Malicia (Empath stories)



Malicia is a character who is part of the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series, appearing mostly in flashback stories. She is a witch who was the guardian of an apple tree that she caught the Smurflings eating from one time and had chased away, threatening to turn them into pumpkins if she ever catches them again. Later on, they decide to get even with Malicia and scare her by lighting jack o'lanterns around her house, making her think that her spell actually turned the Smurflings into pumpkins. Then Gargamel pays a visit to Malicia's home and she attacks him with a broom, thinking it was him playing a joke with the pumpkins. But Gargamel sees one of the Smurflings and realizes that they were responsible for scaring the witch, so the two of them summon Jack O'Lantern to go after them. However, Jack explains that he will carry off into the night the one responsible for calling his name, and with his magic he turns Gargamel into a living pumpkin and causes Malicia to have sausage links growing out of her nose.