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HICCUP (V.O.)
The meathead with attitude and interchangeable hands is Gobber. I've been his apprentice ever since I was little. Well...littler.
EXT. VILLAGE - CONTINUE ON STOICK
STOICK
We move to the lower defenses. We'll counter-attack with the catapults
Armed men rush past, flanking others who carry sheep to safety. Stoick follows up the rear as, overhead, a dragon strafes the rooftops with Napalm-like fire.
HICCUP (V.O.)
See? Old village. Lots and lots of new houses.
Some Vikings chuckles at the
VIKING
FIRE!
In response, the fire brigade charges through the plaza four TEENS, tugging a large wooden cask on wheels. From it, they fill buckets of water to douse the flames. One among them is a cute, energetic Viking girl.
"Hey it's us." Snotface said.
Hiccup leans out of the stall to watch THEM (her).
HICCUP (V.O.)
Oh and that's Fishlegs, Snotlout. The twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut. And...
(DREAMY) Astrid.
"Ahh young love. Reminds me if my first love." Slade said getting a far off look remembering the past.
A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and heroic.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Their job is so much cooler.
Hiccup tries to join them as they pass, but he's hooked by Gobber and hoisted back inside.
Enter teen laughter here
HICCUP (CONT'D) (PLEADING)
Ah, come on. Let me out, please. I need to make my mark.
GOBBER
Oh, you've made plenty of marks.
All in the wrong places.
Many wince in remembrance of the runts many many mistakes.
HICCUP
Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date.
"Ha like anyone would want to date you useless." You can guess which of are least favorite characters said that.
"I WILL BASH MY STAFF ON YOUR HEAD AGAIN!" Which caused him to shut up.
GOBBER
You can't lift a hammer.
"Not true. I wouldn't be a blacksmith if I couldn't."
You can't swing an axe...
"I can just not very well."
Gobber grabs a bola.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
... you can't even throw one of these.
A Viking runs by and nabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it at a dive-bombing Gronkle. The bola binds its legs, sending it into a heavy crash.
HICCUP
(Ready with the answer)
Okay fine, but...
He rushes to the back corner of the stall and presents a bizarre, wheel barrow-like contraption.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
... this will throw it for me.
Hiccup OPENS the hinged lid of the device. An arm springs up, equipped with twin bows.
"Now that I think about it. That is really advanced for your time period." Slade said.
They prematurely launch a bola, narrowly missing Gobber... and taking out a Viking at the counter.
VIKING
Arggh!
"That hurt!" Said the Viking that got hit.
GOBBER
See, now this right here is what I'm talking about.
HICCUP
Mild calibration issue.
GOBBER
Hiccup. If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons, you need to stop all...
Gobber gestures in Hiccup's general direction.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
... this.
HICCUP
(ASTONISHED)
But... you just pointed to all of me.
"Something you and me have and common. Both of us have people in our lives who want us to conform to the moralities of society. Difference is you, you had a chance to. Me? I never had a shot." Slade said.
"What do you mean had?"
"You've made your choice, and I've accepted my fate."
Hiccup was going to pry more but a hand on his shoulder made him turn and see his mother slowly shaking her head as a sign not to in favor of returning to the movie."
GOBBER
Yes! That's it! Stop being all of you.
"Thank you for the wonderful advice Gobber." The king of sarcasm said.
"You're welcome." He replied not noticing the sarcasm.
HICCUP
(THREATENING)
Ohhhh...
GOBBER
(MIMICKING)
Ohhhhh, yes.
HICCUP
You, sir, are playing a dangerous
game. Keeping this much,
raw...Vikingness contained.
(BEAT)
There will be consequences!
Gobber tosses him a sword.
GOBBER
I'll take my chances. Sword.
Sharpen. Now.
Hiccup takes it begrudgingly and lobs it onto the grinding
wheel. He stews... fantasizing...
HICCUP (V.O.)
One day I'll get out there. Because
killing a dragon is everything
around here.
The dragons start to wonder if that is why they killed so often.
EXT. VILLAGE - LOWER PLAINS - CONTINUOUS
Nadders land, gathering like seagulls around a seemingly
vacant house.
HICCUP (V.O.)
A Nadder head is sure to get me at least noticed.
The Nadders growl at this. They are worth more than that.
The Nadders clamber onto the building, tearing the roof and
walls apart. Sheep pour out and SCATTER.
Elsewhere, hippo-like Gronckles pick drying racks clean of
fish and fly off like loaded pelicans.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Gronckles are tough. Taking down one of those would definitely get me a girlfriend.
The teens are too afraid to comment on that. While the gronckles are all asleep.
A stealthy, snake-like dragon head peeks over a rooftop,
Breathing gas into a chimney.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
A Zippelback? Exotic, exciting. Two heads, twice the status.
The Zipple backs butt heads at this that is good right?
