Astrid's Team Dragons

Well, very good patrol, Astrid.

The Edge is secure.

Uh-oh, I know that look.

Hiccup, where are all the night terrors?

Aren't they supposed to be on watch? They are our last line of defence.

Tuffnut!

Oh, yeah. Right over there. Perfect. Yes.

What are you two doing?

What does it look like we are doing? Dragon training.

You would think that you of all people would recognise that.

Prepare to be amazed my friend. Ready, little guy?

Shake!

Right? See, you thought it would be a handshake, he'd put out

his little paw, but I taught him that...

Oh, no, no. We understand.

I'm just not sure how useful a skill that is.

Well, that's not all he does. Do you want to see him get my slippers?

These dragons are not our pet, Tuffnut.

They are an integral part of our security system.

He can also solve the problems by stomping his foot,

-as long as the answer is always three.

-She has a point, Tuffnut.

And you have a pet already.

CHICKEN CLUCKS MELODIOUSLY

Dagger could park a whole fleet right offshore,

and we wouldn't even know they were there because the night terrors

-aren't on their perches.

-Lighten up, Astrid.

Dagger doesn't even know where Dragon's Edge is.

Not yet. But if you guys don't take this seriously then he will

-soon enough.

-I say bring it on!

Let him bring that weakness in here.

Hookfang, and I will pummel his deranged butt.

DRAGON GROWLS

Fishlegs, what is it?

It's Berk. And it's not good.

-Son, I'm glad you're here.

-Who did this?

Dagger?

It was a hit and run attack.

Catapults, volleys of fire arrows mostly.

They hit a few buildings in town.

Astrid, one of them was your parents' house.

You should probably head over to...

Relax, lass. Your parents are fine.

They were out at the yak races.

I'm sorry we couldn't save your house.

-If they had been home, Gobber...

-But they weren't.

It'll be all right, lass.

We'll get this place rebuilt good as new.

All right, now that the fires are

out, Sven, you start the wall repairs.

Bucket, you are in charge of roofs.

Snotlout, Ruff, Tuff. You ferry whatever supplies they need.

Fishlegs, you and Meatlug will do the heavy lifting,

and I'll go looking for Dagger.

It was a strange attack, son.

A single ship. It fired a few salvos and then just turned tail and ran.

That is not Dagger's style.

-Why attack at all?

-Good question.

I'll tell you what, I'll ask him when I find him.

-He was heading due north.

-That's your best bet.

Let's go, bud!

Is Meatlug OK?

Of course. She'll be fine.

All that taking off and landing is really tough on her insoles.

Oh.

OK. Well, I couldn't find any sign of Dagger.

But he did have almost a full day's head start on me.

-How did you two do on the repairs?

-Awesome. We fixed so many houses.

Yeah, but everybody was so grateful, they just gave us all this food.

They also gave us this furniture.

I mean, they just left it piled up in front of their houses for us.

Hiccup! It's a terrible tragedy.

Someone has been looting

all the burned houses, taking food, furniture,

anything valuable they can get their hands on.

That's horrible!

What kind of world do we live in?

Don't worry, Sven, I'm pretty sure it will reappear.

Very quickly.

STORMFLY GROWLS

Astrid! How's your family?

They're OK. Their house...

The house I grew up in is gone.

Hey, Astrid, do you need a shoulder to cry on?

HE SCREAMS

Thanks, Snotlout.

- I really needed that. - Uh... You're welcome.

-I know my role.

-Listen up, everyone.

Dagger was last seen fleeing due north.

By my calculations, he could be heading out of the archipelago.

So, we're going back to Dragon's Edge first thing tomorrow.

We'll use that as our base to search for him.

Now just go back to your houses, get a good night's sleep.

Where are you guys staying tonight?

I figured Stormfly and I would just bed down here.

What a coincidence.

I'm sleeping here, too.

Why? You have a warm bed and a house.

Yeah, but my dad snores.

He's sawing logs, you know, the truth is I wouldn't get a wink.

Yes, yes, yes, Meatlug and I were going to stay here, too.

Just for old time's sake.

Nobody is having a sleepover.

Without Hookfang and me.

SNOTLOUT YAWNS AND HOOKFANG SNORES

Thanks, guys. This is kind of nice.

-Can't sleep, eh?

-Not a wink.

Can stop think about what you might have done to prevent the attack?

There is nothing you could have done.

-You know that.

-I know that up here, but in my gut....

You still blame yourself.

Aye. I know the feeling. We are warriors, you and I.

-Sworn to protect.

-How do I make this feeling go away?

You don't. You can't.

So you own it, you remember it,

and you do everything you can to make sure you never feel it again.

Come on. I'll check the docks with you.

Hey. You get any sleep last night?

