The last Chapter. I don't own the smurfs!

Chapter 6

Brainy looks at the ground and begins to say. "Oh, this? It's just..."Until he realizes what he has done. The bespectacled smurf turns to the sun and barely has time to see it slip behind the mountains. A strange sensation fills his body up. Something clicks in his body, and his arms pin to the sides. A loud gasp escapes Brainy's lips. The smart-smurfs accident prone friend stares at him in shock, but somehow seems to understand. He wraps his arms around his best friend. Brainy feels Clumsy's cheek lift upwards into a smile, and wet drops fall from his eyes.

….And he steps on a certain circular object, shattering it...

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Clumsy's POV

I open my eyes, an' find myself hugging th' air. The soft mist of the sea sprays in my face as I see nothin' in front o' me. The ringin' of th' explosion stays in my ears. Weird, I don' feel burned, nor scratched, nor anythin'. But... Brainy's not in front o' me...For some reason, I knew what he had done, 'n I wanted t' leave with him...but I didn'... My eyes water..

"B-Brainy..." I call out, knowin' it's useless. "B-BRAINY! Where are ya? T-This ain't funny, y-y'know!" I shout, thinkin' he might be playin' a cruel joke on me. He coulda slipped outta my grip, n' used one o' Jokey's surprise boxes as th' explosion. But I don' think Brainy would ever do that, would he?

"BRAINY?"

I take a step on the sand, until I feel somethin' under my shoe. I move my foot outta th' way. The ring, it lays shattered in pieces. I musta stepped on it. I couldn' use it anymore anyways. I pick it up, and head out t' the open water. I call his name over the waves. "BRAINY!" Only t' get a mouthful of seawater in return. I spit it out as more tears fall from my face. T-this joke ain't funny! N-not at a-all!"

The waves seem t' get angry at me for yellin'. A big one washes over my face, 'n pushes me t' the spot I was before. Coughing, I stand up, 'nd pick seaweed outta my hat.

I kneel to the ground, and let my tears overtake me. Why...is this happenin' t' me? How can Brainy be gone, 'nd not me? I don' understand what is goin' on. I look at the sun, 'memberin th' time I brought him here so we could watch th' sunrise. That...beautiful...sunrise, jus' like now...Wait a minute...th' sunrise? RIGHT NOW?

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"PAPA SMURF! PAPA SMURF!" Hefty shouts. He runs fast towards his red capped leader.

"What is is, Hefty?" Papa Smurf asks. "You look like you've just seen a ghost!"

"Oh, Papa Smurf, I have something to tell you!" Hefty pants.

"Then tell me!"

"I-I went to your lab, a-and...and..."

"And WHAT?"

"Clumsy's body is gone!"

"WHAT?" The bearded smurfs eyes widen in shock. "Are you sure?"

"Yes! And I think Nosmurf would ever dare to take his body and smurf it somewhere."

Papa Smurf scratches his head. There is no way that Clumsy's body could just get up and walk away. Or could it?

"Let's search for it!" He announces, as the whole village chouruses, "Yes Papa Smurf!"

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D-Didn' th' sun jus' set? I think t' myself. Then h-how?

CRASH!

I yelp in surprise at the crash behind me. I jump like 'bout three apples high. Slowly, I turn 'round, 'nd find, what I least expected t' find.

My best friend starin' at me, with wide eyes, his mouth ajar, and tears in his eyes. The crash musta been the cause of th' supplies he dropped. Yep, th' exact same ones I saw on th' floor before th' explosion, only he is now carryin' more ingredients. But I can't believe my eyes.

"C-C-C," He says.

"B-B-B," Is all that comes out of my mouth. "BRAINY!"

"C-CLUMSY...?" He asks in disbelief. He shakes his head. I mirror him, unable t' believe what is happenin'. How can he be alive after what happened? Without a warnin', he stumbles over, 'nd hugs me real tight.

"YOU'RE ALIVE?" We both shout at th' same time. "YOU'RE ALIVE! H-HOW?"

I hear Brainy draw a shuddering breath. "B-But, y-you're dead... YOU CAN'T BE ALIVE! I SAW YOU DIE! I SAW YOU! PAPA SMURF SAW YOU TOO!" Brainy shouts. "Oh smurfs, I'm dreaming, I must be dreaming!" He lets go of me.

