Ch. 4 How to Start a Dragon Academy
The next day, Hiccup and the others were just hanging out and relaxing on top of an old catapult, taking a break from flying for the afternoon. Hiccup was just looking at his notes and drawings of Crescent Island, glad that they were still there for now when suddenly, the inside of his vest began to glow—shocking him—before immediately grabbing the note and looking at it. "Guys, guys, look!" they stopped whatever conversation they were having and turned to him, immediately having excited looks on their faces when they saw the note glowing.
"Oh, yeah! TV time!" said Snotlout, pumping his fist.
Fishlegs squirmed in excitement. "Oh! I wonder what we're gonna watch this time."
"I hope there are gonna be more explosions."
"Yeah! I'm with you there, sister." They banged their helmets together.
Astrid got to her feet. "Let's go tell everyone!"
"Even Mildew?" asked Tuffnut as they mounted.
Hiccup shrugged. "Eh, we'll see if he wants to or not." Then they were off as they went all over the island, announcing the good news. Snotlout just shouting "TV TIME! TV TIME!", which the Vikings immediately got as they quickly finished up what they were doing and excitedly scrambled to get to the Great Hall, bringing some food with them since they're gonna be in there for a while. Some even carried barrels and baskets of fish since the dragons will most likely join them and will most definitelybe hungry.
Stoick was already at the Great Hall even before hearing the news and stood out front to direct the people inside along with the dragons. "Everyone get inside, calmly! There's no need to rush, the machine is not going anywhere. And bring as much for yourselves, but not too much! Just enough so we can still have provisions in the storage house. We are only going to be in here for a while. Just bring as much fish for the dragons, and some dragon nip! We don't want them getting rowdy in there and accidentally break the machine."
"Dad, it's called a TV." Said Hiccup as he and Toothless walked up to the chief.
"Ah, Hiccup, right. Are all the dragons accounted for?"
"Almost. A dozen more are still out there. Fishlegs is getting them."
"HOOKFANG!" They look inside to see Snotlout's pants on fire again as he ran towards the water troughs that were for the dragons and jump in. "Ahhh…Sweet relief." Meanwhile, Spitelout was just watching his son, utterly embarrassed as he shook his head.
"Well, we can tell that Snotlout is accounted for." Hiccup said dryly. Stoick chuckled at his joke before he continued directing the people in. After accounting all the dragons, Hiccup and Toothless went inside where the others were at the table they were before, Fishlegs and Meatlug right behind them. He sat down at the table between Astrid and a drenched Snotlout while Fishlegs sat next to the twins, their dragons laying in front of them.
Fishlegs squealed. "Oh, I'm so excited! I wonder what adventures we'll face this time?" He gasped. "Maybe we'll even discover some new dragons."
"I'm just hoping for some destruction." Said Tuff.
"Yeah. Beautiful, beautiful, destruction." Said Ruff dreamily.
"It's probably gonna be about me and how I will save the day." boasted Snotlout. "After all, this face is made for the screen."
"Ugh! Don't make me yak up my lunch this early, please." They snickered as Snotlout gaped. "But I do hope that we won't be meeting any enemies anytime soon."
Hiccup raised a brow. "Why enemies?"
"Well, we have dragons now and in some places dragons are still viewed as enemies, so it would make sense that we would make some because they would view us as a threat, and Berk with dragons would be a sign of aggression with neighboring tribes."
"The lass is right, son." They turned around to see the chief walking over towards them with Gobber and the rest of the council. "The dragons will be viewed as an act of war, especially with the Berserkers if Dagur becomes chief. We may have made peace with the dragons, but other neighboring tribes haven't yet."
"After all, it's only been about two months since the war was over." Said Gobber. "It'll take time for them to get used to the idea. The Berserkers on the other hand…"
"Right now, rumors are probably already being spread around the Archipelago about your accomplishment, so we don't know what the future holds for us and for Berk. Hopefully, these videos will give us a better insight on it."
"Though I doubt we'll be prepared for it since when that time comes, we'll forget we've ever watched it." Gobber added. Stoick gave him a blank look.
"Yes, Gobber…Thank you."
"Don't mention it, Chief!" he answered cheekily.
"Well, hopefully, we will be prepared enough for it when the time comes." Said Hiccup. His father nodded before he turned to the crowd who were starting to get settled in their seats, the dragons all settled as well. "All right, is everyone accounted for?"
"Everyone seems to be accounted for." Said Mulch. "Even Mildew." Stoick raised a brow, a little surprised before nodding.
"All right, let's get started, then." Everyone cheered in excitement before quieting down as everyone got comfortable, and waited for the screen to light up.
[The scene starts off with a view of Berk up in the skies.]
Hiccup: This is Berk. For generations, it was Viking against dragon. The battles were ferocious. Then one day, everything changed.
[The scene shows Hiccup and Toothless, soaring through the skies.]
Hiccup: I met Toothless. And together, we've shown people here that instead of fighting dragons, we can ride them…live with them, even train them. [The two then did some tricks before they flew down and landed where the others are on a sea stack.]
Hiccup: Okay, guys. Best trick competition. Who's up first?
The Vikings started to lean in their seats in anticipation. None of them have ever seen any of the kids do tricks on their dragons this close.
"I bet it's gonna be me." Snotlout bragged.
Fishlegs: Uh—
Snotlout: Me.
Fishlegs: Actually, I think it's—
Snotlout: Me.
Astrid: Sweet baby Thor in a thunderstorm, go!
"Ha ha! Knew it was gonna be me!"
Snotlout: Oh, don't worry, we'll go. And when we go, Hookfang and I are gonna light the sky on F-FIIIRRREE! [Before he could finish, Hookfang decided to take off already, causing Snotlout to scream in surprise. He launched downward before lifting up and speeding forward around some sea stacks.]Oh-ho-ho, no!
[Snotlout continued screaming as this went on. Hookfang flew sideways between some narrow sea stacks, causing the horns on the teen's helmet to grind and spark against the rock. Hookfang grumbled a laugh as they made it out.]
Snotlout: Oh, no! [They spiraled upwards before doing a nosedive into the water at super sonic speed, Snotlout still screaming in terror as they swam for a second before flying out and back towards the others. Snotlout looked himself over.] I'm alive? I'M ALIVE! [Hiccup and Astrid stared at him blankly. He collected himself quickly when he noticed.] …Of course I am.
Everyone laughed at the look on his face as all of this happened, especially the teens and Hookfang. Snotlout blushed in embarrassment as Spitelout shook his head in disappointment.
