Ch. 3 The Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
When the villagers read the title, everyone but the kids and the teens groan. "Not this again." Stoick groaned.
"What? It's real, I know it is! I've seen it!" Gobber cried.
"Gobber, we've heard enough of your— "the teens shushed the two as the video started rolling. The two chuckled before turning to the screen.
[The scene takes place at a house on fire. People scrambling to put it out.]
Male Viking: FIRE!
Male Viking 2: Get the buckets!
Male Viking 3: To the ocean!
Male Viking 4: What happened?
[Suddenly, a roar sounds as Hookfang is seen flying with Snotlout on his back, carrying a wheelbarrow full of water and pours it onto the house.]
"Wait a second, that's my house?!" Gobber shouted in horror. "Oh! Blast that confounded beast has found me again!"
Hiccup looked at him confused before turning to his father. "Dad, what's he talking about? Our dragons don't do that anymore."
Stoick sighed. "It's not one of your dragons he's talking about, son."
Stoick: The wind is shifting! Fire brigade, move in! Bring the Nadders in from the south!
Astrid: I'm on it!
Stoick: Gronckles, aim from the roof!
Fishlegs: Yeah!
[One by one, Hiccup and his team drop buckets of water onto the house, dousing the flames to a minimum. Hiccup and Toothless landed beside the chief before Hiccup mounts off to meet with him.]
Stoick: Good work! Just a few hot spots left.
Male Viking 5: Got it!
Hiccup: Where's Gobber? Is he still inside?
Stoick: No. Can't find him.
[The two heard some clanging noise and turned to see Gobber fine and well, gathering what's left of his things in a wheelbarrow angrily and made his way towards them. Everyone along with the residential dragons watched him make his way.]
Gobber: I'm right here. That beast will pay for this.
Stoick: Gobber, what happened?
Gobber: What's it look like? A dragon set my home on fire.
"Cool…" the twins dragged out.
The Teens: What? [Everyone turned to each other in confusion.]
Gobber: [SHOUTING] You pushed me too far this time, you Ugly Bag of Bones!
This just confused the teens more. Stoick just face-palmed and shook his head.
[Stoick sighed tiredly while Hiccup looked confused.]
Hiccup: Dad, what's he talking about? Our dragons don't do that anymore.
Hiccup blinked. "Huh…Did it again."
Stoick: Ah, he doesn't mean one of yours. Gobber, for the last time, there is no such thing as a—
Gobber: Boneknapper?
"Aye. See, Stoick?" Gobber gestured to the screen. Stoick groaned.
"Gobber, for the last time. There is no such thing!"
"Well, do you have any proof that it's not?" he inquired smugly.
Stoick sighed. "No, I do not…"
"Then it is real!"
"Oh! I've read about the Boneknapper in the Book of Dragons. It says that the Boneknapper will stop at nothing to find the perfect bone to build its coat of armor. It's…awesome." Fishlegs chimed in.
"Mm-hmm. See? If it's in the dragon manual, then its gotta be real. Every dragon we know of now is real and Bork wrote the Book of Dragons, which means he must have seen it to write any information. Therefore, it is real. Thank you, Fishlegs." Gobber concluded.
"Uh, you're welcome?"
"Gobber…" Stoick groaned.
"Um, I hate to break this up, but can we please get back to the video; it's been frozen since you guys started talking and we all would like to get back to it." Hiccup informed, making them turn around and realize that it was frozen. In fact, everyone just realized that every time someone talks it freezes. The two immediately quieted down so they could continue.
[Everyone made sounds of exasperation.]
Tuffnut: Ho-ho…What-knapper?
Gobber: A disgusting, foul beast, wearing a coat of stolen bones, like a giant flying skeleton.
Fishlegs: Ooh, ooh! The dragon manual says that the Boneknapper will stop at nothing to find the perfect bone to build its coat of armor. It's…awesome.
"Huh, I just said that a few minutes ago…" Fishlegs muttered.
Stoick: Come on! It's a myth. [LAUGHS] It doesn't even exist.
Gobber: I'm telling you, it's real. I've been running from him my whole life. He's the one who started this fire.
[A Viking walked up to Stoick with a stick holding a smoking and chard white cloth.]
Male Viking 6: Stoick, we found Gobber's underpants hanging by the stove. They must've started the fire.
Everyone burst into fits of laughter at this. Gobber grumbled and glared at everyone. "I'm telling you, it's real!" he shouts.
[Everyone began laughing as Stoick took the stick to show it to Gobber.]
Stoick: Still think it's the Boneknapper, or just your underpants?
"Yes."
Gobber: I don't think! I know! Somehow he found me again. This dragon is pure evil.
Stoick: Gobber, it's late and we're too tired for your stories. Now, get some rest.
Gobber: You rest, I'm putting an end to this. [With that said, Gobber grabbed his underpants and walked off with his belongings towards the docks where a sheep is standing.]Come on, Phil, let's go. [BLEAT]. I don't need their help, anyway.
