"And sometimes, during the new moon. You can still hear the youngest sister call out to the eldest with their childhood song." Claire said around the camp's campfire. She sang, as low as she could in a mildly creepy tone.
"Two little princesses dancing in a row,
Spinning fast and freely on their little toes.
Where the light will take you,
There's only one way to know.
Two little princesses dancing in a row."
The campfire listeners grew silent in thought about Claire's story. Even the counselors were a little edgy. Claire's misty blue eyes reflected the lights of the fire, and her smile would easily tell you that she knew she scared everyone to death. Which was strange to see since Claire was such a lovely child.
A few seats down from Claire a girl named Missy, whispered to her older brother who was a counselor,
"Take note to never let Claire tell a scare story when we're about to go to bed."
"Hey!" Claire shouted in a joking tone, "You were the one that wanted me to go this time."
"And we are regretting every second." her best friend, Sari said giving Claire a little push. Claire pushed her friend right back making her bracelet jingle a bit. Claire adored that bracelet.
Claire stared at the ceiling from her bunk bed. Top bunks were fun. Sometimes she'd bang her head on the pillow for the fun of it. She thought about her special secret. A secret that she had only shared with Sari and her house maid Amanda. The secret of Care-a-lot is on that many children share. But Claire wasn't a child, she didn't set foot into Care-a-lot until she was 13.
She wondered what her best friend, and the first Care Bear she ever knew, was doing. Oopsy was his name and he didn't bear a Belly Badge as the other Care Bears did. Claire often would joke to him and say that he was so clumsy that even if he had a Belly Badge it would fall off all the time. Then she would also say that it was because he was special, more different then the Care Bears for a reason. A reason they didn't know yet. A reason that would change the world for the greater good. That usually put a smile on his face.
Then she thought about Grumpy's invention that was broken to no end when Claire had to go off to camp. Claire helped Grumpy when he needed it, which was good since she could reach things that the other Care Bears couldn't.
With inventions, Claire's mind wondered off the think about Grizzle. A little bear in a big suit and more-or-less better at inventing then Grumpy. Sometimes. Claire scoffed a little at Grizzle. One of the living beings she hoped to have an ego check before they come crashing in. But knowing that was impossible, she just treated Grizzle the best she could. Although he was more annoying then little brothers. As if she would know though, she only had four cousins. She was an only child.
And this, is where I get to tell you what Grizzle really was doing that night. You see, Grizzle had been watching the Care Bears since they ventured into Joke-a-lot. But he wasn't the first villian to challenge them. He invited all of the Care Bears' former villains to a meeting. The only ones that showed up were No Heart with his niece, Shrieky and henchman, Beastly, and Coldheart with his henchman, Frostbite and trusted person, Auntie Freeze.
"So nice was of everyone to come." Grizzle said to the little group with his signature evil smile on.
"As if we had a choice." Coldheart said in a low grumble.
"What is it that you want so we can get on with our lives." No Heart said. "And some minor annoyances." he said turning to his niece and henchman; who shrunk in their seats a little.
"I have called you together to get rid of a common enemy." Grizzle said with an evil smile. "The Care Bears."
"The Care Bears?" everyone exclaimed. Then the room was a buzz on their past experiences with the bears and the Care Bear Cousins.
"What do you suggest we do?" Beastly asked above everyone's loud talking. The room fell silent to hear what Grizzle had to say.
"Well... I..." Grizzle now felt embarrassed. He hadn't really thought of anything. In fact he had run out of ideas to get rid of the Care Bears. "I... do not really have a plan, per say. But that's the reason why I've called all of you together! So we can get rid of the Care Bears together! Ha ha!"
The room fell silent in wonder on what to do. Surely with their combined skills they could think of something.
"Do the Care Bears know anyone outside of Care-a-lot. Besides the Care Bear Cousins?" Shrieky asked in her high and scrawly voice.
"There is one." Grizzle said with his evil smile reforming. He got a remote from a nearby table and turned a rusty-looking TV on. It shown a live feed of Claire at camp. She was now reading Louis Sachar's Holes with a flashlight running on a near dead battery.
"Ewww." Shrieky said with an upturned nose. "She too... cute."
Beastly looked too and he agreed,
"Oh that's just awful. She does. She does!"
The other villains took a care to peek. They all found something wrong with Claire. One of which being that she had a 'caring and loving heart' which all the villians where disgusted by.