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Chapter 6: Slates Wiped Clean


Dark Heart was gone.

One year had passed since the Care Bear Family first came to the Kingdom of Caring and in the very same summer camp where they had met John and Dawn, Dark Heart returned. While the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins had aged to adulthood in less than a single year they were still naïve and Dark Heart had been able to capture all of them while his shadow led Noble Heart, True Heart, Sage Heart and Grams Bear on a wild goose chase. They confronted him in his lair hidden within the camp and when all seemed lost, Dark Heart’s corrupted servant Christy freed the Care Bear Family at the cost of her own life. This tragedy had caused Dark Heart to develop a heart and with the caring of the Care Bear Family and the admission that he cared, the last of Dark Heart’s power brought Christy back from the brink of death and he became human.

In the wake of this momentous victory, Noble Heart and True Heart were married. It was a grand celebration for the Care Bear Family with their union being blessed by the Great Wishing Star himself. The entire Care Bear Family put their best efforts into making their union the happiest day of their lives, decorating the old caring castle where they were first raised, fixing up tuxedos for Noble Heart Horse and his best man, Sage Heart Bear, and a pair of beautiful dresses for True Heart Bear and her matron of honor, Life Heart Unicorn. The ceremony was conducted in the old Caring Castle they had grown up in where Grams lead the ceremony.

Sage Heart gave the toast at the reception. “When I first met Noble Heart Horse, I was living under a tree. No seriously,” he added as several of the family snickered at his declaration. “I had no idea about the great changes that would come from that day forwards, but together we journeyed and found all of you and, with a little help… OK a lot of help from the Great Wishing Star we came here to the Kingdom of Caring. Even as we rushed around, looking after all of you, I could see that my sister and Noble Heart had a close bond. They always worked together when they could and they trusted each other with not only their own lives but all of yours as well, and that trust was well founded. I could see they had fallen for each other and I can’t think of anyone else who I love to have as my brother-in-law. Have a happy life both of you.” He raised his glass of juice over his head to several cheers from the crowd before he sat back down next to Noble Heart.

“Thanks, Sage Heart. That was perfect,” Noble Heart patted him on the shoulder.

“You’re welcome. I wasn’t sure I could pull that off,” he smiled over at Life Heart who was sitting next to True Heart, then frowned slightly and shook his head. Time for his own problems later. Today was about the new happy couple.

“Thank you for having the ceremony here,” Life Heart said to True Heart. She looked out over the crowd, “Where’s the other one Noble Heart said he found?”

“Take Care Bear? Oh well she said she wasn’t sure she wanted to be at this big celebration so we asked her to look after Love Heart so you could attend,” True Heart said. “And she’s leaving tomorrow for school.”

“Why?” Life Heart asked.

“She’s decided she wants to become a doctor,” Noble Heart interjected from his seat after swallowing some of his meal, “So she has to go to earth to get the right education. She needs to take a lot of courses so she’ll be gone for a few years…” Noble Heart scratched his chin, “Almost a decade with all the primary and secondary school she has to do first. But the way I’ve seen her read, she soaks up knowledge faster than Bright Heart so I know she’ll do it.”

“I see… I wish I’d had a chance to meet her face-to-face before she left,” Life Heart sighed.

“You could go meet her now,” True Heart placed a hand on her friend’s shoulder.

Life Heart shook her head and managed a smile, “No. Today’s your special day and I want to be here for every moment.”

“Thank you,” True Heart smiled then turned back to her meal. She cast a sideways glance at Life Heart and frowned slightly.

Every since the shadow attack on their home last year Life Heart had refused to leave the castle. She kept the castle safe with a spell she referred to as “Obfuscation”, or as she described it: a spell that made it so only Care Bears could see and interact with the castle itself; even Dark Heart had simply passed by when he came to try and kidnap the rest of the Care Bear Family, leaving Life Heart cowering in fear with Love Heart. Sage Heart still left to visit the Care Bears and Cousins periodically but even with all their efforts combined they could not convince Life Heart to leave the castle for any reason.

