Hello! It's just another two chapters until the story is over and then the bloopers, then I'll post up the first chapter for the next story like I normally do. I know that couldn't happen the last time, but this time I promise it will happen. Before we start, I would like to introduce the two Creatugos created by our two winners: Nanu the wise white wolf made by flowerpower71 and Misty the sassy, sly red vixen made by Sapphire777! Anyway, time for the reviews!
Benny- That's right. That was the "Rio" reference. I don't like how you're smiling like that but I hope you keep your word and that Vanity's injuries won't be too noticeable. And, yeah. I think it would be best if you sent those
Before we go any further, I would like to announce, thanks to the arm-twisting from Benny, Sapphire777 and flowerpower71, the new cast list for the next Smurfs story: Smurf-Crossed Lovers! The same voices are going to be from Absence Makes the Heart Grow Smurfier except for one voice change which I'm sure you'll be able to catch. Well, here they are:
Benevolent will now be voiced by Victor Garber (Master Thundering Rhino from Kung FuPanda 2)
Charity Smurfette will be voiced by Lucy Liu (Viper from Kung Fu Panda)
Mama Smurfette will be voiced by Joan Copeland (Tanana from Brother Bear)
Oddette Smurfling will be voiced by Elsie Fisher (Agnes from Despicable Me)
Martialette Smurfling will be voiced by Dana Gaier (Edith from Despicable Me)
Silky Smurfette will be voiced by Joan Cusack (Jessie from Toy Story 2-3)
Wittette Smurfette will be voiced by Wanda Sykes (Granny from Ice Age: Continental Drift)
Meditette Smurfette will be voiced by Angelina Jolie (Tigress from Kung Fu Panda)
Affectionette Smurfette will be voiced by Anne Hathaway (Jewel from Rio)
Feralette Smurfette will be voiced by...well, herself. She only says one word throughout the entire story.
Charmette Smurfette will be voiced by Veena Bidasha (Messua (Ranjan's mother) from The Jungle Book 2)
Pridette Smurfette will be voiced by Jennifer Lopez (Shira from Ice Age: Continental Drift)
Explorette Smurfette will be voiced by Jessie Flower (Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Cropette Smurfette will be voiced by Anika Rose (Tiana from The Princess and the Frog)
Noa (kind of like Noah) will be voiced by Denis Leary (Diego from Ice Age)
Aurora will be voiced by Zooey Deschanel (Katherine "Kit" from Failure to Launch)
Zorathix will be voiced by Joel Edgerton (Metalbeak from Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole)
Ichabod will be voiced by John Travolta (Bolt from Bolt)
Morgana will be voiced by Moira Kelly (Nala from The Lion King)
Sailor Smurf will be voiced by Nicholas Cage (Balthazar (don't worry, flowerpower71, the good one. Well, somewhat good. A little cranky and sarcastic, but still good) from The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Rameen will be voiced by Jodi Benson (Lady from Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure)
Favian will be voiced by Geoffery Rush (Ezylryb from Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole)
Hazel will be voiced by Sheryl Lee Ralph (Rita from Oliver and Company)
Nanu will be voiced by Nicole Oliver (Princess Celestia from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Misty will be voiced by Penelope Cruz (Angelica from Pirates of the Caribean)
Balky Smurf will be voiced by Jeff Bennett (Tramp from Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure)
Edgy Smurfette will be voiced by Tricia Trippett (Juliet from Romeo and Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss)
Outback Smurf will be voiced by Tristan Rogers (Jake from The Rescuers Down Under)
Combatette Smurfette will be voiced by Alyssa Milano (Angel from Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure)
Forger Smurf will be voiced by Ben Stiller (Alex from Madagascar)
Pionette Smurfette will be voiced by Mizuo Peck (Sacajawea from Night at the Museum)
Viking Smurf will be voiced by Dennis Haysbert (Master Ox from Kung Fu Panda 2)
Zippette Smurfette will be voiced by Drew Barrymore (Olive from Olive, The Other Reindeer)
Tenderette Smurfette will be voiced by Amy Adams (Giselle from Enchanted)
Culinette Smurfette will be voiced by Queen Latifah (Ellie from Ice Age trilogy)
Ace Smurf will be voiced by Billy Joel (Dodger from Oliver and Company)
And finally, Suave Smurf will be voiced by Gerard Butler (Phantom from The Phantom of the Opera)
Phew! And that's basically all the super duper really important characters, well, most of them off the top of my head anyway. I may add a few voice actors/actresses because the next story is going to have a lot of flashbacks and I mean a lot. But these are the main characters along with our favorite characters.
flowerpower71- (chuckles) It wouldn't have mattered if you entered first or not, this is sort of an "Everyone's a winner" debate thing. For people who entered the right reference, they say whether they want to see the cast list or save it for the first chapter of the next story. The majority would decide whether it gets posted or not. And yeah, unless you know what you're doing, the Smurf language should be forbidden to be spoken unless you are a Smurf or Smurfette.
