The curtain closed as every smurf was on their feet, applauding loudly for such a magnificent performance. The curtained opened again as all the actors appeared and bowed at the audience before the curtain closed again. Backstage, everyone was celebrating on such an astounding performance. Brainy came over, saying, "Bravo! Bravo! Great performance everyone! You all were great"! Even Papa Smurf came backstage, saying, "I'm very proud of all of you. Every one of you did such a great job with your performance." Sapphire high foured Smurfette and Vexy, Hefty and Gutsy gave each other a smurf pound, and Clumsy even smurf pounded Brainy. Later that night, Sapphire and Smurfette were getting ready to turn in for the evening as Sapphire said, "That was so much fun tonight! We made so many smurfs smile with that story." Smurfette replied with, "It was enjoyable. I liked playing Rapunzsmurf. She was a fun character, just like how you were a fun bard."

Sapphire then noticed a picture on Smurfette's nightstand. It was Smurfette with Papa Smurf and the rest of the smurfs squeezed in. It looked interesting as she picked it up, asking, "When did you take this photo"? Smurfette looked at it, saying, "Oh, that was from my first day as a real smurf in the village." Sapphire looked at the picture again, then back up at her big sister. Sapphire knew that there was one significant difference between the picture and Smurfette: her golden blonde hair. While before it reached almost the end of her dress, ever since their Paris adventure, thanks to Gargamel, Smurfette "forcefully" had it cut to around her shoulders. While she didn't mind it at all, Sapphire could tell that her big sister missed it, so, she slowly asked Smurfette, "Do you still miss it"? When Smurfette didn't understand her at first, Sapphire rephrased her question, saying, "I mean, do you still miss having long hair like before"? Smurfette didn't know how to answer the question, mainly because she didn't want to make her little sister feel bad, so, Smurfette took a deep breath before saying, "I will be as honest as I can, I do, but that doesn't mean I don't like the new look either. It's just something that takes time to adjust to like how it took you, Vexy, and Hackus a couple of days to adjust to living life as a real smurf. I do wish there was a way I could grow it back in an instant, but it will take some time for it to return to the length I had it in before. But for now, I'm enjoying it." Sapphire smiled as she said, "I like it too. Let's get some sleep," as both smurfs crawled into bed, shut the lights off, and turned in for the night.

In the morning, Sapphire went to find Vexy to discuss something with her, seeing her other big sister talking with Grouchy. Once she found her, she asked, "Vexy, can we have a sisterly smurf to smurf for a minute"? Grouchy had to leave anyway, so, once he was gone, Vexy faced me, asking, "What's up little sister"? Sapphire then asked, "Ok, do you remember when I told you that I wanted to do something nice for Smurfette"? When she nodded, Sapphire continued with, "Well, last night, I came up with the perfect idea. I was thinking of mixing up a special smurf hair growth potion that she could use to grow her hair back to the length it was before she met us." Vexy was confused as she says, "Why that? Nothing against the idea or anything but what or who gave you that idea"? Sapphire answered, "Well, even though she says she doesn't mind it, I know that Smurfette misses having her long hair, so I thought, what if there was a way she could just grow it out in an instant? So, I came up with the idea of making a potion that could do just that, but I'll need your help. You in," as Vexy smiled, saying, "I'm in. What do we need to do"? Sapphire smiled, saying, "First things first, we need to find the recipe and get the ingredients. Let's see if Brainy has a book on growing potions," as both smurfs headed straight for Brainy's mushroom.

Vexy knocked on the door as Brainy opened it, saying, "Hello ladies? For what do I owe you on this fine day"? Sapphire asked him, "I'm looking for a book about growing potions. Do you have one that I can maybe look at"? Brainy closed his door and looked through his library before pulling out a book titled Growth Potions for Young Apprentices. He opened his door and offered it to Sapphire while saying, "Here you go. This should give you some ideas." They both thanked Brainy before rushing off to look at the book. Sapphire opened it up and flipped through the pages, reading, "Berries, quantities, nope, nope, nope, bingo"! She stopped at the page they were looking for before reading, "This ancient potion will guarantee any smurf or living creature the ability to grow out any forms of hair, fur, etc, to the length of their choosing, depending on how much of the potion is consumed." Vexy added, "There's a list of ingredients next to the description." Sapphire closed the book before saying, "Well, what are we smurfing around for? Let's get potion-making," as the two started to look around for the ingredients they needed to create the potion.

