Hi hi, everyone! Well, it's my third Smurfs fanfic and my sixth story all together. I can't believe I got over two hundred reviews in the last story! It was so awesome! It's now time for the first reading of reviews for this story.
Zinka17- Monty was actually created by Crafty for construction and companionship. Since Clockwork Smurf and Smurfette are super strong, so is Monty and he'll be able to do any heavy lifting in case Hefty isn't available. Though, I think someone isn't so thrilled at the fact another bird is in Crafty's life. (gestures at Hummer)
Hummer: Chee?
And I know I shouldn't beat down on my own work but I just feel like I could've done a better job. You know, I've noticed something about doing this particular story: You'd figure it's easier to write things based off of a movie because most of the work is already done for you. But it's not. At least, for me it isn't. I guess I'm not good with working with things that aren't mine and it just sucks all the creativity out of it. I just work better with things that are mine because I stick to my own script! Does anybody agree with me?
flowerpower71- Gutsy's looking at something very very important and won't be revealed until later into the story. I hope you like the rest of this story though I think you're not gonna like one part in this chapter and I think you'll know why when it get's to it.
Smurf Lover- The lavender-eyed creature is actually a new OC of mine. You'll actually meet him in this chapter. Frankly, I don't get why all the Smurfs don't think Clumsy is reliable enough to do anything. If Crafty or I were there, we'd let him in for sure. Everysmurf should be allowed to participate!
Chloe- First off, nice to see that even after all this time, you and Painter are still going strong. Hope you guys will love the adventure, suspense and drama that's going to go on in the future chapters.
molly- Thank you for your support. I will certainly do my best to make these chapters as action-filled and exciting as I possibly can manage.
Cutie Kyuubi- Why am I not surprised? I've stayed up late doing that so many times, I can't even count. So don't feel left out. I'm sure more than dozens of others have done that too. Latest I've ever stayed up was about 5 in the morning.
Mintgirl109- I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the only Smurf/OC romance anybody's gonna see in this story is Gutsy/Crafty, Don Smurfo/Fencette, and another couple that won't be mentioned until further, but it's not Grouchy. Don't worry though. It'll happen soon enough.
Benny-
By the way, I thought it would be fun to make a little cast list of my own since this story is really my version of the movie. You guys already know who voices the Smurfs in the movie already. This is just a list of voices for the Smurfs and/or animals that weren't in the original version of the movie and a character in case you've never heard of their names:
Crafty Smurfette will be voiced by Mandy Moore. (Rapunzel on Tangled)
Xavier will be voiced by Will Friedle. (Doyle Blackwell on The Secret Saturdays)
Hummer and Wild will voice themselves. (Duh.)
Meena will be voiced by Catherine O'Hara. (Sally on The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Ipati will be voiced by Corey Burton. (Van Rook on The Secret Saturdays)
Grandpa Smurf will be voiced by Karl Swenson. (Merlin on The Sword in the Stone)
Snappy Smurfling will be voiced by Sam Lerner. (Zak Saturday on The Secret Saturdays)
Nat Smurfling will be voiced by Cole Sprouse. (Cody Martin on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody)
Slouchy Smurfling will be voiced by Dylan Sprouse. (Zack Martin on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody)
Sassette Smurfling will be voiced by Andrea Bowen. (Faline on Bambi II)
Don Smurfo will be voiced by Vito Scotti. (Italian Cat on The Aristocats)
Fencette will be voiced by Salma Hayek. (Kitty Softpaws on Puss in Boots)
Sweepy Smurf will be voiced by Samuel West. (Pongo on 101 Dalmations: Patch's London Adventure)
Wooly Smurf will be voiced by Owen Wilson. (Jedidiah on Night at the Museum & Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian)
And finally, Scaredy will be voiced by James Patrick Stuart. (Private on The Penguins of Madagascar) (I know he's not British, but Private's voice sounds timid sometimes, so I thought it'd be a perfect fit.)
"Ha! This place is perfect!" Crafty exclaimed as she slid down Monty's back and onto her feet.
Grandpa tugged nervously at his beard as he looked over the ledge of the steep cliff that seemed to have an impossibly large drop to it.
"Smurfalulu, Crafty. Are you sure Monty's a good enough flyer to do this?"