I spent most of the night thinking.

So we slept on the ground for Astrid.

Yes. In a show of support.

Wow, I completely missed that.

Ow! My back!

Oh, thanks, Hookfang.

Well, we are wings up in an hour. Let me help you with your gear.

Hiccup, I've made a decision.

I'm not going back to Dragon's Edge.

I'm staying here on Berk.

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa! You're staying here?

When did you decide this?

Last night, when I was talking to your father.

We are warriors, Hiccup. We live by a code.

I'm not leaving Berk defenceless again.

-I can't.

-Astrid, one dragon wouldn't have made a difference.

I know that. Hiccup, I'm going to stay and train new riders.

-What?

-An auxiliary, a backup team, just for situations like this.

That's...

actually a pretty good idea.

Excuse me, but I couldn't help overhearing your conversation,

probably because I was eavesdropping.

If you need instructors for this new dragon training deal, I'm your man.

A Snotlout-trained rider will be able to anticipate his dragon's

every move. It's like chess, except I don't how to play chess.

See what I mean?

Checkmate.

Sorry, Snotlout, but I'll be doing all the training myself.

This is something I need to do, Hiccup.

OK. Change of plan.

Snoutlout, twins, Fishlegs.

You'll follow Dagger's trail north of the archipelago.

If you don't find him, resupply at the Edge and keep searching.

Hiccup, what part of

"I'll be doing all the training" wasn't clear to you?

I'm just going to stay to patrol the area around Berk

in case Dagger doubles back. You won't even know we are here.

-Right, bud?

-OK then.

Of course this all assumes that anyone would even want to try out

for our B team.

-Nice turnout.

-Yeah.

Look at them all. Freshfaced and full of dreams.

Dreams that are soon to be crushed.

Oh, Hiccup, were we ever that young?

Snotlout, is that your dad?

What? Hiccup!

You have to let me stay.

I'll get to make the rules.

I will get to point out every one of his mistakes.

-Not going to happen, Snotlout.

-You owe me this.

The world owes me this. Snotlout! This is Snotlout!

Saddle up, everybody. Astrid has got work to do and so do we.

So, you all want to be Dragon Riders, huh?

Looks like fun, right?

Well, it isn't. It's hard

and it's dangerous.

HE LAUGHS

Dangerous?

You came to the right place if you want dangerous.

Well, that's a relief.

Stormfly, spine shot.

-Your turn.

-Hold on, I'll need to...

stretch first. Just limber up.

I don't want to pull a hammy.

Who's next? You? You?

THEY SCREAM

OK, for those of you that are left,

I suppose you'd like to meet your dragons.

- Yeah! - Can't wait! - Bring it on!

Here you go.

This looks like a change wing.

You get this.

What are you laughing at? Hey, look, it's a sweeping death.

Flying in formation can save your life.

It can hide your numbers, like the single file formation.

It can allow you to cover each other's flank or...

Nice move, Bucket.

You just got everybody killed.

Sorry, everybody.

Drop and give me 20.

One...

Well, I give up. I don't see any sign of Dagger's ship.

Let's just had to the Edge. I'm hungry.

-Agreed. All this focusing wears you out.

-Yeah.

Well, I'm waiting.

Using their direction and our other man's sightings,

their base should be in this general area.

Oh, Hiccup. So soft-hearted and soft-headed.

I knew my little attack on Berk would draw him and his lizard flying

friends out into the open.

And you doubted me.

I don't recall that I did.

Then again, maybe it was me.

The noose tightens.

HE CACKLES

Assemble the fleet.

We'll scour this area until we find Dragon's Edge.

DRAGONS ROAR

OK, repeat after me... This is my Dragon.

There are many like it but this one is mine.

ALL: This is my Dragon. There are many like it but this one is mine.

I can't hear you.

ALL: This is my Dragon. There are many like it but this one is mine.

I still can't hear you. ALL: This is my Dragon.

There are many like it but this one is mine.

Drop and give me 20.

All right, who's ready to get out there and search for Dagger?

Come here. Come here. Yes, that's it.

Sorry. I am very busy doing research.

Guys, Astrid and Hiccup told you to leave the night terrors alone.

And you have a pet already, remember?

I know you're nodding back there. I can hear your feathers ruffling.

-You stay out of it!

-DISGRUNTLED CLUCKING

They're supposed to be lookouts.

Oh, yeah? Then how come he is so good at fetching things.

Leg!

Meatlug!

OK, I guess Meatlug and I are going searching alone.

See ya.

Today's exercise is to dive at the target,

do a barrel roll to avoid enemy fire,

and then hit the target with a blast, like this.

Roll!

Die, target, die!

Fail.

Oh, you've got to be joking.

GROWLING

Yes! Coming in hot.

