No More Smurfing Chances
Chapter 4
Elated with her 'prize' Hogatha had flown all the way back to her castle with Gargy Smurf in his cage, hooked onto the handle of her broom.
Once in her chambers, Gargy was feeling very worried. What horrors did she have in store for him? He could not even bear to try and imagine any of it.
But he need not have fretted about anything. Hogatha placed his cage on her dressing table and unlocked it.
"Come on out Gargamel. I won't bite. Well not too hard! Snort, snort!"
He stayed at the back of the cage trying to make himself as small as possible. Pressing himself against the bars he found that he was mostly outside the cage. Then he found out why the Smurfs never squeezed through them.
The ears. They were just too big!
"Oh dear, you seem to be stuck my darling. Here let me help you"
A great big wrinkly hand with chipped nails and even worse red nail varnish came towards him and ugly fingers curled themselves around his little blue body. He tried to punch and kick but could not move.
He was resigned to his fate. She'd better get it over with quick.
And she did.
He only realised at the last moment what was happening and he screamed in sheer terror.
She had kissed him right on the mouth!
He felt very, very ill.
Hogatha thought she had gone a bit mad
"Oh! So sorry. Don't know what came over me! Snort!"
Gargy Smurf only had one thought...
"Quick kill me now!"
But no-one carried out his wish. He would have to live a bit longer and get through this torture.
Instead she put him down gently on her bed and sat down next to him. She sighed a deep sigh.
"Typical! The only time I have power over you and you are next to useless. What I mean is, what are you exactly? You're not a man and you're not a Smurf! You are of no use to anyone. Snort!"
Gargy Smurf spoke up as he didn't really like what he was hearing.
"How very dare you! I might be small and blue but I'm still me and I can still be dangerous. Just wait until I change back. Those Smurfs will be obliterated from the Earth. I've never been so angry at them. Ever!"
"But that's the question Gargamel. Can you change back? You're welcome to use my spell books and ingredients. I would much rather have you back to normal so I can get a proper kiss" said Hogatha with a wicked smile and she exploded in a fit of snorting.
Gargamel tried hard to suppress a shudder.
" Snort! And my dear, you should get out of those black rags. they really don't suit you anymore. I think I could make you a cute little outfit, but first I need to check your size, snort! It just so happens that I've got some old dolls from my childhood which are about your size and shape."
Hogatha got up from the bed and went to a large box in a corner of the room. A few minutes later she came back with some dolls. They were clad in garish, flowery dresses. She started to undress one of them. Gargy Smurf didn't like where this was leading.
"Ermm! I hope you are not thinking of dressing me in that!" he said in a horrified voice.
"Of course, how else would I find out if it fits? I don't believe in measuring things. I'll just pick the dress apart, lay it out on the new material, cut it out and sew it up! I make all my own clothes. Can't you tell?"
He looked her up and down. Her clothes were badly made and as horrid as the clothing on the dolls. He stayed quiet. Not trusting himself to say anything nice. She motioned for him to undress.
"Well at least give me some privacy woman!" he growled
"Oh, you are bashful Gargamel!" Snorted Hogatha and she turned around whilst the little blue wizard quickly got out of his rags.
"Alright, hand me the clothes, lets get this over with as quick as possible"
The witch turned round slightly with one hand over her eyes and the other holding three different sized dresses. She took a peek and snorted with laughter at what she saw.
Gargy Smurf was a blue hairy smurf! Little tufts of black all over his back, chest, arms and legs. He was very strange looking. Seems that it was not a good idea for a human to be turned into a Smurf. Thankfully he had positioned his old rags to hide his 'Smurfhood'
The thought alone set Hogatha off into another snorting fit of laughter.
Gargy Smurf sighed very deeply.
In a couple of hours he was dressed again. He now had a purple wizard robe with red leggings. He insisted on this. He was determined to hold onto something of his old life and red leggings were him!
Over the next couple of days, they spent their time working on several different spells and potions. There were several explosions and at one point Gargy Smurf had returned to normal human size but he still looked like a Smurf. Hogatha tried to suggest that he should leave it at that, but Gargy Smurf thought that it would be just horrific.
She would be able to kiss him properly and expect other things from him.
Thankfully that particular spell wore off very quickly. It was the first time in his life that he had been thankful that a spell didn't work.
It was no use. Nothing worked and they were both becoming very tired. They had been working solidly for thirty hours. Gargy Smurf cried himself to sleep.
Hogatha watched the wretched creature sleeping and wondered what to do next. She'd had her fun and he was now becoming boring to her. She looked at her pet vulture and for a split second thought about offering Gargy Smurf to it as a snack.
He was no fun anymore and she had a short attention span anyway.
She took out a pen and a parchment and started to write a note. This was then attached to the leg of her pet, she whispered something to it and it flew out of the window.
The next morning, Gargy Smurf woke to find himself back in the cage. He jumped up and rattled the bars.
"Hey! What's the meaning of this? What are you doing?"
" Snort! It's OK It's for your own safety. I've asked Big Mouth to collect you and take you back to the Smurf village, snort! They did this to you and they must sort it out. I can't help you anymore. You are on your own. Goodbye Gargamel!"
Gargamel was quite surprised that Hogatha was letting him go. Didn't she have more plans for him? Was this a cruel trick?
He was feeling a little abandoned. Although they had argued all through the experiments, he was grateful for some human company. He had never felt that way before.
Before he could think of anything to say to Hogatha, there was a knock at the door. His 'ride' had arrived
A few hours later back in the Smurf village, life was very Smurfy for most of the smurfs but two in particular were feeling uncomfortable.
Papa had heard from Big Mouth a couple of days earlier that Hogatha had captured Gargy Smurf.
It transpired that the Ogre had invited the witch to gloat over her old 'enemy' being cut down to size.
But he hadn't realised how obsessed she was with the wizard. Even though when they met they fought like cats and dogs.
Papa Smurf gave the Ogre the telling off of his life!
But time was ticking by and the elderly Smurf was wondering what to do. He had sent for Vexy and told her the news about her father. She was worried for him as well. They would have to send out a rescue party. That was yesterday.
They would have to act now! Papa was getting ready to call a village meeting when there was a hammering at his door. He opened it and got knocked on the forehead by Clumsy Smurf's hand. He was looking behind him whilst trying to knock on the door.
"Be careful Clumsy, that smurfed!"
"Sorry! Papa! Quick! Big Mouth is here with Gargy Smurf"
The Ogre was standing in the middle of the village holding the cage containing the wizard. Other Smurfs came out of their homes and gathered around.
Gargy Smurf glared at them in defiance.
Papa motioned for Big Mouth to put down the cage. The red clad smurf opened the cage door and stood to one side for the captive to leave.
Without saying a word and with one swift motion, Gargy Smurf had Papa's little blue neck between his hands. He was choking the life out of the leader of the Smurfs. He did not even hear the screams and shouts coming from the blue family surrounding him.
He didn't care what they did to him. He could feel kicks and punches on his back. One Smurf was trying to pull at his neck.
It was Hefty Smurf. Even the strong Smurf could not pull him off. In the meantime Papa was turning purple, his hands trying to claw at Gargy Smurf's face.
Gargy Smurf was thinking to himself "So that's the colour a Smurf turns when they are being choked" He felt powerful, invincible. He was not scared of his feelings anymore. He felt that he had none. He was pure hatred!
The world then went black around him as he collapsed on top of Papa.
Vexy stood above them both with mallet in her hand.
To be continued...