One's True Origins (Hero Stories)/Part 4

Meanwhile in the hovel, Gargamel II was busy gathering the ingredients needed for the gold making formula.

"Soon, those filthy miserable Smurfs will be all mine! Then, I'll be able to finally complete my ancestor's dying wish," Gargamel II said, as he gathered the ingredients, "Lets see: mandrake roots, serpent venom, salt, the philosopher's kind of sulfur, some mercury and finally it needs to be brought to a boil over oak embers, there's an oak tree not far from here, I'll gather some of its wood and start the fire."

He got an axe from the closet and left the hovel.

... Meanwhile, back at the their swimming location, Hero, Smurfette, and their daughter Miracle were still having fun. Hero looked up into the sky and noticed the sun was at it's highest peak.

"It's close to lunch time," Hero said.

"We should smurf back to the village," Smurfette said, before she and Hero swam ashore.

"Miracle! Come on, we're smurfing back to the village," Smurfette shouted.

"Just 5 more minutes, Mama, please?" Miracle asked.

"Okay, 5 more minutes, then we're smurfing home," Smurfette shouted.

"Thank you, Mama," Miracle shouted back.

"I'll dry myself first," Hero said, as he grabbed a towel.

"Nonsense, we're married, we'll dry ourselves together," Smurfette said.

"But, Miracle will see us," Hero said.

"We're not going to dry ourselves out in the open, Hero," Smurfette said, sounding rather annoyed, "We'll dry ourselves behind those bushes."

"Oh, I see," Hero said with a slight chuckle.

"Sometimes I feel like I'm married to a Smurfling," Smurfette joked.

"Hey! adult Smurfs can still smurf a bit of fun," Hero said, "Anyway, let's dry ourselves and smurf back to the village."

Hero and Smurfette took the towels and went behind the bushes to dry themselves.

As Miracle swam in the river, she didn't notice that Gargamel II's potion was fast approaching, she decided to dive under the water, and as soon as she resurfaced, she found herself covered in the potion.

"What the?" Miracle said, "What is this stuff?"

She then gave it a few sniffs.

"Yuck! Whatever it is, it's so unsmurfy," Miracle said, as she dived under the water again to wash it off.

Hero and Smurfette soon emerged from behind the bushes, now wearing their clothes.

"Miracle! Come on, it's lunch time," Smurfette called out.

"Coming, Mama," Miracle called back, as she swam ashore.

"Do you want to dry her, Smurfette, or should I?" Hero asked.

"I'll do it, Hero, but can you carry our things back to the village?" Smurfette asked.

"Of course," Hero answered.

Miracle soon joined them, "I'm ready to smurf home now," she said.

"Go with Mama Smurf, Miracle, she'll dry you off," Hero said.

"Yes, Papa," Miracle said, as Smurfette took her behind the bushes to dry her off.

"Mama Smurf," Miracle said.

"What is it, my little one?" Smurfette asked.

"When I was smurfing in the river, I was smurfed in some strange liquid," Miracle answered.

"It was probably some human smurfing their waste, I wouldn't worry about it," Smurfette said, "Let's just get you dried up and we'll smurf on home for something to eat."

"Yeah! I'm hungry, I can't to smurf what uncle Greedy has smurfed up," Miracle said.

Hero waited patiently for them and they soon appeared.

"All ready?" he asked.

"Yes, Papa," Miracle said happily.

Hero smiled as he took hold of their things, "Let's get smurfing," he said.

Miracle held her mothers hand and they headed back to the village.

to be expanded later.