Alright I love all of my readers. Some have asked me why I hate Astrid. Well, maybe, hopefully it will be explained. If not tell me.
Key:
"Dragons/Hiccup dialogue"
"Normal dialogue"
Red Death dialogue
Thoughts
"Movie dialogue"
"Dragons/Hiccup movie dialogue"
Actions on screen
Hiccup's eyes narrowed. He felt something was going to happen. He realized that the Red Death has been way too quiet.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - DAY The grounds have been transformed. Banners and flags flap in the morning sun. Surrounding the ring, a festive crowd had gathered. All of Berk has turned out for the event.
STOICK (aloud to the crowd)
"Well, I can show my face in public again."
Hiccup was angry and hurt. Then he stated to feel strange. Pins and needles erupted on his shoulder blades, head, hands, tailbone, and feet. He began to feel light headed. Hiccup shook it off and leaned against Toothless.
Valka frowned. She noticed Hiccup's uncomfortableness and then leaned against Toothless. She felt something in her heart clench. She good feel something growing in her stomach. An uneasiness. She ignored it for now.
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE STOICK (CONT'D) (PLAYFUL)
"If someone had told me that in a few short weeks, Hiccup would go from being, well... Hiccup, to placing first in dragon training... I would've tied him to a mast and shipped him off for fear he'd gone mad. Yes! And you know it! (BEAT) But here we are. And no one's more surprised..."
Stoick shrunk in his seat. He was worried what Valka and Hiccup would say.
ON HICCUP standing at the entrance to the ring, listening, looking burdened.
Oh great, Hiccup heard everything. Many villagers watched in waited breathes.
STOICK (CONT'D)
"...or more proud than I am. Today, my boy becomes a Viking. TODAY, HE BECOMES ONE OF US!"
CHEERS and ROARS. Astrid approaches Hiccup.
ASTRID
"Be careful with that dragon."
HICCUP (re: the roaring crowd)
"It's not the dragon I'm worried about."
ASTRID (WORRIED)
"What are you going to do?"
HICCUP
"Put an end to this."
She eyes him, dubious.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"I have to try. (BEAT) Astrid. If something goes wrong... just make sure they don't find Toothless."
ASTRID (GRIM)
"I will. Just promise me it won't go wrong."
Hiccup can't. Gobber approaches.
"You didn't promise." Fishlegs stated.
They turned to see Hiccup shrug his shoulders. Only a few Vikings noticed his pale face. They thought it was about the movie, but in reality it was the Red Death.
"You honestly think that your village would ever listen to YOU?" He could practically hear her cackling. "Just you wait."
GOBBER
"It's time, Hiccup. Knock him dead."
Hiccup puts his helmet on and enters the ring. ON THE TEENS HOOTING and HOLLERING from the stands.
TUFFNUT
"Show 'em how it's done, my man!"
Hiccup locks eyes with Stoick. Stoick nods with a smile. Hiccup returns a half-smile. Takes a deep breath. He hoists a shield onto his forearm and selects his weapon from a rack of many - a small dagger.
STOICK (MUTTERED)
"Hrmph. I would've gone for the hammer."
Facepalms was all the two girls heard.
Hiccup turns to face a bolted, heavy door. Takes a deep breath.
HICCUP
"I'm ready."
The door bolt is raised. The crowd grows quiet... Beat. BOOM! The doors blast open with a stream of sticky fire. Followed by a Monstrous Nightmare, coated in flames. It tears out of its cave like an irate bull - as the crowd roars and jeers. It climbs the walls and chain enclosure like a bat, hissing at the provoking crowd and blasting fire.
HOOKFANG
"I will kill you all and bring honor to those who have perished!"
Hookfang was given many looks from the dragons.
It spots Hiccup and descends, leering and licking the flaming drool from its lips.
HOOKFANG
"Oh, a meal. It's not much but you will do little Viking."
Toothless gave his signature look that he would kill Hookfang if anything happens to Hiccup.
"I would never hurt him. If I catch his dragon's scent then he'll be fine."
"He better be."
The crowd grows silent, bracing for the big fight. With the Monstrous Nightmare's eyes locked upon him, Hiccup deliberately drops his shield and dagger stepping away from them. The dragon pauses, confused. ON STOICK, also confused.
