Eska's Christmas Party (The Devereaux Story)/Chapter 3

Cerise looked at her new friends and let out a sigh.

"Well, there was a huge storm at our place, and we had to get out immediately. I escaped, but I was separated from my parents...I lost them."

The crew looked at each other. They felt bad for this little girl and wanted to help her.

"Don't worry," Eska put a reassuring hand on her arm, "We'll find them!"

"But..." Cerise was about to say.

"Yea, no worries!" Jackie agreed, "Just tell us what you need us to do!"

Cerise looked at the others, who were anticipating their orders. Cerise had something to tell, but she decided not to share with them yet, "Well, I need to take these two stones to a special place," She held up to stone plates, "It was a tree engraved with our initials. You can say...our family tree."

"So," Johan recapped, "You want us to take two stones to a tree...and maybe that's where your parents are?"

"Uh...you can say that," Cerise confirmed.

"Alright!" Peewit exclaimed, "Let's go reunite a family for Christmas!"

"You Smurfs coming along?" Julia asked Eska and her friends.

"As long as I'm back by the time our Christmas party starts," Eska replied, "We can come along!"

"As I was saying," Peewit repeated, "Let's go reunite a family!"

Later on, they set out into the snowy forest to find the tree Cerise was looking for. As Peewit trailed along, he stepped into Johan's footprints, then stepped into a steep snowbank and feel through. Cerise giggled and walked over to the hole Peewit left, "You're funny, Peewit!"

"Just doin' my job!" Peewit beamed from the bank.

"So...do Savina and Gerard know that we found a helpless child?" Johan asked Julia.

"Savina and Gerard aren't joining us on this journey," Julia explained, "They are spending the holiday with their families."

"Something we should do," Peewit smiled, "If we weren't already a family!"

Julia giggled and took Peewit's hand, "Just being with you is all the family I need. Plus with Alistar and my biological parents in my hearts."

"Kinda wish my real family wasn't Gargamel though," Jackie muttered.

"Yea, I'm glad we're talking about family and everything," Eska interrupted, "But we have a family tree to find."

"Speaking of which, where is this tree?" Johan asked.

"This tree cannot be found in this forest," Cerise explained.

"Wait...you mean it's..." Johan tried to say.

"Outside the forest?!" The rest finished for him. Spiro fainted.

"How far is it?!" Eska asked.

"I'm afraid we have to go pass the Forest of Portals for this one," Cerise explained.

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