Later on, Sapphire and Vexy snuck into Papa Smurf's mushroom to use his tools to create their potion. Luckily, he was out visiting Mother Nature, so, they could do this and quickly clean up and sneak out, making it seem like the place was never invaded, to begin with. As Sapphire grabbed a beaker, she asked Vexy, "Were you able to find a plump smurfberry," as Vexy took it out, saying, "Got it right here little sister." As Sapphire placed the open book on the table, she read while adding the ingredients slowly, with Vexy's assistance, "One plump smurfberry for flavor, two daisy petals for consistency, a dropper full of wheat germ for shape, the clearest dew drop for the clearest intentions, and finally, a strand of hair from the one who desires this." Vexy then gave her a huge feather while reading, "Mix with a bird's feather, slow and consistently so everything becomes clear. Should become a transparent, juice-like liquid when finished." Once Sapphire finished mixing the potion, which was a magenta-colored clear liquid, both smurfs smiled and high-foured in victory. After they quickly cleaned up, making the table spotless again, Sapphire then grabbed a cup and said while pouring the potion into it, "Now, we just give it to Smurfette, and then let time take its course." Vexy eyed how much of the potion was in the cup, saying, "I don't know. I may not be a wizard or know a lot about potions, but doesn't that seem like a lot to you? We don't want to overdo it." Sapphire looked at it, saying, "It looks ok. I eyed it off and based it on how much of her hair was cut off by Gargamel. Besides, if it is too much, what's the worst that could happen? Now, let's go give this to Smurfette," as Sapphire walked out of the mushroom with the potion as Vexy grabbed the book and followed her little sister outside.

Meanwhile, Sapphire found Smurfette helping Farmer out with his crops and saw this as a perfect opportunity. Vexy came up to her, asking, "How are you going to give it to her? She looks busy." Sapphire smiled before saying, "We may be smurfs, but we are also former Naughtys and I may be the youngest, but I am also the smartest. I know what to do," before walking to Smurfette, with Vexy watching from a distance. Sapphire walked up to her eldest big sister, saying, "Hi big sister Smurfette! You must be thirsty after helping Farmer out with his garden, am I right"? Smurfette turned to face her little sister and laughed before saying, "I am feeling a bit parched. Farmwork is not an easy job." Sapphire then said, "I know just what you need sister. A nice tall glass of smurfberry juice, hand-squeezed by your own little sister," as she offered Smurfette the secret potion. Smurfette ended up drinking every last drop of the liquid as she gave back the cup while saying, "Thanks, Sapphire. That drink was just what I needed," before turning and continuing to help Farmer with his crops. Meanwhile, Sapphire showed Vexy the empty glass, saying, "She drank every last drop! Success! Now, all we do is let time take its course and Smurfette will have her original length of hair once again in no time"! Vexy smiled, saying, "For our little sister, you sure have a big heart. Come on, let's find Hackus and go smurfboarding," as the two went to find their brother. Little did both smurfs know that their attempt to help and do something kind was about to backfire in a big way.

The day flew by and it seemed like the potion did not work, but overnight, a drastic change occurred that was going to be a huge surprise, especially for Smurfette. Early the next morning, both Smurfette and Sapphire were asleep in the beds, dreaming of many things. However, Sapphire ended up rolling out of her bed and landed on something soft on the floor. She opened her eyes and said quietly, "Whatever I just landed on is a huge lifesaver," before actually noticing what it was that she landed on. At first, she was confused as she said, "What the? What in the name of smurfs did I land on," Before picking some of it up, instantly recognizing the texture. Sapphire looked at it, saying, "Blonde hair? Why is it on the floor though," before turning to see her sister and holding in a huge gasp of shock. While Smurfette was still asleep in her bed, her now REALLY LONG golden blonde hair was all over the floor of the mushroom. Sapphire quietly whispered, "Holy smurf," before quietly tiptoeing out and running to find Vexy. As she got to the window of Vexy's mushroom, she shouted, "Vexy! wake up right now," as her sister instantly shot up, asking, "What's going on so early in the morning? And why do you look so panicked"? Sapphire flailed her arms, saying, "No time to explain or get dressed at the moment! Come on," as Vexy instantly hopped out of her bed, dragging an exhausted Hackus out with her as they went to Smurfette's mushroom.

