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Topic: "How Things Smurf" - A new Smurf fic...
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Cool Smurf
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posted 03-06-2006 09:49 AM
I really enjoy your fanfics and fanart! Keep it up! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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RozStaw57 DeviantArt
Posts: 963 | From: Jacksonville, Florida | Registered: Feb 2006
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Cool Smurf
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posted 03-07-2006 08:31 PM
You're welcome! I'll have some more art, soon. I drew some more images that I would like to use the Paint program on. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Posts: 963 | From: Jacksonville, Florida | Registered: Feb 2006
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Cool Smurf
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posted 03-08-2006 07:01 PM
What a very cool picture!! Great job! ![[Pirate Smurf]](graemlins/ahar.gif)
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Posts: 963 | From: Jacksonville, Florida | Registered: Feb 2006
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Vega
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posted 03-09-2006 05:41 AM
Hey i really like this drawing great job, and keep up the good work
Posts: 483 | From: Poland | Registered: Mar 2006
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Sassette
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posted 03-10-2006 10:58 PM
Hi Raven Child,
Love the new pic - Jazzette has such flare and Dozy Smurfling is just too cute for words!
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Keep Smurfing,
Sassette
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Have a smurfy day!
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Raven Child
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posted 05-14-2006 06:56 PM
I have updated my story on my website. Chapter 15 is up and ready to read...enjoy...
(soon I will post the pics too).
Chapter 15: Wounds of War
For a long while Hefty and Toughette stare at Brainy and Brainette, the expressions on their face showing utter disbelief and a hint of disgust. Brainy, Brainette and everyone else simply sit quietly and calmly, looking back at them. The silence is practically deafening.
Hefty finally finds his voice. "Are you telling us that we come from a plant?" He says in a strained voice.
"Vines, to be precise." Brainy corrects him with a nod.
"Ew," Toughette makes a face. "I think I just lost my appetite!" She grips, tossing her half-eaten cookie back onto the plate.
Nat shrugs. "Well, I guess we had to have come from somewhere."
"Absolutely," Snappy nods in agreement. "If I hadn't seen the Enchanted Garden with my own two eyes, I would have trouble believing it also!"
Sassette clasps her hands to her chest. "I personally think that it's neat that our 'mother' is actually the earth Goddess, Gaia!" She chirps enthusiastically. "Even though I was, technically, created by one of Pappy Gargamel's magic spells." She pauses with a frown, looking slightly disturbed at the thought. Moments later, however, a smile spreads across Sassette's face and she continues cheerfully, "But Gaia assured me that the blue clay that helped to create both me and Smurfette is also apart of her earth, thus, making us part of her children!"
"Fascinating," Hefty says in a huff, "I am at a loss for words here!"
Nat suggests eagerly, "Perhaps someday we can travel back to the Enchanted Garden, Hefty, and then you and Toughette can witness its wonder for yourself!"
"I suppose that would be acceptable," Brainette concurs with a nod. "Gaia did say we were more then welcome to come back for a visit at any time!"
"Cool!" Sorcerette cheers happily. "I miss Adam and Eve - they were two very awesome gargoyles!"
"Yeah, well, one thing at a time smurfs!" Brainy interrupts, wagging his finger in admonishment. He is about to add something but he suddenly stops and stiffens as a surge of pain runs up his back causing him to wince, his aged face a mask of agony.
"Brainy? Are you alright?" Hefty asks uncertainly, watching in shock and concern as his bespectacled brother hunches over slightly with a soft groan, one hand pressing to lower part of his back. When his older brother does not answer him, Hefty looks over to the other smurfs. They too are showing expressions of concern at Brainy's apparent pain. Brainette leans closer to her mate.
"Do you want me to go get you some medicine?" She whispers.
"Maybe later," Brainy says gruffly, catching his breath. Gritting his teeth, he eases slowly back into his chair, closes his eyes and let out a small, tired sigh. Everyone wait expectantly for him to speak some more but he remain quiet. The moment of silence grows longer.
Becoming impatient as well as unable to resist his curiosity, Hefty decides to speak up. "Alright, I'll bite. What's wrong with your back?" The strong smurf asks, looking straight at his older brother.
Brainy opens one eye and looks back at Hefty rather irritably. "It's a long story," the aged smurf grunts.
Toughette rolls her eyes and crosses her arms in a huff. "Well, you know how much we love long stories, so start talking!" She demands.
"Perhaps another night…" Brainette quickly pipes up, attempting anxiously to change the subject.
"No, no. If they want to know we will tell them." Brainy interrupts, sitting up for a second. He leans back into his chair once more, trying to make himself comfortable.
"But your back…" The intelligent smurfette elder clearly is worried.
"…Is fine." He assures her. "The pain has stopped."
Brainette gives him a suspicious look. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm always sure." Brainy answers with a proud smirk.
Brainette frowns and gives Brainy a grumpy look. She is about to say something quite cheeky concerning his comment, but changes her mind and decides it isn't worth it. Instead, she lets out a sigh and rolls her eyes skyward in exasperation.
"Fine! We will tell you two the story," The bespectacled smurfette elder says resignedly, turning back to Hefty and Toughette.
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1899 – The African Fairy Tribe, Not Far From Kraaipan south of Mafeking
"Your visit here with us these past few weeks has been both a pleasure and blessing, dearest Brainette!" Khalid, the king of all African Fairies says smoothly. Even though his white beard betrayed his advanced age he is extremely handsome, enough to set any female heart, young or old, fluttering. By the smurf standard he stands at least one apple taller than his guests. All the same, he bows gallantly before the smurfette elder, takes her hand and kisses it tenderly. "And what beautiful young smurfettes you have raised! If Mama Smurf were still alive she would surely be proud of you!" He adds with a smile, looking over at Sassette and young Sorcerette admiringly.
Khalid's soft deep voice causes goose bumps of pleasure down the smurfettes' arms. All three female smurfs start blushing and giggling. "You were right, Brainette, he is charming!" Sassette whispers breathlessly to her grey-haired adopted sister.
"Oh brother," Brainy groans under his breath. He and the other adult smurfs are sitting on cushions under a shady tree a short distance away, and none of them looks too happy at the way the Fairy King is receiving inordinate attention from the giddy smurfettes.
Young Sorcerer Smurfling is standing besides his elders, amusing himself by tossing a ball into the air and catching it with his hands. He looks up at Brainy and the others, noticing their facial expressions. He smirks, for he knows they are not approving of their host's putting the charm on the smurfettes. He himself also sneers, seeing that even his young playmate, Sorcerette, appears to be swooning over this elderly fairy.
"How come the smurfettes act funny around this guy?" Sorcerer gripes to the elder smurfs.
"Beats me, kiddo," Nat grunts, crossing his arms in a huff.
"Well, if you ask me it could be his green-leaf clothing, his dashing cape, the dark tan of his skin, or his naturally deep voice, " Slouchy suggests helpfully, "Or perhaps it is his wings that could give him the advantage over us?"
"Uh, no one asked you!" Snappy growls, cuffing him upside his head.
Suddenly a new voice calls out. "Smurfs! I have wonderful news!" One of the young African Fairy females comes hurrying eagerly toward them. "Thanks to the combination from our African soil, herbs, and our magic your ruby half of the Beetle Gem is now fixed!" With a smile she hands Nat a piece of ruby-topped Gem.
