Author's note: Alright nother chapter out! I'm so happy!

Ashlynn: 'K little timeline info for all you readers, this chapter takes place a few days after the last chapter.

Aralyn: Right, the girls planned everything out and we're having our girls night while the boys are camping in the woods for the night.

Ashlynn: Now the last chapters may have been a bit confusing because we kinda left it to you to figure out if the setting was modern or medieval every time there was a line on the page.

Aralyn: Yeah, but now, since there are two stories going on at the same time, there is going to be clarification for your guys' convenience.

Ashlynn: The big lines show either a time laps, change in point of view, or a switch from modern to medieval, or visa versa.

Aralyn: So when you see a line right under it there will be a bit of clarification directly under it, signifying where what your reading is taking place.

Ashlynn: There will be either a (E) or a (S).

Aralyn: The (E) means that it's modern times, E for earth. And the (S) means that it's medieval times, S for smurfs.

Ashlynn: Plus if you see a line and there is no letter inside parentheses below it then it's still the same setting. It's just a time laps or a change in the point of view in the story.

Aralyn: Once again we apologize if this is confusing, we don't mean to do it on purpose.

Ashlynn: We just hope that you enjoy this story as we continue to add onto it in the future.

Aralyn: That aside I in no way claim the rights to the smurfs and any characters related to the series, they all belong to their wonderful creator, Peyo!

Ashlynn: Yupp, the only thing Aralyn owns is me, herself, and any random characters and plots that she came up with on her own!

Medieval and Modern Times


(E)

"You guys are sure you'll be ok?" Ashlynn checked, for possibly the eighth time, "You got everything you need, right?"

Ashlynn helped load a simple pull wagon with stuff the guys would need to spend a night in the woods, while the girls had their own get together in the mansion.

Smurfette and Sassette had already arrived and now the boys were getting ready to leave.

"We'll be fine Ash," Peewit laughed, "What do you think we're going away for a week or something?"

Ashlynn laughed nervously, "Sorry, guess I just get a little worried about some things, but you know what they say 'You can never be too careful'"

Watching from one of the upstairs windows Aralyn, Savina, Smurfette, and Sassette, looked down, watching Ashlynn and the boys.

Gerard put a comforting hand on the girl's shoulder, "You don't need to worry Ashlynn, we'll be fine."

A light shade of pink dusted Ashlynn cheeks, "Promise?" she asked holding up her hand, her pinky finger extended.

Gerard gave a light chuckle, then he locked his pinky finger with hers, "I promise." He said with a gentle smile.

Ashlynn's blush deepened a little, "You might want to get going, Johan and Peewit just got a head start."

"Wha-?" he whirled around, finding his friends and Clockwork, halfway to the edge of the forest. "I'll see you later Ashlynn."

Ashlynn waved as he jogged to catch up with his comrades, "Bye guys! Have fun!"

The girls upstairs gave each other knowing looks; this was going to be interesting.

"So what will we do first?" Ashlynn asked as the four other girls followed her down to the basement rec room.

"I think you should sing a song for Smurfette and Sassette," Aralyn suggested, "they haven't heard you sing yet."

"Oh yes, that sounds absolutely smurfy." Smurfette agreed.

"Alright, what kind of song would you like to hear?"

"How 'bout a song about a love story!" Sassette piped up.

Ashlynn looked a little hesitant for a moment as Sassette looked up at her with big pleading eyes, "Please Ash, please?"

With a sigh Ashlynn began walking over to the karaoke machine, mumbling under her breath, "Gosh, I'm such a push over."

Grabbing a microphone and quickly selecting a song she took a deep breath, getting started before she changed her mind,

"We were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes and the flashback starts:
I'm standing there
on a balcony in summer air.

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns.
See you make your way through the

crowd
And say, "Hello,"
Little did I know...

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
And I was crying on

the staircase
Begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said...

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes".

So I sneak out to the garden to see you.
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes...
escape this town for a little while.
Oh, oh.

'cause you were Romeo - I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
But you were everything to me,
I was begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said...

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess.
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes".

Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult but it's real.
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess.
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes".

Oh, oh.

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town.
And I said...

Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you but you never come.
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think.
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said...

Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone.
I love you, and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad ‒ go pick out a white dress
It's a

love story, baby, just say, "Yes".

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

'cause we were both young when I first saw you"


When Gerard finally caught up he noticed that Johan and Peewit were glancing at him, but when they noticed he was looking they looked away.

"You ask him." Peewit hissed to Johan, giving his squire friend a nudge in the side.

"I'm not going to ask him, you ask him." Johan whispered, nudging Peewit back.

Gerard gave them both strange looks, not knowing what they had been discussing.

After an awkward second Peewit turned to face the young king, "So…."

"What?"

"What kept you?" Peewit smirked, "Something important?"

"What!" Gerard exclaimed, clearly surprised by the question, then he quickly composed himself, "Nothing, Ashlynn was just asking me a question." He claimed, lightly blushing.

