Planted in Time (The Devereaux Story)/Chapter 2

Eska gasped. Her home was almost completely covered by plants. It was like another forest. While she walked through, she spotted torn down houses, broken house items, and several vines growing throughout all of them.

"This is what the place is like a year later?" Eska asked herself. Suddenly, a mutated plant guard charged at her with a war cry. Eska dodged it and shot at it with her wand. The mutation dissolved. Eska was slightly confused.

"Is this even the Smurf Village?!" Eska exclaimed. The rattling of her voice sent a spear flying towards her. What happened were more spears coming and being tied together, catching Eska in them. There were natives with masks that examined her. One with the purple leaves looked at her and gasped.

"Eska?" he said.

Eska widened her eyes, "Spiro? Is that you?!"

He lifted his mask. It was indeed Spiro. The others lifted their masks and revealed themselves too. They were the identities of Brainy, Britze, Smurfette, Hefty, and Clumsy.

"Guys! You're all here!" Eska smiled.

"Yea," Brainy furrowed his eyebrows, "Where were you?"

"What do you mean?" Eska cocked her head.

"You've been gone for a year, dude!" Hefty explained, "The last time we saw you was at Papa's house!"

"Ever since you've left," Britze added, "The red Smurfs were able to find our village and destroy it. Some of the Smurfs escaped to the Isle of Salem."

"Others," Brainy took his mask off more to reveal a red Smurf hat, "Weren't so lucky."

Eska gasped and put her hand over her mouth, "Papa...is he...?!"

The others nodded. Smurfette even wiped a few tears away, "Oh, those poor Smurfs were lost to Gargamel!"

"Ever since Papa....well...," Eska could see that Brainy was trying to hold back tears,"...passed on, I stepped up and took charge. I learned that I may be smart, but I need to be capable of being leader, not tyrant."

Eska had so many questions about this future. They let her out to listen, "How many escaped?"

"About as half as were captured." Hefty told her.

"Then, maybe we can meet up with the survivors at the Isle of Salem," Eska suggested, "Then I can see Bash, Felipe, and even Benny again!"

Spiro and Britze looked at each other sadly.

"Eska," Spiro spoke up, "Don't be upset, but one of us didn't make it..."

Eska began to worry, "Which one?"

Spiro pulled out from behind his back what looked like a scarf. Eska gasped in horror. It was Benny's scarf. She clutched it to her heart, dropped to her knees, and sobbed.

"I'm so sorry, Eska," Smurfette put a hand on her shoulder.

Eska looked up from the tears in her eyes with bitterness, "I HAVE to keep this from happening. No matter how long it takes, I will find what caused this and put an end to it."

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