STOICK
"What is he doing?"
The dragon presses closer, snorting. Hiccup extends his open hand. It snarls.
"Ah, laddie, remove yer hand," murmured Gobber.
HICCUP (WHISPERED)
"It's okay. It's okay. I will never hurt you."
The dragon stares in shock.
HOOKFANG
"A human who has connected to the Zoolinguism? Impossible, you obviously are one of them."
The dragon continues to pace, focused on... HICCUP'S HELMET. Hiccup realizes, then reaches up and removes it. Taking a breath to acknowledge the point of no return, he tosses the helmet aside. It hits the ground.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"I'm not one of them."
Many of the village gasped and some murmured with each other. Stoick and Gobber wouldn't respond, for they both just lost someone in their life since he basically disowned Berk.
GASPS and MURMURS race through the crowd. ON STOICK, as all eyes turn to him. He's welling with upset. Hiccup avoids Stoick's glare and remains focused on the Nightmare, holding his hand out. It paces around him, calming down.
STOICK
"Stop the fight."
HICCUP
"No. I need you all to see this. I will not hurt you. I'm going to show them that you can be trusted. I'm friends with a Night Fury, he's safe. Trust me."
The dragon was contemplating in trusting the twig in front of him. The crowd gets restless.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"They're not what we think they are. We don't have to kill them."
Stoick was silently pleading for his future self to listen and not do anything rash.
Hiccup remained in turmoil, the Red Death's voice rang through his head.
STOICK
"I SAID STOP THE FIGHT!"
Stoick whacks his hammer against the iron enclosure, rattling the arena with a terrible reverberating clatter. Spooked, the Nightmare snaps at Hiccup's outstretched hand.
Oh great, I get my son killed. Stoick groaned.
HOOKFANG
"You LIE!"
Hiccup YELPS and springs backward. The spell is broken. The Nightmare reacts to Hiccup's sudden movements and blasts another stream of fire. Hiccup SCREAMS and barely dives out of reach.
HOOKFANG
"I will kill you!"
Toothless sent a glare at Nightmare. "I warn you." He curled around the boy. It was then he noticed Hiccup's slight shaking and pallid face. "Riegan?"
No answer. He and every other dragon watched the boy and noticed him staring off into space. They thought that he may be thinking of something important. None of them noticed the red Aura around the green one.
EXT. COVE - CONTINUOUS ON TOOTHLESS His ear plates shoot up. Panic flares in his eyes.
TOOTHLESS
"Riegan!"
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - CONTINUOUS Hiccup scrambles around the ring. The Nightmare pursues, snapping and springing from ground to wall. Stoick pushes through the crowd, rushing to the doorway.
STOICK
"Out of my way!"
ASTRID
"Hiccup!"
Astrid wedges her axe under the arena gate and squeezes through.
"Astrid what are you doing?" Her mother exclaimed. "You'll get killed!"
Astrid bit her lip, not knowing the answer herself.
EXT. COVE - CONTINUOUS
Toothless bounds to the cove walls, clawing them in desperation. It seems he's as trapped as before, but with an incredible BURST of effort he HOOKS a claw over the upper lip of the stone wall.
"No." Hiccup watched startled. The connection between him and the Red Death broke.
"Hiccup?"
"He'll get killed if he goes. It'll be all my fault."
"Of course it would, you only cause destruction wherever you go."
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - CONTINUOUS
A narrow stream of fire narrowly avoids Hiccup as he continues to dash around the ring, evading the Monstrous Nightmare. Desperate, he goes to the weapon rack in an attempt to arm himself, but the Nightmare quickly destroys the rack and closes in on him.
Many held their breaths. Hiccup couldn't out run him forever.
EXT. COVE - CONTINUOUS Toothless tears through the woods, bounding like panther and taking to the air in short bursts.
Come on. Come on. People were changing in their minds.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - CONTINUOUS Stoick wrenches the grated door to the arena and jumps through. The Monstrous Nightmare is only a few feet behind Hiccup. Astrid is now in the ring.
ASTRID
"Hiccup!"
