I'm baaaack!~ *silence* Well, you don't have to be that exited.
So, here is the last chapter! This was origanally going to be five chapters, but the marks I had put to remember where each chapter ends got lost during beta-ing (is that a word?) and I'm too lazy to find those spots now, so here's one massive chapter. And when I say massive, I mean 15 freaking pages.
So enjoy!
EXT. DRAGON MOUNTAIN - CONTINUOUS
With his tail impaired, Cloudjumper struggles against a throng of oncoming dragons. Valka is knocked off, but manages to cling to her dragon's neck.
As she loses her grip and FALLS...
Stoick LEAPS from Skullcrusher and CATCHES Valka. He sinks his axe into an icy column, and they slide to a safe landing.
Drago's Bewilderbeast presses closer, sniffing them out.
"Nice rescue." commented Kat
BACK TO HICCUP, spotting Drago on the battlefield, commanding the Bewilderbeast to finish the job.
HICCUP STOP! Stop!
Hiccup lands Toothless a few paces from Drago and brazenly removes his helmet. Drago eyes him, incredulous, then begins to CHUCKLE.
DRAGO This... is the great dragon master? The son of Stoick the Vast? What shame he must feel.
Toothless snarls, ready to blast, but Hiccup calms him with a hand gesture.
"You should have left him kill him." muttered Rose grumpily.
"I'll agree with her on that one." added Kat. "Off with his head!"
"Indeed, Queensie. Now, doth thou knowst 'Why a raven is like a writing desk?' " Pag asked.
The hooded figure was given strange looks.
"What? We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." Pag said airly. "Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly. Like a tea-tray in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle... twinkle..." Pag mumbled a bit, ignoring the Vikings and dragons alike that had been scooting away from the Ravenclaw color clad person, before saying aloud,"I want tea now." and wandered off to make tea.
There was a moment of awkward silence before Kat coughed. "Pag is off med at the moment."
She was given strange and confused looks.
"Pag needs medication?" Rose asked with a raised eyebrow.
"What? No, meditation." Kat corrected.
"How rude, however true, I was only quoting the book, Queensie." Pag said, returning with a cup of steaming tea. "We should get back to the movie. And on that note, it would have been more interesting if Rosie been the one to say 'Off with his head.' what with the Queen's love of roses. Kat should have been the one to say Chesire's lines." Lamented the beta.
HICCUP
All of this loss, and for what? To become unstoppable? To rule the world?
Drago smirks and turns away from Hiccup.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Dragons are kind, amazing creatures that can bring people together.
DRAGO
Or tear them apart.
"That's… also an option." Kat muttered, getting herself some pointed looks from the audience. "What? I'm just saying it's a possibility."
"Don't be silly Kat," Pag said. "Dragons are harmless."
Kat raised an eyebrow. "Not everyone has your views on dangerous animals, Pag. You wanted Smaug to teach history at a school full of children."
"What? He's ancient, has a long memory, and a fairly good teacher."
"Pag, he's an evil dragon over two hundred years old who's destroys cities."
Vikings and dragons gave her more reproachful looks.
Hiccup couldn't help it, "I'm sure he's just misunderstood. That's what we thought dragons were like that too."
"Nope, Smaug isn't like the dragons you have here… Imagine the queen you guys faced before, she's about the same size, but smarter, faster, and stronger. And no one's controlling him!" Kat snapped. "It doesn't matter. He's from a different universe, you don't have to worry about him."
"He's dead too." Pag added, showing them a picture of Smaug attacking Bilbo, not realizing that it was technically a bad example as Bilbo was a hobbit, thus shorter than a normal human and... well, he was being attacked. "This is what he looks like. I think he went insane from loneliness, he is the last real dragon, after all. Come to think of it, if that's the problem, why didn't he just make peace and join the elves?"
The stray thought of Legolas riding Smaug into battle made the two hosts snort and beta burst into snickers.
"Never mind, I still think he'd make a good teacher."
"You think anything with fangs, fur, fins, talons, or hooves is harmless." Kat shot back. "So, you have no right to think who would be a good teacher. And if you want a dragon to teach children, I maintain Igneel is the best choice."
Pag stared for a second before nodding, "Anyone who could put up with Natsu as a kid would make a great teacher. I think Grandeeney would be better though. She's the most mellow and less likely to burn Hogwarts to the ground."
"Guys! You can debate this later! Let's get back to the movie. We'll be here for a century if you keep this up." Rose interrupted. "And it's going to be hard for readers to keep up with all the series you two will jump through."
Her friends shot her dark looks. Rose gulped, she was in for a pranking later. She hoped that frying pan wouldn't be involved. Lucas was still missing...
Drago LAUGHS mockingly, then removes his FALSE ARM, revealing a stump at his shoulder. Hiccup is taken aback.
DRAGO (CONT'D)
You see, I know what it is to live in fear. To see my village burned, my family taken.
He reattaches the prosthesis, circling Hiccup menacingly.
DRAGO (CONT'D)
But even as a boy, left with nothing, I vowed to rise above the
fear of dragons and liberate the people of this world.
HICCUP
Then why a dragon army?
DRAGO
(grinning, smug)
Well, you need dragons to conquer other dragons.
HICCUP
Or maybe you need dragons to conquer people.
(BEAT)
To control those who follow you… and to get rid of those who won't.
DRAGO
Clever boy.
Drago grabs his bullhook and re-approaches Hiccup. Toothless readies himself.