True Heart shook her head and turned back to her meal. Time for worries later, today was about her and Noble Heart. She turned and planted a kiss on Noble Heart’s cheek, making him blush and causing several onlookers to laugh at his embarrassment.

A month later, there was more happy news for the Care Bear Family: True Heart was pregnant.

With Take Care away at school True Heart and Noble Heart had been forced to seek help on earth for the cause of True Heart’s sudden nausea each morning. Several doctors turned them away, some for not having proper insurance, some just because they weren’t human (one particularly agitated doctor suggested they see a veterinarian), but finally a woman doctor offered her help as thanks for when they had helped her son a few months ago. It didn’t take long for the tests to reveal that True Heart was carrying twins and another celebration followed back home: a baby shower, one they hoped would be the first of many.

Joy was soon followed by worry when True Heart’s pregnancy was progressing faster than it should have for a bear or human; it didn’t help that True Heart remembered Life Heart being pregnant for almost a whole year before she gave birth to Love Heart. Despite those worries, and with Grams Bear’s help, True Heart gave birth three months later to healthy twins: a pink girl and a blue boy, both bears. They named the girl Hugs and the boy Tugs.

Every bear and cousin wanted a look at the new cubs and Grams quietly, but firmly, told them to let True Heart and Noble Heart rest.

Hugs and Tugs were resting in their cribs with Noble Heart standing over them. He smiled and stroked the fur on the top of Tugs’ head. “They’re beautiful, True Heart.” He turned back to where True Heart lay, trying to keep her eyes open.

True Heart smiled, “They are, thank you.” As Noble Heart stepped over to her, True Heart’s smile faded. “But… will they be like Love Heart?”

Noble Heart looked back at their children and gave a slight scowl. Love Heart Bear was a bit of an anomaly to them. Every Care Bear and Care Bear Cousin had grown up at a phenomenal pace, reaching adulthood roughly one year after they arrived in the Kingdom of Caring. Every one except for Love Heart. One year on and Love Heart was still a baby, a healthy one-year-old baby but while the others were all grown up Love Heart was still wearing diapers, couldn’t talk, and was just learning to walk. The other bears and cousins fawned over their “little brother” on the few occasions they saw him, with only Bright Heart and Take Care really voicing any concern for his apparently stunted growth.

“The only thing that we know makes him different is that he was never a normal animal like we were,” Noble Heart said, “Until today, Love Heart was the only Care Bear born as a Care Bear. What if Hugs and Tugs are the same as him?”

True Heart smiled and squeezed Noble Heart’s hand. “In that case at least he won’t grow up alone. He’ll have his two new cousins to play with, when they’re all old enough.”

Noble Heart nodded, “Maybe… or maybe it’s because his mother’s a unicorn.” He looked back at True Heart.

True Heart yawned, “Maybe. No sense in worrying right now.”

“Get some rest, I’ll be here.” Noble Heart watched as True Heart fell asleep then sat in the chair next to her bed. He reached for the book he’d brought with him and picked up where he left off.

OoOoO

“I’m, sorry… I just can’t…” Life Heart sat on a chair next to the playpen where baby Love Heart was amusing himself with some letter blocks.

“Life Heart, you’ve been cooped up in here for over a year. Dark Heart is gone and everyone’s worried about you… please,” Sage Heart knelt in front of her and put a hand on her shoulder.

“I-I,” Life Heart stammered. “I’m sorry but I just can’t.” Life Heart hugged herself and shuddered, “I can help feeling that there’s something out there, something dangerous that wants me.”

Sage Heart sighed and stood up. “Alright, I won’t force you. I still think you should get out and bring Love Heart to meet Hugs and Tugs.”

“I’ll… think about it,” Life Heart said, “But not now.”

“OK. I’m going to visit Care-a-Lot for the day. I’ll be back later tonight, I promise.”