Fishlegs: It's my turn! Ready, Meatlug? Here we go! [The two took off, but all they did was slowly fly around the twins and their dragon once before landing back at their spot. The others and the dragons just stared at them as they did, Snotlout having a look that was not impressed at all.]Yes! New personal best. [He leaned down to hug the dragon who licked him.]
"Pfft. More like personal lamest." Snotlout muttered.
"I don't know, Snotlout. At least his dragon listened to him." Hiccup chuckled while Snotlout scowled deeper.
Ruffnut: My turn!
Tuffnut: No, my turn!
"Guys…same dragon." Said Hiccup, rolling his eyes at the same time as his on-screen self.
Hiccup: Guys…same dragon.
By this point, the teens were starting to get used to saying the same thing as their on-screen selves…Though it's still a little creepy.
Tuffnut: Oh, right.
"I can't believe you didn't know that!" Tuffnut scoffed.
"Me?! You didn't know either!" Ruffnut nearly yelled.
"Oh, yeah? Well— "
"Guys, not now." Hiccup sighed.
[The two fist-bumped before taking off. They tried to decide which way to go.]
Tuffnut: Go left.
Ruffnut: No, right!
Tuffnut: No, no, no, right!
Ruffnut: No, left!
"Can't make up your minds, can you?" Gobber chuckled.
[In the process of their indecision, they twisted Barf and Belch's necks, making them bang their heads together. They crashed into a sea stack, causing them to spin out of control as the two held on by the Zippleback's horns.]
The Twins: Whoa! Whoa… [They were able to right themselves, but having had enough, Barf and Belch threw the twins off their necks and into the air. The two screamed as they went air born before descending.]
The twins' eyes were glued to the screen as they watched themselves in awe. "…Awesome."
"Yeah…we should totally do that, later."
"Yeah…"
Tuffnut: Oh, no! Whoa! This is awesome and scary! [SCREAMS] [Before they could fall into the water, Barf and Belch caught them by the scruff and threw them back on their backs. They then flew back to the others, the twins looking out of breath.]
Ruffnut: We almost died.
Tuffnut: Ugh, I know. Go again?
"YEAH!" they shouted as they banged each other's helmets, causing them to fall to the ground. The others just rolled their eyes.
"Figures." Snotlout scoffed.
Astrid: Hey, it's my turn. You might wanna take notes. Let's go. YAH! [Then, they were off.] Okay, Stormfly. Tail flip. [Stormfly dragged her tail in the water.]Now twirl! [She then twirled and dodged the sea stacks.]Quick, upward spiral! [Finally, she did a spiral up towards the sky with her wings spread as a finale.]All right, Stormfly! [Then they flew back to the others who were in awe.]
The Vikings all oohed before clapping and cheering for the two's amazing performance in the air, even the dragons were impressed. Astrid smiled in pride while Stormfly preened.
"Yeah, but can you do that without the dragon?" Snotlout scoffed. Astrid reached around Hiccup and punched his arm.
Ruffnut: Wow!
Tuffnut: Cool!
Fishlegs: Wow! That's nice!
Snotlout: Yeah, but can you do it without the dragon? [She punched him.]Ow!
Everyone, save Astrid and Snotlout, busted out laughing.
Hiccup: Well, looks like we got our work cut out for us, there, bud.
[They then took off, doing a loop before descending down the seas stack at high speed. As they were about to hit the water, they pulled up at the last minute, causing a wake of water as they flew just above it from how fast they were going. They then flew through sea stacks after sea stacks, dodging them in quick precision. They then came across an arch. Hiccup and Toothless looked at it with confident looks as they flew towards it at high speed. Then everything became in slow motion as at the right moment, Hiccup jumped off of Toothless, landed on the arch and ran across it, Toothless gliding right underneath the arch. Then just at the right moment, he jumped off just in time for Toothless to catch him. They spiraled upwards into the sky.]
Snotlout: Yeah!
Ruffnut: Wow!
Tuffnut: Whoa!
Fishlegs: Oh, that's nice!
[As their finale, they shot plasma blasts into the sky like fireworks. His friends watched the display in awe.]
Astrid: They're still the best.
[The two then flew through the after-mist of the plasma blasts with successful smiles.]
Hiccup: Another win. [Toothless grumbled in response.]Good job, bud.
Everyone in the village stared open-mouth in awe of their performance in silence while the teens whooped and cheered, congratulating Hiccup. The dragons were blown away by the performance. Toothless held his head up high in pride for him and his rider. Stoick broke the silence when he stood to his feet with a proud smile on his face.
"Ha ha! That's my boy!" Everyone cheered and applauded as Stoick shook his son by the shoulders and ruffled his hair with a joyful laugh. Mildew growled under his breath at the sight. Dragons…
[Scene: The Plaza.]
[The scene cuts to the sun shining down on Berk, Hiccup and Toothless flying before landing in the Plaza.]
Hiccup: Yep, dragons. Most people on Berk would say life here is better since we made peace with them. [Suddenly, they hear shouting and yelling as they walk through the village, a yak passing by as it's being chased by a Gronckle.] Unfortunately, dragons are still, well, dragons.
The teens turn to each other in concern, wondering what was going and why it involved the dragons.
Female Viking: Oh, ah, dragon. [Hiccup looks over to see a woman having a tug-a-war with a Terrible Terror as they fight over a chicken leg.] Let go of my food! Drop it, pesky dragon! [As the Terrible Terror takes the meat off the bone, another swoops in and takes the bone.] [GASPS] Dragons!
Male Viking: Get off my roof, you Pest![Hearing another commotion, he looks over to see a Viking yelling at a Nadder that was on his roof. Then another having a tug-a-war with a Monstrous Nightmare with a bag of apples.]
Male Viking 2: Let go of that! These are my apples! [The dragon let's go, making him and the apples tumble to the ground. Another with a Nadder chasing some chickens as a man shouts after it.]
Male Viking 3: You're a dastardly dragon, you are! [While the Nadder chases the chickens, it goes through a clothes line while a Viking woman does her laundry, taking the line and the clothes with it.]
Female Viking 2: Give me back my dainties, Dragon!
The teens and the Vikings all gape at the scene in horror…Well, except the twins who were cheering at all the chaos the dragons were causing and Mildew just smirked.
"You see that! This is what happens when you let dragons live among civilized men. Dragons just cause nothing but trouble." The teens all glared at the bitter old man while the dragons growled at him.
Male Viking 4: Get down! Incoming! Look out![The man then runs away after he looks up, making Hiccup to look up as well while others run as well.]
Male Viking 5: Dragon poop! [Right as he says that, a flock of dragons fly over the village and drop down green dragon droppings.]
