Ch. 6 Animal House

[The scene starts off with a dragon roaring in the background as it shows an early morning sunrise shining on Berk, a Monstrous Nightmare flying towards the island and over the village.]

Hiccup: Here on Berk, we made peace with the dragons. [A male Viking pushing a cart full of bread looks up at the dragon in wonder as it flies overhead.]

"That's me!" shouting the Viking as he pointed at the screen of himself.

Hiccup: We're finally living and working together. [In the Plaza, it shows other Vikings doing their share of work. A Viking tries to lug a barrel in his house and a Deadly Nadder helps by pushing it in along with the Viking, another Viking laughing when it happened as another Nadder on the roof flies off.] And it only took us 300 years.

The Vikings chuckled at Hiccup's dry humor.

[Suddenly, the Nadder runs into the Nightmare from earlier and they start to fight in the air.]

Hiccup: There's one slight problem… [The Nadder chases the Nightmare as the screen transitions, showing them heading towards Bucket and Mulch's farm.]

"Ooh! Don't tell me! Uh, the dragons are fighting!" said Tuffnut.

Hiccup: We forgot to tell the animals.

"Ah! It was on the tip of my tongue! Stupid tongue."

[The Nightmare roars over the sheep pen, scaring three sheep as they bleat and run headfirst into each other twice before scampering away from the dragons that landed into their pen and towards the edge of the fence. The two dragons roar at each other as Bucket and Mulch walk up towards them.]

All the children laughed at the sheep.

Mulch: Oh, not again. Ya-you go on now, you get. Get, shoo. [The two separate the dragons onto opposite sides and shoo them outside of the pens.]Y-you know you're not supposed to be in here.

[The dragons roar at them indignantly as the two Vikings walk towards the animals. Mulch heading towards the yaks with a bucket while Bucket goes to the chicken coups.]

Mulch: All right, everybody, time to earn your keep. [Bucket grabs a chicken from the coup and looks inside, but only sees an empty nest. He looks at the chicken in his hand in confusion as it clucks.]

Bucket: It's chickens who lay eggs, right?

Mulch: Do we really need to go over this again?

"Yes." Said Bucket.

Bucket: …No.[He grabs a nearby sheep, who bleats in surprise, and looks under it.]

Mulch sighs.

Mulch: [SIGHS] Apparently, we do. Well, pay attention, Bucket. [He walks over to him, then points to each individual animals as he speaks.] Wool. Eggs. Milk. Is that so hard now, see?[Bucket just glances around at the animals, still confused.]

"Yes."

Mulch: [GROANS] Observe. [He goes to the yak he was with before and reaches for the udder.] Just grab the udder like so, and pull. [He pullsdown on the udder, but all he gets is the yak mooing. He tries again.] Uh, pull. [YAK MOOS] Pull! [The yak moos before kicking him, sending him tumbling back.]

"That poor yak…" said Fishlegs.

Mulch: Uh-oh, I think we're empty…That's not good.

"No. No, it isn't." said Stoick, frowning.

[Scene: Snowy Cap Mountains.]

[The scene then cuts to Berk's snowy mountains where Hiccup and Astrid were bobsledding down the mountain on their dragons.]

Hiccup: Yahoo!

Astrid: [LAUGHS]

[The two swerve around trees as they dragon-sled together, going up and down small hills and up in the air for a few moments before coming back down. Astrid had taken the lead and looked back at Hiccup and Toothless with a mischievous grin before gesturing to Stormfly to shoot out her spines at the two.]

Hiccup: Whoa! [The two swerve out of the way.]Hey, Astrid!

Astrid: Oops. Did I do that? [Hiccup gets a twinkle in his eye as the two catch up to them. He gets ahead and has Toothless extend his right wing, blocking their view.]Hey! [She tries to see around the wing, but the Night Fury just kept blocking her sight.] Not fair. [He finally pulls back in his wing, but when he does she looks up to see tree samplings sticking out of the snow and coming her way. Her eyes bulge.] AAH! [She hits the branches with a smack, causing her to get snow in her eyes. She wipes it away with a grunt and playfully scowl at the two.]So it's gonna be like that, huh?

Hiccup: I have no idea what you're talking about.[Toothless grumbles out in amusement. Astrid gapes before looking forward and has Stormfly shoot a ball of fire. Hiccup watches it as it hits a mound with a boom and he shields his eyes away as they spin out of control from the force. They yelp in surprise as Astrid and Stormfly take the lead.]Whoa! Unh! Hey!

Astrid: It was heridea, but I approve! [LAUGHS]

"Well, you two look like you're having fun." Tuffnut snickered, earning him a smack in the head by Astrid's axe.

[Stormfly squawks in amusement and Hiccup just grinned at them. But then his smile fades when he hears a distant rumbling behind him and looks back. He gets a look of terror when he sees an avalanche heading towards them.]

"HICCUP!" Stoick shouted fearfully.

Hiccup: Uh-oh.[Hiccup turns back around and clicks the pedal on his prosthetic with a grunt. Toothless, feeling what his rider wanted, tries to take off with a roar of effort but ends up back on the ground.] Aah! Aah! [Toothless tries again but still ends up back on the ground.] [GRUNTS][Hiccup tries the pedals again but it doesn't work. He looks back to see what was wrong and dawns a look of horror when he finds out that Toothless' tail fin is frozen in place.]

"Oh, no…" Hiccup mumbled.

Hiccup: His tail's frozen. [He looks up and his eyes bulge in panic when he sees the avalanche getting closer. Hiccup turns back around and tries to warn the two.] Astrid!

[Astrid, who was oblivious to all this, looks back and gasps when she sees the avalanche. She leans forward, urging Stormfly to speed up faster and screams when they take to the air from a little mound. Hiccup and Toothless try to do the same, but with the tail frozen they scream as they fall back down. Astrid and Stormfly watch them from the air and head towards them.]

