Until the Sunrise

Stoicks Death

RE-EDITED

~Back in the Dragon's Den~

Toothless is sleeping, suddenly awoken by baby Scuttleclaws. Hiccup: "Well, bud, we can't wait around for Drago to attack this place. We've gotta find him first." Toothless finds a baby Scuttleclaw nibbling on his tail. Hiccup: "Let's go." Y/n: 'Bye, Toothless.' Stoick sneaks up behind Hiccup. Stoick: "Easy now." Hiccup: "Are you kidding me? How'd you get in here?" Stoick: "The same way we're getting you out." Hiccup: "We?" Gobber: "All clear!" Stoick: "Toothless. Come." Hiccup: "Dad! There's something you need to know!" Stoick: "Yeah, yeah, tell me on the way." Hiccup: "This isn't an on-the-way kind of update, actually..." Stoick: "I've heard ENOUGH, Hiccup." Hiccup: "...more of the earth-shattering development variety." Stoick: "Yeah, just add it to the pile." Hiccup: "Dad, unlike most surprises I spring on you, this one you'll like. I promise! You just have to handle it delicately, so.." Gobber: "Uh, you might want to take this one. Oh, boy." Stoick draws his sword. Hiccup: "Dad, can you put the sword away... please?" Y/n: "I need to leave." Valka: "You've been here for a year!" Y/n: "I want you to take care of Midnight. She's happy here. I know that she likes to stay in one place. I need to figure this out." Valka: "All I can tell you is that when Singy was pregnant with you she was hysterically crying mumbling about affairs and being pregnant." Y/n: "I know I was an affair baby, I have a close relationship with my father's family." Stoick sees Valka and drops his sword from shock. Valka: "I know what you're going to say, Stoick. How could I have done this? Stayed away all these years. And why didn't I come back to you? To our son. Well, what sign did I have that you could change, Stoick? That anyone on Berk could?" Stoick, still shocked, doesn't say anything through all this and instead slowly moves closer to Valka. Valka: "I pleaded so many times to stop the fighting, to find another answer, but did any of you listen?" Gobber: [to Hiccup] "This is why I never married. This and one other reason." Valka: "I know that I left you to raise Hiccup alone... but I thought he'd be better off without me. And I was wrong, I see that now, but... [nervously backs up against the wall; on the verge of tears] Oh stop being so stoic, Stoick. Go on... SHOUT, SCREAM, SAY SOMETHING! " Stoick touches Valka's cheek. She stares at him in fear. Stoick: [also on the verge of tears] "You're as beautiful as the day I lost you." Valka quietly weeps in relief; Stoick softly kisses her. A relieved and overjoyed Hiccup smiles.

~Meanwhile~

Drago's ship sails, Drago striking a chain with his bullhook. At the stern, the riders and Eret are about to walk the plank. Snotlout: "Could this day get any worse?" Tuffnut: "Uh, let me see. You'll jump into freezing cold water and then die from drowning." Eret: "Looks refreshing. Please, ladies first." Astrid: "You are a steaming heap of dragon-" Eret: "Duck." Astrid ducks and Eret knocks Drago's soldiers unconscious and unchains himself. Soldier: "Warn the others!" Ruffnut: "Get 'em, you son of an Eret!" Eret knocks out the rest. Ruffnut: "Okay, I love you again." Snotlout looks hurt. Tuffnut: "Ugh. Pathetic. You can still jump." Eret: "So? Are we going to save your dragons and get out of here or not? [Astrid nods] Check every trap. They're here somewhere." Astrid checks a trap and finds Meatlug. Astrid: "Meatlug?" Eret: "Anyone coming?" Ruffnut: "I don't know. You just keep doing what you're doing. Keep crankin'." She admires his biceps. Eret: (To Stormfly) "Thank you for saving my life." Stormfly pushes her head to Eret's hand. Eret: "Now let me return the favor."