"No, I didn' die! You're not dreamin'! I-I'm th' one who must be dreamin'! Y-youre th' one who died! Y-Ya did somethin' t' explode!" I shout back.

"No, I-" His face turns from a scared look, t' a confused look. Gosh, with that face, he looks more like me! My poor friend has lost a lotta weight, that his hat comes down like mine, half over his eyes. Only his pants are a little bit looser than mine. Gosh, if he didn' have glasses, we might look alike!

"How—what, what did you just say?"

"I said that ya exploded! I dunno how ya managed t' leave unharmed...unless ya played some trick on me!"

He shakes his head again. "If you know about that, then you must be Clumsy's ghost..." He tells me. "Otherwise..." His face grew into a scared one. His eyes big.

"But I'm not...Ya couldn't touch me if I was jus' a ghost, could ya?"

"Then how did you know about-"

"I told ya, ya exploded already. Ya already did th' thing. I hugged ya, hopin' t' leave too, but I don' understand what happened..."

"B-But Clumsy...HOW are you alive? The line went flat, your heart stopped beating! YOU WERE GOING TO BE BURIED IN A LITTLE WHILE! "

I look at the floor. Didn' I jus' tell him 'bout this? "I-I told ya, Brainy. 'Member? Ya even said that the ring musta saved me 'nd you from dyin 'cause of our wishes. See?"

I show him the broken ring. He stares at th' pieces. "When did I tell you that?"

"A few minutes 'go!"

"No, I couldn't have, you were dead!"

I smack my forehead with my hand. Man, is this complicated. I don' understand what is goin' on!

"Wait, let me see the ring again..." I hand it over to him. He picks up a piece and studies it. He mumbles somethin' I can't hear, and then stares at me with wide eyes. "Y-you...you broke it..."

"Uh, yeah, I did..." Did I do somethin' wrong?

"Which means, Clumsy...you...you went back in time..."

"I WHAT?" How could I go back in time without me knowin'?

"This ring...if you say I explained it to you, then...didn't I tell you about when one breaks it?"

I shake my head.

"This ring. Yes, I remember now why it seems so familiar. I read it in one of Papa Smurfs books. It said that this ring hides a secret, that will help one go back in time when one really desires it. But one must find the secret first. No one has ever found the secret to this because they would never think on breaking such a beautiful ring. Besides, it looks just like a plain ring. It should be really hard to break it, but because of how old it is..." He blinks owlishly behind his spectacles, and his eyes brighten up. That's the Brainy I love t' see!

"CLUMSY! YOU SMURFED THE SECRET WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT! YOU WISHED THAT YOU HAD COME SOONER SO YOU COULD HAVE SAVED ME, HUH?"

Wow he sounded psychic Haha! "Yeah, I did, but at th' same time, I knew that maybe there was nothin' I could do, so I was actually kinda happy I was gonna die with ya. I guess th' other wish was stronger."

"Oh...Clumsy...Y-you saved my life twice, Clumsy..." Brainy blinks back tears, but he can't hold them in. "OH Smurf I feel terrible!"

My eyes also fill with tears. The thought, that maybe we coulda been dead by now, kinda saddened me. Also th' thought of Brainy committing suicide...is not like him. We both stand there, and weep like little smurflings.

"OH MY SMURFS!" I hear Papa Smurfs voice behind me. I slowly turn 'round t' find nine pairs o' eyes starin' straight at me.

"C-C-C-AAAAAAAAAAH" Is the reaction of the other eight behind Papa Smurf. I give them a watery smile, 'nd they all fall backwards 'n black out.

"Papa Smurf..." I whisper 't him. I get close enough 't touch his arm. Slowly but surely, he falls backwards too.

"Uh...Papa Smurf...?"

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Brainy's POV

We arrived back to the village shortly after the others awakened. Heh, I would have had the same reaction when I saw Clumsy if I wasn't so strong. No I'm not bragging. Ahem, anyways, Everysmurf was shocked, to see that Clumsy was alive. Many fainted. Smurfette burst into tears of joy and sadness. The look on Grouchy''s face...Priceless. The smurflings all hugged Clumsy and cried. We explained what had happened, and how Clumsy survived. Papa Smurf studied the ring, and saw that this was indeed the ring that grants that wish, and holds that power. I can't even imagine what would have happened if Clumsy didn't have that ring. Either way, I would have been dead with him ever since the surgery part.