Life Heart nodded and watched Sage Heart leave. The unicorn sighed and slumped in her chair. Was she being paranoid? The last time she saw most of the family was during Noble Heart and True Heart’s wedding and now all she did was wander the castle and take care of Love Heart.

Love Heart’s babyish babbling drew his mother’s attention. He had crawled over to her and stood up using the playpen edge for support then raised his hands towards Life Heart. Life Heart smiled and lifted him onto her lap. “What do you think? Am I just being a scaredy-cat?” she poked the tip of his heart-shaped nose. Love Heart giggled at her as he she moved to cradle him in her arms.

“You’re still so small, I wonder if you’ll ever grow up.” She smiled down at him, “But sometimes I wish you would stay like this forever, my little baby Love Heart Bear.” She tickled Love Heart’s tummy symbol: a large heart with three small pink hearts inside it and surrounded by a dozen tiny hearts. Love Heart shrieked with laughter and made to grab his mother’s hand. “But someday you’ll grow up to protect the entire Kingdom of Caring. You’ll be big and strong and magical, yes you will.” She held her son up in front of her. “What do you think, should we go and visit the others?” she asked. Love Heart just babbled and reached for his mother’s face. She could swear he nodded at her. “All right, but after your dinner and nap, OK?” She asked.

“K,” Love Heart spoke, startling Life Heart.

“Oh my, starting to speak now. Well we have to go and show them before they miss out on every other moment of you growing up. You have so many big brothers and sisters who I know will be begging to see you. But first, food.” Life Heart stood up and carried her son to the kitchen.

It was just past noon when Life Heart stood at the entrance to the castle with Love Heart in her arms, dressed in a blue onesie. “I can do this. Nothing bad is going to happen if I just step outside.” Life Heart took a deep breath and stared down at Love Heart, who had fallen asleep in her arms. She smiled, “Do it for him, so he doesn’t grow up alone in here.” She took a deep breath and turned to face out the entrance again. Life Heart smiled when she saw a cloud car approaching with Sage Heart driving and Noble Heart and True Heart in the back seats. “I can do this!” she took one last breath and stepped outside. She froze, screwing her eyes shut and tensing as her feet touched clouds for the first time in years, then relaxed and looked up at the approaching cloud car before she started forwards. So enraptured by this moment, Life Heart missed the sound of scurrying followed by the frantic peddling of a gyro-cycle flying away from the castle and a faint cackling.

“Shakakakakakaka!”

“Are you sure Hugs and Tugs will be alright?” True Heart looked back over her shoulder, her eyes fraught with worry.

Noble Heart put a hand on True Heart’s shoulder, “You heard Grams, she wanted to get to know her grandkids better and you need some time to relax. And together maybe we can finally convince Life Heart to bring Love Heart out for a visit.”

“We might not have to, look,” Sage Heart said. The couple in the backseat turned and beamed when they saw Life Heart walking towards them from the castle’s door.

When she saw them get closer Life Heart ‘s face lit up in a bright smile and she raised one hand and waved to them. Then it got dark and Life Heart felt a chill run up her spine. The wind spun up around her and a deep voice resounded in her ear.

“At last! You’ve emerged from hiding, unicorn!”

Sage Heart slammed his foot on the accelerator as soon as he saw the dark purple cloud with red eyes appear around Life Heart and Love Heart.

“What is that!?” True Heart shouted to be heard over the wind, “I thought Dark Heart was gone!”

“It must be someone else, hold on!” Noble Heart shouted back, as both of them gripped the sides of the car as the engine whined in protest.

“HELP ME!” Life Heart screamed as she tried to run away as the cloud changed into a tornado and scooped her up. The tornado, with its two captive inside, whiled away through the air.

“LIFE HEART! LOVE HEART!” Sage Heart slammed the accelerator even harder, pushing the already overexerted engine past its limits as he chased after the tornado.

“We need to go back and get help!” Noble Heart shouted, trying to reach forwards and grab Sage Heart’s shoulder.

