Wish had returned to Care-A-Lot to bring the others to the castle while Secret had gone to the Forest of Feelings to get the Cousins. Grams Bear elected to stay behind with the cubs.
With 25 members of the Care Bear Family in the small tower, it quickly became stuffy and cramped. However no one noticed the discomfort because of what stood before them. Holding each others paws and forming a ring were stone statues of True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse. Carved into the floor at their feet was a triangle with a circle in it.
"Is that really them?"
"I think so Gentle Heart. We have to get them unfrozen." Swift Heart shook her head at Brave Hearts rashness.
She still did not like the feel of this situation; long lost founders of the Care Bear family frozen in a creepy castle, all a resultant of protecting the rest. Keeping to the back she watched the others search the tower for some answers.
Bright Heart was examining the statues when he noticed a piece of paper in their clasped paws.
"Hey look at this." Wriggling it carefully he was able to get it free without tearing the paper. Scanning the paper his eyebrows shot up, "It's a spell. Apparently it's a spell of containment."
"Whats that on the back?" He looked where Treat Heart pointed. At the top in scrawling letters were the words 'Spell of Release.'
The raccoon looked at Brave Heart, "I think I know how to set them free." He read the first step, "Quick, everyone join hands, we have to form a circle of caring energy."
They did so keeping True Heart and Noble Heart at it's center.
Cozy Heart looked at her best friend, "Swift Heart come on." She held out her flipper.
Hesitantly she took it, grabbing Grumpy's paw with her other.
"Next we have to say 'Fundi a nala e" three times."
They did as Bright Heart instructed. On the first lightning cracked so close it felt like it was in the castle. The second time brought the sound of stone cracking from outside. And on the third a bright light filled the tower blinding everyone.
As the spots vanished from their eyes, the care bears saw the statues slowly turn pale yellow and purple. Once their color had returned True Heart took a deep breath in.
"Oh my goodness. Noble Heart, something has gone wrong."
"True Heart, look." Glancing around she saw her family forming a ring around her and her partner.
"Oh my. My dears is it really you?" The Care Bears converged on her hugging her and kissing her. Noble Heart was getting the same treatment from the Cousins.
"We know you said not to help you but we were getting all these memories and we had to figure out what happened to you."
True Heart frowned at Tender Heart, "You were getting memories? But the spell was supposed to erase them all."
Before anyone else could talk, the circle in the center of the triangle carved into the floor started to glow a dangerous red.
"Oh no! You have to get out of here." Noble Heart started to shove some of the cousins out the door.
"Going somewhere?"