The audience is practicly stuck to the screen, waiting anxiously for what would happen next. The tension in the room was so thick, you could cut it with a knife.
HICCUP
The world wants peace. And we have the answer, back on Berk. Just let me show you.
DRAGO
NO! Let ME show YOU.
Drago SHRIEKS madly, summoning the Bewilderbeast.
Toothless circle hiccup protectively.
ON THE BEWILDERBEAST, about to blast Stoick and Valka. It hears Drago's distant wails, and approaches obediently.
STOICK
What...?
Stoick follows its stare to the distant battlefield below. He spots Hiccup and Toothless a few paces from Drago.
STOICK (CONT'D)
(PANICKED)
Hiccup!
He rushes off. Valka follows, racing past Gobber as he finally joins them, winded from having run up the mountain.
STOICK (CONT'D)
Come on, Gobber!
GOBBER
Okay, change of plans.
He hurries back down the mountain after them.
BACK TO DRAGO
jabbing his bullhook into the ground commandingly. The Bewilderbeast flinches and stops, submissive.
DRAGO
No dragon can resist the alpha's command. So he who controls the
alpha, controls them all.
Drago points to Toothless. The Bewilderbeast stares and HISSES, forcing Toothless to cower under a hypnotic ultrasonic broadcast. Toothless struggles against the alpha's
command, writhing and grinding his head against the ground.
HICCUP
Toothless? You okay, bud? What's going on?
Toothless fights the command, shaking his head in protest.
The Bewilderbeast insists, with a mesmerizing glare and a low, throaty grumble... until Toothless finally succumbs to its control. He raises his head, his stare vacant and robotic, as his pupils turn to slits.
"No…" Hiccup was petrified. This couldn't be happening. He felt his anger growing, getting bigger and bigger, boiling hot in his veins. Drago had no right to make dragons do what he wanted them to. To use them like toys, to- Gods, he was so mad, he couldn't think clearly.
A purr brought him back to reality. Toothless was snuggling against Hiccup's legs in an attempt to comfort his rider.
"It's okay, bud." Hiccup petted his best friend's head. "Everything will be alright."
Drago then points to Hiccup. The Bewilderbeast responds,
HISSING again at Toothless.
DRAGO
Witness true strength. The strength of will over others. In the face of
it, you are nothing.
Toothless slowly turns to face Hiccup. Advancing.
HICCUP
Uh, what did he just tell you?
ON STOICK
Bounding across the ice, pushing himself to make it to Hiccup
in time.
BACK ON HICCUP
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Toothless, what's the matter with you? What're you doing?
Hiccup is backed against fallen ice, with Toothless advancing mindlessly, and nowhere to run.
Toothless opens his yawning mouth. Gas seeps from his throat.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Knock it off! Stop! Snap out of it!
Pag stared blankly at the empty cup that once held tea. "Kat, I'm going to get more tea."
Kat nodded absently, eyes glued to the screen.
Stoick barrels through ice formations and over war machines, racing against time.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Toothless! No! Toothless! Don't!
STOICK
Hiccup!
HICCUP
STOP!
STOICK
SON!
Hiccup sees Stoick about to run into the fray.
HICCUP
DAD! NO!
Toothless BLASTS.
Stoick leaps in front of it, shoving Hiccup out of the way and absorbing the blast in the process. He's thrown against the ice with great impact.
ON VALKA, hearing the blast, horrified.
It was as if time had slowed down, each second dragging out to an agonizing minute. Everyone's eyes were glued to the screen, men, women, children and dragons alike. Others were already crying, others tried to hold back their tears and others refused to believe what they saw. That didn't make it any less real, though.
Stoick the Vast, their chief, was going to die.
Hiccup was pretty sure he should be feeling something. Anger, sadness, grief, anything. Yet he felt nothing, just emptiness.
His eyes fell from the screen to the two girls in the front, who were sobbing quietly. That's when the emptiness) left and got replaced by anger.
"Is this a joke to you?!" he yelled at them, tears running down his face. "You brought us here to see my Dad's death?!"
"Hiccup." Stoick called out, but his son ignored him and continued.
"You-!"
"Hiccup!"
The young boy turned around and looked at his father. Stoick reached out and placed hand on Hiccup's shoulder.
"It's alright, Hiccup."
"But Dad, you'll die."
"I will die eventually. But, if you ask me," he paused, looking at the wife he thought dead for years, his son and the village he had led for so many years, "sacrificing yourself for your loved ones is a great way to go down."
Stoick had been the chief of Berk for years. Being the chief meant that, in times of trouble, he had to be cool and collected, he couldn't afford to show his own fear or uneasiness. Over the years he had gotten very good at keeping his calm. That skill was what he was using now. No man would be able to witness his own death and be unfazed, but for the sake of his family, he had to appear like he was.
Looking up at his father, Hiccup understood that, which simply made him cry even harder.
Drago glances back, seeing Stoick laying lifeless in the aftermath, pleased by the sudden turn of events. He shuffles off, satisfied.
Stunned, Hiccup comes to and sees Stoick in the rubble. He rushes past the still-entranced Toothless, straining to scatter the ice boulders on top of Stoick's body.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Dad!
Valka arrives, winded and aghast.
VALKA
Stoick...
She helps Hiccup to turn Stoick's body over. Valka presses her ear to Stoick's heart, confirming his death with a mere glance to Hiccup. He tears up, overwhelmed.
