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Oh I hit it! Yes, I hit it! Did anybody see that?" Yells Hiccup in surprise and joy however his victory is short-live as a Monstrous Nightmare appears, slithering up over the lip of the cliff. " Except for you" He sighs, meanwhile Stoick is holding down the netted Nadders. He hears a familiar yell and looks up to see Hiccup running through the plaza screaming with the Nightmare fast on his heels. . Alarmed, Stoick abandons the Nadders and runs off but not before saying to his men "Don't let them escape!" In the plaza Vikings scatter as Hiccup dodges a near fatal blast. The Nightmare's sticky fire splashes up onto buildings, setting them alight. Hiccup ducks behind the last standing brazier but a Nightmare blasts it, spraying fire all around him. Hiccup peers around the smouldering post and finds no sign of the Nightmare. He turns back to find it leering at him, blocking his escape.
Everyone looks at Hiccup in worry.
However Stoick jumps between them, tackling the Nightmare to the ground. They tumble and wrestle, resuming their earlier fight. The Nightmare tries to toast him, but only
coughs up smoke. "You're all out" says Stoick who than smashes the Nightmare repeatedly in the face, driving it away. It takes to the air and disappears. Winded, Stoick
turns to Hiccup "Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know..." Mumbles Hiccup as the burnt brazier pole collapses, sending the massive iron basket crashing. It bounces down the hill, destroying as it goes and scattering the Vikings who were holding down the netted Nadders. The freed dragons escape... with several sheep in tow. "Sorry, dad" says Hiccup looking down as the escaped Nadders fly past with sheep in their clutches. The raid is over and the dragons have clearly won. The murmuring crowd eyes Stoick, awaiting his response.
Hiccup looks down in shame as the Vikings glare at him, Toothless growls and glares at them till they look away. "Thanks Toothless..." Says Hiccup with a sad smile as the Night Fury growled softly and went to go comfort his rider.
"Okay, but I hit a Night Fury." Says Hiccup sheepishly, Stoick grabs Hiccup by the back scruff of his collar and hauls him away, fuming with , meanwhile is trying to explain how its not a lie. " It's not like the last few times, Dad. I mean I really actually hit it. You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot. It went down, just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there, before it-" However an angry Stoick interrupts him " -STOP! Just...stop." He releases Hiccup. Everyone goes silent, staring expectantly as Stoick continues to yell at Hiccup "Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter's almost here and I have an entire village to feed!" Hiccup looks around, all eyes are upon him and says "between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't ya think?"
A few round Vikings stir self-consciously, Hiccup laughs humourlessly "although I am glad for once you ignored me, right bud?" He asks Toothless who roars in agreement.
"This isn't a joke, Hiccup! Why can't you follow the simplest orders?" Yells Stoick, exasperatedly, Hiccup shrugs "I can't stop myself. I see a dragon and I have to just... kill it, you know? It's who I am, Dad." Stoick shakes his head "you are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them." Hiccup looks around to see many nods of agreement.
"Well for once they were right" nods Sparky and Hiccup chuckles "yeah, once in a blue moon I guess."
"Get back to the house" says Stoick before turning to Gobber " Make sure he gets there. I have his mess to clean up." Stoick lumbers off in the opposite direction, Gobber leads Hiccup through the walk of shame. They pass the teen fire brigade as they snicker "quite the performance" laughs Tuffnut, Snotlout snickers "I've never seen anyone mess up that badly. That helped!" Hiccup looks down but still tries to be sarcastic "thank you, thank you. I was trying, so..." He trails off and avoids Astrid's glare and heads up toward a large house, standing prominently on the hill above the others. "I really did hit one." He sighs, "sure, Hiccup" says Gobber as Hiccup groaned "he never listens" to which Gobber remarked that it ran in the family.
Hiccup pouted and the kids and teens laughed.
