The Smurfs and the Foxfire (Hero Stories)/Part 3

As Panicky was approaching Pushover's house, Wonder caught up to him and grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Just where are you smurfing off to, Panicky?" she asked him.

"Uh... I was just... uh," Panicky shuddered.

"You were going to smurf Pushover to smurf your job for you, weren't you, Panicky?" Wonder questioned.

"No... I was just..." Panicky shuddered again.

"Don't lie to me, Panicky," Wonder said. "You smurfed the green smurfberry! You are the Foxfire Smurf, and it's you who should smurf the Foxfire."

Panicky just shook violently, unable to mutter a single word.

"Please smurf back to your home and prepare yoursmurf for your important journey tomorrow," Wonder ordered, pointing in the other direction. She watched as Panicky walked away slowly in the other direction, not long after Panicky had; that Fergus approached her.

"There you are, lassie," he said. "I was wanting to smurf you about something."

"What about, Fergus?" Wonder inquired.

"I heard Pushover smurfing rather unsmurfy language and he was acting very aggressive, which is rather unusual for a Smurf like him, he then smurfed to me that you could further explain it." Fergus answered.

"Ah! His random outbursts?" Wonder questioned. "Walk with me and I'll smurf everything."

As Fergus and Wonder walked away, she explained in its entirety the whole situation regarding Pushover and his random aggressive outbursts that Panicky emerged from the shadows of a Smurf house and headed in the direction of Pushover's house.

Since Pushover had worked so hard that day, he didn't have the strength to reach his bed, so instead he collapsed in to a chair and he had fallen in to a deep sleep. He snored loudly before he was awoken by several knocks on his door.

Pushover gave a big yawn, "Come in!" he answered before Panicky opened the door.

"Uh, excuse me, Pushover," Panicky quaked. "I'm sorry to bother you."

"Now what?" Pushover raged. "I'm sick and tired of all you smurfing smurfs who..."

Pushover soon noticed that Panicky was holding a torch and map and was violently shaking, a lot more than usual.

"Panicky! You're the Foxfire Smurf!" Pushover said. "But what's wrong? Why are smurfing like a leaf?"

"I'm... I'm sorry, Pushover," Panicky stuttered. "I just need to ask you of a fa... fav... fav..."

"Let me guess, a favor?" Pushover answered, stating the obviousness of the situation.

"No... eh, yeah! How did you know?" Panicky asked.

"Call it a lucky guess!" Pushover answered with a bit of sarcasm in his voice.

"You'll be needing these, Pushover," Panicky said handing the torch and map over to Pushover. "Papa Smurf said this map will show you where to smurf."

"Considering it's you, Panicky, I'll help you out; but only this one time, after this you never ask me to smurf you another favor, you got me?" Pushover said adamantly.

"But... but..." Panicky stuttered, unsure what to say at that moment.

"Panicky!" Pushover thundered back with a slightly raised eyebrow.

"Okay, okay," Panicky replied, stuttering his answer. "No more favors."

As Pushover walked out of his house, map and torch in hand, Wonder returned and noticed him heading off in to the forest.

"Pushover! Where are you smurfing off to?" she asked.

"My last favor!" Pushover shouted back. "Since Panicky's too afraid to smurf the Foxfire by himself, I'm smurfing it for him."

"Ooh, that Panicky Smurf!" Wonder muttered angrily to herself. "When I smurf my hands on him, he'll smurf a right good smurf in the face. Wait, Pushover! I'll smurf along with you."

"I appreciate that, Wonder," Pushover acknowledged as he waited for Wonder to catch up to him before the both of them headed off in to the forest and following the map to the Great Swamp.

to be expanded later.