Astrid: Hiccup!

[Hiccup grunts as he crawls over towards Toothless' tail fin and tries to spread the fin, but to no avail as the ice holds firm. Astrid looks ahead of where the two are heading and sees that they're heading towards a crevasse.]

Astrid: Aah! Hold on! [They fly towards Hiccup and Toothless but Hiccup tries to get them away.]

Hiccup pulled his hair. "What are you doing?! You're gonna get yourself killed!"

"So are you if I don't save you." Astrid retorted back.

Hiccup: No! Go back!

[Astrid doesn't listen as the two glide over next to them. She reaches her hand out towards him and he grabs it. Astrid tries to pull him up onto her dragon, but it was too late as they all fall down into the crevasse screaming as the screen blacks out.]

The village was dead silent, wondering anxiously to see if the teens and their dragons made it. Stoick was as white as the snow on the screen.

Hiccup: [SHIVERING]

Astrid: [GROANS]

Hiccup: Astrid?

Astrid: Over here. Hiccup, I'm freezing.

Hiccup: Come here. Where are the dragons? [Suddenly, Toothless roars as a flash of purple from his plasma blast lights up the snow covered ceiling, showing the dragons above the two hugging teens for a moment before fading.]Toothless?

[Another burst of light from Stormfly's flames lights the ceiling as she squawks.]

Astrid: Stormfly?

[The two dragons shoot at the ceiling a couple more times before finally creating a hole and sunlight shines in, showing the dragons surrounding the hugging teens with their wings as a makeshift shield from the snow.]

Hiccup: Whoa.

Astrid: Yeah.

Hiccup: I see daylight!

[The dragons shoot up one more time to make sure they got all of the snow out of the way and look down at the teens in concern as they stare in awe at what the dragons did. Toothless purrs at them.]

Astrid: We're gonna get out of here.

The villagers all sigh in relief, knowing that they're okay.

Hiccup: Look what they did. [The two purr and squawk at them.]

Astrid: They saved our lives. [They turn to the other but realizing they were still hugging each other, jump back in surprise; they immediately scoot away with embarrassed looks, awkwardly looking away.] Oh.

Said two teens blush crimson and scoot away from each other, looking away.

"Awkward…" the twins chuckled and Fishlegs giggled while Snotlout growled jealously.

Hiccup: Um, uh…

Astrid: Um…

Hiccup: What's—uh, so…

Astrid: [CLEARS THROAT]

Hiccup: So we're good now?

Astrid: Ha. G-good as new. [She punches his arm to get the awkwardness out of the way.]

Hiccup: Ow!

Stoick and the rest of the villagers laugh fondly at the sight of the two embarrassed teens, on-screen and off-screen. Some of the Viking women sigh as they remember their younger years and having their first crush. Gobber sighed. "Ah, young love." The two riders blushed more as they scooted away from the other more. Hiccup coughed awkwardly into his hand while Astrid brushed her bangs away.

[The dragons crooned at them questionably as the scene fades back to the farm where Bucket and Mulch are off to the side as they watch Gobber inspect a yak from under it with Stoick standing there watching him. A Monstrous Nightmare in the background.]

Gobber: Ah, uh-huh. Uh-huh, there it is, mm-hmm. [YAK MOOING] Just what I thought. [He wheels out from under it and stands up.] She's not giving milk. None of 'em are.

Stoick: [SIGHS] We know that, Gobber. We want to know why.

"What other reason is there, Stoick?" Asked Gobber.

Gobber: This reminds me of the time I moved my mother in with my goat. She was mean, ornery, ate everything in sight. The goat was so scared of her; she couldn't give milk.

Stoick: So…what are you saying, Gobber?

"He's saying that his mother was hideous?" asked Tuffnut. Everyone stared at him.

Gobber: Mothers and goats don't mix. Same with farm animals and dragons. We stopped fighting the dragons, so now they're around ALL the time. The animals are spooked.[Just as he said that, the Nightmare flies away, causing the yaks and sheep to run away as they moo and bleat. Three sheep stand stock still before fainting on their sides one by one.]Like I said. Spooked.

"Déjà vu…" muttered Snotlout as the children laughed.

Bucket: [GRUNTING] [The two turn around to see Bucket groaning in pain as he wobbles around, holding his creaking bucket on his head.]

Mulch: Uh-oh. Your bucket's not tightening up on you, is it?

"No, my buckets not tightening up." said Bucket.

"But it will there." Mulch said as he pointed at the screen.

"Who's there? Are you there?" Mulch groans and shakes his head.

Bucket: No, I'm just…FIIIIIIIINE! [He collapses onto the ground in pain as his bucket creaks. Mulch goes over to him and kneels down before facing the other two.]

"This reminds me of the Blizzard of Olaf…" said Mulch, earning groans from the entire village.

Mulch: Well, whenever his Bucket gets tight, it means a storm is coming.

"What? That's insane. There's no way a person can predict weather with a bucket." Snotlout scoffed. Hiccup thought otherwise.

"Well…technically you're not wrong on that, but you're not right either. It's probably not the bucket that's predicting the weather, it's gotta be Bucket's injury." The teens stare at him confused.

"What do you mean 'injury?'" questioned Astrid.

"Well, Bucket had an injury when a dragon cracked his skull. The healed injury under his bucket is probably swelling under it, causing the bucket to tighten around his swelling head. It's probably swelling because of the air and winds changing in the weather, an indicator of letting Bucket know that there is a storm approaching."

"Ah, of course. That makes sense." Said Fishlegs, the others still looking confused.

"And you know this how, Hiccup?" Astrid inquired. Hiccup shrugged.

"It's the same thing with my leg. Whenever it throbs, it let's me know when rain is coming or when something bad is going to happen."

