Hey! I'm back for today's chapter which is like… I honestly can't remember… great I'll work it out as I go along or check the story (I usually write on my computer but since it's off I'm using my Ipad any way onto today's chapter! Enjoy!
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Thoughts
"Speech"
[Movie]
"Movie Speech"
Dragon Thoughts
"Dragon Speech"
EXT. DOCKS/OPEN SEA - DAY
[Broken-down catapults and trebuchets are bundled up and
lowered from the cliffs.
Below on the docks, Vikings load the heavy artillery into the
hulls of awaiting ships. Children and the elderly gather to
on the walkways to wave apprehensive farewells to the
departing warriors.
Lastly, Toothless is loaded aboard Stoick's ship, chained
down to a palette, muzzled, and restrained with a weighty
neck ring. He looks exhausted, miserable.]
The mood drops back to depressing, but with a vikings continuing to giggle as they calm down and become depressed again.
Hope sighed… All that hard work for nothing… ah well… still a great moment Hope giggled remembering the meaning of Hiccup's name.
Stoick sighed. If he could change the future he would.
Toothless huffed and glared at Stoick as he didn't appreciate being tied down. Stoick smiled apologetically at the dragon. But he didn't know why he was feeling bad for the beast.
Hiccup looked down miserably, hugged his father (who returned the hug gratefully) and ran back to his friends who all smiled warmly at him.
[Stoick crosses to the bow as the ship pushes off and joins
the amassed armada of ships adrift in the harbor.
Stoick's brow is furrowed, all warmth drained away. He turns
west and glares at the horizon with cold determination.]
STOICK
Set sail! We head for Helheim's
Gate.
[He then notices HICCUP watching from his familiar cliff-side
perch beyond the village. Their eyes meet, full of hurt and
regret. Hiccup slowly shakes his head in warning. Stoick
breaks the stare and turns to Toothless, fuming.]
Stoick sighed "why couldn't I listen to my son" Gobber beside him placed a comforting hand in his shoulder trying in vain to comfort his friend.
Spikelout was thinking up plans of ways to get rid of Snotlout's dragon. Since of cause he was going to get one… but in the back of his mind, dragons weren't so bad anymore, and he sort of wonted one for himself, only to show of cause. Spikelout quickly shook his head clearing his mind of the stupid thought and looked to the screen.
STOICK (CONT'D)
Lead us home, Devil.
Toothless growled quietly at Stoick. Hiccup hearing the noise hit Toothless gently on the side with the back of his hand effectively ceasing the noise.
[ON HICCUP
Watching. He's powerless to stop what is happening, but won't
leave.]
Toothless nudged Hiccup trying to comfort him. Astrid also feeling bad hugged him, pecking his cheek quickly making Hiccup blush.
Hope feeling sad (although already having seen the movie) grasped Hiccup's hand and gently pulled him outside the theatre, with a dangerous glare at the audience daring them to move she closed the door.
The teens stare at each other wondering what was going on.
Meanwhile outside the room Hiccup and Hope walked around her garden, even in the night light it was spectacular. A pond in the middle surrounded by trees, bushes and exotic plants. Little fairies flew around with fireflies lighting the garden. Birds sleepily chirped, night owls hooted watching the duo with fierce eyes.
"Why did you bring me out here?" Hiccup broke the silence of the duo staring at the older girl.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. CLIFFS - LATER
[ON HICCUP
Still standing there. The ships have cleared the horizon.
CRANE UP to reveal Astrid is standing behind him. She
approaches cautiously and stands beside him in silence.]
ASTRID
It's a mess.
[Hiccup doesn't respond.]
ASTRID (CONT'D)
You must feel horrible. You've lost
everything. Your father, your
tribe, your best friend.
Back in the theatre the teens (and a few others) glare at Astrid.
"Are you trying to make him feel bad?" Snotlout shook his head.
Astrid shrugged "how am I supposed to know? It's in the future"
Snotlout rolled his eyes and half-focused back onto the movie. Even though he didn't admit it, he was worried about his cousin. Though he trusted Hope he couldn't get rid of the sick feeling he had deep down in his stomache.
HICCUP
Thank you for summing that up.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Why couldn't I have killed that
dragon when I found him in the
woods. It would have been better
for everyone.
Outside Hiccup looked at Hope confused "so it Toothless going to be alright? A-and my father?"
Hope chuckled "if I tell you something (Hope sighs) you have to promise promise! That you're not going to tell anyone this" Hiccup nodded after a moments hesitation.
"Not even Astrid, dad o-or Toothless?" Hope smiled
"I will allow you to tell Astrid and your father when I completely trust them" Hiccup thought about that for a moment
"So I'm allowed to tell Toothless?" Hope nodded.
ASTRID
Yep. The rest of us would have done
it.
(BEAT)
So why didn't you?
Realisation dawned on Astrid as she realised what she was doing. Fishlegs also had an idea of what Astrid was thinking. Not the greatest idea, but an idea indeed.
[Hiccup just shakes his head - he really doesn't know.
Astrid's eyes glimmer. She wants something.]
