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Hiccup (v.o.): This is Berk, boasting the kind of balmy, fun-in-the-sun climate that will give you frostbite on your spleen. The one upside is our annual holiday. We call it Snoggletog. Why we chose such a stupid name remains a mystery. But with the war long over, and dragons living among us, this year’s Snoggletog promises to be one to remember.
“Ooh, I love Snoggletog, best holiday ever, after Loki Day of course,” Tuffnut grinned.
“You can say that again dear brother,” Ruffnut laughed.
[Toothless begins banging on the roof.]
Hiccup: Okay, okay, I’m coming. Well, good morning, Mr. Bossy!
“Great, an alarm I never wished for,” Hiccup grumbled.
Toothless snorted.
[Toothless giggles at Hiccup, and Hiccup imitates Toothless’ growl.]
Toothless nudged Hiccup and purred.
Hiccup laughed before petting his nuzzle.
Hiccup: Do you always have to wake me up so early to go flying-
[Hiccup’s metal foot slips on the ice, but Toothless catches him.]
Gobber winced at that knowing that it would take Hiccup a while to get used to that.
Hiccup: Stupid leg. Oh, thanks, buddy, I’m okay. Yeah, we can go flying now.
[Toothless burps in Hiccup’s face.]
Everyone groaned in disgust.
Hiccup: Eww, eww, what? Eww! Argh! Toothless.
[Cut to Toothless and Hiccup flying.]
Hiccup: Come on! Let’s see what you’ve got today!
[They dive down a cliff face.]
“Thor, I can not wait to do that with my dragon one day,” Tuffnut grinned.
“You mean our dragon, right?” Ruffnut raised an eyebrow.
“Nope.”
Hiccup: WOO-HOO!!! Okay, you ready? Easy…
“Hiccup…what are you planning?” Dagur asked, looking at the smaller Viking.
Hiccup shrugged while giving a crooked grin.
[Hiccup unhooks his leg and stands on Toothless and jumps over a cliff while Toothless goes under. Hiccup lands on Toothless and hooks his leg back in.]
Everyone sat there in shock at what the on-screen Hiccup had just done.
“Did you seriously just do that?” Fishlegs asked, impressed.
Hiccup shrugged, “I suppose so.”
“Can you teach me how to do that?” Tuffnut asked, leaning forward in his seat to peer at Hiccup. Ruffnut copied his actions.
The twins' parents shake their heads as Hiccup nervously looked between the twins.
Hiccup: Yes! Finally!!
“Finally?” Dagur turned to look at Hiccup who just shrugged.
“This is the future; I haven’t done this yet.”
[Cuts back to Berk.]
“This should be interesting with all the dragons,” Osvald whispered to Gobber who nodded in response.
Viking: Here.
[A Viking on a Gronckle is holding up a shield.]
Gobber: Yes, yes, nooo, nooo, no, that one a wee bit higher!
“It does help us put those decorations up higher,” a Berkian muttered.
Viking: Here?
Gobber: There! Ah, that’s the spot!
Viking: Alright!
[A costumed Viking child growls at Meatlug, and Meatlug playfully roars back.]
Fishlegs squealed, “that’s so cute.”
Fishlegs: Attaboy, Meatlug!
“Meatlug? Do you like that name?” Fishlegs asked the Gronckle next to him.
The Gronckle stuck out her tongue and licked his cheek.
The teens all made disgusted faces.
Astrid: Are you ready, girl?
[Astrid throws two shields in the air, and Stormfly uses her tail spikes to nail them to a giant, wooden Christmas tree-like structure.]
Astrid watched as her on screen self worked with the Deadly Nadder to help decorate Berk.
“Maybe there is a use for dragons,” Astrid muttered to herself.
She looked over at the Deadly Nadder who was still watching her.
Stoick: Odin’s beard, Gobber. Vikings spending the winter holiday with dragons. What would our fathers say?
“Probably thinks we’d have gone mad,” Stoick said, rubbing his forehead.
Gobber: They’d think we’d lost our minds!
There were murmurs of agreement.
Stoick: Hahahaha. Well done. Well done, all of you! I’ve never thought I’d live to see this day. Peace on the island of Berk. This will surely be the greatest holiday we’ve ever seen!
“Nah, imagine how Loki Day is going to go now that we have dragons,” Tuffnut snorted, “imagine all the destruction we could do.”
“Oh, brother I cannot wait,” Ruffnut grinned.
All of Berk shuddered in fear.
“Are you sure it’s a good idea to give them a dragon?” Dagur asked Hiccup.
“I mean, they would’ve found one themselves,” Hiccup answered.
Dagur nodded.
