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