HICCUP
No... you...
Gobber, Astrid, Eret, and the Gang arrive, slack-jawed.
Satisfied, the Bewilderbeast turns away, releasing Toothless of the trance-like state. Toothless blinks, coming to and confused. He approaches the group, sniffing Stoick's hand.
Hiccup SHOVES him.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
No! Get away from him!
Toothless recoils, innocently.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
GO ON! GET OUT OF HERE! GET AWAY!
Toothless retreats like a scolded dog, ear plates back and
head hung low. Valka watches, broken-hearted, as Hiccup falls
upon Stoick, inconsolable.
VALKA
It's not his fault. You know that.
On the battlefield, the alpha BELLOWS, calling all of the dragons to gather. Meatlug, Stormfly, Hookfang and the others all follow the command as the Gang calls after them.
VALKA (O.S.) (CONT'D)
Good dragons under the control of bad people do bad things.
Drago notices Toothless tumble down a snow-bank, once again slit-eyed and entranced, but unable to fly to the alpha without a rider. Drago pins him down, eyeing the saddle, pedals, and prosthetic tail.
ON HICCUP and VALKA
In tears as Toothless rises into view, with Drago in the saddle.
DRAGO
GATHER THE MEN AND MEET AT BERK!
His soldiers cheer in the thousands.
HICCUP
Toothless!
Hiccup tries to go after Toothless, but Valka holds him back.
VALKA
No, don't!
Drago JABS his bull hook and points toward the horizon. The
alpha BELLOWS, commanding an exodus as it leads the way.
DRAGO
Move out!
Hiccup watches, powerless as all dragons TAKE WING and
follow.
EXT. DRAGON MOUNTAIN - LAGOON - DUSK
A KEEL grinds against the shoreline pebbles as a listing, battered ship is pushed into the still iceberg-filled lagoon.
GOBBER (V.O.)
May the Valkyries welcome you, and lead you through Odin's great battlefield. May they sing your name with love and fury, so that we might hear it rise from the heights of Valhalla... and know that you've taken your rightful place at the table of kings.
Bows and pitch-dipped arrows are gathered from the battlefield. Gobber hands a set to Hiccup, meeting his eyes with sympathetic glance.
GOBBER (V.O.)
For a great man has fallen. A warrior. A chieftain. A father. A friend.
Hiccup dips his arrowhead in a smoldering chunk of wreckage, igniting the pitch that coats the tip.
He releases his arrow, which sails through the air and lands on the deck of the ship, where Stoick is laid out on a pyre, covered by a sail, his axe upon his chest.
The others follow Hiccup's lead. They DRAW BACK in unison and LOOSE their arrows, filling the sky with crisscrossing, flaming streaks. They arc over the lagoon and set the ship alight.
Everyone in the room was crying. Every man, woman, child and dragon were mourning for the loss of their chief. Sure, he wasn't dead yet, but the sadness and grief was the same, regardless the fact that his actual death would be in five years.
ON HICCUP, fighting back emotion and losing the battle.
HICCUP
I'm sorry, Dad.
He eyes the engulfed ship.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
I'm not the chief that you wanted me to be. And I'm not peacekeeper I though I was, I don't know...
Valka watches him, her heart breaking. She steps forward.
VALKA
You came early into this world. You were such a wee thing. So frail, so fragile. I feared you wouldn't make it.
Hiccup lowers his eyes, but Valka lifts his chin.
VALKA (CONT'D)
But your father... he never doubted. He always said you'd
become the strongest of them all.
Now, Kat would have made a comment about how she always thought it was the other way around, but she felt guilty for making them watch the death of someone so important to them, so she said nothing.
(BEAT)
And he was right.
(BEAT)
You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon. Only you can
bring our worlds together. That is who you are, son.
Hiccup meets her bolstering stare. He turns to the ship and watches it in silence, silhouetted in its glow.
HICCUP
I was so afraid of becoming my dad. Mostly because I thought I never
could. How do you become someone that great? That brave? That
selfless?
"Hiccup, have ye looked in a mirror lately?" asked Stoic and Gobber, even as Stoic puffed up with pride that his son thought of him that way.
"I'll agree with them." Kat added.
(BEAT)
I guess you can only try.
(to the others)
A chief protects his own. We're going back.
TUFFNUT
Uh, with what?
RUFFNUT
He took all the dragons.
HICCUP
Not all of them.
"I really don't like where this is going." muttered Astrid.
EXT. ICE CHANNELS - MOMENTS LATER
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! JUVENILES BLUR past, like flying raptors, ZIGZAGGING wildly.
Riding bareback, Hiccup & Co. HURTLE through the narrow ICE CHANNELS - created by massive splits in the iceberg shelves.
RUFFNUT
Fly straight!
FISHLEGS
I don't want to die!
TUFFNUT
We can't fly these things!
FISHLEGS
Yeah, no kidding!
Fishlegs barrels into a snow bank, sending several chunks right into Eret's face as rides inverted and HOLLERING.
ASTRID
But won't that Bewilderbeast just take control of these guys, too?
HICCUP
They're babies. They don't listen to anyone!
TUFFNUT
Yeah, just like us!
"Did he just call himself a baby?" Kat question out loud.
Gobber follows up the rear clumsily, STRUGGLING for control.
GOBBER
This... is... very dangerous!
He PULLS ALONGSIDE Hiccup and Valka.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Some might suggest this is poorly conceived.
