Chapter 12: The Wand

Smurfette woke up, coughing out water, and felt sand. She got up and saw that she was on a beach on the side of a lake. She saw heard another groan coming from behind her and saw Hefty waking up. She helped him up.

"Hefty." She looked around, "Where're the others?"

"I don't know, but they've got to be here."

They heard a spitting sound from near the lake and saw Smurfblossom spitting out the sand that got in her mouth.

"Pleh, pleh. Gross." She spitted out. She looked back and saw Smurfette and Hefty, "Smurfette! Hefty! I'm so glad you guys are okay!" She saw Brainy near the water of the beach and ran up to him as he began coughing out water, "Brainy!"

"Blossom! Is that you?" He asked as he couldn't see clearly.

She giggled as she found his glasses and placed them back on him,"Yes, it's me." They hugged as they were happy to see each other.

"Guys, where's Clumsy and Smurfstorm?" Smurfette asked

They began calling out for them.

"Clumsy! Smurfstorm!"

"Stormy! Clumsy!"

"Clumsy bro! Storm!"

"Clumsy! Smurfstorm!"

They heard a feminine groan from a few meters away from them and saw Smurfstorm get up from her unconsciousness, coughing out water.

Smurfblossom ran up to her and hugged her, "Stormy!" Storm returned the hug with a smile, but when she didn't see Clumsy anywhere, she got worried.

"Where's Clumsy?" They then heard muffled sounds coming from under a stack of sand and saw Clumsy coming out from it, spitting out sand.

"I'm good." He said. He got up from the sand and came to the others and hugged Storm. He looked down and saw his wound, "I think."

Everyone saw where he was looking and gasped as they saw that his injury was starting to swell and started turning into a yellowish-green color.

"That's not good." Brainy said, "I completely forgot that your wound still hasn't healed yet."

"Well, can you help him?" Smurfstorm asked

He touched his back and forgot that his pack must've fallen in the water. "My pack! No, no, no, no!"

He sighed, "Sorry, Clumsy. I don't have anything to help you without my medical supplies."

Clumsy sighed and said as calmly as possible, with his best smile though it literally stings like it's on fire, "It's fine. It just stings a bit more than suppose to be."

Storm rolled her eyes. She pulled him away from the others to talk privately and said, "You're obviously not fine. Look at me in the eyes and say you're fine."

He tried looking away, but found that he couldn't and just looked straight into her eyes which were filled with worry and seriousness. He tried lying, but ended up stammering. So, he sighed and said, "Okay! Fine! It hurts a lot! And it literally feels like it's on fire, like literally. It burns!"

"I know it does, but just sit down here and me and the others will find something to help."

"Alright, I'll stay right here, not like I can go anywhere." He smiled

Storm returned the smile and went back to the others. But while she was gone with Clumsy, the others thought of other ways to help his injury. Smurfette then said, "How about honey? Can that help his injury?"

He tried to remember and said, "Actually yes! That can help."

"Great, but where do we find honey?" Blossom said

Hefty facepalmed, "We're in a forest, Smurfblossom."

"Ohh, right! But how do we get it?" She asked

"We just need to find a beehive." Brainy said

"And then?" Smurfette asked

"And then... Oh, this isn't gonna be easy."

Storm got back to them and asked, "Anything?"

"We found we could use honey, but we don't know how to get it." Smurfette answered

Storm thought of it, "How 'bout I distract the bees and you guys get the honey?"

Brainy thought about the idea, "That could work. But you really want to be the one who distracts the bees?"

"Clumsy did it for me with the spider wolves. I'm just returning the favor." She said as she looked back at him, smiling.

"Alright then, it's settled."

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"That got really ugly." Smurfstorm said as she held a jar of honey in her hand.

"Yeah... Let's just get this to Clumsy and go back to finding that wand." Smurfblossom said

"I agree. Let's go guys." Smurfette said as they started walking faster towards Clumsy. Although none of them got stung, it was still a horrifying moment for all of them.