“No! I won’t let that thing take her!” Sage Heart’s vision was laser focused on the tornado as it flew farther and farther away and he grit his teeth as he kept the engine pushing past its limit.

“He’s right, we need to at least get Love Heart back before something dreadful happens to him!” True Heart said.

Noble Heart sat back in his seat, still gripping the side of the car. Maybe when they landed he could reason with Sage Heart, but for now speed was key.

OoOoO

Life Heart was thrown roughly into a large square cage, Love Heart still clutched tightly in her arms as the door shut and locked behind her. She lay on the floor, shivering both from the cold stone floor beneath her and fear as the tornado formed into a tall man with green skin, glowing red eyes and wearing a purple cloak with a pointed hood, red trim and a triangular amulet around his neck with a large red gem at its center.

He stared down at Life Heart a she lay on the cage floor, “At last I have you, unicorn.” He turned away from her towards a large cauldron set next to a deep pit at the center of the room and began adding ingredients to a mixture that was already bubbling away within it.

Life Heart finally broke through her fear and asked with a squeak, “Who-who are you?”

The man rounded on her, his blood-red eyes burning with anger at being interrupted, “I am the one who will cleanse emotion and kindness from the world, the ruler of the shadows, the one who created Dark Heart, I am evil, I am hate, I am No-Heart!”

A sudden crying broke through No-Heart’s tirade. The journey and No-Heart’s bellowing had awoken Love Heart who immediately began bawling up a storm, thrashing around in his mother’s arms. No-Heart’s eyes intensified and he pointed at the infant. “Cease your crying, little whelp! Or I shall cease it for you!” lightning crackled from his fingertips

“No please! He’s just a baby!” Life Heart shrieked. She turned to shield Love Heart with her body.

No-Heart grit his teeth behind the darkness of his hood. “Then you shut him up or I will do it for you!” he demanded.

Life Heart panted and turned her attention to her son, “I’m sorry but please sleep, my little Love Heart.” She shushed him as her horn lit up. Love Heart’s cries ceased, he yawned and his eyes drooped under the influence of Life Heart’s sleep spell. Life Heart sighed in relief as Love Heart drifted off into a magically induced sleep.

“Finally, but no more,” No-Heart pointed at Love Heart and a magical force wrenched him form Life Heart’s grasp.

“NO!” Life Heart made to jump at her son as he was levitated out of the cage door, which immediately shut before she could even try to jump through. She rattled the bars as No-Heart grasped Love Heart by the hem of his onesie then dropped him into a bird-cage on the table next to his work.

“Stop your whining, I have no use for an infant at the moment. This spell is too important to distract from.” No-Heart shouted “BEASTLY!”

“I’m here, b-b-b-boss.” An ugly pig-like creature with scraggly limbs, dirty brown fur and wearing a crude aviator’s helmet topped with a spike came scurrying into the room. “You bellowed, sir?”

“Take this infant away, I have no need for him. Do what you wish until I call for you again but do not disturb me under any circumstance, is that clear?” No-Heart stared down at the loathsome creature as he handed the cage containing Love Heart to him.

“Yes, Lord No-Heart!” Beastly scurried away with the cage in his hands as No-Heart turned back to his cauldron and resumed his work. Life Heart ran to the other side of her cage, straining to see Beastly scurrying away with her son in hand. She tried to reach out with her magic to stop him from leaving only to have it rebound off the bars in front of her and blow her back to the floor.

“I would not try that again,” No-Heart spoke in a calmer voice, “no magic can pass through the bars of that cell, nor can it be harmed by any power you might have.”

Life Heart forced herself to stand, shakily, on both legs as she turned to face No-Heart, who had moved around his cauldron so he could keep an eye on Life Heart while he continued his work. “What do you want? What did we do to you?”