HICCUP
Well, it's a good thing that I never listen.
"Oh, you can say that again." Stoick laughed.
A SHARP RIDGE RUSHES up at them. They're going to CRASH. Hiccup ROUNDS one side of it, and Gobber flies down the other side. They shout through gaps in the iceberg.
GOBBER
So what IS your plan?!
HICCUP
Get Toothless back and kick Drago's-
He's interrupted by another closure in the gaps of ice. They
blast out of the other side.
GOBBER
Heads up!
They SPLIT to avoid another peak and then reconvene, only to find another icy outcropping directly in their path.
HICCUP
And that thing.
Gobber HITS it, with a THUD and a YELP.
Even with all the shit going on, quite a few people in the audience couldn't hold back their giggles and chuckles as they watched one of the biggest Vikings in the village fly straight into a wall of ice.
And talking about that Viking, he was sitting in his seat, pouting like a big baby.
EXT. BERK - NIGHT
Torches burn in their braziers as Berk slumbers... until the Bewilderbeast approaches, STOMPING down on the monolithic Viking statues that guard the harbor.
"Oh, come on. Do you know how look it took to build those?" Gobber complained. Crafting things run in the family and these statues were all his old grandfather would talk about.
INT. GOTHI'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
The sound of destruction rouses a flock of Terrible Terrors and Gothi, who was sleeping under the dragons. Their pupils turn to slits, and heeding the ultrasonic call, they fly off.
Gothi shuffles onto her deck, confused, then GASPS at horrifying sight.
INT. VIKING HUT - CONTINUOUS
A Gronckle lounges peacefully by the fire, as his Viking owner lavishes him with scratches.
HOARK
Ah, that's a good boy!
The Gronckle's eyes suddenly turn to slits and it, too, takes
wing, knocking over a chair and table as it heads for the
door.
HOARK (CONT'D)
Watch the furniture! Where are you going?
It barrels out of the hut and into the night sky as the Viking rushes to the doorway, spotting the same arresting sight with a gasp.
EXT. GREAT HALL - CONTINUOUS
Vikings pour out of the Great Hall as all of Berk's dragons fill the night sky and join the ranks of Drago's growing DRAGON ARMY.
The Bewilderbeast rises out of the sea, bearing down on the people of Berk as Drago hovers on Toothless, leading the charge. The Vikings stare, aghast.
DRAGO
Your chief is dead.
Waves of shock and whispers of "Stoick?" spread through the
crowd.
DRAGO (CONT'D)
No one can protect you now.
He thrusts his bull-hook, commanding the Bewilderbeast to fire. The Vikings watch in horror as the Bewilderbeast opens its yawning jaws and BLASTS.
EXT. SKIES/BERK - NIGHT
Dragon roars grow louder as Hiccup & Co. approach through clouds, racing against time.
They collectively GASP at the sight of Drago's Bewilderbeast having now covered most of the village in explosions of ice.
Berk's now commandeered dragons circle in a huddle behind him, joining Valka's flock, and corralled by Drago's armored dragons.
HICCUP
No...
FISHLEGS
He took all the dragons!
HICCUP
(FUMING)
Distract the alpha. Try to keep his focus off of Toothless.
"Oh oh. He got angry." Kat gulped. When the calm guy got angry it meant business.
TUFFNUT
Uh... how?
ERET
Have you forgotten who you're riding with?
He brazenly aims his baby dragon toward the Bewilderbeast.
ERET (CONT'D)
There isn't a dragon alive that I can't wrangle!
His baby dragon dives toward the sea instead.
ERET (CONT'D)
Except for this one!
SNOTLOUT
Amateur.
The watching crowd laughed, despite the seriousness of the situation.
The others shrug and follow. As they get closer, the Bewilderbeast looms bigger and BIGGER.
Berk's Vikings in hiding notice Hiccup and the others as they approach.
VIKING #1
Look, it's Hiccup!
The Vikings CHEER.
ON DRAGO, surprised to see Hiccup and the others approaching.
DRAGO
What?
With an irate HUFF, the Bewilderbeast focuses on Hiccup, gaining ever closer to Toothless.
Suddenly, a SHEEP appears in its sight, rising and falling out of view. The Bewilderbeast blinks, confused.
It looks down to see Eret catching the falling sheep and reloading it into the game launcher, as Tuffnut cocks the mechanism and Ruffnut pulls the trigger.
RUFFNUT
Keep `em coming!
"Ya know, it's times like this I worry about who we're entrusting the village to." muttered Gobber.
Snotlout tosses the black sheep to Tuffnut.
SNOTLOUT
Black sheep, baby!
Exasperated, the alpha inhales, about to blast, when... HONK!
The game horn blares, breaking his concentration.
He turns, finding the horn unmanned. The Bewilderbeast then returns his focus to the sheep launcher, until the BLACK SHEEP LANDS on the his face, bouncing down his facial spines and becoming lodged.
SNOTLOUT (CONT'D)
Ten points!
The Bewilderbeast shakes the black sheep off and prepares to blast again.
SNOTLOUT (CONT'D)
Uh-oh...
HONK! The alpha whips around - still no one at the horn.
ON FISHLEGS, giggling and hiding behind the game horn.
Snotlout frowns at Fishlegs, who was giggling like his on-screen counterpart, and punches him in the arm.
The Bewilderbeast finally lets loose the ice blast, covering the entire horn in jagged spikes... as Fishlegs leaps from the platform.