Outside Hope clicked her fingers and snow appeared around the garden falling from the sky. Hiccup's mouth dropped open in awe.
Hope smiled, clicked her fingers and the snow stopped lightly blanketing the ground. "you don't have to worry about the others, they're going to be fine. I'm not that mean to bring you here so you can watch your death.. that's just cruel" Hope shook her head.
Hope pulls out a small black and purple stone and placed it in Hiccup's open hand.
Hiccup looked at the stone with confusion.
ASTRID (CONT'D)
Why didn't you?
"Yea why didn't he. That's what we all want to know" the teens nodded in agreement with their friends.
HICCUP
I don't know. I couldn't.
Astrid smiled That's not an answer.
Fishlegs and Astrid shared a smile thinking the same thing.
ASTRID
That's not an answer.
"What is it?" Hiccup looked up at Hope for an answer.
"Now I want you to think about this. This stone grants you the power of becoming a hybrid"
Hiccup frowns not really understanding. Hope rolls her eyes and smiled at Hiccup.
"With this stone you will be able to have another form, a Hybrid form. Where you will have a tail, ears and most importantly wings. You will be half-dragon"
"Will I be able to change back?" Hiccup looks worryingly at Hope.
"Of cause, you can change whenever you like" Hiccup looks at the stone realization dawned in his eyes. He could fly.
"With this stone, it may be a gift but comes with great responsibility" Hope face-palmed. Hiccup stared confusedly at Hope.
"geeze, I pretty much just quoted Spiderman" Hiccup stares at Hope as she waves her hand and laughs "nevermind".
"I will bring you back out here later and ask you for your answer, in the mean time you will promise me that you will think about this offer" Hiccup nods and hands the stone back to Hope as they begin to walk back into the theatre.
HICCUP
(BECOMING IRATE)
Why is this so important to you all
of a sudden?
The twins nod their heads wondering the same thing.
Everyone looks towards the back as Hope and Hiccup walk into the room looking content.
Snotlout's bad feeling went away as he saw his cousin unharmed.
Hiccup smiled at the group as he sat down next to Astrid and Toothless.
ASTRID
Because I want to remember what you
say right now.
HICCUP
(angry, loud)
Oh for the love of - I was a
coward! I was weak. I wouldn't kill
a dragon.
"I honestly don't think that's weak, it's probably stronger than being able to kill a dragon" Everyone turns to look at Hope as she says this.
"being able to do something that has been going on for generations, that everyone can do is easy, doing something different, changing what you do, aka becoming friends with your feared enemy takes more strength then most of you realise"
Hope stops her speech and looks at the screen distracted. The teens picking up on her mood silently look towards the screen, with some of them wondering what she meant, while others (Hiccup) wonder why she was sad.
ASTRID
You said 'wouldn't' that time.
HICCUP
(BLOWS UP)
Whatever! I wouldn't! Three hundred
years and I'm the first Viking who
wouldn't kill a dragon!
Stoick shakes his head. Hiccup was acting more and more like Valka each day.
(BEAT)
ASTRID
First to ride one, though.
[Hiccup blinks. He never looked at it that way before.]
Many others mirror his look.
ASTRID (CONT'D)
So...
HICCUP
(REALIZING)
...I wouldn't kill him because he
looked as frightened as I was.
(BEAT)
I looked at him and I saw myself.
Toothless nods his head feeling the same. Other around him dawned in realization.
[Astrid turns to face the open sea.]
ASTRID
I bet he's really frightened now.
(PROVOKING)
What are you going to do about it?
(Beat.)
HICCUP
Probably something stupid.
ASTRID
Good. But you've already done that.
Another beat.
Gobber groaned and face-palmed. Stoick paled slightly trying not to think of what his son was thinking.
HICCUP
Then something crazy.
[Astrid smiles.]
ASTRID
That's more like it.
Gobber mockingly glared at Astrid who smiled innocently back.
EXT. OPEN SEA/DRAGON ISLAND - DAY
[The armada coasts toward a shroud of heavy fog, hung like
drapes from a low-hanging, ominous sky.
The ships enter, one by one. Visibility drops immediately.
Flanking ships becomes ghosts. The armada disappears, drawn
into the blinding mist. Complete whiteout. Nothing remains
but the eerie creaking of wood on water.
ON STOICK at the bow of his ship. He taps his fingers on the
gunwale, then looks back at Toothless impatiently. Weighed
down with chains, Toothless seems unresponsive.]
Toothless huffed.
STOICK
Sound your positions. Stay within
earshot.
[Shouts pour in from all directions.]
VIKING #1
Here.
VIKING #2
One length to your stern.
VIKING #3
On your starboard flank.
VIKING #4
Three widths to port.
VIKING #5
Ahead, at your bow.
VIKING #6
Haven't a clue.
[ON STOICK straining into the fog as the calls continue.
Massive, jagged sea stacks begin to emerge, threatening to
rip the ships to shreds.
Gobber approaches him, speaking under his breath.]
GOBBER
Listen... Stoick... I was
overhearing some of the men just
now and, well, some of them are
wondering what it is we're up to
here - not me of course, I know
you're always the man with the plan
- but some, not me, are wondering
if there is in fact a plan at all,
what it might be?
