Dreamy's Lost Village (Hero Stories)/Part 9

Mother Smurfette had captured Papa Smurf. He'd come into the village riding on Bucky the Glow-Bunny, with Crash, the other Glow-Bunny, alongside. Papa Smurf managed to break free and face his attacker. She was wielding a staff. But Papa Smurf had mean fighting skills for a Smurf his age. They were evenly matched. The battle between them went on and on until Mother Smurfette stepped into a pool of light, allowing Papa Smurf to see that she was a Smurf!

For a second, he was so surprised that he was thrown off guard. That gave Mother Smurfette time to take the lead and defeat him.

"Surrender, wizard!" she demanded.

"Wiz... What? Who are...?" Papa Smurf responded, he had no idea who he was facing or what she meant.

The Smurfettes began to slowly emerge from behind trees and rocks. Papa Smurf was stunned. The Smurfettes checked him out.

"Oh, he's so old," one said.

"Look at his face." Another leaned in close.

"Is he wearing a disguise?" A third Smurfette reached out towards Papa Smurf's beard.

"He doesn't seem so tough," Nicola said with a hearty laugh.

"Yeah, Gargamel! That's what you get when you attack Smurfy Grove!" Trippy shouted, doing a happy victory dance.

"Gargamel? What are you...?" Papa Smurf inquired, he didn't understand.

Both Wonder and Smurfette worked their way through the crowd.

"Wait! This is a mistake!" Smurfette exclaimed.

"Wonder?!? Smurfette?!?" Papa Smurf inquired again, he was even more confused.

"That's our father! That's Papa!" Wonder said.

"Papa?" Mother Smurfette questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Papa? There's another funny word," Trippy rolled the word around on her tongue. "Papa, Papa, Paaapaaa!" Feeling satisfied that she got it right, and also that he was the bad guy, she raised her stick, preparing to charge at him.

"Trippy! No!" Mother Smurfette shouted. Eden stepped in a snatched Trippy's stick away.

"Oh, come on! Just give me one good hit!" Trippy was all wound up.

"Breathe deep and step away from the Papa thing," Mother Smurfette told her.

Wonder and Smurfette stood next to Papa Smurf and introduced him.

"Everyone... meet Papa Smurf." Smurfette finally said, as Wonder slowly helped him to his feet.

Excited whispers filled the air as the Smurfettes surrounded them, pulling on Papa Smurf's beard and poking at him. They were talking so fast, he coudln't always see who was saying what:

"Hi."

"I'm Moxette."

"How old are you?"

"Are you a wizard?"

"What's that thing on your face?"

"How does it stay on?"

Papa Smurf's head was spinning, so he pushed away from them to get some air. "There's so many..." He embraced Wonder and Smurfette before asking them, "Where are the boys?"

Bucky and Crash went behind a bush. Hefty, Hero, Clumsy, and Brainy were hiding inside it in hopes of avoiding getting into trouble, they were flicked out one-by-one.

Hefty kicked the dirt, not wanting to make eye contact. "Sup, Papa Smurf."

Hero looked down in disappointment. "Hey, Papa Smurf."

Brainy looked down too. "Hello there."

Only Clumsy was excited to see Papa Smurf. He blurted out, "I rode a Dragonfly!"

Papa Smurf was angry that they'd left the village, but he was also glad to see them. "Well, thank goodness you're all okay." He then turned to face Mother Smurfette. Finding out that there were other female Smurfs... This was the biggest surprise of his life.

"How did you find us, Papa Smurf?" Smurfette asked.

"I was wondering that too, Papa Smurf," Wonder added. "We didn't leave any clues behind."

"You two know I wasn't born yesterday," he told them, which made Mother Smurfette laugh.

"That's clear," she said as a small joke.

Papa Smurf ignored her, telling his Smurfs, "Look. You six are coming home with me. Now." He pointed to the waiting bunnies.

"Not so fast, Papa thing." Mother Smurfette blocked his way.

"Papa thi...? Are you the one in charge here?" He was insulted.

"That's right," she said. "I'm Mother Smurfette. Leader of the Smurfs."

"Well, I'm afraid that's quite impossible, because I happen to be the leader of the Smurfs, so..." Papa Smurf said.

Mother Smurfette rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say, Papa thing."

Papa Smurf was trying his best to be civil, but she was making him mad. "Excuse me? Do you mind not calling me that?"

"Well, if the thing fits..." Mother Smurfette said still standing directly in front of Papa Smurf. The two of them stared at each other, hard.

Finally, Papa Smurf asked, "By the way. Where'd you learn those moves?"

"Self taught, actually," she said, not turning her gaze.

"Impressive," Papa Smurf gave a small nod.

"Thank you," she replied.

"You're quite welcome," Papa Smurf said.

They smiled slightly at each other and then bowed. None of the Smurfs in the grove understood what was going on between them.

Smurfette cut in, asking, "Okay, not sure what's happening here, but, uh, what about Gargamel?"

"Now what's all this nonsense about Garga...?" Papa Smurf started when all of a sudden there was a boom and a flash! When the burst of green smoke cleared, Papa Smurf and Mother Smurfette were stuck like statues. They'd been hit by one of Gargamel's Freeze Balls!

to be expanded later.