A/N: I'm sorry this is coming out a little bit later than some of my other chapters, but I took a break from writing for a couples of days. These types of stories are a lot harder than I thought they would be. The reason I continue is because of the people who follow and favorite my stories and leave reviews, it means THE WORLD to me. To know that people actually like what I write is an incredible feeling. So, thank you to all who support me.

Slight detour but I just wanted to say that I was thinking about writing a story about my character and how she got to where she is today. I also have a songfic one-shot maybe two-shot I want to work on.

As for the *** in this chapter I really don't like talking this way because it feels like I am bullying Hiccup, but I only do it to be as close to the Vikings as possible, but it makes me feel really bad. So, don't be surprised if it only happens like two more times.

And the second *** is in reference to the second movie which the music inspired this chapter and all of them. I put Stoick's Ship on repeat and write whatever comes to me.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything except for my own character and her dragon and anyone else I might come up with.

CUT TO:

EXT. COVE - MAGIC HOUR

CLOSE ON

A fish... being thrown into the cove. It hits the ground and

slides. A moment later, Hiccup peeks through a gap in the

rock, looking around cautiously. Nothing.

Hiccup squeezes through and enters the cove.

"You went back?!" Stoick yelled at Hiccup. The latter just shrugged at his father's obvious disapproval.

A BEAT, then Hiccup hears a SNORT from behind him.

Hiccup turns to see the Night Fury, crouched on a rock like a

stealthy panther. It descends, approaching him... ready to

pounce.

The Vikings exclaimed for Hiccup to get out of there causing Hiccup and Toothless to chuckle at how scared they were of him.

Hiccup swallows his fear and offers the fish. Doing so

reveals the dagger at his waist. The dragon sees it and

hisses. Hiccup reaches for it, eliciting a growl. He pauses,

carefully lifts it by the handle, and tosses it away. The

dragon calms.

"Aww!" was heard around the room as the kids saw how cute Toothless could be.

As it approaches the fish, Hiccup notices that it's missing

teeth.

"What?! We've been afraid of a toothless dragon!?" Snotlout shouted turning to look at said Night Fury who in turn growled showing teeth causing confused looks on everyone's face.

HICCUP

Huh. Toothless. I could've sworn

you had...

A set of razor sharp teeth emerge from its gums to grab the

fish. Toothless snatches and gnashes it up, swallowing it.

Gasps and shouts of fear were heard all around the room. Fishlegs was fascinated with the fact that Night Furies had retractable teeth. As far as he knew they were the only species to have that ability.

HICCUP (CONT'D)

... teeth.

The teeth retract again.

Toothless presses closer with an expectant look. Hiccup

retreats nervously.

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Uh, no. No, I don't have any more.

"In hindsight I probably should have brought more than one fish to see him," Hiccup reflected out loud.

"Well what did you think would happen," Astrid asked him.

The Fury backs Hiccup against a rock, placing himself the

same position as before. The dragon closes in over him,

staring blankly.

A tense moment passes... then Toothless regurgitates a chunk

of fish onto Hiccup's lap. They exchange stares. Hiccup

realizes what Toothless wants him to do.

"Tell me you didn't do what I think you're about to do," Astrid asked.

In response the questioned teen hung his head in defeat and gave a sheepish grin.

Hiccup crouches slowly and squeamishly picks it up.

The dragon waits expectantly. Hiccup gags and gnaws off a

bite of the slimy fish. He forces a smile. Toothless mimics

him.

Amazed, Hiccup sits up and tries to touch him. Toothless

HISSES and flaps off to a crash on the other side of the

cove. He BLASTS the mossy ground to a red-hot temperature...

and curls up on it like a giant dog.

He turns to find Hiccup seated beside him. Toothless

tolerates his persistent presence... until Hiccup tries to

touch his damaged tail. Toothless SNAPS at him. Hiccup takes

the hint and leaves.

"Persistent much?" the blonde viking girl questioned.

"I was just a little bit curious. Could you blame me no one knew anything about Night Furies and I had one that didn't eat me on sight," the auburn viking boy replied.

The blonde shrugged in response to his question.

"That's what I thought."