[Hiccup watches him go with a frown and sighs.]
Hiccup: [SIGHS] I can't let him go by himself. [He turns to the others who were watching him.]All right, Vikings, grab your shields.
The Teens (minus Snotlout): Yes! Yeah!
"Ooh! Another adventure to experience later." Fishlegs said in interest.
"Totally! This is gonna be awesome." Said Tuffnut, eager.
"Especially if we get to see if that dragon is real. Wonder who it will eat first?" Ruffnut added.
"Oh gods…" Hiccup rolled his eyes at the twins. Snotlout looked at his friends in disbelief.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on! There is no way am I going on a boat to find some fake dragon." Snotlout stated.
Snotlout: There's no way I'm getting on a boat to go after a fake dragon.
"Exactly!"
[The scene cuts to Snotlout's annoyed expression as he and the other's row a boat in the open water tiredly, Gobber steering as he chants to them to stroke.]
Snotlout scowled as the entire village laughed at the irony of it all.
"Oh, man! Your expression!" Tuffnut said between laughs.
Gobber: Come on! Put your backs into it, you lazy dogs! Stroke! You're not even trying! Stroke!
"Oh, I'll try harder by using that oar in a different way!" Snotlout growled in annoyance. Hiccup nudged him.
Hiccup: How fun is this? Right? We got the team back together, another adventure…This is pretty cool, huh?
"Uh-huh, real fun." Snotlout muttered under his breath.
Snotlout: Yep, nothing cooler than rowing until your hands bleed.
"That's the spirit!" Gobber beamed. Said teen groaned in annoyance.
Gobber: Just want you kids to know that it touches my heart, you helping me slay the Boneknapper. [SOBBING] True Vikings, you are.
Ruffnut: Gobber, are we there yet?
Fishlegs: Oh, you'll know we're close when your ears explode from the piercing screams.
"Wait! Our ears can explode?!" said Tuffnut.
"Awesome!" said Ruffnut.
"Quick! Let's go find a Boneknapper to test it out!"
"My thoughts exactly!" they both got up but were pushed back down by an annoyed Astrid.
"Would you two, idiots, sit down and be quiet for five minutes!"
"Okay. Wait, how many minutes is that exactly?" the teens all groaned and shook their heads.
Fishlegs: Legend says this dragon's roar is so fierce, it can melt the flesh right off your bones.
"Ah ah, not so."
"Huh?"
"The Boneknapper has no roar at all. That's why he's terrifying…He's a silent killer."
"Oh! Even better, silent…but deadly." No surprise who said that.
"Yeah…" again, not a surprise.
Gobber: Not so, Fishlegs.
Fishlegs: Huh?
Gobber: The Boneknapper has no roar at all. That's why he's terrifying. He's a silent killer.
Fishlegs raised a brow. "What?! I'm pretty sure it has a roar!"
"Don't believe everything you read, laddie." Said Gobber. Stoick raised a brow with a smirk.
"Oh? So that means we don't need to believe that the Boneknapper is real?" Gobber, realizing where he went wrong, glared at him.
"Yes, it is real! It wouldn't be in there without a reason. Bork just probably had some information wrong." Stoick rolled his eyes.
Ruffnut: Wait. So if we don't hear anything, we're dead?
[Everyone pauses in their rowing to listen if they hear anything. Silence.]
Tuffnut: [WHISPERS] I don't hear anything.
Phil: [BLEATING].
[All the teens yelp and turn around to find out it was only Phil.]
The teens flushed in embarrassment as most of the Vikings chuckled.
Gobber: [LAUGHS] Good one, Phil! [CHUCKLES] Did I ever tell you about the first time I met the dreaded Boneknapper?
Stoick sighed. "Here we go again. Brace yourselves everyone…" he warned.
"Hey!"
[Scene: "Memory".]
[Scene cuts to a boat sailing in ice berg covered waters, his father steering the boat, his mother getting a tan by using a shiny shield, and a young Gobber rowing the boat.]
"Whoa…! What just happened here?" Tuffnut exclaimed, his eyes bulging along with everyone else at the cartoonish scene.
"Why does everything look so weird?" Asked Ruffnut. Astrid noticed that something was shining in her eyes and turned to see what it was. What she saw made her gasp.
"Hiccup, your vest is glowing!" everyone directed their attention to Hiccup.
"Wha?" he looked down and indeed, the inside of his vest was glowing. He reached in and pulled it out, realizing that it was the note. He brows raised to his hairline as the glowing stopped. "It's a message from them!" everyone gasped.
"Who again?" no surprise who said that as everyone face-palmed.
"Our descendants, you Muttonhead!" said Snotlout.
"Oh…Hey, who're you calling a Muttonhead?"
"Obviously you, Muttonhead." His twin answered.