FISHLEGS
I'm okay!
"Less okay!" our two hosts yell in unison. (Pag is still out for tea.)
BACK TO HICCUP
as he reaches Drago, hovering directly in Toothless' sights.
DRAGO
You certainly are hard to get rid of. I'll say that.
"You just figured that out?" Toothless questioned.
Hiccup ignored him and focuses on Toothless' slitted pupils.
HICCUP
Toothless? It's me, bud. It's me. I'm right here. Come back to me.
TOOTHLESS' POV
Hiccup appears as an unfamiliar red blur, still firmly under the control of the Bewilderbeast.
DRAGO
He is not yours anymore. He belongs to the alpha!
"I belong to myself, thank you very much." Toothless huffed.
Drago smugly sits back in the saddle, his arms open in
invitation.
DRAGO (CONT'D)
But, please, oh great dragon master, try to take him. He will not miss a second time.
"Yep, he's an idiot." Kat muttered.
Hiccup holds strong, maintaining eye contact with Toothless. He reaches out to touch him.
HICCUP
It wasn't your fault, bud. They made you do it.
Drago's amusement fades as Toothless stirs. His pupils DILATE, then NARROW again.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
You'd never hurt him.
(BEAT)
You'd never hurt me.
Drago watches, amazed, as Toothless fights the control.
DRAGO
How are you doing that?
Hiccup holds the stare, tears in his eyes.
HICCUP
Please. You are my best friend, bud.
"Emma, bring more tissues." Kat says between sniffs, as she wipes some of the tears from her eyes.
Bewilderbeast ROARS a forceful command.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
My best friend.
Toothless' pupils jitter, then DILATE fully. He coos sympathetically.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Thatta boy! That's it! I'm here!
Kat could swear the entire room was shaking from the audience's cheers and roars of celebration. Well, she couldn't blame them, since she was standing on the couch, pumping her fist in the air and cheering along with them.
Toothless' eyes finally dilate fully and resolve on Hiccup's familiar face.
Drago goes from astounded to alarmed. Drago STRIKES Toothless with the bull hook in a vain attempt to regain control.
DRAGO
No!
Toothless ROARS defiantly, snatches the bull hook in his jaws, and PULLS... yanking Drago off of his back and sending him both PLUMMETING to the sea.
"That's it, bud! Way to go." cheered Hiccup.
"Well, no one rides me without my approval. That'll teach him!"
HICCUP
Yeah!
But without a rider, Toothless drops out of the sky as well.
Hiccup leaps from the baby dragon, diving after him.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Hang on!
Drago breaks his fall, landing heavily upon the Bewilderbeast's tusk...
As Hiccup tucks in his arms, trying to close the gap between he and Toothless before they both make impact with the ocean.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Almost there, buddy. Almost there!
Hiccup reaches Toothless. They pair up, mid-air, and skyrocket past Drago as he hobbles to the top of the alpha's head.
EXT. BERK - VILLAGE - MOMENTS LATER
Hiccup looks back at Drago, now issuing commands from the top
of the Bewilderbeast's head.
DRAGO
Do something!
HICCUP
We need to get those two apart.
Hiccup flies Toothless past a flag pole tears a strip of the
flag.
The Bewilderbeast BLASTS in their direction, barely missing them as they disappear around the back of a mountain.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
We gotta block him out, Toothless. Do you trust me, bud?
Toothless coos, allowing Hiccup to BLINDFOLD him with the flag. Hiccup calms him with a touch.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
We can do this. You and me. As one.
"That's some trust." Gobber mutters in amazement.
"You tell me. I wouldn't even trust my sister with something like this. She'd make walk into a wall." Kat added.
Hiccup SPLAYS Toothless' mechanical tail. Toothless responds, MATCHING the move with the natural half.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
That's it. Now let's try this one more time!
They PEEL around the other side of the mountain, heading back toward Drago and Bewilderbeast, passing Astrid and the cheering Vikings on the ground.
ASTRID
Take them down, babe!
The Viking roar in support as Hiccup and Toothless race past. Valka watches with pride as her son hurtles towards Drago and the alpha.
VALKA
Go get `em.
DRAGO
Take control of it!
The Bewilderbeast's HISS becomes a furious ROAR, but to no avail. Hiccup clamps his hands over Toothless' ear plates, muffling the alpha's commands.
HICCUP
Shut it out, Toothless!
DRAGO
STOP THEM!
The Bewilderbeast BLASTS!
HICCUP
NOW!
Toothless suddenly PULLS UP, ARCING over Drago's head! Drago LAUGHS, victorious, then pauses in shock.
DRAGO'S POV: as Toothless climbs inverted through the sky, the blindfold falls free, revealing an EMPTY SADDLE.
Drago WHIRLS around, wide-eyed, to see...
HICCUP ZOOMING TOWARD HIM, his wing-suit deployed, and his Dragon Blade trailing Zippleback gas. Drago SWIPES but misses him. Hiccup clicks the lighter and ignites the gas, blasting Drago off his Bewilderbeast with a SCREAM.
Drago PLUMMETS, BREAKING HIS FALL against the massive dragon's spines and landing hard on the ground, his bullhook landing just out of reach.
The Bewilderbeast WHIPS its tail, trying to SWAT down Hiccup.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Not again.
"Right when I was getting used to not having one leg. Great."