No-Heart glared at her for a moment before poring a dose of red liquid into his concoction. “What did you do!? You continue to spread caring throughout the world. Positive emotions that diminish my power and keeps me from my ultimate goal, the conquest and enslavement of the people of this world, or failing that its total destruction. As for what I want from you,” Life Heart recoiled as his gaze pierced into her, backing up until she had her back to the opposite side of the cell. “You are a unicorn, most likely the last of your kind after humans abandoned the use of magic centuries ago. You are a living font and reservoir of the most potent magical energy in existence, and energy that I mean to harness to destroy the Care Bear Family.”

“Y-you won’t have me. They’ll s-save me!” Life Heart paled as No-Heart gave a bitter laugh to her face.

“I know they will, and I’m counting on that.” He looked down at his cauldron, “I’ve had this ritual prepared for months, keeping the stable ingredients ready for the catalyst agents at a moments notice, until my otherwise incompetent minion, Beastly, spotted you emerge from the last place had been able detect you. Oh I know about your spell and it was indeed powerful. I could not see where you hid nor could I attempt to find you I only knew the last place you had been so I had the place watched every day until he saw you emerge. Once he told me you had emerged it was but an instant to transport myself there and steal you away. I could have done without the brat and I need Beastly out of my way so he doesn’t mess up his first successful task with his usual bumbling. When they come to save you, and they will, I will use your power to destroy every last one of them!”

Life Heart was left stunned, her throat too dry to speak and tears spilling from her eyes as she fell back to the floor of her cell.

OoOoO

“That has to be where they went!” Noble Heart shouted as the cloud car sped towards a castle with many spear-like spires shooting upward into the sky and constructed of purple stone nestled on a perpetually stormy cloud system. Sage Heart barely managed to make a rough landing in front of the castle entrance and he leapt out after he all but tore the seatbelt away from himself.

Sage Heart pounded on the huge double doors of the castle, screaming in rage, “LET ME IN!”

“Sage Heart, that isn’t-” True Heart jumped as Sage Heart stepped back and raised his hands in front of himself, creating a beach-ball sized ball of solid stone on front of him. With a cry of fury, Sage Heart fired the stone ball right at the double door, shattering the bolt on the other side and nearly blowing the doors off their hinges. Without a moment’s hesitation, Sage Heart charged through the now open door with Noble Heart and True Heart struggling to keep up with his mad pace.

Beastly all but skipped through the halls of the castle as he carried the cage in his arms. “Shakakakaka, what should I do with you. There’s so much I mean…” Beastly looked down at the infant sleeping in the cage. “You know, I don’t what to do with you, I never thought I’d have a care bear cub in a cage so I don’t even… what’s that?” Beastly looked up in time to see Sage Heart Bear charging at him, eyes blazing with a fury that intensified as he saw the contents of the cage in Beastly’s hand.

“GIVE ME MY SON!” Sage Heart shouted. Beastly yelped, turned and ran down the opposite hall.

Noble Heart and True Heart only had a moment to see what was happening to exchange a look and skid to a halt.

“Care Bear Stare!”

“Care Bear Cousin Call!”

The couple shouted in unison as their twin beams of light streaked past Sage Heart and Beastly, forming a rainbow wall that completely blocked the hall ahead. Beastly only had a moment to shout out before he ran straight into it and bounced off. The cage flew from his grasp and Noble Heart took a flying leap to catch it in mid air, creating a rainbow slide with his tummy symbol so he reached the ground without jostling the fragile cargo. True Heart dashed over and unlatched the cage as both rainbows dissolved and she lifted the still asleep Love Heart out and into her arms.

“Thank goodness he’s alright,” True Heart breathed a sigh of relief.

“How is he sleeping through this?” Noble Heart asked.

Both jumped when they heard Sage Heart’s voice shouting. “Where is she!? Where is Life Heart Unicorn!?” Sage Heart was holding Beastly against the corridor’s wall, his eyes burning into the creature as he squirmed in his surprisingly tight grip.

