Me: Heya people! I'm back!
Smurfs: ...
Me: What did I do this time?
Sassette: YOU WAITED TOO LONG TO UPDATE AGAIN!
Grouchy: I HATE too long to update!
Gutsy: Dis' is gettin' outta hand, lassie.
Me: HEY, HEY! I had a good reason this time.
Snappy: Oh yeah? And what reason would that be?
Me: I was attacked by a vicious beast.
Brainy: Oh please...
Clumsy: Gosh, are you alright?
Nat: What kind of animal attacked you?
Me: Not an animal, Nat. No, I was attacked be a writer's worst nightmare. The horrible monster known as WRITER'S BLOCK!
Painter: Le gasp!
Poet: Oh, the horror, THE HORROR!
Me: Yes, it took me a month to get over that attack. Thank goodness it only lasted that long, I've heard of cases going on for years! (no joke, this can happen).
Sassette: Hoppin' hickory nuts, that's a long time to loose your passion for writing.
Me: Yeah, it was bad. Even when I'd felt like I could write again, I felt no inclination to continue this story.
Clumsy: You mean you were gonna...*Gulp*...drop the story?
Papa: CLUMSY! There are children here! This is already a scary story, they don't need anymore nightmares!
Me: Drop the story? NEVER! I would never abandon my readers! Though it may take a while, I will always deliver what I promise to bring to the table of fanfiction! I even made this chapter twice as long as the others! It's over a thousand words!
Papa: Good thinking.
Me: I think it's time to answer reviews.
FrittzyCrazy 1/22/13 . chapter 9
Great Chapter! Yay! She updated in a reasonable amount of time! ITS A MIRACLE!(Just Kidding) I think that Hippy's so nice. Please Update Soon.
Brainy: The sad thing is, it IS a miracle.
Me: I would smack you if you weren't right, Brainy.
Hippy: I can dig it, man! Coolio.
Gutsy: WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!
Me: Moving on...
Gutsy: DO YOU COME IN PEACE?
babysmurfrock 1/22/13 . chapter 9
I did enjoy this chapter my favorite part was when snappy asked why grouchy dragged him into his house all the way to the end of the chapter. Well I have some other things to do so smurf y'all later but before I go *kisses grouchy on the tip of his nose*
Me: That WAS a good part, and I enjoyed writing it!
Grouchy: *blushes*
Gutsy: You'd think he'd be used to all the attention his not-as-many-as-Gutsy-has fangirls give him.
Grouchy: Grrrr...
Lazy smurf 1/22/13 . chapter 9
I enjoyed this chapter. I can't wait for the next one and seriously who did you get one of sloppy's socks from. Well I got to go but before I go *kisses grouchy on the tip of his nose again* smurf y'all later
Me: Sorry, but that's confidential.
Sassette: Pleeeeaaaasssseee?
Me: Nope, sorry. *cough* the wicked witch of the west *cough*
Grouchy: I definitely don't wanna know.
Snappy: I DO! And so do the readers!
Me: That's a story for another time.
Random Junk 13 1/22/13 . chapter 9
Awww What a sweet chapter! :)
ME:(Turns 2 Gutsy) Well Guts learned your lesson(Smiles triumphantly) But if you ever try something like that again and I'm playing Smurf Ball with a certain smurf, if you know what I meen.(Glares at scottish smurf) If you don't I could always show you.(Show's him my fist)
Gutsy: GULP (Starts shaking like a leaf) Y.y.y.y.y.y.M. !XP
ME: (Turns back 2 author) Thanks again 4 the awesome chapter! :) (Turns 2 face Nat and gives him another kiss and a bag of candy) Thats 4 being such a good boy. (Smiles sweetly) Oh and Hefty (Smacks him in the the face) If Nat wants 2 have a crush on me then let him. Oh and I almost 4got (Turns 2 Grouchy and Slouchy) Heres some more candy 4 the both of you!:) And just 2 B nice I've decided 2 give every1 "Cough minus Hefty, Gutsy, Snappy and Sassette Cough" a bag of candy (This includes the author) :)
Snappy and Sassette: HEY WHY NOT US!
ME: YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPEND! (Calms down and turns back 2 face author) Anyways thanks again! :) L8R
Gutsy: Why would I be afraid if she wanted to play a game with me?
