The Night Of The Weresmurf/Part 3

Brainy as a were-Smurf continued to follow the sound of the howling, being led mostly by instinct. He didn't know exactly where he was going, nor was he even aware, as his mind was taken over by the feral state that he was in.

He soon came across a traveling showman's tent and wagon set up near a human village, and inside he could hear the sound of the howling being louder. He knew that he had come to its source when he entered the wagon and saw that a male wolf was trapped inside one of the cages, howling mournfully in need of a rescue.

But just as Brainy gathered near the wolf and howled along with him, another voice spoke out: "Well, well, what do we have here? A new attraction for my circus!"

Brainy looked and saw that it was a human with a pet snake standing at the entrance of the wagon. The human was armed with a whip, and the snake was wearing a festive hat and a ruffle around its neck.

Brainy leaped toward the human and grabbed his right ankle, trying to attack him with all the primal ferocity he could muster. "AAAAAH! KEEP AWAY FROM ME!" the human screamed, kicking Brainy away.

Brainy went flying through the room and landed inside an empty cage beside the male wolf. The snake suddenly glided over to the cage and closed it shut, sealing the were-Smurf inside. Brainy just snarled at the human, eager to get his claws on him at the first chance of escape.

The human laughed at Brainy's misfortune. "Welcome to show business, my flea-bitten friend," he said. "You've just got your foot through the door." - Smurfette, Clumsy, Tapper, Duncan, Nat, and Snappy gathered around Papa Smurf inside his laboratory as he found the book that he was looking for, The Book Of Fantastic Peoples. He was now reading from the section about the Werefolk, also known as lycanthropes, and how Smurfs can fall victim to the Werefolk curse.

"'Even a Smurf who is pure of heart and smurfy day and night can become a were-Smurf with the wolf being blue and the full moon is shining bright,'" Papa Smurf read from the book.

"Golly, Papa Smurf, that poem is just as scary as Brainy," Clumsy said, finding himself shuddering in fear.

"You mean one little scratch of that flower turned Brainy into a were-Smurf?" Nat asked.

"Yes, Nat, and unless a wreath of silver root and garlic is smurfed around Brainy's neck before midnight tomorrow, Brainy will forever remain in the state of being a were-Smurf, unlike Crazy," Papa Smurf said.

"Michty me, Papa Smurf, it smurfs like we'd better get smurfing on that cure before Brainy smurfs it worse than Crazy does," Duncan said.

"I feel sorry for what has besmurfed Brainy of all Smurfs," Tapper said. "But I worry more about the other Smurfs should this curse become permanent."

"That's why I carry this silver dart with me, laddie," Duncan said, showing the other Smurfs the item in question. "If worse smurfs to worst, we can smurf Brainy out of his misery and keep him from endangering anybody else."

"You were carrying a silver dart all this time, just out of the thought that Crazy may someday attack us as a were-Smurf?" Smurfette asked, sounding displeased.

"I'm not proud to admit that, my sweet lassie, but I'm praying that I would never have to smurf this upon any Smurf, even Crazy," Duncan said.

"Let's hope you smurf the thing right on target in case you do, Duncan," Snappy said.

"We'll smurf that option only when it's necessary, my little Smurfs," Papa Smurf said. "For now I need to smurf to work on preparing the cure and making sure we find Brainy before midnight tomorrow."

To be expanded on.