"EW!" All the children yelled while everyone groaned in repulsion at the scene.
Hiccup: Ew, gross, gross, gross. Oh, poop. Oh, that's disgusting. [As he backs away from the droppings, he runs into Bucket and Mulch who have makeshift umbrellas made out of shields attached to wooden poles as they watch calmly.] …Hey, Mulch. Hey, Bucket. Sorry about the, uh…
"Who's that?" asked Bucket.
"That's you, Bucket." Said Mulch.
"Oh…" then he gasped. "So there's two of me?!" Mulch groaned.
Bucket: Every day at 3:00. They're regular, at least. A tip of the cap.
Mulch: Better than the days when it was kill or be killed.
Mulch nodded. "Sure is."
Mulch: Hey, we've got some fish for that father of yours. [CHUCKLES] Bucket, give the boy the cod. [Bucket lifts up to show the bag with the cod in it, but only sees an empty bag with a hole in it. He looks at it in confusion.]
Bucket: I ate it already? Did I enjoy it?
Hiccup: Uh, no, uh, actually, Bucket, I'm-I'm afraid the, uh… [He points to the side and they look over to see a Terrible Terror dragging the cod away. It looks at them and hisses threateningly before dragging it off under a dock, a couple of Terrors following it and eat it. Hiccup grins guiltily.]
Stoick sighed tiredly as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
Hiccup chuckled sheepishly. "Um, sorry, Dad." Stoick glanced at him before looking down and shaking his head, but he pat Hiccup's head to let him know that all was forgiven.
Hiccup: Most of us here on Berk are willing to take the good with the bad. [The scene drags on as it slowly makes its way towards the far side of the village as day turns to night, showing an old house on a cabbage farm. Mildew's residence.] But there are those who will never accept the dragons, and will do anything to drive them away.
Mildew nodded in agreement. "Oh, I will. You'll be sure of it…" he mumbled to himself.
[Scene: Mildew's residence.]
[The scene shows the inside of Mildew's house, Mildew sleeping on his stone bed with Fungus sleeping as well. Thumping and creaking is heard outside, causing chains to rattle and dust to fall down from the ceiling as the house rumbles. A sword falls, causing Mildew to stir from his sleep and looks around. Axes that are hanging from the ceiling are creaking and swinging side-to-side, causing one to fall and nearly behead the sheep who bleats in terror and runs to the little hole under Mildew's bed to hide.]
The twins laughed at the scared sheep.
[Mildew looks up at the ceiling and scowls, grumbling under his breath. The scene then changes as he and Fungus walk out of his house, still grumbling, and turns around to see a Gronckle sleeping on his roof, snoring noisily.]
Mildew: Dragons. I should've known. [Then he notices something and leans down, grabbing half eaten cabbages.]Helps himself to myroof and mycabbage.
"Dragons. Humph!" Mildew grumbled.
[Then he turns around and gasps in horror. What he finds is his cabbage field in ruins as Gronckles of different colors ravages it, eating all the cabbages before they fly away.]
"Ah! Too close!" Tuffnut cried in horror, the others cringing in agreement while Mildew gasped at the sight of his cabbage field.
"My whole field! You dragons will pay for this!"
Mildew: My whole field! Gone! [GROWLS] That tears it, Fungus. [Mildew than grabs his staff, his helmet, and Fungus who bleats in protest before walking off.]
Stoick sighed, knowing he was going to hear from this soon.
"Ah! Still too close!"
"It's so ugly!"
[Scene: Food Storehouse.]
[The scene changes back to town the next morning where it shows the chief and the blacksmith in front of the storage house, Mildew making his way towards them as other Vikings mingle around.]
Stoick: Stand the elk up in the back. Fishing boats just came in with a big catch.
Mildew: Stoick.
Gobber: Ah, here's Mildew with the complaint of the day.
Stoick: You picked a bad time, Mildew. I'm in the middle of storing food. The freeze is coming.
Mildew: Doh—it's the dragons again. [He stops in front of them on the steps, Hiccup and Toothless in the background watching them from the side of the storage house.] Those demons are not fit to live among civilized men.
"'Civilized men?' Does ANYBODY here think Mildew is civilized? Or even a man at least?" Snotlout called out. Everyone shook their heads. Mildew grumbled under his breath.
Gobber: Neither are you, Mildew. Why do you think we built your house so far outside of town?
The teens snickered at Gobber's statement.
Mildew: Oh, very well. Make your jokes. Meanwhile, these dragons upend our village carts… [He then gestures with his staff towards a Viking woman right-siding an empty cart from its side with a grunt, a frown on her face as she makes her way towards them.] Turn people's houses into piles of rubble! [Another example to his statement shows two Vikings fixing a roof with a hole in it and getting their attention as well as a crowd surrounds the storage house.]
Male Viking: Aye, Mildew's right!
Hiccup gaped. "What?! People are actually agreeing with that old Yak?!" the teens were also surprised but couldn't help but snicker at Hiccup calling Mildew an old yak.
Mildew: They even disturb an old man's rest! [He gestures to his eyes.] Can't you see these bags under me eyes? [VILLAGERS SHOUTING AGREEMENTS]
"I don't want to look at a yak." Hiccup stated with a straight face, making everyone burst out into hysterics.
"Ugh! He's even more hideous!" said Tuffnut, looking away.
"Oh, the horror! The horror!" cried Ruffnut.
Gobber: He's right. He's hideous. [Mildew then directs his attention to the crowd.]
Mildew: These are wild and unpredictable beasts.
Male Viking 2: Right you are! [Mildew points to Bucket in the crowd and taps his bucket.]
Mildew: They even cracked this man's skull…like an egg.
"Eggs? I like eggs."
Bucket: Eggs? I like eggs. Scrambled, over easy, poached.
Mildew: You need to put those dragons in cages.
Male Viking 3: I agree!
Male Viking 4: Yeah, get 'em outta here!
"Stop agreeing with the yak!" Hiccup shouts.
[As this goes on, Hiccup watches worriedly from the side and pets Toothless' head who croons in concern.]
Mildew: If you don't, they'll eat us out of house and home and destroy the entire village.
[His argument causes the rest of the Vikings to shout in agreement as they wave their fists angrily at the chief who watches this sternly, but also in concern. Hiccup walks up to the front and directs to the angry crowd, trying to reason with them.]
Hiccup: They don't mean any harm, they're just dragons being dragons. [Stoick puts his hand on Hiccup's shoulder, silently telling him that he would take over before stepping up to the old man.]
Stoick: Look, Mildew, if there's a problem, I'll deal with it. [Mildew gets in his face.]
