A.N. Now the story is not going to open with the battle that was mentioned at the end of my previous Smurfs story, but it is the main part of the story. Also, there's going to be a different kind of battle afterwords, a more personal battle. But first, I want to introduce you to a few more pairings that happen before the battle.
It was a few days after Baby Smurfpixie arrived, a group of Smurfs went out to collect walnuts. The group included Smurfette, Hefty, Wild, and Handy. Smurfette and Wild were up in the trees picking the walnuts and Hefty and Handy were below catching the ones Smurfette and Wild picked.
"Just a few more walnuts, and Greedy can make a walnut cake big enough for every Smurf." Handy said.
"Oo, I found a nice big one." Smurette said, reaching for a faraway walnut.
"Careful Smurfette!" Hefty called.
"Don't worry-" Smurfette cut herself off by screaming as she fell!
"Smurfette!" Hefty and Handy gasped!
Wild swopped down to saver her, but missed! Then, Hefty started running backwards.
"I gotcha, I gotcha, I got-*oof*." Hefty caught her!
Unfortunately, the force caused him to hit a rock back first! Hefty fell to the ground unconscious, Smurfette landing to the side of him.
"Hefty!" Handy gasped, running over; he then nudged him. "Hefty wake up!"
Hefty didn't.
"Oh no." Smurfette started to cry.
"Don't worry Smurfette, he's only knocked out." Handy said, checking Hefty's breathing. "We'd better get him back to the village."
Wild swung down and helped Handy carry Hefty back to the village. Once there, all the nearby Smurfs instantly noticed that something was wrong. They drew closer, murmuring worriedly.
"What happened Handy?" Papa Smurf asked, hurrying over.
"Smurfette lost her balance in one of the trees and fell. Hefty got knocked out saving her." Handy explained.
"Oh my." Papa Smurf checked Hefty's breathing and heartbeat. "Well a few days rest and he'll be Smurfy again. We'd best get him to bed."
They did, and Handy, Papa Smurf, and Smurfette took turns caring for Hefty. Mostly Smurfette. The next day Hefty woke up.
"*Oog*, what happened?" Hefty groaned; he then saw Smurfette sitting next to him. "Oh, Smurfette." He then remembered what happened. "Are you all right?"
"Of course, thanks to you." Smurfette smiled. "I'm so relieved to see you awake, I was getting worried. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, except for this headache." Hefty smiled. "Mostly I'm glad to see that you're okay, I got really scared when you started falling."
"Really?"
"Yeah-" Hefty blushed, realized that he was getting close to revealing a secret of his.
"What's wrong?" Smurfette asked, concerned.
"Oh it's...nothing." Hefty lied.
"Hefty come on, you can tell me." Smurfette said.
"I, uh, I can't." Hefty's blush grew a little stronger.
"Of course you can."
"No, seriously, I can't. The words get stuck in my throat."
"Oh." Smurfette thought for a few seconds. "Is there any way you can tell me without actually talking?"
"There's one way but you'd probably think me too forward." Hefty's heart started pounding.
"But-" Smurfette had put a hand to Hefty's chest at that, and stopped when she felt his heart pounding. "You're really that scared to tell me?"
"I think I'm more scared to tell you than I used to be scared about heights." Hefty nodded.
"Okay, what if I promise never to hate you or anything of the sort if you tell me? Will that help?"
"It, er, isn't a matter of hate. The complete opposite actually."
Smurfette started to catch on.
"Wait a minute, Hefty are you trying to tell me that you love me? That's no big surprise all the Smurfs love me like a friend."
"It's not that kind of love for me." Hefty swallowed. "It's stronger than that."
Smurfette suddenly blushed, now getting it.
"All the other Smurfs, well, their love is more like a crush or friendship love. Because of how you look or because they already found someone else. But in my case...it has nothing to do with how you look." Hefty became braver, but not too much; he looked away from Smurfette as he was talking. "Remember I knew you first, back when you were Gargamel's...thing. And I saw you change twice. The first time was on the inside, before Papa Smurf gave you the potion. You felt so sorry for trying to harm us that I forgave you right away. Well I was mad at first but then I forgave you. And then when you saved us from Gargamel as the Lone Smurf...that was very impressive. You proved that you could be more than feminine, that you had cunning and wit befitting a Smurf. Later you proved to be kind, helpful, generous, caring...and my love for you became stronger than the other Smurfs' love for you. The second time you changed was when Gargamel turned you back into his thing. When that happened I felt as if I had lost you, and my heart almost broke. But then I saw you turn back into a Smurf when you became angry with Gargamel for threatening Baby Smurf, and I realized that you truly have become a Smurf deep down and that no magic could reverse it."
"But why didn't you say anything before?" Smurfette asked.
"Because I was scared, scared of you rejecting me."
Smurfette smiled.
"Hefty, look at me."
"I-I can't." Hefty was scared to look in her eyes, because they could show him what Smurfette was feeling.
"It's okay."
Hefty reluctantly did, and was relieved to see no regret or sadness in Smurfette's eyes. Instead he saw happiness and...
"Smurfette...you...?"
Smurfette kissed him. Hefty's eyes widened, surprised, but then his eyes closed as he melted. He then returned the kiss and he and Smurfette fell irreversibly in love with each other. When they broke apart Hefty, tears of happiness forming in his eyes, hugged Smurfette and she hugged him back.
"Oh, I'd better let the other Smurfs know you're all better, they've been worried about you too. Especially Handy." Smurfette realized.
"Of course, but keep our relationship a secret for now. I want us to tell everyone together." Hefty smiled.
"Of course."
Smurfette left Hefty's house to tell the other Smurfs that Hefty's all better. Papa and Handy visited him first.
"Glad to see your Smurfy again Hefty." Handy smiled.
