The Smurf Impersonators/Part 5

As Narrator continued his story, Polaris saw in his mind Hogatha walking around the village, this time without the blanket, still plotting her next move to destroy the Smurfs, until inspiration hit her. ''I've got it. Tonight, while everyone's asleep, I'll burn the entire village down to the ground,'' she said to herself, laughing and snorting. There will be no Smurf left among them by morning when I'm through with them.

Then suddenly Smurfette appeared at the same time Hogatha heard Harmony's horn again. "Snorty, come quickly," Smurfette said as she took Hogatha's hand. "Papa Smurf has something important to tell us."

Hogatha went with Smurfette and stood with the crowd of Smurfs around the speaking mushroom while Papa Smurf made his announcement. "Smurfs, there is an impostor among us, a fake Smurf with a fake tail," he declared.

Hogatha felt around her behind until she realized something. She turned and saw that her fake tail was gone. Fearing being discovered, Hogatha covered her behind with her hands and started to slowly back away from the crowd while the Smurfs investigated each other to see who the fake Smurf among them was.

Then Hefty noticed Hogatha being the only Smurf among them backing away. "Hey, Snorty, turn around," he called out.

"Don't worry, laddie, we just want to know if your tail is real," Duncan said as he, Hefty, and Tuffy advanced on her.

Hogatha realized that there was only one thing left to do. "Out of my way! Out of my way!" she screamed as she made a run for it.

"Hey, stop him! He's the fake Smurf!" Hefty shouted as he, Duncan, and Tuffy chased after her, joined by the rest of the Smurfs.

Hogatha ran until she reached Papa Smurf's laboratory, then locked and sealed the door so that the other Smurfs couldn't get inside while she gathered up the ingredients she needed to put together another formula.

The other Smurfs were at the door of Papa Smurf's laboratory, banging on the door and demanding for the fake Smurf to open up. Then Papa Smurf showed up at the door as the other Smurfs stood aside. "You in there! Who are you?" Papa Smurf demanded.

"I am Hogatha, the wicked but ravishing witch," the fake Smurf replied, laughing and snorting, making the Smurfs gasp at the mention of her name. "I'm making a magic brew that will return me to normal, and then I'll stamp you out...I'll squash you all!"

"Michty me, I should have known that the laddie was the evil lassie in disguise," Duncan said, realizing who he was dealing with.

"It was a good thing you didn't smurf out the truth the hard way, Gutsy," Hefty said. "That would have been real embarrassing."

"Hurry, we must smurf a battering ram and break down the door," Papa Smurf said.

Hefty, Duncan, and Tuffy got themselves a log to break down the door with. They pounded and pounded on the door a few times, but the door stayed sealed, allowing Hogatha the time to complete the formula that would restore her original appearance.

Finally the battering ram broke down the door, but by that time, Papa Smurf and the others could see that it was too late. Hogatha had a beaker full of the formula that she had completed and was now in the process of ingesting it. She fell to the floor and went into convulsions as the formula worked its way through her until, in a flash, she was back to her normal appearance.

"I've got you now, you little blue buttinskies," Hogatha said before she realized something was wrong. "Wait a minute...you're all so tall!"

"No, Hogatha, it's you that have become so small," Papa Smurf said. "The formula you smurfed together may have smurfed back your original appearance, but it didn't smurf you back your original size."

"Stay away from me, or I'll use my magic on you," Hogatha threatened as she waved her hands together to cast a protective spell, only for the magic to weaken until it became ineffective. "Oh no!" she moaned.

"Quick, get her before she smurfs away!" Grouchy cried out.

Hefty and Duncan both grabbed Hogatha by the arms, to keep her from going anywhere. "So what do you have to smurf for yourself now that we know who you really are, lassie?" Duncan asked.

"Wait, I can explain everything," Hogatha said, trying to defend herself. "I didn't mean all those nasty little things I said. I was only kidding...I just wanted to be like one of you. Don't any of you believe your dear old Aunt Hogatha?"

"NO!" the Smurfs said together.

To be expanded on.