With Christy and Akito's help, Dark Heart had about succeeded in capturing every Care Bear and Care Bear Cousin. There was only a handful of Care Bear family members left, and now, everything depended on them.
"So... This is all of us that's left..." Tender Heart said as he looked around the table. "We were so many."
"And now we're so few..." Harmony Bear added. "Now, what are we going to do?"
"Well, we can't just stop helping people, Harmony Bear, I mean, we just can't stop caring!" Brave Heart Lion replied.
"And you won't." Estelle said as she arrived with the others.
"How do we know you're not just with Christy, Akito, and Dark Heart setting another trap?" Tender Heart Bear glared.
"Look into my eyes and you'll see I'm not with Dark Heart." Estelle said.
"I'm not sure I trust you..." Grumpy glared at her.
Estelle glared back, but she was not corrupted. The Care Bears soon looked into Estelle's eyes and where they saw kindness.
"She seems fine to me." Cheer Bear said.
Estelle smiled as she came closer with Kelly, Vincent, Felicity, Friend Bear, Secret Bear, Barbie, Ken, John, and Dawn.
"We're all here to help." Kelly said.
"You can trust us..." Vincent promised. "Plus, I need my little brother back."
"So, do we have a plan?" Felicity asked.
"That's what we're trying to figure out, but we just can't stop caring, it's our job." Brave Heart Lion replied.
"Brave Heart Lion's right." Tender Heart Bear said.
"Hmm..." Kelly stopped to think. "There must be something we can do."
"Why don't you try to be his friend instead of his enemy?" Barbie suggested.
"Yeah, becoming someone's friend is better than being their enemy." Ken agreed.
"Being friends?" The Care Bears and their Cousins asked.
"Yeah, it might be able to stop him." Barbie hinted based on the book she had read to Estelle about the Care Bears.
"Yes, it should." Estelle nodded.
"Friendship is its own magic." Felicity added.
"That's right." Estelle nodded.
"We're with you, Tender Heart." Dawn smiled.
"All the way!" John agreed with his twin sister.
The Care Bears soon all cheered and ran in thanks to the help that they were given.
"But we'll first need to find the rest of you." Vincent said.
Cheer Bear then suddenly spoke like a cheerleader.
"Oh, I think you're my favorite." Estelle giggled as she hugged the pink bear.
Cheer Bear smiled back. "Care-A-Lot!" The pink bear then beamed and clapped her paws together. "We care a lot!"
Everyone soon joined in. Felicity giggled as she even liked the song, even though it would be one that her mother would never like in a million years. Cheer Bear smiled to the others as she led them all to the cloud cars as they all felt very motivated about stopping Dark Heart now.
They soon arrived back at camp. It was almost dark once they were coming back into Care-A-Lot. Kelly looked back to Barbie and Ken as her older sister seemed to be laying her head on the boy's shoulder as he gently stroked her face like he was in love. They soon got off the cloud cars. Once they made it back onto Earth, it was night time.
"How did it get so dark?" Kelly asked.
"It's night time," Felicity replied. "Time must pass differently from here and Care-A-Lot."
"That could be it," Vincent agreed. "I remember Dad telling us that time passes by differently in the Netherworld, like Sabrina went to military camp for two weeks, but when she came back into the Mortal Realm, it was Monday morning and she went back to school."
"Whoa, I can't believe this." Estelle said as she looked over at camp.
Two boys soon took the masks off a cabin before throwing them off with wicked laughter. Dark Heart laughed at this himself before going off to see the other campers.
Edwin stayed inside his own cabin as he looked a little depressed and regretful. "Why is everyone being so mean?" He asked himself.
The Care Bear family was risking everything in an attempt to free the others from Dark Heart's game.
"Now's our chance." Brave Heart Lion signaled.
They soon made their way inside.
"Mom, Dad, I just wanna go home..." Edwin frowned. "I promise I'll be a good boy from now on and even be nicer to Eloise." He soon saw the Care Bears and saw where they were going and had a bad feeling about the cabin they were going in.
"That door must lead to Dark Heart's secret cave." Brave Heart Lion estimated before Tender Heart Bear helped him back up on the roof.
"I should try to stop them." Edwin said.
Tender Heart soon made a rainbow path and went down it with Brave Heart Lion so they could face Dark Heart.
"There's Brave Heart's signal!" Bright Heart Raccoon told the others. "So do you guys know what you have to do?"
"Leave Christy to us and Akito to the other ones." Dawn replied.
"And we'll leave your family to you." John added.
"And it looks like that Edwin is coming out." Vincent noticed.
"Edwin?" The others asked in surprise.
"Um, hey, guys..." Edwin said nervously.
"Well, well, if it isn't Mr. Salamone's favorite nephew?" Vincent glared with Felicity.
"I'm not sure, but I have a bad feeling about that cabin." Edwin said as he pointed to the cabin that the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins had entered in.
"Should we trust him?" Felicity wondered.
"Yes." Estelle answered for them.
"How can you tell?" Barbie asked.
"Because, right now he's just scared and homesick," Estelle replied. "Aren't you, Edwin?"
