Okay guys here's the next chapter! Made it longer because I agree they are too short.
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EXT. WOODS/HIDDEN COVE - DUSK HICCUP, battered after another disastrous day in the ring. He studies the remnants of the discarded bola... revealing that he's back at the scene of the crime.
HICCUP (MUTTERED) So...why didn't you?
He drops the bola and presses on in the direction it flew off. He drops into a rocky crevice and follows it to an... ISOLATED COVE complete with a pristine spring pool.
"Ah so peaceful and serene... For now." Hiccup chuckles with a look at Toothless.
He scans the high stone walls... then notices a single black SCALE on the ground. He crouches and picks it up, studying it.
HICCUP (CONT'D) Well this was stupid.
SUDDENLY, the NIGHT FURY blasts past him.
"Thanks for the heart attack, bud." Grumbles an unamused Hiccup. Toothless croons and nudges him, all the while wearing a dragon equal of a smirk. "Not funny bud, not funny at all..."
Hiccup recoils, watching the massive beast struggle to climb the walls. It flaps violently, then peels away to a rough landing.
Hiccup violently winced as Toothless lands, said dragons glares at him and gives him a soothing nudge as if to say 'its not you're fault'. Hiccup just sighs.
"Of course it is bud, if I wasn't so deperado to impress the village- which I am not now- then you would be fine right now." Toothless croons sadly as he attempts to soothe a now upset Hiccup. The vikings watch them with a newfound interest- not that they would ever admit it aloud, but there was a stong bond between the two.
The dragon is trapped. Hiccup grins, excited to see it again, and slips closer. He watches as the dragon, exhausted and frustrated, leaps into the air, beating its wings furiously.
Again and again, it rolls uncontrolled and CRASHES heavily.
Again Hiccup winces, making Toothless cover him in dragon slobber.
"Wha- Toothless!" Hiccup exclaims as as glares at said dragon, who was now sitting just like a puppy watching the boy. "Now I stink of raw fish! Stupid reptile." He grumbles as he wipes the slobber on a now spluttering Toothless. "Not my fault you slobbered on me!"
Toothless now jumps into a springy position as Hiccup pales. "No no no no NO bud... Stay away from me!" Hiccup exclaims as he jumps out of his beanbag and begins to walk away slowly, Toothless following. "Ah what the heck- Fish breath!" Hiccup shouts as he turns and sprints from a now rather pissed looking Toothless. Luckily Hiccup is a great runner so he and Toothless are equally matched as they run around the hall. Hiccup, grinning, runs right into the Viking's midst Toothless follows, jumping on a few chairs in the process. Hiccup reaches the huddle of armchairs as he jumps and lands swiftly on the top of Stoick's, oblivious to the stares from the rest of the hall. Toothless watches from below, preparing to pounce. Just then Hiccup blows a raspberry at him making Toothless jump up at the boy just as he jumps down and runs. Toothless, whom is completely unaware of a now angered Stoick, begins to chase the boy yet again. Finally the screen on which the movie was paused at changes to that of a now-pissed looking Lauren.
"Seriously?! I leave you all for what has to be 5 minutes and somehow you two cause a mess?! Do I have to come down there and join you myself just so we can watch the movie! Both of you sit back down while everyone can repair their toppled chairs." She scolds as she watches the Vikings return their chairs to a standing position and Hiccup and Toothless sit back down. "Excellent- now keep it this way?! I can't watch you all the time I have fanfiction to write on my laptop!" She says as the screen resumes that of the movie.
As if remembering to snap a photo, Hiccup pulls a leather- bound book and flips past drawings of weapons to a blank page.
He sketches the dragon quickly, desperate to record the image.
"It would have been alot easier if someone would have just stayed still!" Hiccup exclaims with a look at Toothless.
The Fury claws at the steep rock walls, trying climb out of the cove.
It SLIPS and falls hard, crushing several saplings. The Fury rolls back to his feet and slowly crawls to the water's edge. He spots fish in the shallow water and snaps at them... but comes up empty. He lowers his head, looking weakened.
Cue wince from Hiccup and glare from Toothless.
HICCUP (CONT'D) (MUTTERED) Why don't you just...fly away?
