Dreamy's Lost Village (Hero Stories)/Part 6

Team Smurf rode their bunnies, Bucky and Crash respectively, together through the dense woods and vast valleys, in the direction of the Three Tall Trees. Day faded to night, when the moonlight cascaded through the treetops. The darker it got, the more Bucky and Crash began to glow like flashlights.

"Wow!" Smurfette exclaimed, looking around from the bunny into the forest, which was illuminated as well. "Have you ever seen something so beautiful?"

"Every day, Smurfette. Every. Day." Hefty said, looking at her, full of sincerity.

"I too smurf something beautiful every day." Hero said, looking towards Wonder, with love in his eyes.

"Don't be weird, Hefty," Brainy chided, rolling his eyes.

"You don't be weird," Hefty said crossly in return.

It was very late when Bucky and Crash started to slow down, clearly hungry and sniffing for food. Clumsy was mumbling in his sleep as they rode and Brainy let out a yawn. Hero felt his eyes feel heavy, his head went back and forth as he struggled to keep himself awake.

"We can camp here for the night," Brainy said, gesturing to a clearing. They rolled off their respected bunny and started stretching.

"I'll start us a fire. Fetch me some firewood, would ya, Hefty?" Brainy requested.

"Um, a 'please' would be nice," Hefty grumbled.

"Yes, it would, but I haven't earned my manners badge, so get me some firewood." Brainy pointed to a thick stand of trees.

"I'm heading off to sleep, try not to be too loud, would ya?" Hero mumbled, using his backpack as a pillow.

Hefty muttered to himself as he collected sticks, while Brainy referred to the campfire-building chapter of his book.

"Clumsy, you okay?" Smurfette asked, sitting down beside him, Wonder tending to the care of both Bucky and Crash.

"Yeah, sure...," Clumsy said, reflecting on the day. "It's been fun. Well, not tons of fun, but it had its moments. Kind of. You know what I'm trying to say." He finally sighed and admitted, "It's hasn't been that much fun."

Hefty dropped a load of wood in front of Brainy.

"Well done, Hefty, well done," Brainy said. Then referring to the instructions in the chapter, he said, "All right. Step one: The wood should be stacked in a tepee-like structure." He stacked it. "Step two: I tap this flint with a rock and..." Brainy tried, but nothing happened. A few small sparks sputtered into smoke. He tried blowing on the wood to ignite a spark, but still nothing.

"You're not even blowing on it; you're spitting on it," Hefty said.

"Hmm, that's odd. Perhaps the wood you collected was damp, Hefty. According to my manual, it should spark right up." Brainy read the page again. Their commotion caused Hero to awaken from his sleep.

"You know what, screw this," Hero mumbled angrily, before he pointed towards the wood with one finger and fired a beam of energy towards it, igniting it. "There you go! There's your fire."

"Hero! Why did you have to go and smurf that!" Brainy howled.

"You were smurfing too long with the fire, that's why," Hero replied.

"I've got an idea." Hefty said, grabbing the manual and tossing it onto the fire, causing it to become a huge flame and illuminate the surrounding area.

"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Brainy cried out, quickly reaching into the fire and pulled out his smoking book, flustered.

"Nice move, Hefty," Hero said, giving Hefty a high five.

"You know, you're right, Brain Man... Your book does come in handy," Hefty said, smiling.

"Shame... shame on you. We'd be lost without this book." Brainy thundered.

to be expanded later.