So... I'm back. And this time with what I promised. I'm publishing this five days before The Hidden World comes out and I'm scared to see how this ends. I hope I'm not the only one like that. Just know that if I do update within a few weeks I will not be posting any spoilers and I kindly ask my readers to do the same.
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GOBBER (O.S.)
Today is about teamwork. Work
together and you might survive.
ON A DOUBLE-WIDE DOOR. Gas seeps through the cracks.
It BLASTS OPEN. A cloud of smoke engulfs the ring, swirling
around the paired-up teens. Astrid with Ruffnut. Snotlout
with Tuffnut. Fishlegs with Hiccup. All carry buckets of
water, poised to throw them.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Now, a wet dragon head can't light
its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is
extra tricky. One head breathes
gas, the other head lights it. Your
job is to know which is which.
The smoke encircles them, cutting them off from each other.
The teens LISTEN and WATCH for any sign of the dragon.
FISHLEGS
(muttering to himself)
Razor sharp, serrated teeth that
inject venom for pre-digestion.
Prefers ambush attack, crushing its
victims in its...
"You know Fishlegs, that really doesn't help anyone?" Astrid said.
HICCUP
(TENSE)
Will you please stop that?
ON SNOTLOUT AND TUFFNUT
Moving nervously through the fog, back to back. Snotlout is
singing to himself to calm his nerves.
SNOTLOUT
If that dragon shows either of his
faces, I'm gonna-
(spotting an approaching
shape, terrified)
-There!
Snotlout and Tuffnut HURL their water into the fog.
ASTRID
Hey!
RUFFNUT
It's us, idiots.
Astrid and Ruffnut are soaked.
"Snotlout, ever a class act," I said causing him to turn red and mutter under his breath.
TUFFNUT
Your butts are getting bigger. We
thought you were a dragon.
SNOTLOUT
(TO ASTRID)
Not that there's anything wrong
with a dragon-esque figure.
"I don't know Snotlout, for a tribe of Vikings who hate dragons it might be," Hiccup voiced.
Astrid ELBOWS Snotlout in the face. Ruffnut DROPS Tuffnut
with a PUNCH to the throat.
ASTRID
Wait.
They FREEZE. A tail SWEEPS out of the fog, taking them down.
Their buckets spill.
ON FISHLEGS AND HICCUP coming across them. They see the
puddles of spilled water.
TUFFNUT
Oh, I'm hurt. I am very much hurt.
FISHLEGS
Chances of survival are dwindling
into single digits now...
HICCUP
Look out!
A Zippleback head emerges out of the smoke. Fishlegs hurls
his water at it, completely dousing the head. It leers and
opens its mouth, spewing gas into the area.
FISHLEGS
Oh. Wrong head.
GAS FLOWS around their legs. Fishlegs flees in a panic.
GOBBER
Fishlegs!
Beat. A clicking sound comes from behind them. Sparks flash
in the smoke.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Now, Hiccup!
"Oh great here it comes," Hiccup muttered just under his breath.
The other head sweeps out of the smoke. Hiccup hurls his
water with all his might. It arcs and drops short of the
dragon's sparking mouth. The dragon grins, savoring the kill.
HICCUP
Oh, come on!
Humor. The Vikings were now noticing that humor was what the young viking had a particular fondness on falling back on when anything happened to him. Knowing what the cause of that crutch was, was making them extremely remorseful.
GOBBER
RUN, HICCUP!
Gobber COVERS his eyes.
GOBBER (CONT'D)
Hiccup!
Beat.
The Zippleback hesitates. SNIFFS. Then retreats.
The teens get to their feet, watching transfixed. Gobber
peeks through his fingers to see...
The Zippleback backing away from Hiccup. He stands and holds
his hands out, as if controlling it.
HICCUP
BACK! BACK! BACK! Now don't you
make me tell you again!
The Zippleback retreats through its door and into its cave,
hissing.
"How was Hiccup doing that? This is a trick, it can't be real," Stoick thought.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yes, that's right. Back into your
cage.
Hiccup slyly OPENS his vest, revealing the spotted smoked EEL
from earlier. He TOSSES it inside the door, then SLAMS it
shut.
Astrid turned and smacked Hiccup on his shoulder.
"Ow!"
"That's for cheating."
"Really?"
She didn't say anything else just turned to continue watching with a smug smile on her face.
Up closer to the front Gobber had seen what happened, 'Ah, young love."
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Now think about what you've done.
Hiccup turns to the teens and Gobber. They stare, slack-jawed
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Okay! So are we done? Because I've
got some things I need to...
Hiccup jogs out of the ring, past the speechless group.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
Yep...see you tomorrow.
