Smurfocalypse Chapter 32: Goodbye Duck

While the others made plans Dreamy was naturally worried about Coconut. She was on the second floor of the house in a bedroom in a bed and Doctor was carefully monitoring her condition. Dreamy paced back and forth outside the bedroom waiting for Doctor to tell him he was allowed to go in to see her. Finally after what seemed like an eternity of waiting Doctor finally came out and almost hit Dreamy with the door. Opening human-sized doors was tough for a Smurf.

"How is she?" Dreamy asked.

"Right now she is fine. She even ate breakfast this mornin an kept it down." Doctor said.

"…And the fever?" Dreamy asked.

"Much better." Doctor said.

"I'm so glad to hear this." Dreamy said.

"I'll give you fifteen minutes with her. Then she needs to rest." Doctor said.

"I understand." Dreamy said as he jumped up to grab the doorknob with his hand.

"Need help with that?" Doctor asked.

"I… Yes please." Dreamy said as he let go of the doorknob and landed on the ground.

Doctor leaps up and grabs the doorknob with both hands, twisting it and using his foot to open the door to let Dreamy inside.

"I personally can't wait til we have our own huts again." Doctor said as he walked off to go downstairs.

Dreamy has had quite enough of these human doors as well. As though it weren't tedious enough of a task for a Smurf with both hands to open these doors it was impossible for Dreamy to open them with just his one hand. Dreamy walked into the room, but he was unable to climb up onto the human sized bed because of his handicap, but he could still visit her.

"Dreamy! You came to see me!" Coconut said excitedly.

"How are you feeling?" Dreamy asked.

"Much better, but I'm a little cold…" Coconut said.

"It's only going to get colder I'm afraid." Dreamy said.

"Dreamy, do you really think I will be able to fit in here? No other Smurf has come to see me… Not even the crew members…" Coconut said.

"The others are very busy mapping out the new village and discussing plans." Dreamy said.

"Don't forget my promise to you Dreamy. I'm going to Smurf you the toughest, bestest house in the whole village." Coconut said.

"You should Smurf yours next to mine. Then we can be neighbors and see each other every day." Dreamy said.

"Omigosh you just read my mind! I was totally going to do that!" Coconut said.

While Dreamy and Coconut made plans of their own to be next door neighbors Doctor had joined the others in the living room and was discussing the preferred location of his clinic which he wanted to keep separate from his hut, and while he still had the floor he brought an issue to every Smurf's attention.

"I be runnin low on medical supplies. The human medicines and supplies King Gerard sent us were mostly all destroyed with me last clinic." Doctor said.

"Human medicine isn't something we should be relying on…" Mango says.

"Mango is right! We need to go back to good ol fashion alchemy!" Alchemist says.

"Alright, but the sterile medical supplies were nice to have an none of ya can deny that." Doctor said.

Doctor has been able to do some amazing things with human medicine and medical practices which is a huge jump from what his home remedies natural curatives could accomplish. He could heal severe injuries and illnesses with medicine the humans use. Doctor felt powerful with this medicine and it gave him confidence having it with him.

"If Doctor thinks we are running low on medical supplies I think we should listen to him." Papa Smurf said.

"Alright, so then what do you propose we do about this?" Hefty asked.

"We'll have to send out Clockwork. He's the only Smurf who has strong connections with the king." Carpenter said.

"I couldn't help but notice there is a small library in town. Maybe we could search it for medical books." Brainy said.

"Books of all kinds! Maybe they have cook books too!" Chef said.

"Another alchemy tome would be nice." Alchemist said.

"And reading about human architecture could be interesting too." Architect said.

"Wow it sure is Smurfy to hear every Smurf get excited about books. Perhaps you'd like a copy of Quotations of Brainy Smurf to read at night?" Brainy said.

"Yeah no, but nice try." Timber said.

Everyone had a laugh at Brainy's expense and he just shrugged and straightened his glasses.

"Do you think you'd be able to find King Gerard's castle from here Clockwork?" Handy asks.

The artificial Smurf nodded and stood up.

"Then it's settled. Clockwork will try to get aid from King Gerard." Hefty said.

"Just be careful out there ok?" Handy said.

Clockwork nodded and exited the house. Not to long after without warning Duck stood up and made his way towards the open window. This strange behavior got Mango's attention and he stood up to follow him.

"Duck? Duck what's wrong? Where are you going?" Mango asked.

Duck just quacked in response and then flew out the window much to Mango's surprise.

"Duck!? Duck come back!" Mango hurried to the window and climbed his way outside to follow Duck.

Papa Smurf already knew what was going on and exited the front door to pursue Mango who was running down the street chasing after Duck who was flying away from the town.

"Duck! Duck come back!" Mango pleaded.

Mango stopped in the middle of the street next to the well and put his hands on his knees, panting from fatigue after nearly running half way across town. Papa Smurf caught up to him and Mango turned to Papa Smurf with fear, confusion, and sadness in his eyes.

"I-I don't understand… He's never done this before! What's going on Papa Smurf?" Mango asked.

Papa Smurf just chuckled and put a hand on the confused Smurf's shoulder.

"Don't worry Mango. He's just flying south for the winter." Papa Smurf said.

"South… for the winter?" Mango asked.

"It gets really cold here in the winter time… Much too cold for a duck I'm afraid." Papa Smurf explains.

"So then… Why wouldn't he take me with him? He's never been on his own before wh-what if something happens to him?" Mango said.

"Oh he'll be fine Mango. Lots of ducks fly south for the winter and they always come home in the spring." Papa Smurf explains.

"I'm worried Papa Smurf…" Mango said.

"There There Mango. Everything will be fine. Let's go back inside." Papa Smurf said as he puts a hand on Mango's back and leads him back to the house.

Meanwhile Falconer was parting with Zarus for the winter as well. It was routine for them to split for this part of the year, and being a falconer all his life Falconer has had many different falcons and has been through this many different times. He stood outside with Zarus resting on his arm guard when suddenly Zarus takes flight and flies in the same direction as Duck. Falconer waves to his friend as he disappears into the distance.