Ok! :-) So this chapter was entirely and solely written by Ohsochich. except of course this begging haha this is allllll me mwahahaha lol anyway now that I have given the credit back to the fic!
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.
Stoick glares at the screen. "Really Hiccup? Wasn't meeting that devil once enough? Are you trying to get yourself killed son?"
Hiccup glares for a moment thinking, "Toothless is NOT a devil!", but then masks it. With a blank look on his face, and a shrug of his shoulders deadpans, "Maybe."
HICCUP
(MUTTERED)
So...why didn't you?
Everyone is silent as they are thinking the exact same thing. Why DIDN'T that Night Fury kill Hiccup?
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.
Most gasp at how beautiful it is. Everyone just stares in wonder. Why, and how, have we not known that suck a beautiful place on Berk existed? Maybe we should explore the island more.
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.
"Well, yeah." Snotlout says as if he knows everything, which he thinks he does.
Tuffnut decides to join in, "Just not as stupid as you!"
Snotlout and Tuffnut high-five each other while both they, and Ruffnut, laugh.
SUDDENLY, the NIGHT FURY blasts past him.
"Whoa!" Several Vikings, along with all of the teens, jump at the Night Fury's sudden appearance.
"You gave me a heart attack there bud." Says you-know-who.
'Serves you right fo-,' Hiccup gives him a look between a somewhat playful glare, and a look of, what can only be explained as sadness and/or gilt, 'Uhh..… I mean... Sorry.'
Toothless then gives Hiccup a big, sloppy lick on the side of his head, making his hair on the side of his head stand up in all different directions.
Astrid just giggles in a very unlike Astrid way.
"GAAAAAAAHHHHHH! GROSS!" Hiccup screams.
Toothless laughs.
I think you can imagine the look on all the Vikings' faces (XD) hearing Hiccup's outburst, and hearing a sound that they have no idea what it is, or even how to describe it.
Hiccup recoils,
watching the massive beast struggle to climb the walls. It
flaps violently, then peels away to a rough landing. The
dragon is trapped.
Hiccup grins, excited to see it again, and slips closer.
"Really? You're going to get closer to it? Really, how stupid can you be Useless?" Snotlout laughs, but stops as he hears a terrifying warning growl from the Night Fury.
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.
"Why doesn't it just fly away? Ruffnut asks confused.
Did Ruffnut just ask something intelligent, that didn't have to do with her and her brother destroying something!? Was the question that was rolling through everyone's minds.
"But that does look like fun!" Tuffnut exclaimed.
Toothless snorts, 'That wasn't fun. That hurt!'
"That's kinda the point bud."
Toothless looks at Hiccup confused.
"I know! I wanna do that so badly!" Ruffnut shares her twin's enthusiasm.
"Do it when we get home?" Tuffnut's nearly bouncing in his chair in excitement.
"Deal" The twins high-five each other.
Astrid and Hiccup face-palm, while most of the dragons and Vikings, Toothless especially, look at the twins as if they've each grown two extra heads. (*shudders* I'll never get that image out of my head XP)
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.
"You can draw!?" all of the teens, Astrid included, practically scream.
Gobber decides to join in on the conversation, "Oh yeah. He's always drawing when he isn't working in the forge. Whether it be his crazy inventions, or something else. It's manly his inventions, but I think I saw a drawing of two of Astrid in there." Gobber smiles teasingly.
"GOBBER!" Hiccup screams, highly embarrassed.
Most of the Vikings in the room, Stoick included, burst out laughing.
The poor boy is blushing and attempts to make himself look smaller.
"Awww, You draw pictures of me." Astrid coos teasingly.
She's actually quite flattered that Hiccup would take the time to draw her.
Hiccup still very unbelievably embarrassed, weakly replies, "Shut up,"
Astrid just smiles.
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.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(MUTTERED)
Why don't you just...fly away?
ON HICCUP as he spots the problem. He adjusts his drawing,
carefully erasing one half of the dragon's tail.
The Vikings and dragons gasp. It can't fly with only one tailfin!
Hiccup still feels guilty about that, and it's written all over his face. Toothless coos and nudges him, trying to cheer him up. Hiccup, being Hiccup, is cheered up by his silly Night Fury friend.
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.
The Night Fury raises his head, spotting Hiccup.
The Viking fear for Hiccup's safety. That Night Fury would surely not let Hiccup survive a second time.
They exchange a profound, unflinching stare.
The Vikings, dare I say, are shocked that Hiccup survived a second encounter with the feared Night Fury. They're also uncomfortable with the weird stares that seem to always happen when eve the boy and dragon meet.
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?
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.
Eye rolls from the group.
The group of teens roll their as in perfect sync with the movie.