Mildew: Oh, there is a problem, Stoick. [Then walks away through the crowd who part for him.] And I think I speak for everyone when I say, you better do something about it. [Everyone begins to shout at Stoick who just watches all of this in silence.]
Male Viking 5: Yeah! What are you gonna do?
Male Viking 6: Mildew's right!
Male Viking 7: Come on, help us, Stoick!
Male Viking 8: Do something, now!
Stoick breathed heavily while the Vikings looked a little guilty. All they were doing was causing more problems for the chief and his son by agreeing with Mildew, all because of a few problems they couldn't handle. "You should listen to me, Stoick. If not me, then listen to the people." Everyone glared and the dragons growled at him, causing him to back away and shut up immediately. Stoick gave him a stern look.
"Oh, I think the people and the dragonshave spoken quite clearly."
[Scene: Haddock residence.]
[The scene then fades to a burning fire pit in the Haddock household, Stoick pacing in front of it in thought as he sighs tiredly. Gobber sitting at the table with a whittling knife appendage and a wooden duck while Hiccup and Toothless watch the chief in concern at the staircase.]
Stoick: We can't just let the dragons run wild like they own the place…Hey, we can put up signs.
"Signs? For dragons?"
Gobber: Signs? For dragons?
Stoick: No, for the people.
"Signs? For Vikings?"
Gobber: Signs? For Vikings? We're not big readers, Stoick.
Stoick: Ugh! Then we'll build a huge net and stretch it around the Plaza.
"Nets?"
"We get it, Gobber."
Gobber: Nets? You do know they breathe fire.
Stoick face-palmed and groaned in utter annoyance while the teens snickered.
Stoick: I know very well they breathe fire, Gobber. [GROWLS] Maybe Mildew was right. [In his frustration, he knocks a chair over that lands next to Hiccup who rights it.] We have to figure—
Hiccup: No, Dad, wait. What if I deal with the dragons? [His father turns to him dubiously as Toothless makes his way down to Hiccup's side.]
Stoick: You?
Hiccup: Who else? If anyone can control them, I can.[Toothless rubs up against him and nuzzles his side.]I'm the best man for the job.
Stoick: You're not a man yet, Hiccup.
Hiccup: Not if you don't give me the chance to be.
"He's got you there, Stoick." Said Gobber.
"And Hiccup is the first to ride a dragon, so he's the perfect candidate for the job." Astrid added.
Stoick thought on this before turning to Hiccup. "Hiccup, are you sure you can do this." Hiccup smiled.
"I'm positive, Dad. After all, I've got Toothless. Plus, the others can help. Right guys?" they all nodded. Stoick sighed and nodded.
"Fair enough."
Mildew scoffed. "This is absurd. Putting a bunch of teenagersin charge of dragons." Stoick gave him a stern look.
"Watch it, Mildew. That's my son you're talking about, and I trust that in the end he will succeed." Hiccup smiled.
"Thanks, Dad." Stoick smiled while Mildew rolled his eyes.
[The two adult Vikings give each other glances before coming to a decision.]
Stoick: Fair enough. You'll have your chance. Starting tomorrow.
[Hiccup smiles gratefully as the scene fades to the next day, dragons flying through the air or running around through the Plaza. Hiccup walks into the Plaza with a look of confidence.]
Hiccup: Okay, gang. There's gonna be some changes around here. [Suddenly, he hears shouting and turns to the source. A Viking woman is trying to get a Nadder away from her case of bread as it tries to eat it.]
Female Viking: Get out! Shoo! For the last time, get your nose out of my bread! Oh! [GROANS] [She then runs inside her house to get away, the Nadder following her as it sticks its head inside. Hiccup immediately goes to action.]
Hiccup: Hold on, I'll help you. Just… [The Nadder comes out and turns to Hiccup.] No.[He puts his hand to its snout, immediately calming it.]All right. [Suddenly, chickens flap and cluck about behind him, startling the dragon before it chases one of them. He turns around to see what was going on.] Whoa. What the-ookay.
[Behind him was a Gronckle knocking stuff around as it charges at the Nadder, hopping over the teen. Roars are heard and he sees two dragons fighting each other, causing sheep to run away and one to catch on fire. He runs into action again and chases the sheep.]
Hiccup: Toothless, stop that fight. I'll put out the sheep.[Toothless looks up at where the dragons are fighting and goes to stop it as Hiccup runs after the torched sheep.] [PANTING] Okay. Okay. Whoa, uh— [As he gets to the middle of town, he sees dragons running amuck as Vikings run in panic or chasing the dragons as the screen pans away.]
Male Viking: Get out! Get back here with my cart!
Male Viking 2: Bring that back here!
Male Viking 3: Enough of these dragons!
Hiccup groaned and buried his face in his hands. This was not going as planned.
[The screen then shows the rest of the teens watching the chaos from a top of an old catapult, confused at Hiccup's scrambling.]
"What the— R-really?! You guys are just standing there watching me fail?!"
Snotlout: What's he doing?
Tuffnut: Uh…I think he's helping the dragons break stuff.
Ruffnut: Cool.
"I am not. Helping them. Break stuff!"
"Oh…Can we help break stuff?"
"NO!" everyone shouted.
[They then see Hiccup chasing a smoking sheep that was heading towards him with a bucket of water. But the sheep runs him over, knocking him down with a bleat as he drops the bucket and slides down the hill on his back. He hopelessly watches the sheep run away as the world looks upside down.]
"Whoa…the world just totally broke because everything just turned upside down."
"I know, right? Trippy…"
Astrid: Wow. He could really use our help.
Tuffnut: We'll get to it.
Ruffnut: In a minute. [Hiccup finally was able to douse the sheep.]
"Thanks. I feel soglad to have you as friends."
Hiccup: Sorry about that. [SIGHS] [Suddenly, a flock of dragons fly over the Plaza.]
Astrid: and it's 3:00… [Hiccup looks up just in time, a dragon dung falling towards him.]
Hiccup: Oh, no…[SPLAT]
The twins and Snotlout and some of the Vikings laughed their heads off while the rest of the Vikings cringed in disgust and sympathy. Stoick sighed for what felt like the hundredth time this week.
"See what I mean, Stoick? You know I— "Stoick gave him an intimidating look.
"Not. Now. Mildew."
[Scene: Haddock Residence.]
[The scene then takes place at night in front of the Haddock residence. It closes in on Hiccup's room where Hiccup is looking tired and sore as he rolls his shoulders, Toothless watching him in concern.]
Hiccup: Oh, everything hurts. [He takes off his prosthetic.]Even this.
Fishlegs raised a brow. "How is that possible?! It's not even a part of you?"
