Chapter 2
The six year old was speechless as her gigantc room filled up with little bears of all different colors. She noticed that each of them had their own unique logo on their bellies. It was a peculiar sight, and she didn't know what to think of it.
"Care Bears!" The evil villain with the piercing red eyes cried.
"No Heart, leave Evangeline alone!" A brown bear cried. Evangeline noticed that he had a red heart on his belly. She had a notion that he was the leader of all these bears. Were they a club? A group? A posse, maybe? Who were they? Evangeline was completely perplexed.
"Or else what, silly bears? Beastly! GRAB THAT DOLL!" No Heart shrieked.
An odd, troll-looking creature riding on a flying bicycle appeared from the window. He swooped down and snatched the doll out of Evangeline's hand. "I got it! I got it!" He held the doll proudly up in the air.
"Oh no you don't!" The brown bear yelled. He stuck out his tummy, and his logo came to life in the form of...
'A boomerang?' Evangeline thought. How strange. What could a boomerang possibly do now?
The bear hurled the boomerang at the flying machine, causing it to stumble. Beastly dropped the doll and it plummeted towards the floor. Evangeline caught it just in time and held it in her hands even more tightly than before.
"Move out of the way for a second, Evangeline…this won't take long." The brown bear instructed. The girl immediately obeyed.
"CARE BEARS COUNTDOWN!" The brown bear yelled.
"Five!"
"Four!" A pink bear said.
"Three!" A green bear said.
"Two!" A purple bear said.
"ONE!" All the bears yelled.
"CARE BEARS STARE!" The brown bear cried.
Beams of hearts and stars shot out from their tummies and struck No Heart right in the chest. He spun like a tornado out of the window with Beastly following behind. But before leaving, he yelled:
"I'll be back, Care Bears! You just wait!"
Evangeline shivered. She had no idea who these bears were, who that heinous villain was, and why he wanted her doll so badly. This was all too confusing for the frightened child...
"Tender Heart!" A yellow bear said to the brown bear "I think we should take Evangeline to Care-a-Lot and explain to her what's going on."
Tender Heart thought about this for a moment. Then he nodded and said "That's a good idea! Evangeline and I could ride in my cloud car." He turned to the shivering little girl. "Come with me." He said.
Up into the sky they flew, followed by all the other bears. Tender Heart and Evangeline didn't talk much, but she wanted very badly to ask him what this place Care-a-Lot was, and if she would safe from No Heart there.
"Here we are, Evangeline. Welcome to Care-a-Lot!" Tender Heart said. Evangeline looked around and gasped in awe.
The homes were all made of clouds, there were rainbows everywhere in sight, and what she loved most was the beautiful heart shaped hall. The Care Bears landed their cloud cars and rainbow rollers on the clouds. The little girl stepped out of the cloud car and ran around, gaping at everything. "Wow!" She breathed. "Am I dreaming? Somebody pinch me please!"
"No Evangeline. This is the real deal." Tender Heart said. He then turned to the other Care Bears and declared "Everyone, let's all meet at the Hall of Hearts to explain to Evangeline what's going on. And be sure to call the Care Bear Cousins, too!"
The Hall of Hearts was even more breathtaking on the inside. Evangeline sat next to Brave Heart Lion, who was a Care Bear Cousin, and Love-a-Lot Bear. The three of them chatted away and Evangeline began to feel much more comfortable.
Tender Heart silenced everyone and began talking. "This child, six year old Evangeline, has been keeping this doll"-Tender Heart held up Thelma-"safe from No Hearts' grasp, and now it's time we explain to her why he attacked." Tender Heart faced the girl and continued talking.
"You see Evangeline; No Heart has been trying to do away with us for as long as I can remember. Your doll is actually the key to a secret cave hidden deep beneath the Earth. If No Heart finds the doll and opens the cave, everyone's feelings on Earth will be permanently wiped out, and our home will crumble to smithereens!" Evangeline gasped. "So we have to keep that doll as far away from No Heart as possible!" Tender Heart concluded.
Everyone grew silent. But after a while, Evangeline spoke.
"I understand. But...I really don't want to part with this doll." She said. "We've been through so much together...I remember when I first found her!"
"Well, the only way to prevent No Heart from finding the cave is to destroy it." Wish Bear said in her calm, rather quiet voice.
"Wish Bear's right." bleated Gentle Heart Lamb. "But, how do we do that?" Asked Swift Heart Rabbit.
Suddenly, the silence was interrupted as the doors to the hall sprung open, and a large bull stood in the doorway snorting. "Oh no!" Tender Heart cried. "It's No Heart!"