"'Dear Mom and Dad, Summer Camp has been a blast so far, especially with Kelly and Barbie here'," Estelle said aloud as she was writing a letter for back home until she, her cousin, and brothers would go back home after this was all over. "'I can't wait to show you the new Pokemon that Akito and I now have and I love Swan Lake more than ever now. Wish you were here. From, Estelle'." she then finished the letter with a smile and went to mail it in the camp post office which would then go to the Fudo household.
Atticus and Mo smiled once they got this letter and smiled proudly to each other.
"I still can't believe how I caught Ponyta." Akito smiled.
"That was pretty impressive." Vincent agreed as he hung up some of his paintings in their cabin.
Akito decided to help him until Ken would come in to help them.
"So, ya excited about the camp games?" Vincent smirked, already knowing the answer to that question. "Think you can be Camp Champ?"
"Of course I will." Akito smiled.
"I know you will." Vincent smiled back, then cringed at the red on his hands.
Akito winced. "Please tell me that's paint."
"Oh, no, Akito, I'm a zombie!" Vincent called out before tickling his little brother.
Akito screamed, but soon laughed as his brother tickled him. It was a good second week at camp before the kids would go home, but they would meet some new friends on the way before they would come back home.
"Give up?" Vincent asked.
"Okay, okay, fine!" Akito laughed and hiccuped slightly. "Oops... I need some juice..."
Vincent soon stopped and helped Akito up to his feet, and he soon got a drink.
"How's it going, guys?" Ken smiled.
"Great, just my brother being a tickle monster." Akito chuckled as he sipped his bug juice.
"Where's your sister?" Ken asked as he seemed to look for the girls since they would be with Barbie and he seemed more interested in seeing the seventeen-year-old girl than anyone else.
"She went to mail her letter to our parents." Akito said.
Estelle soon came with Felicity, Kelly, and Barbie.
"Oh, uh, hello, Barbie..." Ken smiled bashfully. "You look lovely today."
"Oh, thanks, Ken." Barbie smiled back.
Estelle, Felicity, and Kelly soon gave Barbie a little push to Ken. Barbie blinked and smiled to the girls. Ken soon looked back only to see Akito doing the same thing and the kids smirked to their counselors. The two older teenagers looked to each other and blushed as they were now face-to-face.
'I think our work here is almost done.' Kelly thought to herself.
The campers soon went off together while Barbie and Ken bonded.
"Hide and Seek?" Kelly suggested.
"Oui... Depending on the whereabouts of a certain camp bully..." Felicity replied before looking around only to see Edwin coming with his friends with smug smirks. "Oh, no!"
"That reminds me." Estelle said before bringing out a heart shard.
The others looked to her curiously.
"I got this from Swan Lake," Estelle told them. "You'd be surprised who needs it back."
"Edwin?" Akito guessed.
"Bingo," Estelle replied before looking to their French cousin. "Which is an expression for yes."
Felicity nodded simply. Estelle soon let the heart shard go and let it fly to Edwin.
"So, Camp Losers, I say we should have a race." One boy smirked as he stood next to Edwin.
"Oh, a race?" Akito smirked back. "You're so on! Camp Champs or not, I'll get you!"
Christy, Dawn, and John looked to him as they weren't too sure since they often lost against the camp bullies.
"We'll see about that." The second boy smirked.
Akito nodded. They soon all got ready to race.
"On your mark... Get set..." Edwin smirked to the others before already running with his friends. "GO!"
"Hey, you cheaters!" Akito glared as he ran with the others after them.
The heart shard soon reached Edwin. Christy yelped as she soon tripped with the blonde twins as the other bully tripped them while running. Estelle, Vincent, Felicity, and Akito soon stopped and decided to help them up.
"First back!" The leader of the bullies laughed as he won the race. "I won! John, Dawn, Christy, and their new friends are last again!"
Edwin was about to join in on the laugh, but something stopped him.
"So what else is new?" Christy pouted as they lost the race.
"Ha, ha, ha!" The leader bully smirked as he came toward them. "You three are last at everything!"
Edwin was starting to feel a bit sorry for making the others trip.
"And you always win at everything." Christy pouted to the bullies.
"So what does that make you?" Akito glared.
"Camp Champ, that's what!" The lead bully smirked. "I can run faster, swim better, and hike longer than the eight of you put together, but big deal, so can every other kid here. Let me give you some advice: if you can't keep up, leave!" He then handed them bags and trash pickers. "Oh, after you do the trash pick-up."
"Never going to happen." Akito glared.
"Whatever, see ya later." The bully laughed as he then left with the other camp bullies.