"What?! Hiccup, why didn't you tell me this?" Stoick demanded, hearing this for the first time. Hiccup rubbed his head sheepishly.

"I…didn't want you to worry. It wasn't that big of a deal and even if I told you, there's nothing you could've done anyway."

Stoick frowned. "Even so, you should've at least told me when it first happened. I'm your father, Hiccup, so of course I would worry."

"I know, Dad. But you never lost a limb, so I went to Gobber about this since he lost two." Stoick turned and glared at his friend, wondering what was his excuse for not telling him about this as well.

Gobber held up his hand and hook. "The boy's still adjusting to the prosthetic, of course I told him what was wrong so he wouldn't be scared. He needed someone that had been through the experience." Stoick sighed sadly. Yet another thing that he couldn't do for his son. Hiccup stood up and put a comforting hand on his father.

"Dad, come on. Look, the next time I have problems, I'll come to you first. I promise." Stoick gave him a small smile and nodded.

Bucket: [STRAINS] No storm. Everything's fine. [Stoick and Gobber raise brows and turn to each other, confused.]

Mulch: Bucket…

Bucket: I don't want there to be a storm! If lighting strikes my bucket, I could end up less intelligent. [SCREAMS] OW![MOANING] [Mulch feels Bucket's bucket and backs away in surprise.]

"Less intelligent than he already is?" Snotlout muttered and Hiccup elbowed his side.

Mulch: Oh-ho-ho. That's one tight bucket. [He taps it with his hook.] And the tighter the bucket, the bigger the storm.

Stoick: But that's crazy. Storms don't hit this early in the season.

Gobber: And besides, who ever heard of predicting the weather with a bucket? Heh, that's what chicken bones and goose feet are for.

"You know, I never really believed in that way of predicting the weather. No offense, Gothi." Hiccup quickly said. Gothi shrugged.

Mulch: If you recall, that bucket of his predicted the Blizzard of Olaf.

"See?!" Said Mulch.

Bucket: That was a bad one. It took us a week just to dig Mildew out. [MOANS]

Mulch: And the rest of our lives to wonder why we bothered. Trustthe bucket, Stoick.

Mildew scoffed indignantly and walked over to the tables where the food was, tired of all this "dragon talk".

Stoick: You trust the bucket. I want a second opinion.[The two walk away as the scene then cuts to Gothi's hut.]Gothi, I've come for your council. Is there going to be a storm? [Gothi puts down the sandbags she was carrying and begins writing in the sand with her staff.] What's she saying, Gobber?

Gobber: She says, "What do youthink?" …Huh? [They look at each other confused before looking back at her questionably. Gothi sighs before pointing at her hut. They turn around to see it already barricaded and bolted down.]

Both: Ah…

Gothi shook her head in annoyance.

Stoick: How can you be so sure? Was it the chicken bones o-or the goose feet? [She writes in the sand again and Gobber reads it.]

Gobber: Uh-huh, uh-huh, yep. She says she could hear Bucket screaming from way up here.

[The two get astonished looks as the scene cuts to the old catapult where the teens are hanging out again as Hiccup and Astrid recount to them what happened.]

Hiccup: And then the dragons used their wings to block the snow.

Fishlegs: I've never heard of anything like that. Not even in the book of dragons.

Fishlegs squealed in amazement at this new knowledge, Hiccup already writing down in his notebook.

Astrid: I know! It was incredible. It's as if their protective instincts just kickedin.

Hiccup: Who'd believe it? The dragons we fought for years came to our rescue.

"Question?" Snotlout raised his hand.

Hiccup sighed. "Yes, Snotlout. What is it?"

"If you're saying that your leg tells you that rain is coming or when bad things happen, how come your leg didn't tell you that a storm is coming?" Hiccup blinked at this and hummed in thought.

"I…guess I must have thought my leg was warning me about the avalanche instead of the storm. It's probably still throbbing right now, but I guess I must have thought of it as the aftereffects of the avalanche."

Astrid: Yeah, if it weren't for them, we would have frozen to death. [Toothless croons.]

Fishlegs: You know what, you could've used your own bodies to keep each other warm.[At this, the two looked up, turning their heads to each other at the memory and immediately scooted away from the other, avoiding eye contact.]

Along with their off-screen selves as they turned away and blushed red. The villagers chuckled at this.

Astrid: Ha, um…

Hiccup: Who would do that?

Astrid: That's crazy.

Snotlout: Hey, Astrid. If you're still cold… [He held out his arms and made a smooch sound.]

Astrid groaned in disgust.

[Astrid gave him an unamused look before slamming her elbow onto the catapult, causing the launcher to go down a little and knocking snow off. The snow landed and covered Snotlout completely.]

Snotlout: [MUFFLED] Hey! [Hiccup and Astrid grin in amusement.]

The teens laughed.

"Really, Astrid?! What happened to us?" cried Snotlout.

"There was never an 'us', Snotlout." Said Astrid. Snotlout grumbled under his breath and gave his cousin a glare.

Tuffnut: Hey, Hiccup…[They turn to see the twins on the bridge that leads to the catapult with smirks on their faces.]Your father's looking for you.

Ruffnut: He looked angry.

Hiccup: He's looked angry since the day I was born, [He stands up and walks over to Toothless who was already leaning down for him to get on and purrs and grunts when he's near.] but I'm sure there's no connection. [Hiccup mounts on and the two take off.]

Gobber and Spitelout laughed while Hiccup coughed into his hand sheepishly, his father staring him down questionably. Did Hiccup really think that he was angry? Stoick immediately relaxed his shoulders and changed his stern look instantly.

[Scene: Haddock Residence.]

[The scene cuts to inside the Haddock household where the two and Gobber are watching the chief pace around the room.]