Hiccup rolls his eyes "and when he does, it's always with this... disappointed scowl. Like someone skimped on the meat in his sandwich." He than puffed his chest out and mimicked Stoick. "Excuse me, barmaid. I'm afraid you brought me the wrong offspring. I ordered an extra large boy with beefy arms. Extra guts and glory on the side. This here. This is a talking fish bone."
"Well I think you would make quite the actor" Chuckled Merida and Hiccup gave a mock bow and promptly fell onto his face after tripping over a grinning Toothless. "Thank you so much, you useless reptile." Toothless grinned and licked his face making Hiccup groan.
"You're thinking about this all wrong. It's not so much what you look like. It's what's inside that he can't stand." Said Gobber, Hiccup rolled his eyes "thank you, for summing that up." Gobber shakes his head "look, the point is, stop trying so hard to be something you're not." Hiccup sighs heavily as they reach the door "I just want to be one of you guys." Gobber eyes him sympathetically. Hiccup turns and goes through the front door. And straight out the back door. He hurries off into the woods, determined.
Stoick groans "and off he goes..." Snotlout laughs "yup off to go mess stu-" A loud clang was herd as Snotlout hit the ground, standing over him was an angry Rapunzel. "Leave him alone!" She yelled at the other Viking teens while Merida aimed an arrow at them angrily and Jack and Sparky pointed there staffs which were glowing blue and blue/red respectively while Tooothless growled. Hiccup smiled "thanks, guys."
Meanwhile Stoick is surrounded by his men. " Either we finish them or they'll finish us! It's the only way we'll be rid of them! If we find the nest and destroy it, the dragons
will leave. They'll find another home." He says and sinks his blade into a large map spread across the table, the blade pierces the middle of an uncharted corner, swirling with
painted sea monsters and dragons. "One more search. Before the ice sets in" he decides, while his men disagree "those ships never come back." Stoick turns to them "we're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard. Now who's with me?" Stoick throws up his fist. No one follows. The crowds shifts in restless silence. Head scratches. Eyes averted.
"Didn't Hiccup say that earlier, the whole occupational hazard line?" Asks Bunny, Hiccup nodded surprised.
All the Vikings start to give feeble excuses, Stoick rolls his eyes "alright thos ewho stay will look after Hiccup." Immediately hands jut into the air, volunteers galore. Enthusiastic murmurs of prep and packing fill the room. "To the ships!" Yells Phelgma the fierce, Spitelout shouts in agreement "I'm with you Stoick!" Stoick chuckles and says dryly "that's more like it." The Vikings rush for the door, leaving Gobber and Stoick alone. Gobber gulps back the contents of his tankard attachment and scrapes back the bench. "I'll pack my undies" says Gobber but Stoick shakes his head "no, I need you to stay and train some new recruits." Gobber rolls his eyes "oh, perfect. And while I'm busy, Hiccup can cover the stall. Molten steel, razor sharp blades, lots of time to himself...what could possibly go wrong?"
"Wow, I really feel the love guys." Remarks Hiccup dryly and the Vikings look somewhat ashamed but most just shrug.
Stoick sinks onto the bench beside Gobber, his brow burdened "what am I going to do with him Gobber?" He asks his friend who responds with "put him in training with the
others." Stoick shakes his head "no, I'm serious" Gobber nods "so am I." Stoick turns to him, glaring "he'd be killed before you let the first dragon out of its cage." Gobber shakes his head stating that Stoick could be wrong and they both argue over it until Stoick yells "listen! You know what he's like. From the time he could crawl he's been...different. He doesn't listen, has the attention span of a sparrow. I take him fishing and he goes hunting for... for trolls."]
Gobber and Hiccup shoot up and glare at Stoick "HEY TROLLS ARE REAL!"
