Smurfette's Inner Beauty/Part 6

Every Smurf had gathered around Smurfette as she emerged from the infirmary, showing that she is back is being young and beautiful again.

"Sacre blue! C'est un miracle!" Painter said, as soon as he saw her.

"Praise be to the Almighty, Smurfette! He smurfed you one step away from death and smurfed you back your youth and beauty!" Tapper said.

"Oh, my, you certainly look more ravishing than you did yesterday," Vanity said.

"Gosh, I wonder how you smurfed it," Clumsy said.

"Well, it's obvious that Empath must have found a way to reverse the spell, because there's no other way that this miraculous healing could be explained, Clumsy," Brainy said.

"It was just a confession of love that smurfed the job, my little Smurfs," Papa Smurf said. "Empath told Smurfette how much he would love her no matter how old she looked, and with a kiss she was smurfed back to normal."

"Well, it's great to have you smurfing back to your old beautiful self anyway, Smurfette," Hefty said.

"You smurfed it, laddie," Duncan said. "And now that we have Smurfette back to normal, we can resume smurfing with our Smurf Art Festival contest."

"HURRAY!" all the Smurf shouted, except for Grouchy, who simply said, "I hate hurrays!"

"Well, what are we waiting for, mes amis?" Painter said.

"Yes, let's get our supplies and get back to smurfing the contest," Sculptor said.

"Just remember, that none of you smurf a chance of winning this year," Scribbler said.

And as all the Smurfs rushed to their houses to get their art supplies and their works in progress, Papa Smurf said to Smurfette, "Your fellow Smurfs are certainly glad to have you back to the way you are, Smurfette, even if it's for resuming this year's Smurf Art Festival contest."

"I know they mean well, Papa Smurf," Smurfette said. "But even if that's all they like me for, I'm glad to be looking as young and beautiful as I feel again."

"As long as you remember that's true beauty inside you that will never fade away, Smurfette," Papa Smurf said.

"Papa Smurf is correct, Smurfette," Empath said. "There are some things that Hogatha may take away from you, but the one thing she can never take away is your beautiful spirit."

"I'm starting to feel sorry for what Hogatha must be feeling right now with the Spell Of Syphonia broken, Empath," Smurfette said.

"Hogatha only got what she wanted and nothing more, Smurfette," Empath said. "Though admittedly this smurf is also feeling a bit of empathy for her as well. With Harlequin seeing her as she truly is now, it must be heartbreaking for her to know that she couldn't maintain the masquerade when the spell was finally broken."

"If that beauty was all Harlequin was ever interested in, I'm not sure that he could ever love Hogatha for anything else besides that," Smurfette said.

"Now that that's taken care of, Smurfette, you still have a contest for you to resume as the model," Papa Smurf reminded her.

"Then I might as well get myself ready for it," Smurfette said as she headed for her house. "I'll see you Smurfs in a moment."

Empath and Papa Smurf watched Smurfette walk off. "You did a brave thing to admit what was truly in your heart to say to Smurfette, Empath," Papa Smurf said.

"This smurf does want to grow old with Smurfette, Papa Smurf," Empath said. "This smurf just doesn't want her to end up growing old apart from this smurf before her time."

"As long as she has her fellow Smurfs around that truly care for her more than for her looks, Empath, there's a good chance that she will live long and beautiful for years to come," Papa Smurf said.

To be expanded on.