It took Olympian forever to shut Hiccup and Toothless up.

Everyone else wouldn't stop chattering either.

Olympian finally had to let off a box of firecrackers from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes to quite everyone and finish the movie.

She may have also sneaked away with eating some chocolate frogs, too ...

EXT. VILLAGE - NIGHT

(Gobber and the recruits are seated at the top of an abandoned catapult tower, toasting campfire food around a roaring bonfire. )

GOBBER

...and with one twist he took my hand and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face. (can't deny it) I was delicious. He must have passed the word because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg.

FISHLEGS

Isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon? Like if your mind was still in control of it, you could have killed the dragon from the inside by crushing his heart or something.

Everyone turned towards the husky boy with a weirded out look.

The boy just blushed and blushed even harder when Heather reached behind Astrid and patted him on the back.

SNOTLOUT

I swear I'm so angry right now. I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight, with my face.

Hiccup snorted.

"Impossible and Stupid Snotface."

Snotlout blushed and crossed his arms, slightly growling under his breath.

(He postures to Astrid. She rolls her eyes. )

GOBBER

(with a mouthful) Un-unh. It's the wings and the tails you really want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon.

Hiccup copies his look on screen, his expression horrified.

Mala and Throk frowned at the Blacksmith. They still couldn't believe that Vikings killed dragons for fun.

(ON HICCUP hiding his horrified look from the others. Gobber stands and stretches. )

GOBBER (CONT'D)

Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be too. Tomorrow we get into the big boys. Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. (playful, taunting) But who'll win the honor of killing it?

All the dragons in the room growled at Gobber, who shrunk as low as he could into the seats. Seriously, are these seats like quicksand or something?

"How is it an honor to kill one of our kind!?" A furious Timberjack yelled out. "There is no honor! Only cowardice! You Vikings are puny, no good, little -"

Mala cut the dragon off.

"What the Timberjack means, I that what you are doing is wrong and extremely unpleasant. Killing dragons give Vikings no honor, but shameful sins. You should all be ashamed of yourselves!"

And the weird thing is, a lot of the Vikings of Berk agreed with her and bowed their heads in shame.

Hiccup just kept his frown plastered onto his face, now back in the Nadders' wings, being slightly rocked like a baby in a crib. He was embarrassed, yes, but it actually felt kinda comfortable.

He still couldn't believe that he ever wanted to be a dragon killer.

(He hobbles off. The teens reflect. )

TUFFNUT

(very matter of fact) It's gonna be me. (BEAT) It's my destiny. See?

(Tuffnut rolls up his sleeve to reveal a red dragon on his arm. )

Of course, the mother yells, the son gets chased and smacked upside the head a couple of times for having a tattoo without permission, and everyone returns to their seat. You all heard the story.

FISHLEGS (GASPS)

Your mom let you get a tattoo?

TUFFNUT

It's not a tattoo. It's a birthmark.

RUFFNUT

Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before.

TUFFNUT

Yes, it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now.

SNOTLOUT

It wasn't there yesterday. Is it a birthmark or a today-mark?

Astrid rolled her eyes.

"Idiots."

Hiccup snorted at her comment. The two shared eye contact for a second before they blushed and turned away. Olympian smirked at the two lovebirds.

(Hiccup gets up and walks away from the group. Astrid watches him as he leaves the bonfire. )

DISSOLVE TO: INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - MOMENTS LATER

(Hiccup enters a small room at the back of the stall. It's covered in drawings of weaponry and scale models. He lights a candle and lays his sketchbook out on the desk, opening it to the drawing of Toothless. With a look of determination. Hiccup picks up a charcoal stick and re-draws the missing tail. )

DISSOLVE TO: INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - LATER CLOSE ON ...

(creaking leather bellows. The stone forge glows with every pump. Tongs pull intricate iron pieces from the coals. They're dropped onto the anvil, twisted, lightly hammered, and dunked in a barrel. The pieces are carried to Hiccup's workbench and laid out in place on a one-to-one schematic. It's a sketch of a mechanical fin. )

Gobber turns to his apprentice with a glare.

"What have I told ye about workin' in the forge alone, 'iccp!"

Hiccup rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. Never work alone. But when have I ever listened?"

Gobber nodded his head in thought and turned towards Stoick.

"The lad has a point there, Stoick."

The Chief merely grunted and crossed his arms, part in understanding and part in jealousy between mentor and apprentice.

EXT. HIDDEN COVE - DAWN

(Hiccup arrives, winded, straining under the weight of a full basket. He clicks the scale he found (like a jar top). Toothless approaches, sniffing him.)

Snotlout stared. Who knew Useless could carry something that heavy?

HICCUP

Hey, Toothless. I brought breakfast. I hope you're hungry.