Me: I think when she said with you, she literally meant "with you". With you as the ball, that is.
Gutsy: *gulp*
Nat: HURRAY FOR RANDOM!
Hefty: OW! Okay, okay, I'll back off on the little squirt. A little.
Me: Hefty, I need you alive for other stories.
Hefty: Fine, a lot.
Nat: 3 (this is supposed to be a heart.)
Smurfs: Thanks!
Clumsy: This is great!
Greedy: Sure is!
Nat: What happened with Snappy and Sassette?
Poet: Beats me...OH MY SMURF!
*Author is about to eat candy*
Grouchy: YAAAAHHH! *grabs candy*
Smurfette: Oh, thank smurfness, that was close!
Me: HEY! I was gonna eat that!
Gutsy: We know, lass. Why do ya think we took it?
Me: I don't get THAT crazy when I have candy.
Grouchy: I beg to differ.
Babysmurfrock 1/22/13 . chapter 9
Thanks for the earplugs I don't think I could have taken Harmony's music
Sorry I had to log out or I could not comment
Harmony: What did she mean, "wouldn't be able to take it"?
Me: Er, she meant...wouldn't be able to take it's awesomeness...
Harmony: *sigh* the life of a fantastic musician is filled with both greatness and tragety.
Brainy: Yeah, fantastic like-
Me: -NEXT!
PlayStationFan17 1/23/13 . chapter 9
Wow what a story, Keep it up! :D
I've always loved Grouchy, he's one of my ultimate fave's.:D
ME: (Turns 2 Gutsy) G Gutsy you r a jerk if your threatening girls like that.
ME: (Smacks him upside the head)
Gutsy: Owww
ME: May that, and what all the other girls put you through be a lesson 2 you(HMPH)
Anyways, like I said this is AWESOME! :D
Let me know if you'll be doing any sequels this k. ;)
Me: Okay, although I think this review is awesome, it brings up a question I've been putting off: to sequel or not to sequel?
Nat: Huh?
Me: I may have been planning on ending the story with a giant cliff hanger...
Grouchy: Oh, no you weren't! Not even I'M that evil!
Me: It's true. But now I'm reconsidering. Oh well, I'll see what I can do.
Candy Girl 1/23/13 . chapter 9
Awesome story!
And remember, if Gutsy try's to hurt you again...He shall suffer worse punishment.
Anyways, update soon! 8D
Me: I'll let him know when he stops hiding in the closet.
Gutsy: *In closet* I'm not coming out until I know I'm safe!
Me: You wanna know a good way to stay safe?
Gutsy: What?
Me: DON'T ATTACK GIRLS IN A STORY WHERE MOST OF THE FANS ARE FEMINISTS!
Gutsy: YIPE! Okay, okay!
Babysmurfrock 1/23/13 . chapter 9
If you need anymore of sloppy's socks you can ask me I had to clean his mushroom and believe me you do not want to go in there *shudders for disgust* it is horrible. Well smurf y'all later but before I go *kisses grouchy on the tip of his nose again*
Sorry I have to still comment when I am logged out because you can't comment on the same chapter more than once
Vanity: Oh, you poor thing, going in that horrible place!
Snappy: You went in there? AND LIVED?
Brainy: Absosmurfly astounding.
selene-rose 1/30/13 . chapter 9
N'awwwwww. Such a sweet ending! Hopefully the Smurflings will bond more with Grouchy in Ch. 10. RIGHT? RIGHT?
And yes, Frankenstein was the doctor. I'm glad you know that. He created a monster, which was FULL OF SORROW and longed to be ACCEPTED and maybe given a HUG. Grouchy reminds me of that...thing. And Quasimodo. Wow, he reminds me of a lot of people! O-o
I love how the smurflings are written! Frightened, yet proud, and curious, all at once. You've definitely captured the mind of a preadolescent. And Snappy, for the love of Smurf, just admit you love Sassette!
Smurf out and happy un-birthday to you!
Me: RIGHT! RIGHT! I put in extra bonding at the end just for you! I too felt a lot of sympathy for the monster...until it went around killing everyone to get revenge, that is. Then I just pitied it. And Grouchy is a lot more like that monster than you think. If you keep following my stories, you'll see what I mean!
Snappy: Why thank you, yes, us smurflings really are wonderfu-Wait, WHAT? I don't love her!
