Honestly have no idea on when this is uploading because of my exams nearing, but I'm still gonna write as it helps me take my mind off of a few things
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Duh duh duh were dead -regular text
"useless reptile" -speech text
'That's for everything else' -thought text
You just gestured all of me -film text
"probably something stupid" -film speech text
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Guest: thanks for pointing out the spelling mistake. I'll be sure to take better care in future
Guest(2): ok….. now that's a mental image I could have lived without. Still, thanks for reviewing
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Astrid nodded her head and looked back at the screen unsure on what to expect
EXT. DOCKS - DAWN A lone, battered ship is pulled into a slip, overloaded with equally battered-looking men.
Hiccup flinched at the sight, astrid instantly side hugs him with her left hand around his shoulder and her right hand in his right hand squeezing it to make him feel better. At the same time toothless wraps his wings around them both and nudges hiccup and licks him a bit, both of them telling him it's not his fault and trying to calm him
Everyone watches them worried with the berkians all ashamed. Specially stoick
stoick looks and ingrind and bertha "you both remember the offer that you gave me after valka died"
"that we'll help you take care of hiccup" replied bertha
Ingrind nodded and continued "and give you any advice you might need for parenting him"
They both did so as bertha always thought of hiccup like her own son and ingrind was valka's best friend
Stoick nods "think I can still take you both up on that"
They both look at each other smile and look back at stoick "sure" "of course" came the replies
The others had seen the exchange and smiled. With hiccup specifically feeling a lot better, knowing his father is trying his best to be a better parent then he was before, and it made him calm down
They disembark to a crowd of onlookers, looking like a team of hometown heroes who just had their butts kicked. Gobber hobbles through the MUMBLING crowd to find Stoick - last to disembark and glowering with battered pride.
VIKING "Where are the other ships?"
SPITELOUT "You don't want to know."
Hiccup closes his eyes for a moment but opens them soon not wanting to worry the others-especially astrid, toothless and his dad- any more
Stoick lumbers past Gobber, leaving him staring at the trashed ship. GOBBER "Well, I trust you found the nest at least?"
STOICK "Not even close."
GOBBER "Ah. Excellent."
"what's with you and hiccup being sarcastic all the time" asked mala
"is it like a requirement for the blacksmiths on berk being super sarcastic" question heather not as a joke but a genuine question at this point
"obviously" said both the blacksmiths at the same time causing facepalms and eyerolls all around
Gobber follows Stoick up the ramp and snags his duffle bag with his hook appendage, sharing the burden.
STOICK "I hope you had a little more success than me."
GOBBER "Well, if by success, you mean that your parenting troubles are over with, then... yes." Stoick stops. What does that mean?
"GOBBER!" shouted hiccup "that sounds like I'm -dead!"
"ok, so that came out a bit wrong. So what?" defended gobber
"A BIT!?" exclaimed everyone
A group of merry villagers rush past.
VIKING #1 "Congratulations Stoick! Everyone is so relieved."
VIKING #2 "Out with the old and in with the new, right?!"
VIKING #3 "No one will miss that old nuisance!"
VIKING #4 "The village is throwing a party to celebrate!"