"Of course, he is!" Crafty scoffed. She patted Monty's foot as she continued, "Besides, he needs to learn to act like an eagle so he can function properly. This is what eagles smurf. They live in high places and they can fly from them, too. Ya ready, Monty?"
Monty cautiously peered over the edge of the cliff and immediately became dizzy. He was only truly five months old, or at least it's been five months since he had first been activated. Multiple times has it been since he's tried the one thing every eagle should know how to do: fly. But each time it had ended in going to Crafty's repair workshop. He didn't think he could take another failure, especially in front of his creator.
He cringed and stepped back, getting in a roosting position as he hid his head with his wings.
Crafty frowned and sighed, rubbing the back of her neck.
"Okay. I get it."
"What's wrong with Monty, Crafty?" Nat asked.
"I don't think he's feeling very confident about this," Crafty then rubbed her chin in deep thought. She perked up as she snapped her fingers, "Well, we don't have to do this."
"He doesn't?" The other Smurfs chorused. Monty lifted his head to his creator with a curious yet grateful look as he chirped in his confusion in the form of a question.
"Of course, you don't!" Crafty smiled as she patted Monty's beak. "If you're not ready to do it, we'll just come and try again when you are. Besides, there are plenty of things we can still test out. Maybe we can smurf the…extendable talons! I've been meaning to get that tested out!"
Monty clicked and chirped in unrestrained enthusiasm as he stood on his talons and scooped Crafty onto his beak as he trotted into the woods with the inventor on his head.
"Smurfaroo! Wait for us!" Snappy called out as he and the others rushed off after the mechanical bird.
"So, what did you see in your vision, Papa?" Smurfette asked as she walked with the red clad elder Smurf from out of his mushroom.
"Oh. Erm...Nothing...apocalyptic, really," Papa anxiously replied. He didn't like lying to one of his own children, or any of them for that matter. But he did indeed see something that he wished he hadn't. That Clumsy might endanger the rest of the village because of his own, well, clumsiness. And because of the clumsiness, he fears that his children might end up in Gargamel's clutches. He couldn't and he wouldn't let that happen. He cleared his throat and plastered a small smile on his face as he finished, "Everything's going to be just fine."
"Perfect!" Smurfette chimed. "Another year we don't have to worry about mean old-"
"GARGAMEL!" Clumsy exclaimed as he skidded to a stop in front of them.
"I knew who she meant, Clumsy," Papa chuckled as he and Smurfette shook their heads humorously.
"No, no! Gargamel!" Clumsy yelled pointing at the large bush just on the outskirts of the village. Papa and Smurfette looked over just in time for the very wizard himself to push his way through. Clumsy shuffled his hands together as he fearfully and embarrassingly explained, "I mighta, kinda, sorta accidentally led him to the village!"
Gargamel laughed menacingly as he trampled forward and stomped on a mushroom home, making it collapse.
"AH! Smurf for your lives!" Vanity shrieked as he ran with the other Smurfs away from the gargantuan evil wizard.
"Everybody skedaddle!" Handy yelled for the other Smurfs to hear with he, too, running away.
"Into the forest, Smurfs!" Papa ordered pointing to the woods.
"Come on, Clumsy!" Smurfette exclaimed pulling Clumsy by his arm to the forest with the other Smurfs.
"Sound the alarm, Crazy!" Papa called. In an instant, Crazy Smurf let out a long, loud wail, acting as a siren for the other Smurfs to retreat into the forest.
"Smurfs, that way!" Gutsy ordered, throwing his arms in the direction of the forest for the others to follow. He turned around to see Farmer trying to fight off Azrael with his pitchfork. He growled in challenge and charged forward, "Hey, cat! Azrael! Over here! Come on!"
Azrael looked over in the direction of the Scottish Smurf and growled. He left Farmer and pounced at Gutsy, who jumped back and ran into a random mushroom with the orange tabby cat following close behind. A second later, Gutsy tucked and rolled as he jumped out of the window and Azrael would've done the same thing, only his head got caught in the window. Gutsy laughed as he tugged on Azrael's whiskers teasingly, "There ya go, ya nasty cat!"
Gargamel eagerly looked around for his first Smurf victim. That was until he found Papa Smurf, who was trying to sneak back to his mushroom unnoticed.
