I'm glad you guys got a good kick out of the last chapter. The Smurfettes have gone a bit boy crazy and definitely want what Crafty's getting.
Oh, and before I forget, I have an announcement to make: flowerpower71 and Zinka17, you guys already know, but I have recently set up a DeviantArt account. Well, I have (finally) decided to make colored drawings of my Smurf OCs! I'll have them up as soon as possible, but it probably won't be until tomorrow or Friday. I'm going to do them in order of appearances for my stories. So, for example, Crafty will obviously be first. Then Hummer, Meena, Xavier, etc. You get it. If you want to look it up, look for my account on there which is the same on here: frostforge44.
Well, let's not keep you guys (or them) waiting any longer.
Zinka17- Yes, Xavier and Aurora have turned blue, but not for the reason you may think. And no, the blue is permanent. It will never ever come out. As for the pairings, I'm afraid that not all of them will be paired up, but a good number of the Smurfettes will be with somesmurf. Be very proud of Scaredy. It was probably the bravest thing he's ever done.
FrittzyCrazy- Aren't they the most adorable Smurf couple ever? I'm so glad I decided to put those two together.
flowerpower71- Well, you have to admit that you'd like something friendly like a penguin talking. It's not a common thing to hear a wolf talking. You know what? PM me your theory. If it ends up being right, I want to keep it a surprise for the other readers. But I just want to see if you were smart enough to guess why they're really turning blue. And yes, just like I did with 'Nightmare in Smurf Village,' I will be creating a Christmas-themed story. I don't know what it'll be about yet, but I think it'll be awesome.
Candy Girl- I've been thinking of making a Thanksgiving short story, but I'm not completely sure yet.
Chloe- Believe me, the girls won't be so protective of Crafty in this chapter.
SmallSunshine- Gutsy is going to have a dangerous reaction to Noctuma in this chapter. And Crafty's going to have a dangerous reaction to Gutsy's reaction to Pridette. Don't worry, more couples are going to be appearing throughout the story. You'll have plenty of time to guess.
Sapphire777- I'm flattered you'd do that, but you don't have to because...ugh, I hate doing these things. It ruins the story, but I hate people assuming something that is too way off. I'm going to announce now that Aurora and Xavier have not turned blue because of being with the Smurfs for a long period of time. You can change your mind about changing that about Misty now and any time before she would appear, which I'll warn you when she does in the chapter before she appears. No way! Misty can do tidal waves in mid-air? Awesome! Oh, and if you want me to, I can make a DeviantArt picture of Misty if you want. If you don't want me to, that's fine, but if you want it, I can do it.
And I'm so sorry to hear about what happened with you, Sweepy and every other Smurf. It makes me so mad when Sweepy's treated like that! Nosmurf should be treated so badly! It's a good thing he and Crafty are best friends.
Benny- The same for you, too. If you want a picture of Noctuma, I can do it for you. Don't worry. Noctuma won't turn blue. I also promised myself that in one of my stories, I would put in a situation with a delayed reaction. This seemed like an appropriate time. Hmm. A picture of Scaredy and Affectionette kissing. I think I might be able to do that. To be honest, I wasn't even thinking when I named that opossum. I just put the first name that came to mind. Then again, I just watched 'The Pebble and the Penguin' so that's probably where it came from. Disclaimer time!
I own only Crafty, Hummer, Meena, the Smurfettes, Creatugos, Almia, Fencette, Zorathix, and Monty. flowerpower71 owns Nanu and Livy, Benny owns Noctuma, Misty belongs to Sapphire777, and the Smurfs, Johan, and Peewit belong to Peyo.
Crafty tossed the smurf-sized volley ball in her hands, her eyes scanning the opposing team as well as her own. On her team was Wooly, Miner, Sweepy, Pushover, and Greedy. The other team had Hefty, Handy, Clumsy, Smurfette, Crazy, and Farmer.
"C'mon, Crafty! Serve it!" Handy called.
"Don't rush me!" Crafty yelled. "I need to hone my skills."
"Your skills have been honed enough! We know you're gonna find a way to turn anything against us!" Hefty rolled his eyes playfully.
