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The Vikings stared at the dragon next to Val. Stoick scowled darkly.
"That's the dragon who toko you away from me." he said, and Val glared at him.
"No. It was my decision. I told you not to harm these amazing creatures, but did you listen? No. Look where it's gotten you." she said, crossing her arms. Hiccup stared at the dragon, and remembered something.
"I've seen you before." he whispered. Val smiled at him, and they sat back down, with Cloud Jumper lying next to them on the floor.
EXT. DOCKS - DAW
A lone, battered ship is pulled into a slip, overloaded with
equally battered-looking men. They disembark to a crowd of
onlookers, looking like a team of hometown heroes who just
had their butts kicked.
Gobber hobbles through the MUMBLING crowd to find Stoick -
last to disembark and glowering with battered pride.
VIKING
Where are the other ships?
SPITELOUT
You don't want to know.
Stoick lumbers past Gobber, leaving him staring at the
trashed ship.
GOBBER
Well, I trust you found the nest at
least?
Hiccup pursed his lips, and glanced at Astrid. She was looking at the ground. Val noticed them.
"You found it, didn't you?" she whispered, and the two teens nodded.
STOICK
Not even close.
GOBBER
Ah. Excellent.
Gobber follows Stoick up the ramp and snags his duffle bag
with his hook appendage, sharing the burden.
STOICK
I hope you had a little more
success than me.
GOBBER
Well, if by success, you mean that
your parenting troubles are over
with, then... yes.
Stoick stops. What does that mean?
A group of merry villagers rush past.
VIKING #1
Congratulations Stoick! Everyone is
so relieved.
VIKING #2
Out with the old and in with the
new, right?!
VIKING #3
No one will miss that old nuisance!
VIKING #4
The village is throwing a party to
celebrate!
Stoick is stunned, overwhelmed by the insensitivity. He turns
to Gobber.
STOICK
He's... gone?
"Way to make it sound like I died." Hiccup tried to joke, but everyone could see the pain in his eyes. Astrid took his hand, and curled up next to his side.
GOBBER
Yeah...most afternoons. But who can
blame him? I mean the life of a
celebrity is very rough. He can
barely walk through the village
without being swarmed by his new
fans.
Stoick is doubly confused.
STOICK
Hiccup?
GOBBER
(BEAMING)
Who would've thought, eh? He has
this...way with the beasts.
"I know, I know. They're not beasts." Gobber said when he saw Hiccup's angry expression. The expression faded when Hiccup stared, shocked, at his mentor, the he smiled.
CUT TO:
EXT. SKY - AFTERNOON
Toothless and Hiccup soar through a perfect blue sky.
Billowing clouds rise like mountains. The ground seems miles
below them.
"Oh gods. Remember this, bud?" Hiccup asked, grinning. Toothless snorted.
HICCUP
Okay there bud, we're gonna take
this nice and slow.
Hiccup checks a leather cheat sheet, clipped onto his
harness. Inscribed upon it are several tail positions and
their pedal position equivalents.
"Wow. You made that?" Fishlegs asked, intrigued, and Hiccup nodded enthusiastically.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Here we go. Here we go...position
three, no four.
He presses the pedal, causing the tail to flare. They roll
off into an arcing bank, gloriously lit by the late afternoon
sun.
Hiccup tucks tight against his neck, thrilled that his new
harness and vest are holding. The foot controls make the tail
appendage quick and responsive. He watches Toothless' every
fluctuation, trying to match it with the prosthetic.
Hiccup sizes up a target - a towering arch of stone, rising
from the sea.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Alright, it's go time. It's go
time.
They dive toward it, lining up to pass through the arch.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Come on. Come on buddy. Come on
buddy!
They zip through the arch. A perfect maneuver.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yeah! Yes, it worked!
The triumph is short-lived. They smack into one of several
sea stacks as Hiccup tries to keep up with the turns.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Sorry.
They hurtle into another rock pillar. Toothless grumbles.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
My fault.
Toothless swats him with his 'ear' plate.
"That hurt!" Hiccup said, and Toothless snorted, this time with amusement. Hiccup smiled and pushed the dragon's head away.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yeah, yeah, I'm on it.
(referring to the cheat
SHEET)
Position four, no three.
They pierce the clouds. For the first time, Hiccup can see
the whole of the island below them. It shrinks with every
passing second. He SWALLOWS hard and tightens his grip on the
handles.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yeah! Go baby! Yes! Oh, this is
amazing! The wind in my...
He spots the leather guide tearing free in the turbulence.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(PANICKED)
... CHEAT SHEET! STOP!
"The wind in your cheat sheet?" Astrid asked, raising an eyebrow. Hiccup blushed.
Hiccup grabs frantically for the airborne sheet...
HICCUP (CONT'D)
No!
... and NABS IT before it's carried out of reach. Toothless,
however, obeys the command and suddenly STOPS beating his
wings.
As they slow to a stop, Hiccup goes weightless. The rings of
his vest float off of the harness hooks. Hiccup suddenly
finds himself detached, free-falling.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Oh gods! Oh no!