Xavier: Apparently. What did I even say?
Like Crafty said, you don't want to know. FrittzyCrazy- Whoa whoa whoa!...Whoa! Geez, you're talking to me like I'm a queen or something. You don't have to worry about how long or good your review is. It just means a lot that you review at all, but hey, if you think that you can do better with your reviews, be my guest to do so.
Cutie Kyuubi- I have no idea what you mean by that but okay. I will pray for you and so will the others here. Good luck!
Spring-Heel-Jacq- First of all, Harmony was put in charge of Crafty. Hefty couldn't have been mad at him since nobody could've possibly known about Crafty's trap door in her closet. Second of all, thank you for that compliment in humor. I believe humor is something we all need in a story to make it interesting. Also, Grandpa and Papa may have the same voice in your case, but not in my story, they don't.
Sapphire777- Yes. You won. Don't feel bad about posting it on the wrong story. I would've read it either way. I think Misty will make a fine addition to the next story, especially how it's going to revolve around the plot. I'm warning you guys now, though: Most of the next story is going to going to be some main plot first, a few flashbacks, then a continuous flashback for who knows how many chapters, then back to the main plot line. With a few more flashbacks. I guess they're like stories within the main story that unless you read them, you won't understand the main plot. Does that make any sense?
Anyway, yeah. The ribbon seal is the Smurf who wants them apart. It's kind of a Life Giver thing. It'll make more sense in the next story, believe me. And I feel the same way when I create or read other stories. It's just a fantastic way to relax the mind. And you know what? I think Crafty can agree with you on that.
Crafty: On what? (reads review) Oh my smurf. That's exactly what I said when Gutsy and Don Smurfo were all over me! Welcome to my world to 'Smurfs Gone Psycho'.
Gutsy, Sweepy, & Don Smurfo: HEY!
Crafty: Don't you dare deny it!
Anywho, Zinka17- No. Crafty and Gutsy were not "smurfing". I'm telling you now that I would tell you what smurfing means in Xavier's context, but it's not appropriate for the rating. It's not the first time, actually, that Monty's hid behind Crafty like that and it won't be the last. Please be patient, all want to see what Don Smurfo's reaction to Fencette in a dress and the bloopers and deleted scenes will be up before you know it.
Chloe- Take good care of those two Smurfs. They're just as important as any other Smurf to us and will be missed as long as they're with you. I hope you get closer to the Dark Princess so you can come home.
smurf dreamer- Good to see you again and I'm glad you like the story. I hope your ankle gets better soon and good luck with that volleyball game.
selen-rose- Thank you for the compliment and yes, that was the reference. Discalimer time!
Sweepy: Miss Frosty owns Crafty, Hummer, Xavier, Monty, Meena, Toddlette, Ipati, Fencette, and Almia
Xavier: flowerpower71 owns Livy and Nanu. CartoonCaster owns Jo and Sapphire777 owns *gulps and blushes* Misty.
Crafty: And the Smurfs, Johan, and Peewit belong to Peyo. Have a Smurfy day!
"You know, if it's any consolation, I think you guys did a great job with this," Grace said gesturing to the baby's room.
Wooly chuckled without any humor as he handed Almia a purple butterfly to hang on the ceiling, "Thank you ma'am, but your beau don't seem ta think the same way."
Grace sighed, "Patrick was just in a fussy mood. I'm sure he'll come around sooner or later. He just needs some time to cool off."
"I wouldn't count on it," Xavier grumbled, relaxing in the living room chair. "He looked pretty steamed to me."
Clumsy looked down as he heard from around the corner of the future baby's room. Then he proceeded to turn around and trudge away to be alone.
"He'll get over it," Crafty scoffed finishing finger painting some pink flowers on the lower part of the wall. "Besides, so what if he loses that job? He doesn't look like he enjoys it, anyway. What's the point in having a job you're not happy with?"
"Maybe not, but it's still really important to him," Grace smiled sadly, happy that Crafty was trying to lighten the mood. "I really do hope he can fix it."
"Hey, it could be worse," Wooly said. "He could be fighting another man off just so he wouldn't get to you. I guarantee he smurfs you more than work."
"Well, that's very sweet of you to say that, Wooly," Grace smiled. "What makes you say so?"