[Vikings and dragons’ cheer.]
Stoick: What the…?!
[Hundreds of dragons are flying above Berk, and the island’s resident dragons all join them and fly away.]
“What the…” Stoick muttered.
Gobber: What in Thor’s name?!
“Why are they all leaving?” a Berkian asked.
“Hiccup?” Dagur asked, looking at Hiccup.
“I have no idea what is happening,” Hiccup whispered back.
Snotlout: Come back! Where are you going?
Fishlegs: Meatlug!
Astrid: Where’s Hiccup?
“Out flying with my dragon” Hiccup responded sarcastically.
Astrid huffed.
“Have they never seen a dragon nesting before?” Ryker asked Viggo.
“Apparently not,” Viggo replied, “this should be interesting.”
“I wonder how long it will take them to figure it out,” Ryker crossed his arms.
“Am I hearing a wage dear brother?” Viggo smirked.
“And what will the loser do?” Ryker remarked.
“I’d say that the loser is to do what the winner wants for a week,” Viggo offered.
“Agreed,” Ryker said.
“I wager that they will realize at the halfway point of this film, and that Hiccup will be the one to discover this,” Viggo betted.
“I wager that it will be realized towards the end of the movie and that it will be the idiot twins who figure it out,” Ryker responded.
The brothers nodded and shook on it.
[Cuts to Toothless and Hiccup flying.]
Hiccup: What do you say, bud? Wanna go again?
Toothless looked excitedly at Hiccup.
“Hey, that was me on screen,” Hiccup put his hands up in surrender.
[Toothless and Hiccup swerve the Dragons en masse.]
“Well, this should be fun,” Hiccup deadpanned.
This resulted in Toothless smacking him with the back of his tail.
Hiccup: Whoa! Aaaahhhhh!!!! Oh, no! My helmet! Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!
“One question, why did you bring your helmet when you knew you were going to go flying?” Tuffnut asked.
“Uhm, I don’t know,” Hiccup answered.
“Did he just ask a reasonable question,” Snotlout whispered to Fishlegs.
Fishlegs nodded slowly, staring at the twins in shock.
[Toothless dives for Hiccup’s lost helmet.]
Hiccup: Toothless! No, no, no, no! Whoa…wait! Toothless! Stop! We’ll get it later, bud. We need to get back and find out what’s going on.
“I think your helmet is lost,” Ruffnut deadpanned.
Tuffnut punched her shoulder, “don’t tell him that. Hiccup only has so much hope, now you just crushed it all.”
“Uh guys,” Hiccup tried to interrupt.
“Well sometimes its best to break someone’s hopes so that they don’t become delusional! Do you want Hiccup to become delusional? He’s already crazy as he is,” Ruffnut argued.
“You don’t have to say it out loud to poor Hiccup’s face! It’s just going to increase his denial in how crazy he is,” Tuffnut refuted.
As the twins continued to argue over Hiccup’s sanity, Hiccup pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed in annoyance. Dagur snorted as the twins continued.
“Odin help us all,” Stoick muttered, looking up at the sky.
“And these are the twins who have stopped us,” Ryker muttered to Viggo.
“Apparently,” Viggo responded, “at least Hiccup is more stable than those two.”
Ryker nodded slowly.
Astrid was banging her head on the chair in front of her.
[Back on Berk.]
Viking: What’s the matter? Where are you going?
Astrid: No, no, no, no! Don’t leave, Stormfly, don’t go! Please? [Stormfly takes off.]
“What is happening,” Fishlegs muttered to himself.
[Hiccup and Toothless land back on the island.]
“At least you made it back,” Dagur said.
Hiccup: Astrid!
Astrid: Hiccup! What’s going on? Where are they going?
Viking 1: Why did they leave?
Viking 2: What’s happening?
“Oh yeah, cause surrounding someone and asking multiple questions at once will definitely help you get answers,” Dagur grumbled.
“You’re not wrong,” Hiccup nodded.
“Do none of them have patience? I’d have lashed out already if our tribe did this,” Viggo mumbled to Ryker.
“I think that’s because we have a better understanding of dragons and having to constantly change plans. Our tribe is used to new things coming up,” Ryker answered, “they never had to understand dragons before.”
Viggo nodded in agreement, “that is true.”
Viking 3: Will they ever come back?
Hiccup: Stop! Wait!
“Let the poor boy speak,” Gobber grumbled out.
The Berkians blushed in shame.
Stoick: Calm down! Give him a chance to speak! Hiccup, where are all our dragons going?
Hiccup let out a slight sigh of relief.
Hiccup: Dad…I don’t know.
[Stormfly tries to encourage Toothless to join them, but Toothless can’t because of his tailfin.]