Hiccup shook his head smiling slightly.
STOICK
Find the nest and take it.
GOBBER
Ah. Of course. Send them running.
The old Viking fall-back. Nice and
simple.
STOICK
Shhh.
[Stoick notices that Toothless' ear plates are at the alert,
quietly reacting to inaudible sounds.
Stoick crosses to the stern of the ship and grabs the tiller,
moving the helmsman out of the way.]
Toothless and many other dragons whimpered. He was leading Hiccup, his friends, family and village to their deaths.
STOICK (CONT'D)
Step aside.
[Stoick pulls the ship into a turn, covertly following
Toothless' head movements.]
[The ship barely misses a jagged outcrop that suddenly appears
out of the soupy fog.]
VIKING
Bear to port.
[The order is called out from ship to ship.
CRUNCH! The bow barely makes it past another sea stack.
Stoick continues to follow Toothless' cues, undeterred.]
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - DAY
[Hiccup raises the bolt on the Monstrous Nightmare's pen.]
The villages look to each other confused. What was Hiccup doing?
FISHLEGS (O.S.)
If you're planning on getting
eaten, I'd definitely go with the
Gronckle.
Fishlegs smiled.
[Hiccup turns to see his fellow recruits, watching him with
folded arms. Tuffnut steps forward with a scowl.]
TUFFNUT
You were wise to seek help from the
world's most deadly weapon.
(BEAT)
It's me.
Hiccup shook his head smiling, pushing his friend playfully.
HICCUP
Uh...
SNOTLOUT
I love this plan.
Astrid rolled her eyes.
HICCUP
I didn't...
RUFFNUT
You're crazy.
(SULTRY)
I like that.
The teens gave Ruffnut weird looks.
ASTRID
So? What is the plan?
Hiccup smiles to himself realising what his plan was.
[Hiccup smiles, glowing in the support of his friends.]
EXT. FOGGY SEA - DAY
[The ships follow in line through the gauntlet of rocks as
orders are whispered from ship to ship.]
[A dragon head looms out of the fog. The men recoil... only to
discover that it's a wrecked ship, impaled high on a gnarled
sea stack.]
GOBBER
Ah. I was wondering where that
went.
Chuckles murmur around the room, breaking the nervous silence.
[A clicking buzz becomes audible, growing louder. It fills the
sky, converging in one general direction. Stoick sniffs the
air.]
STOICK
Stay low and ready your weapons.
Stoick pales knowing he was going to be the cause of the village's deaths.
[Stoick's ship suddenly JERKS to a halt as the keel burrows
into shallow black sand.
Stoick hops overboard, landing on a sprawling beach. The
BUZZING suddenly STOPS. Above him, a craggy volcano towers
into the gloom.]
STOICK (CONT'D)
We're here.
The dragons stare at the screen like it was the queen herself. They were terrified, not only for their own lives, but for the Vikings to.
[Behind him, several dragon-headed bows pierce the fog.]
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - RING - DAY
[Hiccup steps back from the door, drawing the Monstrous
Nightmare out of its cave. It snorts, stepping into the ring,
calmed by Hiccup's outstretched hand - focused on him.
ON THE TEENS... bewildered, in awe.
Snotlout nervously reaches for a spear laying near his foot.
Astrid stops him.]
The teens smile at Snotlout's action while he sheepishly smiles back at them.
ASTRID
(CORRECTING)
Uh-uh.
[Hiccup slows to a stop in front of the teens, with the
Nightmare inches from his outstretched hand.
He reaches over and grabs Snotlout's trembling hand.]
SNOTLOUT
Wait! What are you...
Snotlout smiles. He was going to bond with Hookfang.
HICCUP
Relax. It's okay... it's okay.
Hiccup replaces his outstretched hand with Snotlout's,
putting him in control of the massive beast. The Nightmare
snorts, but remains calm. Snotlout, by contrast, chuckles
nervously - it's at once terrifying and amazing.
The others watch, spellbound.
Hiccup turns and walks away.
SNOTLOUT
Where are you going?!
Hiccup pulls a bundle of rope from a supply box.
Realization dawns on everyone in the room bar it complete idiots who are too stupid to understand anything (sorry bucket, luv ya).
HICCUP
You're going to need something to
help you hold on.
[The teens eye each other apprehensively, and look up to
reveal...
ALL THE DRAGONS standing in the ring, facing the teens
expectantly.]
The teens smile warmly at each other knowing the plan. They were going to the rescue.
Hiccup was having mixed feelings. Hope said that the 'others' were going to be alright, how hurt was 'alright' and 'others' didn't include him. And he couldn't get the 'offer' out of his head. Did he want to become half-dragon or not?
I'M FINNISHED! Chap 16. Yes I remembered! Should Hiccup become half-dragon, a hybrid? Tell me your thoughts it's up to you guys. You have till the end of this fic (two chapters time) sooner better than later. I've decided to do the series AND the 2nd movie! If I do make Hiccup a hybrid should I change a bit of the series to add in his ability? Anyway till next chapter…
-Hope signing out!