Smurfette's Rage, Red Light Smurf
"Not even a human could climb that, there's no way to start." Architect Surf said as she gazed at the cliff side, Architect was a Smurf who wore red overalls, and like Handy, had a sun brim on his hat. "Sam climbed a mountain just like this in Japan, I'm sure we'll Smurf a way up, right Papa?" Smurfette asked as she turned to the red clad Smurf. Papa tilted his head down in a shame, he knew Smurfette would want to go, but even he didn't see a way up for a Smurf. Smurfette let her jaw fall in shock, "You promised," she whispered, "You promised!" she repeated loudly. "Now, Smurfette!" he said trying to calm her down. Instead she pulled her arms away from him and stomped away, looking towards the mountain side, disappointed. Miner Smurf, a smurf with dirty coveralls and a candle resting neatly on his hat, looked at her, wishing there was something he could do, but he doubted even his pick ax would puncture that mountain, until he got a look at the spot where Smurfette had struck the side with her massive Ao Nijiha.
It was as if he could see through the thinnest part of the split, where the two sides were supposed to meet. Being an expert in rocks, he knew that wasn't normal, so he decided to take a closer look. As he approached it, he noticed that the trench, looked as if something sharp had slammed into the side of the mountain and where it stopped, was a slit in the mountain just large enough to fit his outstretched hand in. When he did stick his hand in there, he couldn't feel the back but for some reason, he could feel the sides of a smooth wall when he turned his hand around, so he reeled back his pick ax, and slammed it against the thinnest part of the rock, letting it chip away to make the hole bigger. All the Smurfs heard the racket that his pick ax was making, and decided to see what the commotion was about. "Miner, what are you doing?" Hefty asked. "There's…[Klank] something…[Klank] on the other side…[Klank]… of this wall!" he shouted as he chipped away. "Like what?" Clumsy asked. Miner stopped quickly to let his arms rest a little, "A room!" he said as he breathed a little, and got right back to digging. Handy quickly grabbed more tools and handed them out, "Help Miner dig that hole out, Blacksmith, we need some more digging tools as smurfily as possible." he called out. Blacksmith saluted him and said, "On it." before running off to get his fires going. "How do you know it's a room Miner?" Clumsy asked curiously as he ran to join the others, only to trip over his own foot, and roll into the others, causing the lot of them to smash through the rocks that formed the narrow opening. After cringing, Handy turned back to call out to Blacksmith, "Never mind, Clumsy got it open!"
"Aw smurf!" Blacksmith called back obviously not happy to not have his chance at making the tools. Clumsy, who was on top of the pile, simply smiled in embarrassment, "At least it's open." he said as he glanced around. Inside as far as the light shined, he could see a smooth painted wall of what looked to be sand. The pictures depicted a warrior garbed in blue armor and a golden helmet and cape as he fought his way into the shadows of the room. "Smurf is me!" Papa exclaimed as he, Brainy and Smurfette walked into the newly discovered room. "This room is ancient!" Brainy said as he looked at what he could see. "Smurf me some more light over here!" he asked and Smurfette drew the Wakizashi, using her own concentration to make it glow, the same way Sam used to.
The brightness of the light was almost as bright as the sun. "Smurf is me!" Papa exclaimed again, and turned from her, to shield his eyes. What he found was what looked like a human sized trough in the middle of the room, leading to and connecting to the back of the room, so he decided to climb it. Inside, he smelled something, something he'd never smelled before. "Papa!" he heard, Brainy call out, and turned to him, "Up here!" he called back. "Perfect," he called out, "can you light that fuel Papa?" The old Smurf simply glanced at Brainy with confusion, until the bespectacled Smurf turned again to the wall to explain, "It depicts hear that a fire must burn in that trough you're on papa. That fire will spread throughout the entire complex lighting the darkness and showing us the path to the first door." Papa wanted to ask more questions about the door, but was interrupted when Handy tossed him some flint rocks. Papa quickly reacted to catch the rocks and gave Handy a much needed angry glare that made the fix-it Smurf smile with embarrassment. Turning around, Papa struck the two stones together, the spark from the first strike was enough to start the whole trough ablaze, sending Papa careening backwards and into the hands of four awaiting Smurfs, sizzling beard and all. "Oh dear!" he exclaimed, and they all watched as the fire spread in a straight line near the level of the trough around the wall and up, in a kind of spiral pattern on both sides of the room with lines of troughs connecting both sides in even increments, even past the ceiling, making the floor above them glow in the open spaces. "It's a double helix!" Brainy whispered to himself, only to get curious and worried glances shot his way, "I'd lose you all if I tried to explain it!" and left it at that.