"No, you're the Muttonhead, Muttonhead!"
"Oh great comeback, Muttonhead. Where'd you get that? The Muttonhead store?"
"Muttonhead!"
"Muttonhead!"
"YOU'RE BOTH, MUTTONHEADS, IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP!" shouted Snotlout.
The two looked to each other in confusion.
"What's his deal?"
"No idea."
"Oh, for the love of—can you three please shut up so Hiccup can read the note for us?" asked Astrid before turning to Hiccup, who had been reading the note while those three were arguing. "What does the note say, Hiccup?"
"It's an explanation to what's going on in the TV."
"Well, read it to us." Said Fishlegs.
"It says, 'The reason that reality is warped on the TV is used for comedic affect. What you are seeing is one of the affects. This is the 'cartoon affect'. It is being used for comedy reasons and to give a better visual on Gobber's stories, so think of it as Gobber showing the story instead of telling it; that or what goes on in Gobber's head. Basically, it's as if your drawings are actually moving to tell a story.'"
"So…that's it?" asked Astrid.
"Yeah, just an explanation. Telling us that we're watching Gobber give us a visual of his story…that or we're seeing what goes on in his head."
"Ooh!" said all the Vikings.
"Hey!" Cried Gobber, offended.
"How do you think they knew we needed an explanation?" inquired Fishlegs.
"…They could be watching us right now actually, listening in and watching us if we needed help." Said Hiccup. The teens all stared at him. "What? It makes sense. I mean, they knew we couldn't read their language, so they translated for us."
"And they knew when Hiccup would finish reading the note and show us a picture of them; it's the perfect, logical reason." Astrid finished. Fishlegs looked around nervously.
"That's kind of creepy, you know. Like they're actually watching us right nowand seeing everything we do." The Vikings shared his sentiment. A shiver went down everyone's back as they looked around to see if there are actually eyes on the walls.
"Well, let's just ignore it for now and get back to the video. I'm curious to see what goes on in Gobber's head." Said Hiccup before they all turned back to the screen and waited for it to play.
Gobber: I was a young lad, about your age, on summer vacation with my family, when I heard the call of nature.
Young Gobber:[Buckles his knees and has a look of discomfort on his face.]Oh! Dad, pull the boat over!
Gobber's Father: Didn't I tell ya to go before we left?
"You know, they're right. This affect is entertaining to watch." Said Astrid with an amused grin.
Stoick laughed. "I agree, lass."
[The boat stops and young Gobber hops off before hobbling off towards an ice covered cave with his axe. He hums as he does his business before finishing, turning around and grabbing his axe. But pauses when he sees something and walks over towards it.]
Young Gobber: Whoa…
[In front of him was an army of Vikings trapped in an ice berg. Young Gobber looks over to the Viking in front of him and sees a small gold chest with a symbol of a skeletal dragon. His eye twitches as he smiles.]
Gobber: I saw an army of Vikings, frozen in battle! Clutched in the fingers of one of the Vikings was a small treasure chest. I had to have it.
[Young Gobber puts his hand on the ice, brings his axe up, and swings with a yell.]
Young Gobber: Ah! [He successfully makes a hole big enough and reaches inside, grabbing the chest. He opens it and his eyes gleam in wonder and amazement.]
Gobber: I reached in and pulled out the chest. It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw.
[Suddenly, an arm pops out of the ice and grabs him before he could touch the treasure, making him scream. He looks up and finds out it was the frozen Viking's arm, still alive and growling at him.]
Gobber: But the frozen Viking was alive! He started punching me in the face! [The frozen Viking uses young Gobber's own fist to punch him in the face, making him lose a tooth.]
Young Gobber: Oh! My tooth! [Young Gobber inspects his tooth gap, but the frozen Viking keeps mumbling, grabbing his attention.] Huh? [He points up and he turns in that in direction, his eyes bulging in terror.]
"So I'm guessing…that's how you lost your tooth?" said Hiccup, unsure.
Gobber grinned. "Yes."
Stoick raised a brow at his long time friend. "I thought you said you lost that tooth when you and your father were having a contest to see who had the thickest head?" Gobber waved him off.
"Ah, I fibbed it a bit, so my folks wouldn't find out how I really lost it. Though we did have a contest, so technically I didn't lie."
Gobber: And there it was. I never even heard it coming. [Up in the air was a white skeletal dragon.] The Boneknapper! [The Boneknapper flies towards young Gobber with a rattling sound of bones. It tries to grab him with it's talons but misses as young Gobber runs and it crashes into the frozen Viking glacier, cracking it to pieces and causing an avalanche.] It crashed into the glacier, causing an avalanche of frozen Vikings! [It tries to grab him again two more times as Young Gobber runs, causing him to trip and drop the chest.]
Young Gobber: The treasure! [He watches it bounce a couple times before plunking into the water. He runs after it and skids to a halt at the edge before reaching into the water.]
