Gobber and the recruits are seated at the top of an abandoned catapult tower, toasting campfire food around a roaring bonfire.
Gobber: ...and with one twist he took my hand and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face. (can't deny it) I was delicious. He must have passed the word, because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg.
"Humans are disgusting, when I bite into Hiccup's foot to save him, I got the taste of blood and I hated that taste so much." Toothless said
Fishlegs: Isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon. Like if your mind was still in control of it you could have killed the dragon from the inside by crushing his heart or something.
"What the fuck are you saying Fishlegs?" Heather asked
Snotlout: I swear I'm so angry right now. I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight, with my face.
"How are you going to get through the scales, skins, muscles, tendons and bone to do that." Gary said
He postures to Astrid. She rolls her eyes.
Gobber (with a mouthful): Un-unh. It's the wings and the tails you really want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon.
"Not all dragons fly." Mala said
"This was back when we didn't know about the other dragons." Gobber said
Hiccup hiding his horrified look from the others. Gobber stands and stretches.
Gobber: Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be too. Tomorrow we get into the big boys. Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. But who'll win the honor of killing it?
He hobbles off. The teens reflect.
Tuffnut: It's gonna be me. It's my destiny. See?
"Tuffnut Abagail LaVerne Thorston when did you get a tattoo! Gertrud shouted as Ruffnut gave off a giggle
"Mom please don't use my full name." Tuffnut whined
"I don't care, when did I give you permission to get a tattoo back then." Gertrud said
"Um dad did it." Tuffnut said as Gertrud glared at her husband who was scared by her glare
"Honey please, Tuffnut wanted one because it's what real Vikings get, Hiccup has a full back Tattoo of his dragon on his back." Arne said
"Hey! Don't bring me into this I got my tattoo when I was eighteen which was the right age to get a tattoo." Hiccup said
"We still not finished this conversation." Gertrud said
Tuffnut rolls up his sleeve to reveal a red dragon on his arm.
Fishlegs: Your mom let you get a tattoo?
"No she didn't and I'm still mad about it." Gertrud said as she glared at Tuffnut who hid down in his seat
Tuffnut: It's not a tattoo. It's a birthmark.
Ruffnut: Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before.
Tuffnut: Yes it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now.
Snotlout: It wasn't there yesterday. Is it a birthmark or a today-mark?
Hiccup gets up and walks away from the group. Astrid watches him as he leaves the bonfire.
Hiccup enters a small room at the back of the stall. It's covered in drawings of weaponry and scale models. He lights a candle and lays his sketchbook out on the desk, opening it to the drawing of Toothless. With a look of determination. Hiccup picks up a charcoal stick and re-draws the missing tail.
"Are you making a prosthetic tail fin so Toothless can fly again?" Mala asked
"Yeah, I felt guilty about what I did to Toothless that I had to get him back to flying again before someone from the tribe finds and kills him or another dragon comes and kills him so I didn't want to take the risk." Hiccup said
... a creaking leather bellows. The stone forge glows with every pump. Tongs pull intricate iron pieces from the coals. They're dropped onto the anvil, twisted, lightly hammered, and dunked in a barrel. The pieces are carried to Hiccup's workbench and laid out in place on a one-to-one schematic. It's a sketch of a mechanical fin.
"You know darling this the first time I have seen you work with your shirt on since you take it off every time you work in the forge that I always find females standing outside watching you work all the damn time." Astrid said
"You always go dry mouth every time you see me shirtless all the time." Hiccup said
"It's those damn muscles of yours." Astrid said as she felt herself go wet
Hiccup arrives, winded, straining under the weight of a full basket. He clicks the scale he found (like a jar top). Toothless approaches, sniffing him.
Hiccup: Hey Toothless. I brought breakfast. I hope you're hungry.
"He's always hungry that he eats quite a lot of fish that other dragons don't get any." Hiccup said
Hiccup drops the basket and kicks it over. Fish spill out.
Hiccup: Okay, that's disgusting.
Toothless approaches, settling in to devour the feast.
Hiccup: Uh..we've got some salmon...
Off screen Toothless ate the same fish with a loud gulp
Toothless swallows it.
