares up at him with big, pleading eyes while Hiccup looks down at the saddle, then back at the dragon. Toothless nudges it with his paw and suddenly, Hiccup finally understood what he wanted as he stared at the dragon in amazement before giving a small smile.]

[The scenes cuts to the skies where Hiccup and Toothless were flying once again, Toothless with his old gear on.]

The twins sniffle with tears in their eyes. The rest of the teens give them weird looks. "Uh, what's with you guys?" Snotlout questions.

Tuffnut sniffles. "It's just...it's so beautiful."

"A beautiful ending for a beautiful story." Added Ruffnut. "You just can't compete with theater." They rolled their eyes at them.

"...Oh, gods."

Hiccup: Winter in Berk lasts most of the year. It hangs on with both hands and won't let go. And the only real comforts against the cold…are those you keep close to your heart.

[The two fly near a mountain and prepare to do a trick as Hiccup detaches his harness from the saddle.]

Hiccup: Okay, bud, you ready? [Toothless growls out an affirmative before Hiccup detaches his prosthetic leg, gets up, and leaps off the saddle doing a backwards flip and free falling head first straight down with Toothless following beside him.] Yeehaw![Hiccup and Toothless smile at each other as they free fall, Toothless gently pushing Hiccup's shoulder with his paw and making him spin.]

Stoick smiles as he watches his son, filled with pride.

Hiccup: Turns out that was the best Snoggletog ever. That year, I gave my best friend a pretty great gift. [The two close their eyes as the ground becomes closer. Then at the last minute, they situate themselves as Hiccup gets back onto Toothless. He quickly attaches himself and the tail fin and Toothless' wings expand as he hoots and hollers in joy along with Toothless. They pull up sharply and glide over the trees, causing the snow to fall off in flakes from the force and white out the screen.] He gave me a better one.

Dragons: Gift of a Night Fury

The Vikings all applauded and cheered when it ended.

"Wow! That was great!" Said Fishlegs.

"Yeah, it's no wonder our descendants enjoyed our adventures so much."

"Oh! I can't wait for it to happen!"

"Neither can we." The twins laughed sinisterly.

"You think we'll be able to watch another video?"

"Well, the note did say we'd be watching two or three each day, so maybe?"

"Hey, guys look!" Snotlout pointed to the screen to see it coming on again and everyone quieted down to watch.