"Thank you," Nat bows politely, accepting the ruby half of the Beetle Gem.
"Excellent!" The Fairy King cheers. He walks over to the group, surrounded by the still swooning smurfettes. "Perfect timing. Now you must go gather the others; we will leave shortly, my daughter!" He instructs the young female fairy.
"Yes father!" She bows respectfully to her elder and flies off at once to do as she is asked. The king turns toward his blue visitors and after gazing at them for a moment, he seems a bit sad for some reason.
"I only wish you smurfs would reconsider and come with us," Khalid says. It comes out more of a pleading than anything else.
"Yeah, well, we kind of need to get back home as soon as possible!" Brainy comments rudely, still scowling.
"What Brainy is trying to say, your highness," Brainette quickly tries to smooth it out in a respectful manner to Khalid while giving Brainy an annoyed glare, "Is that we will camp here the night, then travel first thing in the morning. We should make excellent timing by mid-day!"
The king nods thoughtfully, not at all offended by Brainy's outspokenness. "Then I shall grant you safe journey, my dear, but I cannot allow my tribe wait another day. We must leave right away. There is something strange in the air," He cranes his head and glances around uneasily, "The humans in a nearby camp are restless. I personally don't feel safe here!" The king says, his strong voice holding a hint of nervousness.
"I understand," Brainette sighs, bending her head in acknowledgement.
Khalid continues, "I will miss you, lovely Brainette. Perhaps by our next visit your sister Toughette and her mate, Hefty will have reunited with you. I hadn't seen them since my wedding to my wife many centuries ago!"
"Yes, I believe that was roughly four months before we were able to find Hefty's home and we got to meet the rest of the smurfs from his village." The intelligent elderly smurfette elder agrees.
The old king shakes his head sadly. "It was a tragic thing that happened to both of your homes, my dear. Too bad we weren't able to be of assistance back then." Then Khalid smiles and bows low, "All we can do is look on to our future and live in the present. I shall look forward to our next reunion!"
"And perhaps our next visit won't be so rushed," Brainette nods again, returning the smile. "Thanks again to you and your tribe for repairing our Beetle Gem so quickly!"
Just then an elder female fairy comes striding over to them. "Your Highness,' she calls out, "The tribe is ready to go." She points toward the hundreds of the fairies who had gathered around with their families in an open clearing several yards away, holding their possessions in their arms and waiting patiently for a word from their ruler. Then the old female fairy glances over her shoulder at the blue visitors and asks hopefully, "Are our friends joining us?"
"I'm afraid not, my love," Khalid replies with a sad headshake. "Our friends wish to head off first thing in the morning, and where we are heading is out of their way." With the flap of his transparent wings the Fairy King rises above the ground. "Again, I wish you luck my friends. My we meet again soon!"
"Me too," Brainette says, with a respectful bow.
The smurfs watch silently as the Fairy Tribe follows their king into the air, flying towards the great mountains to the north. Brainette suddenly gets the sinking feeling that perhaps she and the other smurfs should have gone with them.
Brainy shakes his head, raises an eyebrow at his mate and remarks, "You have very skittish friends, Brainette. They sound as if they never been near a human camp before!"
Letting out a small, aggravating growl, Brainette shoots Brainy an angry look before she turns and storms away from him. This leaves Brainy with a perplexed look on his face.
"Do I even want to know what that was about?" Snappy asks his older brother in red.
"Smurfettes…there's just no understanding them, Snappy!" Brainy answers with a heavy sigh.
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EARLY NEXT MORNING - October 13th, 1899
A cold mist covers the ground as the smurfs come crawling out of their tents they pitched just under the bushes, yawning and stretching to get rid of the kinks in their backs. The smurfettes also come out of their own tent under another bush several yards away, yawning and blinking sleepily as well. They practically jump when sounds of shooting muskets and loud but indistinct yelling break out unexpectedly behind them. Their heads turn sharply towards a short hill just across the field where the noises come from wondering what could be going on.
"What is that?" Brainy finally shouts to the other smurfs over the din.
Wide-eyed by all the frightening noises, Brainette glances at Brainy but does not answer him. Instead, she turns her head back to look towards the mound. It takes only a moment before she finally realizes what is happening.
"The humans…they are fighting!" She announces loudly.
"Well there's a surprise!" Snappy snorts sarcastically. "The humans are always fighting!"
"That's true, but what could these humans be fighting about?" Sassette asks innocently.
"Who knows, who cares!" Slouchy grumbles in a cranky tone.
The explosions boom even louder. A fireball rises up from behind the small hill, leaving a trail of black cloud of smoke in its wake. The sight makes the smurfs very nervous. Concerned for the safety of her beloved ones, Brainette turns and start giving out orders.
"We should hurry and clean up camp if we want to make it to the boarders of Europe around noon!" Brainette declares, hastily taking down the smurfettes' tent.
"Right. We will have to worry about breakfast later, I suppose," Brainy says with a hint of worry in his tone as he hurries off to help the other smurfs pull down their tents and to pack up their possessions, "I just wonder how we can avoid those humans. By the looks of it they are fighting in the area where we need to pass!"
Brainette pauses to consider that. "Perhaps I should scope it out then!" She replies snobbishly, dropping the rope that was holding up the tent and hurrying boldly towards the hill. Of course she was aware that Brainy has a point, knowing that in reality the safest route would be the wisest. But Brainette refuses to admit that and so she goes off to investigate the area anyway, just to see if there is a safe way to bypass the warring humans.
Brainy stares at her, his jaw dropping open in astonishment. "Ah, Brainette," he calls out to her, but Brainette walks briskly past him without saying anything or even so much as a glance in his way. Feeling a bit piqued because she had just given him a semi-cold shoulder, he drops everything he is doing and takes off running after her across the field toward the hill. "Don't you mean 'we'?"
"If you must come who's there to stop you?" The intelligent smurfette elder answers coldly, still not looking at him. Aggravated by her attitude, Brainy grumbles something acidly under his breath but continues walking quickly along with her towards the hill.
Young Sorcerer and Sorcerette turns to Sassette. "Can we go too?"
"No, smurflings," Sassette answers brusquely, "You two stay here with us and help clean up!" Another explosion burst over the hill, and Sassette glances up and wrinkles her brow worriedly. "The way things are going, we should be leaving very shortly. We don't want to be caught unprepared!"
Both Slouchy and Nat are silently and anxiously watching Brainy and Brainette scurrying toward the hill. They have noticed how the tension between their two older siblings slowly building up, ever since they left the Enchanted Garden four years ago. It seems that whenever Brainette mentioned her friend Khalid's name, Brainy would react in a negative manner. Even when they finally met Khalid in person, it has not made the situation any better either. If anything, it only made things worse between Brainy and Brainette. With a deep sigh, Slouchy and Nat shake their heads in unison with dismay. It would be a matter of time before Brainy and Brainette would truly become more than aggravated with each other.
Having reached and climbing up the mound, Brainy and Brainette carefully poke their heads over the top of the hill toward the place known as the Boer Camps. There they glimpse a battle raging with stunning ferocity. Loud firearms are being fired, and men falling to their death amid cries of agony. Indeed it is a very terrible, very gruesome scene for anyone to witness - especially for a smurf.
"This is horrible!" Brainette gasps, realizing belatedly the seriousness of the danger they are in. "How are we going to get past all of this?" She looks straight at Brainy as she said this.
