Here's Chapter 7! Enjoy!
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EXT. WOODS/HIDDEN COVE - DUSK
HICCUP, battered after another disastrous day in the ring. He studies the remnants of the discarded bola...revealing that he's back at the scene of the crime.
The Vikings seemed to disapprove of this. Why go back when you were nearly killed?
HICCUP: (MUTTERED) So...why didn't you?
That seemed to be the question on everyone's minds. Why keep the person who shot you alive?
He drops the bola and presses on in the direction it flew off. He drops into a rocky crevice and follows it to an... ISOLATED COVE complete with a pristine spring pool. He scans the high stone walls... then notices a single black SCALE on the ground. He crouches and picks it up, studying it.
"HICCUP!" Fishlegs shouted in excitement, startling the smaller boy. "Please tell me you kept that scale!" His eyes seemed to shine at the possibility that he could get more knowledge on the rare species. Hiccup nodded.
"Y..Yeah, it's back on Berk though." Hiccup stuttered out. Fishlegs smiled.
"Nice! I've got to see it once when I can." Fishlegs then turned back to the screen.
HICCUP: (CONT'D) Well this was stupid.
SUDDENLY, the NIGHT FURY blasts past him.
The Vikings, and some of the dragons, got startled by the appearance of the rare dragon. No one was expecting it to pop up.
Hiccup recoils, watching the massive beast struggle to climb the walls. It flaps violently, then peels away to a rough landing. The dragon is trapped. Hiccup grins, excited to see it again, and slips closer. He watches as the dragon, exhausted and frustrated, leaps into the air, beating its wings furiously. Again and again, it rolls uncontrolled and CRASHES heavily.
Everyone watch in awe as it leaps through the air. Why hasn't it flown out of there yet? Hiccup winces everytime Toothless hits the ground, realizing that if he never went back for him, Toothless might have died down there. He started to pet the dragon's head. "I'm sorry, bud." He muttered to the dragon, the latter nuzzling him with his snout.
As if remembering to snap a photo, Hiccup pulls a leather bound book and flips past drawings of weapons to a blank page. He sketches the dragon quickly, desperate to record the image.
The vikings seemed to be entranced by Hiccup's sketch. Who knew he was so skilled with drawing!
HICCUP: (CONT'D) (MUTTERED) Why don't you just...fly away?
ON HICCUP as he spots the problem. He adjusts his drawing, carefully erasing one half of the dragon's tail.
A gasp was heard all around. The dragon was crippled. Or else it would have flown away by now. Astrid seemed to understand what drew him to the dragon. Hiccup had been trying to give Toothless the ability to fly again.
The Fury claws at the steep rock walls, trying to climb out of the cove. It SLIPS and falls hard, crushing several saplings. The Fury rolls back to his feet and slowly craws to the water's edge. He spots fish in the shallow water and snaps at them... but comes up empty. He lowers his head, looking weakened. He accidentally drops the charcoal stick. It rolls off of the rock outcropping that hides him from view and bounces into the cove. TINK. TINK. TINK. The Night Fury raises his head, spotting Hiccup. They exchange a profound, unflinching stare.
Most of the Vikings stared at the exchange, confused. The Night Fury seemed curious by the boy. Many of them shook their heads. They were fierce beasts that deserved no mercy from them.
DISSOLVE TO: INT. GREAT HALL - NIGHT
A storm is brewing outside. The great doors rattle on their hinges.
GOBBER: (O.S.) Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?
"Astrid is perfect, she does no wrong." Snotlout said, trying to flirt with the girl.
The recruits are seated at a table, eating dinner by the glow of the fire pit.
ASTRID: I mistimed my summersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble.
Many of the older Vikings were impressed that she could see her mistakes and take time to fix them.
Eye rolls from the group.
RUFFNUT: (SARCASTIC) Yeah. We noticed.
SNOTLOUT: (grabbing Astrid's hand) No, no, you were great. That was so 'Astrid'.
Astrid's face formed into one of disgust. Snotlout shrinked down into his sit from embarrassment.
GOBBER: She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves.
CREAK. All eyes turn to Hiccup, entering the hall, sheepishly. Gobber glares at him.
GOBBER: (CONT'D) (glaring at Hiccup) Where did Hiccup go wrong?
He tries to take a seat at the table...
RUFFNUT: He showed up.
TUFFNUT: He didn't get eaten.
The twins smiled and high fived.
... but the recuits keep closing the gaps. Rolling his eyes, Hiccup sits at the vacant table next to them.
Fishlegs and Astrid winced with guilt. Maybe they should've been nicer to the boy.
ASTRID: He's never where he should be.
GOBBER: Thank you, Astrid.
"Sorry." Astrid whispered to the boy next to her. He smiled softly.
"It's fine, Astrid."
Gobber stands.
GOBBER: (CONT'D) You need to live and breathe this stuff.
Gobber lays a giant book in the center of the table.
GOBBER: (CONT'D) The dragon manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of.
"All but one..." Gabi stated, patting Midnight's head, causing the Fury to coo.
A RUMBLE of thunder shakes the hall. Rain pours down outside.
GOBBER (CONT'D): No attacks tonight. Study up.
Gobber EXITS into the storm, leaving the teens staring at the book.
TUFFNUT: (you've got to be kidding) Wait, you mean read?
RUFFNUT: While we're still alive?
SNOTLOUT: Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?
Snotlout seemed to be proud of his logic, while some of the Vikings groaned at the teen's unsound logic.
FISHLEGS: Oh! I've read it like, seven times. There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face.
"The Scauldron." Hiccup and Gabi stated, earning a few looks from the others.
FISHLEGS: And there's this other one that buries itself for like a week...
"Whispering Death." Again, the two teens stated, earning concerned looks from the vikings.
The teens stare as Fishlegs goes on too long.
TUFFNUT: Yeah, that sounds great. There was a chance I was going to read that...
RUFFNUTT: ...but now...
Snotlout gets up to go.
SNOTLOUT: You guys read, I'll go kill stuff.
Gobber groaned. Why does no one ever listen to him?
The others follow, with Fishlegs in tow.
FISHLEGS: Oh and there's this other one that has these spines that look like trees...
Astrid is the last to go.
HICCUP: So I guess we'll share-
ASTRID: Read it.
She pushes it toward him and leaves.
Astrid winced, feeling guilty about how she treated Hiccup.
HICCUP: All mine then. Wow, so okay. I'll see you-
Slam.
HICCUP: (CONT'D) Tomorrow.
Stoick and Gobber glanced at each other. They never noticed how the teens treated him. They were going to have to change that. They then remembered that they wouldn't remember once they got back. Hopefully, they won't have to do much to change their behavior. Gabi glanced at the two adults, smiling as they realized they might have to change somethings.
She turned back to the movie, content that things will be alright.
That's all I'm doing for Chapter 7. I left it off at an awkward part, but I wanted to put the dragon classifications into the next one. Bye!
~Kittylover23114