Hiccup: ... some nice Icelandic cod...
"That's Toothless favorite fish that I always have to find for him." Hiccup said
Swallows those too.
Hiccup: ... and a whole smoked eel.
When Hiccup said Eels on screen every dragon roared in fright except for the Typhoomerang who just licked it's lips at the delicious meal
"That's right nearly every dragon is afraid of Eels except for the Typhoomerang." Fishlegs said
Toothless nabs it, chews a few times, then spits it out. He shakes his head violently, snorts and scrubs his massive tongue on the sand. Hiccup takes note.
Hiccup: No, no, no! It's okay. Yeah, I don't like eel much either.
"You don't like Eels but your father always made Eel soup." Gobber said
"Not while it was still alive and uncooked." Hiccup said
Toothless focuses on the remainder. With the dragon distracted, Hiccup unwraps his prosthetic fin and opens it like a fan.
Hiccup: Okay. That's it. That's it, just stick with good stuff. And don't you mind me. I'll just be back...here. Minding my own business.
"That's not suspicious at all Hiccup." Heather said
Hiccup cautiously approaches the injured tail, but every time he gets near it, Toothless sweeps it away like a cat.
"Night Fury's act like a cat with what they do." Hiccup said
Hiccup: It's okay.
Hiccup drops a knee on top of the tail. Toothless' head juts up, slows its chewing to a halt.
Hiccup: Okay...okay..
The dragon tenses, slowly spreading his wings. Hiccup straps the prosthetic fin in place. He cinches the straps.
"What's with that look Toothless?" Astrid asked
"I felt something heavy on my tail and I thought I could fly again." Toothless said
Hiccup(pleased): There. Not too bad. It works.
Toothless bolts! He snaps his massive wings and takes to the air, carrying Hiccup with him.
Hiccup: Woah! No! No! No!
"You are really crazy and reckless Hiccup." Astrid said as she saw Hiccup's first reckless stunt
Hiccup struggles to hold on to the tail. As the ground speeds away, Toothless immediately TIPS into a uncontrolled bank and dive.
Hiccup sees the folded fin rattling uselessly in opposition to its flared counterpart. Flap as he may, Toothless can't correct his trajectory. Hiccup swallows his fear and crawls toward the folded prosthetic. He reaches it and yanks it open. The flared, fanlike appendage catches the air, stabilizing the twisting tail.
Hiccup (excited, terrified): It's working!
Toothless arcs just short of the water and climbs... high into the air.
Hiccup: Yes! Yes, I did it.
He glances back at Hiccup, busily holding the tail open while trying to hold on. They're going to crash. Whoomp! Hiccup is suddenly thrown from the tail in the intense force of a turn.
Hiccup: AAAAAGGGGHHHHH!
He bounces across the water's surface and takes a dive. Without Hiccup to operate the tail, Toothless does the same, plunging in a massive cannonball. Hiccup resurfaces, roughed up, but beaming. Toothless appears seconds later.
Hiccup: Yeah!
"That's when I got the idea to make a saddle to control the tail fin so this doesn't happen again." Hiccup said
Gobber: Today is about teamwork. Work together and you might survive.
"Gobber what do you mean might survive are you trying to kill our kids back then." Helga Hofferson said
On a double door. Gas seeps through the cracks. It blasts open. A cloud of smoke engulfs the ring, swirling around the paired-up teens. Astrid with Ruffnut. Snotlout with Tuffnut. Fishlegs with Hiccup. All carry buckets of water, poised to throw them.
"Ah yes. An inexperienced person who hasn't thrown a bucket of water before with the experience people who are part of the firefighters." Mala said
"This could go totally wrong." Throk said
Gobber: Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky. One head breathes gas, the other head lights it. Your job is to know which is which.
"I'm still confused about who Barf and Belch are?" Gary asked
"Barf breathes out green gas while Belch lights it which makes awesome explosions." Tuffnut said
The smoke encircles them, cutting them off from each other. The teens listen and watch for any sign of the dragon.
Fishlegs (muttering to himself): Razor sharp, serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, crushing its victims in its...
