Back in Care-A-Lot, several care bears & cousins lined up in front of Stone-Heart, all getting ready to stare. Good Luck started the countdown.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0!! CARE BEAR STARE!!" He shouted, & as if on cue, the others all started staring. Stone-Heart, though, just stood there with his chest huffed out. The stares all bounced off of him & into different directions. The care bears & cousins were all surprised, scared, & shocked all at once. Stone-Heart didn't even budge, & begun to laugh.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!! What was that!?" he asked.
"The stare didn't even budge him!" Good Luck shouted.
"Heh, surprised." Stone-Heart said. "Guess you thought your luck would help those pretty lights beat me, huh. Guess you must be jinxed." Good Luck was shocked. He was never called a jinx before, but Stone-Heart was the first. He looked at him angrily.
"I am not a jinx!!" He shouted, Stone-Heart walked up to him.
"Then why'd the stare lose to me, eh? How d'ya answer that, greenie?" Stone-Heart asked. "Looks like your luck finally ran out." He looked down at Good Luck in a foreboding kind of way, making Good Luck feel uneasy. "Boo." Stone-Heart said plainly.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Good Luck & the others shouted, they began running off in different directions.
"Heh heh heh. Take that, ya bunch of honey-eating, tourist-attacking, Winnie The Pooh wannabes." Stone-Heart said. Just then, a purple cloud burst in right in front of him & disappeared, revealing No-Heart. Stone-Heart looked down at him a bit miffed.
"No-Heart!" Stone-Heart shouted at the purple sorcerer. "What're you doing here!? Last time we teamed up I spent months in a marine prison!"
"A slight drawback to which I wholeheartedly apologize." No-Heart said. Stone-Heart smirked.
"If you're giving me a wholehearted apology, then what's with the name No-Heart?" No-Heart hung his shoulders.
"You know what I mean. Anyway, I must congratulate you on the delightful mess you're making." No-Heart said. "Perhaps if you destroy Care-A-Lot completely, I might let you join myself & Cold Heart in ridding the world of caring." Stone-Heart looked off to 1 side & scratched his chin.
"Hmm, tempting offer." The golem said, then smiled & pointed at No-Heart. "No-Heart, you got yourself a giant rock pirate."
"Excellent, Stone-Heart." No-Heart said. "Once Care-A-Lot is gone, we shall discuss arrangements for our alliance." & with that, No-Heart disappeared. Unaware to either of them, though, they were being watched by Love Heart & Kero in a bush.
"Hey, since when are No-Heart & Stone Heart partners?" Kero asked.
"Since never, Kero." Love Heart said. "But did you see how Stone-Heart deflected those shots like they were mere light bands? Maybe it's linked to the Clow card I sensed earlier today."
"You think?" Kero asked.
"Yeah." Love Heart said. "But what kind of Clow card could do that?"
Suddenly, they look at each other in realization.
"The power card!"