Smurfette In Charge: A Narrator's Story/Part 7

"Meanwhile, as Scruple was still out in the forest collecting rotten rock fungus for his master, Gargamel had collected some leaves of sarsaparilla for Papa Smurf and Sassette's last meal together," Narrator said. "It would seem rather hopeless for the two Smurfs because they don't know if Smurfette had succeeded in escaping from her captors or not, but soon all of that was about to change."

As Narrator continued his story, Empath and his fellow Smurfs saw Gargamel arrive in his hovel carrying a basket of fresh sarsaparilla leaves. "Just to show you Smurfs that I'm not completely heartless, I have brought you something to enjoy for your last meal together," Gargamel said to the two Smurfs locked in his pantry.

"If you weren't so completely heartless, Pappy Gargamel, you would let me and Pappy Smurf go already," Sassette said as she was crying.

"I'm truly sorry that I can't be the father that you want me to be, my dear little Sassette," Gargamel said. "You see, my goal all along is to be the most powerful and renowned sorcerer in all the world, and the only thing that is keeping me from achieving that goal are you Smurfs. While you go about living your happy little smurfy lives without a care in the world, I have been wanting to make the Philosopher's Stone for years, and since I still need six Smurfs in order to complete the work, you have made that work difficult if not totally impossible."

"We are not surrendering ourselves just for the sake of your greed, Gargamel," Papa Smurf said. "We are also living beings in this forest, and we will smurf what we can to protect all life that smurfs in it from people like you."

"You always have to make things so hard on yourself and your little Smurfs, Papa Smurf," Gargamel said. "If only you can look past yourself and your desire to keep me from being the sorcerer that I always wanted to be..."

"When it comes to me and my little Smurfs, Gargamel, the answer is and will always be NO!" Papa Smurf said sternly.

"Face it, Papa Smurf, without me you wouldn't even have a Smurfette for your little Smurfs to fall in love with, even if she did turn against me," Gargamel said. "And neither would there be a Sassette, even as much as I would regret...ugh...having to call her my daughter. So you still owe me for everything that I have given you, and if you won't give it to me, then I will take it by force if I have to."

"Pappy Gargamel is right, Pappy Smurf," Sassette said. "There wouldn't be either of us if it weren't for him."

"Gargamel has smurfed us more trouble than he has ever smurfed any good, Sassette," Papa Smurf said. "The only way that he will stop smurfing after us is if he has a complete change of heart...and I don't see how that will happen anytime soon."

"Oh, yoohoo...Gargamel!" a familiar voice called out from outside Gargamel's door.

Gargamel looked outside and saw Smurfette standing there wearing a red dress and hat. "Smurfette? How did you get here? Did those stupid wizards release you?" he asked.

"No, I have them smurf company out in the marshes," Smurfette replied. "The Grand Master will not smurf me at all."

"Him, perhaps not...but me, I'm having you!" Gargamel said with a dark chuckle as he chased after Smurfette, who then fled into the woods.

The other Smurfs hid behind a barrel outside Gargamel's hovel and watched as Smurfette lured Gargamel away. "There's our chance," Hefty said. "Let's go."

They stepped out of hiding and entered Gargamel's lair, calling out for Papa Smurf and Sassette. "Traveling tadpoles, Pappy Smurf, the other Smurfs have come for us," Sassette said as soon as she heard them calling out their names.

"Oh, thank Smurfness that Smurfette has escaped," Papa Smurf said. He then called out, "We're here in this pantry, my little Smurfs!"

Suddenly Handy saw Azrael peering out from behind a corner. He quickly ran as fast as he could to escape from him while Hefty unlatched the doors of the pantry to let Papa Smurf and Sassette escape.

"Quick, Handy, lure Azrael inside the pantry," Papa Smurf called out as soon as he and Sassette jumped safely out.

Handy jumped inside the pantry while it was still open, with Azrael following soon after. There was a bit of a struggle as Handy was trying to keep himself from being pawed to death inside the tight space. Then suddenly Handy dove straight out. "Quick, smurf the doors shut!" he cried out.

Gutsy and Tuffy both sealed the doors shut, and Hefty put the latch back on to keep Azrael from escaping.

"That was really close," Handy said, sighing with relief. "Now let's smurf out of here."

"Wait a minute, Smurfs...where's Smurfette?" Sassette asked as they ran out the door.

To be expanded on.