(BEAT)
TOOTHLESS! IT'S NOW OR NEVER!
Toothless pops open his dorsal blades, arcs skyward, and rejoins Hiccup just before colliding with the alpha's tail.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Come on, bud!
Together again, they speed along the length of the thrashing tail...
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Hold on!
And shoot past the tip of the tail, narrowly making it!
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yeah! We did it!
They arc through the sky and LAND a few paces from Drago,
kicking up a trail of dust.
Battered and weary, Drago reaches for his bullhook. Hiccup
extends and fires up his Dragon Blade, hurling it like a
javelin, and sticking it in the ground between Drago and his weapon, singeing his outstretched hand.
DRAGO
Agghh!
HICCUP
Hold him there Toothless!
Toothless SNARLS a warning, ready to blast.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
It's all over now.
"That's what he gets for sitting on me with his fat ass."
But the cloud of dust settles, revealing the Bewilderbeast, rising behind Hiccup, ready to blast him instead.
"Oh, come on!" Toothless yells.
DRAGO
(GRINNING KNOWINGLY)
Or is it?
Hiccup spins around, alarmed, as a RUSH of water THUNDERS up the Bewilderbeast's throat.
HICCUP
Oh, no!
It BLASTS, but Toothless leaps into the way, shielding Hiccup beneath him. The freezing explosion envelops them both.
Drago laughs to himself as Valka lands her baby dragon and rushes to the icy explosion, hammering away at it desperately.
VALKA
No! No...
"No…." Hiccup uters, barely above a whisper. Not Toothless too. How many people had to die?
ON ASTRID and GOBBER, watching from a distance, horrified. As Valka POUNDS at the ice, a GLOWS forms from deep within. She realizes what is about to happen and backs away.
A BLAST thunders from inside the ice, SHATTERING it. Toothless emerges from the debris, revealing Hiccup curled safely under his wings.
"Oh, thank the Gods. Don't do that, bud. You scared me half to death."
"No promises."
Toothless is steaming, his black skin glowing blue with rage, his split dorsal blades searing with blue heat, a glow emanating from his flared nostrils.
He turns back to Hiccup, to check if he's unharmed, then turns his full attention back to the Bewilderbeast. He leaps out of the crater and lands upon an ice spire, roaring ferociously.
The Bewilderbeast bellows back at this affront. Toothless unleashes a salvo of plasma into the Bewilderbeast's face, not letting up.
HICCUP
He's challenging the alpha!
VALKA
To protect you.
The Bewilderbeast ROARS at this act of insubordination.
Toothless fires back, time and again, fully in control.
The alpha thrashes his tusks through the ice, trying to smash Toothless, but he deftly spring from spire to spire, continuing his unrelenting attack.
In the midst of the mayhem, the horde of commandeered dragons - both Berk's and Valka's - break free from the control to witness Toothless' retaliation.
Toothless lands protectively by Hiccup and Valka, commanding the dragons to shift sides. The follow, amassing behind Toothless.
"That's it baby! Woo hoo! That guy's gonna get such a bad burn, not even his mum will recognise him!" Toothless cheered.
Seeing this, Drago panics and rushes toward theBewilderbeast.
DRAGO
No, no, no, no! Fight back! Fight! FIGHT!
Drago clambers up the Bewilderbeast's tusk, totally unhinged.
DRAGO (CONT'D)
(to the defecting dragons)
What's the matter with you?
The Berkians swell in to show their unified support. Drago fumes as Hiccup and Toothless fly up together onto an ice spire.
HICCUP
Now do you get it? This is what it is to earn a dragon's loyalty.
(BEAT)
Let this end now.
DRAGO
Never! Come on!
"What did I say? He's an idiot." Kat huffed.
He hammers the Bewilderbeast, spurring it into a charge.
Toothless calls over his shoulder, commanding the dragons to ready themselves. He then BLASTS the Bewilderbeast, mid- charge. Suddenly, Skullcrusher fires. Followed by another, and another.
Hiccup looks around, amazed to see the flock of dragons opening fire on Drago and his Bewilderbeast. They've started a rebellion.
Drago is forced to hide from the fiery barrage by taking cover in the tall spines of the giant's crown.
DRAGO (CONT'D)
FIGHT! BLAST THEM!
His prosthetic arm is blasted clean off by one of his own armored dragons.
The Bewilderbeast rears back to cover them all in ice, but Toothless lets loose a powerful shot. The Bewilderbeast's head is KNOCKED backward by a blue-flame fireball.
As the smoke clears, one of its massive TUSKS FALLS to the ground, sheared clean off. Drago glares at Toothless.
Toothless ROARS commandingly, calling an end to the fight.
HICCUP
The alpha protects them all.
Overwhelmed and overpowered, the Bewilderbeast yields to the new alpha and heeds Toothless' command, retreating into the sea in an explosive splash.
The Berkians CHEER in victory!
As the smoke clears, Hiccup and Toothless see nothing but bubbles on the waves to mark their disappearance. No sign of the Bewilderbeast... or Drago.
"So wait, did Draco die?" Fishlegs asked confused.
"It was very unclear." replied Rose. [1]
Toothless hops down from the spire, cooling off, as people celebrate all around them.
All of the dragons - Berk's, Valka's, even Drago's - land around Toothless. Cloudjumper bows to Toothless, starting a wave of bows, acknowledging their new alpha.
Toothless looks around, surprised, then lets out a majestic ROAR. The assembled dragons join in, roaring in tribute.
