View to a Skrill Dragons

Let's go, bud. TOOTHLESS ROARS

-Yeah!

-Wow!

-Cool.

-Wow.

-Wow, nice.

-He's pretty good.

We're getting pretty far north.

Bucket and Mulch are two days overdue. We need to keep searching.

You don't really think they're up here, do you?

You can't take the cold, huh, Astrid?

No, I just don't have a heated seat like you do.

That's right. You don't.

-HE CHUCKLES

-Ah, toasty!

DISTANT SHOUTING Looks like they're in trouble.

Come on, bud.

Berserkers, commandeer this vessel

for Dagur The Deranged.

Slimy, stinky eel,

meet slimy, stinky marauder.

-Ugh!

-Oooh... Aaaargh!

-Take that, you...

-Ooof!

HE GROANS

Surrender or... THEY EXCLAIM

Nice shooting, Astrid. Snotlout, light 'em up.

Whooo-hoo-hoo!

OK, bud. It's our turn.

Retreat! Retreat!

What happened here?

Well, we thought the Berserkers had hit an iceberg,

and so we came into help.

They attacked us.

Because we saw...it!

BOTH: It?

It!

That looks like a...

..dragon!

Why would Berserkers be trying to dig it out?

No idea.

-But I'm going to find out.

-Oh, great.

Now WE have to dig it out?

Actually, I have a much better idea.

SNUFFLING

I say we smash it.

-I say we blast it.

-I say we blast it, then smash it.

-BOTH: Then blast it again.

-Stop saying what I'm saying NOW!

Yeah, that's certainly one approach.

Ha ha! Ahem...

Good sir, I believe it is actually three approaches,

my fine fellow.

Let's just get a better look at this thing.

Fishlegs, give me a slow burn.

-With pleasure. Meatlug?

-WHISTLES

Lava blast.

-Nice, Fishlegs.

-Oh, man.

Is that what I think it is?

I think so, but I've only seen pictures.

Do you realise how huge this could be, Fishlegs?

The word "epic" comes to mind.

-I hate it when they get like this.

-Don't you just?

-I should check the Book Of Dragons to be sure about this.

-Good idea.

If we're right, this could be big trouble.

If someone doesn't start filling me in,

I'm getting my axe!

CHUCKLES

-Heh heh heh...

-No-one touches that ice while we're gone!

OVERLAPPING SHOUTING

All right. Calm down.

This is an act of war.

Let's not jump to conclusions about what this attack means.

I don't know, Stoick.

Seems pretty cut and dried to me.

I mean, if you think about it,

an attack is an attack. Am I right, people?

OVERLAPPING SHOUTING

And thank you, Gobber.

Always here to help.

I think I know why Dagur's men attacked Bucket and Mulch.

-Go on, son.

-We got a better look at the dragon

Bucket and Mulch found in the ice.

We found a dragon? Oh, can we keep it?

I've always wanted my own dragon, Mulch.

Uh, it's a skrill. GASPING

Oh. I don't want one of those.

Ow!

Are you sure about this, son?

-Oh, we are sure.

-HE LAUGHS

Whoo! Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, Fishlegs!

GIGGLES

CHUCKLES

Sorry, chief, that happens sometimes

when we discover a new dragon.

-I get a little...

-Look, it's right here.

That is definitely a skrill.

And the skrill is the symbol of...

My brothers, this is an historic day

for the Berserker tribe.

After many years and many searches,

Captain Vorg has found a skrill!

CHEERING

It is such a great occasion,

I'm willing to forgive his failure... HE GROANS

..to bring it to me. THUD

Get up!

For centuries, the skrill has represented

our strength, our power,

our ferocity.

As long as Hiccup and his little dragon club

have our dragon, we will not rest.

We will take the skrill out of his frail, little hands

and destroy that night fury together!

CHEERING

Legend has it the lightning comes

from the skrill's mouth

and thunder from its... Well, you know.

Remind me never to get behind one.

