John:" It will take some hours to get them ready."
Stoick:" Good tell everyone to get ready. Where going to a war."
Stoick:" Where's Astrid?"
John:" She is at home because she was not feeling well."
Stoick:" ok."
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John was on his way home and wanted to see how Astrid was doing because this morning she had vomited and was feeling dizzy.
John entered the house and went to look for Astrid and found her near a pot.
John: "Do you feel better love?"
Astrid: "No, I still feel bad."
John: "You should go see Gothi but she is very busy right now I think."
Astrid: "What happened?"
John told him everything that had happened and what was going to happen.
Astrid: "So we are going to war against the dragons?"
John: "Who are we?" you stay here. you are sick you can't go
Astrid: "But I want to go"
John: "You can't, you'll stay here. I'll tell Stoick that you can't go and anyway, I need a cover because Stoick wants me to go as a dragon slayer and John can't go. I'll just say that I'll stay here taking care of you. You know I can't even reveal anything. and we have our wedding close by so you will understand."
Astrid: "Well that's fine."
John: "Well, I'm leaving, I have to prepare everything and I can't let Gobber do all the work and please go see Gothi to see if it's something serious."
Astrid:" ok"
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So after they decided that it would be best for Astrid to stay and to leave Slayer here with her, gobber started to give orders to everyone to prepare for battle
John was on his way when he bumped into Hiccup who was not happy
Hiccup:" Yo…"
John covers Hiccup's mouth and doesn't let him speak and takes him to a different place where nobody can hear them talk
John:" I know what are you going to say but listen first."
John removes his hand from her mouth and begins to speak.
John: "First of all, what was that stupidest plan you made? Doing that in front of everyone wasn't going to work, that was known, and I couldn't help you. because? number one I'm not from Berk I was adopted, number two I'm engaged to Astrid if I do anything all that to the trash, number three Slayer."
hiccup only remains silent
John: "Your father has already started to order the Vikings to get together and start loading the ships. I have to go. Astrid will stay here. Promise me something if something happens, take care of Astrid for me and Slayer."
John left leaving Hiccup there thinking
—————————————————————Broken-down catapults and trebuchets are bundled up and lowered from the cliffs.
Below on the docks, Vikings load the heavy artillery into the hulls of awaiting ships.
Children and the elderly gather on the walkways to wave apprehensive farewells to the departing warriors.
Lastly, Toothless is loaded aboard Stoick's ship, chained down to a palette, muzzled, and restrained with a weighty neck ring. He looks exhausted and miserable.
Stoick and John cross to the bow as the ship pushes off and joins the amassed armada of ships adrift in the harbor. Stoick's brow is furrowed, all warmth drained away. He turns west and glares at the horizon with cold determination.
Stoick:" Set sail! We head for Helheim's Gate."
He then notices HICCUP watching from his familiar cliff-side perch beyond the village. Their eyes meet, full of hurt and regret. Hiccup slowly shakes his head in warning. Stoick breaks the stare and turns to Toothless, fuming.
Stoick:" Lead us home, Devil." ——————————————————————
Hiccup was Watching. He's powerless to stop what is happening, but won't leave.
(Later that day)
Still standing there. The ships have cleared the horizon. CRANE UP to reveal Ashild is standing behind him. She approaches cautiously and stands beside him in silence.
Ashild:" It's a mess."
Hiccup doesn't respond.
Ashild:" You must feel horrible. You've lost everything. Your father, your tribe, your best friend."
Hiccup:" Thank you for summing that up…Why couldn't I have killed that dragon when I found him in the woods. It would have been better for everyone."
Ashild:" Yep. The rest of us would have done it…So why didn't you?"
Hiccup just shakes his head - he really doesn't know.
Ashild's eyes glimmer. She wants something.
Ashild:"Why didn't you?"
Hiccup:"I don't know. I couldn't."
Ashild:"That's not an answer."
Hiccup:" Why is this so important to you all of a sudden?"
Ashild:" Because I want to remember what you say right now."
Hiccup:(angry, loud)" Oh for the love of -- I was a coward! I was weak. I wouldn't kill a dragon."
Ashild:" You said 'wouldn't' that time.l
Hiccup:(BLOWS UP)" Whatever! I wouldn't! Three hundred years and I'm the first Viking who wouldn't kill a dragon!"
Ashild:" First to ride one, though."
Hiccup blinks. He never looked at it that way before.
Ashild:"So..."
Hiccup:(REALIZING)" ...I wouldn't kill him because he looked as frightened as I was…I looked at him and I saw myself.
Ashild turns to face the open sea.
Ashild:" I bet he's really frightened now"(PROVOKING)" What are you going to do about it?"
Hiccup:" Probably something stupid."
Ashild:" Good. But you've already done that.
Hiccup:" Then something crazy.
Ashild smiles.
Ashild:" That's more like it."