Brainy notices her attention is now on him, but instead of answering her he turns to her with a grumpy frown on his face. "Look, Brainette," he blurts out, "I have to ask, what is with you and the African Fairy King?"
The question is so out of blue, Brainette stares at him incredulously. "You choose now to bring up this conversation?" Brainette shouts in shock. She sweeps her arm around her, indicating the battle brewing around them, and shakes her head at Brainy's incongruous comment. "Have you gone blind all of a sudden? We have a situation here, and we must think of a way to get around it. Since when does everything have to revolve you and your issues?"
"What are they doing?" Slouchy asks, looking curiously across the field toward the bickering elders on the hill.
"It looks like they are quarrelling…again." Nat replies with a sigh.
Sassette groans. "Well, they certainly picked a wonderful time to start doing that!"
"Indeed, it's too early for those two to be crowing their heads off at each other," Snappy yawns and sits down on a nearby rock. He figures the way the elders go on, this could take quite a while.
Sassette rolls her eyes skyward and sighs. "Come on smurflings, let's finish packing."
The young smurflings have been worriedly watching Brainy and Brainette squabble with each other. "I don't like it when our elders fight." Little Sorcerette says with a tiny whimper.
"Neither do I, little one, neither do I." The older smurfette with red braided pigtails replies sadly.
"Well, if you hadn't gotten the ruby half of the Beetle Gem busted we wouldn't have to be here now, would we?" Brainy squawks, waving his hands wildly in the air.
"Hey, I'm not the only one to blame here!" Brainette yells back. "You had your share of mistakes that led us to dangerous places, especially long before the incident with Asmoday and the Blucroditius Disease that took all of our friends away!"
"Don't bring my past into this!" Brainy says through his clenched teeth.
"Well, then why bring up my relationships with old friends and exaggerate it way out of proportion?" Brainette shoots back in frustration.
"Because not only haven't you stopped talking about him for the past four years, but your friend hasn't stopped flirting with you since we arrived!"
"What? The Fairy King is just being a gracious host!" Brainette argues, jumping to Khalid's defence, "Besides, he might have had a point in taking his entire tribe to the safety of the mountains. He offered that we go with him and all…"
"Perhaps you should have gone with your precious Kaw-lid? I'm sure the two of you would make a fine couple!" Brainy huffs, his arms crossed across his chest.
"For your information it's pronounced KHAH-leed!" Brainette snaps angrily at her mate. "And another thing is that he already has a mate with three daughters and two sons!"
"That didn't seem to matter to him the way I saw him hold your hand during dinner the other night!"
Brainette stares at him. "Why are you acting like this? Are you jealous or something?" She shouts, "I thought we had agreed a long time ago to have our relationship strictly professional!"
Brainy is taken aback and blinks in surprise. "Jealous? I'm not jealous! I don't have a single jealous bone in my body!" Brainy sputters indignantly, trying to avoid the topic.
"Well, that's yet to be proven," The intelligent smurfette disagrees bitterly, shaking her head tiredly.
All of sudden there was a loud explosion far from the other side of the hill, and the flaming metal object comes hurtling over the battle area and towards the two elder smurfs.
"Brainette! Look out!" Brainy hollers. He threw himself at her like a bullet, tackling her out of the way.
The flaming object slams right in the very spot where Brainette and Brainy had stood a scant moment ago. The impact causes the object to detonate, and the shockwave sends the two elderly smurfs flying into a nearby bush. A number of small shrapnel pieces flew off in all directions. One jagged piece sails right into the bush…and found a mark.
"Brainy! Brainette!" The frightened Snappy and Nat shout at once. For a brief moment they stand there gawking, too stunned to move except to watch with horror their elders being nearly crushed by the explosion.
They wait, wondering if Brainy and Brainette are hurt but hoping they would emerge from the bush unscathed. But as moments passes Snappy begins to realize that Brainy and Brainette are not coming out of the bush after all. Not wasting another moment, he runs frantically across the field toward the hill. Nat turns to the others.
"Slouchy, stay with the smurflings. We've got to go help the elders!" Nat orders.
Slouchy nods his head and gathers the smurflings closer to him. Frightened as they are, the smurflings nevertheless wriggle furiously, protesting that they want to help too. Slouchy merely shakes his head at them and tightens his grip on them to prevent them from slipping away.
"But…" little Sorcerer pleads, looking hopefully at Sassette.
"Please, Sorcerer, just stay!" Sassette orders firmly. So saying, she runs off to catch up with Snappy and Nat as they head for the bush where Brainy and Brainette are hiding.
Meanwhile, Brainy Smurf groans and opens his eyes. Realizing that he is lying on top of Brainette sprawling face down on the ground, he blushes a little and tries to get up off her. But something is preventing him from doing so. It almost feels as if something is pressing on him, but it is hard to tell because he feels somewhat numb from his chest down. Indeed, even his legs have no feeling in them at all. Fear suddenly takes over. What's happening to me? For a minute or two he panics, struggling mightily to move his legs but to no avail. Just then Brainette groans underneath him, and he stops thinking of himself for a moment to glance down at his mate. Is she alright? He wonders anxiously. If she were injured in any way, he wouldn't know what to do.
Brainette rolls over so she is face to face with her mate. Both of them smile awkwardly at each other. Each of them are relieved that the other is safe, but this position is now starting to become uncomfortable.
"Uh, thanks for saving me Brainy, but you can get off me now." The bespectacled smurfette whispers.
"Oh, of course," he chuckles, his face now a shade or two darker with embarrassment. He attempts to do as she requested. Again something stops him. It is when he notices that sensations are finally coming back to his lower body...along with a very unpleasant, sharp pain, as if something is stabbing him in the back. At this he grits his teeth and closes his eyes tightly.
"Brainy, I said you can get off of me. We have to go check on the others and find away to get past these humans!" Brainette says again, in an irritated tone.
Brainy opens his eyes and looks at her, his face contorted with sheer agony. "I'd love to, Brainette…but I think there is something stuck in my back. C-Could you do me a favour and check to see what it is?"
Brainette stares at him, suddenly concerned. He certainly appears to be in a great pain. "Hold on, let me see…" Slowly, gently she pulls her self up slightly in order to get a better look over his shoulder. What she sees could only exist in her worst nightmare. A piece of shrapnel, bigger than a smurf's hand, is embedded in the middle of Brainy's back. Brainette covers mouth, but the shock overwhelms her so much that she can not stifle her loud gasp.
When Brainy hears her gasp he knows right away it is not good. "H-How bad is it, Brainette?" He asked, afraid to hear what her answer might be.
Brainette regained her composure and shakes her head slowly and puts on a trembling smile. "Ah, it's not that…bad, really." She lies.
Brainy raised his eyebrow. Somehow, he finds what she said a bit amusing and lets out a little chuckle. "Brainette, you are a terrible liar."
Just then Snappy, Nat, and Sassette comes running, leaping over burning metal pieces that are shattered all over the ground in search of their elders. The battle that is taking place over the mound seems to be getting louder each minute, but that is far from the smurfs' concern. Their goal is to see if their older friends are alright. Snappy is the first to arrive, and he quickly looks into the bush where Brainette and Brainy had landed.
"Brainy, Braine – Oh my Smurf!" Snappy cries out in terror. He had immediately spotted the piece of metal sticking out of Brainy's back.