Now, I am in Papa Smurfs lab, getting scolded harshly by Papa Smurf. I had told him what I was going to do. That I was going to commit suicide. According to Clumsy, I already had.

"AND NEVER IN YOUR SMURF LIFE DO THAT AGAIN!" He shouts at me, tears in his eyes. "I told you that I didn't want two smurfs dead, and what did you do? You were about to make my fear come true!"

"But Papa Smurf...I couldn't live without Clumsy. He's my best friend!" I tell him and flinch at his voice.

"I know he is! But Brainy...Life goes on! Depression only lasts for a while, but eventually it goes away! Death doesn't solve anything!" He places a hand on his heart. "Don't ever smurf me like that again!"

I sigh. "Don't worry, Papa Smurf, I won't..."

Papa Smurf sighs. "Good...you may leave now." I stand up from a chair I am sitting on. But as I stand up...something terrible happens to me.

...My loose pants fall to the floor...And the whole village just happens to be watching through the window.

"WHAT THE SMURF?" I shout and blush a bright red I quickly pick up the pants and hold on to them. However, as I bend down to grab them...my underpants rip.

"GYAAH!" I shout in embarrassment. The whole village begins to crack up. Even Papa Smurf, who was so angry. I see him dying of laughter on the floor.

"Papa Smurf!" I whine as I grab on my pants to prevent them from falling down. I storm out of the lab embarrassed. I head to Tailor's. Of course he's not there, because he just had to be watching through the window. I open the door to his house a little harshly, and I sit on a chair in his house, knowing what to expect when the little pin guy walked in.

Lo and behold! Tailor walks in with a huge grin on his face, and when he spots me, he falls backwards, laughing.

"Hahaha, very funny!" I say angrily. "Will you stop laughing and fix me a new pair of PANTS?"

"Yeah...sure...sure...whew!" He pants. As he measures me, he chuckles. I groan.

"Wow, Brainy, you're almost half the size you used to be!" Tailor says as he gets thread and begins to work.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'll be back later to pick them up."

"Sure."

I close the door, and I hear him begin to bark in laughter. I roll my eyes. He wouldn't be laughing if that had happened to him. Smurfs, now I begin to feel famished. I mean I should, after going almost a week without eating, but...oh no. I brace myself to get laughed at again. I head over to Greedy's.

I knock on his door. "Uh, Greedy?" Greedy opens the door. As soon as he sees my face, he cracks up, and falls over, hitting himself on pans. That's what you get for laughing at me, you chubby ball...

"Oww...What can I...haha...erm...do for you, Brainy?" Greedy asks, his fat cheeks widening. I roll my eyes at him.

"Can you please make me something to eat, I haven't eaten in days and-"

"Sure! Just sit down and wait. Just be careful when you sit down, you don't wanna-" Greedy doesn't finish his sentence. He howls in laughter. I sigh in frustration and storm to the dining hall. There I see Clumsy, eating some soup. He looks at me and smiles nicely. FINALLY! He must have not seen me when the little accident happened.

"Hiya Brainy!" He says cheerfully. I smile back.

"Hi Clumsy." I take a seat next to him. I watch him eat. On his third spoonful, he stops and stares at me.

"Uh, why're ya starin' at me, Brainy?"

"Because I still can't believe that you're alive. And like I told you earlier, I missed you."

Clumsy put down his spoon and wipes his mouth. "Well, gosh, I still can't believe that I went back in time 'nd saved ya! Actually, now that I think 'bout it...I saved myself too! Haha!"

"But, why did you actually wish that you could have gotten to me sooner to save me? After I yelled at you? After what I did to you?"

My best friend grabs my shoulders. "Brainy," He says seriously. "Let that go. That don't matter anymore. What matters is that we're both safe now. It's all over."

I nod and watch Greedy bring me my bowl of soup. He giggles. Seriously, don't you think that what happened should have not been funny by now?

"Thanks," I say rather sourly.

"Yep, no problem."

I watch him leave and slurp my soup rudely. But hey, I'm hungry. Clumsy watches me and smiles. "Brainy, Brainy, Brainy," He mocks me with a smile. "Don't ya know that there are things called manners? There is no need for that kind o' smurfy behavior!"

I roll my eyes and grin. "Smurf up." I look at my empty bowl and head to Greedy for seconds. Seeing as he's not in the kitchen, I help myself. I walk back to the dining hall. I see Clumsy finishing up his meal. I just still can't believe it...