Sapphire showed them the scenario as Vexy and Hackus were stunned, Hackus asking confusingly, "What happened? Hackus no get it"! Sapphire groaned and covered her face, saying, "This wasn't supposed to happen! At least not in that state! It really must've been too much of the potion. Now, what do we do? The minute she sees THAT, she's going to freak"! Vexy tried to calm down Sapphire by taking Sapphire's hands down while saying, "It'll be ok little sister. Look on the bright side. There's no way it can get worse." Suddenly, all three former Naughtys froze when they heard Smurfette ask, "Is everything ok out there," and heard her starting to get up. Sapphire covered her face again, saying, "Oh smurf! It got worse"! Vexy bit her tongue, saying, "Me and my big mouth," as Smurfette came to the window, asking in concern, "What's going on? Is something wrong"? Vexy looked at her hesitantly and Hackus, smiled, saying, "Morning Smurfette," as Sapphire uncovered her face, saying, "Oh just turn me into a toad or something already! I deserve it," before running off into the forest, despite her siblings' protests. Smurfette hopped out of the window while asking, "What happened? what's got Sapphire so upset"? Hackus pointed at the window while Vexy said, "There's an explanation for this, but to answer your question, look behind you and try not to freak out." Smurfette did as so and was shocked to see that her golden tresses had grown to such a tremendous length as she did her best to recover from the initial shock and ask, "How did...I don't...I'm impressed but...why..how did this occur? I mean not that I don't like it or anything, but how"? Vexy sighed before saying, "Sapphire will probably smurf me for this, but here's where the explanation comes in."

Meanwhile, Sapphire was by an old creek, tossing stones in an attempt to calm her nerves. Sapphire felt absolutely awful about what happened and was really terrified about what Smurfette would say if she told her the truth. She kept saying to herself, "I'm a smurf idiot. I try to help and this is what happens. I'm an awful friend...and an awful sister." Suddenly, a shadow came over as a faint voice asked, "Is everything ok"? Sapphire jumped high with a shout and almost fell into the creek if it weren't for the owner of the voice, who so happens to be Clumsy, grabbing her hand and pulling her towards him in time. Sapphire caught her breath before saying to Clumsy, "Don't you ever do that to me again! Especially when I'm in a state like this! But...I'm glad to see you anyways Clumsy. It was getting quite lonely out here." Clumsy smiled while saying, "I'm just lucky no one has smurfed you. We were all growing worried when Smurfette told us that you disappeared." Sapphire facepalmed, saying, "Great. Another thing I do that she now probably hates me for." Clumsy asked confusingly, "Why would Smurfette hate you? She cares about you just like we do." Sapphire looked at Clumsy worryingly, saying, "Didn't Smurfette tell you...or at least...showed you what happened? All I wanted to do was something nice and helpful and it backfires on me horrendously. I'm an awful sister to her. It's like no matter what I do to do something nice or helpful for anyone, it ends up bad and hurting a poor, innocent smurf somehow or someway." Clumsy bit his tongue, unsure of how to answer as he slowly said, "Gee, well, she did show us what happened, but she didn't see it like how you saw it."

Sapphire looked at Clumsy confusingly, asking, "What do you mean "not in the way I see it" Clumsy"? Clumsy smiled before saying, "Come back with me to the village and I'll show you. And better yet, I can get somesmurf to tell you what I mean," as both smurfs began the long walk back to Smurf Village. Once they got back to the village, a lot of the smurfs who were looking around noticed them and were relieved that Sapphire was ok. Hackus came over and gave his little sister a squeeze hug, shouting, "Little sister ok! Hackus squeeze"! Once he put her down, Vexy came over and hugged Sapphire next, saying, "Thank the smurfs that you're ok! I don't know what I would've done if something happened to you little sister"! Sapphire was silent but sported an apologetic look towards her younger/older sister as Vexy knew that Sapphire was indeed very, very sorry. She then said, "Listen, I know you feel awful about what happened, but while you were gone, Smurfette was worried and she really wanted to talk to you about what happened. Come on. There's something by her mushroom that I think you should see," as Vexy dragged Sapphire back to Smurfette's mushroom. Sapphire was a bit resistant, saying along the way, "I'm sure she doesn't want to see me unless it's to curse me to the depths below or burn me alive at a stake or something." On her door was a note as Sapphire took it off as looked at it, saying nervously, "Not sure if I should read this or not." Brainy came up to her, saying, "Actually, you are required to read it as it is addressed to you of course. Your inquiries, tension, guilt, and confusion will reside once you get the full understanding." Sapphire gulped before slowly opening the note and looking at its content, reading

