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Gobber charges into the fray, hollering.
ON HICCUP, a smirk crosses his face.
EXT. VILLAGE-MOMENTS LATER
WHAM! Hiccup pushes his wheeled contraption through a wall of clustered Vikings. He weavees through the ongoing mayhem, as fast as his legs can carry him.
"HICCUP!" Stoick shouted "WHAT IN THE NAME OF THOR ARE YOU DOING?!"
"Out." Hiccup said shortly "And I should probably remind you, that this has already happened and there's nothing you can currently do" Stoick opened and closed his mouth a few times before sitting back down.
RANDOM VIKING: Hiccup, where are you going?!
RANDOM VIKING #2: Come back here!
HICCUP: I know. Be right back!
"Ha, yeah right" Gobber chuckled.
ON THE PLAIN BELOW
The Nadders have cornered the house full of sheep. They close in, ready to spring upon them.
Stoick suddenly appears, hurling fishing nets over the dragons. The surprised Nadders are caught. Stoick and his men rush in.
A Nadder blasts a hole through the net. Stoick leaps onto it, clamping his thick arms around its head, forcing its jaws shut.
STOICK: Mind yourselves! The devils still have some juice in them.
The dragons squawked angrily, 'Rude, we aren't devils"
Hiccup jumped, "Did you hear that?" He asked Astrid. She gave him a confused look, "Hear what?"
"Never mind"
ON THE PLAIN ABOVE
Hiccup reaches a cliff overlooking the smoking catapult and drops the handles to the ground. He cranks several levers, unfolding and then cocking the bowed arms of his contraption. He drops a bola into a chamber and then pivots the weapon on a gimbal head toward the dark sky.
The Vikings were shocked at how good Hiccups contraption worked. Usually they failed and set the town on fire. "If he doesn't become a blacksmith, I'll eat my right hand" Gobber muttered to Stoick.
He listens, with his eye pressed to the scope, hand poised on the triggered. He hears the Night Fury approaching... and turns his aim to the defence tower. It closes in for the final strike, completely camouflaged in the night.
HICCUP (To himself): Come on. Give me something to shoot at, give me a something to shoot at.
KABLAM! The tower topples. The blast of fire illuminates the dragon for a split second. Hiccup pulls the trigger. KERTHUNK! The flexed arms snap forward, springing the weapon off the ground. The bola disappears into the sky, followed by whack and a screech.
Everybody is stunned. Hiccup actually hit the Night Fury. It was dead quiet... for about ten seconds. The room exploded. Metaphorically. The Vikings surrounded Hiccup, "How did you kill it?" "Did you cut it's heart out?" "Congratulations!"
Out of a black puff of smoke Night appeared, "Alright! That's enough, please return to your seats."
After everyone had left Hiccup alone, Night walked up to Hiccup, "As soon as you let Toothless go, you can walk over to the dragon side, you'll be safe there. And don't worry, Astrid can come with you." Before Hiccup could respond, Night disappeared in a cloud of black smoke.
HICCUP (CONT'D) (surprised, then elated): Oh I hit it! Yes, I hit it! Did anybody see that?
Hiccup's victory is short lived. A Monstrous Nightmare appears, slithering over the lip of the cliff.
HICCUP (CONT'D): Except for you.
"How do you manage to be so sarcastic when you're about to die?" Gobber asked mystified.
"I've had a lot of practice" Hiccup responded
ON STOICK, holding down the netted Nadders. He hears a familiar scream and looks up to see...
"Ha! You scream like a girl" Snotlout shouted, earning a punch from Astrid and Ruffnut.
ON HICCUP running through the plazza, screaming, with the Nightmare fast on his heels.
Alarmed, Stoick abandons the Nadders and runs off.
STOICK (To his men, re: the Nadders): Do not let them escape!
'As if they could keep us down! We're not even trying there' Hiccup's head snapped up. There it was again, the voices that came from nowhere.
IN THE PLAZA
Vikings scatter as Hiccup dodges a near fatal blast. The Nightmare's sticky, Napalm-like fire splashes up onto buildings, setting them alight.
Hiccup ducks behind the last standing brazier- the only shelter available. The Nightmare blasts it, spraying fire all around him. Hiccup peers around the smoldering post. No sign of the Nightmare.
"C'mon Hiccup, even we're smarter than that" the twins yell at Hiccup
He turns back to find it leering at him, blocking him escape.
It takes a deep breath. Hiccup is finished.
Suddenly, Stoick leaps between them, tackling the Nightmare to the ground. They tumble and wrestle, resuming their earlier fight. The Nightmare tries to toast him, but only coughs up smoke.
Stoick releases a breath he didn't know he was holding.
STOICK (CONT'D): You're all out.
He smashes the Nightmare repeatedly in the face, driving it away. It takes to the air and disappears. Winded, Stoick turns to Hiccup.
HICCUP (V.O.): Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know...
"What? What do we need to know?" Tuffnut asked stupidly. Hiccup just sighed.
The burnt braizer pole collapses, sending the massive iron basket crashing down. It bounces down the hill, destroying as it goes and scattering the Vikings who were holding down the netted Nadders. The freed dragons escape... with several sheep in tow.
HICCUP (CONT'D): Sorry, dad.
"Oh, we already knew that"
EXT. VILLAGE- UPPER PLAZA- CONTINUOUS
The Nadders fly past with sheep in their claws. The raid is over. The dragons have clearly won. The murmuring crowd eyes Stoick, awaiting his response.
HICCUP (Sheepish): Okay, but I hit a Night Fury.
Stoick grabs Hiccup by the back scruff of his collar and hauls him away, fuming with embarrassment.
HICCUP (CONT'D): It's not like the last few times, Dad.
'Last few times, he's done this before?' Hiccup was going to lose his mind, where were these voices coming from?!
HICCUP: I mean I actually hit it. You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot. It went down, just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there, before it-
Stoick looked over at Hiccup, "I'm sorry son, I should have listened to you" "Glad you didn't" Hiccup muttered under his breath, Astrid heard him and smirked.
STOICK: -STOP! Just... stop.
He releases Hiccup. Everyone goes silent, staring expectantly.
STOICK (CONT'D): Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter's almost here and I have an entire village to feed.
Hiccup looks around. All eyes are on him.
HICCUP: Between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't ya think?
A few rotund Vikings stir self consciously.
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