Gobber: I reached into the water…
Young Gobber: [Young Gobber grabs the chest in time and sighs in relief.] Oh! [SCREAMS] [Young Gobber pulls the chest out of the water along with the frozen Viking who held the chest as well. The frozen Viking uses the chest to punch him the face again.]
Gobber: …only to find the frozen Viking punching me in the face again!
Young Gobber: Hey, hey, hey, hey! [The frozen Viking punches him one more time as the Boneknapper makes its way towards him. It lands with a force on the ice slab he was on, causing young Gobber to go flying in the air with a scream as he scrambles to grab the chest in the air.]Ha-ha! Whoa! [But as he caught it, the Boneknapper caught it as well with it's talons, taking young Gobber with him.] Ah!
Gobber: The Boneknapper wanted that treasure, but I wanted it more! [Young Gobber sees a hole in a glacier, sees that as his chance, and yanked the chest out of it's claws right as he jumped through the hole and the Boneknapper crashed into the glacier. The force had young Gobber go all the way through the other end, slide him towards an upward arch, and causing him to go flying, screaming. He conveniently fell and landed on the boat. His parents looked over to him.]
Gobber's Father: What took you so long?
Young Gobber: Uh… [He laughs sheepishly as he quickly hid the chest behind his back.]
[Scene: Boat.]
Gobber: [LAUGHING] [The teens give him blank looks.]
Snotlout: You expect us to believe that a frozen Viking punched you in the face?
"Yeah? I mean, we just saw it happen. Duh!" said Tuffnut. The teens rolled their eyes at him.
"It didn't really happen, Tuff. The note even said that the…" Astrid turned to Hiccup.
"TV." Said Hiccup. She gave him a thankful look.
"Right, the note even said that the TV was just giving us a better visual affect on Gobber's imagination."
"It wasn't an imagination. It really did happen!" Gobber insisted.
"Uh-huh, suuure." Said Snotlout, rolling his eyes.
Gobber: Yeah, twice.
Hiccup: Hey, it could happen.
"It did!"
Gobber: What do you mean, "It could happen?" It did! But I outsmarted the silent beast.
Fishlegs: Uh, Gobber, I hate to be a stickler for details, but Boneknappers are not silent.
Fishlegs nodded in agreement with his future self.
Gobber: Fishlegs, I know what I didn't hear. Ah, but I could feel it… [As he continues talking, Fishlegs looks over the side of the boat worriedly and tries to inform the others.]
Fishlegs: Um, guys? Are there supposed to be…?[They all ignore him.]
Gobber: …had a sixth sense for danger. I can smell anything…
Fishlegs: Okay, I uh-uh really think we're gonna hit these…
Fishlegs sighed. "As usual, no one listens to Fishlegs here." Hiccup reached over the table and patted him on the back, knowing exactly how he feels. Fishlegs gave him a small smile in thanks.
Gobber: …taste the incoming doom…[CRASH].
[Everyone shouts in surprise as the boat tips upwards, then tilts on it's side slightly. Tuffnut and Phil look over the sides of the boat.]
Stoick raised a brow at Gobber with an amused look and nudged him teasingly. "Taste the incoming danger, eh?" Gobber rolled his eyes.
"Ah, shove off, you." The teens snickered.
Tuffnut: Whoa-ho-ho!
Astrid: Uh, I'm tasting rocks.
"Oh! I wanna taste a rock! What do they taste like?" Tuffnut asked eagerly as he turned to Astrid. Astrid rolled her eyes.
"Oh gods…" groaned Hiccup.
Gobber: Ah…We're here.
[Scene cuts to Ruffnut watching the boat sink into the water.]
Ruffnut: [GROANS] Now, we're stuck in the middle of nowhere and no one knows where we are.
"Um, except the Boneknapper."
Fishlegs: [Picks up a bone.] Um, exc-cept the Boneknapper. Legend says it's roar—
Snotlout: Hey, you know what legend also says? Stop talking!
Fishlegs:[Throws bone in frustration.]Okay, just hold one darn second.
Gobber: No need to panic, kids. I've been shipwrecked many times.
"Don't tell them that, Gobber!" Stoick laughed.
Hiccup: Oh. Well, that's…comforting.
Gobber: [SIGHS] [Sits down, grabs a rock, and sharpens his hook.]You never forget your first shipwreck.
[Scene: "Memory".]
[Scene changes to a young adult Gobber, stranded on a tiny island with a broom appendage, who groaned at it.]
Gobber: I was stranded on an island with only my broom. It was a very small island. It's no wonder the Boneknapper found me again. He never forgave me for taking the treasure.
[Young adult Gobber looked up into the sky and saw the Boneknapper diving towards him. He ducked when it swooped in to try and grab him, cutting down the only palm tree on the island in half. Young adult Gobber looked at it in shock before looking around nervously. Then the fog cleared, revealing a much bigger island.]