Me: *whispers* Won't be able to say that after the future kissing scene...
Snappy: WHAT?
Me: Oops, what a spoiler I am! ;)
Mad hatter: A very merry un-birthday, to you, to you! A very merry-
Grouchy: SHUT IT!
Lazy smurf 2/2/13 . chapter 9
I can't wait to see what happens in the next chapter but until then smurf y'all later but before I go
Me: *kisses grouchy on the tip of his nose*
Grouchy: *blushes*
Baby smurf 2/2/13 . chapter 9
I really enjoyed this chapter. I can't wait for the next one so Plzz update soon
Brainy smurf 2/2/13 . chapter 9
I am really enjoying this story. Plzz update soon
Babysmurfrock 2/4/13 . chapter 9
Plzz update soon
Me: Thank you all, and I ADORE every one your reviews!
babysmurfrock 2/19/13 . chapter 9
Oh yeah I also wanted to do this
Me: *smacks Hefty on the side of his head*
Hefty: Ow what was that for
Me: well for one thing leave grouchy alone it is not that funny that he blushed for the first time and I know he is not the only smurf I have seen that blushed before, really it is not that funny and second because I wanted too.
Hefty: WOW, she's mean!
Grouchy: WOW, she knows how to dish out justice!
Me: Well, I'm sure this next chapter will make Hefty and Gutsy veeeerrrryyyyy popular.
Gutys: Dat's sarcasm. I'm afraid now.
Hefty: You're not the only one, buddy.
Me: Enough with the talk, it's time to READ! Smurfs belong to Peyo. Excuse me while I go have an emotional breakdown. WAAAAAAHHHHH!
"You want to tell us about the time you what?
"The time I dropped Hefty into the village well."
"…"
"What? Not interesting enough?"
Slouchy raised his eyebrows. "How are you still alive?"
Grouchy shrugged. "He never knew it was me."
Snappy snorted. "How were you able to pull that off?
Grouchy shrugged again. "The guy was being a jerk, so I…ahem…made sure he accidentally ended up taking an unexpected "trip" when no one was looking." Snappy rolled his eyes. "Nice," he said, "Now, how 'bout a real story?"
Grouchy narrowed his eyes at the little smurfling, giving him a spectacular glare. "Why wasn't that a real story?"
"It was more like a summary. A very short one at that."
Grouchy sat back, frowning. Silence enshrouded the room, causing Nat and Slouchy to mentally kick their brother. They were trying to learn how to have a civil conversation with Grouchy. It had been going well until Snappy had opened his mouth.
Suddenly, Grouchy snapped his fingers, a wry grin plastered over his normally scowling features. The effect was…strange, to say the least, seeing as Grouchy never smiled. Never.
"Have any of you ever heard of the snake in the water bucket?"
The Smurflings all blinked simultaneously.
"Noooooo…"
"Well, I wouldn't expect any other answer. The entire thing became very hush-hush after it happened. They didn't want to cause smurfs unnecessary panic."
"I'm assuming you were responsible for this as well?"
"NO! Of course not!"
"…"
"Maybe."
"…"
"Okay, yes."
"I knew it."
"Do you want to hear the story or not?"
"Fine. Let's see if you can actually tell a good story."
Flashback
"Hey, Gutsy!"
The Scotsman, who was drawing water from the village well, glanced up at the Strongsmurf calling his name. Without pausing in his work, he answered, "What is it Hefty?"
"You'll never believe what I just saw!"
Gusty quietly groaned at his brother's antics before calling out at him again, "What?"
"Grouchy…Grouchy was...heh-heh…he was…ha HA!"
Now, Gutsy was feeling rather irritable because he had spent what felt like hours reeling in the well's bucket because some idiot (Brainy) had added waaaayyyy to much extra rope to the bucket's usual length without telling anyone, leaving the Scotsmurf to toss the entire thing down the well and then gather it back up by himself.
So naturally, Gusty was in no mood to deal with his brother's rather pathetic attempt to speak.
"Look, either say it or shut the smurf up. I'm kinda' busy here-"
"Okay, Mr. Grumpypants, I'll tell ya'. I saw Grouchy…"
When his brother paused for dramatic effect, Gutsy simply turned around and ignored him. However, a deaf man couldn't miss what was said next.
"…singing and dancing in the forest."
