Chapter 7

"Off to Care-a-Lot, sweetie?" Felicia asked her daughter as her locket started glowing. The two of them were in the middle of eating dinner.

"You betcha, mommy! I'll show you." Evangeline got up from her chair, faced her mom and whispered into the neckelace "take me to Care-a-Lot."

The little girl's body started to glow.

"Be safe, sweetie!" Felicia cried. But Evangeline didn't hear her. She was already gone.

"The reason we called you up here, Evangeline." Gentle Heart was said "Is because we need your help destroying the doll." "Easy!" Evangeline yelled. She took the doll and held it up in the air, about to hurl it to the floor.

"NO!" Tender Heart yelled. The little girl froze.

"We need to destroy it by jamming these three items into it." Bright Heart said holding up a list.

Evangeline blushed. "Sorry." She said sheepishly.

Tender Heart suddenly spoke up. "All right everyone. I suggest we split up. Swift Heart, Cozy Heart and Treat Heart, go down to the Forest of Feelings and get the white jewel. Evangeline, Gentle Heart and I will go get the totem pole piece. Bright Heart, take two others with you to Wonderland and get the crown. All right everyone. Move out!"

Bright Heart, Cheer Bear, and Loyal Heart Dog landed with a plop right in the beautiful Wonderland. "So...we have to get the Queen's crown? I REALLY hope she'll give it to us." Loyal Heart barked as he looked around. "Don't worry, Loyal Heart." Cheer Bear comforted him. "Tender Heart says she's really nice. This shouldn't be too hard!" The three of them searched for the castle, which wasn't very easy to find. But at last it was found. The Queen had her chair turned for some reason, and they couldn't see her face.

"Excuse me your-m-m-m-majesty." Loyal Heart stammered. "W-w-we n-need your crown if-if it's okay with you." "Why would I give my crown to a scoundrel like you?" She yelled. It was a very strange yell, almost a shriek.

"But...we need it! Please give it to us!" Bright Heart pleaded. "The fate of Care-a-Lot is in jeopardy!"

"Forget about it, silly bears!" The Queen suddenly turned around.

"Shreeky!" Everyone gasped at the sight of this no Heart's evil and annoying niece

Cheer Bear piped up. "But…what did you do with the real Queen of Wonderland?"

Shreeky laughed. "Bring her in!" she demanded. The servants obeyed, and brought in a tied up Queen of Wonderland.

"Uh oh!" The Care Bear and the two Cousins exclaimed.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS! RELEASE ME THIS INSTANT!" The Queen yelled, struggling to break free of the rope.

"And now" Shreeky sneered "It is time for you to join her!"

Loyal Heart glanced at Cheer Bear and saw a look of determination in her eyes. "All right! You asked for it! Care Bears...stare!" She yelled.

The bear and two cousins shot hearts, stars and music notes out of their bellies that hit Shreeky right in the chest. She uttered a loud shriek and ran out of the castle.

"We better untie the Queen." Loyal Heart stated. They all nodded and ran over to her.

After she was freed, she said to them "I don't know what you're up to...but I know that I can trust you." She took off her crown and gave it to the raccoon. He bowed and said "Thank you, Your Highness!" He squealed with a look of joy in his eyes. "How can we ever repay you?!"

The Queen smiled.

"No repays needed." She said. "I am repaying you."

Up in Care-A-Lot, the doll already had a crown sticking out from its feet. It almost looked ridiculous, but no one really paid any attention.

Everyone started to feel slightly safe, but in the Forest of Feelings, things weren't running so smoothly for the three cousins.

"Keep running! He's getting closer!" Swift Heart shouted. Cozy Heart and Treat Heart couldn't run as fast as the speedy rabbit. Beastly was on their trail, getting closer by the minute. He suddenly swooped down and caught Treat Heart in his Care Bear catching net.

"Help! Somebody, please help!" She oinked.

Swift Heart quickly bounced on top of the winged bike and munched on the net. Treat Heart fell right through a rainbow colored tree, and came tumbling to the ground.

A small, white gem fell on her head. She grabbed it and looked up. Swift Heart could be seen trying to tear the flying bike apart. Beastly eventually shook her off.

Giving up, he flew away, muttering "No Heart's gonna fry my face off!"

"We did it!" Cozy Heart shouted. "One white gem! Easy peasy!"

The cousins giggled as they began to make their way back to Care-a-Lot.

But things weren't going so easily for Tender Heart, Gentle Heart, and Evangeline. After looking very carefully at each and every totem pole, they had found the glimmering piece they needed. However, Tender Hearts' rainbow roller and Gentle Hearts' cloud car had suddenly disappeared. They searched everywhere but had no luck at all.

"I just don't understand!" Tender Heart claimed. "I thought I left the cloud car and rainbow roller hooked on to a tree!" "Maybe someone broke the chain." Gentle Heart said. "That's impossible!" the brown bear exclaimed. "Only someone with supernatural powers would be able to break a magic chain like that."

Suddenly, a loud cawing sound was heard from up above.

"Oh no...don't tell me that's..." Gentle Heart bleated.

" It's No Heart! RUN!" Evangeline screamed, heading for the hills.

The villain, in the form of an angry vulture, swooped down and grabbed the little girl. Gentle Heart stuck out her chest and her tummy symbol came to life. The light green lamb threw the heart shaped pillow, and it hit the bird right in the face, causing him to stumble and drop the child.

Evangeline expected to feel the hard ground, but instead, she landed safely on a trampoline that Tender Heart made using his tummy symbol.

She glanced to the left and gasped. "Look!" She yelled. "The cloud car and the rainbow roller are right over there! Let's hurry and get back to Care-a-Lot!"

Back in Care-A-Lot, Secret Bear noticed a rainbow roller and a cloud car spinning wildly in the sky. He tapped Harmony Bear on the shoulder.

"What is it, Secret Bear?" She asked.

Secret pointed to the sky and Harmony gasped.

"Oh no! The rainbow roller and the cloud car are spinning out of control!" She shouted.

"Guys! No Heart'll be here any second now! Protect yourselves!" Tender Heart yelled. The cloud car and the rainbow roller crashed into the clouds. The bear, the lamb, and the girl scrambled to their feet.

Still in the form of a bird, No Heart landed on the clouds. He changed back into his regular form, and then began to grow. He grew until he had become an enormous giant, looming over the little bears.

"Now, where is that doll?" He shouted. "I MUST DESTROY IT!"

"Evangeline... take the totem pole piece and run into The Hall of Hearts." Tender Heart breathed. "The doll is hidden under a table."
Evangeline nodded, panting just as heavily. She took the totem pole from Tender Heart and ran towards the hall.

"YOU!" No Heart cried. Evangeline screamed and scurried into the hall.

No Heart reached inside the hall trying to feel for the little girl. Evangeline had just found the doll and was about to jam the totem piece into its torso when...

No Heart grabbed the little girl, who let out another ear-piercing scream. She was so startled that she had accidently dropped the totem piece. The doll, however, was still in her hands.

No Heart uttered an evil laugh.

"Now, my dear Evangeline, why don't we make a little deal?" The villain sneered. "You let go of the doll...and I'll put you down. Do we have a deal?"

Evangeline glanced down. Her eyes widened. She smiled slyly and looked toward No Heart.

"Yes. Yes, we do have a deal." She said.

The bears gasped. "Good!" No Heart replied. "I'm glad you see it my way. Now...DROP THAT DOLL!" He dangled the little girl by her shirt.

Evangeline glanced towards Tender Heart.

"Heads up." She mouthed inaudibly.

Tender Heart lifted his eyebrows and started to smile. 'I knew she'd never let us down...' he thought.