Prince Pyro (Expanded AU)

Prince Pyro appeared in the original Smurfs cartoon series in an episode during Season 5 - he was only known as The Gnome Prince. In Numbuh 404's stories, he is given a direct name based on his appearance and personality

Meeting and Relationship with Glacia
He first hears of the gnome princess when his father tells him she and her parents will be arriving with interest in creating ties between their kingdoms. The thought of meeting "some random girl with a tiara" - as he put it - didn't appeal to him, so he stayed in his room during their visit.

He was reassembling his fishing rod when he heard footsteps coming from the hallway and decided to investigate - he could tell it was someone new based on the pace of each step (slow). He opened the door and stepped out of his room to discover - to his astonishment and agitation - the gnome princess his father had told him about. He asked what she was doing.

"Counting the roots," she had said. He told her there were twenty-two, not including the one with the split end, and he pointed to it above her. When she pesters him with conversation, he reluctantly confesses that in times of boredom he focuses on details and interior decor, but he withholds the fact that he was fixing a broken rod in his room.

To his disinterest, she manages to keep him talking until their parents find them and she has to leave; he was about to return to his room when he heard her tell him she hoped to meet again. When she was gone, he flat-out told his dad he wouldn't follow up with her - he was instantly bombarded with protest. He locked himself in his room for the rest of that day and didn't come out until the next morning. For days on end he was nagged by his father, the soldiers who had met the princess, and even his personal servant to reconsider - fed up from the pressure, he broke down and promised them he would send her "a stupid letter or something if it'll shut you all up".

The next morning he hastily wrote and rolled up a scroll, attached it to a carrier sparrow, and sent it to her kingdom after a quick reminder from his father. Then he left their cave and ventured out on a walk to be alone with his thoughts; majority of which was ranting to himself about how unfair it was being forced to chat up a girl he barely knew. By the time he returned, he found the same sparrow with another scroll tied to its foot, so he read it and told her to meet him by the pond near Pussywillow Hollow.

Several days later he heads out to the pond with two fishing poles and gives one to her - he was shocked that she had never fished before, so he felt obligated to teach her. He explained how to hold the rod, watch the bait on the line while it's in the water, and - most importantly - to be patient. He was appeased somewhat when she told him she was naturally a patient person, but he initially kept his thoughts to himself when they first casted.

They talked softly, sitting on the bank, and passed the time watching the fish nibble on their lines. Eventually she asked for his name, which he replied, "Call me Pyro," and he learned that she was "Glacia": he admitted it was a pretty name. At sunset they called it a day, having caught a few fish each, and he would allow a second meeting to take place.

About half a dozen more get-togethers come and go, and finally he realizes that he can't get her off his mind, but when he hinted this to his personal servant all he heard was some mush about him liking her. He sternly reminded him that he couldn't stop thinking of the princess because she was so "ditzy" as he stated, and it was annoying - he wasn't surprised that his servant didn't believe him, so he sent him out in a hurry. However, he decides to talk to a few friends before she sees him again (having overheard his father talking about an upcoming party her parents were throwing).

He sought out his childhood companion, Ripple, and was told not to worry about getting involved with a girl; knowing that the Woodsprite had never fallen in love before, he turned to another friend. Dorgone, his best friend, advised him to listen to his heart and not his head when it came time to cross that bridge - "Do you see yourself being with her or not? You'll know when the right moment comes," he had said. Still not convinced, he asked the Smurfs for help and wound up hearing the same things from Papa Smurf.

When he finally came home and settled down in his room, his servant came in with a gift from the princess: a crystal with a note attached that read, "I bet this would make the coolest hilt piece..." He tossed the paper away and examined the crystal in his hands while his servant dared to ask about their relationship. At first he told him it was none of his business, but when he was persistant, the prince sighed and ultimately admitted he was unsure of his feelings: "I don't really like her, but she's always on my mind...I can't make heads or tails of anything right now, so leave me be." His servant disappeared, and then he attached the crystal to his sword hilt, thinking nothing more of it that evening.

A month later he attended her parents' Summer Solstice Extravaganza and subtly hinted to his new hilt decoration when he sees her. She persuaded him to leave the crowd after a few minutes and they end up behind the palace where she admits to a growing admiration for him. Hearing that - especially with her holding his hands and looking at him with a flirtatious smile - his heart picked up and he tried to get rid of the lump in his throat. He beat around the bush, putting together some story about being unsure of his feelings, and was easily silenced when she pecks his cheek and returns to the party.

Through the remainder of the evening he went back forth on his answer and remembered Dorgone's advise about listening to his heart, but he doesn't hear it at first. Frustrated, he wandered over to a rosebush and counted the buds and blooms - twenty-two, not including the one rosehip. Suddenly he understood what that meant and searches the crowd for Glacia.

At the close of the celebration, and everyone leaves, he caught her attention before his father led him out. He glanced at her parents, cleared his throat, and uneasily asked her to be his girl - she said yes and her parents looked joyous, so he relaxed and embraced the princess before going home. Since then, they have been going steady.

Appearance
Pyro has lightly tanned pale skin, standard black eyes, and a thin figure; his ears are pointed and he only has four fingers like the Smurfs. His rustic red hair has clightly choppy bangs, minor sideburns, and the rest is shoulderblade-length sweeping always to one side. He wears a lavender tunic that has a yellow crest on his chest, a dark violet collar and short sleeves, and a matching thin belt containing his sword against his right hip (indicating that he is left-handed). His leggings are lavender and his shoes are dark violet.

His voice was unknown on the show, so the best educated guess - as far as a match could go - would be Michael Bell. He voiced Johan and Handy, so it's safe to assume he could reach a middle ground and have also voiced the gnome prince originally. If someone has a better suggestion, feel free to add it here.