“Don’t hurt me! No-Heart has her back that way!” Beastly struggled to point down the passageway he had originally come from, not to far from where they were now. Sage Heart dropped Beastly and he scrabbled to get away from Sage Heart’s warpath.

“Sage Heart!” Noble Heart’s shout briefly brought Sage Heart down from his rage and he turned to him, relief swelled on his face as he saw the small form in True Heart’s arms.

“Oh Love Heart!” He approached True Heart and carefully lifted his son from her grasp, “I was so worried about you. Don’t you worry, we’ll get mom back.”

“Yes, we will,” Noble Heart put a hand on Sage Heart’s shoulder, “You need to get him to safety.”

“What?! But-”

“No buts,” True Heart shook her head, eyes closed, “He needs his father and we need the rest of the Care Bear Family. Get Love Heart home safely while we find this ‘No-Heart’ then bring every Care Bear and Cousin to help us save Life Heart.”

Sage Heart looked to his sister, then his brother-in-law, then down at his sleeping son and admitted defeat. “Alright. But as soon as Love Heart is safely back with Grams I’m bringing everyone back to save Life Heart.”

“Then go, we’ll take care of things here,” Noble Heart said before he and True Heart galloped down the passageway Beastly had pointed down earlier. Sage Heart took a deep breath then turned and headed back to the castle’s entrance.

Sage Heart found the cloud car still sitting just outside the entrance, engine still running. Sage Heart created a car seat in the passenger seat and strapped Love Heart in before he climbed into the front seat, strapped in and took off. Sage Heart pushed the engine as hard as he could as he flew towards home, until the engine sputtered.

The cloud car’s engine sputtered a few more times, started back up, then there was an audible *BANG* as something burst and the car began to plummet. Sage Heart yelped and yanked hard on the steering wheel, trying to stabilize the car, even trying to steer it back on course without effect.

Sage Heart looked forwards at the rapidly approaching ground then back to his son in the passenger seat. “I’ll protect you, Love Heart.” Sage Heart grabbed the car seat and used his tummy symbol to reshape it into a baby carrier he could strap to his body, then undid his seatbelt and jumped off, letting the cloud car fall away beneath him. His heart raced as he desperately fastened the baby carrier around his front, above his tummy symbol, then twisted so he was facing upwards. With all his effort, Sage Heart forced his tummy symbol to activate, creating a parachute attached directly to his body. He gave a cry of pain as the ropes emerging from his tummy pulled from the parachute catching the air as their descent slowed. Sage Heart allowed himself a sigh of relief and looked over his shoulder to the ground below, only to see a vast forest beneath them.

Sage Heart knew what getting tangled in the trees would mean and as they came closer to the tree line he pointed one free hand towards the ground and pulled of a slide of earth from beneath the trees, managing to catch himself on the edge as he let the parachute dissolve, allowing for a rough but safe trip to the ground.

Sage Heart sat, panting as he let the earthen slide fade to nothing behind him as he cradled his still sleeping son in his arms. “Just hold on.” Sage Heart tried in vain to conjure a Cloud Car, or even an emergency signal to the Kingdom of Caring, but failed. Too exhausted to do much else, Sage Heart created a stone dome around himself and Love Heart with a few holes for light and air before he passed out, still holding his son close to himself.

OoOoO

“At last it’s done.” No-Heart stood back as red smoke poured forth from his cauldron, “And now the final ingredient.” He approached Life Heart’s cell and opened the door. Life Heart made one last ditch effort to flee by casting a spell, only to have her horn grabbed by No-Heart and wrenched out of the cell. Her concentration broken, Life Heart could only struggle in vain as she was carried over to the cauldron.

A loud banging on the door to the room drew No-Heart’s attention and he glared. “So they’ve come, no matter it’s too late.” He dropped Life Heart into the cauldron. A bright light blew the door open as Life Heart screamed and fell into the red liquid below.

“Life Heart!” True Heart and Noble Heart both cried out as their friend was dropped into the cauldron.

