Hey, new chappie. A redo of chapter 4. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I wish I did, but I'm not smart enough to come up with HTTYD.
ON STOICK, holding down the netted Nadders. He hears a familiar HOLLER and looks up to see...
HICCUP running through the PLAZE, SCREAMING with the NIGHTMARE fast on his heels. Alarmed, Stoick abandons the Nadders and runs off.
STOICK (to his men, re: the NADDERS) DO NOT let them escape!
IN THE PLAZA Vikings scatter as Hiccup dodges a near fatal blast. The Nightmare's sticky, Napalm-like fire splashes up onto buildings, setting them alight. Hiccup ducks behind the last standing brazier - the only shelter available. The Nightmare blasts it, spraying fire all around him. Hiccup peers around the smoldering post. No sign of the Nightmare. He turns back to find it leering at him, blocking his escape. It takes a deep breath. Hiccup is finished.
All the Vikings are horrified for the small boy and what will happen, all of them forgetting that these are past events. Astrid grabbed Hiccup's forearm, worried for him. Gabi sighed at the vikings and how this is in the past.
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) Your 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, Astrid, and Gabi all wince when the Nightmare is hit, earning confused looks their way.
HICCUP (V.O)
Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know...
"And what would that be?" Tuffnut asked, confusion in his voice.
"Shh, He's getting to it." Ruffnut whispered, entranced by the movie.
The burnt brazier pole collapses, sending the massive iron basket crashing. It bounces down hill, destroying as it goes and scattering the Vikings who were holding down the Nadders. The freed dragons escape... with several sheep in tow.
HICCUP (CONT'D): Sorry, dad.
"It's alright, I've forgiven you." Stoick said to Hiccup, still beaming with proud that his son took down a Night Fury.
"You won't after this." Hiccup muttered, still holding back sounds that would give away his tears.
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.
Everyone was holding their breaths, even Gabi, even though she knew what was going to happen. The Dragons had smug smirks, happy that they were able to feed their Queen. 'Wait! The QUEEN!? What if she notices we're missing!?' A Nadder garbled to the others, worry in it's voice. Gabi noticed the dragons' worry and paused the movie, getting groans and moans of all kinds.
"I'm getting everyone snacks, hold your yaks!" Gabi yelled to the group of Vikings, laughing at her rhyming. She left though a door and was gone for awhile. While she was gone...
Hiccup looked over at Astrid. "Thanks for sticking up for me." He smiled shyly. Astrid smiled back.
"Of course. Snotlout needs to learn to mind his own business." She glared at the aforementioned teen. Snotlout glared at them, frowning. Gabi came back before he could do anything, snapping her fingers so everyone had snacks. She sat back down and resumed the movie.
HICCUP (SHEEPISH): Okay, but I hit a night Fury.
Stoick grabs Hiccup by the back scruff of his collar and hauls him away, fuming with embarrassment.
HICCUP (CONT'D): It's not like the last few times, Dad. I mean I really actually hit it. You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot. It went down, just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there, before it-
STOICK: -STOP! Just... stop.
He releases Hiccup. Everyone goes silent, staring expectantly.
STOICK (CONT'D): Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter's almost here and I have an entire village to feed!
Hiccup looks around. All eyes are upon him.
"Ummm, Actually, the disaster started before Hiccup was outside." Astrid stated, causing most of the Vikings to wince at the truth. Gabi smirked, happy that someone was catching on to how much Hiccup is blamed for.
HICCUP: Between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't ya think?
A few rotund Vikings stir self-consciously.
The teens started to chuckle at the comment made by the boy. The adults, however, didn't find it as funny.
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.
"No it's not." Gabi and Astrid mumbled, Astrid squezzing Hiccup's arm. Hiccup gulped, smiling sadly at the two girls.
STOICK: You are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them.
"Glad we're on the same page." Hiccup mumbled, just waiting for the disappointment his father will feel later. Gabi heard his comment, then glanced between Hiccup and Stoick. 'What happened to a bond between a Father and their child?' Gabi pondered, looking at the screen solemnly.
Hiccup looks around to see many nods of agreement.
STOICK (CONT'D): Get back to the house. (TO GOBBER) Make sure he gets there. I have his mess to clean up.
Stoick lumbers off in the opposite direction. 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, I'm sorry that I never stopped their teasing." Astrid whispered to him, tones of anger and sadness in her voice. Hiccup smiled sadly at her.
"It's fine, Astrid. I don't blame any of their actions on you and Fishlegs. You two were nice to me." Fishlegs seemed to have heard the comment and smiled.
