"I hate this." Grouchy grumbled as he set his pack down.
He, Gutsy, and Brainy were setting up camp in the middle of the woods.
"You've said that five times already, smurf it already!" Gutsy retorted.
"I'll have to agree with Grouchy on this one." Brainy muttered.
"It's your smurfin' fault we're out here!" Grouchy retorted.
"How's it my fault?"
"You always make a big deal out of your birthday, that's why we're out here!"
It was true. Every Smurf groaned when Brainy's birthday came around, because Brainy always exaggerated on his parties about how it should reflect his greatness and such. Even Papa thought he went a little oversmurf, so the whole village, minus Brainy of course, met in secret to figure out how to remedy this. They all agreed to the idea of sending Brainy out of the village for the whole day.
Unfortunately, Papa wouldn't agree to let him go alone, so Grouchy and Gutsy were 'volunteered' to go with him on a camping trip. Needless to say, the two Smurfs were less than thrilled about it. They'd had to listen to Brainy complain about how the weather wasn't good for camping, there might wild animals out here, Gargamel might come, this was the worst birthday ever, etc. It took a threat from Grouchy and Gutsy to shut him up. For a few minutes anyway.
"You're not setting up the tent right." Brainy stated, walking over to Gutsy.
"No one asked you, perfectionist." Gutsy grumbled.
"Facing the tent that way will let the morning chill come in. You should turn it to the left a little, then you don't have to worry about it."
Gutsy grumbled incomprehensibly under his breath as he turned the tent, hoping it would shut Brainy up.
"That's too far, then you'll get the wind blowing into your tent tonight."
Gutsy suddenly stood up straight and grabbed Brainy's shoulders, pulling him so they were eye to eye.
"If I want yer advice, I'll ask for it." He said slowly. "Understand?"
Brainy hastily nodded.
"Good, why don't ya go help Grouchy with the fire?"
"Oh sure, smurf him on me, not like he annoys me or anything." Grouchy grumbled.
Brainy observed Grouchy for a moment. "You should set it up like a pyramid, it doesn't burn too fast or slow, and gives off equal amounts of heat to all sides."
"Hey Brainy, here's a great way to show how smart you are. If you talk, you're an idiot. Go." Grouchy said.
Brainy paused, thinking over what Grouchy'd said, before opening his mouth to speak.
"Ah, ah, you're not an idiot are ya?" Grouchy asked with a smirk.
Brainy frowned, crossing his arms. Gutsy chuckled.
"Good goin', Grouchy, that should buy us a few smurful minutes of silence."
Brainy glared at him, before plopping down on the ground where he was, ignoring Gutsy and Grouchy's laugher.
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Later that evening, the fire had been lit, and the trio of Smurfs was sitting around it to get its warmth.
"Oh ya lost, get over it ya numptie!" Gutsy exclaimed.
"I didn't lose! I stubbed my toe and shouted, how does that count?" Brainy retorted.
"For the love of smurf, next time, it's gonna be if you don't jump off a cliff you're an idiot!" Grouchy grumbled.
"I wouldn't do that. The village would be lost without my intellect, as would you two."
The duo rolled their eyes and sighed.
"Man, you think you know everything…" Grouchy grumbled.
"I do actually. I've read all the books in the village, even some of Hefty's stuff on wrestling and fighting techniques."
"Oh, so you know some fighting stuff eh? Think you can beat me then?" Gutsy asked, slowly setting his cup of hot chocolate down.
"Er, that's not…what I was getting at…"
Suddenly Gutsy pounced on him, and Brainy yelped a little.
"Ow! Hey, knock it off Gutsy!"
He put up a fight, if you thought flailing arms and feet were a fight, but Brainy was more brain than brawn.
"Come on Grouchy, this is fun!" Gutsy laughed.
"No it's not!" Brainy retorted.
Grouchy snickered as he too jumped into the fray. He got hold of Brainy, who was kicking out in hopes of hitting something.
"You're a lot tougher than ya look. Guess I'll have to go with plan B." Gutsy stated.
"W-whatta ya mean plan B?" Brainy asked nervously.
"Tickle fight!"
"NO!"
He yelped before breaking out into laugher as Gutsy and Grouchy attacked his stomach and sides. He kicked out the duo, and his desperation caused them to topple. Grouchy still managed to keep a hold of Brainy, while Gutsy continued his ticklish onslaught.
"Sounds like some Smurf's a wee bit ticklish." He laughed.
"Knock it off! Knock it off knock it offknock it off!" Brainy yelled between laugher as Gutsy's fingers danced along his sides and under his arms. He tried to twist and wriggle his way out of Grouchy's grip, but Grouchy had a tight hold on him.
"CUT IT OUHAHAHAOUT!"
Finally Grouchy and Gutsy let him go, and he lied on the ground panting for a minute, chuckling a little, while Grouchy and Gutsy were still laughing. After a few minutes, the trio was side by side, staring up at the starry sky.
"What a view…" Brainy murmured.
"Bet ya don't get a view like that in New York." Gutsy stated.
"Probably not. With all the lights they have there, it would be impossible to see any stars, since it's too bright-"
"Wanna have another 'fight'?"
"No, no I'm good."
"Then smurf up." Grouchy said.