“Too late, Care Bears! Your friend is mine!” he turned to confront them, purple lightning crackling around his body.

The liquid in the cauldron was stifling, but somehow she could breathe. Life opened her eyes for a moment right as the pain started. It felt as though thousands of razor sharp needles were piercing her entire skin. She looked down at her hand to see her skin and fur turning into red crystal. Life Heart screamed and tried her best to swim for the surface.

Life Heart gasped for fresh air as she broke the surface of the cauldron and tried to pull herself out, only to find the red crystal still creeping up her arms. She spotted Noble Heart and True Heart firing their stare and call at No-Heart, who retaliated with bolts of purple lightning that nearly bowled the two over. As Life Heart tried to pull herself out of the cauldron she saw the rim grow larger under her arms, and only then did she realize that she was shrinking. She shook her head, trying to focus through the cloud of haze that was building in her head.

A bolt of lightning knocked Noble Heart and True Heart back and Life Heart managed to scream a single word “RUN!” as she cast a desperate spell, teleporting the founders out of the castle. “They should be back at the castle now, once they rest they can get help.”

“Perfect,” No-Heart strode over to Life Heart, who was now a third of her original height, her arms, legs and lower torso all turned to crystal. “They will come to save you as soon as they can and then, your power will destroy them.

“NO!” Life Heart’s voice quaked in despair as No-Heart picked her up in one hand. Only her head was still flesh and blood as a crystal orb began to form around her.

“Yes! You will be the instrument of their destruction!” No-Heart declared as a crack of thunder sounded from outside.

“No, I won’t.” Life Heart’s horn lit up in a brilliant glow, “Please, everyone in the Kingdom of Caring, don’t try to save me. Just forget about me, forget everything!” her last shout was followed by a green ring of magical energy that flew outwards at high speed, shooting out from the castle and beyond, right as the crystal finished forming and all that remained in Life Heart’s place was a red crystal orb no bigger than a gumball.

OoOoO

Noble Heart picked himself up off the floor of the castle and shook his head. “Life Heart saved us. True Heart are you there?” he asked.

“I am, Noble Heart,” True Heart pushed herself up. “We have to hurry, to gather the Care Bear Family and go rescue her.”

“Right let’s go!” as they turned to the castle’s entrance, a green wave of magical energy swept over them and they stood still.

Noble Heart and True Heart blinked then turned to each other.

“Noble Heart, what were we doing?” True Heart asked.

“I… don’t know,” Noble Heart shook his head then looked around. “We’re home so maybe we just got back.” He rubbed his head, “Umm, why are we living in this castle in the clouds again?”

True Heart pondered for a moment then shook her head, “I don’t remember. Maybe some breakfast will jog our memories.”

“Sounds good to me, my love,” Noble Heart offered his hand to True Heart, who blushed and accepted.

At the top of the stairs, they stopped in the old nursery and looked around. “True Heart, who are all these cribs for?”

“Maybe we’re not the first ones who lived here.” True Heart walked over to one and wiped some dust of a symbol at the foot: a pair of smiling sunflowers, “Maybe we’ll meet them some day.”

“Or maybe we’ll put them to use ourselves,” Noble Heart walked over to True Heart and put a hand on True Heart’s shoulder, “Ever thought about having kids.”

True Heart blushed, “Maybe… but let’s talk about that after we get some food.”

The kitchen’s stock was always full, magically supplied so the residents would never have to worry while they lived up here, no matter how many or few lived there. Noble Heart and True Heart made a meal of scrambled eggs and toast as they sat down together.

OoOoO

The same wave of magic swept over the entire Kingdom of Caring, nearly wiping the slate clean for every member of the Care Bear Family. A spell cast in desperation with too much power backing it had unintended effects. Only those who were in direct contact with each other retained memories about their relationships. Though the Care Bears remembered each other, as did the Care Bear Cousins, neither remembered the others. Concerned about their own lives and duties they never bothered to venture into the dark forest down the river, nor to the expanse upriver, not seeing the point.

