Okay, this is the story you've all been waiting for! I'm warning you now that this story is only rated T because of some minor violence, bloodshed, and character death. Nothing too gory or anything, but I just want to be on the safe side. Anyway, we're only meeting three of the new characters in this first chapter, some more in the next, and the rest in whenever I put them in.

Anyway, I only own Crafty, Hummer, Monty, Meena, Xavier, Ipati, Toddlette, Almia, Fencette, (and in this first chapter) Aurora and Feralette. flowerpower71 owns Nanu and Livy, CartoonCaster21 owns Jo, Sapphire777 owns Misty, and Benny owns Noctuma. The Smurfs, Johan, and Peewit belong to Peyo. Enjoy the first chapter!

"I so can't believe we're actually getting away with this," Crafty whispered to Hummer as they exited through Miner's mines and to the outside.

"Monty!" Crafty whisper shouted to the air. "Monty! Where are you?"

Monty, who was perched in a high tree branch, squawked and flew down in front of his mother, nuzzling her with his wooden beak.

"C'mon, let's get going!" She hushed rushing through the forest, soon coming upon a large hill. At the top was a steep drop down, the perfect place to test the newest feature to Monty's body.

Something should be explained first, to clarify things. Crafty and Hummer exited out of Miner's mines from the emergency tunnel built into her mushroom just like it was for all of the mushrooms in the village.

Why? Because, just as predicted, Gutsy has gone into a full on alert since the second attack from Ipati against her. He would not allow her to leave the village at all without him with her, but he was not in the village at the moment. He was with Grouchy, Tracker, and the Smurfling boys on a bit of a 'guys' camping trip and wouldn't be back until the end of the week.

Why did she still need to sneak? Because of Hefty, is why.

"This is perfect!" Crafty said, looking out upon the forest in the late afternoon. The winter that year had been very mild for a strange reason, so it mainly felt like a warm autumn the whole time. Spring was only a good week and a half away.

"Alright," Crafty turned to Monty. "Ready to try out the body shield?"

Monty shook his wings, ready to get into the air and test out anything his mother gave to him. Crafty grinned and climbed onto his back, settling herself into his neck.

"C'mon, Hummer! Come test it out with us!" Crafty waved her arm in invitation.

Hummer thought for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and hopped on. He had to admit it, whenever Monty first came around, Hummer wasn't too happy about it. In fact, he was actually a little...jealous with another bird being in Crafty's life. But, he also had to admit that the mechanical bird had really grown on him. He felt like he could be sort of a teacher to Monty, not like Alomar and Almia could, but still.

"Alright, let's go!" Crafty nudged Monty. The eagle screeched, rushing forward and immediately going into a nosedive, falling to the ground at a vigorous speed.

Just as they reached the bottom, Monty swooped up and was soaring high in the sky in no time at all.

"Okay, Monty! Let'er smurf!" Crafty yelled.

Monty nodded and, aside from the spot Crafty and Hummer were sitting on, concentrated until all of the feathers seemed to fold into themselves. Or, more that they were pulled into his body, and the wood he was made off was revealed, only to be covered by even harder wood that grew out of his body and fold onto his body. The lumber covering his wings were extremely light, barely interfering with his flight patterns. The only thing that could possibly ruin his flying was the rain. Or the snow. Or any precipitation at all.

"We're good so far," Crafty nodded, observing her handiwork. "I wish there was some way to test its strength..."

All too suddenly it seemed, a sudden force crashed right into them. Crafty and Hummer clung to Monty's feathers, giving out a long scream as they plummeted to the ground. Crafty yanked on Monty's feathers, hoping to snap him out of his daze and get back into the air, but no luck came to them to do so.

"Brace for impact!" Crafty cried out, holding onto both Monty's feathers and Hummer.

CRASH!

Crafty blinked and shook her head, sitting up and looking around and up. The tree branches would've blocked the way of their fall were broken or completely torn off altogether.

"Monty! Hummer!" Crafty called out. A screech sounded from behind and she turned to see both birds tangled up, dangling from the ground by vines.

She smiled and shook her head, pulling on a vine and tugging on it as they struggled to get out of their binds. In mere seconds, the vines snapped and they fell to the ground with a thud.

"You guys alright?"

