Epilogue

Jason was asleep in his bed. He fell asleep near the beginning of Mr. Cherrywood's story. Of course, when he recounted the tale, he took out a lot of the bad moments and terrible trauma's of No Heart's life.

No Heart. How they fantasized him in the cartoon. Yet, he wasn't so far off.

"How is he?" asked Mr. Cherrywood's brother, entering the room.

"He fell asleep. He's at peace." said Mr. Cherrywood.

"I'm glad. Now, did you see that cartoon on TV? The one about the "Care Bears?" Who found out about us?" asked old man Elijah.

"What's the harm? I like how I look in the cartoon." said old man Nicholas Cherrywood.

"Of course you do. You went back to being No Heart right after you woke me in the Forest of Feelings." said Elijah.

"I had to be No Heart again. To control the evil and make sure it dies down while you and the other Care Warriors spread love and joy to the world, practically bringing some sort of peace." said Nicholas.

"I know. But… never mind. I'm just glad you don't live in that scary looking castle in the clouds." said Elijah.

"That is another story for another time." said Nicholas.

"By the way, Treya called my wife." said Elijah.

"Let me guess. She wants me to pick up skin milk, a loaf of bread, and whip cream." said Nicholas.

"Yeah. And she says that you need to take your pills." said Elijah.

"Ah. To be young again." said Nicholas.

The two brothers walked downstairs into the parking lot of the hospital.

"Since you retired, how is your son doing with being the new Tender Heart?" asked Nicholas.

"He likes it. He's so overzealous of his duties." said Elijah.

"I bet. He's always promoting the good like you did once." said Nicholas.

"What about you? Are you going to crown Shrieky to be the new No Heart? You know, to level down the evil in the world?" asked Elijah.

"No. There won't be a necessity. Good is winning and evil is dying. Shrieky wishes to be a Care Warrior. She's thinking of becoming a Swift Heart." said Nicholas.

"I'll let in a good word to my son. He was always Shrieky's favorite cousin." said Elijah.

"Hey, I just remembered something… what became of Dark Heart?" asked Nicholas.

Elijah shrugged. "He vanished after we defeated him at the summer camp."

Nicholas nodded and the two men continued to walk forward, speaking of new hopes for the future.