"Trolls exist! They steal your socks." Yells Gobber defensively before remarking darkly "but only the left ones. What's with that?" Stoick shakes his head and starts to tell a story, making Gobber grumble "oh here we go" but Stoick continues "when I was a boy, my father told me to bang my head against a rock and I did it. I thought it was crazy, but I didn't question him. And you know what happened?" Gobber tilted his head "you got a headache?" Stoick shakes his head "that rock split in two. It taught
me what a Viking could do, Gobber. He could crush mountains, level forests, tame seas! Even as a boy, I knew what I was, what I had to become. Hiccup is not that boy." Gobber sighs "you can't stop him, Stoick. You can only prepare him. Look, I know it seems hopeless. But the truth is you won't always be around to protect him. He's going
to get out there again. He's probably out there now."
All eyes turn to Hiccup who whistles innocently.
Meanwhile, Hiccup is looking up from a map covered in X's. He peeks over a gorge expectantly and sees nothing and adds another 'X' to the page, then scratches his pencil
over the whole map in frustration. He snaps the book closed and pockets it. "Uggh, the gods hate me. Some people lose their knife or their mug. No, not me. I manage to lose an entire dragon." He whacks a low-hanging branch. It snaps back at him, hitting him in the face. He looks up to see a snapped tree trunk. His eyes follow it to a long trench of up-turned earth. He follows it to a downed, black dragon, its body and tail tangled in a bola. It appears dead. Hiccup approaches, beaming. "Oh wow. I did it. I did it. This fixes everything." He strikes a victory pose, planting his foot on the fallen Night Fury. "I have brought down this mighty beast!"
Toothless snorts and nuzzles his riders cheek once he sees that Hiccup once again looks sad about injuring him.
It suddenly shifts. "Whoa!" Hiccup springs back, terrified. He turns his blade on it. Rattled, Hiccup creeps along the length of the weak, wounded dragon, dagger poised to strike. As he reaches the head, Hiccup finds the Night Fury staring coldly at him. Hiccup tries to look away, but he's drawn back to its unnerving, unflinching stare. With the dragon safety tangled in the ropes, Hiccup jabs with his dagger, puffing himself up with false bravado. "I'm going to kill you, Dragon. I'm gonna cut out your heart and take
it to my father. I'm a Viking." Hiccup raises the dagger, determined to prove his Viking-ness. The dragon's labored breathing breaks Hiccup's clenched concentration. He opens an eye, uncertainty leaking through. The dragon holds the stare. Something profound is exchanged. Finally, the Night Fury closes its eye and lowers its head, resigned to its fate. Hiccup tries to go through with it, holding the dagger aloft... fighting himself... until finally lowering it with a frustrated sigh. He looks over the dragon's chaffed rope wounds. "I did this" Hiccup mutters, ashamed and turns to leave before pausing and glancing back at the dragon and sings.
#When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale#
He looks back at Toothless and starts to walk over
#I want to hide the truth
I want to shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
When the curtain's call
Is the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made#
Tears start to fall from Hiccups eyes, Rapunzel and the rest of the seasons frown and pull him into a big hug while Stoick watches ashamed.
#Don't want to let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't want to hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I want to save their light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how#
Hiccup checks over his shoulder to ensure that no one is watching... then cuts the ropes. The Night Fury's eye shoots open. With the dragon watching his every move, Hiccup hurriedly saws through the bola ropes.
#When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide#
As the last rope falls free, the Night Fury suddenly pounces. In a blur, the dragon is upon him, pinning Hiccup down, grazing his neck. Looking like it's about to kill him. Hiccup is paralyzed. The dragon's breath ruffles his hair. Hiccup opens his eyes to find the Night Fury's wolf-like stare boring into him. The exchange is intense, profound.
The dragon draws a deep breath, as though it's about to torch him, then lets out an ear-piercing scream instead. It turns and takes flight, flapping violently through the canopy of trees. It bashes against a nearby mountain side, recovers, and drops out of view some distance away. Winded, Hiccup struggles to his feet, staggers a few steps,
collapses to his knees, and faints.
And that's all for now folks. I hope you all enjoyed and stay tuned. XXX Sparky