Christy angrily got up and soon sighed as she sat on the steps of a cabin. "I wish that just once, I could be Camp Champ," She sulked sadly. "I hate being last, and I hate being here!"
"It might get better." Akito said.
"But he's right," Dawn replied. "We can't swim or paddle a boat... We'll always be last."
"We'll always be on trash duty." John added with a huff.
"And camp laundry." Dawn nodded to her twin brother.
"That's just because he tripped you guys." Vincent said.
"Well, not me!" Christy glared as she stood up in determination. "Not anymore! I'm gonna do something about it."
"What are you-" John started.
"Going to do?" Dawn finished.
"I'm going to run away!" Christy replied before going to leave camp forever.
"But running away never solves anything." Estelle said.
"Wait, Christy, we're going with you!" John and Dawn called out as they followed the brunette girl.
"Oh, my," Kelly frowned. "I like it better than our first week here, even though those bullies were being unfair to us, but I don't think running away is the best idea. Besides, Barbie's here too."
"Don't run away!" The bird totem pole head rushed over before falling next to them.
Akito took the head off and saw what looked like a living bear stuffed animal with a heart starry mark on its tummy.
"What the-?" Akito asked out of confusion.
"Did you see which path those kids took?" The horse asked. "I must find them."
"They went somewhere over there..." Akito replied. "Wait, who are you... What are you?"
"My name is True Heart Bear." The bear introduced herself as she wore a pink backpack with a baby bunny sticking its head out.
"Aw, and who's this?" Estelle smiled as she saw the baby bunny.
"This is little Swift Heart Rabbit," True Heart introduced with a smile back. "We haven't met anyone who didn't know who we were, but we're from the Care Bears family from Care-A-Lot."
"Cool." Vincent smiled.
Estelle briefly picked up Swift Heart and played with her while giggling which made her smile with Felicity and Kelly.
"Oh, she's so cute~" Kelly cooed to the baby rabbit.
"Oh, we better go and stop Christy and the twins." Akito said.
"Thank you, that's why I'm here..." True Heart nodded before sighing. "Oh, I do hope things are going better for Noble Heart than they are for me."
They then followed the Care Bear into the forest so they could bring back Christy and the twins back to camp since Barbie and Ken had other things on their mind.
"I hope they're not lost." Estelle said.
"I think I hear the twins." Akito replied.
"Which way?" True Heart asked.
Akito took the lead and they soon spotted the blonde twins as they were sitting alone. "Guys, follow us back to camp." He then told them.
"Yes, this is the way back," True Heart added with a friendly smile. "If you wanna take it."
The twins were about to ask True Heart who/what or she/he was.
"Guys, this is True Heart," Felicity told the blonde twins. "She's a Care Bear."
"And the cutie in her backpack is Little Swift Heart." Estelle smiled.
Dawn and John didn't seem very happy to meet the natives from Care-A-Lot. "Forget it!"
"We're not going back to camp!" John firmly pouted with his twin sister.
"EVER!" Dawn and John snapped.
"But running away never solves anything." Vincent said.
"He's right," True Heart agreed. "You two are just worried about the things you can't do. Maybe you should think about the things that you can do."
"Like what?" John huffed.
"We can't do anything." Dawn added.
"That's not true." Estelle said.
"For starters, everyone can share their feelings." True Heart suggested.
"Hmph!" Dawn pouted as she sat down with her twin brother. "Nobody wants to share anything with us."
"We're just losers!" John added.
Estelle was about to say something before they heard Little Swifter Heart crying.
"John and Dawn, meet Baby Swift Heart Rabbit." True Heart introduced.
"Oh, poor baby..." Kelly cooed to the baby bunny.
"Don't cry, little one," Dawn smiled as she picked up the baby blue bunny. "There, there..."
"It's all right." John added before tickling the bunny.
Baby Swift Heart Rabbit soon calmed down and started to laugh.
"See? You can do something!" True Heart smiled to them. "You can share your feelings and make friends."
"Well..." John started.
"Maybe..." Dawn finished.
"I'll show you!" True Heart smiled before summoning a cloud car.
"Ooh." The group smiled.
"Hey! Where are we going?!" John asked the Care Bear.
"To meet my friend, Noble Heart." True Heart smiled as she stayed behind.
"Aren't you coming with?" Kelly asked.
"Oh, dear!" True Heart replied as she didn't seem to think of that.
"Hurry, True Heart!" Felicity cried out.
True Heart soon created a rainbow and climbed up to go after them, and where she soon made it into the cloud car. John helped her up with a smile.
"Thank you," True Heart smiled back. "There has to be easier ways of getting around."