"Oh, I wouldn't know," Wooly slyly smiled. "But Crafty and Don Smurfo do."
Crafty looked at him disapprovingly and shook her head, "Smurf up, Wooly. She doesn't want to hear that story."
"Oh, actually I think I would," Grace insisted. "I want to know, really."
"Alright," Crafty sighed, putting her hands in some more pink paint as she continued painting on the wall. "A few years ago, let's just say that Gutsy wasn't the only Smurf that had a thing for me. Womanizer Smurf over there had his smurfs on me and tried to win me over," Crafty jabbed a thumb up at Don Smurfo, who was on Alomar's back, the bird's talons clinging to the string holding up a blue butterfly.
"Ha!" Don Smurfo scoffed, nudging for Alomar to let go. The eagle released his grip and landed onto the wooden floor. "You cannot tell me you didn't have even the slightest of affection for me. What Smurfirina wouldn't?"
"You see, there it is again. Arrogance. It's the arrogance I do not like about you at all. And you know what? That cockiness of yours is the reason I had to save your tail twice in one day," Crafty smirked.
"Ooooh," Xavier snickered.
"Oh, really," Don Smurfo waved a hand dismissively as he jumped to her side off of Alomar's back.
"Mhmm," Crafty hummed. "Besides, that 'affection' of yours sounded more like desperation to me."
"Ooooooh!" The males in the room crooned followed by uncontrollable laughter.
Don Smurfo, however, was the only one not amused. He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at her.
"That," He began. "was just below the Smurf's belt."
"It might be below the Smurf's belt, but that doesn't make it any less true," Crafty sang, pulling at Don Smurfo's nose and shaking it side to side.
"Bah!" Don Smurfo growled, swatting her hands away and rubbing the soreness out of his nose.
"By the way, Don Smurfo," Crafty added, wiping her hands on a towel. "I know purple's your color, but you look pretty smurfy in pink too."
Don Smurfo furrowed his eyebrows and looked at his fingers, which were now pink. His other hand immediately shot to his nose and pulled it away to see pink paint. He growled in frustration and stomped back onto his golden eagle, who even couldn't help but snicker himself.
Crafty chuckled to herself, shaking her head as she left the room to take a break. She shook her head but stopped as she saw Puppy on his hind legs, his front paws on the windowsill that lead out to the fire escape.
"Hey, Puppy," Crafty whispered coming to the side of the dog. "What're you looking at?"
Puppy made no indication that he knew she was there. He only waggled his tail as he continued looking at whatever it was he was looking at.
Crafty climbed up Puppy's back and onto his head, where she saw Clumsy sitting at the edge of the fire escape. His shoulders were slumped and his head was down.
"Clumsy?" Crafty asked climbing off of Puppy's snout. "You alright?"
Clumsy didn't move at all but mumbled out, "Yeah. I guess so..."
"You guess so?" Crafty raised an eyebrow. "If this is about that ad thing or whatever the smurf it was that Patrick was angry about, it wasn't your fault. Frankly, I think you did a good thing."
"It's not that..." Clumsy shook his head.
Crafty tilted her head, "What is it, then?"
"Nobody thinks I can do anything right," Clumsy lowered his head even further in shame. "Every time I try to help, I just smurf it up..."
"You do not smurf things up," Crafty soothed sitting next to him. "If anything, they're the ones who smurf things up by not appreciating your help. I wouldn't let you help me with my inventions if I knew you would make mistakes that could really hurt somesmurf. Not because I don't appreciate your help, but because I care about your safety. You know that, right?"
Clumsy smiled a little and shrugged, "Yeah. I guess so, but what about the other Smurfs? They don't appreciate it like you do."
"Well, they just need a little convincing, that's all," Crafty smiled wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "Don't worry. They'll see it in time."
"You think so?" Clumsy asked.
"I know so. Besides, if you think you feel helpless right now, you should've seen me when Ipati attacked me," Crafty joked.
Clumsy looked at her with wide eyes, "That snake? He attacked you?!"
"Uh huh. I couldn't do a thing when he did, too. Had to rely on Xavier and the other Smurfs to help me. The Smurflings, too."
"Whoa," Clumsy whispered. "I bet if Gutsy were there, he would've smurfed Ipati's block off."
Crafty smiled and chuckled, "I know. I would've loved to see it, too."
"Did you tell him or Papa yet?" He asked.
"No!" Crafty laughed. "Definitely not. As much as I like telling the truth, I think getting home is more important than Ipati showing up. Besides, do you know how Gutsy's going to react to it?"
Before Clumsy could reply, she put up her hand, "Besides going unsmurfy on Ipati's scaly butt."
