Caring or Never Returning

by GMLWriter

Short Fuse Bear wasn’t always a Care Bear. Once, he was a boy who learned that anger was the only way to survive. Bullied, ignored, and hurt too many times, he built walls of rage to protect himself. But in Care-a-lot, where kindness rules, can he learn to let go—or will his fury trap him forever?

3. Chapter 2: First Morning in Care-a-lot

[A/N: I'm not sure which version of the Care Bears would I be using in this story. Let's just say I'm going to be using the "Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-lot version or should I say the 2012 version]

First Person POV - Tenderheart bear

It was a beautiful morning. The sun was up, the birds were chirping and it was a great day... well uh except for Short Fused Bear

I walked up to the red care bear who was sleeping on a blue sleeping bag on the floor. I examine Short Fused Bear and what got me intrigued what his belly badge which is a sticks of dynamite with a short fuse.

'Oh? Very fitting... I wonder why he is like this? I have to know..." I ponder to myself, thinking of what should I do to make Short Fused Bear open up as to why he had an temper.

Suddenly. Grumpy Bear pops up first thing in my mind

'Oh? Grumpy... I guess he can work with him... Ugh. It's either a disaster or a hilarious disaster' I chuckled to myself, thinking about the two moody Care Bears.

First Person POV - Short Fused Bear

"You're a loser!"

"You're so weak!"

"I bet your family abandoned you!"

"You're a pathetic loser!"

Cold sweat begins to forms, causing me to toss and turn a bit. My reoccurring nightmares of my past life still haunts me as of today.

"Hey Short Fuse. C'mon get up. Breakfast is ready"

My eyes snapped opened upon hearing Tenderheart's gentle and reassuring voice as he shook me awake.

I sat up, feeling the cold sweat, dripping from my brow. My eyes looked in every direction and then I clutched my chest

'Oh? It's a nightmare... Gosh! I'm never going to be able to sleep properly with those dreams keeping me in distress' I thought to myself, attempting to slow down my breathing.

"Uh... Are you okay Short Fused? I saw you tossing and turning" The orange Care bear seems to be concerned about me. His tone seems to be slightly worried.

"I'm fine... Okay" I sigh before I grunt. Therefore I got up and then doing a brief stretching.

The rays of sunlight hits my red fur, feeling the warmth of the sun.

I rubbed my eye a bit. My nose picked up a smell: Pancakes.

'Stupid Nightmares... Please... Just... Just go away dammit!' I muttered to myself, clutching my head and it the throbbing pain just slowly goes away.

My hand touched the staircase railing, feeling the smoothness of the wood on my paws. I immediately go down stairs to eat breakfast and by then my throbbing head pain were gone.