"huh" sighed out hiccup "well I did guess that if I ever ended up dying, the village would celebrate" he mumbled to himself but everyone heard him
"you didn't die" scoffed snotlout but was immediately answered by toothless
"no, but he turned into something he previously wasn't, the old hiccup basically died and was replaced by a new one which everyone loved more" he said glaring at the berkians
Said berkians were looking at the floor in shame and not lifting their heads. Stoick was shouting at himself in his mind about how bad of parent he's been. Astrid was no better, sitting with her arms crossed and her right hand holding her left arm and vice-versa. In-fact she was SO mad at herself she was making her hold on her arms stronger, hurting herself. Till hiccup noticed this
He immediately makes her let go of her arms (kind of a weird sentence) "stop. Your hurting your self" he said worried for her
She mumbled guiltily "not as much as I hurt you"
Hiccup wanted to say something to comfort her, but he knew that she'll not stop feeling that way till she comes over her guilt. The best he could do for now was to put his right arm around her and side hug her, astrid didn't stop him, in-fact she leaned her head on his shoulder
the only thoughts filled in the room were negative thoughts
'after how bad I've treated him all these years, he'll always hate me' thought fish, ruff, tuff and snot
'me being a neglectful father ended up being a torture for hiccup, I've put him through SO much, what if he never wants me near him? What if he doesn't want to acknowledge me as his father anymore? I've failed him and valka' was repeating in stoick's mind
'I wasn't able to be a good friend, I failed your son when he needed me most, I'm sorry val' thought ingrind holding her head in her hands
'I should have returned to berk after getting the dragons to trust me, even if I couldn't change their minds I could've saved hiccup at the least' thought valka sadly
'I'm the most worst, worst, WORST person in the world, he was always so nice to me, trusted me, I was his only friend and he always saw me not for my skills or beauty. But for who I really was. I say I love him, but the way I've treated him, tortured him, even if he did love me once. He'll never do it again. And it's all my fault' thought astrid closing her eyes to prevent any tears from escaping
Meanwhile, param clenched both his fists before bringing his hands up to his face and rubbing it "mind reading is such a curse sometimes" he groaned, loud enough for only the gods seating with him to listen
"then don't read thi-" started loki but stopped at param's glare realising "oh right, you can't stop reading minds in this place"
"just seating here listening to them is hard enough as it is" he said pinching his nose bridge "but knowing that everything turns out fine AND still not being able to tell them that to cheer their mood is just-" he let's out a heavy sigh
"really is one of the harder parts of your job" said thor while putting a hand on his shoulder
Param nods but doesn't say anything
Stoick is stunned, overwhelmed by the insensitivity. He turns to Gobber.
STOICK "He's... gone?"
GOBBER "Yeah…...most afternoons."
Everyone glared at gobber, before he could defend stoick punched him in the face
"you gave me a heart attack" he exclaimed
Gobber-for once-took the smart option and stayed quite
"But who can blame him? I mean the life of a celebrity is very rough. He can barely walk through the village without being swarmed by his new fans."
Stoick is doubly confused. STOICK "Hiccup?"
"has hard as it is to believe. yes" said dagur earning a few glares
GOBBER (beaming) "Who would've thought, eh? He has this...way with the beasts."
Toothless opened his mouth to protest but gobber cut him-off "I know, I know, your not a beast" toothless is satisfied by it
EXT. SKY - AFTERNOON CUT TO: Toothless and Hiccup soar through a perfect blue sky. Billowing clouds rise like mountains. The ground seems miles below them.
fear Immediately fills everyone in the room
"hiccup what are you doing that high up!?" questioned a worried stoick
"well, since the entire thing was done we needed a test flight to see if it worked" answered hiccup
"that does NOT justify being that high in the air" said snotlout surprising everyone
HICCUP "Okay there bud, we're gonna take this nice and slow."
"your asking a NIGHTFURY to go slow?" said drago raising an eyebrow
Hiccup checks a leather cheat sheet, clipped onto his harness. Inscribed upon it are several tail positions and their pedal position equivalents.
"you drew his tail positions" asked rhyker
"a cheat sheet" stated hiccup "to make things easier" he continued
Toothless scoffed "ya right. The only thing it accomplished was-" was all he could say before hiccup knocked him out with the chin scratch trick
"what was he about to say" asked astrid narrowing her eyes on hiccup
"n-no-nothing" he replied, astrid kept her eyes on him before looking back at the screen
HICCUP (CONT'D) "Here we go. Here we go...position three, no four."
He presses the pedal, causing the tail to flare. They roll off into an arcing bank, gloriously lit by the late afternoon sun. Hiccup tucks tight against his neck, thrilled that his new harness and vest are holding. The foot controls make the tail appendage quick and responsive. He watches Toothless' every fluctuation, trying to match it with the prosthetic. Hiccup sizes up a target - a towering arch of stone, rising from the sea.
HICCUP (CONT'D) "Alright, it's go time. It's go time."
They dive toward it, lining up to pass through the arch.