"Papa," He whispered. Papa looked up and tried to bolt to his mushroom, but not before Gargamel stomped down on his mushroom, crushing it and knocking Papa back by the brute force. It didn't stop him from trying to get back to the mushroom, though.
Gargamel swooped his net down to capture Papa, though the elder Smurf just barely dodged. Luckily, Gargamel's net got caught on a tree branch. Papa used this opportunity, while Gargamel struggled to pull his net out of the tree. He jumped to the other side of the mushroom and opened a hatch on the floor. "Emergency Smurfberries" were written on the glass before Papa grabbed a piece of rubble and threw it against the surface, shattering it completely.
Grabbing the satchel from the hatch, Papa went to run with his children, only by then that Gargamel finally managed to untangle his net.
"Let go! Cursed nature!" He bellowed as he yanked the net back.
Looking around in panic, Papa noticed the defense system switch that Crafty had made for the village. He always insisted that it wasn't necessary, but Crafty was a stubborn Smurfette and she wouldn't have it. He ran to the switch with Gargamel following closely behind. When he got close enough, Papa leaped forward and slammed his hand onto the switch, releasing the rope and letting the system start.
Papa then ran to a spot where he could lead Gargamel to the position where Crafty had instructed to lead an intruder for the system to work.
"Here comes papa, Papa!" Gargamel laughed as he continued his chase. He stopped as he heard something coming at him and ducked just in time for a small wooden log to swing right over his head. He laughed darkly as he said, "Papa, your primitive little defenses, they're useless against me, sir! I laugh at them! Ha ha ha!"
Gargamel lifted his net and prepared to swing it down. Before he could, a giant log, larger than the one before, slammed down at Gargamel, throwing him nearly the whole way across the village, crushing Azrael as he landed on the mushroom the tabby cat was stuck in.
"Ha! How's that for primitive, Gargamel?" Papa laughed as he went to the forest where his Smurfs would be. As he ran, he thought to himself, Hmm. I'll have to thank Crafty for that invention of hers.
Meanwhile...
"Maybe this will all blow over. I can fix this," Clumsy muttered to himself as he ran from the village. "I just gotta think!"
Suddenly, Clumsy stopped as he came upon a arrow-shaped sign saying "Go this way" in white letters.
"Yes! Follow me, everyone!" He called to the Smurfs as they finally caught up to where he was. He started running where the arrow pointed, only for his ankle to get caught on a vine that grew on the sign. As he got it off, he continued to run in that same direction, unaware that when the vine gave way, it revealed the words "Do not" in bright red letters.
"Save yourselves!" Farmer yelled as he ran with his brothers down the opposite path.
"Clumsy! You're going the wrong way!" Smurfette yelled as she stopped on the side of the path along with Papa, Brainy, Grouchy and Gutsy.
"He's headed for the Forbidden Falls!" Brainy exclaimed.
"With a blue moon coming?" Grouchy put in.
"Quickly, Smurfs! Stop him!" Papa instructed as he ran ahead of them and down the path.
"Unbelievable!" Gutsy threw his arms up as he followed Papa with the rest of the Smurfs. "The one time we want him te trip an' he's running perfectly!"
"Clumsy!"
"Oh, this is a predicament!"
""Agony ahead?" Anybody reading these signs?" Grouchy pointed out as he read the sign of warning.
"This is a predicament!" Brainy said turning to him.
"This guy's killing me! Looks like we're down to ninety-nine Smurfs!" Grouchy said.
"This is not good at all!"
Clumsy ran and ran, looking behind him constantly to see if Gargamel was coming or not. Unfortunately, he didn't see the edge of the rocky path until he came at the very end, stumbling and trying to keep his balance so he wouldn't fall off.
"Whoa!" He yelped as he continued to fumble his feet. He screamed as he fell of the edge but was lucky enough to catch onto a long root that grew from the bottom of the ledge. "Help!"
The five Smurfs leaned over the edge to figure out how to get Clumsy up. Well, almost all of them.
"Well, we tried," Grouchy shrugged. "Let's go."
Gutsy shook his head, leaning over the edge more and calling down to his klutzy brother, "Hold on, lad! We'll form a Smurf bridge te get ye!"
"Not the Smurf bridge!" Grouchy complained as he held onto Brainy, who held onto Gutsy who was reaching down to get Clumsy.