"All right," Crafty shook her head, smirking. She tossed the ball up lightly, and then slammed her fist into it, sending it over the net and to the other team.
Smurfette hit the ball back, sending it to Wooly, who then sent it back to Crazy. The Smurfettes, Aurora, Hummer, Angel, and Noctuma watched the ball, their eyes roaming from one side to the other as the ball was tossed back and forth.
"How long is this supposed to go on?" Aurora asked boringly after ten minutes of constant passing.
"I don't know," Wittette said, keeping her eye on the volley ball. "But if it lasts longer than another five minutes, I'm leaving."
The ball came down towards Crafty at an alarming rate. She threw her fist up, rocketing the ball up and towards the back of the court.
"Oh! Oh! I got it!" Clumsy ran backwards, keeping his eyes upward and on the ball. He shouted as he fell backwards and onto the ground.
"No, I got it!"
Gutsy rushed to Clumsy's side, hitting the ball up and over the net. Crafty caught the ball and pointed accusingly at the Scottish Smurf, "Foul! That is an unsmurfy foul and you are cheating!"
"What?! I so was not!" Gutsy marched up to the net, his fists on his hips. "I hit the ball over de net! Dat's not cheatin'!"
"You interrupted a game! So. Not. SMURFY!"
"So…who is that Smurf?" Aurora whispered to the Smurfettes.
The Smurfettes shook their heads, looking at the situation with great interest. Even Noctuma had to raise a nonexistent eyebrow at the conundrum.
"Really, lassie? Dis is what I get after two whole weeks of bein' away from ye?" Gutsy asked, putting on a charming smile.
Crafty smiled, "Nope. I have another thing for you."
Gutsy was thrown back as the volley ball hit him in the gut like a torpedo. He held his stomach to help with the pain from the force of the throw.
Many of the Smurfettes covered their mouths, muffled snickering coming from them. The same came from the wing-covered beaks of Hummer and Aurora. Noctuma only rolled his eyes and shook his head.
He looked over at Crafty, who had her arms were crossed and a smirk was plastered on her face. He shook his head and narrowed his eyes, "Oh, it is so on."
Gutsy plucked the ball off the ground and threw it up, hitting it over the net and over to Crafty. Her smirk widened as she faked a yawn, hitting the ball right back to him.
Many of the Smurfs on the court sighed disappointingly and started to disperse.
"Hey. Where're you guys going?" Aurora asked the slowly retreating Smurfs.
"Once those two lovebirds start going at it, it always takes a while for them to smurf," Handy explained, walking away.
Lovebirds? Aurora squinted her eyes at the Scotsmurf, also remembering what the Smurf had said. Being away from her? Could he really be…?
"Guys," Explorette whispered, having the same idea. "Do you think that Smurf is who I think it is?"
"I'm starting to smurf so," Charmette eyed the two Smurfs.
Angel smiled with his beak at the sight of the two lovebirds. He blinked his blue eyes and cooed in satisfaction.
"Okay, what the smurf are you guys talking about?" Pridette asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Crafty's getting hitched behind our backs and that's her husband to be," Wittette stated simply.
The other Smurfettes gasped, some out of happiness, but mostly out of surprise.
Crafty grunted as she punched the ball back over the net. While Gutsy had his eyes on the oncoming ball, Crafty's eyes shifted to Hummer. He tilted his head, but as she jerked her head towards Gutsy, he smiled and nodded rapidly.
"He ha! Try'n see if ye can smurf this!" Gutsy balled his fingers into a fist and swung it up, hitting the ball up high and over the net.
The others slowly looked up, keeping a watchful eye on the ball. Gutsy crossed his arms and smirked in triumph as his eyes shifted downwards, the same direction as the ball was going. Crafty copied his options, only she kept her eyes focused on Gutsy's face.
One reason for it was to get a good look on Gutsy's face when he loses. The other, well, it was because she really did miss seeing him.
Just was the ball was coming down on Crafty's side of the court, Hummer flew up over the net and slapped his wing down on the ball, spiking it down on Gutsy's side.
