Meanwhile, we are finally shown that Kim, Jason, Cherry, and Atticus had ended up in a strange new land which was in the middle of Care-A-Lot and Earth that was a special forest.
"Wow... This doesn't look like the Earth I remember!" Kim remarked, holding onto a tree branch.
"Maybe we're still in Care-A-Lot." Jason guessed, holding onto her waist.
"If this is Care-A-Lot, someone's been doing a little gardening since we left." Friend Bear said as she and Secret Bear held onto Jason's feet.
"I don't like this... I'm up too high..." Cherry said nervously from another tree she was holding onto.
"I think we're in a place that's in between Care-A-Lot and Earth." Atticus said as he was in the same tree as Cherry.
"Either way, I'm up too high!" Cherry replied as she looked like she was about to have an anxiety attack.
"I can't hold on much longer!" Kim added.
Secret Bear soon whispered something to Friend Bear.
"Secret Bear says not to worry about falling," Friend Bear smiled to the kids. "Worry about the lion instead!"
"Oh, that makes me feel so much better, Secret Bear!" Cherry deadpanned.
They soon saw a lion the same size as the Care Bears climbing the tree that Kim, Jason, Friend Bear, and Secret Bear were holding onto.
"LION!" The group yelped.
"What are we going to do?!" Kim yelped.
"Close your eyes, maybe he won't see us." Friend Bear suggested before closing her eyes with Secret Bear.
When they opened them, the lion seemed to be gone.
"See?" Friend Bear then smiled. "He's gone."
"Oh... That's a bit of a relief... NOW GET ME DOWN FROM THIS TREE!" Cherry said calmly before panicking.
"Actually, he's not gone." Atticus said as he saw the lion close to Kim.
"Huh?" Cherry's eyes grew wide.
Kim whimpered nervously as the lion crawled toward the branch towards her.
"Give me your hand... Slowly!" The lion soon said to the human girl. He soon saw the branch was about to break.
"Oh, no!" A monkey gasped before it soon came out as the branch broke and grabbed a hold of the lion's tail.
"Oh, great, a monkey," Cherry deadpanned. "This trip just keeps getting better and better."
Atticus looked over as he heard breaking sounds with their tree. "Uh, Cherry?" he then spoke up.
"Wonderful, fantastic, stupendous..." Cherry continued to drone. "This is the best adventure ever."
"Uh, Cherry, you might wanna get ready to scream." Atticus told her.
"Why?" Cherry asked.
The branch soon snapped and Cherry yelled out as she began to fall with Atticus.
"I think that's why!" Atticus yelped.
"Thanks!" Cherry yelped back.
"Hopefully we'll have a soft landing!" Atticus yelped back.
Luckily they did and soon landed in a pile of clouds with the others which bounced them a bit with the monkey and the lion. Jason soon stood up from where he fell as the monkey chuckled a bit with him.
"Hey, they don't have any tails." The monkey smiled innocently.
"That's because we're not monkeys." Atticus said as he stood up.
"Thank goodness." Cherry muttered as she didn't like monkeys.
"Woow! The monkey can talk!" Jason gasped.
"Oh, so talking bears is fine, but talking monkeys is a shock?" Cherry deadpanned.
"Let him alone, he's just a kid." Atticus told her.
"What happened to all your fur?" The monkey asked, coming down to play with Kim's hair.
"We never had any fur." Cherry told the monkey.
"That's impossible!" The lion spoke next. "Every monkey has fur!"
"NOT A MONKEY!" Cherry complained.
"And who said they were monkeys?" The monkey smirked to the lion. "Hm?"
"Well... They were up in a tree." The lion shrugged in defense.
"Well, we're not monkeys." Cherry said.
Friend Bear and Secret Bear looked curiously to the monkey and lion.
"I know! They're lions with haircuts." The monkey then smiled.
"We're not lions either!" Cherry replied.
"We're people!" Atticus added.
"We're Care Bears!" Friend Bear told the monkey, referring to herself and Secret Bear.
"Where did you come from?" Jason asked the lion and monkey.
"Why, we live here!" The lion smiled. "Everyone of the Forest of Feelings knows of Playful Heart Monkey and Brave Heart Lion."
The monkey chuckled while waving to them from behind the lion.
"Forest of Feelings?" Friend Bear asked, feeling confused.
"Well, we're from Earth." Jason stated.
"And Care-A-Lot!" Friend Bear then added.