Clumsy saw them coming and waved hi. Storm waved back and came up to him with the others.

Clumsy looked at the substance, "Is that honey?"Storm nodded, "Where'd you get it?"

Smurfstorm bit her lip and looked at the others on whether they should tell him or not, they shook their heads. "You don't need to know where we got it." She chuckled nervously

Clumsy lifted his eyebrow, "If you say so- Ohh..."

Storm didn't wait and she spread the honey on top of his wound, which made him sigh in pleasure. After she was done, she took the clean piece of leaf that they got and wrapped it on top of the wound.

"Thanks." He thanked her and the others. Storm held her hand out. He took it and stood up. But because of the pain from the infection, when he tried to walk, the pain increased. Which made him trip and he fell on top of Smurfstorm, both blushing very hard. Clumsy grinned nervously while Storm just smirked, but either way, she was blushing hard.

When they both started to get up, their noses touched making them both freeze in place, while they both chuckled nervously. They got off each other and Clumsy rubbed his neck nervously while Storm fiddled her fingers nervously. The others that were watching the entire scene were smirking at the love sparking between the two smurfs.

After they got rid of the embarrassment, "Okay everyone. Now, let's go back to finding that wand, shall we?" Smurfette spoke up. They all nodded in agreement and started walking.

"Where to, Brainy?" Smurfblossom asked her boyfriend.

"According to my map, the wand should be..." He paused, looking confused, "Right, here..."

Everyone stopped in their tracks as they were confused about how the wand was right where they were.

"How is that possible?" Smurstorm asked

"I think, somehow, the river stream that we were on was a short cut to the location of this wand." Brainy explained

Smurfblossom looked around, "Now, that you're saying it. I remember playing in this lake when I was younger. It's pretty far from Smurfy Grove though, Gargamel shouldn't be here anytime soon."

"Then, let's get to searching that wand." Hefty said, "So, where exactly is it, Brainy?"

"Hmm..." He started walking towards a small cave near the shore, "It should be somewhere in here."

"Then, let's get to it guys." Smurfette said as she and everyone else started walking inside.

They've been searching for about 10 minutes now. And they still haven't found anything, yet.

"Anything?"

"Nope. Blossom?"

"Uh-uh. Stormy? Clumsy?"

"Nothing."

"Not yet."

Smurfette then yelled, "Guys! Guys! I found something!" Everyone came to where she was, "I found a chest."

"Darn it. It has a lock." Clumsy said, but then remembered, "Wait, Brainy can you pick this lock?"

"I sure can." He placed his hand inside the lock and opened it. There it was. One of the most powerful wands ever created, but it would be too dangerous for anyone to yield it. They knew if Gargamel was the one who had found it, it would be the end of all smurf kind. They had to bring it home and keep it in safekeeping.

"The wand. We found it!" Smurfblossom cheered as she hugged all her friends in a tight embrace.

Smurfette took a cloth and wrapped it around the wand. "Now, time to bring it home for safekeeping." She said as everyone left the cave with Smurfette leading, "Where's the way home, Brainy?"

He looked at his map, "We just need to follow the river and go back home from where we came from."

"Alright. Let's go, everysmurf." Smurfstorm said

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Right now, they were walking through a field in the forest, with barely any trees blocking their way. Just as they were about to go inside the forest, they heard rustling from a bush in front of them. They all stopped in their tracks and looked at the bush.

They climbed up on a tree branch to have a higher chance of the first attack. Storm and Clumsy took out their bow and arrow, while the others got out spears. The rustling continued, but they held it until whatever was in the bushes came out. And right on cue, a glow bunny and a snow pomeranian came out of the bushes, and Clumsy and Storm let go of the arrow.

It shot towards the animals, but they dodged it. Smurfette and Smurfblossom swung on a vine to knock the rider off the animals and held them with their spear. That was until they noticed the rider was Papa Smurf and Smurfwillow. Everyone gasped.