Stoick: With a bad storm coming, we could be locked in. We might not be able to hunt or fish for months.

Hiccup: But it's way too early for a storm. We're in the middle of winter. Devastating winter isn't due for another month.

Most of the village chuckled. The boy sure knew his seasons well.

Stoick: Not according to Gothi.

Hiccup: But what am I supposed to do? I can't control the weather.

"Sure you can." Said Tuffnut.

"You're such an idiot." Ruffnut scoffed.

"Oh, yeah? Well— "

"Guys…" Hiccup warned and they begrudgingly stopped.

Stoick: No, but you can control dragons. If they don't stop scaring the animals, we won't have any provisions to live on.

"…Or he could do that." Said Ruffnut.

"Eh…less exciting." Tuffnut sighed.

[The door then creaks open and thuds against the wall as Bucket and Mulch come in with a bucket in hand, Bucket closing the door behind them.]

Stoick: Ah, any luck? [He grabs the bucket and tilts it up, but nothing comes out.]

Mulch: Not a drop. And this is after yanking on that poor yak for three hours.

"Yikes…" Said Fishlegs.

[Silence takes place as they all turned to Hiccup whose eyes widens and he turns to Toothless who croons questionably to him. Hiccup backs up and holds Toothless' head.]

Hiccup: But it's not like the dragons are trying to be scary. I mean, they don't even eat farm animals. They eat fish.

"Lots of fish…" Hiccup added as he watched Toothless eat a whole basket of fish in under ten minutes flat.

Gobber: True. But they're huge, they breathe fire. And now that we've made peace with them, they're everywhere. The animals are terrified of them.

Stoick: Here's where you jump in and say, "I'll fix this."

Hiccup: Okay, but how long do I have before the storm hits?

Mulch: About a week.

Hiccup: No problem. More than enough time.

Bucket: [GROANS]

Mulch: Correction. Three days, six hours.

"Perfect." Gobber deadpanned.

Hiccup: Uh, okay, less time…might be more of a problem.

[Scene: Academy.]

[The scene then fades to black as it time skips, showing Berk as the skies darken and turns to black. Thunder rumbles and winds blow harshly as waves crash. Then it cuts to the Academy where Hiccup and Astrid are trying to coax and push a terrified yak towards the same wild dragons from before, the Deadly Nadder and the Monstrous Nightmare. The rest of the teens and the dragons, along with the rest of the farm animals watch from the sidelines.]

Hiccup: [YAKS MOOING] Come on, big boy. You can do it. [YAKS MOOING] [GRUNTS] Come on. [YAK MOOS] [GRUNTS] [Hiccup continues to pull on the yak's horns and snout as the dragons watch them with interest.]You'll really like them if you get to know them.

Astrid: The dragons look scary, but they're just big, scaly reptiles.

"Sure…" Snotlout rolled his eyes.

Tuffnut: Just like Snotlout. [CHUCKLES] [Snotlout glares at him and grabs him by the shirt with his fist raised, but stops and looks him up and down in confusion.]

Snotlout: You're the guy, right?

Tuffnut: [HIGH-PITCHED VOICE] No.

"Okay, I do NOT sound like that!" Ruffnut said, offended.

"Yeah. If anything, you sound like a guy." Tuffnut added and Ruffnut kicked his knee cap. "Ow! My knee cap. That's knew, I like it."

[The dragons roar at each other, causing the yak to moo in fear as it runs away to the other side of the Academy, making the rest of the yaks and the chickens to move out of the away of the charging yak. The two sigh tiredly.]

Fishlegs: Okay, what if we looked at this from an animal's perspective? [He then goes on all fours and crawls towards the wild dragons who watch him curiously.]Oh, hello, Mr. Dragon. I'm just a little sheep here, walking, doing sheep things. [He then imitates sheep bleats; the sheep looking unimpressed. Fishlegs looks over at the sheep.] Now, he doesn't really seem so big and— [But when he turns back to the dragons, the Nightmare had got in his face and roared.]Whoa! [The teen whimpers as he scampers away in fright, still on fours, and cowers under Meatlug.]Sorry, but I'm siding with the sheep on this one.

The teens laugh while Fishlegs blushes in embarrassment.

Hiccup: Look, I've learned that once you have a positive experience with something you're afraid of, it isn't so scary anymore.[The lamb tried to walk away, but Hiccup just grabs it and puts it back with the rest of its group before directing them towards the dragons who look at them curiously as the sheep cower at them in fear.]

Hiccup: Okay, there you go, boys. Over here. And that's what we'll have to do with these sheep. We gotta prove to them they have no-thing to fear— [But he spoke too soon, as the Nightmare that was sniffing the sheep sneezed fire at them, causing them to run away and the little lamb to catch on fire as they bleat. Hiccup yelps as he and Astrid run over to the little sheep and put out the fire.]

Hiccup: Ohhhh, a-a-at this rate, we'll never get any milk or eggs.

[Scene: Food Storehouse.]

[The scene cuts to the skies, showing the clouds darkening further as the wind howls loudly. Then it closes in on Stoick and Gobber at the food storehouse as they barricade it with boards.]

The villagers look on at the screen worriedly, seeing how bad the storm is and wonder if they'll ever be able to have any food left to survive.

Stoick: [GROANS] Just as I feared. We haven't had time to fully stock the food storehouse. [Stoick grabs a board and holds it against the doors.] If this storm is as bad as we think it is, we're never gonna survive.

Gobber: Not with this inventory. [He hands him a hammer.]

Stoick: We're going to need everything we can get from those chickens and yaks. [He begins hammering the board down.]

"I'm not really comfortable putting my fate in the hands of a brainless bird and a big, woolly beast that sleeps in it's own dung." Gobber said at the same time as his on-screen character.