"This must be in between Care-A-Lot and Earth." Atticus said.
"Earth? Care-A-Lot? There's no such place!" Playful Heart Monkey chuckled as he swung on a tree in front of them.
"There is too!" Jason glared with Friend Bear and Cherry.
"Don't mind Playful Heart," Brave Heart smiled to them apologetically. "He loves to laugh at anything. I've heard tales, long ago of... Other places. What are these other places like?"
"What's that noise?" Cherry asked, hearing some music.
"I think there's gonna be another song." Atticus replied.
"Oh, boy..." Cherry groaned a bit.
"Do you have a place where rainbows grow to carry a bear who's sliding?~" Friend Bear soon sang to Brave Heart as they walked together.
Cherry soon tuned out the singing.
"Well, I have a rock in a cave below just perfect for hiding~" Brave Heart sang to Friend Bear.
"Do you have a house made all out of wood for keeping you dry when its raining?~" Jason asked as he drew a house in the ground.
"I stay on top when the rain goes drop~" Friend Bear sang as she was shown to be gliding in the water of the clouds above while Jason saw himself in a house during a rainy day. "Look! I'm hydroplaning~"
Cherry did her best to tune them out.
"Ah, Cherry." Atticus sighed a bit.
"Sorry, not sorry..." Cherry replied as she went into her own little world. "Ahh..."
Luckily for Cherry, the song then ended so that they could move on with the story.
"You're welcome to stay in the Forest of Feelings for as long as you'd like." Brave Heart smiled to his company.
"We'd love to stay, but we can't." Atticus said.
"Yeah, we're on a mission of major importance." Cherry added suavely.
"They're right," Friend Bear smiled apologetically. "The sooner we leave, the better. If we don't hurry, Care-A-Lot may not be there when we get back!"
"We have to find a way back to Earth." Kim added.
"To help stop the evil spirit from taking all the feelings from everybody!" Jason frowned.
"Come on, everybody!" Brave Heart smiled as he had an idea.
"Where?" Kim asked.
"If there is a way out of the Forest of Feelings, we'll help you find it," Brave Heart smiled. "This way!"
And so, they followed after Playful Heart Monkey and Brave Heart Lion to find a way out of the forest.
Meanwhile on Earth...
"There, the spell is now cast!" Nicholas beamed evilly to himself. "Now everyone will know the loneliness they've made me feel."
"Not quite," The evil spirit told him. "Look."
Nicholas glanced over before looking into the brew.
"Look..." The face told him, showing him familiar images of Kim, Jason, Cherry, and Atticus. "These four children still care. Very much about everyone. Except you..."
"But... They were to fall under my spell!" Nicholas glared.
"Ah, but th-those soft little bears shield them from your spells with their love and caring." The face told him.
"Bah! Let them go!" Nicholas replied. "I'm even now."
"Are you?" The face smirked. "What about all the others?"
"Others?" Nicholas echoed.
"All the others that you had not yet cast your spells on," The face explained. "All the others that still care~"
"I've gotten even with the whole town," Nicholas shrugged. "That's all I wanted."
"The others will come after you for what you've done." The face told him.
"What should I do?!" Nicholas gasped as that made him panic.
"You must finish it!" The face replied. "Say it..."
"Beebo... Weabo... Tip-Tock... Reebo... Zeebo... Zip... Zap... Zonk!" Nicholas recited the next spell.
Purple smoke with a demonic face appeared in the cauldron before shooting out to the ceiling.
"Whoa!" Nicholas gasped.
"This spell will seek out the children, and bring them to us at any cost!" The face evilly told Nicholas as the smoke cloud glared down at the blonde boy.
"But... I-I-Isn't there another way?" Nicholas asked nervously.
"No!" The face replied. "There must be a lesson taught for the children! A lesson for the town! A lesson for... Everyone!"
"What do you mean 'Everyone'?" Nicholas asked nervously.
"Now, go!" The face demanded to the smoke cloud.
The smoke cloud soon went out the window to carry out her demands.
"You said a lesson..." Nicholas said to the spirit. "What kind of lesson?"
"Never mind that," The face said to him. "You must now collect the ingredients for your next spell..."
"This is not good... She's worse than Della Plotsworth..." Drell groaned to himself as he watched this.
Meanwhile with Patch...
"There's nothing ahead to tell us where we are, Tender Heart!" Wish Bear called out as she looked through her starscope as they continued to sail in the cloud boat.