HICCUP (CONT'D): I really did hit one.
GOBBER: Sure, Hiccup.
HICCUP: He never listens.
GOBBER: Well, it runs in the family.
"Hey!" Gabi, Hiccup, and Stoick shouted jokingly. Well, Gabi and Hiccup were joking. Stoick was half joking about it.
HICCUP: And when he does, it's always with this... disappointed scowl. Like someone skimped on the meat in his sandwich. (MIMICKING STOICK) Excuse me, barmaid. I'm afraid you brought me the wrong offspring. I ordered an extra large boy with beefy arms. Extra guts and glory on the side. This here. This is a talking fish bone.
"But if you had gotten the son you wanted, you would have a..." Gabi shivered in disgust, "Snotlout. A strong boy with no brains. Remember brains always beat brawns." Gabi said proudly. Snotlout scoffed and was about to talk when Gabi began to glare at him.
"You know Hiccup, that sounded a lot like Stoick." Astrid smiled, earning a smile from the boy next to her.
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.
"You know you just made it worse, right?" Gabi looked at Gobber. Gobber cringed hearing those words, seeing how his words might of had the opposite effect.
HICCUP: Thank you, for summing that up.
They reach the doorway.
GOBBER: Look, the point is, stop trying so hard to be something you're not.
Hiccup SIGHS heavily.
HICCUP: I just want to be one of you guys.
"Not anymore." Hiccup whispered, earning sad looks from Gabi and Astrid. They comforted him when he started to look like he was going to cry again.
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.
"Do you listen to anything I say!" Gobber yelled, frustrated by the disobedience of his apprentice. Hiccup smiled, chuckling.
"Nope." Hiccup said, jokingly. Gobber shook his head, sighing.
INT. GREAT HALL - DAY
A noisy din of PROTESTING VOICES leads to... STOICK, glowering in the firelight. Surrounded by his men.
STOICK: Either we finish them or they'll finish us! It's the only way we'll be rid of them. If we find the nest and destroy it, the dragons will leave. They'll find another home.
Gabi snickered. 'Yep. Right on Berk, moving into their new home as friends.' She thought to herself, focusing on the scene.
He sinks his blade into a... LARGE NAUTICAL MAP, spread out on the table... the blade piercing the middle of an uncharted corner, swirling with painted sea monsters and dragons.
STOICK (CONT'D) (DECIDEDLY) One more search. Before the ice sets in.
VIKING: Those ships never come back.
STOICK (MATER-OF-FACT): We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard. Now who's with me?
Stoick throws up his fist. No one follows. The crowds shifts in restless silence. Head scratches. Eyes averted.
VIKING (FEEBLE): Today's not good for me.
VIKING (CONT'D) (EQUALLY FEEBLE): I've gotta do my axe returns.
STOICK: Alright. Those who stay will look after Hiccup.
Hands jut into the air, volunteers galore. Enthusiastic murmurs of prep and packing fill the room.
PHLEGMA THE FIERCE: To the ships!
SPITELOUT: I'm with you Stoick!
"Wow, I'm feeling all the heart-felt love guys." Hiccup said sarcastically. Some of the Vikings looked sheepish, glancing around.
STOICK (DRY): That's more like it.
The Vikings rush for the door, leaving Gobber and Stoick alone. Gobber gulps back the contents of his tankard attachment and scrapes back the bench.
GOBBER: I'll pack my undies.
"EWWW! I did NOT need to hear that!" Ruffnut disgustedly yelled, while the other teens started to gag.
STOICK: No, I need you to stay and train some new recruits.
GOBBER: Oh, perfect. And while I'm busy, Hiccup can cover the stall. Molten steel, razor sharp blades, lots of time to himself...what could possibly go wrong?
Stoick sinks onto the bench beside Gobber, his brow burdened.
STOICK: What am I going to do with him Gobber?
GOBBER: Put him in training with the others.
"He'd probably faint when he gets face to face with a dragon!" Snotlout snorted, earning a glare from Hiccup and Astrid.
'Well you got that right but at a different time, Snotface.' Gabi couldn't help but think, smiling at the thought
STOICK: No, I'm serious.
GOBBER: So am I.
Stoick turns to him, glaring.
STOICK: He'd be killed before you let the first dragon out of its cage.
GOBBER: Oh, you don't know that.
STOICK: I do know that, actually.
GOBBER: No, you don't.
STOICK: No, actually I do.
GOBBER: No you don't!
