Hope signing in for Chapter 5. I'm in a good mood I might post two chapters today :). Don't forget to tell me what you think of the chapter. Enjoy!
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Thoughts
"Speech"
[Movie]
"Movie Speech"
Dragon Thoughts
"Dragon Speech"
VIKING #6 (O.S.)
Hiccup, where are you going!
VIKING #7
Come back here!
HICCUP
I know. Be right back!
"You believed me?" .The Vikings look away sheepish.
[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 them. The
surprised Nadders are caught. Stoick and his men rush in.
A Nadder blasts a hole through its net. Stoick leaps onto it,
clamping his thick arms around its head, forcing its jaws
shut.]
Astrid scowls as she likes Nadders.
STOICK
Mind yourselves! The devils still
have some juice in them.
The trio growl lowly barely hearable in sync with the dragons.
We're not devils.
They're not devils.
[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 onto a chamber and then pivots the weapon on
a gimbal head toward the dark sky.
He listens, with his eye pressed to the scope, hand poised on
the trigger. He hears the NIGHT FURY approaching... and turns
his aim to the defense 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 something to shoot at.
Hiccup hangs his head and tries to make himself small against Toothless. I shot him down now he can't fly without me.
Toothless croons, nudges Hiccup and licks him on the face.
"Ugh gross! Toothless!"
Astrid and Hope stifle their giggles.
[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
a WHACK and a SCREECH.]
The Village grow quiet and stare at the boy he really hit it.
"That's my boy" Stoick boomed proud. Hiccup looks sheepish.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
(surprised, then elated)
Oh I hit it! Yes, I hit it! Did
anybody see that?
Hiccup wraps his arms around Toothless "I'm so sorry bud, so sorry". Toothless in response whacks Hiccup on the head with his tail to knock Hiccup out of the mood.
Astrid giggles. "Thanks bud I needed that"
"You're welcome".
[Hiccup's victory is short-lived. A Monstrous Nightmare
appears, slithering up over the lip of the cliff.]
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Except for you.
The Twins laugh. Stoick looks confused How does he do that, how is that funny?
[ON STOICK, holding down the netted Nadders. He hears a
familiar HOLLER and looks up to see...
HICCUP running through the PLAZA, SCREAMING, with the
NIGHTMARE fast on his heels.
Snotlout joins in the laughter as well as Astrid. "you scream like a little girl".
"I hate to admit it but Snotface's right you do scream like a girl". Hiccup pouts making Astrid giggle.
Alarmed, Stoick abandons the Nadders and runs off.]
STOICK
(to his men, re: the NADDERS)
DO NOT let them escape!
Astrid, Hiccup and the Twins chant quietly "Let them escape, let them escape" but for different reasons.
[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.
He turns back to find it leering at him, blocking his 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 (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.]
The trio wince at every hit and Hiccup sends to Nightmare an apologetic smile.
The Nightmare shudders, that Viking is not to be messed with, he's strong.
HICCUP (V.O.)
Oh, and there's one more thing you
need to know...
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Sorry, dad.
All dragons and I mean ALL stare at Hiccup in pity. Not even dragons treated their young as bad as the hatchling was treated.
EXT. VILLAGE - UPPER PLAZA - CONTINUOUS
[The escaped Nadders fly past with sheep in their clutches.
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. I mean I really 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
-STOP! Just...stop.
Hope yells disgusted "Rude!"
[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 upon him.]
HICCUP
Between you and me, the village
could do with a little less
feeding, don't ya think?
The trio nods their heads in agreement with some of the dragons and some other villages.
[A few rotund Vikings stir self-consciously.]
A few do the same as the Vikings on the screen.
"Seriously how many of you can look down and see your feet!"
STOICK
This isn't a joke, Hiccup!
(EXASPERATED)
Why can't you follow the simplest
orders?
"Who said it was a joke?". Stoick looks down in shame.
HICCUP
I can't stop myself. I see a dragon
and I have to just... kill it, you
know? It's who I am, Dad.
STOICK
You are many things, Hiccup. But a
dragon killer is not one of them.
"Thank you for agreeing with me for once" Hiccup smiles and gives his father the thumbs up.
Something is really wrong with my son. Stoick and the villages don't notice the Nightfury near the trio.
[Sting. Hiccup looks around to see many nods of agreement.]
STOICK (CONT'D)
Get back to the house.
(TO GOBBER)
Make sure he gets there. I have his
mess to clean up.
"How is it his mess?" Hope stands up "I agree with the dragons, how is it Hiccup's mess?" Stoick opens his mouth to speak but looks away sheepish.
"I thought so" and she sits back down and the movie continues.
[Stoick lumbers off in the opposite direction.
Gobber leads Hiccup through the walk of shame. They pass the
teen fire brigade as they snicker.]
TUFFNUT
Quite the performance.
SNOTLOUT
I've never seen anyone mess up that
badly. That helped!
HICCUP
Thank you, thank you. I was
trying, so...
[Hiccup avoids Astrid's glare and heads up toward a large
house, standing prominently on the hill above the others.]
Astrid looks sheepish "Sorry Hiccup". Hiccup hugs Astrid in thanks for the apology.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
I really did hit one.
GOBBER
Sure, Hiccup.
HICCUP
He never listens.
GOBBER
Well, it runs in the family.
Both haddocks huff.
HICCUP
And when he does, it's always with
this... disappointed scowl. Like
someone skimped on the meat in his
sandwich.
(MIMICKING STOICK)
Excuse me, barmaid. I'm afraid you
brought me the wrong offspring. I
ordered an extra-large boy with
beefy arms. Extra guts and glory on
the side. This here. This is a
talking fish bone.
GOBBER
You're thinking about this all
wrong. It's not so much what you
look like. It's what's inside that
he can't stand.
Beat.
The trio stare. Gobber looks away sheepishly "it sounded better in my head". Hiccup rolls his eyes.
HICCUP
Thank you, for summing that up.
They reach the doorway.
GOBBER
Look, the point is, stop trying so
hard to be something you're not.
[Hiccup SIGHS heavily.]
HICCUP
I just want to be one of you guys.
[Gobber eyes him sympathetically. Hiccup turns and goes
through the front door.
And straight out the back door. He hurries off into the
woods, determined.]
"You went out there?!" Stoick glares at his son.
"So? You wouldn't care, you rarely do!" Hiccup turns away from his father and looks wildly at the screen waiting for it to start.
Toothless growls at the boys' father.
FINNISHED! Chapter 5 down pat. Did you like it? Review and tell me.
Till next time…
-Hope signing off!