~The dragon's den~

Hiccup: "Mom, you'd never recognize it. Where we used to make weapons, we now build saddles, wing slings -- we even fix dragon teeth. You wouldn't believe how much everything's changed." Stoick: "Your son's changed Berk for the better. I think we did well with this one, Val." Hiccup: "Thanks, Dad." Valka drops the fish. Cloudjumper eats it before Toothless can. Stoick: "Oh, ha-ha. I got it." Cloudjumper regurgitates some of it for Toothless. Valka: "I'm... a little out of practice." Midnight: 'Y/n?' Y/n: 'Behind you, Midnight.' Midnight: 'What's our next adventure?' Y/n: 'In a few days.' Stoick: "Well, y'know... I didn't marry you for your cooking." Gobber: "I hope not, her meatballs could kill more beasts than a battle ax. I've still got a few knocking around in here. Ha-ha." Gobber takes a bite, grimaces in disgust, and feeds the rest of his plate to Grump Hiccup: "And once you move back in, with all your dragons, Drago won't stand a chance. Everything will be okay!" Stoick: "Slow down, son. It's a lot to take in." Hiccup: "Oh, gotcha." Stoick begins to whistle "For the Dancing and the Dreaming". Gobber: "Oh, I love this one!" Stoick: "Remember our song, Val? I'll swim and sail on savage seas, with ne'er a fear of drowning. And gladly ride the waves of life, if you will marry me. No scorching sun, nor freezing cold will stop-" Gobber: "Will stop me on my journey!-- Sorry." Hiccup and Stoick both glare at Gobber. Stoick: "If you will promise me your heart... And love..." Valka: "And love me for eternity. My dearest one, my darling dear, your mighty words astound me. But I've no need of mighty deeds when I feel your arms around me." Stoick: "But I would bring you rings of gold I'd even sing you poetry [Valka: Oh, would you?] And I would keep you from all harm If you would stay here beside me." Valka: "I have no use for rings of gold. I care not for your poetry. I only want your hand to hold." Stoick: "I only want you near me!" Stoick and Valka: "To love to kiss, to sweetly hold. For the dancing and the dreaming. Through all life's sorrows and delights, I'll keep your love inside me. I'll swim and sail on savage seas, with ne'er a fear of drowning. And gladly ride the waves of life if you will marry me!" Gobber: "Me-eee-e! I'm still goin'..." Hiccup elbows Gobber. Gobber: "I'm done." Stoick: "Ah... I thought I'd have to die before we'd have that dance again." Valka: "No need for drastic measures." Stoick: "For you, my dear... anything. Will you come home, Val? Will you be my wife once again? We can be a family! What do you say?" Valka: (laughs) "Yes!" Gobber: "Great! I'll do the cooking!" They all laugh. Valka: "Y/n makes delicious food." Y/n: "No, I don't." Stoick: "Thank Odin you didn't listen to me, son. We never would have found each other." Toothless growls. Hiccup: "Toothless? What's happening?" Y/n runs to her room and changes into her armor which has slits in the back for her mechanical wings. The Dragon's nest is under attack by Drago and his men. Hiccup: "Oh, no..." Stoick: "Val! It's all right, it's all right. We're a team now. Now what do you want to do?" Valka: "We have to save the dragons." Stoick: "Aye. You got it! Come on, son." Drago: "Whatever comes, keep hitting the mountain! We need to draw the Alpha out." Y/n hides against an ice spike listening to them. Drago: "Ready the traps!" Zippleback gas surrounds one of the traps. The trapper shows surprise, then the gas ignites. Tuffnut: "Surprise! Yeah!" Drago: "WHAT?!" Astrid: (To Eret) "You really are full of surprises. [jumps from Meatlug to Stormfly] Let's go!" Tuffnut: "Dragon Riders coming through!" Fishlegs: "Fire!" Y/n prepares to fire an arrow at one of the hunters when she felt someone or something watching her. Snotlout: "Ha-ha-ha!" Tuffnut: "Woah-ho-ho! Yeah!" Barf breathes gas over the traps, and Stormfly lights it. The trapped dragons escape from Drago's traps. Drago: "CUT THEM DOWN!" Ruffnut falls off Barf towards the ground. Ruffnut: "Eret, son of Eret!" Y/n lets out a deep breath before starting to shoot the hunters. Snotlout and Fishlegs catch Ruffnut. Astrid: "Up, girl! To the left, Eret! That's it!" Astrid: "Look out!" A large icicle falls towards them but is destroyed by a plasma blast. Hiccup: "Yeah baby!" Drago's men: "Take 'em down!" Y/n releases her wings and flies up into the air. Gobber: "Heads up!" Grump uses his tail as a bludgeon to knock them unconscious. Gobber: "Ho ho ho!" Y/n is shooting more deadly hits and makes it looks like it's raining arrows onto the hunters. Toothless flies past. Drago: "Dragon Master. Dragon Whisper." Y/n tries to shoot Drago. Drago