Gobber: I'm not really comfortable putting my fate in the hands of a brainless bird and a big, woolly beast that sleeps in its own dung.

Some of the villagers chuckled at the exact same wording.

Stoick: Well, luckily our fate isn't in their hands. It's in my son's.

"Oh, like that's— "Spitelout started, but stopped when Stoick sent his brother a death glare, "…fine." He muttered in defeat.

[Scene: Academy.]

[The scene cuts back to the Academy in utter chaos where all the animals are shrieking and panicking all at once, Hiccup almost being run over by yaks a couple times.]

Hiccup: Another way for the animals to overcome their fear is to show them that dragons…are afraid of things too. [The teens gave him blank and confused looks.]

Astrid: Remember Magnus the Merciless? He was a pretty scary guy.

Fishlegs shivers along with his on-screen self.

Fishlegs: [SHIVERS]

Astrid: I was afraid of him until I learned that hewas afraid of the dark.

"Like Tuffnut." Ruffnut laughed. "Ow!" Tuffnut punched her arm.

Tuffnut: So during the day, merciless.

Ruffnut: And during the night, Tuffnut.

Tuffnut: Unh! [Tuffnut glared and punched her arm.]

Ruffnut: Ow!

Tuffnut: Hey! That's a real problem.

"See? Even you agree!" Ruff boasted.

Astrid: I'm just saying, knowing he was afraid of something made him less scary to me.

Hiccup: Yes, [Hiccup walks over to a basket and grabs two eels.]so let's show the yaks that dragons are afraid of things too. [He then walks over to the dragons and holds up the eels to them, causing them to shriek and roar in terror as they recoil from the hissing eels. The yaks watch in interest and moo to each other.]

The dragons in the hall screech and back away from the screen.

Astrid: * I think it's working. *

[But she spoke too soon as one of the eels slips out of Hiccup's grip. It slithers and hisses towards the Nightmare who roars and backs away in terror, causing it to accidentally smack its tail into a sheep. The sheep bleats as it was sent flying across the Academy and smacks into the wall with a splat.]

The Vikings wince.

[Hiccup watches and groans in exasperation before shaking and burying his head in his hands as the dragon looks around sheepishly at what it did. Astrid walks over and puts an assuring hand on the distressed boy's back.]

Astrid: Don't worry.

Hiccup: Worry? I'm not-not worried. Do I look worried?

"Yes." Astrid answered.

[Scene: Outside the Great Hall.]

[The scene cuts as thunder rumbles and lightning strikes the sky, the wind howling ferociously. Then it shows the villagers carrying provisions up the stairs towards the Great Hall, the chief and blacksmith directing them inside from the top.]

Stoick: Bring in everything you need. We don't know how long we'll need to be hunkered down. [Walking up the flight of stairs, Mulch drags up a groaning Bucket in a wheelbarrow up the stairs.]How's Bucket doing?

Mulch: Look at him. He usually loves a wheelbarrow ride.

Bucket: [WHIMPERING] [Stoick and Gobber look up at the sky as it continues to rumble and flash, some of the villagers panicking a little.] [GROANS]

Stoick: Mulch, I'll take care of Bucket. You and Gobber go find the kids and bring them here. [The two nod and walk off as Bucket continues to whimper in pain.]

[Scene: Academy.]

[The scene cuts back to the Academy where all the animals shriek and run amuck, a Nightmare chasing them as the teens scramble to get them all under control.]

Snotlout: Aah! Where are you going? Hey!

"Away from you." Hiccup retorted.

Astrid: Hey! Calm down. [She puts a hand on the Nightmare's snout and gently pushes the dragon back next to the Nadder while Hiccup gathers the chickens in his arms.] Get back over here. [Hiccup walks over, the chickens squirming in his arms.]

Hiccup: You know what I'm learning from this? Chickens are really, well, chicken.

Gobber gasped. "No! Really?!" Hiccup turned around and childishly stuck his tongue out at him. Gobber returned the favor.

Fishlegs: What if we showed them how much they have in common with the dragons? [The two stare at him, not sure what he means exactly.]They both lay eggs, right? A Terrible Terror laid one last week.

[Fishlegs grabbed a green Terrible Terror egg, which was as big as his head, and gently set it down in front of the chickens.]

"Yeesh, that came out of a Terrible Terror?" Snotlout cringed.

[The chickens clucked curiously at the large egg and waddled over to it, one jumped up and sat on it while the rest of her friends inspected it. The chicken that was roosting on it wobbled around a bit as she got comfortable, testing the egg. The two smiled at the sight.]

Hiccup: All right, see? An egg's an egg, right, ladies?

[The chickens continued inspecting the egg when suddenly, a crack was heard as the egg started to hatch and glow lava red before exploding in a burst of fire and lava, causing the chickens to shriek as they were blown away by the force of the explosion. Everyone backs away and shields their faces from the lava.]

Snotlout: Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Tuffnut: Ah!

Hiccup: Until it explodes.

Tuffnut laughed. "Hey Astrid, remember that video how on Snoggletog—YOWCH! Owowowow!" He cried when Astrid pinched him.

[A yak ran in terror right as Gobber and Mulch walked in the Academy, snow falling gently.]

Gobber: Everybody out. The storm is here! [Gobber and Mulch began to gather the animals and herd them towards the entrance along with the dragons.]

Hiccup: Uh, w-wait, we haven't made any progress with the animals. [Gobber grabs a chicken from the gate of one the cages and walks towards him as every minute passing, more snow falls.]

Gobber: Your father wants everyone in the Great Hall.

Hiccup: Take the others. I need to stay and keep working with the animals. They're still afraid.

Gobber: You can't get eggs from a frozen chicken. We've got to get the animals in the barn!

[Scene: The Barn]

[Lightning and thunder strike as the scene shows a completely snowed in barn. Wind howling as the blizzard gets worse.]

