A Tale Of Two Villages

"A Tale Of Two Villages" is a story that appears in the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story series. It takes place sometime after the Smurfs return from their visit to Smurfette Island.

Plot Summary
In the respective villages of Smurf Village and Smurfette Island, Handy and Gadget are both creating portal gateways using shared designs that would allow them to easily cross from one village into another without having to travel across the sea. They both finish their work at the same time and they both activate the portal to test it. Soon enough, Handy and Gadget find themselves in each other's village and report that the gateways work, which means that the two Smurf Villages can properly meet. Over the course of the next few days, the Smurfs and the Smurfettes get to meet their counterparts and are surprised to find out how much alike they really are, including Papa Smurf and Mother Smurfette. However, the portal gateways prove to be unstable, and before anyone knew it, both of them were destroyed, leaving the Smurfs and Smurfettes stranded in whatever village they happen to be in at the moment. While the village leaders realize that this would prove to be a problem as the crossed-over Smurfs created occupational gaps in the villages they have left, the same situation would also prove to be beneficial in that the crossed-over Smurfs would have time to spend with each other while the gateways are being repaired. Empath and Smurfette as well as Polaris and Sympathy see that this could be the beginning of relationships that would ultimately result in marriages.