Hey everyone! First off, its flowerpower71's birthday! Happy Birthday Girlie! Now, the last chapter, we was at a cliffhanger. Jo and Johan had figured out that they was related and now having to go to a castle while Clumsy went to show the Smurflings the humans he'd seen while running off from Brainy. Unfortunately, they didn't get a good look as the humans easily vanished from view – but if only that was the worst news for shortly after did Gargamel and Azrael stumble onto their trail. Can this get confusing? Prob'ly. Will it work out? Maybe. Is asking questions and answering them annoying? You bet. Am I gonna get to the disclaimer? Yuppers!
The Smurfs, Johan, and Peewit belong to Peyo, Joannie "Jo" McCrae belongs to me and Olivia "Livy" Ashton belongs to flowerpower71 who was kind enough to allow me to use Livy.
Gargamel wrinkled his nose as he eyed the ground for any spots of blue. "Fine Smurfs, if you won't come out of your hiding place, then I'll find you." Gargamel said reasonably. Azrael meowed in response to his Master's words and sat down, waiting to watch his Master once again fail while trying to hunt Smurfs. Gargamel began to pull back the leaves of various shrubs as he began to look for the revolting blue pixies.
Clumsy and the Smurflings sunk deeper under their own chosen shrub, trying not to be seen by the wicked wizard. They knew very well how much trouble they'd be in – with Gargamel, Azrael, and Papa. For the truth, they didn't know who they'd be more afraid of. And now with those new humans that just fell out of the sky – seriously, what else could happen at 3:00 in the afternoon? Gargamel sighed regretfully at not eyeing a Smurf. He was about to turn away to his hovel, to prepare his spells when – "Achoo!"
"Bless you," Snappy said to Nat. Sassette and Slouchy facepalmed themselves as Gargamel came towards their bush. "Smurf it!" Clumsy ordered. Gargamel pulled back the bush's branches just in time to see five little Smurfs jump to their feet and sprint off. "Ha, ha, I've found you!"
"What is he smurfing about? If Nat didn't sneeze, he wouldn't have–" Snappy began when he was rudely interrupted by Nat himself, "Run now, and story time later!" Gargamel came chasing them along with Azrael who was hissing. "Get them Azrael!" Gargamel ordered the feline. Azrael leaped forward towards the five Smurfs. "Stop!" Clumsy told the Smurflings. Azrael leaped, expecting to land on five running Smurfs, but due to them stopping, he completely missed them and instead landed in a puddle of mud left from the second storm. Azrael shook himself free from the mud and eyed the Smurfs with hungry eyes.
"What do we do now?" Slouchy asked, worriedly. "Oh, hi Pappy Gargamel," The four boys heard Sassette say. Their eyes widen, "Pappy Gargamel!" they quoted just as a hand came down and scooped them up. Gargamel had caught them all – one stone, five Smurfs! Gargamel cackled his annoying laugh as he brought the Smurfs to his level. "Stupid Smurfs, did you really think you'd escape the wrath of Gargamel?" Gargamel said as he added a stroke of pride in his voice.
"Kind of," Snappy replied.
"Excuse me?" Gargamel said, eyeing the Smurfs furiously.
"We escaped you countless of smurfs before so yeah," Snappy said, completing his statement. Gargamel huffed, "Why you ungrateful little Smurfling! Just for that, you'll be the first one in my soup pot!" he threatened. Azrael licked his lips approvingly. "Let us go you Hickory Nut!" Nat demanded as he struggled in Gargamel's grip. "Now why on Earth would I do that for?" Gargamel laughed. He began to make his way back to his home with a hungry feline following close behind.
Papa had gotten worried. It was dinner and five Smurfs were missing. They weren't in the village. "Papa, we can't smurf them anywhere." Smurfette said as she and Handy ran up to Papa with the regretting news. Where could they have smurfed off to? Papa wondered as he stroked his beard. "When was the last time anysmurf smurfed them?" Papa asked the two. Handy shrugged, "You came back with Clumsy and I haven't smurfed the Smurflings since the smurfball game before the storm smurfed." He replied. Papa wondered to himself. "I'm going to go check the forest." Papa announced.