"Fishlegs I wouldn't say that when there is a dangerous dragon that is hiding." Heather said
Hiccup (tense): Will you please stop that?
"Even Hiccup snapped at you." Mala said
On Snotlout and Tuffnut. Moving nervously through the fog, back to back. Snotlout is singing to himself to calm his nerves.
Off-screen some people laughed at Snotlout's singing
Snotlout: If that dragon shows either of his faces, I'm gonna- (spotting an approaching shape, terrified) -There!
Snotlout and Tuffnut hurl their water into the fog.
Astrid: Hey!
Ruffnut: It's us, idiots.
Astrid and Ruffnut are soaked.
Tuffnut: Your butts are getting bigger. We thought you were a dragon.
"Well, it's true for Astrid now since her butt is bigger than it used to be." Snotlout said then he got knocked out with Hiccup standing over him as the Twins were shouting that Thor's hammers has returned while the others looked in shock
"Damn, that hurt I forgot how hard his head was." Hiccup said as shake the pain away
Snotlout (to Astrid): Not that there's anything wrong with a dragon-esque figure.
"That's saying they have a fat ass." Throk said
Astrid elbows Snotlout in the face. Ruffnut drops Tuffnut with a punch to the throat.
Astrid: Wait.
They freeze. A tail sweeps out of the fog, taking them down. Their buckets spill.
On Fishlegs and Hiccup coming across them. They see the puddles of spilled water.
Tuffnut: Oh, I'm hurt. I am very much hurt.
There's the famous catchphrase." Gary said
Fishlegs: Chances of survival are dwindling into single digits now...
Hiccup: Look out!
A Zippleback head emerges out of the smoke. Fishlegs hurls his water at it, completely dousing the head. It leers and opens its mouth, spewing gas into the area.
Fishlegs: Oh. Wrong head.
Gas flows around their legs. Fishlegs flees in a panic.
Gobber: Fishlegs!
A clicking sound comes from behind them. Sparks flash in the smoke.
"How did the smoke not go boom when sparks were lit?" Gary asked
Gobber: Now, Hiccup!
The other head sweeps out of the smoke. Hiccup hurls his water with all his might. It arcs and drops short of the dragon's sparking mouth. The dragon grins, savoring the kill.
Hiccup: Oh, come on!
Gobber: RUN, HICCUP!
Gobber covers his eyes.
"Gobber why did you cover your eyes and not help Hiccup with the dragon! Valka shouted
"He was fine." Gobber said
Gobber: Hiccup!
The Zippleback hesitates. sniffs. Then retreats. The teens get to their feet, watching transfixed. Gobber peeks through his fingers to see... The Zippleback backing away from Hiccup. He stands and holds his hands out, as if controlling it.
"See he was fine." Gobber said
"Hiccup how did you make the dragon to back away from you?" Mindin asked
"Oh, you'll see." Hiccup said
Hiccup: BACK! BACK! BACK! Now don't you make me tell you again!
The Zippleback retreats through its door and into its cave, hissing.
Hiccup: Yes, that's right. Back into your cage.
Hiccup slyly open his vest, revealing the spotted smoked EEL from earlier. He tosses it inside the door, then slams it shut.
"That was sneaky, hiding the Eel under your vest." Mindin said
"The stuff I learn from Toothless is what I used in Dragon Training which made me number 1 in the eyes of the village as I was the next dragon killer." Hiccup said
Hiccup: Now think about what you've done.
Hiccup turns to the teens and Gobber. They stare, slack-jawed
Hiccup: Okay! So are we done? Because I've got some things I need to...
"I was trying to hold my laughter in after seeing their faces." Hiccup said
Hiccup jogs out of the ring, past the speechless group.
Hiccup: Yep...see you tomorrow.
Astrid sneers. Something's going on.
"How come Astrid was the only one suspicious of what Hiccup has done." Dagur said as the gang and Gobber just shrugged their shoulders
"Hiccup did you get the Eel out of the cage or did you leave it in there?" Mala asked
"I went back when it was dark and took out the Eel while giving Barf and Belch some fish to eat." Hiccup said