That's actually inaccurate.

According to the Book Of Dragons,

the skrill drew lightning from the clouds and then redirected it.

It could use that lightning to hit several targets at once,

which is why it was such a feared dragon.

It could also store the lightning in its body and use it later.

I've heard enough. We need to get rid of that skrill.

It's just the excuse Dagur needs to go to war.

You all know I love a good fight as much as the next person,

but why not just give it to them?

It's just a frozen dragon carcass after all.

Actually, because of their internal body temperature,

skrills can stay safely frozen for decades.

So let me be clear.

This dragon may still be alive,

And you left Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Snotlout to guard it?

OK, that sounds much worse when you say it.

But it's frozen solid in a block of ice.

How much damage could it possibly do?

EXPLOSION

GROWLS

It's not that bad.

Yeah, maybe Hiccup won't even notice.

No, he's definitely going to notice.

ROARS

Yeah, for sure. Definitely.

-I got a plan.

-Great.

-What is it?

-Blame Snotlout.

GROANS

Their fault.

Hey! He stole our plan!

I told you guys to leave it alone.

It jumped us.

Sneaky dragon.

From inside a block of ice?

Uh...very sneaky dragon.

OK.

-Uggh...

-What is it, Dad?

When I was a lad, my father's father

used to sit me on his knee and tell me stories.

-I thought they were just tales.

-Tales about what?

Berserker fleets attacking behind harnessed dragons

that brought down lightning from the sky

and destroyed everything in their path.

You don't think the Berserkers could actually control

a skrill?

I didn't think anyone could ride a night fury.

We just can't take the chance.

If the Berserkers find that skrill and know some way to control it...

We'll find it, Dad.

I promise.

Any idea what we do after we find it?

We catch it, we tame it, we train it,

keep it away from Dagur so he doesn't use it against us.

Oh, yeah. That sounds easy enough.

Actually, the skrill does have some weaknesses.

According to the Book Of Dragons,

it can't redirect any lightning if it's in the water.

That's a start.

No, a start would be having any clue where this stupid thing is.

We've been circling the island for hours, and I'm starving.

Snotlout, you just said something unintentionally brilliant.

Of course I did. Ha!

What was it again?

When you wake up, what's the very first thing you want to do?

-Well, usually I have to...

-No, after that.

Oh! Eat.

Exactly.

Fishlegs, what is the skrill's food of choice?

CACKLES

SHEEP BAAS

CLANKING

And then you fought off the skrill with your head?

Hey. This guy Silent Sven?

Remind me not to rustle any more sheep from his farm.

CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY

Uh, he's silent, not deaf.

Any idea which way the skrill went?

That way?

Shh, it's OK, baby.

Nothing's out here. Nothing's going to get you.

LIGHTNING CRASHES Hold up, everybody.

OK, now what?

Everybody stay back. If the skrill sees just one dragon,

maybe it won't attack.

ALL GASP

There, there, fella.

You've been asleep a long time, huh?

I'm guessing you're pretty cranky

and hungry too.

ROARS

Hiccup!

Astrid!

Aah! Meatlug, drop!

SCREAMING

And stop.

Wow, that was impressive.

Sure, if by impressive you mean terrifying!

Follow me. I've got an idea.

I'm going to dive through the cloud from above

and drive that skrill down to you guys

so we can all drive it into the water.

Got it.

No, I don't. Sorry.

Could we go back to the first part about how you're in the cloud,

or is the cloud in you?

It's all...it's sort of nebulous for me.

Like a cloud in fact!

Just do what everyone else does.

And how exactly are we going to find the skrill in that cloud?

Toothless doesn't need to see to find something, remember?

Does that work in clouds?

There's only one way to find out.

Toothless, now!

It's working!

Time to give this dragon a bath.

I'll bet he hates it as much as we do.

We're under attack!

ARROWS WHISTLE

Whoa!

Oh, no...

HE BABBLES

Uh, is that...