Dagur gave Hiccup a confused look.

"Toothless?"

Hiccup frowned at the young adult and shrugged.

"I guess it just stuck."

(Hiccup drops the basket and kicks it over. Fish spill out. )

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Okay, that's disgusting.

A lot of people in the crowd nodded in agreement.

The dragons simply looked at the humans in confusion.

It wasn't disgusting! It was delicious!

(Toothless approaches, settling in to devour the feast.)

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Uh..we've got some salmon...

(Toothless swallows it. )

HICCUP (CONT'D)

... some nice Icelandic cod...

(Swallows those too. )

HICCUP (CONT'D)

... and a whole smoked eel.

(Toothless nabs it, chews a few times, then spits it out. He shakes his head violently, snorts and scrubs his massive tongue on the sand. Hiccup takes note.)

HICCUP (CONT'D)

No, no, no! It's okay. Yeah, I don't like eel much either.

Stoick looks over at his son, confused.

"Since when? We used to eat eel soup for supper almost every night!"

The lad shifted uncomfortably in his dragon's wings, staring intently at the floor.

"Well, uh, dad. I've never liked eel. Whenever you would make soup, I would pretend to eat it but then throw it out when you weren't looking. There were a few nights where I would go to bed without any food."

Quiet chatter erupted from the village at the news. The Nadder covered the embarrassed boy in her wings, hiding him from everyone's stares. The Chief looked down, guilty.

Why couldn't I have paid more attention to my boy?

(Toothless focuses on the remainder. With the dragon distracted, Hiccup unwraps his prosthetic fin and opens it like a fan. )

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Okay. That's it. That's it, just stick with good stuff. And don't you mind me. I'll just be back...here. Minding my own business.

Ruff and Tuff snorted.

"Seriously, Hiccup. You are terrible at sneaking and lying. We can still give you lessons!" Tuff said, nudging his sister.

From inside the Nadders' wings, you could hear a muffled 'No thanks' in reply.

This just made the twins laugh harder.

(Hiccup cautiously approaches the injured tail, but every time he gets near it, Toothless sweeps it away like a cat. )

Heather giggled at the Night Fury.

"Such a cat, Toothless."

Toothless huffed and playfully growled at the girl. He then curled up like a cat with his tail fanned over his head.

This made both Heather and Olympian laugh and Hiccup chuckling in the wings of the Nadder.

That offspring of lightning and death itself is just so darn cute!

HICCUP (CONT'D)

It's okay.

(Hiccup drops a knee on top of the tail. Toothless' head juts up, slows its chewing to a halt. )

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Okay...okay...

(The dragon senses, slowly spreading his wings. Hiccup straps the prosthetic fin in place. He cinches the straps.)

Everyone, excluding the Grimborns, Olympian, and Mildew, gasped in shock, not sure what was going to happen the Hiccup.

HICCUP (CONT'D) (PLEASED)

There. Not too bad. It works.

(Toothless BOLTS! He snaps his massive wings and takes to the air, carrying Hiccup with him. )

Gobber and Stoick hold onto their arm seats so tight they nearly break.

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Woah! No! No! No!

(Hiccup struggles to hold on to the tail. As the ground speeds away, Toothless immediately TIPS into an uncontrolled bank and dive. Hiccup sees the folded fin rattling uselessly in opposition to its flared counterpart. Flap as he may, Toothless can't correct his trajectory. Hiccup swallows his fear and crawls toward the folded prosthetic. He reaches it and YANKS it open. The flared, fan- like appendage catches the air, stabilizing the twisting tail.)

HICCUP (CONT'D)

(excited, terrified) It's working!

Fishlegs stared at the boy, now uncovered from the wings, in shock.

"You're insane!"

Hiccup smiled and nodded his head at the said boy.

"Sure am!"

(Toothless arcs just short of the water and climbs... high into the air.)

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Yes! Yes, I did it.

(He glances back at Hiccup, busily holding the tail open while trying to hold on. They're going to crash. Whoomp! Hiccup is suddenly thrown from the tail in the intense force of a turn. )

HICCUP (CONT'D)

AAAAAGGGGHHHHH!

Everyone winces as he smacks into the water.

(He bounces across the water's surface and takes a dive. Without Hiccup to operate the tail, Toothless does the same, plunging in a massive cannonball. Hiccup resurfaces, roughed up, but beaming. Toothless appears seconds later. )

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Yeah!

Astrid rolled her eyes.

"Only you, Hiccup."

Hiccup merely shrugged and gave Astrid that cute little smile of his, Toothless giving her his famous toothless smile.

Astrid blushed at the two and turned away.

Was it possible to fall for the village hiccup?

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