Nat arrives next with Sassette close behind. When they notice how badly injured Brainy is they let out a scream in distress as well.
"Smurfs, quick…help me carry him out of here!" Brainette calls out, still trying to wriggle out from beneath Brainy.
Snappy, Sassette, and Nat quickly come out of their stunned state and, carefully and gently, they gather Brainy in their arms and lift him up. Even so, Brainy cannot help but groan in pain with each movement as they carry him away.
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The smurfs managed to travel a few miles away from the battle field and into rather decent cave they had discovered the other day, carrying the injured Brainy in their arms as gently as they could. Once they are inside Snappy and Nat carefully lay Brainy belly down on a flat rock situated near the back of the cave.
"Snappy, Sassette, go get the other smurfs and set up camp at the mouth of the cave," Brainette orders as she takes off her pink jacket, "And Nat and I will do what we can to save Brainy!"
"Ok," Snappy nods and takes off running along with Sassette to fetch Slouchy and the smurflings. They know without doubt there will not be any more journeying anywhere until Brainy is completely healed.
While Brainette is giving instructions to Snappy and Sassette, Nat is already taking off his backpack and pulling out his emergency operation equipment. He also takes out some candles and places them on as many flat rocks as he can find, lighting each candle until it is bright enough to see in the dark cave. Brainy lets out a loud groan, catching Nat's attention. Concerned, he bends down and looks his older brother in the eyes.
"Don't worry, Brainy," Nat tries to assure him, "We are going to do everything we can for you!"
Brainy does not answer him but instead let out another groaning sigh, rolls his eyes up into the back of his head and goes limp. For a moment Brainy appears lifeless.
"Brainy…?" Nat whispers in a quivering voice. For one terrifying second he worries perhaps his older brother may be gone. "Brainette!"
Brainette turns around quickly and leans over Brainy anxiously, checking his pulse. After a few tense seconds she closes her eyes and leans against the flat rock, letting out a small sigh of relief.
"He passed out, that's all," she assures Nat, "But his condition is deteriorating. We better act quickly and get started in taking out this shrapnel!"
"Right," Nat replies, picking up his razor-sharp scalpel.
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Sassette is sitting with her back against the wall just inside the entrance of the cave. The young smurflings are huddling against her on both sides of her. Snappy and Slouchy are seated on opposite sides of the smurflings. All five of them are nodding sleepily, barely dozing off. They are feeling exhausted, not only because of this war which can still be heard outside, but waiting anxiously for hours to hear the news concerning Brainy. They can't even see into the back of the cave, for Brainette and Nat had rigged up a large blanket from wall to wall to block prying eyes. There is nothing the smurfs can do except to keep on waiting patiently.
Eventually the sound of the approaching footsteps from deep within the cave causes Snappy to look up quickly and expectantly. It is Brainette, looking grim and wiping her hands in a dark-strained rag.
"Brainette?" Snappy nervously sits straight up. "H-H-How is he?" He stutters, scarcely able to get his words out for fear the news may be bad. The smurfette elder pauses for a moment before answering the younger smurf.
"He will survive." Brainette answers simply.
"YAHOO!" Snappy yells. He is so overjoyed, he leaps up and throws his cap high into the air. "Brainy's alive! He's alive!" His exclamations of joy abruptly woke the other slumbering smurfs and they all look at Brainette to confirm if it is indeed true. Brainette nods in the affirmative. At this the smurfs starts cheering loudly and hugging each other, rejoicing greatly while Sassette wipes tears away, too happy to say anything.
"Can we see him?" Little Sorcerer asks, scrambling eagerly to his feet.
Brainette shakes her head slowly. "It will be best if you let him rest, little one." She replies. Then, turning to Slouchy, she gestures toward the back of the cave and requests, "Slouchy, why don't you go in and help Nat get cleaned up?"
Slouchy nods and goes off to do as he is told.
Sassette notices that Brainette is heading toward the opening of the cave as though she is about to go outside. Concerned, Sassette sits straight up. "Where are you going Brainette?"
Brainette glances at her and smiles briefly. "Nowhere, I just need some fresh air." She answers softly and continues walking until she is outside of the cave. She looks over to the orange-red glow rising up from over the hill. So much fire and bombs go off that smoke covers the sky, making it appear as though it is night when it is only mid-day. By now we could have arrived safely at the boarder to Europe, she thought sadly and with some resignation.
Finding a large rock just around the corner, she sits down behind it and out of view from the other smurfs. Unable to hold in her emotions any longer, Brainette covers her mouth to muffle sobs and starts shaking and crying for a good while. She prays that Brainy will be all right and that they can all survive long enough to make it home.
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Brainy wakes up with an enormous headache. He groans softly and puts his hand up to his face. It takes him a moment before he realizes that he isn't wearing his glasses. And what's more, he is lying face down. He notices right away that his back is in great pain, making it difficult for him to move around comfortably. As he tries to remember why his back hurts so badly, he feels a bit of a draft and discovers he isn't wearing his red jacket or white shirt. Instead, a thickly woven bandage wrapped around his torso. As his headache eventually subdued, he begins to wonder where he is now. In order to find out, Brainy starts to push himself off the hard, uncomfortable surface of the flat rock so he can take a look around at his surroundings.
"Don't move, Brainy! Your back needs time to heal."
Brainy instantly recognizes the voice. Desperately Brainy looks around, squinting his eyes in an attempt to locate the owner of the voice. "Brainette…?" He calls out in a hoarse voice.
A hand rests gently on his arm. "I'm here, Brainy." The smurfette elder says softly. "Now lie down and don't move. You've been injured."
Brainy tries to focus his vision on his mate and can only sees a pink and blue blob, but the image is so dark he can not make out any recognizable details. "I can't see you," he gripes with a frown.
"Here, this should help." Brainette responds. She picks up Brainy's glasses from a nearby rock and places them on his face.
"Yeah, that does." Brainy smiles warmly at her. The first thing he notices is that Brainette has her light pink jacket off. She just has on her long pink skirt, short-sleeved pink top, and a white apron on. She only wears that if she is cooking something, he speculates. He then takes this opportunity to view his surroundings more clearly. With a concerned expression, Brainy brings his attention back to Brainette.
"Where are we? How long was I out?"
"We are a couple of miles from the Boer Camp. We should be safe here until you are well enough to travel again." Brainette pauses. "And Brainy, you were out for a couple of days."
"Ah. And the others?"
"Gone to get firewood. They will return soon."
"Oh," Brainy then falls quiet, resting his chin on his arms as if he is thinking.
"Brainy, what's wrong?" Brainette asks anxiously, noticing an odd expression on his face and wondering if he might be nauseous because of pain.
"I'm just trying to remember what happened," Brainy squints his eyes, racking his brain for any clue why he ended up in this condition like this.
Brainette takes a long breath. "Well, we were arguing in a field, at the top of the hill, and that's when the humans' war became more aggressive. There were explosions, sounds of many guns going off and…"
"Stop!" Brainy orders suddenly, covering his mate's mouth with his hand. "On second thought, I don't think I want to remember. It sounds like a very bad experience!" He says shaking his head slowly.
"Yes, it was." Brainette nods solemnly in agreement and then, with a half smile, she quips, "But we survived it, and this could be quite something to tell the smurflings someday!"