Astrid: Hiccup? [Hiccup looks up startled and puts back on his prosthetic before getting up and brushes himself off.]
Hiccup: Astrid? Perfect. I don't look too beat up, do I? [He turns to Toothless for his opinion, but the dragon just growls and gives him a look of pity.]
"Oh, great. Dragon pity." Hiccup sighed.
"You look like you got run over by a yak." Said Tuffnut. Hiccup rolled his eyes.
"Well, he's not wrong there. You look terrible." Snotlout laughed.
"Thank you, for summing that up."
"Awful, even."
"Thank you, Snotlout!"
Hiccup: Oh, great. Dragon pity. [Astrid finally makes her way upstairs.]Uh, hey, Astrid. What a nice surprise.
Astrid: So, how was your day?
Hiccup: Uh, uneventful. Hung around the Plaza. You know.
"Yeah, uneventful." Astrid scoffed.
"Really? I mean, I thought it was pretty eventful. You know, with him helping the dragons break stuff and all." Said Tuffnut.
"I was not— "Hiccup groaned and slammed his head onto the table. His friends all stared at him. "…Ow."
Astrid: Yeah, I do know. We saw you out there.[Astrid picks off a piece of dirt off him.]It's hard to believe you're still standing.
Hiccup:[Groans and falls back on his bed.] I'm gonna be seeing flaming sheep in my dreams for the next month.
Stoick: Hiccup! [His eyes widen and he quickly gets to his feet as his father makes his way upstairs.]
"Oh, great. This should be good…" said Hiccup, sarcastically as he rubbed his forehead.
Stoick: Hiccup. What's going on out there? The Plaza looks like a war zone.
Hiccup: I know it looks bad.
Astrid: [WHISPERS] Really bad.
Hiccup: Yeah, but this is only, uh, phase one of my master plan.
Stoick: Oh, so you do have plan.
Hiccup: I do. Of course I do. It's…very…complex, lots of drawings, several…moving parts. Yeah, it's, uh, pretty wild.
"Mm-hmm…" Stoick raised a brow at his son who made it his point not to look at him.
Stoick: Uh-huh. Well, this better be real, because Mildew stirred up the whole island. And if you don't get those dragons under control, they'll be calling for their heads.
Toothless and the dragons stared at the screen in surprise. Meatlug whimpered fearfully. "Oh, don't worry, girl. Daddy will make sure that your head stays where it is." Said Fishlegs as he comforted her.
[They all watch him leave, Toothless wondering if he's kidding or not as he croons worriedly. Hiccup walks up to him.]
Hiccup: Don't worry, bud. Your head's not going anywhere.
Astrid: You do realize there are, like, a bazillion dragons out there, and only one of you. I hope you really do have a plan.
[Scene: Arena.]
[The scene then changes to the next day at the dragon arena, where the teens are with their dragons. Everyone looking around in confusion while their dragons but Toothless looks around nervously.]
The teens' dragons that used to be in the arena looked at it nervously.
Ruffnut: That's your plan? Train dragons?
Tuffnut: Here? Where we used to kill them? [Hiccup walks to the front with a basket in his arms and lays it down in front of the Night Fury who sniffs it curiously.]
Hiccup: Right. Because we don't do that anymore. That's why it's available. [He turns to the others where they are comforting their dragons.]
Astrid: Actually, the dragons do seem a little nervous.
Fishlegs: That's because they're verysensitive. Meatlug especially. She lost a cousin here. [WHISPERS] We try not to talk about it.
Meatlug whimpered sadly. Fishlegs rubbed her head and hugged her. "Oh, there, there, Meatlug. I know."
Astrid: It's amazing your dad just gaveus the arena.
"No, I didn't."
Hiccup: Well, it would be, if he did, yeah. But he didn't, so that's another thing we should try not to…talk about.
Stoick narrowed his eyes at Hiccup. "Oh, come on, Dad. Lighten up. We're not using the arena to kill dragons anymore, and it is available; I need the space to work." Stoick was about to reply, but stopped when an idea came to him as he hummed in thought, stroking his beard.
He sighed as he gave in. "Fair enough…"
Astrid: Wait, so, we're going behind your father's back.
Hiccup: There you go. Talking about it. Uh, all right. Everybody, here's the thing. The dragons are out of control. We want them to live in our world without destroying it. But they can't without our help. They've been blowing things up in the village…We've gotta do something about that.
Tuffnut: Got it. Help the dragons blow things up. We can totally do that.
"Uh, no, I don't think I said that."
Hiccup: No, I believe I said—
Ruffnut: Here's how we're gonna do it. [She nudges her twin.]First, we make them really, reallyangry.
Tuffnut: No problem. We anger everybody.
Fishlegs shrugged. "Well, he's not wrong there…" Some of the Vikings nodded in agreement.
Hiccup: You guys, this is serious. Mildew wants all of our dragons caged…And I don't know about you, but that's NOT okay with me.
Tuffnut: You're right. She's sorry.
Ruffnut punched him in the face.
Hiccup: Okay, then. Next problem. [Hiccup opens the basket, reaches in, and grabs out a baguette. Toothless licks his lips.]The dragons are eating everything in sight. Now, when a dragon grabs something it's not supposed to have, [He gives the bread to Toothless.]you can get him to drop it by giving him a little scratch just below the chin.[He then scratches the dragon's chin, making him let the bread go as he has a blissful look.]
"Oh…" The Vikings all said, nodding and whispering to each other at the new information.
Snotlout: Eh, meh, meh, meh, meh. [He snatches the bread from Hiccup.]Maybe that works for you and Toothless, but…Hookfang and me, we do things a little different. [He tosses the bread to Hookfang who catches it in his mouth. Then he walks up to the Nightmare as he demonstrates.]When I want this big boy to do something, I just get right in his face and—DROP THAT RIGHT NOW! YOU HEAR ME? [Hookfang glares at him, drops the bread and snatches Snotlout in his mouth instead, shaking him around. The others stare at them blankly or in amusement.] [MUFFLED] See? He dropped it.
"Yeah, but he grabbed you instead." Fishlegs stated in amusement.
Everyone in the hall went into hysterics at the scene. Snotlout and Spitelout grit their teeth in frustration.
Tuffnut: [CHUCKLES] Should we help him?
Astrid: Yeah, in a minute. [They then turn back to Hiccup.]
"Hey!"
Hiccup: All right, we've got a lot of training to do. But together, we can keep these dragons under control. [He then takes two loaves out and hands them out as they ignore the other teen in his predicament.]
Snotlout: Uh, can somebody do that chin-scratchy thing? Hello? You guys still there?[Hookfang growls down at him and shakes him around again.]