"Just, thank you, on more time, Clumsy, for saving my life twice. I don't know how to repay you." I say. Clumsy looks at me sternly. "I don' want anythin' in return, Brainy, now please, stop thankin' me. It was nothin."

I sit down next to him and eat slowly. However as I was about to get up, Greedy walks into the dining hall and bursts out laughing in an unsmurfy like behavior. I turn around to face him. "What is wrong with you?" I tell him. "It's not funny anymore!"

He continues to laugh, and he points at me. I turn to look at my back and my pupils shrink. My face gets hot.

My entire backside is revealed.

Once again...all the smurfs just HAVETO LOOK IN THROUGH THE DOOR, and they all burst out laughing. I use my hands to cover myself, but the damage has been done. "OH SMURFS! WHY ME?"

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"That oughta do it!" Tailor tells me as I put on the new pants. They fit well.

"Thanks Tailor," I say.

"No problem!"

I head outside and find Handy. I never actually thanked him for my new home. It's better than the one before.

"Hey, Handy," I say.

"Oh hi Brainy!" He hides a laugh. I ignore that.

"Listen, I want to thank you for building me a new house. It's nice."

"Yeah, anytime! Man, I still can't believe everything that has happened today. But you know, I'm glad that everything is okay now."

"Yeah, well, see you later."

I head over to my house, but then remember something. I never actually apologized to Papa Smurf for blaming him. SO I head over there. Papa Smurf is working on a new potion when I knock on the door. "Papa?"

"Come in."

I open the door. Usually, I wouldn't have knocked first, but I guess the whole suicide thing changed me. "I-I uh, want to apologize, for the way I acted the day Clumsy died-"

"It's okay, Brainy. I know you didn't mean it."

"Huh?"

He looks at me and smiles. "Don't you think I know you by now? I know that you were just feeling awful. I know you didn't mean anything. And I forgive you."

"It was never your fault-"

"Brainy...let the past go. Look into the present. That's all that matters now."

I open my mouth, but close it. He's right. That's exactly what Clumsy told me too.

"Um, do you need any help on your experiment?"

"Not right now. But If I do, I'll call you, my apprentice."

I smile at the last word. Apprentice. Makes me feel important. I leave the lab, and go to my house, only to be stopped by Jokey, who is laughing.

"Hya-hya-hya! So, who are ya gonna play a prank on?" He asks mischievously.

"No one," I reply calmly.

His face falls. "But, ya said-"

"I know, I did." I guess he didn't hear when I told Papa Smurf about what I was about to do. I turn away from him, leaving him confused.

I head once again to my house, only to be tackled by Gutsy and Hefty."

"GOTCHA!" Gutsy declares proudly and gives me a noogie.

"A-AAAA! Careful! The place where I had surgery still hurts!" I shout.

"You sure are a brave one, to do a stunt like that, in trying to blow yourself up!" Hefty tells me.

I shrug. "I guess so."

"Hear that, Gutsy?" Hefty tells his friend. "Now he thinks he's better than us at being brave!"

"What?"

"Is that so?" Gutsy replies, cracking his knuckles. "Well, then, we might as well teach 'im a wee lesson."

The two gang up on me and tackle me to the ground. NOT AGAIN!

"NO GUYS, WAIT!" I shout. "Why do you two like doing this to me?"

Instead of an answer, I get a tickle attack in my ribs, away from the scars.

"S-STOP! NO!" I gasp. "HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!"

Yep, my life is a wonderful one. I wouldn't have been here now, if it wasn't for my lifesaver friend, Clumsy, and I will carry two parts of him, forever. One as an actual part, and the other, in my heart.

Yeah, I know, the part where Brainy gets tickled has happened in many stories, but it hasn't gotten old! ^.^I can't believe that I'm already done! NO, of course I wouldn't kill my favorite smurfs! Well, maybe in other stories, but not this one. Thank you all who reviewed! :) You guys are the best! I probably won't be writing for a while, until I get another idea or so. Also, keep on writing, Fan de Basil de Baker Street, RwtheFan, Candyflossgirl, Flowerpower71, Freakazette Raven, and the rest, I read your stories and I loved them all! You are all great writers! Hopefully you guys enjoyed the story. And maybe, until Next time,

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