"Oh yeah, the smurflings," The injured smurf soon becomes lost in a reverie, knowing that he would soon be a parental guide to hundreds of young smurfs and smurfettes. This is a moment he had often dreamed of as a younger smurf. Memories floods his mind, taking him back to the days when he'd pretend he was being just like Papa Smurf, walking around the village calling his brothers his 'little smurfs'. But now it seems his dream is coming true…soon Brainy will indeed be just like his mentor, raising a whole new generation of smurflings! But that would require a lot of help, for he knows he cannot do it alone. Brainy hopes to have Hefty and Toughette out of their crystal prison before then. First, though, he would need to heal; he has to, in order to use his sapphire half of the Beetle Gem. It won't work for him if his body isn't 100 healthy and able.
Brainy's reverie was soon broke when he notices Brainette getting up and walking off towards the campfire near the mouth of the cave. A steaming black pot can be seen hanging over it.
"I made some vegetable broth. Would you like some?" She asks sweetly.
"Uh, sure, I'll try some." He replies uncertainly. Brainy is not sure if he is hungry at this moment, but he will try to humour Brainette by having something to eat.
"I hope it's alright," the bespectacled smurfette elder says as she comes back carrying a small bowl filled with broth and a spoon. "I didn't have many spices with me."
"That's ok. I'm sure it will be fine." Brainy responds, feeling slightly out of breath already because of his injury. With bandages wrapped so tightly around his torso, it is not only difficult but also painful to take a long breath. Despite the pain he tries once again to push himself up, but realizes he is too weak to succeed.
"Please lie down, I told you not to move - you were hurt really bad!" Brainette scolds him. She sits on a smaller rock and brings the bowl up to his face.
"Really…hardly noticed…" The intelligent elder smurf grunts sarcastically.
Brainette smiles. "Come on, eat up. This will help build your strength." She said, dipping the spoon into the broth and bringing it up to Brainy's mouth. He harrumphs once and tentatively opens his mouth. The taste of the warm broth fills his mouth and is delicious – he IS hungry after all, he realizes now – but almost immediately it turns to an awful, metallic taste. He instantly made a face but tries to shallow anyway, and is able to gulp it down. Noticing the expression on his face, Brainette sighs.
"I told you that my broth wasn't that good." She says regretfully.
Brainy shook his head. "It's not that. I have this metallic taste in my mouth!"
"Oh," well at least it wasn't the broth. "It's probably from the injuries," Brainette says, feeling relieved. "H-Here, have some more broth? Perhaps it will wash away the metallic taste."
As Brainy accepts a second spoonful of Brainette's broth he notices her hand is trembling slightly. Is she alright, he wonders. The only other time Brainy ever noticed Brainette tremble was the day when they had to burn down the Old Smurf Village. His bespectacled mate attempts to smile cheerfully as she feeds him a third spoonful. Brainy could see in her eyes are red. Apparently she had been crying not too long ago, and is now on the verge of crying once more. It couldn't be because of him, could it?
As Brainy muses, he is slowly remembering the last few minutes – that is, just before a large metal fireball comes hurtling down toward them. The things he had said to her in anger. How could I be so mean? Perhaps it's the karma… getting this injury is a fate returning all the bad things he had ever done back in the Old Village, especially to his best friend Clumsy. To this day, he still misses his laugh and simple way of thinking. There would never be any way he can make up to Clumsy or any of the other smurfs from Old Village - they are all gone now, having lost their lives to the Blucroditius Disease. But perhaps there is a chance for him to make it up to Brainette for being mean to her earlier.
"I'm sorry," Brainy suddenly blurts. Brainette stops spooning the broth toward him and looks at him in shock.
"For what?" Brainette asks tentatively.
Brainy tilts his head and looks at her. "For all the mean things I said to you back in that field. I guess I really was jealous of the way Khalid spoke to you." He replies sheepishly.
Brainette is a bit taken aback. "Oh, d-don't worry about it. It's forgotten," she shrugs, trying to show him it is no big deal.
"Not to me it hasn't," Brainy says firmly. He reaches out with one hand and places it just behind where her neck meets the back of her head. "I want to show you how sorry I am."
"Wh-What are you d…" Before Brainette could finish her question, Brainy pulls her up to his face and kisses her gently on the lips. After a few moments both smurfs pull away. Stunned Brainette stares at Brainy and put her hand to her lips.
"Why did you do that? It's not like you to do something that random," She whispers, still unable to believe that Brainy had just kissed her.
Brainy shrugs. "Guess a near death experience can do that to a smurf." He quips, and raises an eyebrow when he notices that Brainette now has a smirk on her face. She is rubbing her cheek closest to her mouth. "What's so funny?"
"Your beard…it tickled." She says in a bashful giggle.
"I see," Brainy smiles, "So is this your way of saying you liked it?"
Brainette blushes. "Maybe," she says, not willing to give him a straight answer.
"Would you mind if I kiss you again?" He asks hopefully.
"I-I don't know…"
Brainy decides to take the chance, and pulls her in again for another kiss. To his relief Brainette does not resist. Maybe she really does care for him? He has a warm, happy feeling that she does after all.
A few minutes later Sassette and the smurflings arrives at the mouth of the cave, each carrying an armful of wood. They take one look and their jaws drop open in shock, hardly believing what they are seeing.
"Eeew," little Sorcerer scowls, his tongue sticking out like he is about to be sick.
"Shh," Sassette hisses, putting a finger to her lips. But she is smiling. "Let's give them a moment. Come on." So saying, they carefully put down the wood in a pile and then Sassette ushers the smurflings back outside.
"Awe, but its cold out there, and I don't like those explosions." Little Sorcerette whines.
"It will only be for a moment, Sorcerette. I promise." Sassette assures, turning her head back in time to see Brainy and Brainette pull back from each other. The elders are smiling and looking into each other's eyes, unaware that the smurfs had just left the cave.
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The sound of someone sniffling wakes Brainy up once more. He grabs his glasses that is placed beside him and puts them on his face. It doesn't take Brainy long to notice little Sorcerer Smurfling crying quietly beside the large rock that now serves as a bed for the bespectacled elder.
"What's wrong, Sorcerer?" Brainy asks in a soft voice.
Sorcerer jumps a little, surprised to hear his elder speaking to him. He peers nervously up at him like a deer caught in headlights. Brainy waits patiently, and after a while the little smurfling takes a deep breath, sniffles once more and finally answers his elder.
"You almost got smurfed, elder," little Sorcerer says in a small voice. "The others just explained to me and Sorcerette about what happened to the Old Village. All the other smurfs and smurfettes are all gone. How come I can't remember any of them? I only remember you smurfs. What would happen if you are smurfed just like the other smurfs from the Old Village?"
Brainy blinks in surprise. "What happened to the Old Village does not mean that I would meet the same fate." He says soothingly to the distressed smurfling. He reaches down and strokes Sorcerer's little blue cheek reassuringly.
"But what if it does…? Sorcerer Smurfling whimpers, "I don't want you to get smurfed. I don't want anyone to get smurfed!"
Brainy is about to answer the young smurfling when he is interrupted by a loud explosion not too far off. The boom rumbled so loud that it woke up the other smurfs from their slumber. They all look around in panic.
"Those humans are still fighting?" Brainy cries in astonishment.
"They hadn't really stopped since this morning…well, I don't think they did!" Snappy replies in a groggy tone.
