A/N: You got it WretchedWords. The episode about Gentle Heart trapped in a maze with a tiger No Heart is "Birthday Bear's Blues." It's one of my favorites, not the least because it's one of the all too few episodes where Gentle Heart appears. She never got a lot of airtime, not even as an extra or background filler! I think this is the only episode where she speaks. In the older Care Bears series she appears a bit more though.

Since I'm going to be away from my computer for a few days, I'm uploading the next two chapters now. I'll be getting back late Saturday, so please let there be some new reviews for me to read when I do! Sorry, gripping author insecurity. :)

Tenderheart's stomach churned as Gentle Heart clearly took a turn for the worse. "What's happening?" He heard someone shout. It took Tenderheart a moment to realize that it was him.

Bright Heart's paws flew across the modified Phobia Monitor—rechristened the Dream Monitor—and looked as though he was losing his cool. "I don't know!"

"That's it!" Take Care declared shortly. "Wake her up!" When neither Tenderheart nor Bright Heart moved quite fast enough to suit her, she crossed the room to the bed and started trying to shake the lamb awake. "Gentle Heart? Come on, wake up!"

But she wouldn't. Not even with Bright Heart and Tenderheart's help could they rouse her from her nightmare. "I don't understand it! We were able to wake her from her last nightmare…" Bright Heart began.

"That's only because, I let you fools do so." All three of them jumped. It was the voice of No Heart! But where was it voice coming from? "Over here do-gooders." As one, the three of them turned their heads to Gentle Heart. "About time." Gentle Heart's mouth moved even as she slept but it was No Heart's voice that came out.

"What is this?" Tenderheart half-wondered, half-demanded.

"I'm simply…borrowing your friend's mouth for the moment. All the better to make my demands clear."

"Demands?" Tenderheart asked.

"For letting your friend live." No Heart hissed through Gentle Heart's lips. "If you Care Bears end your interfering in my plans, cease you're 'Caring Missions' and stay in your precious Kingdom then I may spare you, I might even be willing to let this pathetic sheep skin coat live."

"And if we refuse?" Tenderheart somehow forced his voice to stay even. No Heart's evil laugh emanated from somewhere deep in Gentle Heart's throat, like poison spilling from a beautiful vial.

"Destroying Gentle Heart here will destroy her mind and soul. Leaving her body no more than an empty husk. A living death that she'll remain in…forever!" Shocked silence prevailed over the room.

No Heart cackled, deciding to twist the dagger in the wound. "I suppose I should be thanking you Bright Heart," he said wickedly to the stunned raccoon. "I knew you'd realize that Gentle Heart had to face me here, which is I exactly what I've been planning for. I'm only slightly disappointed that it took you this long to figure it out. I thought you were supposed to be the brains of the family. If that's true then it's a wonder you fools have managed to be triumphant until now." He laughed as Bright Heart turned a deathly pale beneath his fur, swaying on his feet. Take Care laid a steadying hand on his shoulder and began reassuring him in tones too low for Tenderheart to hear. In any event, he was to busy fuming.

"You…you…evil, you vile…." He sputtered, his nature preventing him from engaging in outright cursing, but it was clear that if looks could kill No Heart would've been struck dead, despite the fact that he wasn't actually present in the room.

"Flattery will get you nowhere, Care Bear." No Heart said, not phased in the slightest. "You have ten minutes to give me your answer or Gentle Heart suffers a death worse than any you can possibly imagine."