"Uhhh," Clumsy thought. "He might...look out for you more often?"
"Exactly. He'll go full blown overprotective on me!" Crafty rubbed her temples at the very thought. "I can just see it now. He's not even going to let me leave the village without him with me!"
"Yeah. That sounds like something he would do," Clumsy nodded.
"Which is why you can't tell him or Papa until we get back home. Got it?" Crafty asked.
"Okay," Clumsy answered carefully. "If you say so."
"OOOMPH!" Papa and Smurfette grunted as they fell from the mail slot of the antique store in which Patrick had mentioned to them to go to. Since the store was closed, it was more than likely that they wouldn't be caught.
Brainy was lucky enough to get a soft landing but just as he stood back up, Gutsy and Grouchy tumbled on top of their brainy brother.
"Gutsy!" Brainy hissed.
"Brainy!" Gutsy whined back.
After the three of them got up and brushed themselves off, they looked around the book store. The many masks and artifacts that were set throughout the store definitely emphasized that the store was full of antiques.
"This place looks creepy to me," Brainy shuddered.
"It's not creepy, it's different!" Gutsy corrected, looking around with great interest. "And I like it."
"Let's just get the book and get out of here," Grouchy whispered as if they'd get caught.
"You're right," Papa answered. "This book of spells is our ticket home."
"Tell me again how we're so sure that we'll find a particular book in this particular store," Brainy asked.
"Well, we have to start somewhere, Brainy," Smurfette replied, climbing up onto the stairs that lead to a second story of the store. "Besides, we need a spell before tonight."
"She's right, Brainy," Papa said climbing onto a bookshelf, looking at the titles of various books. "It's smurfily important that we do it and do it soon."
About ten minutes later, no luck had come to the Smurfs no matter how hard they searched.
"That's not it. That's not it," Grouchy grumbled, running past the bookshelves and looking at the book titles, only to not find what he was looking for. "Hey! Oh, no, that's not it."
"Look at all these amazing books," Brainy said looking at all the books. "It's gotta be here somewhere."
He opened a book, hoping to find something useful, but nothing came to him, "No, this isn't it. You see anything, Smurfette?"
"Nothing up here, boys!" Smurfette called down to them. She jumped onto the the railing of the stairs and slid down on her heels, "Look out below!"
She jumped as she reached the bottom and onto a small table.
"I've got somethin' lads!" Gutsy called from the top of a shelf.
"Great job, Gutsy!" Papa congratulated jumping off of the boxed shelf.
Gutsy pushed the book he had found to the edge of the shelf. He grunted as he continued to push, "Oh. Nearly there."
Finally, he pushed the blue book off of the edge and onto the table.
"Well done," Brainy said.
Gutsy jumped down from his spot on the shelf and growled as he pulled the blue book onto the two tone sculptures that sat just behind him.
"Just a minute. That's it. There we go," he then set the book down.
"Ah, yes," Papa nodded as he got a good look at the book.
"L'Histoire des Schtroumpfs," Brainy read the title of the foreign book. They opened the title of the book and onto the first page where Brainy read out, "Hmm. Peyo."
Papa flipped the page and the other Smurfs gasped.
"That's us," Smurfette gasped.
And it was true what she said. The pages had pictures of cartoon-like Smurfs, saying things in dialogue bubbles in a completely alien language or doing things that they would normally do at home. It was as if this 'Peyo' was really observing them without them knowing it.
"Yes! This is the one," Papa exclaimed. He took out a small pencil and piece of parchment, "The secret runes are hidden in the drawing."
"You see all of that in there?" Grouchy asked, feeling completely perplexed.
Papa nodded, "Look here, at the patterns on this page."
He began to write down instructions to open the portal home. Turning the page, there was a sort of musical song with the notes. He wrote down the words that would act as the incantation for their safe arrival home.
"All that remains now is to return to the waterfall and invoke this spell, tonight," Papa explained.
"And we can go home?" Smurfette asked hopefully.
"And we can go home," Papa smiled and nodded.
And then we can start plannin' the wedding, Gutsy smiled at the thought.
"Oh, you're going home, all right," A disturbingly familiar voice sounded. The others turned to see Gargamel standing at the door to the room they were in with an evil smile on his face. "To a little place I like to call BellVeedaRay Castle."
The Smurfs stood their ground with brave faces as the evil warlock finished, "Where your essence shall finally be mine."
As he finished, Gargamel held up a wand, at the tip was a iron dragon with glowing red eyes and a bluish glow coming from the mouth.
"The dragon wand!" Papa gasped, remembering the very same wand from his vision.
"It's G-G-G...!" Brainy tried to stutter out, but was too afraid to finish.