Spitelout groaned and shook his head in embarrassment. That son of his.
[Scene: The Plaza.]
[The scene fades out as the others gather in the Plaza, looking around for any dragons in the Plaza. But the whole Plaza was void of any, even Vikings.]
Fishlegs: Huh, no dragons.
Everyone stared at the screen in confusion. Where are all of the dragons? The teens were the most confused. "Huh?" Said Snotlout.
"I don't understand. Where did they go?" Astrid inquired.
"Well, they gotta be around somewhere. They couldn't have all just…disappeared?" Now, Hiccup was worried. Where were they?
Ruffnut: That was easy.
Snotlout: Lunch?
Hiccup: That's weird. If the dragons aren't here, where are they? [EXPLOSION, SCREAMING] [They look over to see a big puff of smoke rising in the air, which is where the storage house is.]
The teens eyes bulged. "Oh, no…" Said Hiccup, starting to look panicked. He moans miserably in his hands. "Oh, please tell me that's not where I think it is."
"Ok, it's not where you think it is." Tuffnut repeated. Hiccup glared at him when he glanced up.
Astrid: Something tells me that way.
[The scene is shone from the air where dragons are flying around the sight of the explosion, Vikings screaming and shouting in a panic.]
"Of course, it had to be at the storage house. Just my luck."
The twins stared at the destruction in amazement. "Cool…"
[The teens make their way towards the scene and what they see shocks them. What they find are their own dragons eating from the wreckage of the storage house.]
Astrid: Stormfly?
Astrid gasped in shock and looked to her dragon who looked down guiltily.
Snotlout: Hookfang?
"What?! Seriously, Hookfang?" Hookfang just gave a sheepish but guilty look.
[Hiccup runs inside where he sees his father tossing a beam, all the food gone and the place a chard mess.]
Stoick: They've eaten everything. We've got nothing left for the freeze.
The teens' dragons looked down, feeling guilty for causing this.
Mildew: I warned you, Stoick.
"Oh, yeah. Of course, he had to be there at that moment." Hiccup said in frustration. "Stupid old yak's got nothing better to do than to complain and cause problems…" he mumbled under his breath. The others, who were the only ones that heard him, all nodded in agreement.
Mildew: But did you listen to me? No. You put a bunch of TEENAGERS in charge.[Said teens all glared at him hatefully.]
"A couple of teenagers that know how to handle dragons better than you do, you Old Yak!" Astrid remarked hatefully. Mildew gasped dramatically.
Mildew: Now look what the dragons have done. Caging is too goodfor those beasts.
Hiccup: Dad, I swear I can fix this. We-we were just starting to—
Stoick: Enough, Hiccup. How can I trust you to controlallthe dragons, when you couldn't even control your own? [He then gestures to Toothless, who just took his head out of a basket and ate a fish. Hiccup looks at him in disappointment.]
"Toothless?!" Hiccup stared at his dragon in shock along with the rest of the teens, thinking he was the last dragon to help cause all that destruction. Toothless crooned sadly as he made his way towards his rider with his head down and his tail dragging on the ground. He nuzzled his side guiltily who rubbed his head, telling him that all was forgiven. He then turned to Stoick who just looked at the Night Fury. Toothless looked up at him with sad eyes as he made a guilty whine.
Stoick took a breath as he stared at the dragon before letting it out and gave him a soft look. He patted him gently on the snout. "It's all right, Toothless. I know you didn't mean it." Toothless purred and nuzzled his hand.
"This is outrageous!" they all turned to see the bitter old man glaring at them. "You can't just forgive these blasted beasts for what they did! They blew up and ate everything in the storage house! If you ask me, I— "
"No one asked ya for anything, old man. Now put a sock in it, will ya? We're trying to watch the TV, here." Said Gobber and they all turned back to the screen.
Mildew growled. "Fine then, have it your way! But you all will see that it was a mistake to bring these beasts— "but he was interrupted by a couple of Terrible Terrors throwing fish at his face. They chitter in their laugh as they sat on the rafters. He shook his fist at them. "Blasted Beasts…" their reply was to throw an apple at him, smacking him in the face. He wobbled on his feet in a dazed look, "Aah…" Before he face-planted on the floor. The Terrors laughed as Fungus bleated next to his owner.
Hiccup: Oh, Toothless.
Stoick: Bucket, Mulch, man the boats. We need another catch. [He grabs a couple of empty baskets and toss them to said Vikings who catches them and puts them down sadly.]
Mulch: It's too late, Stoick. It took us six monthsto catch all that fish.
Stoick: Don't tell me it's too late. We've got to try.
Mulch: Of course we do. [He chuckles nervously and drags Bucket down to his level by his beard.]Uh, don't tell the chief it's too late. You're always so negative.[He bangs his hook against Bucket's bucket.]
Bucket: I don't know what it is with me. [Stoick walks out of the storage house with a basket and a barrel, his son following after him with Gobber.]
The teens rolled their eyes.
Hiccup: Dad, please, you gotta listen to me. I know dragons better than—
Stoick: Not now, Hiccup.[He puts the basket and barrel in a cart.] I have a village to feed. The dragons have done enough damage. By tonight, I want every. One of them. Caged. Understand?
"What?!" the teens yelled.
"Dad!" Hiccup cried.
Mildew: Bah! You can't just cage these dragons. You need to send them away now! [All the villagers shout their agreements as well.]
Stoick: You're right, Mildew. We'll cage them tonight, and in the morning, Hiccup will send them off the island. I'm sorry, son. [Hiccup looks at Stoick in horror as Toothless walks over to comfort him.]
All the Vikings gasped and the chief face-palmed. This was not good for his reputation. The children all scooted closer to their dragon friends as Mildew got to his feet, grinning a smug grin.
"What?!" Snotlout cried to his feet in outrage.
"That's not fair! It's not their fault!" Fishlegs cried.
"Chief, please reconsider." Astrid pleaded.
Hiccup turned to his father. "Dad, you didn't even give us a chance to make any real progress. You can't send them away?! Those are our dragons and Toothless is mine. You know he needs me as much as I need him. Sure he has the others to help him but he can't fly. Dad, please…" Stoick sighed.
"I'm sorry, son. I've must have been frustrated enough to actually agree to this. Right now, let's just continue watching and see what happens. Hopefully, something good will come and we don't have to send them away." Hiccup stared at his father before silently nodding and turning back around.
[The scene fades into the evening, the sun setting over Berk as the sounds of waves crash against the rocks. The screen then cuts to the teens and Toothless in the Great Hall, having a meal with depressed looks on their faces.]