HICCUP (CONT'D) "Come on. Come on buddy. Come on buddy!" They zip through the arch. A perfect maneuver.
HICCUP (CONT'D) "Yeah! Yes, it worked!"
The good guys and dragon cheer at this. Even viggo is impressed so far
The triumph is short-lived. They smack into one of several sea stacks as Hiccup tries to keep up with the turns.
The cheers stop
HICCUP (CONT'D) "Sorry." They hurtle into another rock pillar. Toothless grumbles.
HICCUP (CONT'D) "My fault." Toothless swats him with his 'ear' plate.
HICCUP (CONT'D) "Yeah, yeah, I'm on it."
"even while flying your clumsy" snorted tuffnut, many agree
(referring to the cheat sheet) "Position four, no three."
They pierce the clouds. For the first time, Hiccup can see the whole of the island below them. It shrinks with every passing second.
Everyone's in awe at the sight, the dragons(and valka) are proud at hiccup for his first flight
He SWALLOWS hard and tightens his grip on the handles. HICCUP (CONT'D) "Yeah! Go baby! Yes! Oh, this is amazing! The wind in my..." He spots the leather guide tearing free in the turbulence. HICCUP (CONT'D) (panicked) "... CHEAT SHEET! STOP! "
Hiccup grabs frantically for the airborne sheet... HICCUP (CONT'D) "No!"
... and NABS IT before it's carried out of reach. Toothless, however, obeys the command and suddenly STOPS beating his wings. As they slow to a stop, Hiccup goes weightless. The rings of his vest float off of the harness hooks. Hiccup suddenly finds himself detached, free-falling.
HICCUP (CONT'D) "Oh gods! Oh no! "
Without Hiccup, the tail loses control. Hiccup and Toothless spiral downward.
"Hiccup! Toothless!" was shouted through out the room
Stoick, valka and gobber pale white as ghosts and grip their seats so hard they start breaking the handles
Astrid is no better and grabs hold of hiccup's right arm with both her hands in a death grip, causing the boy to wince in pain
Toothless FIGHTS to get back under Hiccup. HICCUP (CONT'D) (trying to calm Toothless) "Alright, okay. You just gotta kinda angle yourself. No, no...come back down towards me. Come back down- "Hiccup extends his arms and legs, giving himself as much surface area as he can. He angles back towards Toothless as the tumbling dragon WHACKS Hiccup with his wing.
The group turns their face towards hiccup "you're in the middle of falling to your death, AND YOUR TRYING TO CALM HIM!?" snotlout shouted the question everyone had in their minds
After a few more misses, Hiccup finally GRABS HOLD of the harness and manages to lock in - just in time to pull Toothless out of his dive... barely shy of the tree tops. They careen past the wooded cliff
Everyone sighs "good, their safe" said astrid loosening her death grip on hiccup's arm
and directly into a treacherous slalom course of jutting sea stacks.
"no their not!" exclaimed agnar, causing astrid to tighten her grip again which in turn causes hiccup to wince again
Hiccup pulls the cheat sheet from his teeth and attempts to check positions. It flaps violently in the turbulence, making it impossible. With no time to think, Hiccup throws it away and steers Toothless' tail on instinct... with perfect intuition. Together, they manage a tight, hair-rasing series of split second turns, making it to the open water, unscathed. Hiccup takes a breath and glances back at the death-defying obstacle course, now safely behind them.
Everyone is amazed and shocked at the team work and by how perfectly in synch they are
He beams, relieved. He sits back and throws his arms up in victory. HICCUP (CONT'D) "YEEAHHH!"
Cheers erupt in the room
Toothless concurs with a happy SQUEAL and a fireball. Hiccup's glee turn to dread as they fly directly into it. ON HICCUP'S FACE HICCUP (CONT'D) "Ah, come on."
Everyone laughs a bit as the tension is gone.