She picks up a hammer and hurls it at the Monstrous Nightmare, hitting it in the head. It turns its attention to Astrid, and begins chasing her. Stoick raises the arena gate, waving her toward it.
STOICK
"This way!"
The tension didn't loosen. Nothing could even cut through it for how thick it was. Nightwolf squirmed. She leaned over to her red head. "The tension is way too thick. What do we do to relieve it?"
"Who the heck knows." They shrugged and turned back.
Astrid makes it through, but the Nightmare BLASTS the doorway, cutting Hiccup off. It pounces on him and prepares to finish him off. Suddenly, a terrible roar pierces the din.
GOBBER
"Night Fury! Get down!"
Toothless bounds over the crowd and BLASTS a hole through the chain enclosure. He flies through it and disappears in the boiling smoke. The Vikings rush to railings... in time to see a flurry of wings cutting through the dissipating smoke. Toothless and the Nightmare tumble into the clear, locked in a toothy, vicious fight. Toothless kicks the Nightmare off and plants himself between Hiccup and it. The Nightmare snarls, circling them. Toothless lunges and ROARS... causing the Nightmare to relent and back away. To everyone's shock and horror, Hiccup gets to his feet and grabs Toothless protectively.
HICCUP (PANICKED)
"Alright, Toothless, go. Get out of here! They'll kill you."
TOOTHLESS
"They can try."
The crowd is gob-smacked, growing livid.
VIKINGS
"Night Fury!"
Hiccup tries to shoo Toothless away in vain. Vikings begin pouring clambering through the enclosure and dropping into the ring.
HICCUP
"Go! GO!"
VIKING
"Take it alive!"
No one said anything. Hoping for the best. Praying to every god that it goes okay. Valka knew that something was going to go wrong.
Stoick grabs an axe and charges into the arena. Astrid calls out to him, panicked.
ASTRID
"Stoick no!"
HICCUP
"Dad! No! He won't hurt you!"
The other Vikings surround and attack Toothless. He tosses them aside like rag dolls, his eyes focused on Stoick.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"No, don't! You're only making it worse!"
Stoick raises his hammer as he charges for Toothless. Toothless ducks and pounces on him. They tumble end over end.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"Toothless! STOP!"
He pins Stoick and inhales. The familiar hiss of gas builds. Everyone braces...
As did everyone in the room.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"NO! He's my father!"
Hiccup's green Aura shows as everyone stared as Toothless swallows back the blast and turns to Hiccup, not understanding. The Aura faded.
VIKING
"Get him!"
The crowd rushes him, piling on, and taking Toothless down. Astrid holds Hiccup back.
HICCUP (DESPERATE)
"No! Please...just don't hurt him. Please don't hurt him."
Stoick gets to his feet, fuming, shaken. A Viking presents Stoick with an axe. He eyes Toothless a moment, then pushes the axe back into the Viking's hands.
STOICK
"Put it with the others!"
No one dared to speak.
His burning glare turn to Hiccup.
INT. GREAT HALL - DAY ON HICCUP Being shoved into the dank, dimmed hall. SLAM! The massive doors rattle and echo. Stoick pushes past him. He paces against a backdrop of shadowy tapestries and carved pillars - a legacy of heroes, all peering down in angered judgement.
Stoick stared in horror. How could he just throw his own son like that? "It gets much worst!" Nightwolf yelled. This made everyone jump, they forgot about the two abnormal girls.
STOICK
"I should have known. I should have seen the signs."
"Signs?" Hiccup asked bewildered. He looked over at his mom and understood.
HICCUP
"Dad."
STOICK
"We had a deal!"
"A forced deal!" The dragons roared.
Stoick pauses to say something, but stops short. He SNORTS and resumes pacing, repeating the cycle.
HICCUP (FLUSTERED)
"I know we did... but that was before... ughh, it's all so messed up."
STOICK
"So everything in the ring. A trick? A lie?"
He stomps toward Hiccup. Stops short and points, fighting back words.
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?!"
"To be fair if they didn't attack then he would not have attacked back. So your point is not true. Use more facts than just going in blaming people for something. Learn how to blame yourself over others. Hiccup knows that." Nightwolf called earning glares, but she returned it back with an evil smirk.
