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Chapter 23
[Scene cuts to the Great Hall. Stoick is dragging Hiccup behind.]
STOICK
„I should have known. I should have seen the signs."
HICCUP
„Dad-"
STOICK
„We had a deal!"
HICCUP
„I know we did... But that was before... Ugh, it's all so messed up!"
STOICK
„So everything in the ring... A trick?! A lie?"
„Not really." I mused. „He just didn't use your means but invented some of his own."
HICCUP
„I screwed up. I should have told you before now. Take this out on me, be mad at me, but please... just don't hurt Toothless."
STOICK
„The dragon? That's what you're worried about? Not the people you almost killed?!"
HICCUP
„He was just protecting me! He's not dangerous."
STOICK
„They've killed HUNDREDS OF US!"
„True."
HICCUP
„AND WE'VE KILLED THOUSANDS OF THEM!"
„Equally true."
HICCUP
„They defend themselves, that's all! They raid us because they have to! If they don't bring enough food back, they'll be eaten themselves. There's something else on their island, Dad... it's a dragon like-"
„You said too much ..."
STOICK
„-Their island? So you've been to the nest."
HICCUP
„Did I say nest?"
STOICK
„How did you find it?!"
HICCUP
„No... I didn't. Toothless did. Only a dragon can find the island."
„No, no, no, no, no! Shut up!"
[A knowing look crosses Stoick's features.]
HICCUP
„Oh, no, no. Dad, no! Dad! It's not what you think! You don't know what you're up against! It's like nothing you've ever seen! Dad, please! I promise you that you can't win this one! No! Dad, no! FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST LISTEN TO ME!"
[Stoick shoves Hiccup to the ground.]
STOICK
„You've thrown your lot in with them. You're not a Viking. You're not my son. READY THE SHIPS!"
[Before walking to the docks, Stoick staggers back, realizing the mistake he just made.]
„And not just a small one."