The Great Smurf

Papa Smurf had created a portal to transfer himself to the front of Balthazar's castle. The serpent guarding the castle was gone curiously enough. Using his size to his advantage he was able to enter through a hole in the door. Now it was a matter of finding Balthazar. Papa Smurf cautiously navigated the castle, and its many rooms until he comes across the throne room where Balthazar was sitting and spying on the Smurfs at Port Saint Smurf. He simply smirked when Papa Smurf stepped out to confront him.

"So you've come then." Balthazar says.

"I have come to put an end to you Balthazar!" Papa Smurf said.

Balthazar laughed at Papa Smurf's threat. Then Papa Smurf cast his right hand forward launching a ball of fire towards Balthazar which he avoided. The fire ball hit the stone wall behind him and left behind a large scorch mark.

"Your power is great Papa Smurf, but you can't defeat me if you can't get to me." Balthazar said before pulling a lever on the wall opening a trap door which Papa Smurf fell through.

Papa Smurf fell hitting the ground in a dark room before the room lit with torches revealing a seemingly empty room with only a single door. However it wasn't that simple, the room was bugged with multiple traps including a tripwire setup near the door that if triggered would set off two flint lock pistols towards the escapee. There was just enough room for Papa Smurf to move around the center of the room without setting anything off, and then he hears the laughter of Balthazar.

"How do you like my chamber?" Balthazar said as his image appears on the wall magically.

"Your dirty tricks won't save you from me Balthazar!" Papa Smurf said.

"That's where you're wrong. Behold my soldier of the future!" Balthazar says before pushing a button on his throne.

The button created an opening in the wall where an automaton came stepping out and began firing bullets at Papa Smurf from a gun on its arm. Papa Smurf quickly casts an ice spell causing a horizontal arc of ice to form in front of him freezing the bullets before running towards the machine. His goal was to hold out until it had to reload, and as he ran he continued to freeze bullets in mid-air causing them to fall to the ground and shatter. Once the gun stopped firing it was clear it was going to have to reload, and that's when Papa Smurf retaliated and froze the barrel on the gun appendage before leaping back and casting his arm forth sending a bolt of lightning towards the machine frying its circuits and causing it to explode.

"Child's play. I don't have time for this Balthazar! It's time for you to face the consequences for what you have done!" Papa Smurf said.

Realizing that his tricks were not going to work Balthazar grit his teeth.

"Fine Papa Smurf you win. We will fight to the death in the throne room." Balthazar said.

Balthazar's face disappeared from the wall and a portal opened allowing Papa Smurf to leave the trap room and re-appear in the throne room where he would see Balthazar just finishing loading his musket.

"My wand of the future has all the power I need to defeat you." Balthazar said.

"You will regret not using your magic." Papa Smurf said before casting another fire ball at Balthazar.

Batlhazar smoothly dodged the attack despite his size and the fireball flew into the throne and exploded causing fire to fly everywhere nearby. The carpet going down the middle of the room leading to the throne caught fire and the room was divided with a fighter on each side. Papa Smurf had his size, and the both of them had the support columns holding the castle up to use as evasion tactics.

Balthazar fired his musket at Papa Smurf using the rising flames as cover. Papa Smurf avoided the shot by running behind a column the moment he heard the sound of the gun go off. Balthazar cursed and retreated behind a column to reload. As Balthazar reloaded and the flames continued to rise as the carpet between them burned Papa Smurf opened his tome and began to chant silently in ancient Smurf, a magic seal appeared under his feet and his energy could be seen from his visible aura. This incredible display was Papa Smurf unlocking his full potential. The energy flowed from the tome into his body giving his already incredible magic even more power. Once he was done he closed the book the dashed out from behind the column towards the fire dividing them.

