I'm glad everyone has enjoyed my story so far. This chapter took a long time to put down due to a situation that I'd rather not get into here. Suffice to say one of the time travel stories I was going to write called THE SMURFING TWENTIES has officially been canceled and will be replaced with another one shortly after this one is finished.
All other follow up tales will go as planned.
Thank you for your understanding.
SMURFS: TIME SMURFED AGAIN: PART EIGHT By Steven "swarlock" Acevedo
THE STORY SO FAR: After a memorial service for the vanquished Smurfland , The Smurfs and The Good Gargamel begin to settle affairs for the future now that the forest is gone. It's been decided that they will go back to the ruins of Smurfland forest to recover the smurf rainbow lifestones.
The day is hot and long as The Smurfs break up into several teams searching for the rainbow stones. Those objects when joined together with the proper spell can teleport anyone through the time stream. But there is an hidden surprise that will happen before long.
"So where do we begin," asked Vanity Smurf as he held up his mirror to see his adoring smile.
"When you see one of the stones shining like its color. Bring it here to put in a circle in this grey spot on the ground," Papa Double answered.
"Your Papa Smurf took Handy, Jokey, Smurfette and Grouchy to the south side of the desert. Brainy and Clumsy and The Baby Smurfs are in the North side, Snappy, Hefty, Painter and Grandpa went to the East and You, Sassette and I will look in The Western part."
"I hope we find them soon, Papa. Being out here in this ugliness is not good for my complexion.
"Suffering salamanders, Vanity. Don't you think about anything else?" Sassette cried out.
Papa Double just sighed as they began climbing up the remain of Mt. Smurf to get a better view.
Meanwhile in the Eastern part of the land, the smurfs were searching with the greatest urgency. There wasn't much of anything left where they were looking. Just mounds and mounds of sand and hollowed out tree trunks. Where the once graceful River Smurf stood was now as dry as a bone. In one spot were the remains of dead fish that were singed from the blast a few days before.
"I hate not being in what was Smurfland!" Grouchy complained as usual. Though Smurfette said nothing she couldn't agree more. "Here," she said to him, "Start digging with these pickaxes. We've got a lot of ground to cover"
Grouchy had noticed that Smurfette had been undergoing a change since they arrived in this alternate world. She was less concerned about her problems and was getting more focused on getting things done. Handy seemed to appreciate that side of her more and more the longer they were here. "I hate what's happened to us. But I'm not giving up hope," he thought to himself. "Keep smurfing, gang. We'll find the stones yet," Handy said passing out two other pickaxes to Jokey and Painter. Grandpa and Papa was supervising the whole thing.
The Northern part was a little better off though as the explosion didn't do as much damage as The Smurfs originally thought. But all the same it felt strange being in a forest that wasn't there yet sadly lacking in places.
Putting the babies down for a moment , Brainy began thinking of where the lifestones could be. He was so deep in thought that he didn't notice them crawling away.
Clumsy was trying to lift his pick axe from one of the rocks but somehow it got wedged into a crevice. With one mighty yank he and the axe went flying through the air at a fast rate.
"Clumsy!"
Brainy ran to where Clumsy had fallen still clutching the axe he had in his hands hanging upside down. The ground opened up all of a sudden and he fell in.
"HELP!" he bellowed.
"I've got you, Clumsy," Brainy yelled as he grabbed Clumsy's feet and dragged him upward from the hole that opened up. As he looked downward he saw a bright red glow, then a yellow one, and a green one.
"The rainbow lifestones! Clumsy you found them," Brainy shouted excitedly. "Ah did? Uh...Yeah. I Did!" Clumsy had a big grin on his face. Brainy had an even bigger smile but only for a moment.
"The Smurf Babies. They're gone again!" Brainy began to panic.
"There they are," Clumsy shouted as he pointed in the direction where they were both sitting happily playing Smurfy Cake.
Then Brainy and Clumsy's eyes grew wide seeing the babies wiggle their hands as another stone rose out of the ground, then another and another and another.
"They found the other rainbow lifestones," Brainy said in awe.
"But where's the blue one?"
To be continued...