Snotlout: I can't believe we have to send them away.
Astrid: It's gonna be weird. I got used to Stormfly's face being the first thing I see every morning. [She stirs her soup sadly, making the froth look like a Deadly Nadder.]
"Whoa…Look, I know that this is a sad moment and all, but how did you do that?" Tuffnut asked as he stared in amazement while Astrid just rolled her eyes.
Fishlegs: Every night before I went to sleep, Meatlug will lick my feet. [The twins give him strange looks. He slouches onto the table with a bang.]
The teens give him a strange look. Fishlegs looked at them and gave a sheepish smile. "What?"
"Okay, we really didn't need to know that." Said Astrid in disgust.
"At all." Added Snotlout. Fishlegs just chuckled sheepishly.
Fishlegs: Who's gonna do that now?
Ruffnut: * I volunteer Tuffnut. *
Tuffnut: Whatever…What time should I be there? [Astrid stands up.]
Astrid: Come on, guys, let's get this over with. [The others follow suit leaving Hiccup behind with Toothless as they make their way towards the door.]
Fishlegs: This is the worst day of my life. We're never gonna see our dragons again.
Hiccup: We can't let that happen. Toothless is the best friend I've ever had.[He kneels down to pet Toothless who purrs at him.]
Hiccup rubbed Toothless' head, making him also purr.
Mildew: [MOCKING] Oh, Toothless. I'm gonna miss you somuch. [The two get to their feet as they glare at him, Toothless growling at the old man.]
The teens glared at the screen as Mildew's face came up.
Mildew: You know what your mistake was? Thinking dragons could be trained. A dragon's gonna do what a dragon's gonna do. It's their nature. [Hiccup just narrows his eyes at him angrily as Mildew leaves.]And nature always wins.
"Nature…" Hiccup hummed in thought.
[Toothless growls after him as the door opens, the wind blowing in and putting out the fire pit. Toothless turns around with a croon, stands on his hind legs, and lights it back up with a plasma blast.]
Female Viking: Oh, thank you, Toothless. [Seeing this gave Hiccup an idea.]
Hiccup: You know what? Mildew's absolutely right.
"What?!" the teens turned to him incredulously.
He held up a hand to stop them. "Trust me, if my future self is thinking what I'm thinking right now, we know what we're doing."
Hiccup: Come on, bud. [With that, they ran out the door.]
[Scene: Arena.]
[The scene then cuts to the rest of the riders heading towards the arena with torches in their hands. They then dismount and say their good-byes.]
Snotlout: Good-bye, Hookfang.
Astrid: I'm sorry, Stormfly. [Stormfly gives her a sad look as her rider steps back and gestures to the entrance with her torch.] Now, go. [All the dragons then slowly and sadly make their way into the arena.]
Said dragons whined sadly as Toothless comforts them.
Snotlout: [GROANS] Feels like big, sharp teeth are tearing at this thingin my chest.
Astrid: That's what it feels like when your heart is breaking.
Snotlout: [SCOFFS] I don't have a heart. I'm not a girl…
"What was that?" Astrid and Ruffnut glared him down and Snotlout gulped as he holds up his hands in surrender nervously.
"Nothing…" he whimpers out. The two punched him anyway.
[Gears turn and chains clatter as the gate to the arena slowly lowers, the teens and the dragons stare at each other sadly.]
Hiccup: Don't close it! [They look up to see Hiccup and Toothless fly over to them. Hiccup quickly dismounts and runs towards the lever for the gate and stops it in time, right before it closes completely.]We are not locking them up.
Astrid: What happened? Did you change your father's mind? Or are we going behind his back again?
Hiccup: Uh…one of those. [The dragons walk out of the arena.] Look, the dragons are gonna do what they're gonna do. It's their nature. We just need to learn how to use it.
Astrid turns to him suspiciously. "Where are you going with this?"
"Just watch." Was her only reply.
[His friends stared at him curiously before the screen cuts to the next day, Bucket and Mulch out in the water as they try to catch more fish, only coming up with empty nets.]
Mulch: Ah, the nets are empty again.
Bucket: Did I eat them already? Did I enjoy it? Oh, am I being too negative?
[The screen pans out up in the air where Hiccup, Toothless, Snotlout, and Hookfang are flying above the boat.]
Hiccup: Snotlout, scare us up some dinner. [The two fly away as Snotlout and Hookfang dive into the water.]
Bucket: DRAGON ATTACK! [The scene shows them swimming in the ocean as they scare the fish towards the nets which are now immediately filled before they fly off.]
Snotlout: WHOO-HOO!
"Oh, yeah! Who did that? Snotlout did! Snotlout! Snotlout! Oi! Oi! Oi!" Snotlout and Spitelout shouted together as the Vikings "oohed". Hookfang growled at him. Snotlout yelped. "Uh, I mean we did. Yeah, we did. Snotlout and Hookfang! Oi! Oi! Oi!"
Stoick ran his hand through his beard in thought. "Hmm…"
Mulch: Hey, thanks, dragon.
Snotlout: That's right! That just happened!
"Yeah, it did!"
[The scene then cuts to Astrid, Stormfly, Fishlegs, and Meatlug following Hiccup and Toothless towards Mildew's house.]
Hiccup: Come on, follow me. [Mildew is tending to his field, but looks up in confusion at the sight of them.]
Mildew: Hmm?
Astrid: Afternoon, Mildew! [The two fly down as Stormfly extends her spines on her tail and drags them on the ground, creating trenches with Hiccup and Toothless following behind as they spread seeds from a bag onto the trenches. Mildew coughs from the dust.]
Hiccup: 3:00. Time for the fertilizer.
Mildew: Fertilizer? [He turns around and his eyes bulge when he sees Fishlegs and Meatlug leading a pack of dragons towards them.]
Fishlegs: Okay, Meatlug. Let 'er rip. [The dragons then dropped dragon dung onto the field.]
"Ahh…" said the Vikings as the teens cheered. Mildew growled under his breath.
"Not a bad idea, lad. Could save us three times the amount of work on fishing and our farms." Said Gobber.
Hiccup: Smile, Mildew. We just saved you three months of work.
[The scene then cuts to the forest where trees are knocked down as they head towards a herd of yaks. With a boom, the yaks run away from the Twins and their Zippleback along with a pack of boars.]
"Yeah!" the twins shouted and banged their helmets together.
[Hiccup and Toothless then directs them with a plasma blast towards the newly rebuilt storage house where Gobber is standing at the waiting and closes the doors once they get inside. The teens then land with victorious looks.]
The teens cheered at their success.
Hiccup: WHOO-HOO! That's the way to do it!