Hiccup turns to look at astrid "you mind loosening up your grip a bit, I'd like to feel my arm again"
Astrid let's go looking at him apologetically….only for moment before her expression turns to an angry one and she punches his shoulder HARD "ouch!" exclaimed hiccup causing the group to look at them
"YOU CRAZY RECKLESS IDIOTIC KNUCKLEHEAD WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?" she shouted, her body shaking a bit
Hiccup held his hands up defensively "i-i-It was only a t-test flight! I d=di-didn't think it wou-" he managed to say before astrid cut him off
"OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T THINK AT ALL! YOU COULD HAVE DIED" she said on the verge of tearing up
Hiccup's expression turned soft and he moved to hug astrid, who let him embrace her and hugged him back. Tightly.
At this point everyone looked away to give them some privacy (or in snot's case being pulled away by his parents)
After a bit astrid calms down, hiccup apologises and they continues watching
EXT. BLACK SAND BEACH - SUNSET Hiccup and Toothless lounge on a sprawling, deserted beach, snacking of freshly caught fish. As Hiccup cooks his over a fire, Toothless suddenly regurgitates a fish head. Hiccup smirks with forced politeness.
Heather pales "please tell me you didn't….."
HICCUP "Uh..no thanks." (gesturing to his fish on a stick) "I'm good."
She sighed in relief "oh thank thor"
Several Terrible Terrors land like seagulls, hissing and nipping at each other as they approach Toothless' pile of fish. One grabs the regurgitated fish head and drags it away. Another attempts to steal it from him. They face off and last fire balls at each other to settle the fight. Hiccup and Toothless watch, amused. That is until... Toothless spots one of his fish leaving the pile. A stealthy Terrible Terror is exposed as the thief. They tug on the fish, and it snaps back into Toothless' mouth. He swallows it back tauntingly.
"greedy huh?" hiccup asked toothless, who just huffed
Irate, the little dragon paws at the ground and blast Toothless. He opens his mouth, the gas hiss comes, and Toothless fires a tiny flame straight into its mouth, causing the gas to backfire into the little dragon. It coughs up smoke and staggers away, looking ill.
Everyone laughs a bit at this
Hiccup laughs. HICCUP (CONT'D) "Not so fireproof on the inside, are you?"
"remember that!" shouted loki "it will be important later on!"
Hiccup throws the hapless Terror his freshly cooked fish. HICCUP (CONT'D) "Here you go."
The appreciative little dragon gulps down the meal and approaches Hiccup cautiously. He curls up next to him. Hiccup is amazed. HICCUP (CONT'D) (pensive) "Everything we know about you guys is wrong."
Everyone's amazed at this. Stoick is getting more convinced by the moment that dragons are good. But he still can't forget the incident with valka.
Speaking of her, she's proud of her son uncovering the truth, she's starting to get her hopes up, maybe berkians and dragons can live together
Hiccup carefully pets him... sending the Terror into an immediate, blissful sleep.
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - HICCUP'S CLOSET - NIGHT HICCUP is lost in thought, his head laid of a desk full of Toothless drawings. Burdened with the weight of the world. Suddenly, STOICK appears in the doorway. Hiccup jumps and quickly covers up his desk.
HICCUP "Dad! You're back!" He skirts the bench, blocking Stoick's view of Toothless, the prosthetic fin, and other drawings. HICCUP (CONT'D) "Gobber's not here, so..." He strikes an awkwardly casual pose, trying to cover up as much as possible.
Stoick facepalms "how did I not notice anything" he muttered
The group chuckled a bit
STOICK "I know. I came looking for you. "
HICCUP (caught) "You did?"
STOICK (stern) "You've been keeping secrets."
Everyone got serious, did stoick know about toothless
Stoick just face palmed again "damn it I was so close to finding out"
"so you didn't know about toothless?" asked agnar
Stoick shook his head "no I didn't. Probably a good thing, I would probably over-react as I don't know the full picture". Everyone agreed
Hiccup's legs give out. He slides, dragging the table's contents with him. HICCUP "I...have?"
STOICK ":Just how long did you think you could hide it from me?"
HICCUP (in vain) "I don't know what you're..."
STOICK "Nothing happens on this island without me hearing about it."
HICCUP "Oh?"