Astrid SNEERS. Something's going on.
EXT. WOODS/COVE - SUNSET
BEGIN MUSIC MONTAGE
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - HICCUP'S CLOSET - CONTINUOUS
Hiccup cuts and stitches leather, draws and shapes steel. He
works by candlelight. An overhead shot reveals what he's
building: a harness, complete with handles and foot pedals.
EXT. COVE - DAY
Hiccup appears before Toothless, holding the new prosthetic.
Toothless runs off as Hiccup chases him down.
HICCUP
Hey!
"Giant overgrown temperamental cat dragon." Was heard by everyone in the room causing them to turn and see said "cat" dragon to whack the young chief to be across the back of his head in a playful manner. "What is this, beat up on the skinny viking day?"
EXT. COVE - DAY
Toothless and Hiccup are zooming over the ocean. The tail
breaks free sending Hiccup flying.
HICCUP
Yeah! Whoa!
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - LATER
Hiccup adjusts the harness and uses a metal clamp to affix
himself to Toothless' saddle.
EXT. SKY/FIELD - DAWN
Hiccup and Toothless zip through the air - his rudimentary
harness and tail controls are working, barely. They crash-
land in an open field.
Hiccup recovers to find Toothless still rolling around in the
tall grass. Hiccup discovers that it's a patch of 'dragon-
nip.' Toothless writhes on his back, tongue wagging, in
complete bliss.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - MORNING
Hiccup grabs the head as instructed, then discreetly pulls a
fistful of 'dragon-nip' and presses it up to the Gronkle's
nose. It immediately stops struggling and goes weak in the
knees. Hiccup drops the handful of dragon-nip to the ground.
The Gronkle goes down with it, whimpering and blissful.
From Gobber and the recruits' point of view, Hiccup is
controlling the Gronkle with no more than a limp arm.
Stoick started to fume, realizing Hiccup's advancement in dragon training was only due to him tricking everyone around him.
EXT. WOODS - AFTERNOON
The recruits walk home together, surrounding Hiccup and
BOMBARDING HIM WITH QUESTIONS.
FISHLEGS
Hey Hiccup, I've never seen a
Gronkle to that before.
TUFFNUT
How'd you do that?
RUFFNUT
It was really cool.
He squirms and invents an excuse.
HICCUP
I left my axe back in the ring.
He turns and hurries back.
HICCUP (CONT'D)
You guys go on ahead and I'll catch
up with you.
Astrid watches, suspicious.
EXT. COVE - LATER
Hiccup rubs Toothless behind the ear, causing him to relax
and fall over.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - LATER
An angry Deadly Nadder approaches Hiccup. Just as Astrid
moves in to strike, Hiccup performs his special rubbing
technique, which sends the Nadder down. Astrid and the other
kids look on from the sideline in amazement.
INT. MEADE HALL - CONTINUOUS
Hiccup sits down at a table to eat. The other recruits notice
him and move over to his table to talk to him - leaving
Astrid alone.
FISHLEGS
Hey Hiccup!
SNOTLOUT
What was that? Some kind of trick?
What did you do?
TUFFNUT
Hiccup, you're totally going to
come in first, there's no question.
EXT. COVE - LATER
Hiccup is using a mirror-like object to create a patch of
light on the ground. Toothless claws and chases the light
patch like a cat chasing a laser pointer.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - DAY
A beam lifts from the door of another dragon pen.
GOBBER
Meet the Terrible Terror.
A tiny, pint-sized dragon steps out and moves toward the
recruits.
TUFFNUT
Ha. It's like the size of my-
Tuffnut is taken down in a blur.
TUFFNUT (CONT'D)
Get it off! Get it off! Oh! I'm
hurt, I am very much hurt!
Hiccup stops the Terrible Terror with the same light-patch
trick he used earlier with Toothless. The tiny dragon
retreats back to its cage. The teens approach him yet again
as Astrid looks on with suspicion.
TUFFNUT (CONT'D)
(TO ASTRID)
Wow, he's better than you ever
were.
CUT TO:
EXT. FOREST - MOMENTS LATER
Astrid furiously hurls her axe at a nearby tree. She notices
Hiccup walking by in the distance, carrying one of his
trademark harnesses. She quickly tries to follow, but he
loses her in the woods.
She HUFFS, frustrated.
"I'm actually quite surprised you didn't find me. I had hidden behind one of the bushes, and I could have sworn you were looking right at me."
"I would have continued in my search but I promised my mom I'd help here that day. Otherwise Toothless would have been found sooner and who knows what would have happened."
"Well," I started, "There have been stories written about what would have happened if you had run away liked you planned Hiccup. Most of them containing Astrid tagging along and then… well I'll tell you later."