Sapphire,

First off, let me just say, I'm not mad, I'm really not. Vexy told me about how you both worked together to make the potion for me and..I get it. You wanted to do something to help me and even though it did not turn out as you hoped it would, it's definitely given me something to think about. For one thing, you made a personal wish of mine come true, even if it was only for a couple of minutes, and believe it or not, I was really enjoying it. However, I was upset about one thing: that you disappeared abruptly. I understand that you might've felt terrified or really bad about what occurred and you might feel like I am really mad at you, but in reality, I'm grateful. This is something that I love about you as a sister because even when we first met, you cared more about me and the others than yourself. You always tried to do things for the best of our well-beings and while this was unexpected, I am grateful that you did this, I really am. You may find it hard to believe but to prove my point, meet me inside Barber Smurf's mushroom.

Smurfette

Sapphire put the note in her pocket before looking up at the others, saying, "I have to go see her, and if she is not really mad at me about this, talk to her." She started to walk through the village, quickly arriving at Baber Smurf's home. Sapphire gulped in nervousness but looking behind her and seeing her friends and siblings' helpful looks of encouragement made some of the tension go away. She took a deep breath, placed her hand on the doorknob, and quietly said, "Here we go," as she opened the door and went inside. As she slowly closed the door behind her. Barber Smurf looked at her, saying, "Afternoon Sapphire. I assume you are expecting Ms. Smurfette am I right"? Sapphire nodded as he continued with, "She should be here soon. Meanwhile, I must run a quick errand. Do you mind watching the place until I return"? Sapphire nodded as Barber Smurf thanked her before walking out, dropping something in the process. Sapphire noticed it and saw that it had her name on it as she looked around before sitting in the chair and opening the note. It was a lot shorter this time and while she made herself comfortable, she read

Sapphire,

Great, you made it. Let's talk. Just do me a favor and put the note down for a second.

Sapphire hopped out of the chair and placed the note in her pocket just as the door opened and Smurfette came inside, her lengthy golden-blonde hair trailing behind her. Sapphire took a shaky breath in and out as Smurfette closed the door behind her. Sapphire shuffled her feet before saying, "Hey Smurfette," before getting interrupted by her eldest sister hugging her tightly. Surprised, but a bit relieved nonetheless, Sapphire enjoyed the sisterly embrace before Smurfette separated and said in a semi-stern tone of voice, "Don't ever disappear like that again." Sapphire nodded before Smurfette continued with, "Now, I meant what I said in the previous note: I'm really not mad at you. I know it may feel like that, but I promise, I could never be mad at you. Even something like this couldn't make me mad with you." Sapphire was feeling a little bit better as she says, "I just really feel bad about how it happened. It's kind of a bad feeling that's hard to shake off." Smurfette smiled, saying, "I know you were only trying to help, and I appreciate it, but maybe there's a way we can fix this predicament." Sapphire thought about it before saying, "I think I have an idea."

Later on, Brainy gave Sapphire a lime green colored potion as he says, "This reverse potion should do just the trick," as Sapphire gave it to Smurfette, who drank it up pretty quickly. Suddenly, the ends of the long hair began to glow and sparkle as every smurf watched on in anticipation while the hair began to shrink back and return to the original length from before. Every smurf in the village cheered as Smurfette gave a sigh of relief while Sapphire smiled. Out of the blue, Papa Smurf soon returned with Feathers, their faithful stork, chirping happily. Papa hopped down as he said, "Good afternoon my little smurfs. Did anything exciting happen while I was away"? Every smurf looked at each other and said in unison, "Nope," before carrying on with their daily errands. Smurfette and Sapphire joined up with Vexy and Hackus as they headed towards the forest to do some smurfboarding as Papa could only ask confusingly, "Whatever did I miss"?