Hiccup tilted his head as he watched the two dragons interact.
[In the Great Hall]
Viking: Where’d they go?! Snoggletog is ruined!
“I’m sorry, but how is Snoggletog ruined? We’ve had Snoggletog without dragons before,” Snotlout asked.
Said Viking blushed in shame.
Stoick: It’s not ruined! We’re Vikings! We’ve been perfectly happy celebrating without dragons for generations! And there’s no reason we can’t do it again! Now we don’t know where they’re gone off to. But we have to have faith that they’ll be back again soon. Am I right?
“Thank you,” Snotlout shouted, gesturing to the screen.
Gobber: You’re right, we are Vikings! We are tough!
“Yeah, we’re tough all right,” Tuffnut snorted.
Gobber shot him a glare.
[Gobber notices all the shiny bells and baubles attached to his arm and helmet.]
Gobber: Most of the time…
Osvald snickered at that.
Gobber {off-screen}: Let’s sing some Snoggletogg songs!
The Berkians groaned.
[The kids are walking back from the meeting in the Great Hall.]
Ruffnut: That was depressing…
“Yeah, now we can’t cause destruction,” Tuffnut sighed in disappointment.
“Maybe it’s a good thing the dragons left,” a Viking woman whispered to her husband who nodded in response.
Astrid: I know! I was looking forward to spending the holiday with Stormfly.
Fishlegs: [whistling.]
The teens all looked at Fishlegs in suspicion.
“What?! That is future me,” Fishlegs yelled.
Tuffnut: What are you so happy about? Don’t you miss Meatlug?
Fishlegs: Me? Oh! Yeah! [Fake sobbing] I miss him so much! Well, good night! [Runs off.]
“You totally kidnapped him didn’t you,” Tuffnut deadpanned.
Fishlegs gaped in offense, “why would I kidnap my dragon?!”
Astrid: I’ve got an idea! Let’s come up with a bunch of new holiday traditions! You know, to bury the sadness!
“Oh no,” Snotlout slid down in his chair.
[Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Snotlout groan.]
Astrid glared at the three.
Hiccup: Actually, Astrid might be on to something.
Tuffnut: Easy for you to say. Your dragon can’t go anywhere without you.
“Ouch,” Snotlout winced.
Dagur shot a dirty look over at Tuffnut.
“Hey! It was on-screen me,” Tuffnut argued.
[Toothless looks over the ledge of a cliff.]
Ruffnut: Must be nice.
[Fades to morning.]
Astrid: Yaknog! Get your Yaknog! Come on! Get a frothy delicious cup of cheer!
“That looks disgusting,” Tuffnut deadpanned.
[Astrid comes upon her friends.]
Astrid: Hey, you guys! Try this tasty new beverage I made for the holidays.
“No thank you,” Ruffnut wrinkled her nose.
Tuffnut: Ugh! What’s that smell? Is that you? [shoves Ruffnut.]
Ruffnut shoved Tuffnut out of his chair.
Astrid: It’s yaknog!
[Tuffnut coughs, disgusted.]
Everyone let out a groan of disgust.
Tuffnut: Ugh! If I drink that I’m gonna yak nog all over the place!
“I would to,” Dagur muttered to Hiccup.
Astrid: Maybe you’d rather taste a punch in the face?
[Ruffnut sniffs at the Yak Nog, disgusted.]
Snotlout: Astrid, it sounds delightful. I’d love a mug.
“You poor soul,” Tuffnut shook his head.
[Snotlout forces to swallow because of how bad it tastes.]
Snotlout: You could really taste the yak!
Fishlegs: Mmm, yum! What is that?
“Fishlegs, save yourself,” Ruffnut shook her head.
Astrid: Oh! You wanna try some? It’s my new traditional drink.
[Snotlout stands behind Astrid, shaking his head with a look of warning on his face, and Fishlegs takes the hint that it’s not for human consumption.]
“Hey,” Astrid protested.
“I hate to tell you Astrid, but you’re not a cook,” Snotlout said.
Astrid huffed and crossed her arms, sinking down in her chair.
Fishlegs: Oh…you know…ehm…I have…suddenly inexplicably changed my mind.
Astrid: Well, you don’t know what you’re missing. I bet Hiccup will love this.
Hiccup groaned.
Dagur patted his back in sympathy.
[Astrid runs off.]
[Ruffnut notices Snotlout’s discomfort.]
Ruffnut: Are you crying?
Snotlout screamed into his hands.
[At Gobber’s smithy.]
Astrid: Hiccup?
Hiccup: Yeah, I’m over here, Astrid. Coming!
Gobber perked up at seeing Hiccup creating something.