"Papa?"

"Willow?"

They let go of their spears and helped them up.

"What are you doing here?" Smurfette asked

"The better question is what are the six of you doing here?" Smurfwillow shot back, clear that she was mad, "Even after we told you not to come here."

"I am so sorry, Papa, Smurfwillow." Smurfette said, "We just had to find the wand before Gargamel did."

"Wand? What wand?" Papa asked

Smurfstorm got the cloth-wrapped wand from her back and gave it to Papa.

"This is the Sea Wand. Where'd you get it?" He asked

"We found a map that leads us straight to it and since Gargamel also has the map, we needed to find it before he does, or else it'll be the end of all smurf kind." Smurfette explained. The others nodded in agreement.

"Well, luckily you all were doing this for a good reason. But you're still grounded when we get back" Smurfwillow said

They groaned in annoyance that they'll be grounded, but, either way, happy that they saved everyone from Gargamel's evil plan. They were all cheering on for ruining Gargamel's plans, but all stopped when they heard Clumsy holding his leg in pain.

"Ow. Ow, ow." He cried in pain as he kneeled down and looked at his injury. Smurfstorm, Smurfwillow, and Papa got worried and came towards him while the others were behind them.

"Clumsy? What happened?" Papa asked

"Well, you know, distracting spider wolves alone isn't easy." He chuckled nervously

Smurfwillow looked back at the others and said, "You let him distract spider wolves alone?"

The others started stammering, but then Clumsy spoke up, "No, no. Don't blame them for this. I was the one who wanted to distract them to protect Smurfstorm because she was unconscious at the time."

Papa and Willow looked at him, but then sighed, "Alright, let's just get all of you home."

Everyone agreed to it right away and just as they were about to go. Something exploded in front of them, making them all fall backwards.

"What was that?" Then, they heard a familiar evil laugh behind them. They all turned their heads back and gasped, "Gargamel."

"Oh. I'm sorry about that. Hope I didn't scare you." He laughed maniacally

"Everybody run!" They all ran the same way, towards the wall separating the Forbidden Forest and Smurf Forest. Monty flew in front of them, making them switch direction, but Azrael stepped in the way.

Just then, Gargamel threw another ball at them and it exploded. Smurfwillow and Papa flew right at Gargamel, and he threw them in his bag.

"Papa! Willow! No!"

"Everyone just run!"

"But we gotta save Papa and Willow!"

"We will, but we can't do that if we're captured."

As they were running, Smurfstorm got an idea, "Clumsy!" He looked at her, "Call Fire Mist!"

He smiled and whistled, "Fire Mist!" The dragonfly came towards him and lifted him up onto her while flying. Clumsy grabbed Smurfstorm and placed her in front of him. She was confused, but Clumsy nodded, "You drive. You know dragonflies better than I do."

She looked down, but then nodded. "Alright."

Brainy and Smurfblossom were riding on Snowy the Snow Pomeranian. Smurfette and Hefty were riding on Bucky the Glow Bunny. They all ran their pets towards the wall. All the girls were the ones driving the pets. There was a big log rolling towards them that fell from the trees and they had to jump it. Though when they did, all the boys fell off the animals.

The girls thought that the boys didn't fall off. Until, Smurfblossom spoke up, "Phew. That was a close one. Right, boys?"

The girls heard no response, "Boys?" They looked back to see that the boys fell off.

"No!" Smurfstorm turned back instantly

"Smurfstorm wait!" The two other girls chased their friend

The boys were trying their best to avoid Gargamel's attacks. Though they couldn't keep it up for long.

"Stop running, you pesky little smurfs!" Gargamel yelled as he threw explosive balls at them. Because Clumsy's leg was injured, he tripped. Gargamel took advantage and threw a ball at him. Clumsy couldn't move in time and closed his eyes, waiting for the impact to come.

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