Gutsy froze. For a long minute, he stood completely still, utterly shocked at what he had just heard. Slowly, very slowly, he turned around, and the saucer plates some people call eyes met Hefty's gaze. For a long moment, they stared at each other in silent, serious contemplation.
Then they burst out laughing.
They clutched at their sides as tears streamed down their faces, their lungs getting the workout of their lives.
When they had calmed down enough to form coherent sentences (and it took a looooooonnnnnng time), they leaned back against the well, happily rubbing their aching midsections.
"I can't wait to tell everyone about this!" Hefty exclaimed.
Gutsy shot a look at Hefty before getting up to continue pulling out the bucket from the well. Hefty blinked, slightly shocked at the cold shoulder he was receiving. "What?"
Gutsy, after finally retrieving the old wooden pail, set it on the edge of the well before sitting himself down next to it. "Nothin'. I was jus' thinkin'…"
"Yeah?"
"If we told people, they'd tease Grouchy."
Surprised at this sudden concern for their fellow smurf, Hefty immediately composed himself, actually considering the effects of this fact.
Gutsy continued, "And then Papa would hear about it…"
"Yeah?"
"And then no one would be able to laugh about it anymore."
"I guess not."
"But if we didn' tell anyone, then Papa wouldn't hear 'bout it."
Hefty smirked when he realized the Scotsmurf's reasoning.
"No, I suppose he wouldn't."
"But if no smurf knew what we were teasing him 'bout-"
"-And Grouchy certainly wouldn't tell them-"
"-then we could laugh about it a bit longer."
"I like your thinking."
"Why, thank you my dear. Now, marry me?"
"Of course darling, I would love to."
Then Gutsy scooped Hefty up and carried him off to be wed in holy matrimony-
"WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE!"
Grouchy looked over at Snappy, who had at some point untangled himself from Sassette and was now sitting beside her, trying to kill Grouchy with his eyes. Maybe living with monsters had made him immortal or something, because the other Smurflings sure as heck didn't know how he wasn't writhing on the floor in pain.
"Okay…I may have gotten a little bit carried away…"
"YEAH, YA' THINK?!"
"Let's try that again."
Re-Flahback
To recap, Hefty and Gutsy weren't in love, and definitely weren't getting married. Sorry for any mental scarring.
Now, Grouchy had just come back from the forest, sincerely hoping that Hefty had completely forgotten about seeing him there.
No such luck.
"Hey, ballerina!"
Grouchy winced. That wasn't Hefty's voice…
Surely enough, the Strongsmurf had told the Scotsmurf. Wonderful.
Luckily, barely anysmurf was around, and those who were had learned that they should ignore the two brother's antics if they wanted to keep their sanity intact. As it was, it seemed that Crazy was seen in their immediate vicinity a little too often.
Grouchy looked up, only to see the two smurfs who were quickly becoming the bane of his existence resting by the village well.
Life officially hated him.
Grouchy could only stand there, mortified, and watch Hefty open his mouth impossibly wide and imitate what looked like a monkey on sugar high singing bad opera while Gutsy preformed a surprisingly good bourree (those tiny steps ballerinas take) with his eyes rolled back into his head and his eyelashes fluttering.
If you're taking the time to thoroughly imagine this scene, then you may want to take a break to die from laughter. We'll wait 'till you come back as a zombie before beginning again.
All good? Let's continue.
Hefty and Gutsy eventually had to leave before their lungs burst from laughing and made a big mess, and the rest of the smurfs had cleared out long ago, so Grouchy was left alone.
Eventually, his eyes came to rest on the bucket sitting on the edge of the well, completely forgotten.
He smirked. Smurf fun of me, will you? He thought.
…
Water splashed from the bucket into the River Smurf, creating such a crazy series of ripples that several miniature tsunamis appeared.
Grouchy continued on down the bank, keeping his eyes trained on the marshy ground. Nosmurf would annoy him here; it was too far away from the village. Of course, there were things in this area of the forest that you couldn't find anywhere else. In this case, long, scaly, moving things.
Spotting a flash of color in the yellow reeds, Grouchy's hand darted forward, grasping the wriggling animal. "Gotcha'!" His hand retracted, scratches littering his knuckles from the spiky green leaves that sprouted from the long yellow stalks.
