Legend of Smurfy Hollow (Hero Stories)/Part 3

"Aw, for smurfs sake! Why did he have to run away like that? Come om, Brainy!" Fergus said.

"Hey, Fergus!" Smurfette called out.

"AH! I mean...uh... Hey! What are you doing here, lass?" Fergus asked.

"Thought I'd help you look for Brainy," Smurfette said, "Where exactly did you see him again?" she said, as she wrapped her left arm under his arm.

"Eh... just over there," Fergus said.

By Smurfy Rock?" Smurfette asked.

"No.. no... eh... you know, that way," Fergus said.

"By Smurfy Creek?" Smurfette asked.

"No... not Smurfy Creek, more... uh... um... why are you looking at me like that? Stop grilling me, woman! I can't take it anymore! It was only a wee little prank that's all," Fergus said.

"A prank? What kind of prank?" Smurfette asked.

"It may have involved a fake Headless Horseman!" Fergus told her.

"What!" Smurfette said in shock.

"I only wanted to teach him a lesson, but he ran off like a banshee into Smurfy Hollow and..." Fergus said.

"Brainy's in Smurfy Hollow? Alone? It'a almost dark, Come on!" Smurfette said.

"I never should have got out of bed this morning," Fergus said.

...

Brainy was still trapped inside his cage.

"Assuming a wooden bar has an circumference of 18 smurfimeters, Let's see, The force required to snap it would be precisely..." Brainy said, as he tried to snap the wooden bar with his hand, but his hand came back and hut him in the face.

Just then he could hear voices.

"Fergus! Smurfette!" Brainy called out.

"Oh my smurf, Brainy! Are you okay?" Smurfette asked.

"Well, I'm trapped 30 feet in the air, in this sinister Gargamilian cage, this is not what okay looks like," Brainy said.

"Yes, Come on, come on, let's get him down from there and get out of this creepy forest," Fergus said.

"Hold on, Fergus!" Smurfette said, "We need to think this through,"

"Yes! A classic Gargamel tactic is to set additional traps around..." Brainy said.

"We don't have time to think..." Fergus said, before he too was caught in a cage trap.

"Fergus!" Smurfette shouted, before she was caught in a cage trap.

"Now we've got plenty of time to overthink this," Fergus said.

"I wish Hero was here," Smurfette said.

"Come on, lass!" Fergus said, "We can't rely on Hero every single time to save us, who would ask for help if Hero passed away?"

"I don't want to think about that," Smurfette said.

"So... who is going to find us?" Brainy asked.

"Maybe Papa's looking for us," Smurfette said.

"Not in Smurfy Hollow!" Fergus said.

"I hate to overcomplicate things, guys, but the Headless Horseman is out there," Brainy said, "Searching, without sensis, I know it defies all rational explanation,"

Smurfette spotted Fergus mocking Brainy.

"Fergus!" she said.

"Okay, fine," Fergus said showing Brainy his wooden horse.

"He tricked you, Brainy!" Smurfette said.

"Hehe, sorry," Fergus said, before Brainy threw a book at him.

"This is all your fault!" Brainy shouted.

"It isn't all my fault!" Fergus said, "I'm not the one sneaking around keeping all the smurfberries for myself,"

"Why you!" Brainy said furiously, before they could hear the sounds of a cat.

"What was that?" Smurfette asked as she looked around.

Suddenly, they could see Azrael below them.

"It's Azrael!" Fergus said.

The Smurfs tried to keep quiet, but a drop of pumpkin juice fell from Brainy's foot and landed in front of Azrael. He looked up and seen 3 Smurfs trapped in the cages, he quickly ran away to get his master.

"He's going to get Gargamel!" Smurfette said.

"Oh boy, what are we going to do?" Brainy asked.

"Listen, guys! I have an idea! But, it's going to take guts... and brains, do you two think you could work together?" Smurfette asked.

Fergus and Brainy looked at each other and agreed to work together.

...

Meanwhile inside the hovel of the evil wizard Gargamel, he was busy working on an experiment.

"Just one drop, I've got to be very precise, two drops is too much, and three drops... I don't even know what three drops would do..." Gargamel said, before Azrael bust open the window, causing Gargamel to use the entire amount of the ingredient he was using. It exploded in his face.

Azrael laughed hysterically.

"Azrael! Can't you see that I'm working?" Gargamel asked.

Azrael ran onto his chest and began to tell him something.

"Get off me! You frenzied feline!" Gargamel said, before slapping Azrael up to the banisters of the hovel.

Azrael told him that his traps had worked.

"What did you say? How many?" Gargamel asked.

Azrael counted the amount with his paw.

"Three! Excellent, excellent, you wait here, you'll only get in my way," Gargamel said, as he unlocked a cupboard and brought out a net and left the hovel, but came back a few seconds later.

"Um, I don't know where they are, are you coming?" Gargamel asked Azrael.

The Smurfs meanwhile had put their plan in full force.

"Fergus! Do you have momentum?" Smurfette asked.

"Aye, Smurfette! I'm giving it all she's got," Fergus said, as he swung his cage back and forth.

"Brainy! We need perfect coordination," Smurfette said.

"Yes! Fergus, it's crucial that you shift your weight at exactly t-minus zero," Brainy said.

"And when is that?" Fergus asked.

"Just about... NOW!" Brainy shouted, as Fergus shifted his weight to the right hand side of the cage, causing his cage to bump into Brainy's and then into Smurfette's. The cages continued to bump into each other.

"It's working!" Brainy said," It'a also making me very sick,"

"Brace yourselves!" Fergus said, as he swung his cage towards Brainy's, causing both cages to break, except for Smurfette's.

Brainy and Fergus fell to the ground, Brainy closed his eyes as he descended, and as soon as he opened them, he found himself inches from a sharp rock.

"Oh no, Smurfette's still up there," Brainy said.

"Okay! We still have time before Gargamel shows up," Fergus said.

"AZRAEL!" Gargamel's voice boomed as they approached, causing Fergus and Brainy to hide nearby.

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