"Because I was stupid enough to cripple him." Hiccup whispered sadly. This caused the other dragons to notice for the first time the prosthetic on Toothless and the saddle on him back. They were torn between glaring at the boy along with Toothless (for blaming himself) or comforting the upset boy.
ON HICCUP as he spots the problem. He adjusts his drawing, carefully erasing one half of the dragon's tail.
Another wince.
He accidentally drops the charcoal stick. It rolls off of the rock outcropping that hides him from view and bounces into the cove.
TINK. TINK. TINK.
"I never did get that charcoal back." Hiccup said "Maybe I can when we return to Berk."
The Night Fury raises his head, spotting Hiccup. They exchange a profound, unflinching stare.
"Second meeting: Nightfury is still moody and surly- showing no signs of let up any time soon." Hiccup says in an officer-like tone. The action causes some Vikings to chuckle quietly (Teens and Gobber included) while a certain reptile glared at Hiccup.
DISSOLVE TO: INT. GREAT HALL - NIGHT
A storm is brewing outside. The great doors rattle on their hinges.
GOBBER (O.S.) Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?
Hiccup groaned along with the other Teens, spar Astrid- here we go!
The recruits are seated at a table, eating dinner by the glow of the fire pit.
ASTRID I mistimed my summersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble.
"Wow because that makes all the difference." Hiccup said, sarcastically. Astrid was about to angrily retort but glares from the dragon population in front of her stopped her.
Eye rolls from the group.
RUFFNUT (SARCASTIC) Yeah. We noticed.
Ruffnut grinned glad she had got one over on Astrid while Hiccup beamed- looks like he's not the only one who can be sarcastic! Ruffnut notices the Rider beaming and feels ratehr victorious- the others may think that having tamed dragons is lame but really its just...hot!
SNOTLOUT (grabbing Astrid's hand) No, no, you were great. That was so 'Astrid'.
"Suck up!" Coughed Tuffnut, causing the majority of the hall to laugh and Snotlout to blush.
GOBBER She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves.
CREAK. All eyes turn to Hiccup, entering the hall, sheepishly. Gobber glares at him.
GOBBER (CONT'D) (glaring at Hiccup) Where did Hiccup go wrong?
"I was born into this tribe." Hiccup deadpans. Stoick frowns despite his previous anger- was that really how he felt?
He tries to take a seat at the table...
RUFFNUT He showed up.
"Good point." Hiccup says "But its not like I wanted to come!"
TUFFNUT He didn't get eaten. ...
"Well I can hardly imagine that would be a pleasant experience." He says.
but the recruits keep closing the gaps.
"Yes because I wanted to sit there anyway with a bunch of... Dragon killers." Hiccup shoots at the Teens, who don't know wether they should be honoured or angered By his comment.
Rolling his eyes, Hiccup sits at the vacant table next to them.
ASTRID He's never where he should be.
"Not true- I should be in the forge for work and I am, I am hanging in the cove with Toothless and I should be there and I am in the skies on Toothless' back and guess what I should be there!" Hiccup smiles.
"Not true! You shouldn't be in whatever the cove is with that dragon because dragons are monster! They kill us and we kill them! And being in the sky-"
"Is the only place I feel I belong!" Hiccup interrupts, glaring at a startled Astrid.
GOBBER Thank you, Astrid.
"Thanks for the support Gobber." Hiccup half-glared at his mentor. Said mentor chuckled.
"Any time, anytime..." He winked.
Gobber Stands
GOBBER (CONT'D) You need to live and breathe this stuff.
"I think I'll stick to breathing oxygen thanks." Hiccup says.
Gobber lays a giant book in the center of the table.
GOBBER (CONT'D) The dragon manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of.
"I know more! I know more!" Hiccup childishly chants.
A RUMBLE of thunder shakes the hall. Rain pours down outside.
GOBBER (CONT'D) No attacks tonight. Study up.
"Yes Gobber leave a bunch of lazy, arrogant Teenagers- except me- in a room with a book and a easy exit with a free evening. That is such a good idea!" Hiccup comments sarcastically.
Gobber EXITS into the storm, leaving the teens staring at the book.
TUFFNUT (you've got to be kidding) Wait, you mean read?