Gobber: There was another island…my only escape.
Young Adult Gobber: Oh! [Suddenly he was surrounded by hundreds of hammerhead sharks.]
Gobber: But I was surrounded by bloodthirsty hammerhead sharks! [The sharks popped their heads out and growled at him. He heard rattling and looked up to see the Boneknapper about to make another sweep at him.] I only had one chance.
[With a yell, young adult Gobber hopped from shark to shark to get to the island, dodging some on the way.]
While the Viking children were watching in awe, thinking it was real, the teens looked unimpressed.
"Okay, did you seriously think we would believe you actually got to the island…by leaping on hammerhead sharks?" said Snotlout, dubiously. The others silently agreed.
"Yes!"
Gobber: So, I ran across the shark-infested waters.
Young Adult Gobber: Take that! Watch it! Night-night, fatty! [LAUGHING] [One nearly bit him, but he distracted it with his broom.]Someone forgot to brush. [Then he punched it and kept on as the Boneknapper closed in.]
"Someone's lost their mind." Snotlout muttered to Hiccup. The teen was about to reply, but was startled when Gobber hit Snotlout on the helmet with his hook.
Gobber: I didn't think I was gonna make it. But then, from the depths of the ocean, leapt forth…a giant hammerhead whale!
"A hammerhead…whale? Ugh!" Astrid rolled her eyes.
[Scene: Reality.]
[Everyone but Fishlegs gave him unimpressed looks.]
Fishlegs: Whoa-ho-ho! And the hammerhead whale ate the Boneknapper?
Gobber: Almost, but he got away. Years later, the dragon hunted me down again and chased me into the jungle.
[Scene: "Memory".]
[Scene changes to another older Gobber running through a bamboo jungle with an egg beater appendage.]
Gobber: All I had was my trusty egg beater. [He used his egg beater to make his way through the bamboo forest, the Boneknapper at his heels.] I carved through that thick brush as fast as a jungle cat. Still, the Boneknapper was right behind! [Gobber used his egg beater to slice through the bamboo like a sword before he stopped.]
Gobber: Oh! Azaleas! [SNIFFS] [GASP] [He continues running as the Boneknapper chases him, right up a volcano. Gobber leaps across the volcano.]
Gobber: I ran up the side of a volcano and courageously leapt across the fiery crater. Then, deep within the burning volcano, burst forth a giant hammerhead yak!
[Scene: Reality.]
[Everyone stared at him, annoyed.]
Tuffnut: Ok, wait a minute. Now you're saying a giant hammerhead yak leaptout of a burning volcano and ate the Boneknapper?
"Yeah! I agree with future me, that's totally impossible. Am I right, guys?" the teens all nodded.
"And what is with you and all this hammerhead business?" Ruffnut added in disbelief.
Stoick gestured to the them. "See, Gobber? Even they don't believe you, not even the twins. How do you expect anyone to believe your stories when you go and do that?" he gestured to the screen. At this point, even the dragons stared at the screen, unimpressed. Though they do know that the Boneknapper is real, the hammerhead business though, they knew it wasn't.
"But it really did happen!" he insisted. "Besides, none of you were there. You dragons believe me, right?" the teens' and the rest of the dragons gave him blank looks.
"See, Gobber? Theydon't even believe you!"
"Well, they at least must have seen the Boneknapper, right?" all the dragons gave each other glances, wondering if they should say anything. Then thought better of it and stayed silent before turning back to the screen.
"There's you're answer!"
Gobber: Ha! You would've thought so, wouldn't you? But the dragon got away again! I knew that boney scoundrel would keep coming after me.
[Scene: "Memory".]
[Scene changes to Gobber setting up dragon traps, and sitting down strumming with a guitar appendage, waiting with a determined look.]
Gobber: So I set up a gauntlet of traps and waited for the beast. And when he was ready… [The Boneknapper flies down into the forest and headed towards Gobber.] he charged! [Gobber got up with a smirk and ran through the traps, the dragon behind him.] And then I ran like the wind! But the traps failed! [Gobber gasps when he saw the traps not working and kept on running, but stopped when he nearly fell off a cliff. He looked behind him to see the Boneknapper still behind. The dragon then trapped him on the ground with it's talons. He struggled to no avail.] Then captured, I did what any brave Viking would do…
Gobber: Help!
Gobber: The gods must have heard my prayer. [Suddenly, up in the clouds was a large figure with lighting bolts flashing in the background.] It was Thor!
Snotlout stared blankly at the screen. "Thor? Really?"
Gobber: Oh! [Gobber stared in awe as Thor tossed a thunderbolt towards them.]
Gobber: He tossed a mighty thunderbolt. [The bolt completely missed as it goes over the cliff and towards the ground, creating a crater.]
Gobber: Oh! You missed!
Thor: Wait for it… [The earth started to rumble and Gobber looked down to see something unexpected.]
