The next few days didn't seem to get any better.
"The kids seem down for some reason..." Ken said to Barbie.
"Maybe they're just anxious to get home, but I do fear something's up." Barbie had to agree.
They soon saw that Christy was beating some campers in running.
"Yeah, I won!" Christy beamed. "The Camp Champ wins again!"
"Could you at least let some of us win?" Kelly panted.
"Aren't you gonna congratulate me?" Christy asked.
"Sure, Christy, but it's nothing new." John shrugged.
"You always win at everything." Dawn added.
"And which is odd since you used to not be able to win at anything except marbles." Vincent said.
"Oh, that's cuz I'm the Camp Champ." Christy smiled boastfully.
"I kinda miss the old Christy," Felicity pouted. "At least she was nice."
"Yeah, and she wasn't a jerk." Estelle added.
"So, whatya say we go shoot some marbles?" Felicity asked. "I've never done that before."
"Hmph!" Christy pouted like a snob before walking off as she thought that she was too good for them.
"How about we go hang out with Akito?" Vincent suggested.
"Okay." John and Dawn agreed.
"Um, I-I'm not sure." Estelle said.
"Estelle, is something wrong?" Kelly asked her best friend.
"Um, well, I think... I think Akito needs some alone time." Estelle smiled nervously.
Barbie could tell something was wrong as she came over to Estelle.
"Come on, you slowpokes, time to see if anyone can beat the Camp Champ at swimming." Christy smirked at the other campers before running off to the lake.
"I think I'll just go and spend some time in the forest." Kelly said.
"Stay close to camp, Kelly." Barbie told her sister.
"Yes, Barbie." Kelly nodded.
"Everything okay, Estelle?" Barbie asked as she soon went to catch up with Estelle.
"Oh, um, it's fine, Barbie..." Estelle smiled.
"No, it's not," Barbie replied. "I can tell that something is wrong."
"Well...Um, Barbie, have you ever heard of Dark Heart?" Estelle frowned.
"Dark Heart?" Barbie asked. "I can't say I have. Why do you ask?"
"Um, well, I think he might be the reason why Christy is acting this way and the reason why I saw Akito's eyes look hellish red." Estelle said.
"Estelle!" Barbie gasped since Estelle said 'Hell'.
"Sorry, but that's what it looks like to me," Estelle defended. "Look, I'll show you; come with me and you'll see that his eyes do look that color."
Barbie cupped her mouth slightly as she followed Estelle. Estelle took Barbie's hand as she went off to find her twin brother. A moment later, they soon find him destroying some things and where they both hid behind a tree before poking out to see what color his eyes were.
Barbie gasped and hid away with Estelle. "His eyes are a bit of a fiery red..."
"Yes, like the Devil almighty himself." Estelle nodded to the teenage girl.
"But how?" Barbie asked before she saw Dark Heart flying off in his vulture form.
"That's him!" Estelle gasped and pointed to the vulture. "I know that has to be Dark Heart! The Care Bears told us about him!"
"Care Bears?" Barbie replied. "Hmm... Now I know I've heard about them."
"You know the Care Bears?" Estelle asked.
"Well, sure," Barbie smiled. "Almost everyone knows about the Care Bears."
Estelle hummed in thought. "I think Mom and Dad told me a story about how they and Aunt Cherry helped these kids Kim and Jason find new parents and the Care Bears helped them too... Like Friend Bear and Secret Bear... How do you know them, Barbie?"
"I have a book about them." Barbie informed.
"Maybe Dark Heart's in it." Estelle suggested.
"Come with me." Barbie decided.
Estelle then followed Barbie. Barbie took out her gym bag and took out some things and soon took out a book on The Care Bears, and soon opened it and started to flip through it before she saw a pair of red eyes on one of the pages. Estelle gasped in worry about the red eyes as they matched her twin brother's eyes now.
"Dark Heart..." Barbie noticed the placement in the book.
"He sounds kinda scary..." Estelle shivered. "Worse than Rothbart and Odile."
"And it says here he can become anything and do anything to anyone." Barbie said.
Estelle shivered nervously. "Is there any way to stop him?"
"I'm not sure, but there's a legend on the next page." Barbie said.
"And what does that tell us?" Estelle asked as she was literally on the edge in worry about Akito's well-being and the Care Bears due to Dark Heart being around camp.
"Okay, there's some good news and bad news to this story." Barbie told the girl.
"Please tell me," Estelle didn't hold back though she was now quite scared. "Please..."
"All right, here we go." Barbie said as she turned the page to tell Estelle the legend about Dark Heart.
"So, what does it say?" Estelle asked.
"Well, as it's obvious that he'll feed on one's ambitions and power," Barbie replied. "If someone really needs to though, they will give up what they really wanted, but it'll get very dangerous from there."
This caused Estelle to gulp.
"And where if possible, he'll be turned to good due to the kindness of a friend or two." Barbie said.
"Really?" Estelle asked.
"I wouldn't count your chickens before they hatch, but it's a distinct possibility." Barbie replied.
"Well, we better hope Akito gets free from Dark Heart's control." Estelle said.
"We can only hope, Estelle, we can only hope." Barbie comforted before hugging Estelle to make her feel at least a little bit better, and where that did help.
"You're the best, Barbie..." Estelle replied. "I don't know what I'd do without you."
"That's what I'm here for..." Barbie coaxed. "Not just to help Kelly, but to help you and your family grow and learn. I always love it whenever you guys come over for an activity."
"And we love to come over too." Estelle smiled.
"I look forward to the more adventures we have in the future." Barbie smiled back.