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. COVE - LATER

It's MAGIC HOUR. Toothless wakes, hanging upside down from a

tree. He spots Hiccup sitting on the other side of the cove.

Sketching in the sand.

CLOSE ON a sketch of Toothless. Hiccup draws with a stick,

minding his own business. Toothless appears behind him,

watching carefully. Aware of his presence, Hiccup continues,

trying not to scare him off.

"He can draw?!" Ran through the minds of the vikings, "And he's really good at it."

Toothless walks off. A moment later, he reappears with an

entire sapling, drawing lines in the sand. He rushes here and

there, making haphazard lines in every direction.

Finally, Toothless drops the tree and inspects his work. He

seems pleased.

"He drew you, ya know?" I mentioned to Hiccup while gesturing to the screen as it showed an aerial view of the drawing the dragon drew.

Once mentioned and upon seeing the drawing from the sky the viking in question turned and looked at his dragon in wonder not being able to contain his joy for the bond that they shared all because of this one day. ***"You never cease to amaze me bud."***

Hiccup stands and takes in the sprawling scribble, amazed by

it. He accidentally steps onto one of the lines, eliciting an

instant growl from Toothless. He steps on it again. Toothless

growls again.

"Temperamental dragon," Hiccup muttered causing Toothless to clip him on the back of his head with his tail and Astrid to giggle at their shenanigans. Many vikings were startled to hear THE "Fearless" Astrid Hofferson giggling at something Hiccup the Useless*** did.

Realizing how sensitive he is, Hiccup steps

carefully between each line, turning round and round until he

unwittingly bumps into Toothless.

Toothless snorts. Once again, they're face to face. Hiccup

slowly extends his hand. Toothless hesitates. Hiccup turns

his head away and closes his eyes. To his amazement,

Toothless bridges the gap and presses his muzzle against

Hiccup's hand.

In a flash, the dragon is gone, leaving Hiccup astounded.

This interaction between the unholy offspring of lighting and death itself and the teen that was the brunt of many village jokes left the Vikings feeling very confused, to say the least. Many of them wanted nothing more than to go home and forget all they had seen, but many more wanted to see what happened next and to see if they could actually end the 300-year war they have been fighting. (A/N: I wanted to end the chapter here but it seemed too short so I continued a little bit.)

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.

"That's not weird Fishface it's plain creepy," Snotlout told the gentle giant.

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.

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.

ON HICCUP hiding his horrified look form 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?

"Honor?! Where is the honor in killing a harmless creature," Hiccup thought?

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.

FISHLEGS

(GASPS)

Your mom let you get a tattoo?

"Oh, he is going to get it when we get back to Berk," Mrs. Thorston told herself.

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?

Hiccup gets up and walks away from the group. Astrid watches

him as he leaves the bonfire.

"You noticed me leave?" Hiccup asked Astrid, clearly not use to being noticed like that.

"Uh…yeah….," the young viking girl answered while feeling flush.

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

... a 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.

"Beard of Thor! How on Midgard did you come up with that Hiccup?" the village blacksmith asked the boy genius.

Said boy genius shrugged and said, "It's just basic understanding of Toothless' tail and how it functions which I was able to do when he was sleeping. Naturally I was curious because no one knew anything about Night Furies-,"

"I'm gonna cut you off there Hiccup because some peoples eyes are glazing over," Gobber told Hiccup.

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.

HICCUP

Hey Toothless. I brought breakfast.

I hope you're hungry.

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

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Okay, that's disgusting.

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 rears back and starts roaring in disgust and fear. Hiccup takes note. He picks up the eel and throws it behind him into the lake.

HICCUP (CONT'D)

No, no, no! It's okay. Yeah, I

don't like eel much either.

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.

Hiccup cautiously approaches the injured tail, but every time

he gets near it, Toothless sweeps it away like a cat.

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 tenses, slowly spreading his wings. Hiccup straps

the prosthetic fin in place. He cinches the straps.

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.

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!

Toothless arcs just short of the water and climbs... high

into the air.

HICCUP (CONT'D)

Yes! Yes, I did it.

The village looked at the screen in shock at the contraption on the dragon surprised at how well it worked.

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!

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!