Surprise, surprise, Hiccup!

CHUCKLES EVILLY

Now get your dainty little hands

off my skrill!

Let's get out of range before they reload.

Already ahead of you.

Let's go, bud.

HE LAUGHS They're running!

They're regrouping, you idiot.

That's it. You're relieved of duty.

My skrill is glorious!

The legend doesn't do it justice.

A dragon that can go head to head

with Hiccup and his night fury.

And they will both be mine.

Hey, Snotlout, are you OK?

Ha, he's better than OK. Did you see that lightning bolt to the head?

HE BLATHERS

Tuffnut's right. Better than OK.

HE BLATHERS

And making more sense than usual.

OK, he's out of it,

so the rest of us will... BLATHERS

Snotlout, we have no idea what you're saying.

Sure we do. He said, "I'm perfectly fine."

-BLATHERS

-Said it again.

I told 'em. What?

I speak post-lightning Snotlout.

How many times has he been hit by lightning?!

-Often enough.

-BLATHERS

12...oh, really? 12 times.

BLATHERS

He said, "Enough talk. Dagur's all mine."

"And Tuffnut is the toughest of us all."

-BLATHERS

-He implied the last part.

GROANS

Well, you heard the man, Astrid.

Take Snotlout and Fishlegs and try to keep

the Berserker ships occupied.

The twins and I will go after the skrill.

If Dagur gets his hands on it first,

-we won't stand a chance.

-Be careful.

The lightning is attracted to metal, and you two are wearing

a lot more of it than the rest of us.

Stormfly, let's rock some boats.

MEN SHOUTING

BLATHERS

LAUGHS

Oh, hello.

SCREAMS

Stay on target.

He's tricky, that Hiccup.

OK, I think I have a way to get the skrill into the water,

but it's super risky.

You, my friend, are speaking our language.

Basically you're going to fly blind through the cloud

and have Barf let out as much gas as possible.

Don't let Belch ignite it until you get to the other side.

Feel my heart, because it comes forth

and is bursting through my chest.

Hopefully the blast will drive the skrill

out of the cloud toward Toothless and I,

where we can knock it down with a plasma blast.

That's a lot of gas.

-You have any idea how big a blast that will be?

-No.

Me neither!

How awesome is this?

TWINS WHOOPING

That's it. Let loose.

Not you, Belch. Not yet.

Wait for it. Wait for it...

Go!

BOTH: Yeah!

He's flying back up!

OK, bud, not too much.

Just enough to bring him down.

OK, that's a new one.

Let's see how he handles this.

This is bad...

This is worse.

HE BLATHERS

GROANING AND GRUNTING

Sir, look.

Well, well, it doesn't look like Hiccup will catch my skrill either.

Then perhaps we should withdraw,

come back for the skrill another day.

Um, didn't I throw you overboard?

Well, I am an excellent swimmer.

Aaargh!

Press on.

Oh, that one made my hair stand up.

We need a plan and fast.

Yoo-hoo! Remember us? Gas me, Ruff.

With pleasure.

Oh...

BOTH SHOUT

Maybe we should take off our metal helmets?

Hiccup!

Sorry about your deck.

Grrraaarrrgh!

Did anybody see where the skrill went?

-No.

-No.

BLATHERS

Anyone see where the twins ended up?

BOTH GROAN

Oh, great.

We do all the work, and the Berserkers

get the skrill anyway.

And that is why we don't work.

-It accomplishes nothing.

-Yeah.

Wait a minute. That's not the Berserkers.

That's Alvin The Treacherous!

HE LAUGHS

Why would Alvin want a skrill?

Why wouldn't he? Did you see that thing?

He could take out Berk with it.

Oh, yeah. So... we should do something, right?

Ennh... Yes, yes, we should.

OK, I say we follow him.

OK. And then what?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, OK?

Yeah. Good point.

Let's get the beast back to Outcast Island.

I have big plans for this dragon.