Authors note: Here's another update. I was going to add another part, but I need to work on the dialogue. Dialogue is kind of a pain, but it must be done right! So for now here's John's P.O.V. Enjoy! Remember I don't own any Care Bear original characters or content. Please review!

Chapter 6 Question

"Yo James!" John called through the forest. He was worried. James left over an hour ago and hadn't been back since. He figured that James would walk around the lake again, go to the area where the burned lady was, but he should've been back within the hour. John, Dawn, and Grumpy Bear found that they could sleep as long as they held Dreamy bear. It seemed that he would take the memories of the dreams away, but it didn't seem to affect the cub. John let Dawn take a shift for sleeping. He just chugged a can of Full Throttle anyways so he wasn't much for snoozing anyways. Grumpy Bear stayed for the time being to make sure he could wake Dawn up should anything happen. Now all that was left was to figure out where the hell James was.

"Where the hell are you James?" John wiped his brow. It was unusually warm near the area where the burned lady was. "James!"

"Yes?" A voice came from behind a large boulder at the end of the path.

"James," John walked briskly over to the rock, "I've been looking for you, where the hell where you while I was yelling your name out for the past hour?"

"Oh here and there," James sauntered from behind the boulder, "Tell me John, why do you think someone would've stolen Christy?"

John furrowed his brow. Something's wrong with this guy, he was so distraught earlier.

"Oh come now John," James smiled casually, "I'm honestly curious, why would someone take Christy? She's reformed, she hasn't hurt anyone, and she even saved the Care Bears. She's also old, so why would she have any ties to the Care Bears?"

"Yeah," John rubbed the back of his head, "But Dawn stayed in contact with them and she's as old as we are so it's no surp-,"

"You mean," James leaned against the boulder, "as old as you are. I'm technically older than all of you, older than the Care Bears."

"James," John tilted his head, "are you all right man? I mean you're acting really weird."

"How so?"

"You never refer to yourself when you were Dark Heart."

"Tell me," James walked over to John, "Why should I deny who I was? The past is the past, but oh how it defines us! Perhaps Christy was stolen because she not only saved angels, but she also saved the Devil."

"You're not the Devil anymore James."

James smiled and said nothing as he walked back up the path away from the boulder and paused at a tree. "You never stop being a Devil." Then he turned on his heels and headed back for the cabin.

John walked over to the tree that James was staring at and took a step back as he saw what it looked like in the moonlight. It was black, burnt. The clouds covered the moonlight, but they flashed their lights over it, they should've seen it. He placed his hand near the blackened trunk and snapped it back. Why the fuck is it hot? He looked to the path, a blackened area that lead back to the boulder. Only the boulder was covered in black, as if to hide something that was there before. He turned and ran towards James. "James wait up!"

James stopped and turned to wait for John. "It only appears in the natural light."

"Dude why didn't you say anything?"

James shrugged and started walking as John caught up, "Thought you'd figure it out on your own once you stopped chugging down beers."

John wiped his forehead, "It's so damn hot, how can I not drink beer?"

James laughed. John smiled, Now that sounds like the James I know. The dude I can cut up with.

The walked back to the cabin, James in a contemplative silence, John in a worried one. Something was wrong with his friend. He rejected any idea of Dark Heart. He even tried to dye his hair black, but his flaming red hair would never hold the dye. He used to joke that maybe its because it was burning off the dye. Now John believed that joke.

James opened the door to the cabin and held it for John.

"Thanks man," John nodded at James

"My pleasure," James purred.

"So I see you found him," Grumpy grumbled from the corner, "Took ya long enough. And where in Great Star's name were you?"

James merely smiled and looked directly into Grumpy's eyes, "I ask you Grumpy Bear because my friend here won't answer. Why do you think they took Christy?"

Grumpy bear drew his head back, "How the heck should I know?"

"Oh," James walked over towards Grumpy, "I think you know more than you're telling me. That or they think you can't handle their real plans."