"Uh, pardon me, but this isn't a Smurf bridge, it's clearly a chain of Smurfs-"
"SMURF IT, Brainy!"
Blue light began to shine through the hole in the ceiling of the cave. Smurfette looked up and gasped, "The blue moon!"
"Oh dear," Papa sighed apprehensively. He didn't know what things happened at the Forbidden Falls during a blue moon, but if the signs were telling the truth, it wouldn't be good.
A gust of wind started blowing at them harshly as Papa and Smurfette tried to hold their ground.
"What the blinking flip is that?" Gutsy asked. The other Smurfs looked up and stared wide-eyed as a blue, tunnel-like portal began to open up. It also occurred to them that the wind wasn't coming from outside, but from the portal that was trying to pull them in.
"Oh no!" Papa gasped. "The vision!"
Luckily, none of the Smurfs heard him as the force of the vortex was pulling a them harder and harder.
"Help! Help!" Clumsy yelled as the root broke and started to be pulled towards the portal, though Gutsy still kept a firm, strong grip on his younger brother's arms.
"Look out for the hole!" Grouchy called out.
"No, it's more of a vortex. Or a portal," Brainy listed the possible things the...thing could be.
"Smurf up! It's a hole!" Grouchy argued before yelping at being pulled even harder.
"Hold on!" Smurfette screamed as she was pulled off the ledge too. Papa attempted to grab at the ground, or at anything that could help them get to safety. Suddenly, he was yanked forward and off the ground. Before they could even touch the vortex, a stick was thrown out and out of complete instinct, Papa grabbed onto the stick, feeling instantly relieved that he and his Smurfs would be safe and sound. For about a few seconds, anyway.
Gargamel laughed as the Smurfs looked at him in complete panic, "Looks like you got the short end of the stick, eh, Papa? Now you belong to me!"
Papa looked back and forth and Gargamel and the portal as the evil warlock started pulling them back by the other end of the stick. They might not get anywhere if Gargamel captured them. And though the portal led to an unknown location, it had to be better than a possibility of being cooked, eaten, turned into gold, or worse.
So, with a determined gleam in his eyes, he looked up at the wizard defiantly and said, "Not this time, Gargamel."
And with that, Papa let go of the stick, letting him and the Smurfs to fly straight into the portal, each flailing as they were pulled into an uncertain world and an uncertain future.
"And...that should do it," Crafty muttered after setting up the last of bundles of firewood at a distance of twenty-five feet from Monty and the other Smurfs. She called over to them, "Okay, Monty! Let's try the left talons first!"
Monty eyed his first target thoughtfully before placing all the balance he had on his right foot and lifted his left one, opening up his talons and taking aim.
"Ready?" Crafty asked.
"Ready, Crafty!" Nat yelled in reply.
"FIRE!"
In a light-speed instant, Monty's left foot shot out of his leg, which was connected by a elastic cord. A second later, his talons clasped onto the firewood bundle and immediately dragged it back with the same amount of speed. His foot snapped back into his body as he proudly held up the firewood in his talons.
"It's a direct hit!" Crafty crooned, pumping her fist in the air. "And the crowd smurfs wild!"
Wild tilted his head, chirping in confusion before jumping up and down, chittering and squawking in applause. The others laughed both in applaud for Monty and in humor for Wild's antics. Hummer only frowned and rolled his eyes, muttering to himself in a series of hushed chirps.
"Okay. Right foot now!"
Monty dropped the firewood from his left foot and stood on it, allowing himself to aim his right foot at the other bundle target.
"Ready?" Crafty asked once again.
"Locked and loaded, Crafty!" Wooly called over to her.
"FIRE!"
The same with the left foot, the right foot shot out of Monty's leg and towards the standing pile of wood. Only this time, things played out a bit more differently.
Only feet before his claws could reach out for the firewood, the toes immediately clamped down on air instead of the wood and also crashed into the wood. The Smurfs watched as the pile of wood flew over the trees of the forest and landed in a garden of bushes at quite a distance away. Before his foot could hit the ground, the cord already started pulling it back at a extremely fast pace. Once it snapped back into his body, Monty hung his head and let out a depressed mechanical hum.
