A shocking discovery

Dragon: Ok now that you have seen the Night Fury he can join us

Stoick: What we'll be dead in seconds

-Toothless walks in, the Vikings pull their weapons but Toothless eyes Hiccup and runs for him-

Stoick: Hiccup run

Teens: RUN

-Toothless pounces on Hiccup-

Hiccup: Ok Ok Toothless let's watch

Astrid: How are you calm

Hiccup: Easy when he's your best and ONLY friend

Teens and Stoick: WHAT

INT. STOICK'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Hiccup enters to see...

STOICK, seated on a thick slice of tree-trunk. He is slouched over the fire-pit, stirring the coals with his axe. Embers waft around his beard. Hiccup tries to sneak past, up the stairs to his room. Stoick seems none the wiser, when...

STOICK

Hiccup.

HICCUP

(CAUGHT)

Dad. Uh...

Stoick stands, takes a deep breath.

HICCUP (CONT'D)

I, uh... I have to talk to you,

Dad.

STOICK

I need to speak with you too, son.

Hiccup and Stoick STRAIGHTEN at the same moment.

HICCUP STOICK

I've decided I don't want to I think it's time you learn

fight dragons. to fight dragons.

(BEAT) (BEAT)

What? What?

Astrid: chef what's happening

Stoick: We both changed out mind

Mildew: Good stupid runt

Dragon: Shut it outcast

Stoick: He's not an outcast

Dragon: He betrays you and helps Alvin after this event

(Mildew leaves)

STOICK (CONT'D)

You go first.

HICCUP

No, you go first.

STOICK

Alright. You get your wish. Dragon

training. You start in the morning.

HICCUP

(SCRAMBLING)

Oh man, I should've gone first. Uh,

'cause I was thinking, you know we

have a surplus of dragon-fighting

Vikings, but do we have enough

bread-making Vikings, or small home

REPAIR VIKINGS-

Astrid: I still hate you traitor but house repair

Hiccup: I was under pressure

-Toothless nuzzles him-

Dragon: (singing) under pressure coming down...what

Gobber: what is that

Dragon: song from my time

-You'll need this.

Stoick hands Hiccup his axe. Hiccup avoids taking it.

HICCUP

I don't want to fight dragons.

STOICK

Come on. Yes, you do.

HICCUP

Rephrase. Dad I can't kill dragons.

STOICK

But you will kill dragons.

HICCUP

No, I'm really very extra sure that

I won't.

Stoick: SO YOU CAN'T OR WONT

Hiccup: both

Stoick and Astrid: WHAT

-Toothless growls-

Gobber: watch the movie

STOICK

It's time Hiccup.

HICCUP

Can you not hear me?

STOICK

This is serious son!

Stoick forces the axe into Hiccup's hands. Its weight drags

him down. He looks up to see Stoick under-lit with firelight.

STOICK (CONT'D)

When you carry this axe... you

carry all of us with you. Which

means you walk like us. You talk

like us. You think like us. No more

of...

(GESTURING NON-

specifically at Hiccup)

... this.

HICCUP

You just gestured to all of me.

STOICK

Deal?

HICCUP

This conversation is feeling very

one-sided.

STOICK

DEAL?!

Hiccup glances at the axe in his hands. It's a no-win

argument.

HICCUP

(RESIGNED)

Deal.

Satisfied, Stoick grabs his helmet and duffel bag... and

heads for the door.

STOICK

Good. Train hard. I'll be back.

Probably.

HICCUP

And I'll be here. Maybe.

Stoick heads out the door, leaving Hiccup holding the axe.

Fishlegs: Why maybe

Hiccup: It depended on events

Astrid: what event

Hiccup: Training

EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - DAY

Gobber raises a massive iron gate at the entrance of a vast

stone arena.

GOBBER

Welcome to dragon training!

The recruits file through the gate, and out onto the arena floor. They take it in like gladiators entering the colosseum. The walls are covered in scorched silhouettes of blasted Vikings. It's a grim yet awe-inspiring place.

ASTRID

No turning back.

TUFFNUT

I hope I get some serious burns.

RUFFNUT

I'm hoping for some mauling, like

on my shoulder or lower back.

ASTRID

Yeah, it's only fun if you get a

scar out of it.

HICCUP (O.S.)

Yeah, no kidding, right? Pain. Love

it.

Tuffnut: Oh great. Who let him in?

Toothless growls again

Dragon: (mumbles) Oh Hiccup you get Astrid's sarcastic dream

Astrid: What

Dragon: Did you hear that

Astrid: A little

Dragon: come with me

-In next room-

Astrid: What about my dream

Dragon: when you said 'Yeah, its only fun if you get a scar out of it.' well it happens to Hiccup

Astrid: So he's a traitor

Dragon: Yet you love him and if you keep watching he'll be in your good books again