Another loud explosion goes off, and the sound echoes through the cave. "They sound as if they are getting awfully closer!" The bespectacled smurf elder says anxiously. He suddenly does not feel safe being in this cave anymore. Desperately Brainy tries to get up from his flat rocky bed.
Brainette notices her mate struggling to get up. Concerned, she quickly jumps out of her sleeping bag and rushes over to him. "Brainy, I told you to stay down. You are not able to travel anywhere just now!" She reminds him firmly, grabbing him by the shoulders and attempting to push him back down.
"No!" Brainy argues in a loud voice, "Please, for once, just believe me when I say we have to leave! The humans…they are moving towards us!" He looks pleadingly at Brainette. For an instant it seems that they just had a telepathic link. The same thought crossed their minds and the words -'protect the smurflings. They're the ones that matter the most' - echoed through their ears.
"You know I'm right, Brainette. We have to get out of this cave – NOW!" Brainy says seriously to his mate.
Brainette have to concur to that; the situation has indeed becomes quite dangerous. She nods once, turns abruptly to the other smurfs and gives orders once again.
"Sassette, Slouchy, grab our things. Snappy, Nat help get Brainy up. Come on Smurflings, we are leaving!"
The smurfs make it only half a mile from the cave, but it is enough to remove them out of the danger. From where they are, the smurfs watch as a group of humans come running towards the small cave they had just evacuated with the enemies following them closely. The enemy cannons from some distance away are firing at the Boer people, and within a short while the cave entrance is destroyed in the process.
Slouchy is shaken. "That was a close call." He says with relief.
"Those poor humans! I wish we could do something for them." Sassette shakes her head sadly, feeling guilt.
"But we can't, Sassette," Brainette gives her adopted sister a consoling hug. "We must move on and find a better shelter."
While they are journeying Snappy and Nat are walking at a slow pace, side by side with Brainy between them, trying to support him so he can walk. But with a groan, Brainy closes his eyes and slowly leans forward as if he is about pass out. Pain has become too much for him, and he is getting woozy as well as exhausted.
"Come on, Brainy! Snap out of it!" Snappy complains loudly as he begins to realize just how heavy his older brother can be when he isn't making an effort to stand straight.
"Hang in there, Brainy," Nat pleads, "We will get you somewhere so you can rest. But for now please try to stay awake!"
Brainette, noticing their distress, come running over and check on Brainy's condition. Her face becomes grim when she realizes that it doesn't look good. "He's not going to make it!" she exclaims, looking as though she is on verge of tears, "He lost too much blood during the operation when we took out the shrapnel!"
Nat looks alarmed. "Now what do we do, Brainette?"
"Smurfs!" A familiar voice calls out from above, startling all the smurfs.
With surprise and relief, the smurfs look up in time to see Khalid and seven of his strongest followers gliding down towards them. "Boy, am I glad we decided to go back to look for you after we noticed the war brewing in the Boer Camps the other day!" The Fairy King declares in a tone of sheer relief.
Brainette wastes no time. "Khalid! Brainy is badly hurt!" She cries in a panicky voice, running frantically toward the old fairy. "Can you help us, please?" She looks up at him desperately.
The old king wrinkles his brow with concern. "Then we must get him out of here! Naeem, Sulaiman, grab Brainy!" He barks out to his followers, "The rest of you help the other smurfs! We must fly them back to our shelter in the mountains!" So saying, Khalid picks up Brainette and his followers gathers up the rest of the smurfs. Thus done, he and his Fairy tribe take off in a long flight, their wings humming furiously as they head back towards the mountains far away, leaving the still raging war behind them
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"We were very fortunate that Khalid came for us," The white-haired Brainette is saying, sipping a warm cup of tea, "The healers of his tribe were able to give Brainy some medicines that saved him. Almost a month later, we were able to finally leave Africa and come home. Unfortunately, the injuries Brainy had suffered left him permanently in this condition," She sighs. "As we had explained before, one has to be 100 healthy and strong to use the Beetle Gem. Of course that meant Brainy would no longer be able to use the sapphire half the Beetle Gem!"
The now-grown Sorcerer sits straight up. "That is why the elders began training Sorcerette and me to use the Beetle Gem. They figured since we were born with magic powers that the Gem would adapt to us easier, and it did!" He declares proudly.
"Wow," Hefty gasps. He leans back against the soft cushions of the couch, still mulling over what he had just heard. He is not sure what to think of his brother now.
"You said it, Hefty." Toughette agrees with the same stunned expression that was on Hefty's face. "That was indeed very brave of you, Brainy!"
"Not that," Hefty corrects his girlfriend, but then pauses to think for a moment. "Well, that too, but I was actually referring to the fact that I nearly got smurfed when the Smurf Dam nearly crushed me, and the swift current draggedme across the ocean to the shores of the Smurfette Village. As you can all tell, I healed completely afterwards." Here Hefty glances at his brother and knits his eyebrows in concern. "How is it that you get one injury on your back, Brainy, and you had to suffer in that condition for the rest of your life?"
Brainette thought for a moment. "Probably because you were only 150 years old when the Smurf Dam burst, Hefty," she explains, "Brainy was nearly 600 years old when that shrapnel hit him. Apparently age is a factor we must consider here."
"There, are you happy now? You are all caught up!" Brainy grumbles in a cranky tone, mostly because he is still feeling the agony in his back again.
"Almost," Toughette speaks up. "What about how you smurfs suddenly decided to leave Europe and make home here?"
Sassette shrugs. "Well, it was either leave our home or face World War I."
"World War I?" Hefty and Toughette do not like the sounds of this.
"That's right," Snappy nods soberly. "Apparently the Boer War was only the beginning for all of Europe."
"We manage to leave our home with Cassandra, one of Gloria's Great-Great-Great grandkids, and her family before Germany attacked Belgium." Nat adds in.
"Yeah, and eventually we made it to a country called Ireland," Slouchy says slowly, "There we boarded a huge ship…which ended up on the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean on its' first voyage, nearly taking us down with it." This is said with a hint of regret. Both Brainy and Brainette shudder and make a horrified, queasy face. Apparently they are remembering that awful experience.
"I told you smurfs to listen to me," Brainette growls, shaking head as though to clear away the horrible memories, "Anything dubbed 'the unsinkable' is just screaming for trouble!"
Hefty and Toughette look at all the older smurfs with shock and concern. They both feel they have really been left out on so many of the adventures these smurfs have gone through. Part of them wish they were there to help protect the journeying smurfs, while the other half is somewhat glad they had missed it. Brainy notices the confusion on the younger, stronger smurfs' faces and understands what they must be thinking. He lets out a deep sigh and resumes speaking to them.
"Let's just say that if it weren't for a rescue team of humans from Canada who came to pick up Cassandra, her kids, and the other survivors from the doomed ship, we would have all froze waiting for a rescue ship from Europe!" He says stiffly, "After landing in Newfoundland we decided to cross this country until coming to the west coast here. Cassandra and her family found a decent place in the city while the rest of us eventually found this place and made it our home." With that Brainy leans back in his chair and closes his eyes.
"But…" Toughette again speaks up.
"It's late," Brainette interrupts her suddenly. She had noticed Hefty letting out a huge yawn. "And you two are tired anyway."
"Brainette has a point." Snappy says, standing up and scratching his behind, "Why don't Sassette and I take you to Sorcerette and Sorcerer's room?"