"Speakin' of stars, this reminds me of a great story!" Gutsy announced.
Gutsy spun a tale of ancient Smurfs journeying to the stars to retrieve star dust in order to save their village long ago.
"After they got back from their journey and saved the village, the village was granted eternal peace, which is how ours got to be the way it is now. Pretty smurfy story eh?" he asked, glancing at his companions.
Grouchy was looking up at the sky, acting as if he wasn't interested, but there was a glimmer of curiosity in his eyes. Brainy, on the other hand, was sound asleep, curled up on his side and snoring softly.
"Well, it's gettin' late, we best be smurfin' to bed." Gutsy stated, getting to his feet. Grouchy followed suit, and glanced at Brainy.
"What do we do with the Smurfling here?" he asked.
"I'll take care of it."
"If you smurf so, night."
Gutsy nodded at him, and then lifted Brainy off the ground.
"Geez, he's heavier than he looks!" Gutsy muttered as he headed for Brainy's tent. Grouchy snickered as he tossed another log into the fire, then headed for his own tent.
Gutsy reached Brainy's tent, and gently set him on his sleeping bag, where he yawned a little and curled up. Gutsy chuckled a little, putting the thick blanket over the slumbering smurf and taking off his glasses.
"Night laddie, happy birthday." He murmured, patting Brainy's arm.
Gutsy quietly left the tent, and slipped into his own.
"Night Grouchy."
"I hate saying good night…night Gutsy."
"Night Brainy." They both whispered.
A few minutes later, the remaining Smurfs were sound asleep as well.
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Gutsy was awoken about an hour or two later by a whimpering sound. He moaned a little, and sat up, rubbing his eyes and yawning. He quietly stepped out of the tent, looking around to try and figure out where the sound was coming from.
He heard it again, and glanced at Brainy's tent, which was next to his. He made his way over to it, and looked inside. Brainy was still in bed, but was squirming and whimpering in his sleep.
"Brainy?" Gutsy asked, kneeling next to him.
"…..Run…Gargamel's coming…run Smurfs…" Brainy mumbled.
"Brainy, wake up, laddie."
"…Run away…no, get away from me, get away…."
"Wake up, Brainy!"
"Stay away…help me, Grouchy! GUTSY!"
"Brainy!"
Gutsy shook his shoulders, and Brainy jolted awake, eyes flying open.
"Brainy, calm down, it's just me!"
Brainy panted as he glanced around, realizing he was in his tent, before he noticed Gutsy next to him.
"Gutsy…?"
"Brainy, what happened laddie?"
"N-nothing…just a dream…"
"Heh, sounded more like one smurf of a nightmare to me."
Brainy bit his lip and glanced at the floor. Gutsy sighed, and took a seat next to him.
"Well, I may not be Papa, but I'm still a good listener."
Brainy glanced up at him, and Gutsy nodded.
"Well, it wasn't much…Gargamel found the village and was attacking, and he was chasing me. I tripped and couldn't get up, and Azrael and Gargamel were right behind me, and…and…"
Gutsy put a hand on his shoulder.
"It was just a dream laddie."
"And you guys didn't even try to help me! You just left me! I know you don't like me, but come on!"
"One, it was a dream, it didn't really happen. Second, why would ya think we don't like ya?"
"You're always smurfing me around, so it's not like you guys do anything to prove me wrong."
"Aw come on, where would the fun be if we didn't smurf around with ya? If we didn't like you, we wouldn't hang out with you, right?"
Brainy thought for a moment, before nodding.
"And if that Gargamel ever did try to get ya, we wouldn't let that washed out wizard hurt you. I know it doesn't always seem like it, but Grouchy and I do care about ya, laddie. You're like a little brother to us."
Brainy studied him for a minute with a stunned expression, and Gutsy nodded with a smile, squeezing his shoulder. Brainy sniffled, wiping his eyes a little as he lied back down, trying to hide his face. Gutsy chuckled as he patted his head.
"Go back to sleep, laddie."
"O-okay but…do you think you could…I mean, I'm not scared, but…"
"Don't worry, I'll be right here if ya smurf me."
Brainy nodded quietly, and shut his eyes, but one opened back up.
"Hey Gutsy?"
"Hm?"
"I smurf it back…this birthday isn't so bad after all…"
Gutsy smiled softly. "Glad you enjoyed it, now get some sleep."
Brainy's eyes were already closed before he finished. Gutsy chuckled slightly as he leaned against the wall of the tent, and at that moment, Grouchy walked in.
"So, he finally calm down?" he asked, taking a seat near the entrance.
"Aye, how long you been there?"
"I heard you yell, came to smurf what was goin on."
"Little lad just had a nightmare is all. You can smurf back to bed if ya want."
"Nah, think I'll smurf in here with you two. 'Sides, it's freezin' in my tent, shoulda listened to Brainy earlier about tents…"
Gutsy snickered. "Smurf yourself."
Grabbing a couple of blankets, they selected spots and fell fast asleep.
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Well, in the movie, this trio of Smurfs had a big brother little brother kind of relationship, so I wanted to touch upon that. I tried to keep every Smurf in character while simultaneously digging a little deeper into their bond. Anyway, please leave a review!