"except you don't know that it was us who destroyed your house in that one raid" exclaimed tuffnut proudly, ruffnut facepalmed as the others glare at them
STOICK "So." (beat) "Let's talk about that dragon." Blood drains from Hiccup's face.
HICCUP "Oh gods. Dad I'm so sorry. I was going to tell you. I just didn't know how to-"
Stoick starts laughing. Big, booming. Hiccup stares, baffled. HICCUP (CONT'D) "You're not...upset?"
STOICK "What?! I was hoping for this!"
HICCUP "Uh...you were?"
"wait what" said a baffled alvin "yer were hoping for yer runt son to train a dragon"
STOICK "And believe me, it only gets better! Just wait til you spill a Nadder's guts for the first time." Hiccup's elated expression sinks.
Realization hits alvin "ohhhhhh….."
STOICK (CONT'D) "And mount your first Gronckle head on a spear. What a feeling!" Stoick laughs and smacks Hiccup on the shoulder, sending him into the wall.
Stoick sighs heavily, really wanting to punch himself
STOICK (CONT'D) "You really had me going there, son. All those years of the worst Viking Berk has ever seen! Odin, it was rough. I almost gave up on you!" Hiccup gets back up, grimacing in the irony of it all.
Stoick smashes his head down at the table in-front of him(…. Wait when did that get there?) "kill me right now" he muttered
Hiccup sighs "dad I know you didn't mean it like that, your not good with words and that's ok. Plus I've already forgiven you for everything"
Stoick sighs "wish I could forgive myself"
Valka watches the interaction closely. While she's mad at how stoick's been acting with hiccup, she's happy to see the change in his approach
STOICK (CONT'D) "And all the while, you were holding out on me! Thor almighty!" Stoick grabs a stool and sits. His massive frame nearly fills the tiny room.
STOICK (CONT'D) (relieved) "Ahhhhh. With you doing so well in the ring, we finally have something to talk about." Pregnant pause. Hiccup averts his eyes nervously. Stoick adjusts, awkwardly clearing his throat.
"awkward" said the twins together
After a long, uncomfortable silence...
STOICK (CONT'D) "Oh, I... brought you something." He presents a horned helmet. STOICK (CONT'D) "To keep you safe in the ring."
HICCUP (sincere) "Wow. Thanks." Hiccup accepts it, looking it over.
Everyone felt a bit happy for hiccup
STOICK "Your mother would've wanted you to have it." (heartfelt) "It's half of her breast plate."
Now everyone suddenly felt a bit awkward, a few even stifling their laughter
'I'm sorry. WHAT!?' thought out valka
"now, before anyone says anything" said stoick glancing at the people around him "what I meant was, that we took a piece of her armour, melted it, and re-casted it in the shape of a helmet"
'ok, that's a bit better… but still!' thought you-know-who
"like I said before" started hiccup "Vikings in general, are not the best at wording things" he saw gobber opening his mouth to say something "YES! THAT INCLUDES ME!" he answered before he asked
Stoick taps his own helmet and smiles. STOICK (CONT'D) "Matching set. Keeps her close, y'know?" Hiccup eyes the mismatched helmets, grimacing.
STOICK (CONT'D) "Wear it proudly. You deserve it. You've held up your end of the deal." Stoick beams with pride. Hiccup squirms.
"how was that a deal" questioned the skrill "only one end got what they wanted"
Everyone was a bit shocked at seeing a skrill, as they were pretty rare dragons and thought to be extinct. Dagur was jumping in joy at seeing one, as it was the symbol of his tribe
He forces a YAWN. HICCUP "I should really get to bed."
STOICK (talking over each other) "Yes! Good! Okay. Good talk. We should do this again. I'm glad I stopped by, I hope you like the hat." HICCUP (talking over each other) "See you back at the house. Great. Thanks for stopping by. And for the... the uh, breast hat"
Everyone stifled their laughs at this(except a few who just straight up burst out laughing)
STOICK "Well..uh..good night." Stoick leaves the room awkwardly, leaving Hiccup looking more burdened than ever.
