Smurfette In Charge: A Narrator's Story/Part 5

"Michty me, what a situation the lassie has smurfed herself into," Duncan McSmurf said. "I could only wonder what her fellow Smurfs were thinking."

"Handy was starting to get really worried about Smurfette not returning, and the Smurflings themselves were worried about Sassette not returning as well," Narrator said. "They started to ask around if they have seen either of them, but none of the other Smurfs said that they did. This made Handy a little mad, thinking that Smurfette, even as a leader, has no smurf of organization."

"But how could they know that Gargamel was smurfing them, Narrator, if Papa Smurf didn't want his little Smurfs to know about his plan to make Smurfette a recognized leader of Smurfs?" Chatty said.

"That was something that they were going to find out for themselves, Chatty," Narrator said. "In any case, while the Smurfs in the village were busy looking for both Smurfette and Sassette, Gargamel had them smurfing in his laboratory doing the cleaning along with Scruple while he was busy smurfing a refresher course in basic magic with Papa Smurf as his tutor."

And as Narrator continued his story, Empath and his fellow Smurfs saw Papa Smurf chained to a candle holder on the wall while he was standing on a lectern helping Gargamel find the right spell book to study with. Azrael kept watch over Smurfette and Sassette as they both did cleaning of the shelves, while Scruple grumbled with his mop, broom, and duster to clean every speck of dirt in the place.

"Do you have the grimoire of Abramelin the mage in your library?" Papa Smurf asked.

Gargamel looked through his books to find the book in question. "Uh, of course I have it, but I don't use it often. I'll have to look..."

"Ah! And do you have the Liber stupidus pro nullis?" Papa Smurf asked.

"Uh, I'll find it right away," Gargamel replied as he continued to look for the first book.

Papa Smurf chuckled. "I doubt that you will, because I made that one up. Instead, take Albert the Great...it's the red book that's sitting in front of your nose," he suggested.

As Gargamel spotted the book that Papa Smurf directed him to, Smurfette called his attention to her. "I'm sorry, Papa Smurf," she said. "I wouldn't have smurfed here all by myself if I knew Gargamel had smurfed you and Sassette."

"Don't worry about that now, Smurfette," Papa Smurf said. "Just let me handle this while you continue the cleaning. We'll find a way out of this."

"Enough of the chit-chat, Papa Smurf!" Gargamel shouted as he quickly placed the book upon the lectern. "It's time for studying!"

"Very well then, Gargamel," Papa Smurf said as he opened the book to a certain page. "Let's start with something basic...like a love potion."

"A love potion?" Gargamel said. "But I'm not very good with anything that has to do with love."

"If all he has for company in his hovel is just us two, Azrael, I would have to agree with him," Scruple muttered quietly.

"It's the base material, if you're going to prove yourself to the jurors who will examine you, Gargamel," Papa Smurf said.

To be expanded on.