Astrid: Here. Happy holidays, from me to you.
Hiccup: Thank you, Milady!
Dagur rolled his eyes at the nickname.
Astrid: What are you up to?
Hiccup: Okay, you’re going to think I’m crazy, but I just couldn’t stop thinking about what Tuffnut said last night. Toothless can’t come and go like the other dragons, and that’s just not fair. I was up all night, and I think I found a way to fix that.
“Hiccup,” Dagur muttered.
Toothless tilted his head at the screen.
[Hiccup shows Astrid a new tail fin and takes a sip of the Yaknog. Realizing how disgusting it tastes, he’s unable to swallow.]
“Poor Hiccup,” Tuffnut shook his head solemnly.
Astrid: No way! You built him a new tail? So he’s gonna be able to fly without you!
Toothless crooned, butting his head against Hiccup’s hand, demanding pets.
Hiccup complied.
Hiccup: [With a mouth full of Yaknog] Hmhmm.
Astrid: Wow, what a great gift!
Hiccup: Hmhmm…
Astrid: What if he never comes back?
“He’ll come back,” Dagur said matter of fact.
Hiccup nodded hesitantly.
Hiccup: Mh…
Astrid: What am I saying? Of course he will!
“See,” Dagur smiled.
Hiccup: Mhm!
Astrid: Well, I’m going to spread some more holiday cheer! You’re amazing!
[Astrid runs off again. Once Astrid gets far enough away to not notice, Hiccup spits the Yaknog onto the floor.]
“That is so fair,” Snotlout said.
Astrid glared at him.
Hiccup: Blaaaaaaaaggghhhhhh!
[Toothless is banging on the roof again.]
“My roof is going to break one of these days,” Stoick muttered, rubbing his forehead.
“Look on the bright side Stoick, you can make it look newer,” Gobber grinned.
Stoick shot him a look.
Hiccup: Toothless! Come on down, bud! I got something for ya!
[Toothless sniffs the contraption.]
“I swear he’s a cat.”
That earned a smack in the head with a tail.
Hiccup: What do you think of that? Yeah!
[Toothless playfully turns away from Hiccup.]
“Of course you’re going to be difficult,” Hiccup said annoyed.
Hiccup: Would you just settle down! Toothless! Come on, bud! Let me get that on you! Yeah! You are going to love this. Okay.
[Toothless starts to freak out and tries to get the new tail off.]
“I don’t think he’s going to love it,” Tuffnut remarked.
Hiccup: No, no, no…To-Toothless! Stop! Please, wait! Toothless, please!
“Why do you have to be a brat,” Hiccup glared.
Toothless hit him in the head.
[Suddenly Toothless sees the trail expand on its own and calms down.]
Gobber nodded with approval.
Hiccup: Ah…here you go. See? Got it?
[Toothless first looks to Hiccup, then to the tailfin, then back to Hiccup.]
Hiccup: Toothless…whoa!
[Without warning, Toothless shoots into the sky, flying away from Berk and his best friend.]
Dagur looked over at Hiccup, trying to grasp what he had just watched.
Hiccup looked down, saddened at what happened.
Toothless crooned softly and nudged his hand.
“Wasn’t expecting that,” Ryker muttered.
Viggo shook his head.
[Three days later, Hiccup is still worrying about Toothless. He’s lying awake in his bed, when suddenly there is a rhythmic banging on the roof. Hiccup excitedly runs outside.]
Hiccup looked up at the screen in excitement.
Hiccup: Toothless! I knew you’d come back…ugh!
Gobber winced.
[Hiccup slips on the ice, then sees Stoick repairing the roof.]
“Again, with the hope,” Ruffnut went to continue but Tuffnut slapped a hand over her mouth.
Stoick: Morning, son!
Hiccup: Oh, hey, Dad…
Stoick: Glad you’re up! I was looking for your helmet.
“Hate to tell you chief, but it’s in the ocean,” Tuffnut said.
Stoick glared.
Hiccup: My-my helmet?
Stoick: Odin needs a place to put your goodies.
Hiccup: yeah, right…I-I’ll get on that. Great…
Stoick: Hold on! Hold on. Alright…come on. What’s on your mind? Out with it.
Hiccup: Oh, it’s been three days, Dad. I just thought Toothless would be back by now.
“Three days,” Fishlegs mouthed.
Stoick: I’m sure he is with the other dragons.
“And where are they?” a Berkian asked.
Hiccup: Yeah? I wish I can be that sure.
Dagur held Hiccup’s hand.
Stoick: Ah, listen…I know what it’s like to miss someone you love this time of year. But what do we do when they can’t be here for the holiday? We celebrate them! And I imagine that is exactly what Toothless would want you to do. Right?
