Dreamy's Lost Village (Hero Stories)/Part 2

Harmony was playing terribly on his horn while Smurfette was sat down on a bench. She sighed as she watched the world go by. Grouchy hovered over her with a raised eyebrow, expecting her to get up and walk away.

"Eh, what are you doing?" he inquired, his expression not changing.

"Oh, hey, Grouchy. I was just..." Smurfette answered, before Grouchy cut her off.

"Leaving," he suggested.

"Uhhhh..." Smurfette replied unsure as to how answer him. That wasn't actually her plan.

"This is my bench. I come here at the same time every day and..." Grouchy said began Smurfette cut him off.

"Ohh, let me guess...," she interrupted, "You grouch."

"Exactly!" Grouchy answered back.

Smurfette moved over so he could sit down next to her.

"I can do that. I can grouch." She said, trying to use his same voice and tone.

Pushover Smurf was passing by after his boxing lesson with Dempsey. "Hey, Grouchy. Hey, Smurfette! Nice day, huh?"

"NO IT'S NOT! Grouchy shouted back.

"IT'S GONNA RAAAAAIIIINNNN!!" Smurfette grumped, but it didn't come out sounding right. She wasn't naturally grouchy. In her own voice, she added. "Which actually helps the plants grow!" She tried again. "But that also means it's gonna be cloudy! So chew on that!" Then, "But then again, there might be a rainbow!" She was finding it so hard to stay grouchy! "But rainbows are dumb!"

Smurfette shook her head. She just couldn't do it. "Just kidding, I love rainbows! GAHHH!!"

"You're not very good at this, are you?" Grouchy asked with a grouchy sigh.

"Uh, no I'm not," Smurfette admitted.

"In fact, you're actually kinda bad at it." Grouchy said.

"Yup," Smurfette replied as she began to leave, but then she stopped and turned back. "But you're also bad at it! Wait, that's a lie! You're really good at it!"

In the end, Smurfette only knew one thing: She still didn't know what her purpose was.

... Smurfette traveled to Brainy's mushroom. She was about to knock on the door when Brainy popped out. He was wearing a lab coat, looking frazzled.

"Hi, Brainy!" Smurfette greeted, happy to see him.

"Ahh, Smurfette! Thank goodness you're here!" Brainy responded between coughs. He then leaned past her, glanced around nervously, and grabbed her arm, dragging her inside.

Smurfette began to protect. "I was just... Whoa!"

In Brainy's lab, Hefty was sitting in a chair. On his head was a ridiculous hat made from an old spaghetti colander and some root vegetables. It was connected by wires to a machine that rattled and hummed. There was another Smurf present in the lab as well sitting on a stool behind a blast shield with his head in his hands, this Smurf wore a golden Smurf hat and golden pants, he had a shield tattoo on his upper right arm and the letter H on his forehead. His real name was Kakarot, but he preferred to be called by his common name of Hero.

"We're running trials on my new invention, the Smufy Thing Finder. Second Test Subject: Hefty," Brainy explained to her.

"Hey, Smurfette," Hefty greeted in a deep voice with a raised eyebrow and a cheeky smirk on his face.

"Uh... second test subject?" Smurfette questioned.

"Yeah, Hero was my first test subject," Brainy responded, pointing Hero out to Smurfette. Hero looked up at Smurfette and greeted her with a friendly smile and wave.

"That thing's safe, right?" Smurfette whispered to Brainy. She became even more worried when saw Brainy join Hero  behind the blast shield for protection.

"Is it safe?" Brainy said, pushing her worry away. "Psshh. Of course." He paused, took a deep breath and warned her, "I'd get back here if I were you."

to be expanded later.