With Christy's help, Dark Heart had just about succeeded in capturing every Care Bear and Care Bear Cousin. There was only a handful of Care Bear family members left, and now, everything depended on them. "So... This is all of us that's left..." Tenderheart Bear said as he looked around the table. "We were so many." "And now we're so few..." Harmony Bear added. "Now, what are we going to do?" "Well, we can't just stop helping people, Harmony Bear. I mean, we just can't stop caring!" Brave Heart Lion replied. "And you won't." Yume said as she arrived with the others. "How do we know you're not just with Christy and Dark Heart setting another trap?" Tenderheart glared. "We're on your side, we promise!" Koharu begged. The Care Bears looked into Yume and Koharu's eyes and saw kindness. "They seem fine to me." Cheer Bear said. Yume and Koharu smiled as they came closer with Friend Bear, Secret Bear, John, and Dawn. "You can count on us to help" said Koharu. "Does anyone have a plan?" asked Yume. "That's what we're trying to figure out, but we just can't stop caring. It's our job." Brave Heart Lion replied. "Brave Heart Lion's right." Tenderheart Bear said. "But there must be something we can do" said Koharu. She and Yume thought about it for a moment. Then Yume had an idea. "I know! Why don't we try being Dark Heart's friend instead of his enemies?" she said. "Being friends?" The Care Bears and their Cousins asked. "Yeah. Friendship is a powerful thing" Koharu added. "We're with you, Tenderheart." Dawn smiled. "All the way!" John agreed with his twin sister. The Care Bears all cheered and ran in thanks to the help that they were given. "But first thing's first. We need to find the remaining Care Bears and Cousins" said Yume. Cheer Bear then suddenly spoke like a cheerleader. "Care-A-Lot!" The pink bear beamed and clapped her paws together. "We care a lot!" Everyone joined in. Cheer Bear smiled to everyone as she led them all to the cloud cars as they all felt very motivated about stopping Dark Heart now.
Soon, they all arrived back at camp. Two boys took the masks off a cabin before throwing them off with wicked laughter. Dark Heart laughed at this himself before going off to see the other campers. The Care Bear family was risking everything in an attempt to free the others from Dark Heart's grasp. "Now's our chance." Brave Heart Lion signaled. They all then made their way inside. "That door must lead to Dark Heart's secret cave." Brave Heart Lion estimated before Tenderheart Bear helped him back up on the roof. Tenderheart then made a rainbow path and went down it with Brave Heart Lion so they could face Dark Heart. "There's Brave Heart's signal!" Bright Heart Raccoon told the others. "So do you guys know what you have to do?" "Leave Christy to us" Dawn replied. "And we'll leave your family to you." John added. Everyone split up to do what they needed to do, and where they had no time to lose. Brave Heart and Tenderheart opened the door and walked inside of it. Brave Heart then had the other Care Bears and their cousins come into the door with them. Soon enough, once they were both inside, the door closed right behind them. Once the door closed, it seemed to vanish from inside the cabin and a certain spider smirked in victory over this before laughing wickedly. "They walked right into my trap! Now, that I have the entire Care Bear family in my power, all the love and kindness in the world will soon be no more!"
For everyone else, it was beginning to look as though True Heart and Noble Heart were the Care Bear family's only hope, but they were still away, unknowingly still chasing Dark Heart's shadow, but after attacking his shadow with their Care Bear Stare, they soon realized that they were on a wild goose chase. They soon ran to hurry back before they would be too late. Little did they know, they were already too late. Dark Heart laughed as he came to see the trapped Care Bear family in his grasp, and where they were all in one place. "Looking for me?" Dark Heart deeply laughed before snapping his fingers to trap them all. "Hey, are you okay?" Harmony Bear asked the others. All of the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins were now caged up and the key to the locks of their cages appeared around Dark Heart's neck. "Now I have you all." Dark Heart grinned darkly. "You can't keep us in here, Dark Heart!" Brave Heart glared. "Oh, I don't intend to," Dark Heart smirked. "I have a very special place all set-" he then yawned a bit. "But that'll have to be until I rest..." he then suddenly hiccuped and turned into an alligator before leaving. "I shall be back... Shortly..." He then continued to hiccup on his way out, transforming into different animals. Things looked pretty grim for the Care Bears. "Now we're all here." Bedtime Bear sulked. "That's the plan, Bedtime Bear." Tenderheart told him. "We wanted to get caught. We're strongest when we're all together, so now we can make a unified stand against Dark Heart." He then whistled out for something. The star and heart came out and came to his calling for help. "Hurry, little star buddy!" Brave Heart cried out. "We don't have much time!" While the star was working on the lock, Christy was seen by the lake. She threw some rocks into the water even though it was after dark and most campers were supposed to be in their cabins by this time.
"Christy?" Dawn asked. "John? Dawn? Yume? Koharu? What're you doing here?" Christy asked them. "Run away before he gets you too!" "We're not leaving." said Yume. "She's right, Christy" Dawn added. "We're staying." "We're gonna help." John nodded. "We all are." Koharu said. Christy got off of her place and looked back to the twins. "Since I've been Camp Champ, I never made you do trash duty, or push you in the mud, well, no one laughs at you anymore when you trip or fall on your face, I won't let 'em!" she told them. "Oh, I can't go back to being a nobody. Not now." "But you weren't a nobody." Koharu said. "You were always good at being friends with John and Dawn. And a friend is the most special person in the world" Yume added. "I made a bargain with him" Christy groaned out of frustration. "I had to keep my part of it, oh, it's too late... The damage has been done!" "But it's not too late to make things right." said Koharu. "You were always the Marble Champ, Christy," John said as he handed the girl her marble back. "And that you did all by yourself." "And not because of some skill that Dark Heart gave you." Yume said. Christy cupped her marble and soon realized that they were right. "Dawn! John! Yume! Koharu! Wait for me!" Everyone smiled as they could now all work together as one. They soon made their way to Dark Heart's cabin.
The Care Bears and Cousins were all locked up and stuck for right now, but luckily, help would be on the way for them. The star got Tenderheart Bear, Brave Heart Lion, and Grumpy Bear out of one cage. "Oh, no!" Tenderheart frowned. "Little star buddy can't unlock all these doors." The star looked like it was now in pain from just one lock. "You're right, and we don't have much time" Brave Heart said. "We have to get the key from Dark Heart!" "But what if he wakes up?" Harmony Bear asked. "We have to chance it" Brave Heart replied courageously. "Come on!" Tenderheart and Grumpy Bear joined him in getting the key. Dark Heart snored loudly as a rhino as he sat in his throne with the key around his horn. Brave Heart Lion, Tenderheart, and Grumpy Bear soon started to sneak over to the key. They all did their best to be very careful and quiet so they wouldn't wake Dark Heart up. The three helped each other up with Grumpy Bear on top as he tried to stay steady and reach for the key, and where he soon saw something that could help. Tenderheart stood up a little more as Grumpy Bear reached out for a scepter to reach for the key, and where it was some help. Dark Heart turned into a frog before Grumpy could get the key, but the evil force was still asleep. Brave Heart and Tenderheart panicked for Grumpy as he was close to falling onto Dark Heart, but luckily, the scepter stopped him from falling. He grabbed the key before Dark Heart turned into a rattlesnake. The scepter soon broke and Grumpy Bear yelped and fall on top of Dark Heart, waking him up in an outrage, and where that was bad timing.