"Can I smurf along Papa?" Brainy asked who had happened to also be looking for Clumsy. Papa looked at Brainy, "Alright. You can smurf along." Papa agreed. Smurfette and Handy watched as the two ambled back into the forest. "Oh," Smurfette sighed, "I hope they smurf back soon!"
"So, you guys were chasing Biquette?" Jo asked. The four teens were trying to learn more of what just happened as in its unnaturally for people to randomly fall out of the sky. "Yeah, and she was chasing you!" Peewit chuckled. The teens began to giggle at what had happened.
"Hee, hee!" a cackling cracking laugh came through. The teens stopped their laughter and listened. The girls seemed to get closer to the boys as the laugh only sounded to get closer. The boys seemed to not move, knowing well who the laugh belonged too. Livy looked over at Johan worriedly. "Who's that?" she asked him. "It's nothing," he reassured Livy, but the look Johan was wearing told her differently. "Is it someone you know?" she asked. "Sadly, yes." Johan told her. "He's a wizard." There was a short silence when Johan said that. Then Jo stated, "A wizard? This ain't Harry Potter people." She said. "No really!" Peewit said. "He's a real wizard." Livy turned her head when she heard humming coming through the leaves, "Is that 'im?" she asked pointing to the direction where a dark cloaked man walked by, humming a haunting song to himself. Johan didn't answer; he just dunked down pulling Jo, Livy, and Peewit with him. The wizard walked by, and he began talking. "Oh this day had a stroke of luck for me…five Smurfs for dinner!" The girls thought the ugly man was chatting to himself if they had not seen the cat that followed him. Once the wizard was out of view, Peewit popped his head up, "He has five Smurfs, Johan!" Johan popped his head up next, "Yes, I wonder if Papa Smurf knows." Then Jo popped her head up, "He wants the funky herb too?" And finally Livy jumped up, revealing her head, "Can we stand up now?" she asked.
"Yes, of course." Johan said.
The teens stood up and looked at one another for a moment. "How do you know the Smurfs?" Peewit asked. The girls looked confused for a moment. "They was mentioned in a book we was reading. Something 'bout needing six to turn lead into gold," Jo replied. "I have no idea what they are. I'm guessing a plant." Peewit seemed to go in a shock mode for a moment, and then was brought back. "I–uh, never mind." He said.
"We should probably go inform Papa Smurf of Gargamel." Johan told Peewit. At this point, the girls were far by lost. They had no idea what the boys were discussing. It was as if they were speaking in code, but their code was English. "Whoa! What in the name of cheese balls is going on?" Jo asked. "Oh great!" Peewit bellowed, "You got me hungry."
"I'm sure your pocket has more food." Jo told him. As if he bought the sarcasm, Peewit began to dig in his pocket, trying to find another slice of ham. "Who's Gargamel and what do you need to tell your Papa?" Livy asked, confused.
"Gargamel's the wizard who just went by." Peewit informed.
"And Papa Smurf isn't my father, he's–" Johan was cut off by the elder himself. As if he heard Johan talking about him, he appeared through the leaves with Brainy. "The Smurf's Papa," Papa finished.
"AHH!" Jo screamed, seeing another blue mouse. She jumped back along with Livy and the two hid behind Bayard. "What's wrong?" Peewit asked them. "It's a blue mouse! Another one!" Livy shrieked. "Another one?" Brainy squeaked.
"THEY TALK? OK, I get it, I'm losing my mind. I fell on my head, so I'm losing my mind." Jo said aloud having everyone look at her with odd faces. "Uh…I don't think the fall made you lose your mind." Peewit said. "Then how do you explain the li'l blue rats?" Livy asked.
"Rats?" Brainy asked, slightly offended. "I'm certainly not a rat! I'm a Smurf!"
