Smurfette and Hefty were helping Papa in his lab, seeing as Brainy was busy with…other things.

"Just smurf me that box of smurfberries, and we should be done with organizing this lab." Papa stated.

Smurfette moved to do just that, when the door slammed open, revealing a disheveled Brainy.

"Hey Brainy, I thought you were helping Gutsy and Grouchy with, eh, something." Hefty stated.

"I am, I just came to let you know that, well, Crazy's messing with your equipment again." Brainy replied.

"For Smurf's sake, I told him to leave it alone!" Hefty rushed out of the house, and Brainy kicked the door closed and locked it. He leaned against it for a minute, panting.

"I thought Crazy was helping Clumsy and Vanity gather more smurfberries." Smurfette said.

"He is," Brainy plopped down on the small sofa Papa had, and Smurfette sat down next to him, "I smurfed that up so he'd leave."

"Why?" Smurfette asked. Papa was curious as well, walking over to stand beside the couch.

"Because, I don't want any other Smurf to see me…cry…"

Brainy grabbed a pillow and buried his face in as he burst out crying.

"I don't like working for them! I can't take it, it's horrible!"

Smurfette and Papa were momentarily stunned. They'd never seen Brainy like this. He lifted his head back up.

"They don't let me read, or write, or rest for more than three minutes! Do you know what it's like to be me and not allowed to do anything that makes me ME?" Brainy exclaimed.

The duo shook their heads, before Brainy stuffed his head back into the pillow, letting out another sob. Smurfette patted his back.

"You'll be okay." She said, trying to sound positive.

"And now they're making me do stuff for the other Smurfs!" Brainy went on, looking at them.

"I had to clean…Sloppy's house…"

Papa and Smurfette both gasped in horror.

"He is so gross!" Brainy sobbed, crying into the pillow.

"You have to quit, I can't stand to see you so unsmurfy!" Smurfette stated.

"I can't, not while they have my diary!"

"I thought you said it was a journal."

"Oh who am I smurfing? It's a diary, and there are things in there no Smurf needs to hear, especially you!"

"What's in there about me?"

Brainy paused, blushing. "Um, er, nothing, nothing…"

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Hey, Papa, mind opening up?" Grouchy called.

Brainy squeaked as he jumped to his feet, glancing around.

"Please hide me!"

He spotted a dresser, and scrambled over to it.

"I was never here!" Brainy said fiercely, before climbing in and shutting the door.

"Hello, any Smurf in there?" Grouchy called again, amusement in his voice.

Papa went over and opened the door, and Gutsy and Grouchy walked in.

"Er, come in my little Smurfs." Papa greeted nervously.

"Hey, you wouldn't happened to have smurfed Brainy around here, have ya?" Gutsy asked, observing the room.

"N-no, Brainy wasn't here, sorry boys." Smurfette replied, trying to smile convincingly.

The two Smurfs studied Papa and Smurfette, before smirking.

"Hey, isn't that the magic mirror you got from Homnibus?" Grouchy asked, approaching a tall mirror.

"Yes." Papa replied.

"It can find things, right?" Gutsy asked.

"…Yes…"

"Yeah, but ya gotta rhyme, I've never been good at that." Grouchy stated.

"I think I can handle this. Mirror, mirror, tall and sleek, show us the Smurfling that we seek!" Gutsy chanted.

The reflection rippled, before an image of the dresser appeared, before the inside came into view, and showed Brainy curled up inside.

"Ah, there he is." Gutsy snickered, before he and Grouchy quietly snuck over to the dresser.

After a few seconds, Gutsy grabbed the handle and yanked it open. Brainy yelped as he tumbled out, hitting the floor. Gutsy and Grouchy laughed, while Brainy glowered up at them.

"Did ya think we wouldn't find you?" Gutsy asked.

"More of a hope than a thought. How'd you even know I was here?"

"We ran into Hefty while we were lookin for you. He said you told him Crazy was in his equipment again, until he remembered Crazy was out in the forest. He was on his way to smurf you outta the village, but we told him we'd handle it."

Brainy grumbled as he got to his feet.

"So, I think you missed a few things in my house." Grouchy stated.

"I'll get back to it later! I'm exhausted!"

"Oh poor you," Gutsy said, before grabbing Brainy and carrying him under his arm, "Let's go."

"HEY! PUT ME DOWN! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!" Brainy shouted as he was carried towards the door. He glanced at Papa and Smurfette.

"This is my life now!"

The trio left, and Grouchy shut the door behind them. Papa and Smurfette glanced at each other, before looking back after them.

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