"Oh, please, please, allow me," Gargamel then let out a fake shriek, "Ahh! It's Gargamel!"
"Run, Smurfs!" Papa ordered, the others jumping off of the table and heading for a door on the far end of the room.
"Let's go Smurfs!"
"Wait for me!"
"To the door!"
"Smurfintine! Smurfintine!" Papa muttered to himself as he swerved around various objects to avoid Azrael, who was snarling, hissing and chasing him all in the process.
"Yes yes, do resist little Smurfs. After all, what is the hunt," Gargamel's wand began to power up and he took aim at the four Smurfs trying to push the door open. He let out a burst of blue energy as he shouted out, "without the thrill!"
The Smurfs looked back with unconcealed horror at the burst of light coming at them and went to push harder at the door. Papa narrowed his eyes and grabbed a small, metallic shield and jumped off the table, Azrael pouncing after him. Just in the nick of time, Papa used the shield and deflected the burst of energy away from his children and first at Azrael, who was thrown back, and then at the book shelf right next to Gargamel. It toppled over, knocking Gargamel over and onto the floor.
"We gotta go! Move!" Smurfette said pushing at the door.
Papa fell down to the ground, dropped the shield, and went over to help them. Finally, they got the door open and they all rushed in.
"Get goin', Smurfs!" Gutsy panted rushing with the others.
"Faster, faster!" Grouchy chanted rushing as well.
"Let's get outta here!"
The Smurfs spotted a small escape hatch just big enough for a Smurf to fit through. However, Papa knew something had to be done about Gargamel or else they wouldn't be safe, even if they did escape.
So, he pulled out his notes and rushed to Brainy, "Brainy, take the spell, brew the potion and smurf the moon tonight. It has to be tonight!"
Brainy, who looked completely horrified and confused, shook his head desperately, hoping that Papa was joking, "Me? Smurf the moon? No, no. I'm not ready!"
By this time, Gutsy and Grouchy had gotten to hatch open and were in with Smurfette, waiting for the other two to join them.
"You have to be!" Papa shoved the notes into Brainy's unwilling blue hands.
"SMURFS!" Gargamel bellowed as he charged into the room.
Papa shook his head and pushed Brainy into the pipe, closing the door and locking it in place, "Go! And whatever happens, do not come back for me!"
"What?" Gutsy gasped, trying to open the hatch back up.
"No, Papa!" Smurfette shouted.
"Papa!" Grouchy exclaimed.
"What're you waiting for, Gargamel?!" Papa challenged the wizard as he stepped forward with determination.
"Here come's papa, Papa!" Gargamel sneered as his wand struck out another blue light, trapping the red clad elder Smurf in its grasp. Papa gasped and winced at the pain from it but urged his Smurfs,
"Just go!"
"NO! Papa!" Smurfette sobbed, trying to reach out for him.
Gutsy grabbed her by her arm gently, soothing her, "C'mon lass. Do what Papa says."
"Papa!" Smurfette cried as she still tried to reach for him, but was pulled back and ushered forward by Gutsy, who wasn't any more happy to go on with the order than she was.
"Is that all you've got, Gargamel?!" They heard Papa exclaim, only to wince at the sound of Gargamel's echoed, insane laughter.
"UGGH!" The four Smurfs cried as they tumbled out of the pipe, each covered in a sort of dirt from their journey.
Looking around, it was already nighttime, which meant they had to open the portal and they had to do it soon.
"What's going to happen to Papa?" Brainy asked fearfully.
"Papa told us to smurf the moon, and that's exactly what we're gonna do!" Grouchy said, feeling hurt as well as the others.
"C'mon!" Gutsy ordered hurtingly. "We don' have much time!"
"'Come on?' Come on where?" Brainy asked.
"How are we going to get back to Clumsy and the others?" Smurfette asked, hoping for any good suggestions.
C'mon, think! Gutsy thought. What would me lassie do?
He walked to the edge of the crates they were on and found their answer. He turned back to them and answered, "We ride. Come on!"
Gutsy jumped down and landed on the back of a pigeon, who fluttered in startling, until Gutsy soothed the bird, "Be still bird."
"I don't think they're friendly," Grouchy tried to reason.
"Well, neither am I!" Gutsy countered.
"But they carry disease!" Brainy whined.
"And Smurfs! Let's ride!" Gutsy nudged his bird to take off, which it obediently did.
The other Smurfs, or at least Grouchy and Smurfette, grabbed a pigeon of their own and took off as well. The fourth pigeon was about to take off as well, without Brainy.
"But I'm not sure I can do this!" Brainy cried as he leaped onto his pigeon, just barely hanging on.