Stoick smiled softly, and thought of Valka, his beautiful wife, he missed her so. She would be so proud of their son.
Gobber and Osvald both put a hand on his shoulder.
Hiccup: You’re right.
Stoick: Good! Then go get that helmet! We’ve had enough disappointment around here.
[Hiccup is carrying oars through the village when he bumps into Fishlegs, who is carrying a large basket of fish.]
“That’s a lot of fish Fishlegs, I wonder why,” Tuffnut inquired, peering down at Fishlegs.
“For the last time, I did not kidnap my dragon,” Fishlegs argued.
Hiccup: Oh, Fishlegs, you hungry? There’s enough fish there to feed a dragon!
Tuffnut looked at Fishlegs.
“Stop looking at me like that,” Fishlegs yelled.
Fishlegs: Hahaha…oh, a dragon? That’s…
Tuffnut kept staring.
Fishlegs threw his hands up in the air.
[Fishlegs runs off mid-sentence and into a barn carrying the fish basket. Hiccup suspiciously follows and looks inside when Fishlegs leaves. Meatlug breaks his chain and carries Hiccup away.]
“Aha! I was correct,” Tuffnut yelled, standing to point down at Fishlegs.
“You kidnapped your dragon,” Snotlout yelled at Fishlegs.
“That is just wrong,” Ruffnut shook her head.
Fishlegs sunk into his seat.
Hiccup: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!! MEATLUG?!
Astrid: Hiccup? Where are you going?!
“Probably to the other dragons,” Viggo mumbled, “which means that I should be winning this wager.”
“Just wait,” Ryker replied, rolling his eyes.
Hiccup: I HAVE NO IDEEAA!!
Fishlegs: Meatlug? What about presents?! Hey!
The teens stared at Fishlegs deadpanned.
[Back in the barn.]
Fishlegs: I can’t believe him.
“You can’t believe him,” Astrid asked Fishlegs, voice rising in pitch.
Astrid: YOU can’t believe HIM?! YOU KIDNAPPED YOUR DRAGON!
“I didn’t know Fishlegs would have that in him,” Dagur said approvingly.
Hiccup shook his head.
Fishlegs: Well, that makes it sound so mean.
“That sounds mean?! You KIDNAPPED YOUR DRAGON,” Snotlout shrieked.
[Tuffnut and Ruffnut notice something in Meatlug’s nest.]
Ryker perked up and Viggo gaped.
Tuffnut: [shocked] Hey, guys?
“Oh boy,” Snotlout groaned, “now what.”
Astrid: [not paying attention; to Fishlegs] he flew away the second he was unleashed!
Fishlegs: I’m 72% sure he wanted to stay—
“That’s still not 100%,” Snotlout remarked.
Tuffnut: [irritated]: GUYS!!
[The others finally see what’s in the nest.]
Everyone just stared in shock.
Fishlegs: Whoa…Meatlug barfed up a pile of rocks.
“Fishlegs, those are not rocks,” Hiccup groaned.
Fishlegs stared in shock.
Ruffnut: You’re such an idiot! Those aren’t rocks, your dragon laid eggs!
“How did Ruffnut come to that conclusion before you,” Tuffnut asked, “she’s dumb.”
Ruffnut smacked him over the head.
Astrid: Hey, wait! I bet that’s why the dragons left: to lay their eggs!
“That…would make sense,” Fishlegs said.
“So, who won our wager,” Ryker asked.
“I mean, each of us got a part of it correct,” Viggo answered.
“I do half, you do the other half of the week,” Ryker suggested.
Viggo nodded in agreement.
Fishlegs: [confused] But, boy dragons don’t lay eggs.
The teens facepalmed.
Ruffnut: Yeah, your boy dragon is a girl dragon.
Fishlegs: [Surprised] Okay, that actually explains a few things.
“I’m scared to ask,” Snotlout muttered.
Astrid: Hey! Everyone’s missing their Dragons, right?
“Oh no, not another idea,” Snotlout groaned.
Snotlout: Oh, here it comes.
Astrid glared at Snotlout.
“At least I’m trying,” Astrid mumbled.
Astrid: I’ve got an idea! [ties a ribbon around one of the eggs] It’ll be another new Snoggletog tradition! Oh, this is gonna be so good!
The Grimborn’s looked at each other in alarm.
“Well, there goes their village,” Ryker deadpanned.
“How did they survive this long,” Viggo asked.
[They hide dragon eggs inside everyone’s houses.]
[Hiccup is riding Meatlug over the ocean.]
“Where is she going,” Fishlegs wondered.
