More Than Just A Bonny Face (Rewriting)

Death Of The Chief

Hiccup leads us towards Drago.

"Stop! Stop!" Hiccup jumps off Toothless and I land Venom next to him.

"This...is the great Dragon Master? The son of Stoick the Vast? What shame he must feel." Drago looks at me. "Who is this? Your girlfriend?"

"This is your daughter, Drago. The one you lost eighteen years ago." Hiccup stands in front of Venom.

"Thomasina?" Drago questions.

"My name's Meribeth," I growl.

"All of this loss, and for what? To become unstoppable? To rule the world? Dragons are kind, amazing creatures that can bring people together." Hiccup helps me get down from Venom's back.

"Or tear them apart." Drago unhooks his prosthetic arm, showing us his stump. Hiccup and I are horrified. Drago puts his arm on and he circles us. "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."

"Then why a dragon army?" Hiccup asks.

"Why not a human army like the one you have now?" I glare at Drago.

"Well, you need dragons to conquer other dragons." Drago grabs a hold of me and he pulls me next to him.

"Hiccup!" I start panting.

"Or maybe you need dragons to conquer people. To control those who follow you...and to get rid of those who won't." Hiccup holds out his hand.

Drago laughs. "Clever boy."

"The world wants peace. And we have the answer, back on Berk. Just let me show you." Hiccup keeps his arm out for me. I try to take it but Drago holds me back.

"No! Let me show you." Drago summons his Alpha again.

"Let go of me, you creep!" I start hitting him. "Guys! Eret! Help!" I whistlet

Drago places a hand over my mouth. "No dragon can resist the Alpha's command." Smaug, Saphira and Gold-Heart land behind Hiccup and Toothless. "So he who controls the Alpha, controls them all." He commands the Alpha to take control of Toothless, who starts screaming and thrashing in pain.

"Toothless? You okay, bud? What's going on?" Hiccup asks.

"Witness true strength. The strength of will over others. In the face of it, you are nothing!" Drago grabs my shirt. The Alpha takes control of Toothless. His pupils shrink into frighteningly narrow slits and he turns on Hiccup. Drago picks me up off the ground. "And now it's your turn." He points at Gold-Heart and the Alpha starts taking control over her. I try to use the Bewilderbeast inside me to stop him but it doesn't work. Goldie's pupils narrow and she looks at me. Drago throws me into Hiccup's arms.

"Goldie!" I watch trappers throw bolas at my other dragons. "No!" Our dragons start to walk towards us.

"Uh, what did he just tell you two?" Hiccup asks as he holds my hand.

"Gold-Heart, Toothless, what's the matter with you?" I start to cry.

"What're you doing?" Hiccup holds me close to him.

"Knock it off!" I shout.

"Stop!" Hiccup pulls me behind him.

"Snap out of it!" I look at Drago. "Why are you doing this to me, Dad?" He ignores me.

"Toothless!" Hiccup looks behind us.

"No!" I tighten my grip on Hiccup.

"Toothless!"

"Gold-Heart!"

"Don't!" We both shout. The mind-controlled Toothless and Goldie charge plasma blasts.

"Hiccup! Meribeth!" Dad shouts.

"Stop!" Hiccup and I stop at an ice wall.

"Children!" Dad runs to us.

Hiccup looks at him. "Dad!"

"No!" I scream. Dad jumps in front of us and takes the shots from our dragons, being killed instantly. Me and Hiccup look at our dragons before looking at Dad. "Daddy!" Hiccup pulls me to my feet.

"Are you okay?" Hiccup looks at me.

"I'm fine." I nod and cry more.

Hiccup pushes the ice away from Dad and rolls him onto his back. "Dad!"

I run over to Dad and hold his hand. "Please wake up."

"Stoick..." Mum joins us.

"No...you..." Hiccup watches me kneel down. Mum checks for a heartbeat but hears nothing. She looks at us. "No." The Bewilderbeast turns away and stops controlling Toothless and Gold-Heart. Their eyes widen once more as they come to their senses, realizing in horror what they've done. "No, no, no. No..." My friends land behind Toothless and Gold-Heart.

I hold Dad's hand to my chest. "Please wake up." I hug Gold-Heart and cry into her body. Tuffnut kneels down next to me so I hug him. He rubs my back while I cry. Astrid and Gobber join Hiccup and Mum.

"I'm so sorry, Beth." Tuffnut hugs me tighter.

Toothless sees Hiccup grieving and goes to Dad's body. "No! Get away from him! Go on! Get out of here! Get away!" Hiccup pushes Toothless away from Dad.

"It's not his fault. You know that," Mum tells him. Venom roars and everyone looks at him. Eret, Fishlegs and Snotlout free my dragons from their bolas.The Alpha takes control of the dragons again. All their pupils shrink into slits as the Alpha takes command of their will.

"No! Come back, please!" I cry out.

"Good dragons under the control of bad people..." Mum helps me stand up. As the Alpha roars, the Viking teens' dragons are controlled as well. They fly away toward the Alpha. "Do bad things." Toothless, controlled by the Bewilderbeast, tries to fly.

Drago subdues him with his bullhook and forcibly rides him. "Gather the men and meet me at Berk!"

"Toothless!" Hiccup tries to run after him.

I run after my dragons. "Venom! Smaug! Goldie! Saphie!"

"No, don't!" Mum holds us back.

"Move out!" Drago and his Bewilderbeast head towards Berk, while his men prepare to sail. All the dragons follow as well.