Balthazar thought he was safe, and was still in the process of reloading when he heard a crash from behind him. He grabbed hold of his musket and stood up and turned around as the column in front of him shattered revealing Papa Smurf who had used a barrier to get across the flame and get to Balthazar. Balthazar's eyes widened and he swung his musket at the aging Smurf only to have him jump right over the blade as easily as a jump rope. Papa Smurf responded by casting a bolt of lightning at the musket causing Balthazar to be briefly electrocuted before dropping the gun. Papa Smurf raised his hand into the air a huge piece of what used to be one of the column lifted into the air behind him. He then flung his hand forward causing the huge chunk of rock to soar through the air towards Balthazar. Balthazar cast his hands forward and stopped the piece of column in mid-air with his magic before tossing it aside and then countering with a fireball. Papa Smurf moved his arm in an arc and a barrier appeared reflecting the fireball and sending it back to Balthazar who quickly dodged it and went behind a column.

Papa Smurf pursued him with caution. Balthazar came out from behind the column and casted a lightning bolt towards Papa Smurf which he dodged and retaliated with lightning of his own which was also dodged by his surprisingly agile opponent.

"If I had known I was going to have this much fun I would have killed those Smurfs years ago." Balthazar said.

"Keep talking Balthazar." Papa Smurf said.

Papa Smurf tossed his tome aside. He no longer needed it. Instead he cast both his hands out in front of him and released a stream of fire like a flamethrower towards Balthazar Who countered with a blast of lightning magic. The wizards were now neck and neck locked in a situation where he who could afford to use the most power would overpower the other. The magic whipped and cracked as their respective waves cracked with magic as they fought each other's magical might.

"Let me show you just how powerful I am." Balthazar said as super charged his bolt of lightning.

Balthazar's magic was quickly overpowering Papa Smurf's. Papa Smurf struggled to compete with the amount of power Balthazar was using, and was just barely fighting back. Balthazar laughed and put more power into his blast. Papa Smurf let go with the plan to run to dodge the blast, but before he could he was struck with the full force of Balthazar's attack. Papa Smurf was sent flying back into a column where he then slid down suffering heavy damage.

"At your age those injuries are fatal. Looks like I win Papa Smurf." Balthazar said.

Papa Smurf's body was broken and he was definitely dying, but he had a trick that would save him. He reached into his pocket and grabbed a small vial with an alluring purple liquid in it, and with the last of his strength took the potion. His entire body was healed once more giving him a second wind.

"Not quite Balthazar!" Papa Smurf said.

"How?!" Balthazar asked.

Papa Smurf holds up the empty vial.

"Who goes on a quest and doesn't bring at least one potion?" Papa Smurf said with a smirk.

Papa Smurf then cracked his knuckles and raised his arms to the sky before casting them forward causing a meteor to crash through the castle ceiling and come hurdling towards Balthazar who avoided the attack and the meteor crashed into the throne room destroying a lot of the columns. Balthazar casted a large spike of ice at Papa Smurf who blocked the attack with a spike of his own. Balthazar ran behind a column only to have the column smashed to bits by Papa Smurf and as a result have parts of the ceiling to come crashing down. The ceiling was sustaining heavy damage and was falling down all around them in places. Papa Smurf casted a spike of rock from the fallen columns at Balthazar which was destroyed by Balthazar with a blast of magic. They then took turns blasting at each other with non-elemental magic until the stalemate was broke by an ice spike cast by Papa Smurf which struck Balthazar in his stomach and completely impaled him.

Balthazar coughed blood grasped at the ice spike melting it with fire magic simply by warming his hands. He groaned loudly and fell over on his back. Papa Smurf wasn't done with him just yet though. For good measure he casted a bolt of lightning at Balthazar who took the attack head on and jolted around on the ground and screaming before staying still. Papa Smurf simply turned around and walked away believing Balthazar dead, but then Balthazar sat up musket in hand and shot Papa Smurf in the lower back with a musket ball causing it to rip through his body. Papa Smurf immediately fell to the ground. The ceiling around them was still falling apart and both of them were heavily wounded and losing a lot of blood.

Balthazar stood up.

"I'm going to carve you up nicely for this." Balthazar said walking towards where Papa Smurf lay.

Papa Smurf was struggling to breathe and had only a little power left. Once Balthazar got to close Papa Smurf put the last of his power into destroying the last column nearby causing the last of the ceiling to collapse onto the both of them, and then there was silence.