"Just exactly are you trying to say?" Grumpy puffed his chest out and got up from his chair.

Jams smiled and kneeled down to the bear's level. "Why would they take her?"

Grumpy crossed his arms over his chest, "Maybe its your fault."

"Grumpy, that's no-," John was stopped by James' hand. For the longest time James would blame himself for what happened to Christy. It wasn't his fault. That was Dark Heart's fault. And even then, anyone could see that Dark Heart cared for Christy. He cared enough to change his ways and give up his power for her.

"Maybe you're right Grumpy bear," James smiled and stood up to his full 6 feet. He loomed over the pint-sized bear, "Maybe it was my fault. I did capture the care bears. I would've had them destroyed if you hadn't befriended Dawn and John. Do you remember that feeling Grumpy? Of being held in a crystal. You know I heard of magic that could drain life energy from the crystal and magic along with that life energy. Of course I never quite figured out the method and none of my experiments had enough magic in them for it to fully exceed. But with the Care Bears, oh what power was there to be had! All I needed to do was to figure it out."

Grumpy bear seethed with anger. His paws were scrunched into fists. He growled. John never knew that the Care bears could growl like that. "I outta kick your ass."

James laughed, "If you could barely handle me then, what makes you think you could take me now?"

A small cry came from the bed as Dreamy Bear stirred from a peaceful sleep. John quickly rushed over and woke Dawn up before Dreamy Bear could roll away from her. "What's going on?" Dawn rubbed her eyes as she cooed the little cub. "There, there, its all right you're safe." She patted the cub and looked puzzlingly at the three. "What was with all the shouting?"

"This wise guy was trying to pin Christy's kidnapping on us Care bears." Grumpy walked over to his bag and pulled out a bottle. "C'mere ya squirt." He gently took the squirming cub from Dawn and fed it as he glared across the room at James.

"James?" Dawn looked at him, her head tilted.

"Now Dawn," James walked over towards the window, "Let me ask you since these two won't answer me. Why do you think someone would want to steal Christy?"

Dawn sat for a moment and thought to herself, "Maybe it has something to do with Dark Heart. She almost died yes, and you revived her with your love, but what happened to your power? Why did you become like us?"

"Finally!" James ran and pulled Dawn up by her hands and danced around the room with her, "A good answer! Bravo Dawn!"

"James?!" Dawn pulled away as James gracefully swayed towards the night stand. "What's gotten into you? John what did you do to him?"

"Me? What did I do? He's been acting like this since I found him." John moved cautiously towards James. "Dude, are you okay?"

James pulled out the top drawer of the night stand and pulled out a candle and some matches. "But of course I am John," James said as he turned towards John. He put a hand on his shoulder, "I want to thank you for being the best friend I could have when I transformed. If it hadn't been for you I don't think I would've conformed very well."

John patted James hand, "You're my bro and we've got to have each other's backs, just don't get all homo on me."

James smiled and moved towards Dawn and hugged her tightly, "You've been like a sister to me. You need to know that."

"Love ya too James," Dawn gasped, "But you're hugging me too tight!"

James released Dawn and stared down at the glaring cub. Without saying anything he walked out the door.

"Where you going?" John called out.

James turned for a moment, "I wonder, if I've never stopped being the Devil, how do I return to being him again?" Then he turned and kept walking.

"James! James!" John watched as James disappeared into the dark night. It was like he was giving a goodbye speech. Like they weren't going to see each other again. What the hell was wrong with this guy?

Author's Note: I know its short. I'm so sorry, but I assure you, it will be wonderful. I'm planning on bringing in Broken Heart and letting you in on a glimpse of what Christy is up to. So keep reading. Also side note! In preparation for some friends of mine and their new YouTube channel I will be attempting a short one-shot Pokemon fanfiction. We'll see how it goes. Thanks everyone for reading. I do appreciate it! Please review!