Chapter 48. Eret Son of Eret and The Trappers.

EXT. LAPLAND WOODS/TRAPPER'S FORT - MOMENTS LATER

[Hiccup and Toothless fly over the fjord, winding deep through undulating crimson and gold forests. Astrid and Stormfly catch up as the autumn colors suddenly give way to charred timbers. They fly deeper, through ash and wafting smoke. Ahead, in a sheltered harbor, an explosion of ice stands as an eerie marker of what used to be a TRAPPER'S FORT.]

Eret glared at the ice, reminded of his failure.

As for those who just witnessed the Raid of Valka and her Dragons look on in both awe.

"Damn Hicc your Mom really does know how to create Total Destruction!" Awe Tuf. ( HTTYD 2. )

"Yeah She's so badass!" Exclaimed Ruf as others facepalmed at them when the other set of twins agreed.

HICCUP: Stay close.

[They fly through the suspended remains of the buildings, splintered, and frozen in mid-destruction.]

HICCUP (CONT'D): What happened here?

Valka was looking at her work proudly, before realizing that Hiccup might get hurt. She prayed that no trappers were left there.

[It's at once harrowing and puzzling. Toothless spots an enormous DRAGON FOOTPRINT in the muddy shoreline below, leaving him uneasy.]

HICCUP (CONT'D): Easy, bud.

HTTYD 1 Toothless growled at the footprint on the screen.

[As they crest the ice formations, Astrid spots a CREW OF MEN at the stern of a moored ship below.]

ERET (O.S.): Fire!

[The men fire a stern-mounted cannon. The projectile unfurls into a NET. Hiccup and Toothless dart out of its way.]

HICCUP: Astrid! Look out!

[It HITS Stormfly, TANGLING her wings and causing her to spin uncontrolled. Astrid struggles to free her as they HURTLE toward a collision.]

Stormfly squawked, nuzzling Astrid apologetically. Eret, in spite of himself, felt a little ashamed. Seeing the first scene of the movie had dramatically changed his view toward the dragons.

Everyone let out a breath they didn't know they were holding.

As for The Hofferson family sucked in a sharp breath, their eyes stricken with panic and fear.

ASTRID: HICCUP!

[Astrid falls off of Stormfly, but Toothless SNATCHES her at the last second.]

Mr. And Mrs. Hofferson both thank Hiccup of their Timeline and the ones from this.

"Thank you Hiccup." They both said.

"Umm, You're welcome." H and Hiccup both Said as Their Astrids pull them close into a thankful hug.

[Stormfly hits the ground, tangled in the net. Trappers rush out of hiding, piling onto her with ropes and weapons. She whips her tail, sending spikes flying.]

ERET: Watch the tail!

[A large, raven-haired trapper lunges over the spray of spikes and lands upon Stormfly's head, twisting it and taking her down like a rodeo cowboy.]

R nut (HTTYD 1 Ruffnut.), was staring intently at the screen. Now she may only be fourteen, but she knows what a good looking male body looks like. Her parents began to fear for the trapper on screen.

Ast and A both stood up, stomping over to Eret. Delta paused the movie and everyone watched the shieldmaidens in bemusement as she hauled Eret to his feet.

"HOW DARE YOU!" They both yelled in his face. He gave a sheepish chuckle.

"Er- sorry?" Both A and Ast cocked each of their fists, ready to send it crashing into his nose, when two gentle hands on their arms caused them to stop.

They looked back to see Hiro grinning mischievously up at either of them. He stood on tiptoes, whispering something in their ears. They both chuckled, as the older and more taller Teen released the trapper, and sat back down with Hiro. And causing both H, Hicc and Tadashi to look at the trio suspiciously.

ERET (CONT'D): Tie those legs up!

Drago smirked at the sight of his finest trapper, not regretting his choice at all.

[Eret deftly ties her gnashing jaws shut, wrangling her into submission - clearly a pro among pros. He looks up, revealing a handsome face and gleaming, intelligent eyes that search the sky as Toothless' tell-tale BANSHEE scream rings out.]

