The New Smurfs On The Block/Part 4

"But even while the Smurfs were enjoying themselves with the Smurflings' music, Gargamel decided to smurf in touch with his evil godfather about the locket he had found, and to smurf him about who has the dog that smurfs the locket," Narrator said.

And as Narrator told his part of the story, Empath and Polaris saw Gargamel at the door of Lord Balthazar's castle, fearfully knocking to be allowed entry while hoping not to be devoured by his godfather's pet serpent in the moat. He was soon allowed to enter, but barely got any farther from the door when a blade came down and grazed the toe part of Gargamel's shoes, making the evil wizard fear that his toes have been cut off until he saw that they were still intact.

Gargamel soon entered the main chamber of Balthazar's laboratory, where his godfather was waiting. "What brings you here to my castle, you sniveling weakling of a sorcerer?" he demanded.

"Godfather, I only want to bring you news of a magic locket that this dog was wearing...a dog that the Smurfs seem to be in possession of," Gargamel said.

"The dog with the locket?" Lord Balthazar said. "You have seen it?"

"Why, yes, godfather," Gargamel said. "It's said that only one person is able to open it to unlock the key to all magic."

Balthazar rubbed his chin in deep thought. "To possess such an item and be able to open it...it would make me the most powerful sorcerer in all the land."

"Yes, but we need to find a way to get the dog away from those miserable Smurfs," Gargamel said.

"Then we'll have to lure the dog away from the Smurfs so that we may possess the amulet and find a way to open the locket," Balthazar said. "And you're going to help me get that dog."

"Who, me?" Gargamel said. "Oh, why, of course I will, godfather. Anything so that we can possess the greatest power of magic in all the land, even in all the world."

"If we're able to open the locket, then perhaps I will allow you to possess some control of the magic, Gargamel," Balthazar said. "But that's only if we are able, and even then I will have to consider." - Back in the village, the Smurfs and the Smurflings were busy giving Puppy a bath, which got the Smurfs just as wet as Puppy was. They all laughed together.

"So how do you like the new home that I smurfed for you out of that tree stump?" Handy asked the Smurflings. "All the comforts of home, yes?"

"It's absosmurfly smurftastic, Handy, though I can't wait to be old enough so that I can smurf a home of my very own," Snappy said.

"Perhaps you will someday, Snappy," Handy said. "By the way, I think Spinner would want you three to smurf a record of that song you were smurfing at the festival last night."

"Spinner wants us to smurf a record?" Nat said. "You mean everyone will get to listen to it whenever they want?"

"That's exactly what Handy means, Nat," Hefty said. "You sure got talent for a bunch of little smurfs, I can tell you."

"Smurfabunga!" Slouchy said. "Let's give this a high-four, fellows!"

"Barely here for a few days and we're already stars!" Snappy said as he, Nat, and Slouchy joined together to give each other a high-four.

Just then, Smurfette came out with Baby Smurf to visit Puppy. "Are any of you Smurfs able to open the locket yet?" Smurfette asked.

"So far none of us are, Smurfette," Hefty said. "Each time one of us tried to open the thing, we got smurfed by a lightning bolt. Maybe this thing isn't meant to be opened by any one of us."

"And maybe this key to all magic isn't meant for any of us to smurf," Handy said. "But as long as this dog is wearing the locket on his collar, nobody will ever be able to smurf their hands on it."

"Aye, lest they find out the hard way that it's going to smurf them just as it did us, laddie," Duncan said.

Smurfette could see that Baby Smurf wanted to reach out for Puppy's locket. "Oh no, Baby Smurf," Smurfette said. "I don't want to see you get smurfed like the other Smurfs."

To be expanded on.