OoOoO

Sage Heart awoke to the sound of Love Heart crying. He looked down and carefully stroked his head, “There there, Love Heart, daddy’s here. We’ll be back home before you know it.” He stood up on wobbly legs, right as he felt a pain in his heart. He let the dome that surrounded them fall away to rubble and looked up to the sky. “Life Heart… did they fail? I have to find out.” Sage Heart tried to activate his tummy symbol, but nothing happened. He looked down then tried again. His symbol lit up briefly only to fade as he felt the shock run through his heart.

“I just need some time, shhh don’t cry Love Heart we’ll…” he saw a faint glow coming from under Love Heart’s onesie. He carefully undid the front to see Love Heart’s tummy symbol glowing bright red. “What?” he stared for a moment before the crashing of trees nearby caught his attention.

Defying any common sense that he might have had, Sage Heart ran towards the sound to find a fully grown boar bear standing over the shaking form of a tiny bear cub. In an instant, Sage Heart thrust his left arm forwards and sent a large stone hurtling at the bear’s head, knocking it backwards and onto its back. Not waiting to see what would happen, Sage Heart ran forwards and scooped up the little cub as Love Heart’s symbol glowed even brighter and then he turned and ran as fast as he could away from the bear’s presence.

Sage Heart didn’t stop running until the sounds of the forest were reduced to birdsong and the chattering of squirrels. He saw down next to a berry bush and, after making sure recognized them as raspberries, began picking them to eat, mashing some in his fingers to feed to his hungry son.

Sage Heart looked down at the new cub and gaped. It was another Care Bear, male, no larger or older than his own son with silver fur and no tummy symbol. “Did Love Heart lead me to you?” he asked aloud. As if in response, the silver cub stirred then looked up at Sage Heart and began to cry in fear, trying to squirm away.

“Easy, easy,” Sage Heart mashed up some more berries and offered them to the new cub. Despite his fear, the sweet smell of the fruit got the cub’s attention and it sucked hungrily at the berry juices and chunks from Sage Heart’s hand. “Guess I have a lot on my hands, even if I get my tummy symbol working I can’t risk taking you back if No-Heart is looking for me.” Sage Heart sighed, “We’ll wait until they find us, it can’t take too long. But until then why don’t I christen you myself.” Sage Heart carefully set Love Heart on the ground and lifted the silver cub in front of him. “I found you alone so for now I’ll call you Independent Bear. How does that sound.” The silver cub giggled as he was held aloft, then Sage Heart’s symbol lit up and fired a white beam at the cub’s tummy. When the light faded the newly named Independent Bear had a tummy symbol, a small heart surrounded by a ring of ten yellow stars.

“Why did you work now?” Sage Heart looked indignantly down at his symbol, tried to get it working again, and once again nothing happened. He sighed, “well I guess this is our home for now.” He carefully scooped up Love Heart in his right arm. “We’ll need a more permanent place to live.”

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No-Heart glared at the red gem now set into the triangular housing for one of his amulets. “One last defiance that ruins everything!” he bellowed, making the castle shake. “All your magic poured into a spell, rendering all my work useless!” He held the crystal up to his face, “I know you can hear me in there, I need you alive just enough for this artifact to be at full power. I can feel you keeping that spell alive, pouring out whatever magic you can to keep yourself useless to me, but even you can’t do that trapped in there. Your magic will return, slowly but surely, and in a few years I will use you to destroy the Care Bears!” He walked over to a brick in the wall and pulled it aside, revealing a hidden safe at his eye level. “I won’t let that bumbling idiot Beastly have a chance at ruining this for me, so you’ll stay in here, until your magic is back to full strength. Enjoy it while you can!” He set the amulet inside, closed the door, and replaced the brick. “For now, I have other experiments to work on.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Care Bears Family Adventures: Book 1, Chapter 5
Care Bears Family Adventures: Book 1, Chapter 7
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