RUFFNUT While we're still alive?
"Well I hardly imagine you can read in death." Hiccup says.
SNOTLOUT Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?
"Maybe because then you can have an IQ higher than your age?" The entire hall is forced to stifle their laughter.
FISHLEGS Oh! I've read it like, seven times. There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face. And there's this other one that buries itself for like a week...
The teens stare as Fishlegs goes on too long.
TUFFNUT Yeah, that sounds great. There was a chance I was going to read that...
"Yes and I'm going to win the next Thawfest games!" Could be heard.
RUFFNUT ...but now...
Snotlout gets up to go.
SNOTLOUT You guys read, I'll go kill stuff.
The others follow, with Fishlegs in tow.
FISHLEGS Oh and there's this other one that has these spines that look like trees...
"And he's still going..."
Astrid is the last to go.HICCUP So I guess we'll share-
ASTRID Read it.
"Rude, you could have at least politely declined- or asked me how my day was!" Hiccup says to her.
She pushes it toward him and leaves.
HICCUP All mine then. Wow, so okay. I'll SEE YOU-
Slam.
HICCUP (CONT'D) Tomorrow.
"Rude." Sang Hiccup as the Teens stifled their laughter.
SIGH. DISSOLVE TO: INT. GREAT HALL - LATE NIGHT ON HICCUP'S HAND OPENING the massive book.
"See I read the book!" Hiccup said happily.
Thunder BOOMS outside. The hall is vacant and dark, but for the few candles he's pulled together. Hiccup pours through page after page of strange and frightening dragons.
HICCUP (V.O.) Dragon classifications. Strike class. Fear class. Mystery class.
Hiccup turns the page.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Thunderdrum. This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. (MORE)
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight.
"Very helpful in Battle and they sound like the lonely sort who care a lot for their companions." Hiccup comments.
Hiccup's eyes drift to a lurid illustration of decapitated Vikings.
"Awesome!" Exclaims the Twins.
Another page, another dragon.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Timberjack. This gigantic creature has razor sharp wings that can slice through full grown trees...extremely dangerous. Kill on sight.
"Excellent for lumber and makes the job quicker and easier. Although how they could scratch their backs with those wings..." Hiccup trails of thoughtfully.
The illustrations seem to take on a life of their own, shifting and squirming in the candlelight.
"Creepy..." Mutters Fishlegs.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Scauldron. Sprays scalding water at its victim. Extremely dangerous.
"Amazing for hot water for a wash or even just for a hot drink. It must be lonley at sea.."
The storm outside rages against the shuttered windows. Hiccup is startled, but presses on.
HICCUP (CONT'D) Changewing. Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight.
"Cute but dangerous."
He begins flipping through the pages. A blur of dragons...
HICCUP (CONT'D) Gronckle. Zippleback. The Skrill. Bone Knapper. Whispering Death. Burns its victims. Buries its victims. Chokes its victims. Turns its victims inside-out. Extremely dangerous. Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight. Kill on sight. Kill on sight...
"Vikings- these foul creatures are unmerciless killers with IQs smaller than their age- extremely stupid, teach on sight." The Dragons begin to do their version of a laugh while the Vikings turned mad but looked on the verge of a chuckle themselves.
Hiccup finally lands upon the page he's been looking for.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Night Fury.
It's BLANK - no image, save for a few, sparse details.
HICCUP (CONT'D) Speed unknown. Size unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself.
HICCUP (CONT'D) Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray it does not find you.
"I could give a better description! Nightfurys are extremely intelligent and prideful. They are annoyingly mothering and overprotective and have a love for fish. They are impatient and easily pissed off. Nightfurys have clearly never heard of the expression 'curiosity killed the cat' and never know when to quit- overall the best friend you could have!" Hiccup finished.
"Hiccup- its seems the dragon isn't the only one who never heard of 'curiosity killed the cat'." Gobber pointed out as Hiccup and Toothless both huff.
Hiccup pulls his sketchbook out of his vest and opens it to his drawing of Toothless. He lays it over the book's blank page and considers it. CLOSE ON the drawing of Toothless...
I don't normally add a note here but just want to know- shall my self enter this story? Just as a small, minor character. Just want you're honest opinions ;)