Tender Heart looked around as he controlled the helm until they heard a small splash.
"Bear Overboard! Bear Overboard!" Love-A-Lot Bear cried out.
"Which one?" Patch asked.
Wish Bear went to take a look and nearly fell in the water before making it back inside quickly.
"Bedtime Bear went to sleep and fell overboard!" Love-A-Lot Bear frowned, pointing out into the water. "Look!"
Bedtime Bear was shown in the water before being shown as fast asleep, but luckily, not drowning.
"How can one bear sleep so much?" Patch wondered. "Also, how's he floating like that?" His answer soon came as a light purple penguin soon popped out of the water from under Bedtime Bear. "A penguin?" Patch blinked in surprise.
"Hi! I think you lost something." The penguin smiled to them.
"Oh, thank you very much," Love-A-Lot Bear smiled back as the penguin came over with the blue bear. "I'm sure Bedtime Bear will thank you too when he wakes up."
"No thanks needed," The penguin smiled as they collected Bedtime Bear. "I'm Cozy Heart Penguin. Helping someone in need is what warms my heart and keeps me cozy!" She then jumped up out of the water with a spin before jumping back in which made a big splash.
And where Patch and Tender Heart Bear got hit by the splash. Patch sputtered before shuddering with Tender Heart Bear as the water was rather cold.
"Well, it must work, Cozy Heart; this water's fre-e-e-eezing!" Tender Heart shivered.
"I love it!" Cozy Heart smiled as she jumped on board with them.
"W-We can tell." Patch shivered before shaking the cold water off his fur.
They soon rode off together with a laugh, unaware that evil was following them very closely. The smoke cloud soon jumped into the water behind them, turning into a carnivorous fish before swimming after them and spun around under the bottom of the boat in the water.
"First we have to find Cherry, Atticus, Kim, and Jason, then-Oh!" Tender Heart said, though seemed to lose control over the helm. "Uh-oh! Something's pulling at the wheel!"
The helm began to turn itself before Tender Heart Bear grabbed hold of it.
"What's going on?!" Patch gasped.
"Tender Heart, why are you turning here?!" Wish Bear gasped as the boat went the wrong way.
"I'm not!" Tender Heart Bear replied. "The boat's turning by itself!"
"What?! But how?!" Patch yelped.
The boat soon began to spin around a bit.
"We're caught in some sort of whirlpool!" Cozy Heart frowned.
The boat began to spin faster and faster as some water splashed onto the boat.
"We gotta get this boat away from the whirlpool!" Patch told them.
"Can we do that?!" Wish Bear yelped.
"Yes, we just need some rope and one of us will need to swim to shore and get someone really strong to pull us to shore!" Patch replied.
"Rope! Right!" Wish Bear replied and soon dropped on deck, luckily finding some rope, tying it onto one of the stars. "Guide peacefully, Wishing Star." she then whispered before tossing the star into the cloudy sky
The star soon flew off as Wish Bear went to tie the rope onto the mast, nearly falling over, and luckily, Patch's plan worked.
"Yes!" Patch beamed.
"Oh, Champ Bear, we're saved!" Love-A-Lot Bear beamed to the bear next to her.
They soon pulled up into shore and Wish Bear took a look through her staroscope as she heard an elephant trumpet.
"We must be in a jungle." Patch guessed.
"May I introduce the strongest, most fearsome creature in the entire Forest of Feelings: Lotsa Heart Elephant!" Cozy Heart giggled.
A pink elephant soon came out and where it didn't look too big.
"Probably the smallest elephant I've ever seen." Patch commented.
"Hello." The elephant gave a small smile.
"Hey, you're a lot smaller than you sound." Champ Bear said to the elephant.
"It's true that I'm not big, but it's amazing what you can do if you really put your heart into it," The elephant said bashfully before blowing another trumpet for them. "Sometimes, I even startle myself."
"I can only imagine." Patch said.
Some of the Care Bears chuckled to their new friend.
Nicholas was soon watching this in the cauldron's brew, looking a little sad right now. "It's not going to work! Not even the spell can defeat them!" he then told the spirit who was enabling him.
"The spell was just having a little spot," The spirit replied slyly. "Children are his true goal. Perhaps just a sprinkle of toadstool more will speed things up..." she then made a jar appear before using it to add to the brew, laughing wickedly as red smoke poofed out from the cauldron.