Once again Hefty and Toughette look at each other. With a shrug Hefty looks back to Snappy. "Fine," He sighs. He then turns to his aged brother. "Are you going to be ok, Brainy?"
Brainy opens his eyes and looks at his younger stronger sibling in surprise. 'Is Hefty actually worried about me?' He muses wonderingly. With an attempt to smile, Brainy once again addresses Hefty. "Yeah, you go on. I'll see you in the morning before you go on your nature hike with Nat and a group of the smurflings." He says reassuringly.
Reluctantly, Hefty nods, raises from his chair and follows Sassette, Sorcerette, Snappy, and Sorcerer out of the living room with Toughette right beside him. Nat and Slouchy stay behind to tidy up, taking the teapot and cups back into the kitchen. Once they are alone in the living room Brainy and Brainette turn to each other.
"I feel it that you've delayed on your medicine long enough", Brainette chides soothingly and lovingly, "I should get you to our quarters so you may take your medicine before going to bed."
Brainy harrumphs, but for once he had to concur that she is right. "Alright," He says with another small sigh.
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Attention: Her 15th chapter is finally up at FF.Net, with the note thanking those who had supported her during the time of grieving after the death of her husband:
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
First I wish to thank all of you that supported me during my time of grieving. My husband, Derek, meant a lot to me and even though he is gone, I still feel his soul is near me. I would also like to share a moment and thank some of my closest family, friends, and co-workers that have been there for me the most, and without their help and moral support I would still be up to my eyeballs in paper work with my husband's estate.
I am currently debt free. Everything is paid off. I don't owe anyone anything! I am taking care of my finances on my own. With the wage I make at my full time job I can easily cover my monthly bills, rent, and miscellaneous stuff, like food and clothes. This is a great achievement knowing that I can do this without financial support from anyone, even from family or friends. I do, however receive a lot of moral support from them, which I appreciate most of all. Now all that needs to be done is to save enough for a down payment to buy my own condo, or townhouse. That could easily be done within a year or so.
Last week was my birthday, and two of my husband's best friends were there. Normally these two men do not get along with each other. I remember trying to get them to come to my husband's birthdays in the past, but if one was going to be there the other wouldn't want to show. Last week they did not just put their differences aside and came to my party they actually had a conversation throughout the whole evening, as friends. It warmed my heart to see two of Derek's friends getting along.
The reason why I share this with all of you, my readers, is that I am dedicating this chapter to my friends (including my online friends like my beta reader, Tabby Tadavi), my boss and co-workers, and family that throughout the rough times, like death, I can count on them for support.
With Love,
Raven Child.
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Please don't forget to leave me a review of what you think of the story so far. I love to hear from you with any comments in relation to this story. I promise this story is almost complete!
If you can, come in and drop a review to show you are 100% behind her! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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posted 05-29-2006 06:14 PM
New pics have been posted on my site that are based on some scenes in Chapter 15: Wounds of War
"Your visit here with us these past few weeks has been both a pleasure and blessing, dearest Brainette!" Khalid, the king of all African Fairies says smoothly. Even though his white beard betrayed his advanced age he is extremely handsome, enough to set any female heart, young or old, fluttering.
"Wh-What are you d..." Before Brainette could finish her question, Brainy pulls her up to his face and kisses her gently on the lips.
Enjoy!
Raven Child.
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Originally posted by Papa Smurf:
Raven Child,
Your story and artwork are turning into quite the "magnum smurfus (magnum opus)". Great stuff!
Thanks so much, Papa Smurf ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) I'm so glad you are enjoying the story! I wish I have more time in my schedual to write/draw more
Take Care,
Raven Child.
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Tabby Tadavi
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posted 05-30-2006 04:21 PM
Your pics are great as always! Especially one of Brainy and Brainette kissing.
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posted 05-31-2006 03:26 PM
Those are some cool drawings, Raven Child!
Rapper, Clumsy, and Skater look so awesome! ![[Techno Smurf]](graemlins/Techno_Smurf.gif)
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Great drawings, Clumsy looks real cute and Skater with Rapper are looking very cool.
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You're welcome, Raven Child! ![[Sassette Smurfling]](graemlins/Sassette.gif)
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You`re very welcome .
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UPDATED: Raven Child has just posted Chapter 16.
Please take time to read and review, Raven would love to hear from you!
Chapter 16: Bedtime
"Ok, good night smurfs! See you in the morning!" Sorcerette says cheerfully, waving her hand at Sorcerer and Hefty and watching as Snappy lead them off down the hallway.
"All right, Sorcerette and Toughette," Sassette chirps as soon as the smurfs are out of sight, "Follow me, please." So saying, she goes in the other direction down the hallway with the younger smurfettes in tow. Minutes later they come to a stop at a door. "Toughette, this is where you and Sorcerette will be sleeping," Sassette declares, and opens the door into a darkened room. Fumbling in the darkness, the Elder finds and turns on a lamp beside one of the beds - and instantly frowns at what she sees in the now brightly lit room.
Curious, Toughette walks in to have a good look at her new room. Her jaw drops open in disbelief at the sight of the piles of clothing draping over the two twin beds, a couple of tables and even chairs. From ratty T-shirts to wrinkled skirts, to shoes, many of them quite scuffy, to smurf hats, all of different shapes and colors. Indeed, the clothes are all over everywhere, even under her feet.
"So, ah, where is my bed? Or better yet, is there a floor?" Toughette quips, kicking away quite a few clothes lying around on the unseen floor – which results in getting her feet tangled up in them, and she trips over with a squawk
"My thoughts exactly," Sassette growls, turning around to glare at Sorcerette. "I thought I told you to clean your room!"
"Well, it was…" Sorcerette sheepishly replies, "That is, until this morning when I had a wardrobe crisis!"
"A wardrobe crisis! You've gotta be smurfing me!" Sassette huffs, placing her hands firmly on her hips.
"Oh relax - this can easily be fixed – all it needs is just a little magic…." The magical smurfette raises her hands and wriggles her fingers. "and voila!" Sparkling magical dust fly from her fingers and almost instantly most of the clothes rise off the floor, the chair, and the beds. As the clothes glide over to her dresser they fold themselves nicely in mid-air and settle neatly into the drawer. The shoes and hats swoop into the closet just before the door is magically closed. The room now looks as tidy as ever.
"Well, I guess that is an improvement." Sassette says with a sigh. She then turns to Toughette. "You can sleep over there by the window." The elder with braided pigtails remarks, gesturing toward the bed up with a light blue quilt and a matching pillow on top of it.
"Oh, goody," Toughette says semi-sarcastically. She notices a forgotten pinkish-purple shirt still draped over her bed. "Ok, for future reference, Sorcerette," she picks it off, scrunches it up into a ball and tosses it at her new roommate, "If we are going to share a room together, please keep your wardrobe crises on your side of the room!"
"I can tell rooming with you is going to be interesting." Sorcerette smirks, catching her shirt with one hand.
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In the other room far down the hallway Sorcerer Smurf is laying on his back in his bed, looking up at the ceiling. This is the first time he is sharing a room with another smurf since he was a smurfling. He hears a seesaw-like hum of his roommate's snoring and looks over to Hefty in his bed. Sorcerer had seen how quickly Hefty fell asleep shortly after Snappy left their room. The young smurf figures it is because Hefty probably is still be feeling the effects of jetlag. There is so much his older brother, being from the medieval century, has to adjust to this new timeline.