"Smurf, rat – you're small and blue." Jo told the creature. Brainy scowled at her. Papa seemed most at odd. He didn't know that Johan and Peewit were with two different girls he'd never seen before. "I'm sorry for smurfing in on you four," Papa began, "but have you seen Clumsy and the Smurflings?"
"No, sorry," Johan told Papa Smurf.
"OK...why are those things talking?" Livy asked, more to herself than anyone else. Papa shook his head, "I'm smurfly sorry but we have no time for introductions. I have to smurf for my little Smurfs." Brainy agreed with a nod. "I'm so confused!" Jo exclaimed as she slapped a hand on her forehead. "Is that any different from normal?" Livy asked with a snigger. She couldn't help herself. Jo rolled her eyes, but grinned. Her bestie always picked the greatest times to use sarcasm. "Maybe we could help," Johan offered to the creatures. "We saw Gargamel and he seemed oddly happy."
"Gargamel? Oh smurfness!" Papa cried in fear. "We better smurf to Gargamel's Papa! He could've smurfed Clumsy and the Smurflings!" Brainy stated in a panic. "If anything Papa Smurf, Peewit and I would be happy to help you." Johan informed the blue creature. "Thank you Johan." Papa said, thanking the squire for his help. Peewit scooped up the two Smurfs into his hands and placed them on Biquette. Jo blinked, "How long am I supposed to pretend this is normal?"
"As long as it takes and this is as normal as it gets here." Peewit told the girls as they mounted on Bayard. "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE HERE IS!" Jo exclaimed, annoyed. Livy huffed, "Can we just get this over with? Where're we going?"
"To Gargamel's!" Johan declared as he rode off with the girls.
"I thought that was clear," Peewit told the two Smurfs as he followed. Papa shrugged.
The five were in deep hot water now – or will be in a few minutes. Gargamel was humming his anti–Smurf song as he prepared the stew pot. "I don't wanna be stew!" Snappy snapped. "Snappy, for the 20th time – and I have been smurfing," Slouchy began, "that's not helping!" Snappy just muttered something under his breath and began to toy with the lock. Sassette was sitting in the corner of the small cage. "Are we gonna smurf out of here, Clumsy?" she asked. Clumsy was silent for a moment. He didn't really know how to respond. "Sure Sassy, golly, we always smurf away from Gargamel." He told her. That seemed to make Sassette feel a little better.
"PSs!" a low voice whispered. Clumsy whirled around to see Papa and Brainy on the windowsill. Clumsy was glad to see Papa…Brainy, not so much. He was still hurt from Brainy's words. The two Smurfs slipped through the window and silently crept up to the cage.
"Clumsy!" Papa whispered as low as can be. "Papa, Gargamel smurfed us in the forest," Clumsy said, telling the obvious. "Don't worry, I'll smurf you out." Papa assured him. Papa went over to the lock and began to try and break it. Brainy, however, looked around for Gargamel.
"How'd you find us?" Sassette asked Brainy. "Johan and Peewit were smurfing in the forest and smurfed us a ride. They were with these girls though." Brainy told the Smurfling. "You say girls?" Sassette said happily. Were they the girls from before?
"Got it," Papa said as he broke the lock. "And I got you!" A broom came swinging down on the counter and smashed over the cage knocking it over and the Smurfs that were inside. Gargamel had caught the spot of red and aimed his broom at Papa Smurf as if he were a rodent. He swept his broom around the counter viciously, trying to hit Papa Smurf and that annoying Smurf with the glasses. "I will have all of you! I'll have six for gold and one for my stew!" Gargamel threatened as he came at them with the broom.
Outside, Johan and Peewit tried to get the girls to understand about the little blue creatures. "So, lemme get this straight," Livy said, "those blue things are mythical creatures called Smurfs and they live in oversize mushrooms in this magical forest and that wizard is after them to take their essence and eat them?"
"That is correct," Johan told the girl. Livy eyed him with an infuriated look, "You expect me to believe that?" She asked with a hint of anger, "What part of that sentence is normal? What part of any of this is normal?"