Crafty sat at the windowsill, looking out over the lit up city, hoping to get a glimpse at the Smurfs that left so long ago. It had been many hours since they had left and she was getting deeply worried for them. Especially Gutsy. Hummer and Monty sat at her side, each nudging her for comfort every once in a while. It helped her, but not by much.
"Okay, I'm bored now," Xavier stated, his claws tapping on the buttons on the remote control of the television. It skipped through various channels, none of them to his liking at all. The other Smurfs, including Alomar and Almia with their masters, boringly watched the screen, not feeling smurfy or excited in the least. "Where are they? I wanna go home!"
"I'm sure they'll be back soon enough," Grandpa assured them.
"It's getting dark," Clumsy said, standing on the counter in the kitchen with Grace standing next to him.
"Yeah. Yeah, I think we'd better go look for them," Grace agreed.
The door suddenly opened up and Patrick walked in, closing the door behind him. All eyes went to him, curious about what had happened, especially with the temper tantrum he threw earlier that day. He walked forward, feeling guilty and horrible the way he had treated Grace. And the Smurfs.
"Hi," he greeted quietly. He then noticed a lack of little blue creatures, or at least less of them and asked, "Where are the rest of the Smurfs?"
"We think they're still at the bookstore," Grace answered.
Patrick sighed and set his keys down on the table, "Listen, Grace, I'm-"
He was cut off by the sound of his cell phone ringing. He sighed apprehensively and pulled it out of his pocket, answering it, "Hey Odile...Listen, listen. Before you fire me, I know that the ads that ran weren't the ads I sent. But they're the ads I should've sent. The ads I almost did send."
All eyes watched him with great curiosity at where he was going with what he was saying. He continued, "But I didn't 'cause...I second-guessed myself. I gave you what I thought you wanted instead of what I thought was right."
Patrick put his phone to his shoulder and mouthed "I'm sorry." to Monty. The blue mechanical eagle clicked with excitement and flew over to him, landing on his other shoulder and affectionately rubbed his side against the side of Patrick's head. Many of the Smurfs gave him a smile and snickered lightly, including Grace and Crafty.
Patrick couldn't help but smile himself and pat the eagle's head, then continued his phone conversation, "But this is right. It means something to me and...I don't know, I think it's gonna mean something to others, too.
He turned to Grace and walked to her. Monty jumped off of his shoulder and onto the counter with Clumsy as Patrick said, "It's not just a moon, Odile. It's a blue moon. 'Once in a blue moon.' That means that there are only a few moments in your life when something truly memorable, truly magical, happens to you."
Patrick put his hand on Grace's stomach, her hand coming over his where their unborn child was.
"And if you hesitate, if you're afraid, you might just miss it. That's what that image means. Don't let those blue moon moments pass you by."
More chattering came from the phone and Patrick answered, "As for the blue eagle, well, let's just say that it represents how unique and rare those blue moon moments are."
Patrick smiled as he nudged Monty with his elbow. Monty sheepishly smiled and turned his head away in embarrassment. However, he could hear the next words on the phone from the one called "Odile,"
"I will call you back to tell you if you if you're fired."
Patrick sighed as he hung up the phone and put it in his jacket pocket. Grace smiled and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, saying, "I so smurfin' love you."
Then, the two shared a warm kiss together. The others turned away, knowing the two needed a moment alone. Monty covered his face with his wing, then parted some of his feathers to sneak a peak. The Smurflings, mostly Snappy, were more than happy to look away from them. Crafty smiled and sighed, now desperately wishing to be in Gutsy's arms at the moment.
Suddenly, Crafty yelped as she was scooped up by a grinning Gutsy Smurf, flying in on a pigeon. He expertly cuddled Crafty in his arms while landing the bird on the top of the couch.
Not what I had in mind, but oh well, Crafty shrugged and hugged herself closer to Gutsy.
"Whoa! We're outta control!" Brainy cried out, clinging to the feathers of his pigeon right before flying off and onto the carpet after crashing into the lamp.
Patrick and Grace jumped and so did the other Smurfs and animals in the room at the sudden thud. Puppy's ears perked and he yipped in excitement that they were finally back.
"Whoa, bird! Watch out for the...Ouch!" Grouchy shouted as his pigeon crashed into the fruit bowl, knocking out all of the apples and fell onto the floor.
It seemed that Gutsy and Smurfette were the only ones to land their birds successfully.
"That'll do, pigeon," Gutsy patted the bird and slid off, taking Crafty with him.
"Thank you, bird," Smurfette jumped off and let the bird fly away outside.