Gobber: Then, from the center of the earth, blasted forth…the hammerhead yak ridingthe hammerhead whale!
"Okay, this is getting ridiculous…" Astrid said in exasperation.
"Getting…?" said Ruffnut.
Hammerhead Yak: Deploy the yak.
Snotlout face-palmed. "'Deploy the yak'?"
[The hammerhead whale shot the hammerhead yak from his blowhole, sending the yak up and landing on the cliff.]
Hammerhead Yak: Yah! [The hammerhead yak punched the Boneknapper, back-kicked it, and body slammed it. Then the hammerhead whale dive-bombed and ate the dragon. Gobber watched them from the cliff in amazement as they saluted at him; he saluted back.]
Gobber: Yes! [CRACK] Oh, my back!
[Scene: Reality.]
The teens turned around and gave Gobber unimpressed looks along with their on-screen selves.
[Now everyone stared at him, more unimpressed than before…Well, except Fishlegs, of course.]
Fishlegs: Whoa! The whale saluted you? [Hiccup looked at him strangely.]
"Really, Fishlegs?" said Hiccup as the teens all stared at him in disbelief. Fishlegs shrugged.
"What? I don't believe it either. It's just entertaining to listen really."
Gobber: [LAUGHS] Can youbelieve it? But the Boneknapper got away again. He found me on Berk…
Snotlout: Are you kidding? I don't believe any of this.
Tuffnut: Yeah! You totally made everything up!
Ruffnut: Come on, Gobber! It's time to get out of here.
Snotlout: Come on, Gobber! We need to get home.
Tuffnut: You don't even have any proof that that thing exists.
"Of course I do!"
Gobber: Of course I have proof. I still have the treasure. This stunning belt buckle. [He stands up and lifts his pants flap a little, showing a three sided bone attached to a leather cord around his waist.]It was in the Viking's treasure chest. It's kept my pants up for years.
"Still not impressed." Said Snotlout.
"Just be glad that its kept his pants up all this time." Hiccup mumbled to him, making his eyes bulge at the horror and they both shuddered along with the rest of the teens who overheard.
Fishlegs: It is stunning.
[Hiccup shrugged at it. Astrid nudged him in the back, giving him a look.]
Hiccup: Uh…Listen, Gobber? Instead of chasing down an imaginary dragon, maybe we should figure out how to get home.
Gobber: Say no more! I hear you loud and clear. I've got a plan. [He turns to the teens and points to everyone.]All right. Who'd like to be dragon bait?
[Everyone gasps and turned to Fishlegs. Fishlegs, thinking it was Phil, looks to the sheep. But he was sorely mistaken as Phil bleats and side-steps away. He turns to the others who stare at him expectantly and realizes that he was the bait. Next thing he knew, he was dressed like Gobber with ropes and bones with a giant rib cage hanging above him. The others not far as they hide in a ditch. Gobber making sure everything is in perfect alignment.]
"Really? 'Loud and clear', huh?" Hiccup said sarcastically.
Fishlegs groaned in misery. "Why does it always have to be me to be the bait?"
"Because you're the most vulnerable." Snotlout stated.
"…Thanks."
Fishlegs: Uh, Gobber, are you sure this is safe?
Gobber: Ah, safety's overrated. [He waved off and walked over to where the others are hiding.]
Fishlegs: Huh?
"Don't tell them that either, Gobber!" laughed Stoick.
Gobber: Ok, here's the plan. The Boneknapper wants me, right? He comes down that trail, sees Fishlegs, thinks it's me, rushes Fishlegs,
Fishlegs yelped along with his on-screen self.
Gobber: —causing Phil to trip that rope, dropping that rib cage and then we rush in and finish him off, once and for all!
[The twins and Snotlout stared, thinking he's gone insane.]
Snotlout: [WHISPERS] It's sad when they get old.
Snotlout nodded in agreement before he yelped in pain when he was smacked again.
Hiccup: Gobber, you're taking this way too far, ok? Y-you need to face it. There is no such thing as the Boneknapper.
Gobber: Wormsquat! Now, get into position. Way to go, Fishlegs! You're doing fine! [As the others argue with Gobber, Fishlegs gasps at what's behind them. When the screen shows the others, behind them is a large skeletal dragon. The Boneknapper. The others don't notice it.]
Everyone in the hall, minus the dragons, stared and gaped in shock and disbelief.
"HA! See that? I told you that it was real!" Gobber boasted before he paused as a thought occurred to him. "Wait a minute…did you dragons know about it being real?" he stated suspiciously. All the dragons pointedly looked away from him innocently. "Oh…I see how it is…Make me look like the crazy man, I see. You bag of scaly, good for nothing, reptiles you!" all the dragons laughed in their own way, making the rest of the Vikings chuckle in amusement.