RUFFNUT
(SARCASTIC)
Yeah. We noticed.
SNOTLOUT
(grabbing Astrid's hand)
No, no, you were great. That was
so 'Astrid'.
Astrid shudders, makes a disgusted noise, and scoots slightly closer to Hiccup.
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?
He tries to take a seat at the table...
RUFFNUT
He showed up.
"Uhm, you showed up to, and it's not like I wanted to be there!" Hiccup comments.
TUFFNUT
He didn't get eaten.
"That wouldn't be a pleasant experience"
"Uh, duh. That's the whole point." Tuffnut responds.
Ruffnut butts in, "Wouldn't it be so cool to be barfed up by a dragon?"
All of the teenagers, disgusted, "EEWWWW!" With Astrids, "GROSS!" and the occasional, "UUGHH"
... but the recruits keep closing the gaps. Rolling his eyes,
Hiccup sits at the vacant table next to them.
ASTRID
He's never where he should be.
GOBBER
Thank you, Astrid.
Gobber stands.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
You need to live and breathe this
stuff.
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.
"Hiccup quietly says in a sing-song voice, "I know more."
Astrid adoringly replies, but just as quite, "Yeah we get. Now shut up."
Hiccup chuckles to himself.
Toothless think they look cute together and thinks, 'Yep. I was right. They'remates.'
A RUMBLE of thunder shakes the hall. Rain pours down outside.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
No attacks tonight. Study up.
Gobber EXITS into the storm, leaving the teens staring at the
book.
Hiccup unbelieving says, "You really just left us there, when you know they aren't going to read it."
Gobber just shrugs.
TUFFNUT
(you've got to be kidding)
Wait, you mean read?
"Told you!" Hiccup exclaims.
Gobber sighs.
RUFFNUT
While we're still alive?
Hiccup, being sarcastic like always, "No, you can do it when you're dead."
He got a few chuckles out of that one.
SNOTLOUT
Why read words when you can just
kill the stuff the words tell you
stuff about?
"Then maybe your IQ would be higher than your age."
He got quite a few laughs for that one.
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...
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...
Astrid is the last to go.
HICCUP
So I guess we'll share-
ASTRID
Read it.
She pushes it toward him and leaves.
"Well, that was rude." Says Hiccup.
Astrid just looks down in shame.
HICCUP
All mine then. Wow, so okay. I'll
SEE YOU-
Slam.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Tomorrow.
SIGH.
His father and Gobber were somewhat shocked. They never knew that the teens treated Hiccup that way before.
"I'm sorry Hiccup." Astrid apologizes.
"It's okay Astrid." Hiccup responds.
Astrid looks at him, unbelieving.
"No, really it's fine." He reassures her.
She leans against Hiccup. Hiccups responds by putting his arm around her waist.
DISSOLVE TO: INT. GREAT HALL - LATE NIGHT
ON HICCUP'S HAND
OPENING the massive book. 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.
"Well, at least I'm dry now." Hiccup jokes around.
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.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
When startled, the Thunderdrum
produces a concussive sound that
can kill a man at close range.
Tuffnut stupidly says, "Awesome."
Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight.
Hiccup's eyes drift to a lurid illustration of decapitated
Vikings. Another page, another dragon.
This time, both twins, repeating what Tuffnut said just moments ago, "Awesome."
They then bang their helmets together, and get slightly dizzy for a spell.
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.
The twins again, "Sweet."
The illustrations seem to take on a life of their own,
shifting and squirming in the candlelight.
Dragons and Vikings alike shake their heads confused.
Tuffnut speaks out, "Uh, do books always do that?"
Hiccup sarcastically replies, "Yes Tuffnut, they do."
The twins, believing what he said and not catching the sarcasm, look at each other, and start to rethink their vow to never read.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Scauldron. Sprays scalding water at
its victim. Extremely dangerous.
The storm outside rages against the shuttered windows. Hiccup
is startled, but presses on.
Many Vikings feel as though they're Hiccup in this scene, and also jump.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Changewing. Even newly hatched
dragons can spray acid. Kill on
sight.
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.
Many Vikings shudder and have kills going up their spines as Hiccup continues to pour through the book.
Extremely dangerous. Extremely
dangerous. Kill on sight. Kill on
sight. Kill on sight...
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.
Most, if not, all Vikings lean on the edges of their seats.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Speed unknown. Size unknown. The
unholy offspring of lightning and
death itself.
Hiccup just laughs, and the Vikings look at the other side of the barrier trying to locate him, thinking he's gone mad.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Never engage this dragon. Your only
chance, hide and pray it does not
find you.
"No. It won't find you, you have to find it." Hiccup says.
Many Vikings raise their eyebrows at this.
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...