"Oh, Barbie," Estelle sighed before hugging the older girl again. "Sometimes I wish you were our big sister, but Kelly needs you."
"I know what you mean, Estelle," Barbie smiled as she gently stroked the girl's dark brown hair. "Well, at least nothing else bad will happen."
"We can only hope for that." Barbie told her.
"Thank you so much for telling me what you know, Barbie," Estelle said. "You're really amazing, and we're all very lucky to know you."
Teddy and the Ralts twins soon appeared out of their Pokeballs.
"Hey, guys." Estelle smiled to the Pokemon.
"Are you okay, Mama?" Teddy asked. "You seem worried."
"Yeah, and so we came out to check on you." The female Ralts said.
"Oh, I'm afraid it's a long story..." Estelle sighed as she hopped off the bed to talk with her Pokemon. "It's about your Uncle Akito..."
"Estelle, are you talking to your Pokemon?" Barbie asked.
"Yes..." Estelle nodded. "Because my family and I can talk to just about anybody, it's a bigger family relic than the Secret of NIMH."
"I don't believe I've seen you all do that before." Barbie commented.
"We kind of do it in secret from time-to-time." Estelle said.
"Oh, I see..." Barbie replied.
"I guess I thought you knew, sorry." Estelle smiled bashfully.
"It's okay." Barbie smiled.
Estelle smiled back before hugging her Teddiursa.
The next few days went by fast.
Estelle lay awake in her bed as she thought about Care-A-Lot since they had to deal with Dark Heart on Earth, and where she started to notice more of the campers were being affected. "This isn't good..." The girl said to herself. "I need to do something." And where she knew where to start as she went to her twin brother. She took her Pokeballs with her and took a deep breath as she left the cabin, and soon saw where Akito was.
"Akito..." Estelle said to herself once she saw her twin brother as he seemed quite menacing under Dark Heart's influence. She soon took a deep breath and walked right over to Akito.
Akito looked all around before looking behind him.
"Akito, we need to talk." Estelle told her twin.
"What about?" Akito asked before seeing his twin sister holding his hands. "Huh?"
"Akito, please go back to the Akito I know and love, please," Estelle begged. "I know that Dark Heart has you under his control, but you can break free from his control, I know it."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Akito replied almost like a zombie due to the control.
"You're being brainwashed!" Estelle told him. "This isn't like you!" She soon hugged him.
"Please break free; I know you can." Estelle whimpered as a tear slipped out and touched Akito's shoulder.
Akito soon felt the power of Dark Heart disappear from his body. He squeezed his eyes shut until he opened his eyes and they flashed red and blue before finally becoming blue again. "Estelle...?"
"Oh, Akito!" Estelle gushed as she hugged her brother instantly.
"What happened?" Akito asked.
"Let's just say you weren't being much yourself lately." Estelle said as she was glad to have her twin brother back.
"I remember talking with Dark Heart." Akito said.
"That's what went wrong," Estelle replied. "You let him control you, he must be stronger than you... Mental wise of course, not physical."
"I agree." Akito said.
"We have to save the others and get the Care Bears to help," Estelle told him. "I don't know what we'll do now, but we can't give up."
"Whatya say the Loonatics help?" Akito suggested as he brought out his futuristic bracelet.
"No, no, this isn't that serious; we just need to find a way to either turn him good or defeat him with kindness." Estelle said.
"Kill him with kindness?" Akito asked.
"Maybe not kill, but something like that..." Estelle replied. "All he needs is a friend."
"Hmm... Maybe me and Christy can try to become his friends." Akito said.
"You were always the braver one..." Estelle replied. "Can I help too?"
"Well, of course you can!" Akito smiled. "If anyone knows about making friends, it's you! Aunt Twilight always told us about how she wished you were there when she first came to Ponyville."
"Believe me, me too," Estelle smiled back. "I think you better apologize to Larvitar and Ponyta too; you've kinda been ordering them to do certain things."
Akito turned around to see his Pokemon who looked a little peeved. "Uh, hey, guys?" he smiled bashfully. "No hard feelings about the last few days, eh?"
"Well, you were being kind of like a Team Rocket member." Larvitar said.
"I'll make it up to you guys," Akito promised. "But right now, we need to stop Dark Heart before he ruins the Care Bears."
"All right." Ponyta agreed.
Larvitar folded his arms and looked away.
"Larvitar, I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself, but Papa's back now." Akito told his best Pokemon.
"Promise?" Larvitar asked.
"I promise," Akito smiled as he picked up his Rock Pokemon. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye. If I don't keep his little lie, then I just hope that I won't die. But if I lie to Pinkie Pie, then I will kiss my life goodbye... Aunt Cherry warned me about that last part."
"Yikes!" Larvitar replied.
"Anyway, do you forgive me?" Akito asked his Pokemon.'
"I do." Ponyta replied.
Larvitar hesitated but sighed and gave in. "All right, Papa, I guess I forgive you too."
The three of them soon hugged.
"Aw, I love you guys." Akito smiled.
"We love you too." Ponyta and Lavitar smiled back.
Once Larvitar and Ponyta were back in their Pokeballs, Akito went to find Christy.
"Wait up, Kito!" Estelle told her twin brother and went off.
Felicity and Kelly stayed in their cabin and hoped for the best while Akito and Estelle went off to defeat Dark Heart.
"I really hope your cousins can do this." Kelly told the French girl.
"I know they can," Felicity nodded. "Besides, they've faced worse."
Felicity and Kelly watched as the Fudo twins went off. Vincent decided to stay with them as well as Barbie and Ken to keep an eye out back in camp while they went to find Christy and Dark Heart.