Gobber: So much for the barn.

The teens burst out laughing. "What?" Gobber asked.

"Your facial expression was just priceless!" Ruffnut got out as she and her brother leaned against each other.

"For once, sis…I completely agree." Said Tuffnut.

Mulch: There's no other place to hold them!

Hiccup: THE GREAT HALL!

Mulch: So, we're going to have the dragons and the animals under the same roof? Ha. We know that won't work.

"No, it will not." Said Mulch.

Hiccup: We have no choice. Let's go.

[Everyone began herding the animals down the mountain as they head towards the village, the teens making sure that the animals stayed together as their dragons followed them.]

Gobber: All right, keep up. Shepherd them.

Astrid: THIS WAY!

Fishlegs: Come on, come on! Let's go! Oh, this way, guys!

Gobber: Grab 'em!

[Suddenly, lightning struck a tree, causing it to timber. Stormfly, who was right in the tree's path, chirped and screeched in surprise as her spines extended. In the process, she accidentally swung her tail in Hookfang's face who was right behind her, causing him to roar in pain and flame up, which scared the animals and made them flee in terror as he shot fire over their heads, making them scatter. Yaks mooed and sheep bleated as they ran away from the rampaging Nightmare.]

Snotlout: Hey, I've got this under control.[Snotlout spread his arms and legs out in a stance, but a yak just made him go flying over it as it stampeded through him, followed by more as they trampled him.] WHOA! OW! OW! OW! Oh-ho, ow. Okay, everything hurts.

"Look who's the 'strong' and 'powerful' Viking now." Astrid taunted.

[The animals continued to scatter in a panic. Two yaks brushed by Fishlegs, causing him to spin in circles and fall to the ground. Then he grunted as sheep trampled him with Ruffnut chasing after them as she stepped on the teen as well. A chicken then fluttered up into her face, making her go blind.]

"That's a good look for you, sis." Tuffnut snickered.

[Hiccup tries to catch a sheep by pouncing but misses as it got away. He groans as he watches all the animals run away towards the forest, the snow covering them like camouflage. Hiccup frowns before running to Toothless.]

Gobber: Where are you going?

Hiccup: I'm going after them!

Stoick narrowed his eyes. "I don't like where this is going…"

Gobber: Forget it, Hiccup! We'll never get them rounded up in this storm!

Hiccup: With Toothless, I can. I have to try. [He mounts up onto Toothless.]If I don't, we starve to death.

Gobber: No, your father would kill me if I left you out here. [Gobber runs over to try and stop him, but was too late as Hiccup and Toothless already took off in the direction the animals went.]

Hiccup: Sorry, Gobber.

Gobber: Hiccup, come back here! Astrid, will you talk some sense— [He turns to face her, but finds her already mounting onto Stormfly along with the rest of the teens.]Uh, no. No, not you too! [She takes off after Hiccup, the rest following her as well.]ASTRID! You're not going with—Ah! GET BACK HERE, ALL OF YOU! [They all don't listen as they all take off towards the forest, Gobber staring after them flabbergasted as the scene fades to black.]

"Ha ha, awk- "

"Don't say it." Gobber growled.

[Scene: The Great Hall.]

[The scene starts back up in front of the Great Hall as the storm rages on, the wind howling in a flurry of snow. Then it cuts to all the villagers inside as they gather around the fire pit to keep warm, all muttering and saying how cold and scared they were. The torch flames flutter as the doors to the Great Hall open from the harsh winds.]

Stoick: Move those tables against the doors![Two Vikings grab a couple tables and held them against the doors. Suddenly, Gobber barged in looking frantic as he ran towards the chief.]

Gobber: Stoick, the barns been destroyed! The animals have scattered.

Stoick: Where's Hiccup and the others?

Gobber: I tried to stop him, Stoick. They went after the animals. [Stoick frowned as he made his way towards the door, Gobber following as Mulch came in with two yaks.]

Mulch: I caught these two. I figured at least with these, we'd be able to start a new herd. [YAKS MOOING]

Gobber: You might want to take another look, Mulch. [Mulch looked under the yaks as the two men walked out the doors.]

Mulch: Oh, uh, never mind, boys. [He walked in as the two men at the doors closed them.]

Gustav frowned in confusion and looked up at his mother. "Mommy, what does he mean by that?" he asked. The teens, who were nearby the mother and Gustav, and some young adults snickered.

His mother's eyes widened and smiled nervously. "Well, uh, Gustav…you see, um…O-oh look! It's Hiccup!" she pointed to the screen, changing the subject quickly. Luckily for her, Gustav fell for it and turned back to the screen excitedly. She sighed in relief, glad she wouldn't have to explain…certain things. The teens snickered again.

[The scene cuts back to the others as they fly through the forest, the skies dark and the snow blinding as the blizzard raged on with the wind near deafening. Toothless roars as he fires a blinding plasma blast to light the way with the others following behind.]

Hiccup: YOU FIND AS MANY AS YOU CAN! We'll herd them back to the Great Hall.

Fishlegs: Can we swing by my house? I'd like to get my heavy coat.

Tuffnut: Check this out. [He smacks the side of his face hard, making Ruffnut grin, but it fell at his next words.] I'm so cold, I can't feel my face! [She then smacks him really hard, causing his jaw to become lopsided.] Didn't feel it.

The teens, minus the twins, wince at the sight of his jaw. "That takes all the fun out of it!" Ruffnut huffed.

Ruffnut: That takes all the fun out of it.

[The teens continue flying, Hiccup and Toothless leading, when they finally came across the animals.]

Hiccup: There they are. Come on![They then fly down towards the animals.]

Fishlegs: Yaks to the left!