Toothless turns to Hiccup as he approaches.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
You never cease to amaze me, bud. Thank you.
Toothless GURGLES and licks Hiccup's face. Hiccups squeals, trying to get away.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Toothless! You know that doesn't wash out.
The crowd laughs. All around them, Berk's dragons reunite with their Vikings.
ASTRID
Stormfly!
Stormfly bounds into Astrid.
GOBBER
Oh, give me a cuddle, Grumpy!
Grump lands ON TOP of Gobber, flattening him.
"I need to teach him how to cuddle." muttered Gobber. "Otherwise it won't end well for me back."
Relieved to the point of tears, Snotlout and Fishlegs race towards the expectant Ruffnut...
FISHLEGS
Who's my little princess?
... and then right PAST her to embrace their dragons.
Ruffnut glares at her brother, who was doing his best not to burst out laughing and failing miserably.
FISHLEGS (CONT'D)
I missed you so much!
SNOTLOUT
Don't you ever leave again, Hookfang!
Ruffnut GRUMBLES, dejected. Barf dips his head in to console her.
RUFFNUT
Oh Barf!
She hugs him. Belch looms in for some affection, but Ruffnut pushes him away...
RUFFNUT (CONT'D)
Not you.
And into Tuffnut who glowers back at her.
Hiccup smiles, taking in the happy reunions. Skullcrusher approaches him, without an owner to reunite with. Hiccup pets him, as Eret approaches.
ERET
That was some pretty fine dragon wrangling back there. You'd make a
good trapper.
Before Hiccup can respond, Skullcrusher nuzzles Eret affectionately. Eret chuckles and gently strokes him.
HICCUP
Y'know, Skullcrusher's gonna need somebody to look after him now.
ERET
Me?
Hiccup nods reassuringly. Eret looks at Skullcrusher, pausing to consider it.
ERET (CONT'D)
I'd be honored.
Valka walks up to her son, bursting with pride.
VALKA
Your father... he'd be every bit as proud as I am.
"Of course I'd be. I'm always proud of you." Stoick smiles, ruffling Hiccup's hair affectionately.
HICCUP
Thank you. I'm really glad you're here, Mom.
VALKA
And here I'll stay.
Toothless arrives, purring at Valka's touch as Astrid strides toward Hiccup, beaming proudly.
ASTRID
See? I told you it was in here.
She places her hand upon his chest, then quickly pokes the dorsal fin button, popping it open. She GIGGLES.
HICCUP
Ha, ha. Still doing that one? That's hilarious.
(THEN)
Come here, you.
He scoops Astrid close and pulls her into a kiss. Gobber covers a gawking boy's eyes.
GOBBER
Ooh.
A couple of the teens, *cough* Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut *cough*, along with our hosts were oh-ing the same way as the on-screen Gobber. Meanwhile Stoick had bend down to whisper to a red faced Hiccup that he wants grandchildren. Lots of 'em.
Gothi, the elder, taps Hiccup's shoulder, interrupting the romantic moment. She gestures for Hiccup to kneel. He does so, respectfully.
Using ash from a heap of burnt wreckage, Gothi traces a Viking symbol onto Hiccup's forehead. She bows.
Hiccup stands, meeting Gobber's proud, smiling eyes. Gobber turns to the silent crowd and throws up his arms.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
The chief has come home!
The Berkians erupt with cheers and applause as Hiccup takes in the moment, acknowledging the weight of responsibility now upon him.
Toothless throws back his head and BLASTS in celebration, spurring all other dragons to follow suit, lighting up the sky in a spectacular display.
EXT. BERK VILLAGE - DAY
A sheep grazes lazily on the grass as a Terrible Terror struggles in vain to carry him off. Suddenly, both are snatched up by a passing dragon.
IN THE AIR
Ruffnut and Tuffnut wrestle over the sheep atop Barf & Belch. Ruffnut send the sheep flying toward Fishlegs. Snotlout nabs it instead, blowing a kiss mockingly.
HICCUP (V.O.)
This... is Berk. A bit trampled and busted and covered in ice, but it's
home. It's our home.
They swoop past a gathered crowd on the battered bleachers as Snotlout dunks the sheep in his basket. Eret joins the race atop Skullcrusher.
They fly past Hiccup and Toothless, who are steadily hoisting a palette of timber and supplies onto a rooftop where workers are rebuilding the damaged houses.
Hiccup then turns his attention to a massive statue of Stoick, presently under construction. He grins with pride.
HICCUP (V.O.)
Those who attacked us are relentless and crazy. But those who stopped them? Oh, even more so!
"I double that." said Kat, raising her hand.
"Triple that." added Rose, mimicking her friend.
He looks to the horizon, scanning it from east to west to ensure that no trouble is approaching.
Astrid and Stormfly buzz past him playfully, coaxing him to join the game. He smiles.
HICCUP (V.O.)
We may be small in numbers, but we stand for something bigger than
anything the world can pit against us.
Astrid soars past the blacksmith stall, waving to Valka and Gobber as they remove the armor from Drago's freed battle dragons.
HICCUP (V.O.)
We are the voice of peace. And bit by bit, we will change this world.
Realizing that he's late, Gobber hurries over to the sheep launcher and pulls the trigger, sending the black sheep hurtling into the air.
Astrid and Stormfly close in on the black sheep, about to snatch it out of the air, when suddenly, Hiccup and Toothless dart past, beating them to it. Toothless looks back with a gummy smile.