Stoick laughed and patted the poor blacksmith. "You don't need them to make you look crazy, old friend." Gobber grumbled under his breath, making sounds like "turning them into boots" or something along the lines.
Hiccup: No wonder the entire village thinks you're crazy.
Snotlout: Hello? He sees dead Vikings.
"Not 'dead!' Frozen!" Gobber corrected.
"Which we still don't buy on that part!"
Tuffnut: Yeah, especially that thing about the hammerhead yak.
"Or that!" Tuffnut added.
Fishlegs: Um, guys?
Astrid: This is a complete waste of time. We need to start…
Fishlegs: Guys! Hello? Hello, hello! Turn around! Guys, guys!
All: What? [Then everyone freezes when they hear rattling behind them.]
Hiccup: It's right behind us, isn't it? [They slowly turn around and look up at the Boneknapper in terror. The bones on it's armor rattle as it spreads its wings and stands tall. When it opens its maw, it only lets out a squeak.]
"Huh. Well, what do you know? No roar."
Fishlegs: Well, what do you know? No roar.
"Snotlout! Snotlout! Oi! Oi! Oi!"
"What was that for?" Hiccup asked.
Snotlout shrugged. "Because I'm awesome!" puffing out his chest. "…And Fishlegs was wrong." Fishlegs rolled his eyes while Astrid pretended to gag. But then had a mischievous look and turned to him.
"Well, I've got a better cry for you. It goes like this. 'Snotlout! Snotlout! Shut! Up! Now!'" she emphasized the end by slamming her fist down on the table, making the teens burst into fits of hysterics. Snotlout and Spitelout scowled.
Gobber: RUN! [Everyone ran towards Fishlegs as the Boneknapper shot fire at them.]
Astrid: Okay, Gobber, we believe you!
"Not completely, still not sure about the whole hammerhead stuff." Said Tuff.
[They all screamed as it charged and swung its bludgeon like tail at them but missed, the force of it blowing them towards where Fishlegs is and dogpile on him. Phil then tripped the rope, trapping them under the rib cage.]
Gobber: Phil!
Despite the situation, they all couldn't help but laugh at the scene.
[They all gasped and turned in terror as the dragon stomped towards them. They all backed away and screamed. The Boneknapper got ready to fire and they quickly took cover behind the individual rib cage bones, just in time when it did.]
Snotlout: Find a happy place, find a happy place.
[The Boneknapper began to bang on the rib cage, trying to get to them]
Fishlegs: No, no, no, no, please! Please! AAH! He wants my head! I swear he wants my head! Oh ho-ho!
[As everyone panics, Hiccup notices something on the dragon. On the chest area, there's a little hole that has a familiar shape. Then he looks to Gobber's belt buckle and realizes something.]
Gobber: …little. Bring it on! You wait till I get out there I'll show you…
Hiccup: Wait. [He looks between the two again to confirm his theory.] It searches for the perfect bone to build its coat of armor. The treasure! Gobber, take off your pants.
Gobber: Huh?
"Okay!"
"No!" the teens yelled. Gobber laughed.
"I'm just playing around." Then he grinned. "…Or am I?" they teens shuddered.
All: No!
Hiccup: Wait, listen to me. I think Fishlegs was right. The Boneknapper is supposed to have a roar. [The Boneknapper yanks a piece of the rib cage closest to Gobber off.]But maybe he can't because the bone he needs is your belt buckle.
Astrid: Gobber, please, you have to give it back.
Gobber: No way. It's mine! [Suddenly, the Boneknapper grabs him in his jaws by his peg leg.]Uh-oh. [He gets yanked out of the rib cage.]
"Well…that's one way of doing it…" said Stoick.
Gobber: Whoa! [The dragon waves him around like a rag doll as Gobber yells in terror while the others watch from the ground.]
Hiccup: Give him back his bone!
Gobber: Nooo!
Hiccup: GIVE HIM BACK HIS BONE!
Gobber: Nooo! [The Boneknapper flings him in the air.]NOOoooo—Oh, all right.
[He yanks the belt buckle off and throws it at the Boneknapper, making its mark and completing the armor. The Boneknapper shuffles around, adjusting to the bone as Gobber crashes into a pile of bones with a grunt. Everyone gasps, wondering if he's all right. He comes out of the pile, groaning, and watches in time to see the Boneknapper give a mighty, earsplitting roar, sounding like a banshee.]
All the Vikings covered their ears at the extremely loud roar coming out of the dragon on the TV, especially the dragons who have much sharper hearing then the humans. Even with the sound coming out of the TV, it was still pretty loud. Along with how it resonates all around the Great Hall. The teens and their dragons had it far worse since they were pretty much in the front (which they now regret), which means they got the full brunt; their dragons whining in pain. When the sound finally stopped, everyone groaned or whined about their hearing being damaged.
"AH! MY EARS! I CAN'T. HEAR. ANYTHING!" Tuff shouted in distress, trying to get the hearing back in his ears.