A second head pokes through the door and lights it. KABLAM!
The two heads fly through the explosion, their necks zipping
together to reveal a single body.
It flies past Stoick as he climbs to the top of a CATAPULT TOWER.
CATAPULT OPERATOR
They found the sheep!
STOICK
(FRUSTRATED)
Concentrate fire over the lower
bank!
CATAPULT OPERATOR
Fire!
Boulders are catapulted at the corralling Nadders...
Just as a huge red dragon whips past, spraying the base of
the catapult with sticky fire.
HICCUP (V.O.)
And then there's the Monstrous
Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go
after those. They have this nasty
habit of setting themselves on
fire.
It emerges from the flames, climbing the catapult with a
leering, toothy grin.
The nightmares all set themselves on fire with pride because of this.
"HEY! Cut it out. I don't want this place to smell like smoke when this is done." Slade yelled causeind all the nightmares to go out in embarrassment.
STOICK
Reload! I'll take care of this.
Stoick takes on the Nightmare, face to hammer.
Suddenly, a LOUD BALLISTIC MOANING streaks overhead. The
catapult crew ducks.
All Vikings
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
ON HICCUP, looking up from his work, reacting to the same
sound.
HICCUP (V.O.)
But the ultimate prize is the
dragon no one has ever seen. We
call it the-
"NIGHT FURY!" Slade screamed causing the Vikings to duck and him to laugh his head off. Then the Vikings started to glare at him.
VIKING
Night Fury! Get down!
Vikings everywhere take shelter. The moaning sound BUILDS.
EXT. VILLAGE - CATAPULT - CONTINUOUS
The Monstrous Nightmare suddenly stops fighting and takes
flight. Stoick looks skyward.
STOICK
JUMP!
KABOOM! The Catapult EXPLODES as though hit by an artillery
shell... sending Stoick and the crew leaping for their lives.
HICCUP (V.O.)
This thing never steals food, never
shows itself, and...
The sound recedes, leaving the crippled catapult in flames.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
...never misses.
(BEAT)
No one has ever killed a Night
Fury. That's why I'm going to be
the first.
"Yah right and he's going to marry Astrid." Snot said.
"GIVE IT 5 YEARS!" Slade screamed. After he did that Hiccup saw him put two black buds in his ears attached to strings which came together in a black box with the words Titanium and battle cry as well as other words and numbers on it but he put it in one of his pockets and closed his eye.
IN THE STALL
Gobber trades his hammer for an axe.
GOBBER
Man the fort, Hiccup, they need me
out there!
Gobber pauses. Turns with a threatening glare.
"Gobber why did you leave him alone?" Stoick asked. His only answer was a shrug
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Stay. Put. There. You know what I
mean.
Gobber charges into the fray, HOLLERING.
ON HICCUP, a smirk crosses his face.
This caused many groans from the village.
EXT. VILLAGE - MOMENTS LATER
WHAM! Hiccup pushes his wheeled contraption through a wall of
clustered Vikings. He weaves through the ongoing mayhem, as
fast as his legs can carry him.
VIKING #6 (O.S.)
Hiccup, where are you going!
VIKING #7
Come back here!
HICCUP
I know. Be right back!
ON THE PLAIN BELOW
The Nadders have cornered the house-full of sheep. They close
in, ready to spring upon them.
Stoick suddenly appears, HURLING FISHING NETS over them. The
surprised Nadders are caught. Stoick and his men rush in.
A Nadder blasts a hole through its net. Stoick leaps onto it,
clamping his thick arms around its head, forcing its jaws
shut.
STOICK
Mind yourselves! The devils still
have some juice in them.
*growls from the dragons*
ON THE PLAIN ABOVE
Hiccup reaches a cliff overlooking the smoking CATAPULT and
drops the handles to the ground. He cranks several levers,
unfolding and then cocking the bowed arms of his contraption.
He drops a bola onto a chamber and then pivots the weapon on
a gimbal head toward the dark sky.
He listens, with his eye pressed to the scope, hand poised on
the trigger. He hears the NIGHT FURY approaching... and turns
his aim to the defense tower. It closes in for the final
strike, completely camouflaged in the night.
HICCUP
(TO HIMSELF)
Come on. Give me something to shoot
at, give me something to shoot at.
KABLAM! The tower topples. The blast of fire illuminates the
dragon for a split second. Hiccup pulls the trigger.
KERTHUNK! The flexed arms SNAP forward, springing the weapon
off the ground.
The Vikings both surprised that one of his inventions worked and wondering if it will hit held their breath
The bola disappears into the sky, followed by a WHACK and a SCREECH.
No one could move they were to surprise that he actually hit it. Then they burst in to cheers. The monster that had attacked them for years has finally been taken down. By Hiccup no less. During all of the cheers and praise for Hiccup no one noticed Slade leaving or the slight tears in his eyes exept the dragons and Valka.
I'll be back.