"Nobody beats the king!" Toothless cheers.
HICCUP (V.O.)
You see, we have something they don't. Oh sure, they have armies
and they have armadas...
Toothless and Hiccup dive toward the line of baskets. As they approach, Toothless bounces Hiccup into the air, allowing him to dunk the black sheep into Astrid's basket. They reunite on the other side. The crowd cheers!
HICCUP (V.O.)
But we... we have...
Hiccup and Toothless land upon the chief's dais, joined by Astrid, Stormfly, and the other dragon riders.
HICCUP (V.O.)
OUR DRAGONS!
Toothless lets out a proud roar as Hiccup look out over Berk, gleaming with pride.
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END TITLE: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
As the lights were turned on, Kat and Rose stood up.
"So? What do you think?" Kat asked loudly.
The Vikings and dragons cheered and roared. The movie was good, even if they would have prefered to see Stoick survive. Yet, quite a few of them understood that if things played out any differently, Hiccup wouldn't have become chief willingly.
"Like last time, I have to sent you back. Which is where things get complicated." she started. "I could simply sent you back, with all your memories intact. Valka would have to fly back to Berk, you could ambush Drago before he becomes too powerful and everyone would live happily ever after."
"Except for Draco." Rose piped in.
"Ok, except for him. The thing is, I can't do that." Kat explained guilty. "There's a reason we wiped your memory last time. I can't sent you back with your memory intact, not only does it disturb the timeline, knowledge of the future can drive someone crazy."
"Before we summoned you here we did an experiment." Rose continued. "We took a dragon that was going to die the following week and told him exactly how it would happen. When we sent him back, he ended up driving himself crazy thinking of ways to avoid his death. He was destined to die in a fight with another dragon, instead he died when he flew into a storm. The weirdest part was that he died the same day and time he was originally supposed to."
"So sending you back with your memories is a no." said Kat. "We thought of only leaving you the memory of Valka's whereabouts, but that doesn't work either. See, if Valka moved back to Berk, she would take the dragons of the sanctuary back with her."
Valka nodded. She would, she lived with those dragons for years, she couldn't leave them behind.
" There's no way the Alpha could go all the way from the sanctuary to Berk without getting noticed. I mean, the thing is huge!" Kat continued. "Word of it would reach Drago and he would attack Berk once his army was ready. When his Bewilderbeast beats the Alpha he would have control of both Valka's dragons and Berk's. And already being on Berk, the teens would have no chance to surprise him. They'd all be there, Drago wouldn't think he had already defeated them like he did in the would win."
"There's actually a parallel word wher things go like that. The teens still try to fight Drago on baby dragons… but things don't work out. They all get killed." Rose put in her two cents.
As much as they hated to admit it, the girl's reasoning made sense.
"So this leaves us with the last choice. Basically, what happened last time. And let me tell you I feel awful for doing this. I wanted to give Hiccup, Stoick and Valka some extra time to spent as a family, but we already explained why that wouldn't work. History has to go a certain way, for better or worse." Kat sighed.
"Um, Kat? That last line is from the Time Riders.[2]" Rose pointed out.
"Well, it fit the situation and I've been reading a lot lately. That eight book broke my heart…"
Hiccup shared a look with Toothless, wondering exactly how often the whole "book broke my heart" thing happened. Snotlout, on the other hand, muttered that "that's the reason I don't read".
"Anyway, get ready to go back." Rose announced.
Hiccup turned to his mother. There were tears in both their eyes as Valka spread her arms wide and hugged her son. Toothless was nuzzling Valka whileCloudjumper was nuzzling Stoick and Hiccup. When they finally broke apart, which was after a long time, Stoick kissed his wife.
"I love you, Val." he whispered.
"I love you too." she replied, wiping a tear from her eye. She looked at Hiccup and hugged him again. Hiccup returned the hug, holding her tightly, like would disappear, unable to stop the tears that was running down his face.
"Be a good boy, ok?" Valka whispered to him, sobbing. "Eat all your food… and listen to your father. Wear clean underwear. Make sure not-not to destroy anything with Toothless." The more she talked, the more they both cried.
"We're ready." Valka announced, once they pulled apart and was able to pull herself together, even slightly.
Pag chose this moment to storm in, looking like a red-headed mad scientist. The usual fox max was replaced with an oni mask. The once hooded beta grabbed the frying pan and headed out yelling. "Don't bother me for a while! Marvel-verse Loki just declared a prank war! He's going down. No one messes with my tea! That little- " the shouting faded.
There was a small silence before Kat coughed.
"Ok, then. Hold still…" said Kat.
There was a bright light and the two girls were the only ones left it the room.
[1] Sokka from Avatar: The last Airbender.
[2] A book series about time travel, where three teens (though one is technicly an adult) are resqued from their deaths in various times through history and are given the choice to either work for a secret agency that protects the flow of time or die. Not much of a choice, really. Anyway, great series, a bit long with nine books, and if you like time travel and mystery, you'll really like it.
So, this thing is finally over. I hope you enjoyed it! Please review. :)
No, really, do. Pag is holding her frying pan. I'm scared...
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False alarm. I'm I the only one who wants to see Nico sing "Let it go"?
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Falce alarm again! Anyone exited for the big battle coming up in "Fairy Tail"? I know I am! Wait untill they find out about E.N.D... Gihi...
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