The Smurfs anxiously awaited any sign of the spell working. When they heard the echo of Gargamel's scream, they knew there was only one reason why he would scream angrily like that: the protection spell won. They won. Everyone started cheering, except for Handy, Aquarius, and Nereus.

"Marina...my daughter." Aquarius started sobbing; Nereus, with tears in his eyes, empathetically patted Aquarius on the back.

Papa Smurf noticed Aquarius and Nereus's sadness, and stopped cheering.

"Everyone, please, hold it!" Papa Smurf called out with his arms raised.

Confused, everyone who was cheering slowly stopped.

"We forgot something important." Papa Smurf said sadly.

The cheering now stopped entirely, as everyone else remembered about Marina.

Handy, who was frozen with shock and disbelief, recovered and ran towards the cauldron. He grabbed onto the rim and looked inside. The cauldron was empty, except for a lone flower. The very flower Marina was wearing in her hair earlier. Handy grabbed the flower and went back onto the ground. He stared at the flower, remembering what Marina told him about what a mermaid means when she leaves a flower on the water. However, this time the flower was not on any water. This, combined with Marina's disappearance, caused Handy's denial of Marina's death to falter. Upon fully realizing that Marina was gone and that he would never see her again, Handy fell onto his knees crying disconsolately. Hefty ran over to him and helped him up.

"Oh Handy..." Smurfette started crying.

"Handy I'm so sorry." Hefty said sympathetically. "I know how much you loved her. And she obviously loved you a lot back if she sacrificed herself to save you, to save all of us."

"I-I know." Handy sobbed. "But...but I can't live without her."

"Just keep yourself busy, the pain will pass eventually." Hefty advised gently.

"I doubt it, the pain is getting worse-*AAH*!" Handy suddenly clutched his chest in agony.

Everyone looked at him shocked, even Smurfette stopped crying.

"Handy, what's wrong?" Papa Smurf asked concernedly.

"My-my heart-" Handy was interrupted by another spasm of pain, this one almost causing him to fall to his knees again.

Hefty kept supporting Handy up, very worried and even a little scared. Handy cried out with pain again, and then started to lose consciousness. One gasp of pain, and Handy fell limp in Hefty's arms. His fist, the one with Marina's flower in it, was the only thing still stiff.

"Handy...Handy what's wrong, wake up!" Hefty cried, gently shaking Handy. "Papa Smurf what...?"

Papa Smurf went over to Hefty and Handy, and felt Handy's heart.

"It's stopped beating." Papa Smurf started to sob. "He's dead."

Everyone gasped, and Hefty looked as if he was going to burst out crying any second.

"Dead?" Hefty tried not to cry. "But...but how...?"

"A broken heart." Nanny Smurf started to cry.

"He literally couldn't live without Marina." Grandpa Smurf realized.

Everyone else started crying as well. The ones most hurt by Handy's death, were Hefty, Clockwork Smurf, and Clockwork Smurfette. Handy was Hefty's best friend, and the two were close up to the point of considering each other as brothers. Clockwork Smurf and Clockwork Smurfette considered Handy to be their father, since after all he was the one who created them. What should've been a time for a celebration, was instead a time for a funeral. After Homnibus cleared away the cauldron and spellbook Handy was placed on a hammock of flowers and put into the center of Smurf village. The Smurfs, Aquarius, and Nereus all took turns telling stories about Handy and Marina. Each one ended with how much they would miss them. The other guests went next. Those that didn't know Handy or Marina very well expressed sympathy for the Smurfs and Aquarius and Nereus and for Handy for the pain he went through before he died. The only one who didn't give any eulogies was Mother Nature...

Handy, surprised that the pain had stopped, woke up. When he looked around he realized why the pain had stopped: he was dead and somewhere in Heaven. He knew it had to be Heaven since there were clouds around. When he looked at himself he saw that he not only had wings and a gown on, but also that Marina's flower had disappeared.

"My body must still have the flower." Handy said sadly. "I never wanted to die and leave the other Smurfs, but I also just couldn't spend the rest of my life without Marina. I love her more than life itself."

"And I love you more than life itself." A familiar female voice added.

Handy, startled, turned around and saw Marina's spirit there, also in a gown and wings.

"Marina!" Handy gasped happily, running over to her.