“We’ll find out now that she is free after you kidnapped her,” Tuffnut quipped.
“For the last time, THAT WAS FUTURE ME AND I DID NOT KIDNAP HER,” Fishlegs yelled.
Everyone stared at him shocked, not expecting such a reaction.
Hiccup: Whoa! Meatlug, where are you taking me?
[They almost hit a dragon figurehead ship.]
“That looks familiar,” Gobber mumbled.
“It’s one of our ships,” Stoick replied.
Gobber nodded.
Hiccup: AAH!!
[They arrive at an island with hot springs, and thousands of nesting dragons. Hiccup sees all the baby dragons.]
Everyone stared in awe.
Hiccup: You guys come here to have babies! Whoa!
“Amazing,” Hiccup was in awe.
[He watches a Gronckle nudge her eggs into a spring. The eggs hatch under the water. Little baby dragons crawl out of the spring to their mother.]
“Aww, they’re so cute,” Fishlegs squealed.
Hiccup: Aww. Wow! Hey, look over here, you missed one. [egg explodes] WHOA!
“Do those eggs look familiar?” Ruffnut asked.
[A baby Gronckle comes out of the egg.]
“Wait, a Gronckle egg?” Fishlegs paled.
Hiccup: Man, it’s a good thing those don’t hatch on Berk!
“Um…. aren’t we about to place them all over Berk?” Tuffnut asked.
All the Berkians’ faces went pale.
Stoick sighed heavily into his heads, “Allfather give me strength.”
[After the teens plant a Gronckle egg in each Viking’s house.]
“Well, it was nice knowing Berk,” Snotlout commented.
“I can’t wait for all the destruction,” Tuffnut and Ruffnut grinned at each other.
“What have I done to deserve this,” Stoick asked the Gods.
Dagur shook his head.
“At least it wasn’t me this time,” Hiccup said.
Astrid: Wasn’t this a great idea?
“Nope. Not at all. Terrible idea,” Snotlout shook his head.
Fishlegs: Uh-huh! Everyone’s gonna be so surprised!
“They’ll be surprised all right,” Tuffnut grinned excitedly.
[An egg explodes and the baby comes flying out of a house, hitting Fishlegs in the head.]
The Berkians watched in horror.
Fishlegs: Ow!
Snotlout: SURPRISE!
Dagur snorted.
[Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Snotlout coo at the baby Gronckle, when Astrid realizes something.]
“And that was when she knew…she messed up,” Ruffnut said grimly.
Astrid: The eggs…explode?
“Yeah, we just saw it happen two times now,” Snotlout pointed at the screen.
Astrid groaned.
[Houses all around her explode.]
Stoick groaned into his hands.
Astrid: THE EGGS EXPLODE!!!
“I think we got that Astrid,” Snotlout laughed.
[A man runs screaming from his home.]
“My house,” said man cried.
Astrid sunk into her seat in shame.
Astrid: I’m sorry! Sorry!
[Houses continue to explode everywhere. The “tree” sets on fire.]
“Wow, this might be worse than anything Hiccup has done,” Gobber muttered to Stoick.
Stoick had to nod in agreement.
Ruffnut: Awesome!
Tuffnut: Wow!
The twins watched in awe.
Snotlout: This was your best idea yet!
“I gotta agree,” Snotlout continued to laugh.
[Stoick sees the “tree” on fire.]
Stoick: What in Thor’s name is going on?!
“Well, chief, I could tell you, but I think you can see it here,” Tuffnut remarked.
Stoick death glared him.
Astrid: The eggs explode.
[A final house over Astrid’s shoulder explodes, and Astrid smiles nervously.]
[Cuts to Hiccup]
“That island is beautiful,” Fishlegs watched in awe, taking in the beauty.
Hiccup: Toothless! Toothless? Ah, Toothless, where are you?
[Hiccup sees his dragon friends.]
“There’s our dragons,” Snotlout cheered.
Hiccup: Hookfang! Stormfly! Oh, you have no idea how happy I am to see you guys!
[Hiccup greets the baby Nadders.]
Astrid inwardly thought that the baby Nadders were cute.
Hiccup: And you have…babies? Oh, look at you guys! All happy, together. Who knew you are leaving to celebrate your own sort of…holiday. I should get back to my holiday. So what do you say there, Hookfang? Think you could give me a ride back home?
“I think you’ll have to be stricter than that,” Snotlout commented.
[Hiccup climbs onto Hookfang.]
Snotlout stared in shock, “that knucklehead.”
Hiccup: I’ll see you all back on Berk when you’re good and ready, okay, gang?
[Hookfang starts to take Hiccup home, but everyone follows.]