The sound of whirring came from the wagon and the three boys looked to see Clockwork climbing onto of the supplies. Facing Gerard he struck a shy, bashful stance, holding out his hand, his little wooden pinky finger extended outward, "Chee ree?"

Gerard said nothing, but face turned bright red.

"So that's why…" Peewit trailed off as he began walking again.

Johan just smiled as he followed his friend towards the smurf's new village.

"Johan, Peewit, King Gerard!"

"Clockwork!"

Happy cheers from most of the smurfs filled the small clearing as the three humans and the mechanical smurf approached.

"Thank you for letting us stay here Papa Smurf."

"It's no problem Johan, besides I'm glad Smurfette and Sassette are getting to spend some time with some other girls."

"So can we eat?" Peewit wondered eagerly.

Everyone except Greedy, who fully agreed with the question, rolled their eyes.

"So how is everything living with Miss Lindheart?" Papa Smurf asked as they all sat down to dinner.

"She's really nice, and she has offered to take us shopping tomorrow, for clothing, furniture, and such."

"She's also a really good cook, I could eat her food all day." Peewit sighed contently.

"You already do, Peewit." Johan smirked.

"Very funny."

Papa smurf smiled at the two friends, but then he noticed the quiet monarch, sitting there silently, picking at his food.

"Gerard are you alright?"

"Huh?" Gerard's head shot up, "Yes Papa Smurf, I'm fine."

"You haven't said a word since you got here and you hardly touched your food."

"You're not sick are you?" Handy asked.

"If you are you might want to have it looked at." Brainy instructed, "As Papa Smurf always say you should smurf a cold and-"

"We know Brainy!"

Peewit started to snicker under his breath, until some of the food in his mouth ended up going down the wrong pipe.

Johan gave his little friend several firm pats on the back, helping to dislodge the food he had inhaled. Eventually things calmed down and humans and smurfs alike began to settle down for the night.

The boys climbed into their sleeping bags and got as comfortable as one could sleeping on the forest floor.

Looking up at the star filled sky Gerard let out a small sigh, 'I know they were teasing me,' he thought to himself, 'but why…why did I take it so seriously?'

Rolling over on his side he closed his eyes, 'Could I really…love her…Ashlynn…'


"Oh this is so much fun!" Smurfette said happily.

"I've never had my nails painted before."

"Well Savina there is a first time for everything, now what should we do while we wait for them to dry?"

"Oh! I know Ar!" Ashlynn claimed eagerly. "We could play truth or dare."

"What's that?" Sassette asked.

"It's game where we all take turns asking who ever we want, 'truth or dare'" Ashlynn started to explain, "Then the person chooses truth or dare. If they pick truth then you ask them a question that they have to answer truthfully. If they pick dare them you dare them to do something, anything you can think of."

All four other girls smiled, this was going to be easier than smurfing candy from a baby, not that they would ever actually do something like that.

Sitting in a circle they sat with Sassette to Ashlynn's left, then Smurfette, Savina, Aralyn, and finally Ashlynn.

The girls waited a whole half hour, waiting for the right moment to spring their little trap. They played, asking about favorite things, dislikes, fears, and doing silly little dares.

Once again it was Ashlynn's turn, "Alright… Sassette, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to try and lick your elbow." Which the little smurf did, and after a minute they all were laughing.

"Aralyn, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"When did you and Johan first kiss?" Sassette asked with an innocent giggle.

Aralyn blushed a bit, she and Johan hadn't told anyone about what happened, and the only one who knew was Peewit, who she swore under oath to never tell unless given both their permission.

"Well, it happened a few days after the wizard's convention at the castle. I was in the garden singing to myself when Johan suddenly appeared, after some help from Peewit who had already found out what I was doing.

We both realized that we both loved each other and I think you all can guess what happened after that."

"Aw that's so smurfy." Smurfette sighed dreamily.

"Absolutely sweet." Savina agreed.

"Alright, Smurfette, your turn." Aralyn reminded the older female smurf.

After thinking for a second Smurfette looked at Savina and Aralyn, who both gave her small nods of approval, unnoticed by Ashlynn.

"Ashlynn, truth or dare?"

Ashlynn thought for a second, she had already done a dare, spinning around with her forehead to a bat, and then trying to walk in a straight line. And her head was still spinning, so she decided that it would be safer to go the other way this time, "Truth."

"What's your favorite flower and why?"

The girl smiled, "Well flowers all have different meanings, and my favorite flower is my favorite because I think it's pretty and I love its meaning. My favorite flower is a blue rose, even though I've never seen a real one, but they're beautiful. Plus I love their meaning, they represent something that is impossible to achieve, something from a dream, it can also signify a hope for a miracle to happen, or even the excitement for the untold beginnings of a new adventure ."

Smiling Savina spoke up for her turn, "Truth or dare Ashlynn?"

"I'll say truth again."

A slight smirk played at the princess' lips, "Do you like someone?" she asked.

Ashlynn's eyes went wide, a visible blush spreading over her face in seconds.

