Brainy's Really Beard Story/Part 1

It is on a day when Empath's daughter Psycheliana was around 150 years old when her best friend Miracle was at work on a project that he didn't want anybody else to know about. Psycheliana was curious to find out what that project was, but she was very mindful not to read into Miracle's mind when he didn't want his mind to be read by anyone, not even her father Empath. So Psycheliana spent her days practicing her telekinetic abilities to strengthen them and herself in case she may need to defend the village from an attack.

Libra found Psycheliana by the edge of the forest during her practice. Like her father Polaris Psyche, she was normally reserved and hardly reacted to anything in an emotional manner. Psycheliana was really working up a sweat as she leaped around and blasted the attack dummies that she had created for her practice sessions, avoiding being captured by them as best as she could. After the last dummy fell to the ground, Psycheliana landed on her feet and approached Libra, whom she noticed was standing there watching her the whole time.

"That was a pretty good practice session, wasn't it, Libra?" Psycheliana asked.

"Your skills rival those of your father and this one's father, but there is so much you still need to learn about how to discpline your abilities, Liana," Libra said dispassionately.

"You think I'm too emotional when it smurfs to using my abilities," Psycheliana said. "But sometimes I feel that they smurf best when I'm not afraid to express how I feel when I'm in the heat of battle."

"You must be careful not to let your emotions control you, or else you could be overcome in a battle situation that you may not be able to handle by yourself," Libra said.

"I can count on you to smurf my back in those situations, can't I?" Psycheliana asked.

"This one will not always be beside you in every situation, Liana," Libra said. "Besides, my father does not like the idea of this one even being in battles in the first place. Part of this one would seem to agree with him."

"But part of you doesn't, that part of you that's still a Smurf," Psycheliana said. "You've got to smurf what seems best for you, not what your parents think is best for you. Otherwise, you're never going to be your own Smurf."

"This one will try to keep that in mind," Libra said. "Anyway, you might want to check up on Miracle to see what he's working on in the laboratory, since this one senses that's what you're thinking about."

"I shouldn't be smurfing too much upon his private business, but I appreciate your opinion nonetheless," Psycheliana said. "Maybe what he's working on is important for all Smurfs."

"Tell Miracle that Libra sends him her greetings when you do encounter him, Liana," Libra said as she watched Psycheliana walk away from the training grounds.

She came to where Miracle's own personal laboratory was located when she saw a flash of light through the windows and then some smoke coming out of the chimney. Psycheliana feared the worst has happened to Miracle until he came out through his door, looking very different from his normal appearance. "Liana, it works! The project I've been smurfing on works!" he exclaimed.

"Your project works?" Psycheliana asked. "What were you working on? And why are you smurfing a beard?"

"That is my project, Liana...it's called Instant Beard!" Miracle replied. "This would change how Smurfs would grow facial hair from now on. I just smurfed a bit of the formula on my face, and soon it grows to a full beard and moustache. Of course I had to trim it down a bit so I could smurf like Grandpa Smurf, but there you have it! What do you think?"

Psycheliana just looked at Miracle with his new beard, unsure of what to say. "Well...at the very least you look different for a Smurf your age, Miracle," she said. "But how long does that smurf on your face?"

"I haven't quite tested that out yet, Liana, but I'm hoping it should smurf on my face as long as the adult Smurfs have theirs," Miracle said.

"Have you shown this to Uncle Brainy yet, Miracle?" Psycheliana asked.

"Uh, no," Miracle answered. "Actually I was hoping to surprise him because I heard that he tried a similar formula back when I was just a baby Smurf and it just smurfed out of control when he tried it."

"Maybe we should show him, just to see what he has to smurf about it," Psycheliana said. "Who knows, he might think it's a very smurfy thing to have." - Brainy was busy in his laboratory working on a project when he heard knocking on his door. He opened and found out that it was Psycheliana and Miracle, with Miracle looking a bit unrecognizable to Brainy.

"Great Smurfness, who are you supposed to be?" Brainy asked.

"Uncle Brainy, it's me, Miracle, with my new Instant Beard," Miracle answered.

"Instant Beard? You mean you actually perfected it?" Brainy asked.

"Of course I did, Uncle Brainy," Miracle said. "I found out how to keep the beard from resmurfing after it has been cut, so for now it smurfs like normal hair."

"He's not smurfing a trick on me, Liana, is he?" Brainy asked.

"I can definitely sense that this is Miracle, and this magic beard of his is real, Uncle Brainy," Psycheliana said.

"Well, I for one couldn't be pleased to find that my student has succeeded his teacher in something that I couldn't figure out how to smurf for age since I first tried it when I was his age," Brainy said.

"Miracle said something like that about you, Uncle Brainy," Psycheliana said. "Would you mind if we ask how it is you were smurfing up the idea of trying the Instant Beard growth formula back in the day?"

"Excuse me for a moment while I put my experiment on hold, my little Smurfs," Brainy said. Then he raised his hands and said, "Die Jovis experimentum," and in an instant, everything in the laboratory froze in place as if it were suspended in time. "Well, that should smurf me enough time to tell you everything you need to know. Please, sit wherever you like."

Miracle and Psycheliana both found seats in the laboratory, where they sat down to listen to Brainy's story.

"Well, this story begins about a year or so after Miracle first smurfed into the village as a baby Smurf," Brainy said. "It's no secret that I have been admiring Papa Smurf since I was the first Smurf who was adopted by him from long ago, and that he smurfed great potential in me that I didn't smurf in myself at that age, being so enamored with books and education. The problem was that most Smurfs didn't smurf up to me as they did to Papa Smurf, and I was beginning to wonder why. Now remember, my children, parts of this story came from Narrator's recollections of the whole situation, so this is how things were..."

To be expanded on.