He wishes he knew a spell that could help Hefty adjust a lot faster, but his Elder, Brainy Smurf, had warned him to give the strong smurf plenty of time to become accustomed to his new surroundings. Sorcerer scowls; in his mind he can still hear his elder's voice lecturing him about the usage of his magical powers. It also reminds him of what happened earlier this evening. Again, Sorcerer looks over to the slumbering Hefty Smurf.
With a huff, the young magical smurf is unable to take it any longer. He could not sleep…there is something on his mind that's bothering him, and he has to talk to someone! Sorcerer Smurf extends his right hand out towards his new roommate and wriggles his fingers. By doing so, he creates glittering magic dust from the tips of his fingers. The dust floats over and begins tickling Hefty's nose.
Hefty snorts loudly, waving his hand over his face to clears away the sparkling dust. "What the…?" he grumbles groggily, cracking open one tired eye.
"Hey Hefty, you awake?" Sorcerer whispers.
With a growl, the strong smurf looks irritably over at Sorcerer. "I am now! What's wrong with you?" He spat angrily.
"Sorry, I just wanna talk." The young magical smurf gives his roommate a puppy-dog look.
Hefty groans, slapping a hand over his eyes. "Couldn't this wait till morning?"
"Actually, no… There's just something on my mind and I have to get it out."
"And it has to be now? In the middle of the night?" Now very annoyed, Hefty sits up with another growl.
Sorcerer flinches, but he quickly recovers and sits up to look bravely back at him "Well, yeah. If you don't mind, Hefty, I mean, there aren't many other smurfs my own age around here except Sorcerette."
Hefty looks puzzled. "I don't get it…what do you mean by that?"
Sorcerer had not meant to babble, but he had been bottling it up inside him for so long that it just came tumbling out of him. "You don't know what it is like being the 'baby' of the Smurfs," he continues rather agitatedly, "Now that I'm an adult smurf I'm supposed to prepare to become a responsible leader someday. However, the problem is, I barely even had a smurflinghood! Do you know what that's like, Hefty?"
"Ah…" Stifling a yawn, Hefty tries to analyze just what Sorcerer Smurf said even as his tired mind fights going back to sleep. He tries to shake his head to show he can't think of something else to say. But finding it unable to hold his head up much longer, he wearily leans against his pillow for support.
"Look, Hefty," Sorcerer says, leaning forward and looking intently at his roommate, "I know what you think of me and Sorcerette. Part of my many talents is telepathy."
"What?" Startled, the strong smurf sits straight up, suddenly and fully alert with what this young smurf formally known as Baby had just divulged.
"Yup, I can read minds…Well, most of the time anyway." Sorcerer shrugs, looking a bit shyly.
"Most of the time?" Hefty raises an eyebrow with interest.
"Sometimes there are too many thoughts talking at once and it is hard for me to concentrate." The magical smurf sheepishly admits. "I know Sorcerette has the same problem. She and I, however, can communicate with each other quite easily without needing to speak a single word!"
"Fascinating," The tired strong smurf yawns again. "So what is it you think I feel about you and Sorcerette?" He adds, pretending to have some curiosity in this unusual subject.
"Ok, I understand that it's obvious that we aren't the same young smurflings you once remembered us in the past, for one thing."
"I suppose we all have to grow up in our own smurfy way…" Hefty stifles yet another yawn.
"But that's just it!" Sorcerer exclaims, sitting straight up. "I don't want to grow up!"
"Ah, technically, you don't have a choice." The strong smurf slumps deep onto his pillow.
Sorcerer looks frustrated. "Don't you want to know what it would be like to be immortal? Never have to grow older, ever? I mean, to me you are definitely the youngest 657 year old smurf I ever met! So, technically, you have already cheated aging in a matter of speaking!"
Hefty shakes his head. "I've also cheated death a few times, but you don't see me jumping up and down over it!" He grumbles.
"Yeah, I was told about the smurf dam incident," Sorcerer replies, nodding his head. "The entire Old Village apparently was upset over it. That is, until you finally returned after spending time at the Smurfette Village." He shifts his position on his bed and continues, "But back to the immortal question, though. It will be a matter of time when you too will grow as old as Elder Brainy!"
"Not for another six hundred years, I'm sure…" Hefty blinks heavily, trying to fight the urge to just go back to sleep.
"You and Toughette are the protectors of the smurflings. I'm sure you know that," Sorcerer tries to explain patiently, "Not only that, Elder Brainy has often drilled me and Sorcerette on the same role, too. Caring for the little ones are just as much our responsibilities as yours. But…" Here he looks worried. "But what if something terrible were to happen? Has it ever occurred to you that if anything were to happen to the Elders…and even us… there would be no one to look after the smurflings? They will be orphans, like we were when the Blucroditius Disease attacked the Old Village!" With that, Sorcerer stares earnestly at Hefty with wide eyes.
Hefty's eyes pop wide open at Sorcerer Smurf's remark on the mortality of the smurfs. Perhaps the young magical smurf has a point. Hefty pulls himself back to a sitting position and looks back at Sorcerer, but for once he is unsure what to say.
Sorcerer looks down as if ashamed. "I guess what I'm saying, Hefty, is that…I fear death. I fear growing old and not being able to fulfill my destiny as the leader of all that is Smurf. At least that is how it's supposed to be, according to my Elders!" Sorcerer frowns. "Sometimes I just wish they'd smurf up about it already!" He shouts rather forcefully, covering his ears as if he could still hear Brainy's voice nagging at him about his destiny.
Taken aback, Hefty hesitated for a moment before he opens his mouth to ask a rather tentative question, "Is that why you snapped at Brainy earlier this evening?"
Sorcerer sighs, takes his hands off his round ears and looks at Hefty rather unhappily. "Don't get me wrong. I totally love and respect my Elders!" Sorcerer sighs again. "It's just so much for one smurf to know the heavy weight of responsibility he will eventually endure alone." His shoulders sag, and Sorcerer sits there brooding moodily.
"Hey, you're not alone Sorcerer!" The strong smurf winks at his roommate, "You will also have Sorcerette helping you as well as Toughette and myself. We can all work and raise the smurflings together!"
Sorcerer begins to smile at Hefty. "Yeah, I know." He replies, feeling a bit better. He is glad that Hefty and Toughette are here in Canada with smurfs. It is also great to have a smurf his age to talk to, even though Hefty is technically still older than him. "Thanks dude." Sorcerer says and, before he realizes it, he lets out a big yawn.
"Anytime," Hefty smiles back. "Now let's get some sleep, shall we? I want to be alert when we go on our first hike in these new woods!"
"Ok, 'night Hefty." Sorcerer Smurf leans back into his pillow, rolls over to his left with his face toward the wall, and closes his eyes. Slowly he drifts off to asleep.
"Night Sorcerer," Hefty lets out one last yawn before lying back down and turning on his right with his back toward his young roommate. For an instant Hefty feels a little worried when he thought back to what Sorcerer said about immortality. However, he decided that now is not going to be the time to worry about that. Instead, he snuggles beneath his blanket and closes his eyes. Eventually the only sound that is heard in their darkened bedroom is the noisy, seesaw-like hum of their snoring.
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posted 06-14-2006 06:27 AM
I liked it a lot!
Great job, Raven Child!
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