EXT. COVE - LATER
Hiccup straps a newly designed harness onto Toothless. With
Toothless tied to a nearby post with a rope. Hiccup rides him
in the air - while stationary. Toothless looks like a giant
kite tied to a tree stump. This harness seems to work.
EXT. SKY - MOMENTS LATER
The rope breaks and the pair CRASH into a tree. Hiccup's face
is red.
HICCUP
Oh, great.
EXT. BERK - NIGHT
The streets are empty save for a lone Viking who crosses
Hiccup's path.
VIKING
Hiccup.
Hiccup nods, trying to look casual. Once the coast is clear,
he covertly steers Toothless into the Blacksmith's stall.
Toothless PRESSES himself inside, rooting through stuff and
making a racket. Astrid, walking nearby, is alerted.
ASTRID (O.S.)
Hiccup?
Hiccup FREEZES. Then frantically tries to pry the ring off
the saddle hook. It won't budge.
ASTRID (CONT'D)
Are you in there?
Too late - she's right outside.
ON ASTRID walking along the outside of the Blacksmith's.
Hiccup JUMPS OUT the window and CLOSES the shutters behind
him. Hiccup's harness line is stretched through the window,
still attached to Toothless' saddle.
HICCUP
Astrid. Hey! Hi Astrid. Hi Astrid.
Hi Astrid.
"You are such a bad liar Hiccup!," Snotlout shouted
"Yes, it's come to my attention more than once."
ASTRID
I normally don't care what people
do, but you're acting weird. Well,
weirder.
Toothless spots a nearby sheep and makes a move toward it. As
a result, Hiccup is suddenly PULLED TIGHT against the window
shutters. He STRIKES A POSE to compensate... then gets PULLED
THROUGH the shutters. They snap back in Astrid's face.
Astrid reopens them and finds nothing but an empty stall.
In the distance, Toothless and Hiccup slip off unseen.
"Well, now is as good of a time as any for another break," I said getting up and waving my hand to pause the movie, "Please feel free to get some food from the room off to the left just please don't break anything. I have some things to attend to. I will call everyone back when it is time to resume." Hiccup and Astrid made an attempt to follow me, "I'm sorry but that means you two as well. Go get food and then feel free to wonder about I trust you more than I do the others. What I have to deal with too much of a risk for you to see."
Watching to make sure they went to the other room, I then made my way up a flight of stairs to my bedroom. A bunk-bed, a desk, and some shelves took up most of the space. Against to farthest wall from the door was a medium sized window, blinds open to show the setting sun outside. I paused to change my clothes into something a little less warm taking off my long sleeve to be replaced with a black v-neck tank top and my leggings to be replaced by black legging material pants for my later mission. Change my makeup to consist of a simple black winged eyeliner, mascara, and lip balm. Opening up Spotify on my phone and hitting the play button turned on my favorite music. Turning on music to pass the time and collect my thoughts seemed like a good idea for the time being. Until out of nowhere appeared the last person I thought would appear. Valka Haddock. Immediately taking a battle position with her staff pointed threateningly at me she asked, "Who are you? Where am I?"
"I honestly did not think you still considered yourself apart of Berk."
"Answer my questions."
"My name is Emilyroseclaire, but just call me Clairy(A/N: I know I changed it but I kinda prefer the nickname more). As for where you are that is a bit harder to explain. I am what you would call a witch. I used my powers to bring the entire village of Berk to witness the past and future, by watching a movie, a moving picture with sound. You should not have been summoned unless you still considered yourself apart of Berk."
"Berk is here…"
"Yes, but if you wish not to be seen by them, I can make that happen. Until you are ready to see them that is."
"I don't think I'll ever be ready, but thank you."
"Of course." Waving my hands she disappeared to a tiny room above the movie room. The song changed to a new one causing my to pause and stare out the window at the setting sun. Forbidden Friendship. Sadness washed over me until I heard,
"Um, hello. Clairy?" came a nasally voice.
Turning to see Hiccup and Astrid awkwardly standing in the doorway. I quickly tried to compose myself, but that can be hard if you have a tear running down your face.
"Are you okay?" Astrid asked.
"I'm fine." The song playing now was Legends Never Die but it was just ending telling me I had been staring out the window for a while, "How long have you been standing there?" I asked
Hiccup replied sheepishly. "Not long it's just that everyone is kind of getting restless down there. Do you think we can start back up again?"
"Of course. Let's go." Thank the gods they didn't see her.
Gathering everyone back into the movie room, I played the movie only disappearing to make sure my new found guest was comfortable. Here we go. Now is where things get interesting.