Hummer nodded as he stumbled around, trying to regain his balance. Monty shook himself and flipped the wood on his body back to having his blue feathers.

"Noctuma! You alright?!" An unfamiliar voice called from not too far away.

Crafty and the two birds turned to where they heard the voice and saw the bushes rustle slightly before an animal they'd last expect to see around these parts came waddling out of the bushes. An emperor penguin. She looked to be no older then a young adult, but her voice made her sound much more mature.

Is she a Creatugo? She talked, Crafty thought scratching her head.

The penguin approached a white lump that lied on the ground, "Noctuma? Are you dead?"

The white lump let out a deep groan and lifted itself up off the ground. The lump itself turned out to be a large snowy owl. The owl ruffled its feathers and shook its head, blinking its yellowish-green eyes.

"Huh," The penguin smirked, crossing her flippers as a human would with their arms. "And I thought you were a careful flyer, Noctuma."

"Those ghastly birds!" The owl, the one named 'Noctuma' hissed. "They really should watch where they're going! It practically came out of nowhere! Be lucky you are not a flyer, Aurora!"

Aurora rolled her eyes, which Crafty noticed were just like hers: A smurfy blue. "Yeah. 'cause flying is so dangerous."

"Okay, then," Crafty whispered to her two avian friends. "I guess we know who we bumped into."

Crafty raised an eyebrow as she felt something trailing down her shoulder and onto her arm. She looked down and jumped back at seeing the creature that was in such close proximity to her. Crafty shook her head, not believing what she was seeing.

It was a Smurfette. Though, she looked much like Wild, she looked like she just came out of the jungle or something of that nature. She had long blonde hair which reached to the middle of her back, which surprisingly looked very clean and very soft. Her dress and hat looked to be made of gray and black animal fur. What kind of fur, she wasn't sure of and she wasn't sure if she wanted to know how it got that way.

The Smurfette seemed startled that Crafty jumped away from her, but let it go and approached her again, sniffing her as if she recognized the clever Smurfette's scent. She growled out and rubbed herself against Crafty, seeming to purr with bliss as she did so.

Monty was also confused as to the mysterious Smurfette, but ignored what she was doing and nervously walked over to the owl and the penguin. He stopped numerous times, but finally got to them as they continued their conversation. He nervously clicked, trying to get their attention. The two immediately stopped talking and looked to the mechanical bird.

Monty cleared his throat and clicked multiple times, gesturing with his wings in various ways. Aurora raised a non-existent eyebrow in amusement at what he was saying, but Noctuma just had a neutral face.

"Erm...Very well," Noctuma replied with a raised eyebrow. "I forgive you."

Monty whirrled with relief and flew over to Crafty, finally concerning himself with the mysterious Smurfette.

Aurora tilted her head, asking, "Hey, Feralette. What'cha got-"

The emperor penguin suddenly shook her head and stared wide eyed at 'Feralette' and Crafty. Though, her attention seemed to be more focused on Crafty.

Noctuma noticed her perplexed stare and turned his head also, only to have his beak drop slightly and his eyes widen just a tiny bit.

Crafty waved to them, almost succeeding in ignoring Feralette, "Hey. Sorry about crashing into you up there. We were testing something out up there and I guess we weren't watching where we were going and...yeah."

Still, the two Creatugos continued to stare at her with utter shock and confusion.

"Um, okay then," Crafty said uncomfortably. "I guess we'll just be going."

Crafty turned around started to walk away, gesturing for Hummer and Monty to follow, which they did. They continued on, Feralette following close behind, until something...strange came out from Aurora.

"Cr-Crafty? Is that you...?" She asked in a whisper.

Crafty froze, blinked, and turned to them slowly.

"What did you just say?" She asked. Hummer and Monty also gave them a look with just as much shock.

"Crafty. She called you Crafty," Noctuma said, his talons pressing into the ground as he took a few steps forward.

"Yeah. But how do you know my name?" She asked suspiciously.

They tilted their heads in confusion, looked at each other, and back at Crafty.

"It's because we know you. Just like Feralette does," Aurora said carefully.

Crafty furrowed her eyebrows, shaking her head. Noctuma explained, "Feralette. Your sister."

Crafty raised an eyebrow and looked to the wild-looking Smurfette. Feralette cooed and growled out a single word as she continued to rub herself against her proclaimed family member.

"Sister!"