A/N Hi everyone! So sorry an update took so long again this time! What I've learned: never assume you'll have more time available once the current thing taking up most of it ends, because something else always come along to replace it. I also had a bit of an issue regarding access to this account, but that should be fixed now.

So, I know I said the characters do watch everything even if it isn't shown. Ted's daydream at breakfast has to be the exception to that rule. I get enough second-hand embarrassment just watching that scene where it's just his mother and grandmother. This is way worse. It'd violate a kid's privacy in front of an entire theater of people, and embarrass both Ted and Audrey so much...I just can't do it. So, just assume that part has been edited out of the movie.

Anyway, thank-you all so much for being so patient and leaving such nice reviews. Hope you enjoy!

Ted got up and rushed to the door. "Alright, cool," he said. "Hey, I gotta run. I gotta go do…a thing…so…I'll see you guys."

Astrid sighed, remembering Hiccup's terrible excuses to go see Toothless. Honestly, How was she the only one who'd found him suspicious?

Mrs. Wiggins stopped him. "Whoa whoa whoa! You're not going anywhere, young man."

Jane Kangaroo looked up at that. Did she know he was about to go somewhere dangerous?

"It's Sunday. You know what that means? Family time. And we're all playing board games!"

"What are board games?" asked Morton.

"It's a game that you play on a setup called a…board?" said North.

"Sounds boooar-ing," said Snoutlout.

Ted's face fell, not escaping the notice of his grandmother. "But-" he protested. The screen cut to the three playing a scrabble-like game as Grammy Norma slowly deliberated her next move, much to Ted's frustration.

"Mom, seriously, every turn?" Mrs. Wiggins asked, also frustrated.

"Just like Dad does when we play board games!" said one of Ned's daughters.

"What? No I don't!" he protested.

"Yes, you do," the rest of his family replied collectively.

"Hey, back off!" Norma replied. She returned to surveying the board. "Oooh! No."

Ted's head hit the table.

Faint giggles sounded throughout the room.

Although the frustration was well understood, several characters still looked at the screen longingly, wishing they'd had a chance to do something like this with their own families.

Mrs. Wiggins, apparently having had enough, stood up. "Okay, Family Time is over! It is now Personal Time. I'll be in my room!"

The Once-ler smiled, wondering if Norma had done this intentionally.

Mrs. Wiggins climbed some very Dr. Seuss-style stairs. Ted turned to suddenly find Grammy Norma's face right next to his. "Whoa!"

Thus proven right, the Once-ler nodded, feeling a little pleased with himself.

"I knew I could break her. Go!" said Norma.

Several laughs filled the theater.

She gestured to the door. "Go see him."

Ted smiled, realizing what she meant. "Oh yeah! You rule! Thank you, Grammy!"

The scene cut to Ted riding his scooter on his way to the town exit. Upon turning into an alley, he slammed into someone and fell off.

"Ouch," commented Gobber.

He looked up at Mooney and McGurk, the former of whom sipped from a tiny O'hare's Air can before crushing it with his fingers. They stepped aside to reveal O'hare.

"Don't you have anything better to do besides harassing some kid?" The Duke of Wesselton asked O'hare.

Mooney and McGurk helped O'hare climb down from his car. "Hey, Ted, right?" asked O'hare. He signed some document and stuck his pen in Mooney's hand.

"Uh…Mr. O'hare," said Ted, a bit creeped out.

Mooney and McGurk closed in, completely sealing off the alley as O'hare placed a hand on Ted's shoulder.

"Hey!" called Mrs. Wiggins, alarmed to see this happening to her son.

"So I hear you've become interested in trees," said O'hare. "What's that all about?"

Ted chuckled nervously. "Oh, um…where'd you hear that?" he asked.

O'hare smiled. "Oh, Teddy, there's not much that goes on in Thneedville that I don't know about."

Stoick frowned, remembering a similar thing he'd said to Hiccup not long before. Sure, he hadn't truly meant it in a threatening way, but…was that how it had sounded to Hiccup?

"Here's the deal," said O'hare. "I make a living selling fresh air to people. Trees, oh, they make it for free. So when I hear people talk about them, I consider it kind of a threat to my business."

"That doesn't even make sense," said the Tooth Fairy. "Plants add oxygen to the atmosphere. That should help the pollution problem a little bit, but not remove it."

"It's worse than that," said Dr. LaRue. "Too much oxygen in the atmosphere can be nearly as troublesome for organic lifeforms. In fact, it makes such a good fuel for fire the results would be…spontaneous combustion!"

"...uh huh…" said Gobber, looking rather uncomfortable.

In the back of the theater, a dark laugh sounded. The Who scientist had unknowingly provided the perfect opportunity for Pitch Black. "There was once an age in Earth's history where that was the case," he began.

"Here we go…" groaned North.

"Fires blazed all around, and the land was dominated by creatures that breathed through their skin…" Pitch continued, as though he was telling a story around a campfire.

"What does he mean?" asked Rudy.

Jack, with his face in his palm, sighed. "He means Earth was once covered in giant…bugs."

"I guess the natural history museums tend to be more interested in showing Dinosaurs instead," said Bunny.

"I can kinda see why!" said Anna.

"Come on," said Ted. "I don't even know what you're talking about, I…"

O'hare, furious, got right in Ted's face. "Listen to me, boy. Don't go poking around in things you don't understand. Or I'll be your worst nightmare!

"Whoa," said Hiccup.

"I'm Frankensteins's head, on a spider's body!"

"...What?" asked the Duke of Wesselton.

"It…it made more sense in my head" said O'hare.

Ted nodded, trying not to freak out.

"How much longer are we going to spend on this?" asked Aunt Grizelda.

"Shut up!" said Snotlout.

A/N Hi again! I'm sorry; I know that was a pretty awkward spot to end it. The part that comes next has something I wanted to handle really well, so I decided it'd be better to save to for the next chapter than to delay this one even more.

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to say this is still on indefinite hiatus, at very least until summer of 2025. Hopefully the next wait won't be as long as this one, though!

Thanks for reading, and Happy New Year!