TIME SMURFED AGAIN PART NINE

By Steven "Swarlock" Acevedo

THE STORY SO FAR: Through "Clumsy" luck. One of the Smurfs has the blue Smurf lifestone which he intended to take back with him in time. Now that the Rainbow lifestones has restored Smurfland Forest better than ever only one thing is missing.

More Smurfs.

Smurfland Forest is alive and well again. Although a lot of the old places that made it special the first time around were gone. New life reaffirmed itself with the arrival of new animals who came from all over the world. They would be the primary Residents of this new furtile land.

The Smurfs and The Good Gargamel celebrated the occasion with a big party and invited everyone from the nearby town to join in the festivities. By nightfall and into the early dawn they laughed, drank and sang to their hearts' content. Then by noon the following day plans were set in motion to make the forest complete.

"Then it's decided," Dr Gargamel proclaimed. "Papa Smurf and I will jointly be The Guardians of this new forest and protect it from others who would ravage it again."

"It's too bad there aren't any more Smurfs in this forest to help you with the task," Time Traveling Papa said.

"I thought about that," The Good Doctor told him. "So I went back to my lab and rummaged through my attic and came across this."

All The Smurfs gasped when they saw what he had in his hand.

"Is that what I think it is?" Hefty asked.

In his hand was a page from this world's Evil Gargamel's spell book. It was the original spell that his ancestor used to create Smurfette's double.

"After my experience with magic these last few days I've made a conscious decision to combine my scientific knowledge with this spell. It's the only way I can think of to redeem the failings of my ancestors all those years ago. I burned the original book yesterday so I wouldn't be tempted to use it the way they did."

He then brought out a big container of clay that was gathered after the party had ended and placed it into a glass vat. Opening it up he then added one extra ingredient to the mixture. This was the one thing that Dr. Gargamel's evil ancestor purposely left out of the spell. It added the element of nature into anything inanimate when done correctly.

"The pink liquid in this beaker was squeezed from some mushrooms that had leftover residue from the rainbow stones. When I pour this into the clay it will make the mixture impervious to anything that can withstand it. I call Chemical I. The I stands for Immortality. Ready Papa Smurf?"

"All set," Papa responded.

"Magic mixture and science grand, Turn clay into Smurfs and before us stand." Papa Double chanted.

A blue glow covered the clay and then rose into bodily shapes. First came the Male Smurfs. Then what followed surprised everyone - even Smurfette and Sassette.

There were 100 smurfs and 100 smurfettes.

To be continued...