Everyone, including the dragons, leaned forward in anticipation and (in some special cases) worry. He may be an amazing dragon trapper thought Stoick but if he lays one hand on Hiccup... he looked menacingly up at the screen, daring it to show Hiccup being harmed.

Ruff and R both sighed. "I think I'm in love," They muttered. Tuff And T both gave them a strange look.

ERET (CONT'D): Is that what I think it is?

For some reason, Both H and Hicc where both looking rather smug. He had a night fury after all.

While their older selves look utterly annoyed at that, because Everytime they go out on missions to either stop Dragon Hunters ( In HTTYD 2 Hiccup Case. ) or Trappers ( Chief and Older Hiccups ) they we're often recognize immediately which blew their cover and element of surprise because the signature sound of the Night Fury.

[Toothless suddenly streaks across the sky, banking and landing with a FEROCIOUS ROAR.]

HICCUP: STOP!

ASTRID: STORMFLY! (to the trappers) What are you doing?

"Uh they're trapping dragons. Duh!" stated Tuffnut,smugly satisfied with his talent of stating the blatantly obvious.

[Astrid and Hiccup leap off of Toothless, rushing toward Stormfly. Eret's men immediately draw weapons.]

Stoick, Valka and Mr Hofferson growled whilst Mrs Hofferson feared for her daughter's (and surprisingly Hiccup's) lives.

[Hiccup extends and ignites his DRAGON BLADE - a telescoping fiery sword - impressive enough to wow Eret's men.]

Gobber looked on with a proud smirk. The little smithy had certainly come a long way.

Vikings and dragons alike stared in wonder at this weapon. Some dragons growled at the threat, but toothless understood.

The young viking boy was making weapons out of dragons' abilities. However he didn't seem to be threatening the dragons, rather, he was wielding it towards those trappers.

"Whoa!" Yelled the Viking teens, Hiro, Anna, and Rapunzel.

Everyone else stared at the impossible. Honey Lemon began muttering chemical slang to herself, babbling about how it could work in an undertone.

ERET: Back again?

No one comments on that as they come to conclusions he might be referring to Valka.

[Eret steps forward, focused only on Toothless.]

ERET (CONT'D): Soil my britches... that is a Night Fury. Thought they were all gone for good.

Hiccup narrowed his eyes. What was that supposed to mean? Drago stroked his cape, chuckling darkly.

(to his fellow trappers) Looks like our luck's had a turn for the better, lads! Don't think Drago has one of those in his dragon army.

"Dragon army?" Muttered Kristoff under his breath, brows furrowed. Drago growled. Eret's ego would get him in trouble one day.

[His men sound out in agreement. Hiccup eyes Astrid, confused.]

ASTRID: Dragon army?

HICCUP: Look, we don't want any trouble.

ERET: Ha! You should've thought of that before you stole all of our dragons and blasted our fort to bits!

HICCUP: Wait...

ASTRID: What are you talking about?

Valka groaned. Her son might not make it out alive-because of her!

However she was comforted by Stoick and H, That she was only doing the right thing causing her to smile at them lovingly as they both returned it.

[Astrid and Hiccup take in the icy destruction, putting it together.]

HICCUP: You think we did this?

ERET: Dragon trapping is hard enough work as it is, without do-gooder dragon riders sneaking in to rescue them.

"Do-gooder...but isn't Berk the only dragon-riding island?" He asked Stoick. The Chief nodded along with the older Hiccups.

"Oh along with the outcasts who are now our allies." Hicc added causing gasp on the Vikings from Pre HTTYD 1 and especially Stoick and Valka.

"Not only that, but We at Berserker Island also Ride Dragons." Dagur stated and The others from his timeline and on RTTE agreed while stunning Stoick along with The rest of The Pre-Httyd Vikings.

knowing their Current Dagur is a Sadistic and lunatic "Dragon Killer".

"And there are other Islands who made peace with Dragons as well, The Defenders Of The Wing and Wing Maidens." Chief Hiccup added.

"It's true our tribes had been coexisting with Dragons since the beginning." Mala said.