"Please be careful, kids." Drell said as he watched this from his crystal ball while Grumpy Bear was still working on the Rainbow Rescue Beam.
"Grumpy Bear... Grumpy Bear!" Good Luck Bear called out, getting both Drell and Grumpy's attention.
"Gah!" Grumpy Bear yelped as he hit his head on the machine while being under there. "Ouch! Ow, ow, ow..."
"Oh, you're fine," Drell told him before looking to the green bear. "What is it, Good Luck Bear?"
"The Caring Meter is down to five!" Good Luck Bear frowned. "If it reaches zero; Care-A-Lot is finished!"
"Is that Rainbow Rescue Beam fixed yet?" Drell asked Grumpy Bear.
"I think I used up all of MY good luck getting this far!" Grumpy Bear pouted before going back underneath.
"Maybe your luck's run out, but not mine!" Good Luck Bear smiled innocently.
"Yeah, you're a walking, talking Four-Leaf Clover," Drell smirked a bit, crossing his arms. "You should be on that cereal box for Lucky Charms instead of that leprechaun."
"Oh! Good idea!" Good Luck Bear said before using some power to bring out an actual four-leaf clover for Grumpy Bear.
"Need anything else other than luck?" Drell asked Grumpy Bear.
"I need a piece that looks like this." Grumpy Bear said, showing an item that seemed to have pink hearts on it with a bent screw.
"Hmm..." Drell paused in thought.
Good Luck Bear was on the way over only to slip on a lollipop that then flew in the air, hitting Grumpy Bear in the head and the dark blue bear then caught it in his other paw. "Why not? It's Baby Hugs' lollipop?" he then suggested.
"Perfect! Ya know... Maybe Tugs and Hugs are gonna make fine Care Bears," Grumpy Bear smiled a bit. "Uh, one of these days."
"One day." Drell nodded.
"You know our legacy pretty well, don't ya?" Grumpy Bear asked.
"Oh, I know a bit about colorful bears from my childhood." Drell hinted with a small smirk.
There was soon a storm coming as light flashed inside of the headquarters from out the window.
"Oh, hurry, children." Drell then whispered to himself.
Meanwhile, back in the Forest of Feelings...
Cherry laid on the ground a bit as she looked relaxed for once along with Atticus, Kim, and Jason.
"You rest there while I scout up ahead." Brave Heart told them as he walked off.
"Uh, sure thing, Lion." Cherry replied.
"How about we play a game?" Atticus suggested.
"Yeah! Let's play a guessing game!" Playful Heart Monkey beamed. "What am I?" he then asked before looking to the tree behind them and began to panic.
"Gee... I don't know!" Kim smiled.
"Courage the Cowardly Dog?" Cherry guessed based on his actions.
"Panicking because something is evil is behind us and is about to grab us?" Atticus guessed.
Playful Heart Monkey seemed to nod at that.
"Wow, you're good at this..." Cherry told Atticus before her eyes widened. "Wait, huh?!"
"Look out!" Playful Heart Monkey cried out.
The tree's branches soon grew into arms and the hands grabbed Cherry, Atticus, Kim, and Jason instantly off of the ground.
"Hey, let us go you evil tree!" Atticus glared at the tree.
"That's a sentence I never thought I'd hear." Cherry commented.
"Let us go!" Kim and Jason cried out as the tree looked like it was about to eat them.
"Let us go!" Cherry demanded. "I never liked talking and moving trees from The Wizard of Oz!"
Brave Heart soon ran to the rescue once he heard trouble. "Oh, no! CHAAAARGE!" he then called out as he ran toward the tree only to get brushed back by one of the tree's limbs.
"Atticus, use a spell to make this tree let us go!" Cherry told her best friend.
"All right, you asked for it!" Friend Bear cried out as she charged for the tree.
"No, Friend Bear, it's not worth it! Oh, what was that tree spell that the Spooky Jar told us once?" Atticus paused to himself to think from when he learned a tree spell at Sabrina's house once.
"I don't care, but I'm not a sap like this tree!" Cherry replied.
"Um... Timber, Timber all the way down, Make my smile into a frown, You will let us go free, so says me, tree!" Atticus then said, trying to remember the spell as the tree growled at them.
'Please work, please work, please work, please work.' Cherry thought to herself.