"are all your conversations always this awkward" asked astrid
"nope" hiccup replied and continued "I'd say that's one of our LEAST awkward conversations. Easily top 3"
Hearing this everyone felt bad for hiccup and stoick
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - AFTERNOON A Gronckle hovers above the ring, hunting victims as the teen recruits scramble.
"well, were almost reached the present point" said bertha
Astrid ducks behind a barrier to find Hiccup already there. She forces her axe at his throat.
ASTRID "Stay out of my way! I'm winning this thing."
"Please do, by all means" said hiccup genuinely
HICCUP "Please, by all means."
Everyone laughs a bit on the similarities
She darts off, CLOSING FAST on the dragon. The crowd above cheers her on.
VIKING IN CROWD "You got it Astrid!"
Hiccup stands and looks around. Amidst the crowd of onlookers, Stoick watches keenly, beaming with pride. He locks eyes with Hiccup, giving him a nod of encouragement. Hiccup adjusts his new helmet and forces a half-hearted smile. Unbeknownst to Hiccup, the Gronckle spots him and makes a bee line toward him.
Everyone turns to look at meatlug "What!? The last time he had dragon nip!" she defended
BACK TO ASTRID ... as she catches her breath behind a barrier. She scowls, focused, determined. ASTRID "This time. This time for sure"
He glances at astrid next to him "ya….. sorry about that"
She shakes her head saying it's fine and she was just being a sore looser
With a FIERCE BATTLE-CRY she LEAPS from cover, axe cocked to throw. ASTRID (CONT'D) "Aaaaaaaaaa..."
And as she clears the barriers, she sees that Hiccup has already laid the Gronckle out. ASTRID (CONT'D) "...aaaaaaauGGGGGHHHHHHHH! No! No!"
Hiccup shrugs, as unhappy with the situation as she is. ASTRID (CONT'D) "NO! NO! SON OF HALFTROLL RAT EATING MUNGE BUCKET!"
Astrid realizes what the implications of what she said was and hides her face in her hands
Stoick glances back at her and chuckles a bit "don't worry lass, I'm not mad at you"
She slowly removes her hands
"that being said, do try to control your anger in the future" he said firmly
Astrid gulps and nods. Hiccup puts an arm around her shoulder and re-assures her that his dad was not mad
A loud CLACK ring out. From the crowd above, Gothi, the village elder, steps forward, tapping her staff. Everyone lights up excitedly.
STOICK "Wait! Wait!"
HICCUP "So, later." Gobber snags Hiccup as he attempts to leave.
"again with lifting me from the back of my shirt" groaned hiccup, causing the others to laugh
GOBBER "Not so fast."
HICCUP "I'm kinda late for-"
ASTRID (livid) "What? Late for what exactly?"
"uh-oh, she's getting madder by the minute" said gobber
Stoick holds out his hands to silence the jabbering crowd.
STOICK "Okay quiet down. The elder has decided."
Thrilled, Gobber stands behind Hiccup and Astrid. He points to Astrid as the crowd waits in silent anticipation.
Gothi shakes her head 'no.' The crowd 'Oooohs.' Gobber then points to Hiccup. The elder nods an affirmative 'yes.' The crowd erupts in cheers. Astrid turns a seething, deadly glare on Hiccup.
"hiccup, I wish you good luck" said agnar "my daughter get's her competitiveness and anger from me, so this might end up unpleasently"
Hiccup and astrid look at each other and then at toothless. All three say "welllll….." trailing off
"oh dear" sighed out ingrin, not even wanting to know what happened
GOBBER "You've done it! You've done it, Hiccup! You get to kill the dragon!"
STOICK 'Ha, ha! That's my boy!"
Hiccup is hoisted onto the recruits' shoulders and carried out to the cheering spectators...
HICCUP (masking panic) "Heh, heh. Oh yeah! Yes! I can't wait. I am so..."
EXT. HIDDEN COVE - DUSK HICCUP "... leaving."
Moment of silence. Before all the berkians except astrid shout "WHAT!?"
Ya….. so turns out I will upload before my exams…oh well. And since it's a tradition at this point.(4382 words)