"Uh...I guess that's just a bit of...faulty timing, Monty! You'll get it right!" Crafty laughed, hoping the others would join her to help Monty's self esteem. None, however, let out so much as a chuckle. Crafty coughed as she continued, "I'll just smurf that firewood. I'll be right back."
Crafty then ran in the direction of the lost firewood. It took a good two and a half minutes, but she finally came upon the patch of thick bushes.
"This is so going to mess up my hair," Crafty muttered, shaking her head as she started pushing away the branches and made her way through the vegetation. "But I've got to admit it, that was a heck of a punch. Maybe he'll be a good defense system. Just like the one I made for the village."
Crafty continued muttering to herself as she made her way through. Her eyes scanned the area until she found what she was looking for.
"Ha! There you are!" Crafty growled as she tore through the vines of the bushes and finally came upon the firewood. It was twisted up in the roots of one of the bushes.
She ran over to it and tugged on it and was startled to see that it was stuck in there more tightly than she originally thought. She pulled at it harder and harder until she was pushed back by the force of the pull. She stood back up and dusted herself off and started off back the way she came.
Suddenly, there was a hissing sound which made Crafty come to an immediate halt. She slowly turned her head around to see...nothing. Nothing but the plants and the dirt. Letting her eyes roam around the environment, she slowly turned back around and let herself relax as she continued on her way. She felt instantly relieved as she could see the light of the sun from the way she came in. She instantly ran faster to the exit and was soon drenched in the bright sunshine of the afternoon.
"Finally," she breathed as she smiled widely and slowed her pace. Not even ten steps out of the dark underbrush, the same hissing noise filled her ears, sending an unpleasant shiver down her spine.
Again, she turned around slowly to look for the source of the sound. This time, she did see something. The plants shook and rustled as something came closer and closer to her. Involuntarily, she hugged the firewood bundle close to her chest for comfort and protection.
The head of a snake poked its way out of the bush, its forked tongue slipping out of its mouth and back in. It slowly slithered out into the sunlight, each scale on its body stretching as it pulled itself out.
"Oh," Crafty let out a huge sigh of complete bliss and relief. "Just a snake. Thank smurfness."
Now filled with more confidence in her safety, Crafty continued on her way with serenity in her stride. After a few steps, her ears picked up something that she couldn't quite place but it was definitely familiar. She turned around to come face to face with the snake. It was eying her with distinct curiosity and...knowing?
"Uh...hi," She greeted nervously. The tip of its tongue barely grazed her overalls as the snake stuck it out at her. "Okay, then. I'll just be on my way now. Bye."
Turning back around, she continued on her way back to the other Smurfs. Again, the same sound filled her ears and she turned around to see the snake still following behind.
"Look. Is there something you want?" Crafty asked placing a fist on her hip. The snake only looked at her and stuck its forked tongue out. "Oh yeah. You're a snake. You can't talk."
Crafty turned on her heel and went on her way with no intention of turning back again. Or so she thought.
"Well, I don't talk to just anybody," a heavy Russian voice rasped. "But for you, my old friend, I think I can make an exception."
The inventor Smurfette froze on the spot, her blood chilling nearly to the freezing point. Letting out a shaky breath, she sowly turned around, only to set her blue eyes on the snake's milky white underbelly. She let her eyes roam upward to where his face was, which was very high up. He looked down at her, his light-purple eyes glinting with mischief and trickery.
He smirked down at her as he shook his upper body, his skin spreading out to reveal a hood, "Hello, little Smurfette."
Ipati, Crafty thought as she gulped visibly and loudly as she hugged the firewood closer and closer to her chest. As inconspicuously as possible, she started backing away, hoping that if she managed to get back far away enough, she could make a run for it. Ipati, however, was faster. He quickly darted forward and surrounded her with his body.
"Ah ah ah," he taunted leaning his head downward. He came down to her eye level and went on, "No running. Now, I believe we have unfinished...business to take care of, now don't we?"
Crafty, acting completely on instinct and fear, threw the firewood at his face. Ipati lunged back and literally hissed in pain as he used his tail to cover his face. She then rushed away in an almost impossible speed. However, being a Creatugo, Ipati shook it off more quickly than normal snakes.
Ipati shook his head and glared at the retreating Smurfette. His hood stretched out as he hissed and slithered after her.