Viggo and Ryker watched fascinated at how the dragons started to follow Hiccup, he truly is the dragon conqueror.
Hiccup: Oh…Nono nononono…I think I just started the return migration.
[Baby dragons are eager to follow.]
Fishlegs cooed in awe.
Hiccup: Well, if you insist!
[Babies try to follow but don’t have enough strength against the wind.]
“Oh no,” Fishlegs mumbled.
Hiccup: Come on! Come on!
[Babies land back on the island.]
Hiccup: Ah, boy, this is never gonna work. Oh, hold on, I’ve got just the thing.
“Smart lad,” Gobber said, having an idea of what Hiccup is going to do.
[Hiccup taps Hookfang.]
[Cuts to Berk.]
Stoick: Ah, Gobber, this is a disaster.
Gobber: Ah, it’s not so bad.
“I mean, it could be worse,” Gobber said.
Stoick: Oh, not that bad? The village is destroyed. The dragons have gone and left us. Lets face it- this holiday is a complete- what are these people looking at?
“Hiccup,” Tuffnut remarked.
[Vikings see shimmering creatures high in the sky.]
Stoick: what is that?
[Dragon figurehead ship is being carried by dragons.]
“Great thinking son,” Stoick grinned.
“Thanks dad,” Hiccup stuttered.
Stoick: It’s Hiccup!
Astrid: And our dragons!
[Vikings cheer.]
The Berkians in the audience cheered along.
“You really do have an amazing son,” Osvald whispered to Stoick.
Stoick smiled and nodded in gratitude.
[Ship lands on Berk and baby dragons spill out.]
Snotlout: Yeah! Woo-hoo!
Fishlegs: MEATLUG!
[Fishlegs runs and hugs Meatlug.]
“Wow, so happy to see your dragon that you”
“Shut your mouth,” Fishlegs said sharply.
Astrid: Stormfly! You’re back! Oh! And there are babies!
Astrid watched herself grin on-screen.
Stoick: Hahaha! Well done, son! [Gives Hiccup a big bear hug.]
Hiccup smiled at seeing himself and his dad get along in the future.
Hiccup: [Gasping for air] Thanks, Dad!
Stoick: Everyone! Grab your dragons! To the Great Hall! We finally have something to celebrate!
Everyone cheered.
[Back in the Great Hall.]
Fishlegs: This is the best holiday ever! Howsa baby!
[Fishlegs makes baby noises at baby dragons.]
[Hiccup walks through the Hall, seeing everyone having a great time with their dragons. Well, almost everyone.]
Dagur rubbed Hiccup’s back.
“He’ll come back,” Dagur whispered.
“I hope so,” Hiccup mumbled.
Astrid: Hiccup, I know this must be really hard for you seeing everyone with their dragons. But you really did a wonderful thing. Thank you.
[Astrid kisses Hiccup and hugs him.]
Dagur growled at that.
Hiccup: Astrid, where did Toothless go?
Toothless crooned and nudged his head onto Hiccup’s lap.
“Hey buddy,” Hiccup smiled.
Astrid: I don’t know.
[Astrid sees Toothless creeping into the Great Hall.]
Hiccup perked up.
Astrid: Wow, man, I wouldn’t wanna be you right now! I mean, you brought back everyone’s dragon except yours!
“Wow, that’s not mean at all,” Tuffnut retorted.
“I mean, its Astrid, is she supposed to be nice,” Ruffnut said.
Astrid threw her head back.
Hiccup: yeah, you know, this not helping, at all.
[Astrid turns Hiccup around to see Toothless running excitedly towards him.]
Hiccup: TOOTHLESS! Hey, bud!
[Hiccup hugs Toothless.]
The Viking women awed at seeing Hiccup with Toothless.
Gobber: Stoick!
[Gobber gestures to Hiccup and Toothless.]
Stoick smiled, happy that his boy would be able to enjoy the holiday.
Hiccup: Bad dragon! Very bad dragon! You scared me to death. Don’t ever stay away that long, again, and what is in your mouth?
“Wait, is that” Hiccup began to ask.
[Toothless puts Hiccup’s now spit covered helmet on his head.]
Everyone groaned in disgust.
[Snotlout, Astrid, Fishlegs, Tuffnut, and Ruffnut groan in disgust.]
Hiccup: Yeah, you found my helmet. What-hey! You found my helmet! That’s were you’ve been? Buddy, thank you! You are amazing!
“Thank you, bud, I don’t know what I would do without you,” Hiccup whispered to his dragon, causing Toothless to lick Hiccup’s cheek.
“Ugh,” Hiccup wiped his face with disgust.
[Hiccup hugs Toothless again.]