"HUH?! WHAT DID YOU SAY?! YOU CAN'T SMEAR TANGERINES?!" Ruff shouted back."
"WHAT?!"
"WHAT?!"
"WHAT?!"
"WOULD YOU TWO, MUTTONHEADS, QUIT. SHOUTING!" Shouted Snotlout.
"…HUH?!"
"WELL, FISHLEGS, I THINK WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE BOOK OF DRAGONS!" Hiccup shouted to Fishlegs who thankfully heard that.
"YEAH! I THINK SO!" he shouted back.
"WHAT?!"
"SHUT. UP!"
[Everyone covers their ears at the sound. The Boneknapper lowers down to Gobber's level, growling.]
Hiccup: Gobber!
[Gobber looks up at the dragon in anticipation, thinks before standing up.]
Gobber: All right, you've got me. Make it fast. [He drops his head, resigned to his fate.]
"Hey, my hearings back!"
[The Boneknapper softly growls and nuzzles his head to Gobber, confusing him and causing his pants to fall down. He looks down, embarrassed.]
Gobber: Uh… [SHEEPISHLY LAUGHS].
"AAAH! MY EYES! I'M BLIND! Oh, why the humanity does life forsake me so! WHYYYY!" Tuff shouted dramatically as he covered his eyes. The teens and everyone else groan and turn away.
"Ah, stop being so dramatic. It's not that bad."
[They all turn away, groaning. Fishlegs looking like he's gonna hurl.]
Hiccup: That's gonna give me nightmares.
Astrid: Well, at least we have a ride home.
[They all watch Gobber scratch it under its chin with his hook; the Boneknapper wagging its tail happily as it croons.]
Gobber: [LAUGHING] Aren't you cute? Yes, you are! Yes, you are.
"Huh. It's like an overgrown puppy." Said Gobber, thoughtfully as he watched the big dragon.
[The scene cuts to Phil's face up in the air, the wind blowing his ears back.]
"Huh?" Fishlegs stared at the screen confused.
[Then draws back to the others riding the Boneknapper across the ocean towards home; the Boneknapper roaring as they hoot and holler.]
"Oh…!"
Snotlout: You know, I never doubted him. I was always like, "He's right." [Fishlegs looks at him blankly.]
"…Sure, Snotlout!" said Astrid. Hiccup and Fishlegs chuckled.
The twins laughed their heads off. "Yeah, right!"
"You were the first person not to believe him from the start."
Snotlout scowled.
Tuffnut: Ah! This tailbone is hurting my tailbone.
[The Boneknapper roars happily.]
Hiccup: [CHUCKLES] He sure seems happy to have that bone back.
Fishlegs: Well, legend says that the Boneknapper's roar is its mating call.
The teens all exchanged glances.
Gobber: Oh, that's just a myth! [Suddenly, they hear a high-pitched roar and they all gasp as they turn around.] Uh-oh.
The teens and Stoick paled.
Phil: [BLEATING]
Gobber: [More female Boneknapper roars sound around as the screen pans out, showing them flying towards Berk with Female Boneknappers flying behind them.]Ha! I think Stoick will believe me now, eh? [LAUGHS] [ROARS].
To Be Continued…
"Oh, well I guess that's that for now." Gobber stood up with a grunt. "Break time over. Back to work!" he announced as he and the rest of the Vikings made their way towards the door, glad to be able to stretch their legs as groans and cracks could be heard from sitting down for a long period. Mildew could be heard muttering words along the lines of "abomination" and "beasts". The teens shielded their eyes from being inside for a while, the sun blinding them slightly. Their dragons trailed behind them as they walked towards town where every Viking was already on their way to doing their normal routines.
"How great was that, huh? Who knows how many adventures we'll see and experience later." Said Fishlegs, excited.
"I know, right? It's gonna be amazing!" said Astrid.
"Well, its definitely not going to be boring around here that's for sure." Said Hiccup.
"Though I'm not looking forward to seeing Gobber in his underpants for the second time." Snotlout added. They all shuddered.
"But the Boneknapper, now that's gonna be awesome." Said Tuffnut.
"And not to mention, Snoggletog." Added Ruffnut. They both laughed sinisterly. Astrid on the other hand bit her lip nervously, completely forgetting that particular video.
"Gobber's stories though, I can definitely live without." Said Snotlout. "I mean, seriously? 'The hammerhead yak riding the hammerhead whale?' Where did he even get that?" the others nodded in agreement, totally true.
"When do you think we'll see another video?" inquired Fishlegs. Hiccup answered for him.
"Well, since the Snoggletog video was the first one we saw, and that's not due for another month or so, I'd say tomorrow will be the earliest. In any case, the note will let us know when tomorrow."
"Well, it's a nice day today, why don't we go flying and have another trick competition?" Astrid suggested and they all agreed before getting on their dragons and flew off.