"Anything is possible in the Cursed Land – especially in the Enchanted Forest." Peewit explained to the girls as he munched down on a chicken leg. "Tell me you found that in your pocket." Jo said, even though she got the answer. "Why yes I did. Want a b–?"
"I'm good." Jo said strictly. "I'm on this diet where I don't eat anything totally disgusting." Peewit shrugged and continued to eat his chicken leg he found from his food-holding pants.
"So, why're we in the Cursed Land? Does the name not tell anyone anything?" Livy asked, a little worried and a bit freaked out. "It's safe…mostly." Johan replied. Livy's green eyes widen when he said "mostly". This day just gets better and better. What else could happen – a piano to randomly fall from the sky?
CLASH!
Jo jumped. "What was that?" she asked as she picked herself off of the floor. When she jumped, she slipped right off Bayard. "That sounded like a vase." Livy pointed out. "Your right," Johan agreed. "I think the Smurfs might need our help."
"Of course they'd need help! Their, what, 7 inches tall and're against a human wizard!" Jo muttered. Peewit looked at the girl, "You freak out too much." He told her. "Don't get on my bad side." She warned. "Hard to believe there's a good side." Peewit said to himself. Jo peeped up beside Peewit's ear, "I heard that." Peewit squeaked and sunk a level.
"We must go help them." Johan said as he and Peewit went forward after tossing the chicken bone. "Hello!" The boys looked back. "Ain't y'all forgetting something?" Livy asked.
"Of course not," Johan said, "we just can't have you two get involved…Gargamel is dangerous. Not the smartest, but dangerous all the same,"
"I'm dangerous," Jo informed. "Go ask my math teacher, she'll run outta the room at the mention of my name."
"Hard to believe," Peewit said with a smirk.
"Please just stay here." Johan told the girls as he and Peewit darted over to Gargamel's wooden door. Johan drew out his sword and held it close as he looked through the window. "See anything Peewit?" he asked. "How can I?" Peewit asked from below, "I can't even reach the window!"
"Sh!" Johan shushed the jester. Johan looked into the window to see Gargamel carelessly swinging around the broom, waking over vases and vials as he chased Papa Smurf. Azrael seemed busy as he chased after Brainy Smurf. Johan called through the window, "Papa Smurf!"
Papa looked over, "Johan! Peewit!"
"Meddling boys – leave or you'll be sorry!" Gargamel yelled, threatening the teens.
"We're not going anywhere! Right Peewit…Peewit?"
"I dunno Johan, I was thinking back to the castle."
Johan mentally facepalmed himself as Peewit returned to his side. Gargamel was furious now. Not only were half of his potions ruined, but his hovel was in ruins too! He was going to catch the Smurfs if it would be the end of him – which Azrael thought, it would be.
Livy and Jo were however bored. They had seen Johan and Peewit get into the horribly looking castle by the window and now heard cussing and smashing of glass. The girls were worried, but were stumped on what to do. "We have to help them." Livy blurted out after a long minute of silence. "How?" Jo asked, "I don't have anything pointy on me."
"Let's go! I'm sure out of all the glass being broken, you'll find something pointy." Livy told Jo as the two jumped off Bayard. (Jo had found her way back on) They made their way over to the window and peered in. It was havoc. There was a piece of glass littering the floor and the same ugly-looking man from before was repeatedly swaying around his broom at the boys and the Smurfs.
Oh no! What's gonna happen next? What'll the girls do? What ever happened to Clumsy and the Smurflings? Will I ever stop asking these annoying questions? We'll see in the next chapter. I promise I'm gonna try to update more frequently. But for now, I gotta say, "Smurf y'all later!" Plz R&R and no flames!
And a warm "Happy Birthday" wish goes out to the one and only flowerpower71 who created Olivia "Livy" Ashton, the OC we all know and love. She has four stories up on the Smurfs category and their amazing.
Johan, Peewit, and Smurfs: "Happy Birthday flowerpower71!"