Snotlout: Chickens to the right! [Snotlout and Hookfang fly past the two, making them spin in circles as they fly down towards the chickens.]Hey, I'm flying here![He gets to where the chickens are running and tries to herd them.]Chickens, over here! Follow me this way, come on! [Suddenly, Hookfang's eyes widen as he begins to fly up.]Wait, where are you going? [Snotlout looks up from looking at his dragon and screams as a tree comes up. Hookfang dodges it in time as he flies erratically. Fishlegs and Astrid fly over to where the sheep are running and chase them.]

Fishlegs: SHEEP! HEY, SHEEP! THIS WAY! BAA! BAA! BAA! Hey, it's working! [He continues to imitate bleats as Meatlug flies low to the ground chasing them, but they flew too close to the ground as they suddenly get stuck between a fallen tree and the ground with a thump. Fishlegs makes a miserable bleat as Astrid continues chase.]

Astrid: I got them! Now! [Stormfly shoots out her spines, caging the sheep in as they bleat.] Gotcha![Suddenly, Hookfang and Snotlout swoop down and knock down the makeshift cage, causing the sheep to escape as the two continue flying erratically.]

Snotlout: AAH! [SCREAMS] WHOA! WHOA!

Astrid: Snotlout, what are you doing? You're all over the place.

"As usual…" Astrid grumbles.

Snotlout: YOU TRY HERDING CHICKENS WITH A DRAGON THAT DOESN'T LISTEN TO YOU! WHOA!

Hookfang snorts indignantly and smokes Snotlout's helmet again. Snotlout screamed as he ran to the nearest water supply, dunking his head. Spitelout face-palmed in embarrassment.

[Astrid then looks out in the blinding blizzard and sees three sheep.]

Astrid: HICCUP! STRAY SHEEP!

[Hiccup and Toothless fly up the mountain where the sheep are. The sheep turn a corner on a ledge, but the lamb slips and falls to the ground with a bleat. It lands but then slides down the side and falls over a cliff. It bleats in terror when it sees the ground, but when it was about to hit the bottom, Toothless swoops in and catches it in time. The lamb, who had its eyes closed, slowly opens them and looks up at Toothless. Toothless looks at the lamb in its arms and croons with a smile as he sets the lamb down. The lamb bleats as it looks up at the dragon in confusion.]

Hiccup: Good job, bud. [The lamb's friends then come over to it's side and look up at the dragon in astonishment. Astrid and Stormfly then appear in front of the two through the snow.]

Astrid: Hiccup, the storm is getting worse. I can't see anything.

Hiccup: Come on, bud, give us some light. [Toothless turned in the air and shot a plasma blast in the distance, showing two forms. Hiccup pointed in that direction.]Stray yaks, 12 o' clock!

Tuffnut: I SEE THEM, AND THEY ARE HUGE! [The twins and their dragon flew towards the two forms. Barf and Belch extended their talons and grabbed the "yaks" before flying back. Said "yaks" let out a grunt when they were grabbed.] I got the yaks.

Fishlegs raised a brow. "Uh…I don't think those are yaks…"

Stoick: PUT ME DOWN! [The twins looked down and found out that the yaks were the chief and the blacksmith, Stoick looking up at them angrily.] Right. Now!

"Yep, I was right."

[Ruffnut and Tuffnut turned to each other and shrugged before letting Barf and Belch drop them to the ground. Stoick landed on his feet whereas Gobber face planted next to a yak.]

Gobber: Do I look like a yak to you? [His argument was moot though as he got up and took a very yak-like stance-which didn't do him any justice-as the yak glanced at him before grunting a moo and walked away, Gobber looking after it and making an "oh" face.]

The entire hall howled with laughter. Gobber pouted.

[The twins turned to each other from looking at Gobber and nodded in agreement that he did. Hiccup then lands Toothless in front of them and dismounts before walking up to them; the others landing as well.]

Stoick: You shouldn't be out here, Hiccup.

Hiccup: Dad…I'm sorry I let you down.

"It's not your fault, son. You tried your best, and that's all I can ask for." Said Stoick.

"Thanks, Dad." Said Hiccup as they smiled at each other.

"Doh, of course it's his fault!" Mildew yelled out.

"And the moment is gone…" they all turned to the cranky, old man who scowled at Hiccup.

"If it weren't for those dragons of his, we wouldn't be left starving in the future!" Suddenly, a plasma blast shot right above his head, causing him to yelp in fright and duck. Hiccup rubbed Toothless' head in a job well done.

Stoick: It's not your fault, son. I'm taking you back.

Gobber: Which way?

Stoick: Follow our tracks. [He gestures in the direction they came from, but all they see is a vast snowy area, the wind blowing harshly.]

"So much for that plan…" Hiccup chuckled.

Gobber: …So much for that idea.

Fishlegs: Sir, what do we do now?

[The teens all begin to shiver and rub their arms, finally realizing how cold they were after all the adrenaline wore off and how long they've been out. Stoick and Gobber look at all of them in concern.]

Stoick: Everyone, come together. [Everyone gathers and huddle together as they try to keep warm.]

All the villagers stared at the screen worriedly, hoping and praying to the gods that they would be safe.

[Toothless croons softly from where he was laying along with the rest of the dragons, but then looks up and sees everyone huddled together and freezing. He gets to his feet and growls to the dragons, who lift their heads and respond to his growl as they also get to their feet. Hiccup looks up from staring at the ground and turns to see the dragons who are making their way towards them. Everyone else also notice and look up to see the dragons surrounding them as they spread their wings, making a makeshift barrier from the wind and snow. Everyone stares at them in awe and astonishment.]

As well as all the villagers as they stare at the screen in awe.

"Wow."

"Amazing."

"This is incredible!"

Hiccup scratched Toothless under his chin. "You never cease to amaze me, bud." Toothless purrs and licks his cheek.