Without Hiccup, the tail loses control. Hiccup and Toothless
spiral downward. Toothless FIGHTS to get back under Hiccup.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(trying to calm Toothless)
Alright, okay. You just gotta kinda
angle yourself. No, no...come back
down towards me. Come back down-
Hiccup extends his arms and legs, giving himself as much
surface area as he can. He angles back towards Toothless as
the tumbling dragon WHACKS Hiccup with his wing.
"That was terrifying." Hiccup said, remembering the feeling of just falling with nothing to catch him.
After a few more misses, Hiccup finally GRABS HOLD of the
harness and manages to lock in - just in time to pull
Toothless out of his dive... barely shy of the tree tops.
They careen past the wooded cliff and directly into a
treacherous slalom course of jutting sea stacks.
Hiccup pulls the cheat sheet from his teeth and attempts to
check positions. It flaps violently in the turbulence, making
it impossible.
With no time to think, Hiccup throws it away and steers
Toothless' tail on instinct... with perfect intuition.
Together, they manage a tight, hair-raising series of split-
second turns, making it to the open water, unscathed.
Hiccup takes a breath and glances back at the death-defying
obstacle course, now safely behind them. He beams, relieved.
He sits back and throws his arms up in victory.
The Vikings stare, open-mouthed, at the two flying. They were like one creature, they were bonded so tightly, nothing could split them apart.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
YEEAHHH!
Toothless concurs with a happy SQUEAL and a fireball.
Hiccup's glee turn to dread as they fly directly into it.
ON HICCUP'S FACE
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Ah, come on.
EXT. BLACK SAND BEACH - SUNSET
Hiccup and Toothless lounge on a sprawling, deserted beach,
snacking of freshly caught fish. As Hiccup cooks his over a
fire, Toothless suddenly regurgitates a fish head. Hiccup
smirks with forced politeness.
The Teens laughed.
"You should've eaten it, Fishbone. That would have been funny." Tuffnut said. Hiccup rolled his eyes at their stupidity.
HICCUP
Uh..no thanks.
(gesturing to his fish on
A STICK)
I'm good.
Several Terrible Terrors land like seagulls, hissing and
nipping at each other as they approach Toothless' pile of
fish.
One grabs the regurgitated fish head and drags it away.
Another attempts to steal it from him. They face off and last
fire balls at each other to settle the fight. Hiccup and
Toothless watch, amused. That is until...
Toothless spots one of his fish leaving the pile. A stealthy
Terrible Terror is exposed as the thief. They tug on the
fish, and it snaps back into Toothless' mouth. He swallows it
back tauntingly.
"Meanie." Hiccup chuckled. Toothless huffed, and Val, Astrid, and Hiccup laughed.
Irate, the little dragon paws at the ground and blast
Toothless. He opens his mouth, the gas hiss comes, and
Toothless fires a tiny flame straight into its mouth, causing
the gas to backfire into the little dragon. It coughs up
smoke and staggers away, looking ill.
Hiccup laughs.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Not so fireproof on the inside, are
you?
Hiccup throws the hapless Terror his freshly cooked fish.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Here you go.
The appreciative little dragon gulps down the meal and
approaches Hiccup cautiously. He curls up next to him. Hiccup
is amazed.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(PENSIVE)
Everything we know about you guys
is wrong.
The Vikings watched as on-screen Hiccup stroked the Terrible Terror, and the creature purred. Who knew that dragons could be like that?
"We'll be having a break for a while. Once you come back, someone will be waiting here for you. Don't harm him, and don't ask him any questions. I'll explain all I can." Enchantress said. Hiccup was still for a moment before jumping onto Toothless' back and looking at Astrid and Val.
"Coming?" he asked, and the two jumped onto their dragons and followed him. Everyone could hear their laughter throughout the halls. The large crowd eventually left the room to do their own things. Hiccup flew through the halls, and came to a large courtyard. It was split into different sections. One was green, with a sea-green cabin at the end, and a campfire in the front, and there was a painting of a trident.. Another had a hoop on a stick at the end, and the ground was streaked with red and gold, and green and silver. At the end of the section was a painting of a lion and a serpent. Astrid and Val landed next o him.
"What is this place?" Astrid asked, and Hiccup shrugged. The three walked around while their dragons played in the grass, and they discovered two more sections. One had a large, black lamppost, with a painting of a large lion at the back. The other was ice, with green grass, and a painting of a large white dragon, which had grey streaks. Val gasped at this.
"What is it?" Hiccup asked.
"That is the Alpha dragon, the Bewilderbeast." she said, hushed. Hiccup and Astrid gaped at the painting.
"I thought the queen was the Alpha." Hiccup asked.
"No. Every next has it's queen, but all dragons answer to the Alpha." Val said, shaking her head. They stood there for a while before heading back. There were already people in the room when they got there, but they were all focused on one thing in the middle of the room.
"What's everyone staring at?" Hiccup asked, and he pushed through the crowd, then went slack.
"What in the name of Thor's hammer?" he said. Standing in front of them all was a man, about twenty years old, who had short brown hair, with small braids in the back. His skin was tanned, and his eyes were bright green. He was wearing black clothes, which had a red dragon on one shoulder, and he was missing a leg.
"Who are you?" Hiccup asked, taking out his knife. The man looked at him and grinned.
"My name is..."
Can you guess who it is?
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