"Yes." She answered shyly, looking down at her hands, twiddling her thumbs.

Now all four girls were smirking, "Aralyn, you go." Ashlynn said, trying to change the subject.

Aralyn didn't say anything, she simply looked at Ashlynn, asking with her expression for the girl to pick her fate.

Ashlynn hung her head with a sigh, 'I really don't want to do another dare just yet,' she thought to herself, 'but if I choose truth I know she is going to ask who it is that I like.' Ashlynn's face became a brighter shade of pink, "…Dare…" she eventually decided.

Aralyn's grin widened, "I dare you to tell us, who it is you have a crush on." She said slyly.

Ashlynn froze up as Savina, Aralyn, Smurfette, and Sassette all watched her, waiting for her to answer her dare.

"If I tell you…" Ashlynn said slowly, "will you promise not to tell anyone? I mean… well, I want tell him some time…but I want to do it on my own terms." She explained, still avoiding eye contact.

Aralyn nodded and all four girls raised their right hands, ready to swear an oath.

"We promise on our honor, as smurf and human alike, that not a word from tonight will be repeated. Weather to someone outside this group, or to anyone in the group while in the presence of others not included in this group." Aralyn swore on behalf of all four friends.

Looking up slowly Ashlynn made contact with each pair of eyes.

Taking her time she looked, taking in each emotion their eyes told. Seeing no deception, which she was actually quite good at detecting in other people, she decided to trust them with what she now considered her biggest secret.

"Alright," she answered in reluctant defeat, "I'll tell you."

All four smiled, 'Mission accomplished.' They thought proudly.

"I…I have a crush…" Ashlynn paused, and as she did, her blush, if it was even possible, turned an even deeper shade of red.

"On?" Aralyn asked expectantly.

Ashlynn mumbled something incomprehensible.

"I'm sorry what?" Aralyn teased, holding a hand to her ear, leaning closer.

"You'll have to speak up," Smurfette giggled, "we can't hear you."

Ashlynn mumbled again under her breath.

"What was that?" Savina and Sassette joined in trying to hold back their snickering.

"I SAID I HAVE A CRUSH ON GERAD! ALRIGHT!" Ashlynn burst out, her face the most brilliant shade of red you could imagine.

The other girls didn't answer, they simply smiled at their kind hostess.

Bringing her head back down Ashlynn began to speak softly, "I know…it's only been a few days but…" she sighed again, "…he's so kind, and gentle, and smart, and caring… and honestly… I think he's really handsome."

Aralyn pulled her into a loving hug, "Kinda like 'love at first sight' huh?"

Ashlynn giggled nervously, "A little, I guess."

"That's so cute!" Sassette smiled.

"It's positively smurfy!" Smurfette gushed.

"Like a fairy tale!" Savina sighed dreamily.

Getting up the girls set up their temporary beds for the night.

"Remember," Ashlynn warned, "not a word is to be repeated, you all swore." Her tone reaching boarder-line threatening, as she reached to switch off the lights.

Each girl nodded and 'zipped' their lips in response. Content for the moment Ashlynn turned out the lights and snuggled into her place on one of the couches, her face still radiating the warmth from her blush.

She closed her eyes and her mind began to drift off, the last thing she remembered thinking about was a certain blonde haired king, the lyrics from her song still dancing around in her head,

'…Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"…'

The lyrics softly echoed in her mind as sleep overtook her.


(S)

Meanwhile deep in the forest a young girl stumbled through the brush, trying to find her way among the dark shadows.

"This can't be right, it was mid-afternoon just a minute ago, now it's pitch black, Zander has mysteriously disappeared, and I can't find my way home." The girl nervously mumbled to herself.

As she moved to take her next step her foot caught on a tree root, causing her to fall to the ground.

For a second she didn't move, then she started shaking as salty wet tears began to fall down her cheeks, "I-I just want…" she sobbed as she curled herself into a ball, pushing herself as close to the tree as possible, "…I just want to go home…"

Her sobs were the only noise besides the wind silently whispering through the trees, and before she knew it, she had cried herself to sleep.


Aralyn: So proud of myself, I think I'll give myself a cookie.

Ashlynn: *reached for cookie*

Aralyn: No Ashlynn! *throws cookie away* That cookie's junk!

Ashlynn: But I like a cookie... *puppy pout*

Greedy: Here you go Ash, you can have one of my smurfberry cookies. *hands cookie to Ashlynn*

Ashlynn: COOKIE!

Aralyn: Well readers we've had an eventful chapter full of camp-outs, teasing, girl time, and the beginnings of some confessions too, but please stay tuned there is still more to come.

Ashlynn: COOKIES! *runs through room and out the door*

Peewit: Ash you come back here! *follows Ashlynn outside* Those were my cookies!

Aralyn: Until next time dear readers, please review, and have an absolutely smurfy time! Bye!


The song the Ashlynn did was Love Story by Taylor Swift.

Love you all, and I hope you're enjoying this story, hugs for everyone!