STOICK: Listen! You know what he's like. From the time he could craw he's been...different. He doesn't listen.
"Well, sometimes different is a good thing." Hiccup muttered, Astrid and Gabi nodding in agreement.
STOICK (CONT'D): He has the attention span of a sparrow. I take him fishing and he goes hunting for... for trolls!
GOBBER (DEFENSIVE) Trolls exist! They steal your socks. (DARKLY) But only the left ones. What's with that?
Gabi smirked as the trolling face popped into her 'They do exist, but they steal your experience, what's with that?'
STOICK: When I was a boy...
GOBBER (GRUMBLING) Oh here we go.
STOICK: My father told me to bang my head against a rock and I did it. I thought it was crazy, but I didn't question him. And you know what happened?
"You got a headache." Gabi said, boredom in her voice.
GOBBER: You got a headache.
Everyone looked at Gabi, eyebrows raised. She looked back. "What. I've seen this like a hundred times, I know every line." Gabi stated, then turned back to the movie. So did everyone else, bemused by the girl.
STOICK: That rock split in two. It taught me what a Viking could do, Gobber. He could crush mountains, level forest, tame seas! Even as a boy I knew what I was, what I had to become. (BEAT) Hiccup is not that boy.
"Well them." Hiccup deadpanned, getting a wince from Gabi and Astrid.
GOBBER: You can't stop him, Stoick. You can only prepare him. (BEAT) Look, I know it seems hopeless. But the truth is you won't always be around to protect him. He's going to get out there again. He's probably out there now.
ON STOICK, as Gobber's words hit there mark.
EXT. WOODS - DAY
ON AN OPEN NOTEBOOK.
A drawn map of the island, covered in X's. Hiccup looks up from it an peeks over a gorge, expectantly. Sees nothing. He adds another 'X' to the page, then scratches his pencil over the whole map in frustration. He snaps the book closed and pockets it.
"Ok as a book lover, I must say, I am hurt that you did that to your book, a lovely book at most." Gabi said jokingly to Hiccup. Hiccup chuckled nervously, awaiting the meeting between him and Toothless.
HICCUP: Uggh, the gods hate me. Some people lose their knife or their mug. No, not me. I manage to lose an entire dragon.
Hiccup WHACKS a low-hanging branch. It SNAPS back at him, hitting him in the face. He looks up to see a snapped tree trunk. His eyes follow it to a long trench of up-turned earth.
"No way." Stoick breathed quietly, realizing what this means. They all realize what this means, as Hiccup and Gabi wait for their favorite Dragon species to pop up, Hiccup being nervous at the fact that his father might kill him.
He follows it to a drowned, black dragon, it's body and tail tangled in a bola. It appears dead. Hiccup approaches, beaming.
All of a sudden, the Vikings start cheering. Gabi had tears going down her cheeks, the state Toothless in making her cry. Hiccup let out a silent sob by the fact that he did that to his best friend, causing Astrid to wrap an arm around him, trying to calm him down. This went unnoticed by the Vikings, but not the Dragons, most of them were shocked by the dragon's state and how the three small humans were reacting to this scene.
HICCUP (CONT'D) (IN SHOCK) Oh wow. I did it. I did it. This fixes everything. (ELATED) Yes!
He strikes a victory pose, planting his foot on the fallen Night Fury.
HICCUP (CONT'D): I have brought down this mighty beast!
It suddenly shifts.
Everyone freeze as they realize it moved. The beast was alive? The Vikings were waiting for Hiccup to kill the Dragon, to become a Viking. Hiccup, Astrid, and Gabi all await for what is going to happen next.
HICCUP (CONT'D): Whoa!
Hiccup springs back, terrified. He turns his blade on it. Rattled, Hiccup creeps along the length of the week, wounded dragon, dagger poised to strike. As he reaches the head, Hiccup finds the Night Fury staring coldly at him. Hiccup tries to look away, but he's drawn back to its unnerving, unflinching stare. With the dragon safety tangled in the ropes, Hiccup jabs with his dagger, puffing himself up with false bravado.
HICCUP (CONT'D): I'm going to kill you, Dragon. I'm gonna cut out your heart and take it to my father. I'm a Viking. (BEAT) I am a VIKING!
All of the Vikings, minus Hiccup, Astrid, and Gabi, awaited with happiness of the dragon's death.