dodges the arrow. Hiccup: [To Eret] "Welcome aboard, Dragon Rider!" Eret: "Thanks. I think." Astrid: "Where have you been?" Hiccup: "Oh, y'know. Catching up with Mom." Valka, dressed in battle armor and riding on Cloudjumper, emerges from the sky and summons the Alpha who breaks his way out of the nest and roars. Eret: "Whoa..." Astrid: "That's your mother?!" Hiccup: "Well, now you know where I get my dramatic flair. Also, your sister is flying without a dragon." Hiccup flicks helmet down and breaks right. Drago: "The Alpha! Now we have a fight!" The Alpha freezes some of Drago's soldiers and traps. Zipplebacks attack in balls of fire. One gets caught in a trap. Hiccup: "There! Come on, Toothless! Show them what you got, bud." Toothless fires and frees the Zippleback. Hiccup: "Thatta boy!" Toothless: 'What should I do?!' Y/n: 'Save as many dragons as possible.' Valka and Cloudjumper are shot down with a net and crash-land near Drago. Drago: "I've waited a long time for this!" Valka: "You cannot take our dragons! They are controlled by the Alpha!" Drago: "Then it's a good thing I brought a challenger." Drago screams, waving his bullhook. The water churns and ships are knocked over as a second Bewilderbeast, bigger than Valka's and shackled in chains, rises from the ocean. Hiccup: "Another one?" Fishlegs: "I WAS WAY OFF! THAT IS A CLASS TEN! CLASS TEN!" Valka: "No." Drago: "Come on! Takedown the Alpha!" Valka: "No." Valka attacks Drago. Drago trips her and stands on her, about to kill her with his bullhook. Stoick shoves him, saving Valka. Valka: "Thank you." Stoick: "For you, my dear... anything." Stoick and Drago take up fighting stances as the two Bewilderbeasts roar loudly and strike their tusks together, signaling the start of their battle. Stoick: "Val, you think you can stop them?" Valka: "Y/n! Stop them." Y/n: "I can't! I'm not allowed to meddle in fights to assert dominance." Valka: "I'll do my best! Come on, Cloudjumper!" Drago: "You... I watched you burn!" Stoick: "It takes more than a little fire to kill me!" The Bewilderbeasts begin to fight, as do Drago and Stoick. Valka tries to stop them but fails. Valka's Alpha stops, but Drago's Alpha does not and shoves down the white Bewilderbeast. Drago hits Stoick to the ground. Gobber flies past. Gobber: "Stoick!" Gobber passes Stoick his prosthetic mace. The two Alphas continue to ram heads. Drago's Bewilderbeast knocks over Valka's, and the riders can only watch in horror as the dark Alpha gores the white Alpha's belly with his tusks, killing him. Valka: "No!" Astrid: "No." Y/n quickly ties clothes around Junos' ears and Midnight's ears, which also cover their eyes. The new Alpha, standing over the corpse of the fallen king, roars and takes control of the dragons, Except for Juno and Midnight. Drago: "We've won. Now finish her!" Stoick: "No!" The Bewilderbeast starts shooting ice at Valka and Cloudjumper. Stoick: "Hold on! Skullcrusher, go! Come on, Gobber!" Gobber: "Right behind ya, Stoick!" A dragon knocks Valka, she falls. Valka struggles to hold onto Cloudjumper and finally falls. Stoick jumps and catches her. Hiccup: "STOP! Stop! " Drago: "This... is the great Dragon Master? The son of Stoick the Vast? What shame he must feel." Y/n: "Probably less than yours!" Drago: "The dragon whisperer." Hiccup: "All of this loss, and for what? To become unstoppable? To rule the world? Dragons are kind, amazing creatures that can bring people together." Drago: "Or tear them apart." He unhooks his prosthetic arm, showing Hiccup his stump. Hiccup is horrified. Drago: "You see, I know what it is to live in fear. To see my village burned, my family taken. But even as a boy, left with nothing, I vowed to rise above the fear of dragons and liberate the people of this world." Hiccup: "Then why a dragon army?" Drago: "Well, you need dragons to conquer other dragons." Hiccup: "Or maybe you need dragons to conquer people. To control those who follow you... and to get rid of those who won't." Drago: (Laughs) "Clever boy." Y/n folds her wings back to rest on her back. Hiccup: "The world wants peace. And we have the answer, back on Berk. Just let me show you." Drago: "NO! Let ME show YOU." Drago summons his Alpha again. Stoick: "What...? Hiccup!" Stoick: "Come on, Gobber!" Y/n tries to kick Dragos staff out of his hand. Drago sends her flying across the island. Gobber: "Okay, change of plans." Drago: "No dragon can resist the Alpha's command. So he who controls the Alpha, controls them all." Drago commands the Alpha to take control of Toothless, who starts screaming and thrashing in pain. Hiccup: "Toothless? You okay, bud? What's going on?" Drago: "Witness true strength. The strength of will over others. In the face of it, you are nothing!" The Alpha takes control of Toothless. His pupils shrink into frighteningly narrow slits and he turns on Hiccup. Hiccup: "Uh, what did he just tell you? Toothless, what's the matter with you? What're you doing? Knock it off! Stop! Snap out of it!" Stoick runs to Hiccup. Hiccup: "Toothless! No! Toothless! Don't!" The mind-controlled Toothless charges a plasma blast, preparing to kill Hiccup. Stoick: "Hiccup!" Hiccup: "STOP!" Y/n: 'TOOTHLESS, Help!' Stoick: "SON!" Hiccup: "DAD! NO!" Stoick jumps in front of Hiccup and takes the shot, being killed instantly. Hiccup: "Dad!" Valka: "Stoick..." Hiccup: "No... you..." Y/n lands next to Toothless. Valka checks for a heartbeat but hears nothing. Hiccup: "No." The Bewilderbeast turns away and stops controlling Toothless. His eyes widen once more as he comes to his senses, realizing in horror what he's done. Hiccup: "No, no, no. No..." Toothless sees Hiccup grieving and goes to Stoick's body. Hiccup: "No! Get away from him! GO ON! GET OUT OF HERE! GETAWAY!" Valka: "It's not his fault. You know that." Y/n tries to get Toothless to come over to her. The Alpha takes control of the dragons again. All their pupils shrink into slits as the Alpha takes command of their will. Valka: "Good dragons under the control of bad people..." As the Alpha roars, the Viking teens' dragons are controlled as well. They fly away toward the Alpha. Snotlout: "Wait, don't go!" Juno uses her superb sense of smell to lead Midnight to Y/n. Valka: "...do bad things." Toothless, controlled by the Bewilderbeast, tries to fly. Drago subdues him with his bullhook and forcibly rides him. Drago: "GATHER THE MEN AND MEET ME AT BERK!" Hiccup: "Toothless!" Valka: "No, don't!" Y/n: 'Death Notes.' Juno roars out a series of Death Notes. All the dragons' freeze. Drago: "Move out!" Drago and his Bewilderbeast head towards Berk, while his men prepare to sail. All the dragons follow as well. Stoick's ship drifts out to sea. Snotlout retrieves two arrows. Gobber hands a bow and arrow to Hiccup during his eulogy for Stoick. Gobber: "May the Valkyries welcome you, and lead you through Odin's great battlefield. May they sing your name with love and fury, so that we may hear it rise from the depths of Valhalla... and know that you've taken your rightful place at the table of kings. For a great man has fallen. A warrior. A chieftain. A father. A friend." Hiccup shoots a flaming arrow to light Stoick's ship. The others follow suit. Hiccup: "I'm sorry, Dad. [All the dragon riders wipe away tears.] I'm not the chief that you wanted me to be. And I'm not the peacekeeper I thought I was. I don't know..." Valka: "You came early into this world. You were such a wee thing. So frail, so fragile. I feared you wouldn't make it. But your father... he never doubted. He always said you'd become the strongest of them all. And he was right. You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon. Only you can bring our worlds together. That is who you are, son." Hiccup: "I was so afraid of becoming my dad. Mostly because I thought I never could. How do you become someone that great? That brave? That selfless? I guess you can only try. (Hiccup's sadness becomes a fierce determination) A chief protects his own. We're going back." Tuffnut: "Uh, with what?" Ruffnut: "He took all the dragons." Y/n: "I can fly by myself. Eret, Midnight will let you ride her. Hiccup, Juno will let you ride her." Hiccup: "Not all of them." Hiccup is riding Juno, Eret is riding Midnight, Y/n is flying with her mechanical wings, the rest are seen riding the baby Scuttleclaws, which were left in the sanctuary as the Alpha cannot control them. But not very well, as they ignore their riders and fly erratically. Ruffnut: "Fly straight, WILL YA?!" Fishlegs: "I don't want to die!" Tuffnut: "We can't fly these things!" Fishlegs: "Yeah, no kidding!" Fishlegs crashes through snow pile. Astrid: "But won't that Bewilderbeast just take control of these guys, too?" Hiccup: "They're babies. They don't listen to anyone! Besides Juno's and Midnights' ears are covered they can't hear a thing." Tuffnut: "Yeah, just like us!" Gobber: "This... is... [crashes into wall and recovers] very dangerous! [crashes again and recovers] Some might suggest this is poorly conceived." Hiccup: "Well, it's a good thing that I never listen." Gobber: "So, -- what IS your -- plan?" Hiccup: "Get Toothless back and kick Drago's--" Hiccup is interrupted by an iceberg. Gobber: "Heads up!" Hiccup: "And that thing." Gobber crashes into the ice again. Y/n bursts out  laughing.