"As for us it was part of our tradition to breed and grow Razorwhips." Atali revealed their Baby Razorwhips which were all attach to their Backs.

And the others nodded in awe before going back to the Screen.

HICCUP: What do-gooder - there are other dragon riders?

Pre teen Snotlout scoffed.

"Wow Useless, bit slow aren't you. Right Astrid?" He glanced hopefully at A, but she just ignored him as she cuddled with H instead. Disgruntled, He turned around muttering about slow vikings and cursing Hiccup under his breath (even though he was one of the slow ones).

ERET: You mean, other than your thieving friend from last night? You tell me.

Eret's quick-wit and sass made him all the more attractive to both Ruff and R. (HTTYD 1 Ruffnu and RTTE RUFFNUT.)

[Eret approaches. Toothless snarls, protectively.]

ERET (CONT'D): You may have an ice-spitting dragon on your side, but we still have a quota to fill. How do you suppose we explain this mess to Drago Bludvist?

"Shit!" Stoick growled. He didn't normally swear (that was a lie) but it was that devil of a man. Everyone turned to look at him questioningly, only to see him holding the arms of his chair in a vice grip.

HICCUP: Drago what-fist? Does anything you say make sense?

Despite the tense situation, everyone, even Eret chuckled at his sarcasm. Drago snorted.

Some smirked at Hiccup's response. Either he was being entirely clueless and serious, or overly sarcastic, two things that were obvious traits in vikings.

TEENY: He's expecting a new shipment of dragons for his army by tomorrow.

NO-NAME: And Drago don't take well to excuses.

[Eret parts his tunic, revealing a large branding-iron scar on his torso, in the shape of a dragon skull, split by a sword.]

ERET: This is what he gave me last time I showed up empty-handed. He promised to be far less understanding in the future.

Eret instinctively rubbed his scar, Valka gasped in horror, parents covered their children's eyes, and Wasabi squeezed his eyes shut.

As for Hiccup he remembers those markings from one of those hunters who almost captured him when he decided to hunt down Viggo.

'I wonder.' Hicc thought, glancing at the Two Grimborn Brothers.

Seeing the familiar Mark the Grimborns both flinch knowing that their past alliance with the Madman might be revealed.

( Note: Foreshadowing. )

HICCUP (EXASPERATED): Look, we don't know anything about a dragon thief, or an ice-spitting dragon, or your lunatic boss and his dragon army, okay?

Oh yeah, the collective thought of the vikings was definitely overly sarcastic.

HICCUP (CONT'D): Just give us back our dragon, and we'll go, strange, hostile person whom we've never met.

Hiccup ducked his head in emberassment while everyone else tittered.

[Eret bows playfully.]

ERET: Oh, where are my manners? I'm Eret. Son of Eret. Finest dragon trapper alive.

[He pulls a dagger from behind his back, waving it cockily. His men ready their weapons and net cannons.]

ERET (CONT'D): After all, it's not just anyone who can capture a Night Fury.

[Toothless ROARS a warning.]

HICCUP: And this is Toothless. He says we're going. Now.

All Night Furies snorted, obviously conveying: 'I thought we should have gone a LONG time ago.'

This causes all the Hiccups to roll their eyes, smacking their respective Dragons in the head with mock indignation. The Night Furies all hit them with their tail in return.

ERET: Heh. They all say that.

(BEAT)

RUSH 'EM, LADS!

[Eret lunges toward them. Toothless BLASTS, bringing down a massive spire of ice. It shatters as it hits the ground, forcing Eret and his men to dive out of the way. Making quick use of the distraction, Hiccup re-ignites his dragon blade and slashes through the ropes binding Stormfly.]

ASTRID: Stormfly! C'mon, go! Go!

[Eret gets to his feet in time to see Toothless and Stormfly take to the air, carrying Hiccup and Astrid out of reach of the volley of arrows.]

ERET YOU WILL NEVER HOLD ON TO THOSE DRAGONS, YOU HEAR ME?! DRAGO IS COMING FOR THEM ALL!

Drago growled, angry that his 'finest trapper' had blabbed to a bunch of dragon riders, with Stoick as chief, no less!