In his grasp rested a long, thick snake, glittering gold in the sunlight, the bright markings covering its body twinkling like emerald stars.
Gently, he lowered the creature down in the now empty water bucket. He then plastered mud over the animal, successfully camouflaging it. At first glance, all one would see would be a particularly dirty and completely empty pail.
Before long, the snake was sitting back at the village well, right where Gutsy had left the bucket.
Now, as some of you know, snakes are cold-blooded, and therefore get sluggish in extreme cold and heat. When Grouchy picked the snake up, it was in the middle of the afternoon on a very hot summer day, and so the snake was in a comatose state. That, combined with the naturally docile nature of the snake's species allowed Grouchy to remain unharmed. However, the wet, cold mud cooled it down significantly, so by the time Gutsy came back, the snake was much more temperamental.
…
Gutsy scooped up the pail, swinging it back and forth as he walked.
The Scotsmurf was in a better mood than he had been all month. Hearing about Grouchy's sudden interest in the performing arts had certainly put a bounce in his step.
Cheerfully, he called out to Hefty, who was waiting by his doorway.
"Hey, buddy! What's up?"
"Nothin' much. What's with the bucket?"
"Aw, I left da' thing by da' well earlier." He gave the pail a heavy smack. "Jus' had ta' go get it."
"Hey, Gutsy, can I come in?
"'Course. Why?"
Hefty looked down guiltily before speaking.
"One or more of my favorite dumbbells may have somehow ended up flying through your window."
"What?! How in da' smurf did dat' happen?"
"I don't know! Somesmuf musta' thrown it!"
"You didn't?"
"NO!"
Gutsy shook his head and opened his door.
"Alright, alright. Why don't you stay for lunch?"
He knocked heavily on the brown bucket, having no idea what was actually hidden inside.
"This is gonna make me some soup."
After they marched in, Gutsy threw the bucket onto the table. Hefty peered inside, squinting at the bottom of the pail.
"Hey, Gutsy?"
"Yeah?"
"There's something weird at the bottom of this thing. I can't quite figure out what it is."
Confused, Gutsy joined his brother, practically breathing down the bucket and successfully spitting on the snake. The animal then decided that it had put up with Gutsy's abuse long enough. It reared up, golden underbelly flashing, and gave the smurfs a vicious hiss.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
WHUMP
The Smurflings had been so into the story, that they had leaned forward in order to hear better. Snappy in particular had been enjoying the tale, and so had been the one to first one to fall.
Connected by the fluffy red blanket, the rest of the Smurflings soon tumbled after him. Unfortunately, the blanket had gotten caught on a loose thread. With a sickening tearing sound, a large gash spread down the middle of the couch.
The Smurflings looked from the couch to Grouchy, two thoughts taking up most of their thought process.
Oops, and Uh-oh.
Grouchy stared down at the Smurflings, as if he couldn't believe what they had just done. Then, slowly, very slowly, he stood up and walked over to them. Kneeling down, he quietly inquired, "Are all of you alright?"
Speechless, each of the Smurflings nodded. Glancing back at the ruined couch, Grouchy sadly shook his head. "Well, you certainly can't sit there." He got up and quietly plodded back over to his seat, settling back down and leaving four very confused smurflings on the cold, hard ground. Were they just supposed to sit on the floor now?
When nothing happened, Grouchy sighed, outstretched his hand, and silently beckoned them forward. Realization gripped the Smurflings like a bat securing itself to a cave wall.
So that's what he wanted them to do.
Nat was the first one to venture forward, perhaps because of his history of traveling into the dens of possibly hostile animals (despite warnings from Papa). Soon, he was standing nervously before the large, poofy chair, unsure of how to get on the tall piece of furniture. He let out a yelp of surprise when Grouchy tenderly picked him up and set him on his lap.
Although the Smurflings didn't enjoy being coddled, they decided that it was better to just do what the scary monster smurf wanted. One by one, they were all pulled up on the chair, and one by one, they relaxed against the larger-but-still-small smurf.
And they all sat, curled up against each other, warm and comfortable.
Me: Well, there it is, R&R! By the way, I have a poll in my profile, and I'd love it if you'd contribute to the results! The name of the poll is "What Is Your Favorite Smurf?". Thanks! Hippy, smurf us out!
Hippy: See you Earthlings later! *beams up into space ship*
Gutsy: I KNEW IT!