"Yup, and now step back outside." Hefty smiled back, getting up. "Smurfette and I have something to tell you all."
Papa and Handy, confused, went back outside, Hefty and Smurfette following.
"Fellow Smurfs, as you all know I got knocked out saving Smurfette's life." Hefty said. "Well, I did that not only because it was the Smurf thing to do but also because I love her."
"And I love Hefty back." Smurfette said. "We're a couple now."
All the other Smurfs were surprised, and at first didn't know how to react. But Papa, Grandpa, Nanny, the Smurflings, Vanity, and Clumsy and Handy and their families started to cheer. The other Smurfs had to join in after that, though there were plenty who were disappointed because they loved Smurfette too. However, they knew it would be un-Smurfy of them to act like sore losers.
Later that night the Smurfs had a party to celebrate Hefty and Smurfette becoming a couple.
"It's about time Hefty, I was hoping you'd end up with Smurfette or someone else special." Handy smiled to Hefty. "Actually I believe that you deserve Smurfette more than any other Smurf."
"Thanks Handy." Hefty smiled.
"Oh Smurfette this is fabulous!" Vanity smiled in another section of the party. "I was getting worried that you wouldn't be able to find some Smurf due to all the choices you had."
"Well, truthfully I always liked Hefty more than the other Smurfs boyfriend-wise." Smurfette smiled. "Except for Handy but he has Marina. I gave up on him when they first met."
The party included dancing, even slow dances. Clumsy and Pansy, Handy and Marina, and Hefty and Smurfette danced the slow dances mostly. Grandpa Smurf and Nanny Smurf kept an eye on Baby Smurf, Baby Smurfmaid, and Baby Smurfpixie during the party since the two of them didn't mind missing out on the dancing.
As the days passed Hefty and Smurfette continued dating. Grandpa Smurf, Nanny Smurf, and Papa Smurf could see right away that Hefty and Smurfette's love for each other was very strong, and would last forever.
Sure enough, a few months later Hefty plucked up the courage to propose. Even though they had been dating for a short time they had known each other for years and so Hefty felt that it was right. However, just in case, he decided to ask her when they were alone. So, one day he went up to her:
"Hi Smurfette." Hefty smiled.
Smurfette was playing outside with her mouse pet Squeaker. Squeaker most often stayed inside Smurfette's house or played with Wild's animal friends - since he had become close with them - but this time decided to hang around the village.
"Hi Hefty, how are things going?" Smurfette smiled back.
"Things are going great, but they could be going better."
"How so?"
"By the two of us going on a date alone tonight."
You see most of Hefty and Smurfette's dates were in the village and so most of the Smurfs saw them. They didn't mind, since sometimes Handy and Marina and Clumsy and Pansy would decide to join them, making the date more fun.
"Alone?" Smurfette was confused. "Without even Clumsy and Pansy or Handy and Marina?"
"Yeah, I'd like to try a private date this time." Hefty blushed a little.
"Well, okay, it would be a good idea to try it out." Smurfette thought it over. "See what we're like on our own."
"Exactly." Hefty nodded. "Especially since we'll be alone every night if you say yes to my question." He thought.
Now, the only ones who really knew what Hefty was planning were Handy and Papa Smurf. Hefty wanted to get Papa's opinion first and needed Handy to make the engagement ring for Smurfette.
Papa Smurf thought it was a good idea. He could tell that Hefty loved Smurfette more than anything. And he already found out about false love the hard way. Even though he and Flowerbell became friends he never loved her like he used to. He realized that it was just a crush, not real love. But, he knew that Hefty's love for Smurfette was way more than a crush.
Handy was more than happy to make and engagement ring for Hefty to give to Smurfette. He made it out of gold, of course, and added a blue jewel. It was fancier than Marina's engagement ring was at first, but Papa Smurf used a potion to turn the dried flower ring into a jeweled flower ring so Handy knew Marina wouldn't mind.
That night, Hefty and Smurfette went to a lake inside the protective shield and had a picnic dinner. They had a great time, and Smurfette was able to find beautiful flowers to replant in her garden. Then, as they were packing up, Hefty decided to ask her the question.
"Hefty I had a wonderful time, this was a good idea." Smurfette smiled.
"So did I, but there's one last thing I have to do." Hefty said.
"What's that?"
Hefty went down on one knee and took out the ring Handy made.
"Smurfette, will you marry me?" Hefty asked. "I know it seems early but I-I love you more than life itself."
Smurfette was surprised but she smiled.
"Of course I'll marry you." She said.
Hefty, overjoyed, slipped the ring on her finger and they kissed. Since it was really late when they got back they decided to tell everyone the good news the following morning.
When they did this time all the Smurfs cheered for them at once. During Hefty and Smurfette's courtship almost all the other Smurfs slowly realized that they could never love Smurfette the way Hefty does.
Since Smurfette wanted a big wedding the Smurfs had a lot of work to do. It took them weeks but they managed to pull it off.
"Hefty, honey, are you sure you don't mind a huge wedding instead of a simple one?" Smurfette asked Hefty a couple days before the wedding.
"I don't care what kind of wedding we have as long as it has two things: you as the bride and me as the groom." Hefty smiled. "Well, I also want our friends there too but you know what I mean."
"Of course." Smurfette kissed him on the cheek.
On the day of the wedding nothing could be more perfect. Handy was the best man and Marina and Pansy were bridesmaids of course. Papa Smurf performed the ceremony and Hefty and Smurfette exchanged their vows.
Smurfette moved in with Hefty. Handy and some other Smurfs had already worked together to move some of Smurfette's things into Hefty's house. Handy had also made a new bed for the two of them. Smurfette's house was going to be saved so Sassette could move into it later once she became an adult.
The following year, Hefty and Smurfette received a daughter by the blue moon. Baby Smurfette.