"Our point!" Crafty threw her arms out in the air. Hummer cheered and jumped to the ground and into Crafty's arms. She used a hand to mess up the feathers on his head, "Good job, buddy! That spike was so smurfsome!"
"Now dat was cheatin'!" Gutsy growled, storming onto Crafty's side of the court. "Ye can't bring players onto the court!"
"Yeah you can," Crafty shot back, dropping the red-throated hummingbird onto his feet. "You just can't invite yourself into the game!"
"Well dat was still unfair!"
"No! It's only unfair if it's a Smurf! Hummer is a hummingbird," Crafty smirked as she jabbed a thumb at the green hummingbird, who shrugged and nodded at Gutsy.
"Den de point doesn' count," Gutsy smirked as he pressed his nose against Crafty's.
"Yeah it does," Crafty pressed her nose closer to his.
"No it doesn't."
"Yeah it does!"
"Doesn't!"
"Does so!"
"Well, if you two are finished behaving like children," Noctuma loudly interrupted, making the two snap their heads to the snowy owl.
"Stay outta dis, ye talkin' pile of white felt!" Gutsy growled out, not liking the attitude of the owl.
Noctuma narrowed his eyes, "Why, you insolent little-"
"Boys! If you can't smurf nice, you can't smurf together," Crafty got between the two males.
Noctuma only huffed and turned his head away.
Crafty blew out a breath of air and gestured to the Smurfettes and Aurora, "Fiancé, my sisters and best friend," then she gestured to Gutsy, "Sisters and best friend, my fiancé."
Gutsy raised an eyebrow, but arched the other one as he got a glimpse at Pridette, who stared at him with mostly surprise, but also great annoyance. He looked back at Crafty, then at Pridette.
"Holy similar!" Tracker gasped as he, Grouchy, and the Smurfling boys entered the court with their things, but then dropped them as they got a glimpse of Crafty and Pridette.
Crafty suddenly grabbed the sash of Gutsy's kilt and pulled him so that her nose was pushed against his. She hissed out, "You ever mistake her for me, and you don't even want to know what I'll have in store for you. Understand?"
With wide eyes, Gutsy gulped and nodded rapidly. She let go and wiped her hands on her dark blue overalls.
"You know what? Never mind," Aurora held up a flipper. "I was worried this guy would take advantage of you. Clearly, I was way off."
"I hate being way off," Grouchy frowned and crossed his arms in distaste.
"Nobody asked your opinion," Wittette snapped at him, crossing her own arms and glaring at him.
Grouchy looked her up and down with distaste, "I hate you."
"I hate you!" Wittette retorted.
Crafty raised her eyebrow in surprise. Grouchy always said he hated people, but nobody ever said they hated him back.
"I hate you more!" Grouchy growled, becoming irritated.
"I hate you most!" Wittette placed her fists on her hips.
"I'm outta here! Goodbye!" Grouchy snarled, throwing his arms up and storming off.
After an awkward silence, Oddette stepped from behind Affectionette and boldly stepped towards Gutsy. She looked him up and down and grabbed the edge of his kilt, making him look down at her.
"Why are you wearing a skirt?" She asked, looking up at him with innocent blue eyes.
For once, Gutsy held back the urge to snap that it was a kilt, not a skirt. There was just something so adorable and pure about her that just made him not want to say it.
"Kilt," Noctuma said simply, turning his head only slightly, then turned it back. He continued without looking back, "It's obvious from his...uncivilized disposition and accent that he is Scottish, whom the males wear plaid clothing on their lower bodies known as kilts, which do often resemble female skirts, but are far more complex."
Humph! Gutsy mentally huffed. Yet he doesn' know how te make a good first impression.
"He's right, Oddette," Sassette placed a hand on the Smurfling's shoulder. "Gutsy's wearing a kilt."
"Oh," Oddette looked back at Gutsy and let go of his kilt. "Sorry Mr. Gutsy."
Gutsy let a large smile cross his face. He chuckled and patted her head, "Just Gutsy, if ye don' mind."
Oddette giggled and clung to his leg, completely fascinated by Gutsy ever since she found out about him. Martialette stepped forward and looked at him up and down, completely not impressed.
