AN: HEY GUYS! i'm so sorry this is late. long story short as to why i haven't written it in a while. 1. i'm a boarder 2. i'm not allowed laptops so it's hard to write and keep a look out for the house mothers so i don't get it taken off me. 3. i've had tests the whole last 3 weeks of school. But SCHOOL IS OVER! so during the next 2 weeks i'm going to try post more frequently to get this story finished. so i'm sorry for any disappointments. So without further or do... CHAPTER 3! _ Hiccup was still lost in his thoughts, the vikings noticed this and wondered. What goes on in that of his? They all thought as he was still lost in his own thoughts. he was only brought back when the next scene started to play on the silver screen VIKING Hoist the torches! Massive flaming braziers are raised on poles, lighting up the night sky... and revealing swirling dragons of all types. Below, Hiccup crosses an open plaza and ducks into an open building with a tall chimney. INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS He crosses behind a counter, where a peg-legged, one-armed hulk of a Blacksmith reshapes blades with a hammer and tongs appendage. "man gobber, you sure have a lot of appendages." astrid states, slightly grinning at the two limbed blacksmith. "well i do need them astrid" gobber replied proudly. "butttt, do they have be scatered everywhere, and left for me to pick up?" hiccup inputed. "it's a valuble lesson." gobber replies. "oh and what's that? that working with you teaches you how to become a maid?" hiccup asks sarcastically with a grin on his face. "i don't lad i think dragon training has changed your carrer options." Gobber statedd proudly, which made hiccup's grin slide off his face which wasn't gone unoticed by stoic who frowned at the action. GOBBER Ah! Nice of you to join the party. I thought you'd been carried off. "was that suppose to make me feel better?" hiccup questioned. "lad i speak nothing but the truth" gobber states "more or less" he mumbles under his breath. Hiccup dons a leather apron and starts to put away Gobber's scattered appendages. HICCUP Who me? Nah, come on! I'm way too muscular for their taste. They wouldn't know what to do with all this. Hiccup strikes a bodybuilder pose. Everyone laughs at hiccup's pose, hiccup stands up and does the same pose, creating more laughter from the dragons and vikings. GOBBER They need toothpicks, don't they? still giddy from the previous scene the vikings laugh at gobbers remark, while the dragons slightly frown. is there something wrong with this young? Hiccup gets to work, transferring bent and chipped weapons to the forge as Vikings crowd the counter for replacements. HICCUP (V.O.) The meathead with attitude and interchangeable hands is Gobber. I've been his apprentice ever since I was little. Well...littler. "Meathead? lad at least come up with something creative like your other remarks or inventions." gobber states. "well im sorry, next time we see a, movie?, i'll remind myself to come up better descriptions of people." hiccup sarcastically replied, earning laughs all around the room. EXT. VILLAGE - CONTINUOUS ON STOICK STOICK We move to the lower defenses. We'll counter-attack with the catapults. Armed men rush past, flanking others who carry sheep to safety. Stoick follows up the rear as, overhead, a dragon strafes the rooftops with Napalm-like fire. HICCUP (V.O.) See? Old village. Lots and lots of new houses. The dragons laugh at the damage that they had caused and the remark made just made it hillarious. meanwhile the vikings scowled at the dragons, how dare they mock our villege!VIKING FIRE! In response, the fire brigade charges through the plaza four TEENS, tugging a large wooden cask on wheels. From it, they fill buckets of water to douse the flames. One among them is a cute, energetic Vikin girl. Hiccup leans out of the stall to watch her. HICCUP (V.O.) Oh and that's Fishlegs, Snotlout. The twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut. And... (DREAMY) Astrid. A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and heroic. hiccup blushes furiously, while wolf whistle go around the room. Astrid also blushes lightly, hiding it by cupping her face with her hands and leaning on her knees.HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Their job is so much cooler. Hiccup tries to join them as they pass, but he's hooked by Gobber and hoisted back inside. HICCUP (CONT'D) (PLEADING) Ah, come on. Let me out, please. I need to make my mark. GOBBER Oh, you've made plenty of marks. All in the wrong places. Many of the vikings groaned at some of their, delightful, experiences with hiccup's 'marks'HICCUP Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date. GOBBER You can't lift a hammer. You can't swing an axe... Gobber grabs a bola (iron balls connected by rope). GOBBER (CONT'D) ... you can't even throw one of these. A Viking runs by and nabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it at a dive-bombing Gronkle. The bola binds its legs, sending it into a heavy crash. Hiccup and the dragons wince, the dragons stare at this boy. who is this child? why does he sympathies us? HICCUP (ready with the answer) Okay fine, but... He rushes to the back corner of the stall 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 taking out a Viking at the counter. "sorry about that." hICCUP apologizes, the vikings and dragons laugh at the injury. "hahha not to worry lad." the said viking replies smiling happily. tuffnut gazes at the bola launcher. "AWESOME! hit me next with it!" tuffnut yells at hiccup, "no me!" ruffnut argues. VIKING Arggh! 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. Everyone laughs at Gobber's 'Pep talk'HICCUP (ASTONISHED) But... you just pointed to all of me. GOBBER Yes! That's it! Stop being all of you. "Was that supposed to make me feel better?" Hiccup asked, "lad you should know i always give the best advice." gobber replied smiling. The teens and hiccup burst into laughter, and couldn't stop until they finally noticed gobber's death stare.HICCUP (THREATENING) Ohhhh... GOBBER (MIMICKING) Ohhhhh, yes. HICCUP You, sir, are playing a dangerous game. Keeping this much, raw...Vikingness contained. (BEAT) There will be consequences! Gobber tosses him a sword. GOBBER I'll take my chances. Sword. Sharpen. Now. Hiccup takes it begrudgingly and lobs it onto the grinding wheel. He stews... fantasizing... HICCUP (V.O.) One day I'll get out there. Because killing a dragon is everything around here. EXT. VILLAGE - LOWER PLAINS - CONTINUOUS Nadders land, gathering like seagulls around a seeminglyvacant house. HICCUP (V.O.) A Nadder head is sure to get me at least noticed. The Nadders clamber onto the building, tearing the roof and walls apart. Sheep pour out and SCATTER. The nadders, lift their heads higher and slightly bow to the dragons and vikings, making them all chuckle at their behaviour. Elsewhere, hippo-like Gronckles pick drying racks clean of fish and fly off like loaded pelicans. HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D) Gronckles are tough. Taking down one of those would definitely get me a girlfriend. The gronckles hover slightly and turn in circle giving a dragon smile, making the younger children smile and the vikings laugh at their behaviour. 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 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 The zipplebacks raise their wings and showing off their body and heads looking like a pose. the vikings laughed at their reactions to the attention they were recieving. 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 whips past, spraying the base of the catapult with sticky fire. HICCUP (V.O.) And then there's the Monstrous Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go after those. They have this nasty habit of setting themselves on fire. "how do you make it sound like they're harmless?" Stoic questioned his son. Hiccup just shrinks back into his seat shrugging. Stoic frowns at the action making him feel sad that his own son doesn't treat him like he treats gobber. It emerges from the flames, climbing the catapult with a leering, toothy grin. The monstrous nightmares in the dragon population of the room, get in a crouching position and setting their wings on fire creating a dangerous image.STOICK Reload! I'll take care of this. Stoick takes on the Nightmare, face to 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 ultimate 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. Hiccup Smiles brightly at the familiar screeching sound of his best friend and the familiar reaction of seeing as night fury. 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 going to be the first. Snotlout Bursts into laughter, "useless? kill a nightfury? you have got to be dying to believe that!" snotlout laughs. Hiccup sags a little, but thanks to keeping toothless a secret for a very long time, he had gotten quiet good at acting. his body may have saged but he was grinning ear to ear knowing that he ofr a matter of fact was the first person to shoot down a nightfury. Stoic, only seeing the back of hiccup, frowned at how much negativity and how much he let the other kids pick on him. If only he was stronger, than he could take care of snotlout. The Dragons were slightly annoyed at how the vikings treat their young.HOW DARE THEY! is this how hatchlings are raised, the dragons thought,no hatchling should live here! but why does he stay? this thought was on all the dragons minds as they gazed at this child with wonder and curiosity as the next scene unfolded.