They both hugged, tears of joy in their eyes.

"Marina you did it, you saved us all." Handy said proudly. "You definitely must be purehearted, which I should've guessed from the beginning except that I didn't know about purehearts at the time..."

Marina stopped him by gently putting her hand on his mouth.

"Not quite all, I sacrificed myself not only to save the Smurfs but also to save you. It would've broken my heart to see Gargamel kill you." Marina said sadly.

"Marina, it's okay, this just proves that we're meant to be together." Handy smiled. "We can now spend the rest of eternity together, never to be separated again."

"I'd love that, but what about the Smurfs?" Marina pointed out. "You're one of the most important members of the village."

"True...that one time I ran away because I didn't feel appreciated the village fell apart without me." Handy's smile fell. "I hope Mother Nature and Homnibus can help Smurf village with repairs."

"I don't know about helping the Smurfs with repairs, but I can help you two." Another familiar female voice spoke.

Really startled, Handy and Marina turned to Handy's right and saw Mother Nature standing there!

"Mother Nature? How did you get up here?" Handy asked, confused.

"Well, death is part of nature so..." Mother Nature smiled.

"Right, of course." Handy facepalmed.

"Wait a minute, what do you mean 'help us'?" Marina asked.

"Your sacrifice should not go unrewarded." Mother Nature explained. "And true love such as yours should never be kept apart."

"What do you...?"

Marina didn't have time to finish her question, because Mother Nature surrounded both Marina and Handy with a glow! Mother Nature then headed back to Earth...

Handy and Marina felt strange, as if they were being reborn. They then felt themselves growing unconscious, and soon lost sight of each other. They regained consciousness, but not sight and they didn't know what was going on. Handy realized what Mother Nature did when he felt his heart beating: she brought them back to life!

The other Smurfs and their guests, who noticed Mother Nature's absence and return, asked her where she was.

"I was visiting a couple friends of ours and bringing them back." Mother nature smiled looking over to where Handy lay.

At that moment, Handy's fist opened and the flower inside glowed and floated into the air. There was then another glow, and Marina's body materialized so that the flower was back in her hair! Marina then slowly floated to the ground next to the hammock Handy was in. Everyone then saw Handy's body twitching, and his eyes opening!

"What...?" Handy said as he sat up. "I'm alive!" He said happily before remembering: "Marina!"

He looked down, and saw Marina lying there still. Handy immediately got out of the hammock and held Marina in his arms.

"Marina, please wake up." Handy pleaded. "You can't still be..."

Suddenly, Marina glowed again, startling Handy so much that he let go of her! Fortunately, she didn't fall back to the ground. Everyone stared as Marina continued glowing. When she started to stop glowing, Handy quickly placed his arms under her so that she wouldn't fall. The glow finally ended, and everyone saw that Marina wasn't a mermaid anymore! She now had legs, and was wearing a dress and shoes similar to Smurfette's except they were lavender colored! Marina started to wake up...

"Marina!" Handy said happily.

"Handy?" Marina opened her eyes. "Oh Handy!" She hugged him; then she realized: "I-I'm not in water and yet I can breathe."

"You-you're not a mermaid anymore Marina." Handy couldn't imagine being any happier. "You're, well...Papa Smurf what should I call her?"

"I...I don't know." Papa Smurf found his voice. "I never experienced anything like this before."

"How about a Smurfmaid?" Mother Nature suggested.

"What...?" Marina, with Handy's help, got up and saw what had happened to her. "Handy, this...this means I can stay with you!" Marina realized happily.

Handy spun Marina around, the two of them not being able to contain their joy. Everyone started cheering, and most of the Smurfs ran up to Handy and hugged him...well, more like ambushed him. After they calmed down Hefty, Clockwork Smurf and Clockwork Smurfette hugged Handy again. Aquarius and Nereus hugged Marina, though she had to go to them instead of the other way around. Now it was time for a celebration, this time not only for their safety but also for Handy and Marina. And this time, Wild's squirrel pals were able to join in. Handy, however, snuck into the forest and looked around until he saw some small purple flowers. He took a flower home and placed it in a book so that it could dry. He rejoined the party, only Marina noticing his absence. She asked where he was, but he told her to just wait since it was a surprise.