Astrid: Happy Snoggletog!
[Toothless is banging on the roof again.]
“Why can’t you let me sleep,” Hiccup groaned.
Toothless laughed before burping in his face.
“You are a disgusting dragon,” Hiccup covered his nose.
Hiccup: I’m coming, Toothless! Alright, bud, come on down. I was just—
[Hiccup sees Toothless has pulled out the old flight gear.]
“I’m gonna cry,” Gobber wiped at his eyes.
“Oh Gobber,” Stoick sighed defeatedly.
Hiccup: Toothless, what’d you pull this out for? You don’t need this anymore. Come on, let’s get going.
[Toothless moves away from Hiccup.]
“Toothless,” Hiccup asked.
Hiccup: Would you quit fooling around? You have your new tail now. Toothless?
[Toothless breaks off the new tail.]
Everyone stared in shock.
“Not the machinery, the beautiful machinery,” Gobber cried harder.
“Odin’s beard,” Stoick groaned into his hands.
Osvald laughed.
Hiccup: Toothless! Stop! What are you doing?
[Toothless pulls up the old gear again, and Hiccup realizes something: Toothless truly wants to need Hiccup to fly.]
Hiccup grinned and he hugged Toothless tightly.
Dagur smiled at the pair.
Hiccup {v.o}: Winter in Berk lasts most of the year. It hangs on with both hands and won’t let go. And the only real comforts against the cold are those you keep close to your heart.
“You took your helmet again? Isn’t that what got you into that mess the last time?” Tuffnut yelled.
Ruffnut groaned annoyed.
Hiccup: Okay, bud, you ready?
“Hiccup, what are you going to do,” Dagur asked warily.
Hiccup grinned.
[Hiccup unhooks his leg and somersaults off of Toothless, and they freefall together.]
“Hiccup,” Dagur cried.
“Oh relax, it’s fine,” Hiccup rolled his eyes at Dagur’s dramatics.
“Odin’s ghost, please help me. My son is a daredevil,” Stoick groaned.
Hiccup: Yee-haw!
[Toothless taps Hiccup, spinning him in the air.]
Hiccup {narration}: Turns out, that was the best Snoggletog ever. That year, I gave my best friend a pretty great gift.
[Hiccup hooks back onto Toothless and shakes the snow off the mountain.]
Dagur let out a breath of relief.
Hiccup: Woo-hoo!
Hiccup{v.o.}: But he gave me a better one!
Everyone cheered when the short ended.
“So, did you all enjoy it?” Lexi asked, walking back on stage.
“I can’t believe we got to see how dragons’ nest,” Fishlegs grinned.
“I bet you also can’t believe how you totally kidnapped your dragon,” Tuffnut remarked.
“For the last time, I did not kidnap my dragon,” Fishlegs argued.
“All the evidence, my dear friend, points to you having kidnapped our dear Meatlug here,” Tuffnut motioned to where Meatlug was laying.
“Anyway,” Lexi continued, “it is now time to start the series Riders of Berk, and here we will have some guests appear. Now, they have been here, but you have not been able to interact with them until now.”
“I wonder who it will be,” Ruffnut wondered.
“Oh Thor, please let it be Loki,” Tuffnut pleaded.
“I welcome you Savage, Mildew, and Alvin,” Lexi announced.
“Ugh, not Mildew. I’d rather eat my sister’s poo than sit with Mildew,” Tuffnut groaned.
Ruffnut nodded in agreement.
“Great, we have to deal with a grouchy old man with a stick,” Snotlout threw his hands up.
“Alvin,” Stoick growled.
“Hello Stoick,” Alvin grinned, “aren’t you happy to see your good old friend Alvin the Treacherous?”
Stoick growled deeper.
“Alvin, Stoick, no fighting, remember,” Lexi shot Alvin a look.
He shrugged before looking over at Savage.
“Please go sit to where you are assigned,” Lexi motioned them off stage.
They moved to their seats.
“Now, we have one last person to join us,” Lexi smiled, “everyone, please meet Heather.”
Heather timidly walked on stage.
Osvald studied Heather, “she looks familiar.”
Viggo and Ryker shot each other a look.
“Now, Heather, please take a seat next to Astrid, for it is now time to start the first episode,” Lexi said.
Once everyone had settled in their seats, the lights went out and the screen turned on again.
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Here is the official seating chart now:
Screen
Dagur Hiccup/Fishlegs/Snotlout
Tuffnut/Ruffnut/Heather/Astrid
Gobber/Stoick/Osvald
Ryker/Viggo
Berkians
Berserkers
Alvin/Savage/Mildew
Johann/Krogan
Lexi