"Uncle Alphonse told my parents about how I was kinda mean to you guys and Eloise, so they made me come to this camp to change my attitude," Edwin sighed and bowed his head. "They thought some fresh air would be good for me by learning out the teamwork about camping out with other people."
"And has it worked?" Ken asked.
"I don't know..." Edwin sighed. "I just wanna go home. I didn't even wanna come here, but they made me!"
"You're feeling homesick." Barbie diagnosed.
"Homesick?" Edwin asked.
"Of course," Ken replied. "It's perfectly natural, especially with your first time at a new place like summer camp."
"Edwin, I know you miss your parents, but we're gonna need your help since you're not affected by Dark Heart." Estelle told the nephew of the Plaza Hotel manager.
"Dark Heart?" Edwin asked. "Uh, by any chance, does he have red eyes and sometimes turn into red smoke?"
"That's him!" Felicity replied.
"He's currently a grave danger for the Care Bears and their family." Barbie added.
"Then I think that they're in big trouble." Edwin replied.
"It wouldn't surprise me," Barbie replied. "Can we count on you to help us?"
"Yes, you can." Edwin promised, sincerely meaning it this time.
Everyone soon split up to do what they needed to do, and where they had no time to lose.
Brave Heart and Tender Heart soon opened the door and walked inside of it. Brave Heart then had the other Care Bears and their cousins come into the door with them. Soon enough, once they were both inside, the door closed right behind them. Once the door closed, it seemed to vanish from inside the cabin and a certain spider smirked in victory over this before laughing wickedly. "They walked right into my trap! Now, that I have the entire Care Bear family in my power, all the love and kindness in the world will soon be no more!"
Meanwhile, back with the others...
It was beginning to look as though True Heart and Noble Heart were the Care Bear family's only hope, but they were still away, unknowingly still chasing Dark Heart's shadow, but after attacking his shadow with their Care Bear Stare, they soon realized that they were on a wild goose chase. They soon ran to hurry back before they would be too late. Little did they know, they were already too late.
Meanwhile with the others...
Dark Heart laughed as he came to see the trapped Care Bear family in his grasp, and where they were all in one place.
"Looking for me?" Dark Heart deeply laughed before snapping his fingers to trap them all.
"Hey, are you okay?" Harmony Bear asked the others.
All of the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins were now caged up and the key to the locks of their cages appeared around Dark Heart's neck.
"Now I have you all." Dark Heart grinned darkly.
"You can't keep us in here, Dark Heart!" Brave Heart glared.
"Oh, I don't intend to," Dark Heart smirked. "I have a very special place all set-" he then yawned a bit. "But that'll have to be until I rest..." he then suddenly hiccuped and turned into an alligator before leaving. "I shall be back... Shortly..." He then continued to hiccup on his way out, transforming into different animals.
Things looked pretty grim for the Care Bears.
"Now we're all here." A light blue bear sulked.
"That's the plan, Bedtime Bear," Tender Heart told him. "We wanted to get caught We're strongest when we're all together, so now we can make a unified stand against Dark Heart." He soon whistles out for something.
The star and heart came out and soon came to his calling for help.
"Hurry, little star buddy!" Brave Heart cried out. "We don't have much time!"
While the star was working on the lock, Akito and Christy were seen by the lake. Christy threw some rocks into the water even though it was after dark and most campers were supposed to be in their cabins by this time.
"Christy? Akito?" Estelle and Dawn asked.
"John? Dawn?" Christy asked.
"Estelle?" Akito added.
"What're you doing here?" Christy asked them. "Run away before he gets you too!"
"We're not leaving." Vincent said as he came out next to the twins with Felicity, Kelly, Edwin, Ken, and Barbie.
"He's right, Christy," Dawn added. "We're staying."
"We're gonna help." John nodded.
"We all are." Ken said.
"We're gonna make things the way they were just before Dark Heart came here." Kelly added bravely.
"That's right." Edwin said.
Christy got off of her place and looked back to her old friends. "Since I've been Camp Champ, I never made you do trash duty, or push you in the mud, well, no one laughs at you anymore when you trip or fall on your face, I won't let 'em!" she then told the blonde twins. "Oh, I can't go back to being a nobody. Not now."
"But you weren't a nobody." Akito said.
"You were always good at being friends with John and Dawn, and even us." Vincent added.
"And a friend is the most special person in the world." Kelly smiled.
"I made a bargain with him," Christy groaned out of frustration. "I had to keep my part of it, oh, it's too late... The damage has been done!"
"But it's not too late to make things right." Ken said.
"You were always the Marble Champ, Christy," John said as he handed the girl her marble back. "And that you did all by yourself."
"And not because of some skill that Dark Heart gave you." Vincent said.
"You can help us, Christy, you must believe in yourself," Felicity even helped as she was more motivated and inspired due to the help that her cousins gave her over the years. "The power is yours!"
"She's right." Edwin said.
Christy cupped her marble and soon realized that they were right. "Dawn! John! Wait for me!"
The others smiled as they could now all work together as one. They soon made their way to Dark Heart's cabin.
"It's so nice to see you helping us for a change, Edwin." Estelle smiled to the nephew of the Plaza Hotel manager.
"Uh, thanks, Estelle." Edwin replied with a smile back.