The group left around 7:00 the next morning, not sure how long it would take them to find the castle, if they found it at all. One cloud mobile held Tender Heart, Grumpy, and Funshine and in the other were Brave Heart, Cozy Heart, and Swift Heart who was asleep in the backseat.
Imagine their surprise when no more then an hour later they saw the towers of the yellow castle.
Brave Heart and Funshine landed the cloud mobiles just outside the door.
Swift Heart awoke with a start when her seat suddenly vanished from beneath her. "What…are we there?"
"Morning sleeping beauty." Cozy Heart whistled to her friend with a slight giggle.
The others looked at the Care Castle. It was one huge lower level with five towers coming off it, each capped with a rainbow spire. The largest had a huge star shaped window that overlooked the Rainbow Fountain and pool in front. Flowing from the pool in two separate directions started the Rainbow River. Off to the right of the castle was a Caring Meter.
A boy in a red jump suite and wearing sunglasses placed his tools back in his tool box as the caring meter let out a defeated 'dong'. "There let it cool down for a bit, and it will be good as new."
Grumpy blinked rapidly, scowling at the memory, "Does any Caring Meter ever work properly!" The other looked at him wondering what had brought that up.
"So lets split up into pairs and take a look around. Tender Heart and Funshine will cover the main floor, Grumpy and Cozy Heart the towers, and Swift Heart and I will take the grounds. We'll meet back here in an hour."
"Why do you get to decide who goes where Brave Heart?"
"Because Grumpy he doesn't want to go into the Castle since he's scared of the dark." Swift Heart replied with a teasing tone to her voice.
Brave Heart flabbergasted quickly covered her mouth with his hands "Shhh!"
Laughing they split up into their groups and began to explore.
45 minutes
"This is so weird. How can we not remember ever living here. I mean we've seen a kitchen full of hi-chairs, play pens in that room over there, and even some old toys in that closet. I'm not even getting a sense of de…." She stopped mid sentence, staring at a wall.
"Funshine?"
"…ja vu." Tender Heart joined her, starring at the wall. A large blue splat blemished the yellow.
Young Funshine was finger painting with Share and Gentle Heart. Brave Heart and Good Luck came in chasing a toy airplane and accidentally ran over Funshine's drawing. In aggravation she picked up the blue paint and threw it at them. They ducked to avoid and the paint splattered allover the wall.
"Did you do that?" She nodded to him before going to run her paw over the long dried accident.
Elsewhere on the grounds Swift Heart and Brave Heart were playing on the see-saw they had discovered.
"I remember you getting in trouble for sneaking away all the time."
"Yeah well I remember you getting in trouble for not putting your toys away." Retorted Swift Heart.
"Well I remember you not liking to take baths." Answered Brave Heart.
Swift Heart stopped, her feet on the ground and a wicked look in her eye. "I remember you getting in trouble for doing this!" She quickly jumped off her end of the see-saw causing Brave Heart to slam into the ground.
He growled and ran at her, chasing her back towards the castle. "Why are you picking on me so much today?"
"You made me get up early."
Grumpy watched the two Cousins chase through the giant star window. Brave Heart never got closer then 20ft from Swift Heart and she was barely trying. Other then Bright Heart, he really hadn't spent much time with the Cousins. He and Goodluck had missed out on the original meet and greet because he was yet again stuck fixing the Rainbow Rescue Beam. Swift Heart waving at him made him realize he had spaced out and was starring at her. Blushing he quickly pulled away from the window and went to help Cozy Heart finish searching the nursery.
The penguin cousin was lying in her old bed, evident by the heart with ski cap symbol on the headboard. On one side of her was Champs bed and on the other was Bright Hearts.
Swift Heart had started crying which had woken everybody else up. Their Guardians had left them with two strange kids as babysitters. The kids had absolutely no idea of what to do to quiet the screaming cubs. Luckily the Star and Heart Buddies were there to help.
"Do you remember 2 kidssss taking care of us when we were younger?"
Grumpy opened a cabinet and was soon covered in an avalanche of baby bottles. He fell to the floor and felt the floorboard beneath him slide away. Getting up and shaking the bottles off of him he peered into the secret compartment. Inside was an envelope addressed to "The Care Bear Family."
In a very uncharacteristic manner, Grumpy yelled loud enough for the others to hear,
"You guys! Get up here now!"
Even though she was outside Swift Heart was the first one there, joined almost immediately by Tender Heart and Funshine. Brave Heart arrived panting a couple seconds after.
"Look what I found under the floor board. It's addressed to everyone."
"Well then let's get home and read it to the others. It may be important and if it's addressed to us all, then all of us should hear it."