Hiccup raises the dagger, determined to prove his Vikingness. The dragon's labored breathing breaks Hiccup's clenched concentration. He opens an eye, uncertainty leaking through. The dragon holds the stare. Something profound is exchanged. Finally, the Night Fury closes its eye and lowers its head, resigned to its fate. Hiccup tries to go through with it, holding the dagger aloft... fighting himself... until finally lowering it with a frustrated sigh. He looks over the dragon's chaffed rope wounds.
HICCUP (CONT'D) (muttered, ashamed) I did this.
He turns to leave. Pauses. And glances back at the dragon, chest heaving.
"Oh no..." Gobber realized what Hiccup was doing, scared how his father will reacted once he realizes what Hiccup did.
Hiccup GRUMBLES. He checks over his shoulder to ensure that no one is watching... then hurries back to cut the ropes. The Night Fury's eye shoots open. With the dragon watching his every move, Hiccup hurriedly saws through the bola ropes.
Everyone gasps, except Hiccup, Astrid, and Gabi. They were stunned with disbelief, while Gabi and Astrid were proud of him. To say the Dragons were shocked is an understatement, not expecting the human to help the dragon.
As the last rope falls free, the Night Fury suddenly POUNCES! In a blur, the dragon is upon him, pinning Hiccup down, grazing his neck. Looking like it's about to kill him. Hiccup is paralyzed. The dragon's breath ruffles his hair. Hiccup opens his eyes to find the Night Fury's wolf-like stare boring into him. The exchange is intense, profound. The dragon draws a deep breath, as though it's about to torch him, then lets out an ear-piercing scream instead. It turns and takes flight, flapping violently through the canopy of trees. It bashes against a nearby mountain side, recovers, and drops out of view some distance away. Winded, Hiccup struggles to his feet, staggers a few steps, collapses to his knees, and faints.
The crowd is quiet, too quiet. Everyone's still in shock of the events, Hiccup, Gabi, and Astrid not as shocked as the others, Stoick being the most shocked. Once he gathers his bearings, he stands from his chair.
"HICCUP HORRENDOUS HADDOCK THE THIRD!"
Hiccup and Gabi winced at the use of Hiccup's full name. "What in Thor's hammer were you thinking!?" Stoick yelled very loudly, scaring the baby dragons.
"He wasn't!" Snotlout shouted before yelping, getting punched by Ruffnut.
"You betrayed me and your village, Hiccup. When we get back, your on the next bo-" Stoick started but was interrupted.
"No." Gabi said, angry that Stoick would even consider doing that to his son.
"How dare you inter-" Stoick started, but was interrupted, again.
"No! How DARE YOU talk to your son, YOUR SON, that way. Like he's done something wrong!" Gabi yelled, absolutely livid with Stoick.
"He has, he's side with the Beasts!" Now Stoick was livid with how defiant Gabi was being.
"Well maybe that's a GOOD THING!" Gabi yelled, hating the anger going to Hiccup and the Dragon population. Their yelling was causing some of the dragons to get riled up.
"How's that a good thing!?" Stoick yelled, furious.
"BECAUSE HE KNOWS EVERYONE'S EQUAL!" Gabi screeched out, causing some dragons to whimper.
"THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST!" Stoick yelled just as loud.
"MAYBE SOME MEN ARE BEAST! LIKE YOU STOICK!" Gabi yelled, seriously pissed. All of the Dragons were scared of the yelling match going on, except the two Night Furies on the rafters. 'We have to end this, Toothless.' The female Night Fury to the Male, Toothless, who was enjoying this to much. 'Awww! Do we have to!' Toothless whined. 'Unless you want Hiccup to die, yes.' She said fiercely. That got his attention. She didn't wait for the signal, she flew down. While they were talking...
"THAT'S IT!" Stoick yelled angrily, going to lunge at Gabi. But, before he could, a Night Fury screech was heard before a blast was shot between the two.
"Night Fury!" Yelled Gobber, ducking.
"Get down!" Spitelout shouted, causing most of the vikings to duck besides Hiccup, Gabi, and Astrid.
A roar, actually it was more like a screech, followed by two thuds made everyone freeze in their places, even the Dragons.
"Midnight!" "Toothless!" Gabi and Hiccup said, calling their respective Night Furies.
"Midnight, I told you and Toothless to wait for the signal." Gabi scolded the female Night Fury, Midnight.
'I was worried that you would get hurt!' Midnight garbled, concern coming off of the dragon.
"I had everything under control." Gabi said, earning a 'are you serious' face. Gabi rolled her eyes, turning to everyone.
I'll leave it off there. Also Midnight looks like every Night Fury but with Sky Blue eyes. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Bye!
~Kittylover23114