For two weeks they tried to forget about the letter Noble Heart and True Heart had left for them. It was harder then they thought it would be because new memories kept resurfacing; enticing them to solve the mystery of their lost founders.
The breaking point came when Secret Bear and Friend Bear returned from a caring mission, making their cloud mobile go as fast as it could.
Wish Bear and Birthday were the closest ones to their landing spot. "You will never guess what we saw on our way home. We decided to take a longer way back, I don't remember why, but anyway there was a castle."
The other two bears exchanged a look, "A castle?"
"Yes it was sitting on a storm cloud and looked dark and creepy. But both Secret and I got the weird dejavu feeling when we flew by it."
"You don't think…" the four exchanged a look before running for the Hall of Hearts calling Tender Hearts name.
10 minutes later
"…and that's why we should go take a look around. Not everyone of course but a group of us could go check it out and if we find anything then we'll come back and tell you."
Tender Heart thought this over. It seemed like the creepy castle might hold the answers they were looking for but he didn't want to get everyones hopes up in case Friend Bear was wrong. "Okay, you four go check it out. But be careful, I don't like the sound of this place."
Meanwhile in the Forest of Feelings
"All I'm saying is that True Heart and Noble Heart would have told us exactly what had happened to them if they wanted to be rescued. The fact we keep digging into the matter makes me feel uneasy." Explained Swift Heart yet again.
It was an ongoing debate among the Cousins. Swift Heart, Loyal Heart, Proud Heart, and Bright Heart felt the matter needed to be dropped. But Brave Heart, Cozy Heart, Treat Heart, Gentle Heart, and Lotsa Heart wanted to return to the Care Castle and see if they could find out anything else. Playful Heart did what the letter had instructed him to do and tried to ease the tension. He currently had on a pair of the fake glasses with the big nose and moustache.
"Well we are gonna go anyway. If we run into trouble we'll send a call back to you." Brave Heart conjured a cloud mobile for Cozy Heart, Gentle Heart, Treat Heart, and Lotsa Heart.
Proud Heart crossed her arms, "So much for thinking before charging into every situation."
Brave Heart smirked and held up a grey object, "At least I remembered my flashlight."
That got a laugh out of the Cousins before they took off.
At the creepy castle:
Wish, Birthday, Friend, and Secret stared at the castle before them. Lightning cracked behind it as wind howled through its windows.
On the bottom of the stairs leading in was an ugly statue of a furry creature with a bad under bite and hat with goggles and a spike on top.
"I wish this place wasn't so creepy."
Birthday grabbed her hand, "Come on Wish Bear." They started up the stairs into the castle, half expecting a decrepit butler to be waiting for them at the door.
The inside was darker and gloomier than the outside. All four Care Bears felt a shiver go up their spine as they looked at the cobwebs and dust. The wind continued to howl and it echoed throughout the cold stone of the castle. In front of them was a staircase and leading out of the room was two hallways.
"Lets start down here first then well meet back here and move on to the upper floors. Secret and I will take the hallway on the left if you and Wish want the one on the right."
"Sounds good to me. Be careful."
Wish stared out two bright stars. "These will help us see and make this place a little less creepy…maybe."
The ground floor rooms did not turn up anything useful as they were mostly empty rooms. Moving on to the next floor turned up a couple of beds and a portrait covered by a sheet. Birthday was about to unveil it when Wish and Friend started to call his name. they had gone up to explore the tower at the very top of the castle while he had finished up in the bedroom. Running up the stairs he hurried into the room.
Inside was a large cauldron, shelves stocked with bottles, and a bookcase full of books. However in the center of the room he saw the cause of Wish and Friends outburst and froze.