Fail.

To be a dragon rider, you actually have to ride on the dragon.

SCREAMING

Fail.

Oh, come on! You've got to count that.

-Cheating. Fail.

-What is she doing?

Yes!

Fai...

Lucky shot. Do it again.

Hey! That's not fair!

Element of surprise, key to any battle.

Now land and give me 20.

Everyone else, we need to start over, from scratch.

Are you seeing this? It's almost like she wants them to fail.

Who wants to fail next?

At this rate, she'll never be finished.

Huh.

One...two...

-three...

-What did he do?

He's Snotlout's dad.

Nuff said. Can we talk?

I would, but I'm busy.

-12, oh, yes!

-Hey, Astrid, I know what you're doing.

Really? And what am I doing?

Well, you are being overly tough on these guys.

I saw what you did to Gustav.

The element of surprise?

How is that being overly tough?

It's not that, it's...

you want them to fail.

That way you have an excuse to stay here on Berk,

we both know what's going on here.

You're wrong, Hiccup.

-You're wrong.

-Astrid.

I get it. You want to stay on Berk and protect your family,

but you can't be there every second of every day

for the rest of their lives.

Just think about it.

I'm going to head out to Dragon's Edge, check in on those guys,

see if they spotted Dagger.

I'll be back in a few days, we can talk about it more then.

100 and... eleventy-twenty.

Dagger's found the Edge. This is not good.

Fire!

Hiccup! Is everybody OK?

Meatlug took one in the wing, but she'll be OK in a few days.

They got the drop on us, Hiccup.

Hit us before we even knew they were there.

If our early warning system hadn't been...

Hey, hey. Let's not start throwing the twins under the yak cart.

We have to fight back.

We tried.

It didn't go so well.

Dagger has us totally pinned down.

With a dozen ships.

And they have this catapult that can launch, like, 20 hours at a time.

It's actually pretty cool. I'm asking for it for Snoggletog.

Do you think he'll give it to me?

It doesn't matter, OK?

This is our home. We're defending it.

Now, think. What are our advantages?

Well, we do have the high ground.

-That's right.

-And good cover.

-And supplies.

-And we have dragons.

OK, yeah, that was pretty much implied, but I like the spirit.

We'll send a terra mail back to Berk for reinforcements.

In the meantime, we hold the Edge.

Not all combat is in the air.

Today we're going to practise precision landing.

-Like that.

-Astrid, we just got a terrible terror from Hiccup.

Dragon's Edge is under siege by Dagger's fleet.

-How many ships?

-At least a dozen.

-Long odds.

-Let me help even them.

I'm coming, too.

Absolutely not.

You are not ready for combat.

You will all stay here, that is an order.

Let's go.

Now, Hookfang!

Reload.

HE ROARS

No chicken left behind.

Ready, aim...

Plasma blast!

Is that the best you can do, Hiccup?

Because it's not enough.

Focus all your fire on him.

Dragons, approaching from the...

Two late guests.

Clearly they're not aware of party etiquette.

Take them down!

Don't worry, boy.

This should only take a minute.

Maybe two.

Dad! Toothless, look out!

Element of surprise.

Key to any battle.

Woo-hoo!!

-More Dragon Riders?

-Yes!

That's cheating!

Nice shot, son.

Good to go, Dad.

Yes!

Surrender or perish.

It's like looking into a mirror, but you're better looking.

Yeah!

HE SCREAMS

Sir, they're cutting us to pieces!

We need to withdraw!

Oh, come on!

Her? Since when did she ride a Dragon?

-Sir!

-Yes, yes, I know!

You're a cheater, Hiccup!

You've always been a cheater!

You all disobeyed my direct order.

Whose idea was this little mutiny?

-It was mine.

-No, it was mine.

-Mine.

-No, mine.

Mine.

OK. Everybody, get up.

What you did was dangerous, foolish,

and completely not what you were trained to do.

But it was also brave, and you worked together as a team.

I couldn't be more proud to call you fellow Dragon Riders.

-Hear that, Bucket?

-Oh, yes.

Gustav, as the most experienced rider,

I am putting you in charge of the Dragon Riders auxiliary.

Oh, yes!

Gustav, that's me!

I'll be staying here on Dragon's Edge.

After all, I can't protect her all by myself every second of every day.

And you guys proved you are ready to do the job.

They did handle themselves pretty well.

-For the B team.

-B team?

No, this is Astrid's team.

-The A team.

-Hear that, Bucket?

-The A team.

-Not too shabby.

But if I hear you are slacking off one inch,

I'll be on you guys like a Gronckle on granite.

We'll keep the brooms handy.

Mount up, A team!

Bucket!

They grow up so fast, don't they?

You're welcome.