"Look! We got the incantation!" Brainy announced.
"YAAY!" The Smurfs in the room cheered.
"Finally!" Xavier stretched and jumped off of the chair. "Let's go home!"
Patrick looked at the group and noticed they were one short, "Where's Papa?"
"Gargamel's got him," Grouchy choked out.
"WHAT!" Everyone gasped in horror.
"He took him to some place called BellVeedaRay Castle!" Smurfette explained.
"He's gonna..." Grouchy stopped himself, feeling sick at the very thought. Smurfette let out a sob in despair.
"Don' say it," Gutsy said, holding Crafty closer to him. She felt tears come to her eyes as she pushed her face into the crook of his neck.
"BellVeedaRay? What is BellVeedaRay?" Grace asked, turning to Patrick for an answer.
"Belve...He's taken him to Belvedere Castle in Central Park," Patrick solved.
"To extract his essence!" Brainy cried out.
The Smurfs gasped, looking at each other in complete loss. Sassette sobbed out, "B-But...Pappy promised he wouldn't leave...with a Smurf's Honor, too..."
Sassette started to bawl and Wooly took her into a hug, "Shh. Shh. It's alright, honey. Papa's not gonna be in that place long. We're gonna go and bust'em out."
"R-really?" Sassette looked up at him pleadingly.
"Of course."
The other Smurfs smiled and nodded, eager to get on with the plan
"He's right, we have to go get him," Grace agreed.
"No! Gargamel's more powerful than ever!" Smurfette exclaimed.
"Papa said no matter what happens we're not to go back for him," Gutsy said, though he sounded half-hearted when he said it. He wanted to go as much as any Smurf in the room. "He's trying to protect us."
"But what about Papa?" Crafty asked pulling away from him. "We need to protect him now. He needs us."
Gutsy understood her defiance and knew she wanted to help, but he loved her too much to let her get involved. Before he could try to convince her otherwise, another Smurf joined the argument.
"She's right! We can't leave Papa behind!" Clumsy put in, climbing on top of the foot stool.
"It was a Smurf promise!" Gutsy tried to reason with them both.
"No, no, no!" Clumsy waved his arms in disagreement. "We can't!"
"We promised Papa we'd do exactly what he said!" Brainy countered.
"That's right!" Grouchy said.
"I didn't," Patrick growled out. The others turned to him in complete surprise, but Crafty and Clumsy gave him ecstatic and hopeful smiles. "I never promise him anything."
Patrick left to go towards the door as Clumsy said, "Neither did I! And there is no way I'm leaving here without Papa."
The other Smurfs gasped in Clumsy's sudden determination, before Crafty said, "I'm in, too! Papa's done way too much for all of us to just leave him behind now."
"Patrick, wait!" Grace said, going after her husband. "I'm coming with you!"
Crafty and Clumsy stared the other Smurfs down until they counted themselves in as well.
"Count me in," Xavier was the first to confirm with the decision. "I've been itching for some action the second we got here."
"I don't see why not," Grandpa nodded. "Papa would do the same if it were any of us in there. Why not do the same?"
"Yeah!" The Smurflings cried out in agreement.
Toddlette squealed, not really understanding what they were talking about, but went with it anyway.
"M-me too," Scaredy gulped, raising his hand shakily. Wild cooed and chittered, jumping around in circles.
"And of course we will help," Fencette volunteered herself and Don Smurfo.
Don Smurfo nodded, "Indeed. It's the duty of a hero to serve justice."
Alomar and Almia screeched in their agreements, with Monty screeching as well as he flew clumsily over to Crafty's side.
Now, it was only up to the four Smurfs that experienced the abduction of their Papa. Grouchy thought for a moment before answering, "I'm in!"
Elway and Puppy let out a loud bark in reply to them as well. All eyes, especially Crafty and Clumsy's, went to the only Smurf that didn't answer yet.
Gutsy thought and thought, before he finally replied with great determination, "Aye. Me too."
The others smiled as they all were finally in agreement. Gutsy grabbed Crafty's hands in his and smiled at her, and she smiled back as he said, "No Smurf left behind. Not Papa. And not any of you."
Gutsy cast a determined glance at Clumsy.
"All for one and one for smurf!"
"And...that should do it," Crafty said, finishing the harness that was attached to the strange flying contraption that Patrick had taken from his office.
"Perfect," Gutsy said, slipping it onto his body. "A perfect fit. Lassie?"
"Hmm?" She asked turning to him.
"I smurf you," he smiled lovingly.
"Aw, I smurf you too," she smiled and kissed him on the cheek. She pulled away and said, "Okay, I guess we're ready to go."