I bet I could take'em, she thought, making a decision to step towards the Scotsmurf.
"Don't," Crafty placed a firm hand on her forehead, holding the Smurfling in place. "even think about it. Only I can do that to him."
"You do that to him?" Martialette raised an eyebrow at her older sister.
"Occasionally," Crafty took her hand off of her head.
"Hehe. Do what, exactly?" Gutsy asked, a tinge of nervousness in his voice.
Crafty only smiled and turned on her heel, walking away from the court and into the village.
"Lassie? Do what?!" Gutsy called, no sensing more fear in his voice. He tried to rush to her, but Oddette still hung onto his leg, giggling with each step he took.
"Can ye at least tell me how te get her off?" Gutsy tried to pry the red-headed Smurfling off of his leg.
Feralette yawned and stretched her limbs, crawling out of the temporary burrow she dug under a tree. She shook her body, her golden hair fluttering on her furry dress.
She trotted on all fours to the gentle part of the river and cupped her hands into the water. She brought up the water and spread it through her hair, giving it a mild cleaning. She then leaned down and lapped at the water, letting the cool, refreshing liquid pour down her throat.
She snapped her head up as she heard rustling from up above. She looked up, but only let out a low growl as Wild crawled down a tree and over to the part of the river she was at as well. He froze as he got a glimpse of her, but just narrowed his eyes and turned away, leaning his head down and drinking the water. Feralette blew air through her nose, going back to drinking the water in peace.
Wild stopped a few seconds later and sent the wild Smurfette a narrow-eyed glare. Just out of spite, he chittered silently and swiped his hand at the water, splashing water at Feralette. The fur-clothed Smurfette hissed at him, splashing him back. Soon it was an all out splash war between the two uncivilized Smurfs and neither would stop until one was the victor.
Water swiped by Feralette went right into Wild's eyes, making him jump back in shock and fall into the river. He resurfaced and attempted to dog paddle towards the shore, but he fell back right into the stronger currents, pulling him away and down the river. He squawked and chirred, desperately trying to get back to the land.
Feralette's eyes widened and she growled, jumping into the river and swimming her way to the Smurf raised by squirrels. Luckily, Feralette had been raised by mongooses, making her good at swimming as well as running. She glided through the water and paddled herself closer and closer to the Smurf, who was quickly loosing his energy.
Wild flailed wearily, his mind fogging with exhaustion. Even if he were as good a swimmer as Feralette, he would not have the motor skills or the vitality to swim to shore. Soon enough, he stopped moving altogether and allowed himself to be pulled under the river's surface.
Feralette held her breath and dove under the water, jetting through the currents and scooping Wild into her arms. She kicked her feet towards the surface, gasping in a large breath of air and continued pushing her body to its limit to the shore. She threw Wild onto the shore, making the currents push her downriver only by a few inches, but then got herself onto shore, where she shook herself off, the water flying from her skin, hair, and furry clothing.
She warily approached the feral Smurf, keeping her guard up in case he was faking. Wild's chest rose and fell slowly and his eyes were closed, indicating he was out for the count. She put her ear to his chest, hearing only a faint heartbeat. Using her nose, she nudged Wild's cheek and growled, uncivilly asking if he were all right or even alive.
Wild winced and weakly crooned. Feralette growled and shook her head, burying her body under his and hoisting his body onto her back. She quivered a little under the nearly unbearable weight of the Smurf, but kept him up anyway. She shook her head and started at a slow walk on all fours towards the Smurf village.
Okay, how many of you just knew that one of the Smurfettes would ask why Gutsy was wearing a 'skirt'? I want a show of hands in your reviews. Don't be ashamed of it. This technically isn't when they become a couple, but it's too obvious for you guys. So, the next couple of the story is Feralette and Wild! And the first of you to guess is...Sapphire777! You get a free wish! Remember, you can wish for anything you want and don't feel too rushed. You have until the end of this story to make the wish, so think about it, then make it. Seriously, though. I'm surprised not more of you guys guessed it from the first chapter of the story. It was so obvious! Anyway, this is Frosty! See ya later!