Hey guys, chapter four is now up!
capnbooth4: I try to update whenever I can, but they'll be irregular. I'll try to make the chapters longer, but they take a lot of time for me to write, but this one's a lot longer than the others.
TheNightFury: Thank you very much, and I totally understand where you're coming from, I won't make Stoick like that. Promise.
Hiccup tries to join them as they pass, but he's hooked by Gobber and hoisted back inside.
HICCUP (CONT'D) (Pleading): Ah, come me out, please. I need to make my mark.
GOBBER: Oh, you've made pleaty of marks. All in the wrong places.
Several Vikings winced as they remembered some of Hiccup's mistakes
HICCUP: Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date.
Hiccup looked down in disappointment at his past self. Astrid looked over at him and squeezed his hand. Hiccup looked up and smiled at her, "Thank you" Hiccup mouthed. Astrid smiled lightly. (HICCSTRID! I was watching RttE while writing this, I got the Hiccsrtid feels)
GOBBER: You can't lift a hammer.
"True"
You can't swing an axe...
"Nope"
Gobber grabs a bola
GOBBER (CONT'D): ... you can't even throw one of these.
"Yeah, but that's why I'm smart... unlike some of you" Hiccup said while side glancing at the twins and Snotlout. "Huh?" Tuffnut said while sitting (hanging?) upside down in his chair.
A Viking runs by and grabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it at a dive-bombing Gronkle. The bola wraps around its legs, sending it to the ground with a crash.
HICCUP (ready with the answer): Okay fine, but...
He rushes to the back corner of the building and presents a bizarre, wheel barrow-like contraption.
HICCUP (CONT'D): ... this will throw it for me.
Hiccup opens the hinged lid of the device. An arm springs up, equipped with twin bows. They prematurely launch a bola, narrowly missing Gobber... and hitting a Viking at the counter.
VIKING: Argggh!
"Hey! That hurt ya know?" The Viking said angrily, "Sorry"
GOBBER: See, now this right here is what I'm talking about
HICCUP: Mild calibration issue.
GOBBER: Hiccup. If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons, you need to stop all...
Gobber gestures in Hiccup's general direction.
GOBBER (CONT'D): ... this.
"Thanks Gobber" Hiccup yelled over to the blacksmith "Always knew I could count on you to bring my spirits up!" "No problem laddy" Gobber chuckled.
HICCUP (Astonished): But... you just pointed to all of me.
GOBBER: Yes! That's it! Stop being all you.
"Sure thing Gobber. Just as soon as you stop being all you" Hiccup's voice sounded sarcastic, but Astrid could see the hurt written on his face. "Hey" she whispered, "its ok. It's just Gobber being Gobber, you should know this." "I know," Hiccup replied "It's just... its hard going through this once, but to do it again, its like torture." Astrid looked at him sympathetically but said nothing.
HICCUP (Threatening): Ohhhhh...
GOBBER (Mimicking): Ohhhhhhh, yes.
HICCUP: You, sir, are playing a dangerous game. Keeping this much, raw... Vikingness contained.
(BEAT)
There will be consequences!
Snotlout burst out laughing " AHAHAHAHA, 'raw Vikingness'? What 'raw Vikingness' could there possibly on that scrawny bag of bones?" Stoick frowned, he knew that Hiccup was picked on by the other kids, but he didn't realize just how much. Hiccup just sticks his tongue out at Snotlout.
Gobber tosses him a sword
GOBBER: I'll take my chances. Sword. Sharpen. Now.
Hiccup takes it begrudgingly lobs it onto the grinding wheel. He stews... fantasizing...
"Can't you stay focused for more than a few minutes" Stoick asked exasperated. "Actually, yes I can" Hiccup replied, thinking of the amount of time he spent fixing Toothless' tail.
HICCUP (V.O.): One day I'll get out there. Because killing a dragon is everything around here.
Hiccup grimaced as he listened to himself talk about dragons like that. Stoick looked over just in time to see Hiccups face twist into a grimace, 'What's wrong with Hiccup' he thought 'He's been acting weird. Eh, probably just teenager problems.'
EXT. VILLAGE- LOWER PLAINS- CONTINUOUS
Nadders land, gathering like seagulls around a seemingly vacant hoouse.
HICCUP (V.O.): A Nadder head is sure to get me at least noticed.
The Nadders on the other side of barrier squawk angrily. 'We're only enough to get noticed? Outrageous!'
The Nadders clamber onto the building, tearing the roof and walls apart. Sheep pour out and scatter.
Elsewhere, hippo-like Gronkles pick drying racks clean of fish and fly off like loaded pelican.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D): Gronkles are tough. Taking down one of those would definitely get me a girlfriend.
"Who would want to date you?" Snotlout asked pompously "When they could date me?" He flexed his arms and looked at Astrid, (as if that would impress her.)
A stealthy, snake- like dragon head peeks over a rooftop, breathing gas into a chimney.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D): A Zippelback? Exotic, exciting. Two heads, twice the status.
A second head pokes through through the door and lights it. KABLAM! The two heads fly through the explosion, their necks zipping together to reveal a single body. It flies past Stoick as he climbs to the top of a catapult tower.
CATAPULT OPERATOR: They found the sheep!
STOICK (Frustrated): Concentrate fire over the lower bank!
CATAPULT OPERATOR: Fire!
Boulders are catapulted at the corralling Nadders...
Just as a huge red dragon zooms past, spraying the base of the catapult with sticky fire.
HICCUP (V.O.): And the there's the Monstrous Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go after those. They have a nasty habit of setting themselves on fire.
Said dragons visibly puffed up at that. 'We are clearly the best dragon of them all'
The Nadders glared at the Nightmares.
It emerges from the flames, climbing the catapult with a leering, toothy grin.
STOICK: Reload! I'll take care of this.
Stoick takes on the Nightmare, face to the hammer.
Suddenly, a loud ballistic moaning streaks overhead.
The catapult crew ducks.
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL-CONTINUOUS
ON HICCUP, looking up from his work, reacting to the same sound.
HICCUP (V.O.): But the intimate prize is the dragon no one has ever seen. We call it the-
VIKING: Night Fury! Get down!
Vikings everywhere take shelter. The moaning sound builds
EXT. VILLAGE- CATAPULT- CONTINUOUS
The Monstrous Nightmare suddenly stops fighting and takes flight. Stoick looks skyward.
STOICK: Jump!
KABOOM! The catapult explodes as though hit by an artillery shell... sending Stoick and the crew leaping for their lives.
HICCUP (V.O.): This thing never steals food, never shows itself, and...
The sound recedes, leaving the crippled catapult in flames.
HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D): ...never misses.
(Beat)
No one has ever killed a Night Fury. That's why I'm gonna be the first.
"HA! Yeah right, I'll be the first one to kill a Night Fury" Snotlout boasted
IN THE STALL: Gobber trades his hammer for an axe.
GOBBER: Man the fort, Hiccup, they need me out there!
Gobber pauses. Turns with a threatening glare.
GOBBER (CONT'D): Stay. Put. There. You know what I mean.
"Shall I roll over too? Beg perhaps?" Hiccup asked sarcastically. "Sure, I'll even give you a treat" Gobber replied with equal sass. This got a chuckle out of the Vikings.
Alright, leaving it here for now, next chapter will be up as soon as I can, but my teachers have loaded on so much homework this week.
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On a side note, is anyone here a Girl Guide/Scout and going to SOAR this year? If so, anyone want to trade? I'm doing fandom related traders. Btw, I'm a Ranger.
Peace out- Princess Night