"So, where are we going?" Vincent asked.
"You're coming with me to the Kingdom of Caring." True Heart smiled.
"Ooh." Felicity smiled back.
Kelly looked to Estelle a little nervously, but smiled since the other girl was smiling in reassurance.
"Everything will be fine." Estelle smiled.
"I believe you." Kelly smiled back.
"Alright, True Heart; we're ready." Estelle said.
True Heart took the wheel and drove them to the kingdom of her home.
"John and Dawn have come to learn more about sharing their feelings, Noble Heart." True Heart told the horse.
"They already know about feelings, because they cared enough to come all the way here." Noble Heart smiled to the blonde twins.
"We came along." Vincent said.
"I'm going back to try and find your friend, Christy." True Heart told the kids.
There was then an odd sound heard which suddenly worried everyone.
"Uh, what was that?" Kelly asked.
"It's our Caring Meter," True Heart explained. "It lets us know when something is affecting the level of caring on Earth."
"This time, it might be Dark Heart." Noble Heart muttered nervously.
"Who's Dark Heart?" Estelle asked.
"Let's hope you never have to find out." Noble Heart warned.
"If it is Dark Heart, it will take both of us," True Heart narrowed her eyes. "Could you watch over the little cubs while we're gone?"
Estelle looked over to the Care Bear cubs as they slept peacefully. "Aw, they're all so cute!" She gushed.
"Sure, but maybe one of us should go back with you." Kelly said.
"I'm not sure if I'm babysitter material like Estelle is..." Felicity said shyly.
"You never know until you try." Kelly supported.
"Well, I'l definitely staying," Estelle decided. "These guys remind me of when I first met my Teddiursa when Nurse Joy told me he was hatching."
"I'll return to Earth." Akito volunteered.
"Can I come too?" Felicity asked anxiously.
"Sure." Akito said.
Felicity wiped her forehead in relief.
"I'll stay with the cubs." Estelle decided.
"I know that you'll be great, Sis." Akito smiled to his twin sister.
"I know I will too." Estelle smiled back.
"Well, I guess I could help in my own way." Vincent shrugged as he stayed with Estelle and Kelly.
"We know you can do it," Noble Heart smiled as he left with True Heart. "Good luck."
The door soon closed which made Swift Heart cry and it woke up the other cubs and also made them cry.
"Uh-oh, what do we do now?" Kelly frowned.
Dawn and John felt so lost until a sentient star opened a vault to reveal clean diapers. A sentient heart then opened another vault to show baby bottles.
"Right..." Dawn and John said as they then got the diapers and bottles for the Care Bear cubs.
Estelle and the others soon joined them. Dawn carried the diapers while John held the baby bottles as they had to babysit the Care Bear cubs now.
"Hello there, sweetie~" Kelly cooed to a baby girl bear she held before setting her down to change her diaper, and where she soon looked to where to put the old diaper.
The star pointed to a cloud morphed trash bin for her to use, and opened it for her.
Kelly smiled as she then went to put the old diaper away in the trash. "This isn't so hard, after all, I know a lot about babysitting from Barbie and Skipper."
"This is easy." Estelle said.
Dawn yelped as she accidentally stepped on a bottle and was about to fall while holding onto a yellow baby bear. John soon tried to help both his twin sister and the cub only for them both to fall on the scale, but luckily, the cub was not hurt.
"Whew!" Vincent sighed in relief for all of them.
The heart and star soon summed an automatic diaper changing machine to take it from here before putting the cubs on a conveyor belt which would sprinkle them with water to wash them after their dirty diapers before being put up to dry and be given fresh diapers. When the cubs would be changed, Estelle cooed to them and put them down a rainbow slide which would send them back into their cots, and where they were each given a bottle.
Soon enough, the lights were dimmed and all of the cubs were put down for a nap.
"No wonder Mom's so exhausted all the time..." Estelle yawned as she sat in a rocking chair as she held one baby in her arms. "I could use a nap myself."
"Same here." Vincent nodded sleepily.
"I haven't been this tired since Barbie taught me a home exercise program." Kelly rubbed her eyes wearily.
Soon enough, they all fell asleep with the Care Bear cubs.
"Well, Noble Heart, even though we found no trace of Dark Heart, nor trace of Christy, I'd say this wasn't a waste of a trip to Earth." True Heart said as she checked on the others.
"Indeed not, True Heart," Noble Heart nodded. "We left two children who thought they weren't good at anything like their friends."
"I hope Akito has luck in finding Christy." Felicity whispered.
"At least your friends have become word class babysitting champions." True Heart smiled.
Felicity smiled back to her.