Fishlegs: That was awesome!
Astrid: How did you know that was gonna work?
Hiccup: Because they're dragons, and they're gonna do what dragons do. [He then dismounts as Toothless rubs against him.]We just have to work with them and not against them. You know who we should actually be thanking—
Mildew: There they are, Stoick.[They turn to see Mildew and Stoick making their way towards them with stern looks.]
Mildew grinned sinisterly. "Finally…Something good to watch. Oh, this is gonna get ugly, eh Fungus?" the sheep bleated next to him.
Mildew: Those dragons don't look like they're in cages to me.
Stoick: No. This is not what I asked for.
Hiccup turned to him incredulously. "Dad— "
"Just keep watching, son. I know what I'm doing." Said Stoick when he recognized the look on his face.
[Scene: Arena.]
[The scene then cuts to the arena where all the villagers surround, the teens inside and their dragons in a cage as the chief and blacksmith walk towards them with stern looks. They watch the men nervously.]
Fishlegs: Oh, no. what's Stoick gonna do to us?
Ruffnut: I'm too pretty for jail.
Tuffnut: Heh. Where's you hear that?
Ruffnut punched her brother.
Stoick: You all disobeyed my orders, and there will be consequences.
Astrid: [WHISPERS] I told you we were gonna get in trouble. Ugh, you never listen to me.
Hiccup: Dad, if anyone's going to get in trouble, it should be me.
Stoick: No, you all had a hand in this. [Mildew watches from above the arena with a smug look, Fungus next to him.]
Mildew: Oh, this is gonna be great, Fungus. It's about to get ugly.
Mildew chuckled smugly as everyone was at the edge of their seats. The teens glare at Mildew's face. "Oh, I'll tell you who's ugly. The yak on the screen right there!" Astrid retorted. Mildew gasped.
Stoick: You took over this place without asking. You released the dragons against my wishes…Things are going to change around here. That's why I—
Gobber: You're getting a dragon training academy!
Mildew: Eh? [Everyone gasps.]
"What?!" the teens shouted as they turned to each other with big grins.
"WHAT?!" yelled Mildew.
"Gobber!"
Stoick: Gobber! I wanted to tell them! [The teens have a look of shock before smiling at one another.]
Gobber: I'm sorry. You're right. Go ahead.
Stoick: Well, you told most of it.
Gobber: You can tell 'em the part about how PROUD you are of them.
"GOBBER!" Stoick yelled at his friend who chuckled humorously.
"You mean it, Dad?" Hiccup asked hopefully.
Stoick sighed and smiled at him. "Yes, son."
"This is an outrage, Stoick!" yelled Mildew. "What about all the destruction these dragons caused?" Stoick stood to his feet and turned to him.
"These kids and their dragons have proven themselves enough that they can be trained and help us around the village. Our work will be saved twice the time and Hiccup has proven to be capable of handling dragons and train them; they deserve this."
Stoick: GOBBER! [GROANS] Uh, Hiccup…well…what he said. You've allmade me proud. [He walks up to a lever beside the cage.]This dragon training academy is for you. [With a clatter, the doors open, releasing the dragons. The teens run towards them as everyone but Mildew cheers.]
Snotlout: Hookfang! My buddy.
Astrid: Hey, Stormfly. I missed you so much.
Fishlegs: Meatlug! Oh, who's Daddies little girl?
Hiccup: Hey, bud.
Mildew: [GROANS] I'll get those dragons yet. [He walks away with a huff and Fungus just looks down and bleats.]
Stoick: Now all you have to do…is train 'em.
Hiccup: NOT a problem, Dad. After all, I've got him. [He rubs Toothless' head, but hears a throat being cleared and turns to his friends posing in front of their dragon.]A-and…them too.[The scene then transitions to Hiccup drawing them in his notebook in almost that exact pose. He smiles at it and turns to Toothless on the rafters.]
Hiccup: Dragons can't change who they are. [Toothless leaps down to his stone slab, heats it with a flare from his plasma blast, and lays down comfortably. Hiccup watches him fondly as the scene then switches to Fishlegs asleep in his bed with Meatlug licking his feet.] But who would want them to?
"EW!" the children cried as the teens groaned in disgust.
"What?! It's relaxing to me…" Fishlegs said sensitively.
[Then it switches to Astrid's where Stormfly opens the windows with a squawk as sunlight comes through, waking Astrid up who smiles at her before getting up. Then is cuts to them flying in the air with Fishlegs and Meatlug as they carry nets full of fish and drop them on a landing mark with Hiccup and Toothless flying behind them. Stoick and Gobber watches with fond smiles and Hiccup smiles back at them.]
Hiccup: Dragons are powerful, amazing creatures. [Then it cuts to Snotlout, Hookfang, Fishlegs, and Meatlug hanging a circular wooden sign with a carving of a Night Fury symbol on the front of the arena, now as the new academy. Hiccup and Astrid watching the production.]
"Huh…Berk Dragon Academy…" Astrid punches Hiccup in the shoulder. "I like the sound of that." Hiccup smiled as he rubbed his shoulder.
Astrid: Berk Dragon Academy. [She punches Hiccup in the shoulder with a smile.]I like the sound of that.
[Finally, it cuts to Hiccup and Toothless flying around Berk with a roar.]
Hiccup: And as long as it takes me, I am going to learn everything there is to know about them…Wouldn't you?
Everyone applauded as the screen faded to black. "That was incredible!" said Fishlegs.
"I can't believe it! We get to have our ownacademy!" said Astrid, excitedly.
"And I saved the day." Snotlout boasted, making them roll their eyes.
"Ha! Says the guy that couldn't even get his dragon to listen to him." Mocked Tuffnut.
"Oh, yeah? Like you can get him to listen to you better."
"Sure I can. Watch. Hookfang, torch Snotlout." Hookfang set Snotlout's helmet on fire, causing him to scream and run for the water trough as the others laughed. He dunked his head in the water with a hiss before getting out and glared at his dragon.
"Hookfang…" Hookfang just laughed.
"Hiccup?" called Stoick who came back from discussing something with one of the Vikings.
"Yeah, Dad?" Hiccup stood to his feet as his father approached him.
"The dragons ran out of fish to eat and we can't give them the ones from the storage house. You mind if you and your friends go and do that trick you did with the dragons from the TV? It'll save us a lot more time."
Hiccup beamed. "No problem, Dad." He turned to the others who were watching. "All right, Vikings. Grab your dragons. We're going fishing."
"YEAH!" They shouted before taking off through the door, the dragons at their heels. Stoick chuckled before sitting down and made small talk with the council.