"Good, let's get going," Grace picked the two up and took them away to their position for the plan that was thought up of because of them all.
Patrick, however, didn't move at first. He never noticed the romance between Gutsy and Crafty until what they did at that moment. It was really a touching sight to look at.
"Patrick! Come on!" Xavier bit at his pant leg and tried to pull him away. Patrick shook himself out of it and went with the other Smurfs to the park near Belvedere Castle.
"Now, Brainy," Grandpa started. "I think it'd be best that when you go back, you take Toddlette with you. I don't think the little tyke should be around to smurf this."
"Umm, sure, Grandpa. I'll take her there," Brainy took Toddlette into his arms and pulled himself onto Alomar's back, where Don Smurfo and Hummer were waiting for him.
"And take this, too," Patrick handed him a cell phone to communicate with.
"Hya, Alomar!" Don Smurfo ordered, nudging Alomar to take off. Alomar screeched and took off to where the waterfall would be at where the Smurfs first came into this world.
"You guys ready?" Grace asked as she griped a white sheet hanging over a dumpster.
"Ready!"
She pulled off the sheet, releasing many balloons holding onto a blue bowling ball.
"Alrigh'! Let's light this candle!" Gutsy pressed the button that controlled the flying machine and activated it. It made him hover slightly and he swayed as he tried to gain control of it, but got the hang of it in time.
Monty covered Crafty and his head from Gutsy's flying assault before he flew up to the balloons. Crafty nudged Monty, who swooped to the ground and grabbed a plastic bag filled with blue water balloons.
"Good luck Crafty and Gutsy!" Grace called up to them.
"Ha ha! Into the breach!" Gutsy cried as he and Crafty flew off towards Central Park.
"I'll see you both there!"
When the others finally came to the park, they crouched to the ground to avoid being seen from any prying eyes.
"We all remember the plan, right?" Smurfette asked the others.
"Let's get our smurf on!" Grouchy whispered jumping down from Patrick's shoulder.
Patrick pulled out his phone and dialed it to call Brainy. When he answered, he asked, "Brainy? What's happening?"
"I've added the ingredients. It's more powerful than anticipated! I don't think I can do it!"
"Okay, Brainy," Patrick started. "You can do this. Just say the incantation."
He heard Brainy sigh, then recited something in another language. He heard a blast of some sort and looked up in the sky to see a blue light race up towards the moon. Not more than a second later, it flashed and covered the moon and blue coating.
"Whoa," Patrick whispered, hanging up the phone.
"I'll be smurfed," Grouchy said, he too looking amazed.
"I did it," Brainy whispered, noticing the portal had opened once more. "I did it, Papa! I did it!"
"Ha ha! Excelllent, Brainy!" Don Smurfo congratulated. "Now let's go!"
Brainy jumped onto Alomar's back and then the group of five dove into the portal and traveled at a stunning speed, clinging onto Alomar's feathers as they went faster and faster. Finally, they zoomed out to the other side and out of the hole in the roof.
The bespectacled Smurf looked down in amazement and happiness, feeling good to see home again. He shook his head, knowing they had a job to do. Hummer suddenly chirped and pointed down, where he saw a group of Smurfs and Meena searching through the forest.
Alomar screeched and tucked in his wings, diving down towards the Smurfs. He opened up his wings and clawed into the dirt in front of the group, causing them to jump back in surprise.
"Hi, guys!" Brainy waved, jumping off of Alomar's back to greet them.
"BRAINY!" They cried in joy and tackled him in a group hug.
"Ha ha, Brainy, you little smurfer!" Hefty laughed. "Where've you been hiding yourself!"
"There's no time to explain," Brainy said. "We need to go! Papa's in danger!"
"What? Where is he?" Hefty asked, his shock and concern as apparent as the other Smurfs were.
"Like I said, there's no time to explain! Where are the other Smurfs? We'll need them all! Except Toddlette. Grandpa told me to bring her back here," Brainy blabbered out, holding the infant out for them to see. She giggled and cooed at the sight of more Smurfs, as if she hadn't seen them before in her life.
Hefty seemed to think for a minute, then he took Toddlette, who squirmed gleefully in his grip and ordered, "Meena. Take Don Smurfo with you and put this little squeezer in a safe place. Then get all the Smurfs and have Don Smurfo lead you back to us. Come on, Smurfs! We've gotta get our Papa back!"
The other Smurfs cheered as Meena took Toddlette and placed her on her back and took off, Alomar flying off behind her.
"Lead the way, Brainy," Hefty nodded.
"This way! We need to hurry!" Brainy ran as he lead the Smurfs toward the Forbidden Falls.