"This room is in perfect shape!" Architect gasped as he glanced around. "These structures are brilliant!" Handy called out happily. Smurfette, steeled her nerves and sheathed her sword, looking around, she spied what looked to be a stare case, "Where does that lead?" she asked as she watched Brainy try making heads or tails of the pictures that followed the stairs. "To the first door. It looks like you need to strike the red stone, with the Red Rainbow Wave, or in Japanese the Aka Nijiha!" he explained. "What emotion creates the Aka Nijiha?" she asked, only to be answered by a sigh, "The scroll said that it was different for everysmurf, there's no way to tell what kind of thing, emotion or otherwise, that will smurf you what color." Smurfette lowered her head, only slightly upset, "Thanks anyway Brainy," she sighed, then looked to him with a smile, "I probably wouldn't even know what it was without you." and kissed him lightly on the cheek. Brainy sank into a dreamy state, with his tongue sticking out and hearts swirling around his head. Papa walked up to Brainy as Smurfette turned to climb the stairs, "I knew she appreciated everything you did for her." he teased.
The higher they climbed, the more Vanity got nervous, "What if the Minotaur is already here?" he asked as he passed by a picture of the blue clad warrior fighting against a crud picture of the Minotaur. Painter Smurf, a Smurf with a French painter's red smock and black tie, came to take a better look at it, "It iz a disaster!" he complained in his French accent, "None of these pictures are made with any talent. Zey are all wrong!"
"I don't think we're here to criticize ancient art." Grouchy said as he passed by and grabbed painter by the sleeve. At the top of the stairs they all saw what looked to be a door, shut tight with a large red crystal in the middle of it, the door itself looked to be the size of a giant with a red jewel almost twice the size of a Smurf. "Now what?" Smurfette asked. "Smurfette?" called a voice from the ground, a very familiar voice, one that pulled on all of her heart strings at once. "SAM?!" she called out, and turned to run down the stairs as quickly as she could.
She saw him standing there, darkened by the shadows of the room, a brand new set of swords attached to his waist. "Smurfette, I'm so glad I found you." he said. Smurfette was just about to run to him when he yelled, "Stay back…I…can't control it at all." Just as he finished his words, he emerged in to the light, his skin and cloths, made from pure shadow, his eyes were of hellfire, and his swords made from the blackest of night. "SAM!" she called out in surprise, and slowly backed up. "This…body. I can't…it was going to kill you. Please leave…NOW!" he warned, but the body of shadows lunged forward, drawing his midnight Katana. Smurfette juked to one side, drawing her own sword of light and dodging the strike completely. "What are you doing?" she asked as he brought his sword down on her. Raising the sword of light up, she blocked and pushed his sword to one side. "I've…no…choice. This body won't listen to me. My soul…keeps it from…dispersing in the light. You have to defeat me…strike me with the swords of light." all the while he said that, his body made several more attempts to attack her, each time she blocked he would come back with an attack just as strong. "I can't, I'm here to save you!" she said, only to be interrupted by him, "You can save me by killing me, I can't stop this monstrosity. It will keep attacking you until you lay dead at its feet, and then continue to slaughter your family. You cannot let that happen, KILL ME!" he shouted, as his onslaught continued. "NO. I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU AND THAT'S THAT!" Smurfette cried, her tears streaming down her face.
"Quickly my little Smurfs, go get Sam's real body, I have an idea." Papa Smurf said as he turned to the others. "On it Papa Smurf." Hefty shouted and ran down the stairs. The Shadow Sam, spied him as she neared the opening, and dashed to attack him. Smurfette also dashed at the same time, but proved to be faster than him, blocking his way and parrying his blade. "You see?" he asked. "I don't care, Sam! I'm going to save you! I won't stop until you and I are together again!" she shouted. Suddenly her sword shined, not white or blue, but red, Papa turned to the door as the red light struck the crystal and the door crumbled. In agony, the shadow body brought up his arm, shielding its face from the light. "Is that the true power of the swords of light?" he asked and his body jumped up to the top floor above before running through the door. Smurfette watched after him as he disappeared behind the door, "She was so determined…could that be her Aka Nijiha?" Brainy Smurf asked mostly himself.
End of the Chapter.