Chapter 36: Flying With Mother

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[Valka and Hiccup are followed outside the nest by all the resident dragons.]

Everyone beamed to see Valka alive on-screen getting to know her son.

Hiccup: Hey, I thought we were going to eat!

Valka: Oh, we are!

Tuffnut: I see that Hiccup has a point. I mean they're in the middle of the ocean.

[Hiccup looks down, and sees Seashockers herding a school of fish. The Bewilderbeast jumps out of the water and catches the fish in his mouth, spitting them into the air for the dragons to eat.]

Everyone was shocked when seeing it and Valka just laughed.

Valka: Ha-ha-ha!

Stoick was glad to see his wife smiling.

[Toothless swoops down, catching many of the fish as the dragons feast mid-air.]

Hiccup: And from Dragon Island, I found this archipelago...

[Valka draws a map of the world in the snow. Toothless draws over it with an icicle, then it sticks to his tongue.]

Everyone was surprised that Valka explore the world more than Hiccup. The children giggled when seeing an icicle stuck on Toothless' tongue.

[The dragons are hovering in an updraft. Valka dances from one dragon to another.]

Valka: When I'm up here, I don't even feel the cold. I just feel...

Hiccup: Free.

Astrid smiled before embracing his hands again.

Valka: This is what it is to be a dragon, Hiccup.

Hiccup: It's all well and good to call yourself a dragon. But can you fly?

Astrid: Of course, you can do that.

Hiccup starts to worry.

[Jumps off Toothless. Gliding through the air with his flying suit.]

Cloudjumper was curious about the Night Fury until this one scene.

[A small mountain appears in front of Hiccup.]

Hiccup: Oh no. Toothless!

Everyone was getting frantic to see the heir crashing into a rocky area again.

[Toothless and Hiccup crash in the snow.]

Hiccup: Man! Almost! We just about had it that time!

[Toothless sneezes, glares at Hiccup, then knocks his feet out from under him with a swipe of his tail.]

Most people chuckled at the attempt.

Valka: (Examining Hiccup's flightsuit) Incredible.

Hiccup: Well, not bad yourself.

Valka: All this time, you took after me.

Stoick seems to point out that she's right.

Valka (cont.): And where was I? I'm so sorry, Hiccup. Can we start over? Will you give me another chance? I can teach you all that I've learned, these past twenty years. Like...

[She massages Toothless which causes him to reveal his hidden splitting fins.]

Fishlegs squeak in excitement while Hiccup wowed.

Valka: Now you can make those tight turns.

Hiccup: Did YOU know about this?

Valka: Every dragon has its secrets. And I'll show them all to you. We'll unlock every mystery, find every last species, together, as mother and son.

[Toothless, excited by the discovery, jumps around and then burrows through the snow, before popping out next to Cloudjumper and putting snow on his head. Cloudjumper then dumps the snow right back onto Toothless. Toothless shakes off the snow, and shows off his tail fins to Cloudjumper, who is unimpressed.]

Hiccup chuckled when seeing Toothless going happy-go-lucky.

Hiccup: Hey, come here bud.

Toothless steps closer to his rider and Hiccup presses the back of Toothless' head to open his hidden fins. Toothless was excited to try.

Valka: This gift we share, Hiccup... it bonds us. This is who you are, son. Who we are. We will change the world for all dragons! We will make it a better, safer place!

Hiccup: Yeah! I mean...that...sounds... amazing! (Valka hugs him) This is so great! Now you and I can go talk to Drago -- together.

Astrid punches his shoulder and he sighs.

Hiccup: Fine, fine. I won't go to Drago as you guys said.

Astrid: You better not.

Valka: What? There's no talking to Drago.

Stoick: Thank you, Valka!

Valka giggles.

Hiccup: But we have to--

Valka: No. We must protect our own. Now come on, we should be getting back.

Both Haddock parents looked at each other beamed.

[Toothless grins and examines his fins again.]

Clara rolled her eyes.

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