RED DEATH
"It's your fault, Hiccup. Everything bad is because of you."
The screen shows Hiccup's eyes flare in anger and hatred. He broke the connection and continued.
Does he really think that he is the cause for everything? The village asked themselves.
HICCUP
"He was just protecting me! He's not dangerous."
"Of course I am!"
STOICK
"They've killed HUNDREDS OF US!"
HICCUP
"And we've killed THOUSANDS OF THEM! 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. (BEAT) There's something else on their island dad...it's a dragon like-"
Many groaned despising the kid's ability to ramble under pressure.
Stoick HUFFS.
STOICK
"-Their island?"
He stomps back... pointing an accusing finger.
STOICK (CONT'D)
"So you've been to the nest."
HICCUP
"Did I say nest?"
Hiccup goes silent - he said too much.
RED DEATH
"Good. Good. Lead your village to their deaths."
A lot of Vikings grew pale at this. Dragons looked at the boy who seemed to have paled if that was possible considering he's already pale. Valka pursed her lips and watched her son in concern.
STOICK
"How did you find it?!"
HICCUP
"No... I didn't. Toothless did. Only a dragon can find the island."
Stoick GLARES. A moment passes, then an idea takes form on his face. His eyes flare. Hiccup watches, realizing. Stoick stomps toward the doorway.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"Oh no. No, Dad. No."
Hiccup chases after him, panicked.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"Dad. It's not what you think. You don't know what you're up against. It's like nothing you've ever seen."
He grabs Stoick by the arm, tugging with all his might. He has no effect whatsoever.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"Dad. Please. I promise you that you can't win this one."
Nothing.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
"No. Dad. No. For once in your life, WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST LISTEN TO ME?!"
He throws Hiccup off of him, SWATTING him to the floor. Icy stillness. Hiccup stares back, stunned.
Gasps were resounding through the theater. Stoick knew exactly what was to come. The teens were shocked that Hiccup was—or would be—treated this way.
STOICK
"You've thrown your lot in with them. You're not a Viking. (BEAT) You're not my son.
Stoick pushes through the door, leaving Hiccup alone, devastated.
Stoick and every single person just gawked at the screen. Hiccup was disowned! They all turned to the boy in question. He was standing and breathing hard. Hiccup was scowling and clenching his hands. They were all surprised to see a red shimmering Aura around him. The dragons gasped as Toothless soothed his rider. "Reigan, whatever she is saying, ignore it!"
"Oh, come on my little dragon, you know you want to seek your revenge. Attack them."
"My pleasure." Hiccup smirked. Hiccup's hybrid form came out.
The villagers watched in horror as the dragons reared back away from him. Toothless was slowly taking steps back but was trying to relieve his brother. "Riegan."
Valka watched her son change into his hybrid form, grinning maliciously teeth sharp and pupils silted. "Hiccup?"
His gaze turned sharply to her. She gasped and stumbled away from her son. His voice was raspy as he said, "Mom, h-help."
Valka's eyes were wide. "Hiccup, it's okay. Calm down son. Don't let the queen turn you into her subject. You're stronger than this."
Hiccup's head twitched a bit as he was fighting control. Toothless took this as the opportunity to jump on him. "Riegan, ignore her, block her out!"
"Get off of me!" Hiccup thrashed and was able to knock him off as he didn't resist at all.
He—somehow—ended up scratching Toothless. Toothless hissed at the pain. Hiccup broke out of the trance long enough to see that he hurt his friend. "No. Leave me alone! You don't control me."
"Oh, but I do. Because of you, your sire and everyone you love will be dead and you'll be alone. You WILL HAVE NOTHING!"
"Not true. I'll save them. Now leave me ALONE!" A forest green Aura over powered the red one and the red vanished. The forest green just kept glowing causing the occupants to turn away. It started to fade.
The Vikings were confused on what happened, but the dragons were happy and proud that he stood up to her control. When it completely faded, Hiccup—still in hybrid form—laid passed out on the ground.
There y'all have it. Sorry I didn't update. School is one of the reasons. It also took a while to right the end to this chapter. Hope you enjoyed. Questions, comments you know where they go. Please and thank you.
