The Night Of The Weresmurf/Part 1

It is another beautiful day in the Smurf Village. The Smurfs all woke up, got dressed, and had their breakfast with each other in the dining commons. However, this day would be a day in which Empath had to leave the village again at the request of Homnibus the wizard, who sought for someone to perform his special errands for his magical experiments. As Papa Smurf was too busy with his own things to attend to his human friend's needs, Empath was chosen, and thus he decided to attend in the place of Papa Smurf.

Empath was surrounded by his friends Smurfette, Polaris Psyche, Tapper, Duncan McSmurf, and his brother Brainy at the time of his departure. "Oh, Empath, I wish you didn't have to go on a day like this," Smurfette said.

"This smurf knows how you feel, Smurfette," Empath said. "But rest assured, the village will be in pretty good hands. It's only for a few days, and this smurf will return, so you won't be missing this smurf much anyway."

"But you can't be sure that you will return, Empath, and that's what makes me afraid for you," Smurfette said.

"I also share Smurfette's concerns for you, my friend," Tapper said. "As the holy book says, you shouldn't boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may smurf forth."

"That's just the kind of thing that I would smurf in one of my editions of Quotations From Brainy Smurf, just not necessarily in the same way as Tapper's holy book," Brainy said.

"Ah, why are you lads and lassie so worried?" Duncan said. "This is Empath we're smurfing about. If he promises that he's going to return, that's good enough for me to smurf my faith in."

"You will still have our prayers for your safety and return, Empath," Polaris Psyche said. "In the meantime, we will carry on with our daily tasks and make sure that things in the village will continue to run smoothly in your absence."

"This smurf can trust in you to make sure of that, my friend," Empath said.

"May the Lord watch over you and bless you and smurf His hedge of protection around you until you return to us," Tapper said.

Empath smiled as he looked one last time among his fellow Smurfs and friends before he lifted himself up to the sky and departed.

Smurfette sighed as she watched Empath disappear into the sky. "Well, I guess that means we're smurfing our daily tasks without Empath now," she said.

"He will return to us in a few days, lassie, I can be sure of it," Duncan said confidently.

"In the meantime, Smurfette, I was just wondering if you might want to smurf the company of me for tonight, if you're not smurfing anything," Brainy said.

"Smurf the company of you?" Smurfette asked, sounding a bit uncertain. "You're not going to smurf me anything from your books now, are you?"

"Uh, of course not, Smurfette," Brainy said. "I just figured you might need the company of a fellow Smurf this evening, and I promise that I won't smurf anything to you besides being your friend."

Smurfette looked to Tapper and Duncan for any advice they could give. "It's your choice, my dear Smurfette, of whether or not you want to smurf some time with Brainy," Tapper said.

"Just smurf the laddie a chance for only this night, lassie," Duncan said.

Smurfette sighed. "Well, okay, Brainy, just for this night only," she finally said.

Brainy exhaled with relief. "You don't know how happy you have made me feel when you smurfed that, Smurfette," he said.

Just then, Nat, Clumsy, and Crazy came over to meet with the other five. They noticed that Crazy has become rather hairy, with fangs poking out of his mouth, and going about on all fours like a wolf.

"Uh, hi, Brainy," Clumsy greeted. "Nat and I were just wondering if you would smurf with us to meet with Nat and Crazy's friends out in the forest today."

"Yeah," Nat said. "It's going to be so much fun, and besides we need somebody like you to watch over Crazy as he smurfs through his monthly transformation."

Brainy sighed, feeling like this was something he didn't want to do, but felt was important to do anyway. "Oh, very well," he said. "I, Brainy Smurf, will accompany you out into the forest where we can meet with your friends and Crazy's today."

"Oh boy," Clumsy said, sounding excited. "I can't wait to be smurfing with Nat and Crazy's friends. It's too bad that I can't be like Crazy Smurf."

"You don't have to be like Crazy Smurf, my friend," Tapper said. "All you have to be is yourself, and the other Smurfs will like you just as you are."

"Have fun out in the forest today, laddies," Duncan said as he watched Brainy head off into the forest with Nat, Clumsy, and Crazy.

"This one is particularly interested in knowing about the origin of Crazy's condition of turning into a lycanthrope on a monthly basis," Polaris said.

"It started when we were all young pups in the village, being watched over by Papa Smurf," Duncan said. "He was smurfed by a thorny plant called wolfsbane, which is the plant that turns a Smurf into a were-Smurf. And although Papa Smurf had cured him from becoming a full were-Smurf, it changed the laddie to the point where now every full moon he smurfs through this transformation into being a were-Smurf for a full day."

"I was scared when I first met Crazy as a were-Smurf during my first year living in the village, but otherwise he was mostly harmless," Smurfette said.

"Do you think it's possible that another Smurf might develop the same condition that Crazy has from his years as a Smurfling?" Polaris asked.

"We aren't entirely sure of that, Polaris, but this condition may be so unique among our fellow Smurfs that it's not likely to happen to another Smurf in the same way, as far as I would know," Tapper said.

"But we're going to smurf an eye on our fellow Smurfs in case something like this does happen to another Smurf," Duncan said. "Wrestling with a were-Smurf isn't an experience that I would like to repeat anytime soon."

To be expanded on.