The tree snarled as its limbs seemed to be cracking a bit. Cherry sweated a bit profusely as her heart raced before looking over as the tree seemed to be shaking. A blue rabbit was soon shown trying to gnaw on the vines and branches to help them out.
"Hey, it's a bunny." Atticus smiled.
"I'm guessing it's another one of Brave Heart Lion's friends." Cherry said.
The bunny made a face to the tree. The tree then glared, about to grab the bunny, but she then zipped away and all around in a blur and tied up the tree in its own branches. Playful Heart Monkey and Brave Heart Lion soon helped the kids back down onto the ground.
"Let's get out of here!" Brave Heart told the others. "Come on, Swift Heart!"
"I think your friend is way ahead of you." Atticus said as he saw where Swift Heart was.
The others soon laughed as they saw the blue bunny standing in front of them with a bit of a smirk.
"Must have a Bugs Bunny attitude." Cherry commented.
The tree soon tried to still get them, though it was tied up thanks to Swift Heart Rabbit.
"It's stuck." Atticus smiled.
They soon ran off with the others as the tree had been defeated. The tree soon came unalive and the cloud that controlled it soon flew away.
"That's the most unfriendly tree I've ever seen!" Swift Heart Rabbit sighed in relief.
"Well, thanks to you, Swift Heart, we're safe," Brave Heart Lion replied. "...For now."
"Yeah, until that cloud comes back." Atticus said.
"What's the deal with that cloud anyway?" Cherry wondered.
"There's a serious problem, Swift Heart," Friend Bear told the blue bunny. "It seems that the evil spirit is after Atticus, Cherry, Kim, and Jason."
"Great. A cloud is following me. And it's not even a dark and gloomy rain cloud." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"An evil spirit in the Forest of Feelings?" Swift Heart asked in concern.
"Yep." Atticus nodded.
"We'll fill you in as we go," Brave Heart told Swift Heart before they ran off. "Let's get moving."
They all soon went to get going themselves.
Meanwhile, the boat continued to sail through the forest.
"Lotsa-Heart, do you think this forest might lead us down to Earth?" Patch asked the elephant.
"Well, it has to go somewhere." Lotsa-Heart shrugged.
The boat soon began to go faster as the water was going faster.
"Uh, that's a little too fast!" Patch said nervously.
"Hang on, everyone!" Tender Heart told the others. "We're going for a ride!"
The boat soon went very fast through the water as the Care Bears felt a little nervous.
"Look! A cave!" Lotsa-Heart pointed out.
The ride into the cave was just as fast until they started to slow down. Once they made it into the cave, it seemed to be dark as night.
"I can't see a thing!" Patch frowned.
"Veer to the left!" A voice called out.
"Who said that?" Tender Heart Bear asked.
"Me! I did!" The voice replied.
"Well, that's helpful." Patch rolled his eyes.
"Turn left, quick!" The voice urged.
"Hang on, everyone!" Tender Heart Bear said as he went to turn them over.
And where they turned left just in time as they missed crashing into a big rock. Patch groaned as he looked a little sick to his stomach from rocking all around in the boat with the Care Bears.
"Phew! That was close," The new voice said in relief. "You almost smashed into a big rock."
"Look! I see light up ahead!" Funshine Bear called out.
"Wahoo!" Patch cheered.
They soon rode into the light all happy and relieved until they spotted a purple raccoon who was there and smiled to all of them.
"A raccoon!" Tender Heart smiled. "No wonder you could see in the dark."
"Not just a raccoon," Lotsa-Love Elephant replied. "Bright Heart Raccoon."
"Well, thanks for the help, Bright Heart." Patch smiled.
"You're welcome," Bright Heart smiled back. "I can usually see my way around anything."
"Waterfall's ahead!" Wish Bear called out from above.
"Oh, man." Patch's eyes widened.
"We better do something quick," Tender Heart suggested. "Care Bears!"
The Care Bears soon gathered around.
"What's going on?" Patch wondered.
"Ready... Now!" Tender Heart told the other Care Bears.
The Care Bears stood bravely together as their belly badges glowed before their symbols moved into the air and morphed into a big, glowing red heart onto the boat.
"Whoa." Patch smiled.
The boat continued to go toward the waterfall and everyone yelled out as they went down the waterfall. However, the heart floated like a balloon to let them fly safely without crashing or drowning.
"Well done, Care Bears!" Tender Heart smiled.
"That was amazing." Patch smiled.
They soon all cheered happy as they were safely floating along the forest now.