Stoick: What are they doing?

Hiccup: They're protecting us.

Astrid: It's their natural instinct.

[Hiccup and Astrid smile at each other at the memory while the rest still stare in awe. The dragons, except Toothless, then breathed fire on the ground as they created a circle of warmth, warming everyone up instantly.]

Fishlegs: Ooh.

[Suddenly, Toothless hears bleating and his ear rears up before turning to see the sheep huddling from the cold as well. Toothless then separates from the group and runs towards the sheep; two of them running away when he gets close while the youngest one tenses and closes his eyes with a scared bleat. When nothing happens, the lamb looks up to see the dragon giving him a warm look. Toothless then nudges the lamb forward with his head and gestures with a croon towards the group. The sheep bleats and looks over to the Vikings and dragons who are watching them. Toothless gives a purr of encouragement at the sheep, telling it to go to them. Finally, the lamb slowly and hesitantly walks towards the group and Toothless growls happily before running ahead and stops next to them. The lamb looks up at all the dragons who are giving it comforting and warm smiles. Then it bleats to the others, telling them that it's safe before walking up to the Vikings who smile down at the young, brave lamb. Soon enough, the rest of the sheep follow their comrade and into the dragon barrier, the other animals following suit as they walk up to them. The chickens huddle with the sheep while the yaks huddled with the twins who look at them in bemusement. Everyone else smiles in amazement as the young lamb walks up and lays where Toothless is with a content bleat.]

Stoick: Your dragons are really something, son.

Hiccup: Yeah, they are.

"They really are." Hiccup added.

[Toothless lifted his head and shot a plasma blast into the sky, the dragons following suit before the screen fades to white. The scene shows the next morning where the storm had completely stopped, the dragons all covered in snow from the neck up, leaving a hole at the top. The snow falls off the dragons as it shows everyone completely safe. Stoick and Hiccup look out to see the sunrise before turning to each other and smiling at one another.]

[Scene: The Great Hall.]

[The scene then cuts to everyone walking up the steps to the Great Hall, each carrying a sheep along with the dragons and a few chickens. The doors open as they all walk inside as all the villagers cheer in relief, glad that they are all safe.]

Mulch: They're back, and they're all right!

Bucket: And the animals are all right too.

Mulch: Uh-oh, [He nudges Bucket's side.]here come the dragons. [Hookfang roars and lowers enough for the lamb and its friends to jump off his back. Everyone awes at the sight.]Will you look at that!

Astrid: Hey, everyone! [Astrid turns to the door where Hiccup and Stoick walk in with a couple of yaks, Hiccup carrying a chicken and an egg.]

Hiccup: The chickens are laying eggs again. [CHEERING]

Everyone cheers at the news of the animals.

Bucket: I was right. Chickens do lay eggs.

"Genius…" Snotlout deadpanned.

[Mulch smiles and nods in amusement as everyone greets the dragons and the animals back home.]

Hiccup: We made our peace with the dragons when we saw that we could trust them. [Gobber walks over to a basket of fish and tosses a couple to Barf and Belch. Hiccup looks around the room with a content smile on his face.] Turns out they actually have instincts to protect us. [He turns to see a sheep walking up to Stormfly where its friend is and huddles with her as she blankets her wing over them.] All of us. [Stoick and Hiccup smile at the sight before turning to each other with happy smiles as well. They then turned around and close the doors.] Life on Berk just got a little warmer. [The screen pans out as it shows the Great Hall with a few flakes of snow falling before fading to black.]

The whole hall applauds and cheers at the end.

"Can you believe what those dragons did for us?" said Hiccup.

"It's incredible!"

"It's amazing!"

"Hey, look!" they turn to the screen to see a message displayed on the screen.

To be continued…

Have a Happy Snoggletog and Boneknapper hunting.

"Oh, looks like we have to wait for awhile to see some more." said Gobber as the hall awes sadly at this. He gets to his feet and cracks his back. "Well, see you all when I get my memories back!" he calls before making his way towards the door. The villagers all walk out the doors as well as they talk about all the videos they just saw, the evening sun shining down on Berk as the dragons fly out towards the forest or follow their owners home. The teens make their way out with their dragons following behind.

"Man! I was hoping to watch some more TV time." Snotlout grumbles sadly.

"Well, Snotlout, we all knew it was coming sooner or later. And we have lives too, you know." Said Hiccup. "We were gonna have to live those experiences and events from the TV eventually, not wanting to damage the future and all."

"But I don't want to wait at least a month or two so we can watch some more videos! That'll take forever!"

"Not necessarily, since we won't be remembering any of this." Fishlegs clarified.

"Yeah, there you go. See? So it won't feel like forever." Said Hiccup. Snotlout still pouted though, not happy.

"Look on the bright side, we'll finally get some action around here." Tuff said excitedly.

"Yeah! Snoggletog and Boneknapper, here we come!" Ruff shouted.

"YEAH!" they both yelled and budded helmets. The others rolled their eyes.

"How do you think it will happen? Would our memories just simply vanish just like that or fade away? And do you think it will happen any minute now or tomorrow?" Astrid inquired.

"I guess we'll just have to wait and see." Hiccup replied, unsure.

"I guess. Well, goodnight, you guys. I gotta go help with dinner." The others cringed. Astrid rolled her eyes. "Oh, calm down. I'm just helping my mom grab the ingredients. See you all tomorrow, and when we get our memories back."

"Goodnight!"

"Later!"

"See ya!"

"Goodnight, guys!" they all waved to each other as they walked back to their own houses. Toothless nudged Hiccup and gestured his head towards the sky. "All right, bud. Let's go for an evening flight." Hiccup saddled up and they flew into the sky. The next morning, nobody remembered anything that happened in the last two days. But none of them questioned it as they all just prepared for the holidays.