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Meanwhile, the residents of St Libory are still living their peaceful lives...\n\nThe song is called \"Watercolor\", and can be heard in Portuguese (with English subtitle) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siF2uhzpkXs\n\nCharacters and owners: https://inkbunny.net/s/2386369","description_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>Care Bear Family is in serious trouble at the hands of Klaus, while those who managed to escape are still trying to figure out what happened. Meanwhile, the residents of St Libory are still living their peaceful lives...<br /><br />The song is called &quot;Watercolor&quot;, and can be heard in Portuguese (with English subtitle) at <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siF2uhzpkXs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siF2uhzpkXs</a><br /><br />Characters and owners: <a href=\"https://inkbunny.net/s/2386369\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://inkbunny.net/s/2386369</a></span>","writing":"[center][b]The Care Bears\nUnited Hearts\n1st Part\nChapter 05[/b][/center]\n\n*****\n- Everything is ready? – asked Tumi, at the end of the boat.\n- Yes, my friend, don't worry about me - replied Perfect excitedly, at the other end of the canoe.\n- Then cast the net!\nAnd at the same time the boy and the panda bear cast a fishing net into the central lake in Paradise Valley. The two took advantage of the early afternoon to fish a little, despite being the hottest time of day. Not to mention that they needed to capture their dinner, as Polite was going to make fish stew that night with banana cream, which was a delicacy in the village.\nMeanwhile, the female panda bear and Tami were on the bank, with Kriskun resting beside them, who kept cheering for the success of the two little fishermen.\n- I think today they will catch several fish - said the girl with a smile.\n- We don't need that many fish, just enough for everyone including me – replied the female panda – But they're good fishermen, and they won't sweat it out.\n- But if we catch enough fish, we won't need to come fishing tomorrow...\n- But where would we keep so many fish like that? – Kriskun asked his granddaughter with a small smile – Besides that there would be an imbalance in the waters, which is not good for any species.\n- Today we need to preserve, so that tomorrow we can enjoy – added Polite – We cannot fish without responsibility, or we will have problems of all kinds. Today we only take what we consume, so that we can sleep peacefully.\n- Yeah... You're right - Tami agreed with an embarrassed smile, as she watched her brother and bear friend pick up the hammock.\nCertainly that was too heavy for both of them, but they would never accept help, mainly because they wanted to demonstrate that they were strong enough to fish alone, even if it was a whale. That's not quite what they caught, but there was a dolphin caught in the net, and Tumi quickly cut the fibers that held the animal and returned it to the waters.\n- I'm happy for the attitude you had, you saved this dolphin that was trapped in the net - Perfect said with satisfaction.\n- It wouldn't do to pull it into the canoe, after all we would sink or we wouldn't be able to eat its meat before it spoiled. Better to let him live, isn't it? - Retorted the boy, and the panda smiled at that comment.\nThat's when they heard a familiar noise in the sky, and soon they saw a cloud car quickly approaching. Those on the bank also noticed the vehicle coming, and Tami giggled.\n- See Polite, looks like Goodluck Bear came to visit you - the girl said with a wink to her friend.\n- Or maybe to say when we will get married – the female panda bear replied with a big smile, while her eyes sparkled – A big ceremony I want to have, so that none of our friends can forget. Whether here or at Kingdom of Caring, what matters is that I want to be right next to my bear.\nTami smiled and at her furry friend, hearing those words so cute and full of love, while Kriskun frowned slightly as she saw the occupants of the approaching vehicle.\n- But Goodluck isn't with them - declared the old village chief.\n- What? - Polite asked in a surprised tone, since rarely other bears or cousins visited the valley, with the exception of her fiancé.\nSeconds later the cloud car landed, and Bright Heart, Grams Bear, Hugs and Tugs jumped out of the vehicle, which fell apart immediately. In addition to the four, there was also a robotic creature, which Tami immediately recognized as Cubot, the robot with a heart. Polite had never seen the cybernetic friend of the Care Bear Family, but one thing the young female panda clearly realized was the nervousness and concern on the faces of the five visitors.\n- HH-Hello guys, how are you? – the purple raccoon asked, forcing a smile when he and the others approached the panda, the old native and the girl – II-I think you are surprised to see us here...\n- We certainly didn't expect to see you here in the valley - Kriskun declared with a slight smile, shaking the young inventor's hand - But all Care Bear Family members are always welcome in our village, and I'm glad to see- them here...\n- Bright Heart? Grams? What happened? Where is Goodluck? Why didn't he come with you? – Polite asked, suspecting that something was wrong and starting to feel distressed, so much so that she didn't even remember to rhyme her questions.\nFor a few seconds everyone looked at each other, not sure what to say, when again the sound of a cloud car cut the skies with a single occupant. For a second the young female panda thought it was her fiancé, but as soon as the vehicle landed, Share Bear jumped out and hurried to her friends.\n- Are you all right? Didn't you get hurt? – asked the lilac female bear, holding Grams Bear's hands – I was so worried that you wouldn't be able to get here… And our friends? Has anyone else managed to escape?\n- To run away? - Tami repeated looking at Share and Grams - What's going on? Who needs to run away?\n- And where is my fiance Goodluck Bear?!? - Polite exclaimed getting more and more nervous and worried, especially after hearing the words of the newcomer - What are you hiding?!? Where is he?!?\n- Polite, we... I... - the raccoon began to babble, swallowing - You'll have to be strong, as well as all of us... But we'd better wait for Perfect and Tumi to arrive, and then we can talk best...\nThis didn't take long to happen, as the panda bear and the boy paddled to shore when they saw the first cloud car descend, and after tying up the boat securely, they both ran to their friends.\n- How are you, Bright Heart? What made you come to such a far away place? – asked the panda, squeezing the raccoon's hand, before looking in Cubot's direction – And who is this stranger? I don't remember having seen him...\n- I'm Cubot, the robot with a heart – the machine replied happily, displaying a red heart as a symbol on his tin belly – I've never been to Paradise Valley before, but I've heard about you and your sister from Tumi and Tami.\n- How nice you came to see our house, Cubot - said the boy with a wide smile, before looking at Grams and the cubs - And you too, Hugs and Tugs! I'm sure our friends in the village will be very happy to play with you again...\n- Yes... We'll like to play with you... - replied the small female bear without much animation.\n- Yeah, for sure... - agreed the little male bear with a sad expression.\nThat dismay was something completely different from the usual animation of the two cubs, which attracted Perfect's attention, and left Polite even more agonized with the certainty that something really bad had happened.\n- Enough of hesitating, you must now speak! – the female panda bear declared firmly – Don't stay in this death silence anymore, tell at once where Goodluck is!\nBright Heart looked at his friends sadly and worriedly, as if he had no words to express what he was feeling. That's when Grams Bear just nodded slightly, as if to say the raccoon should move on. With a deep sigh, he faced the two panda brothers.\n- Okay, I won't hide what happened... - he said in a sad tone - The Kingdom of Caring was invaded by a human army at dawn, and the Care Bear Family was taken prisoner.\n- What?!? – Kriskun shouted sharply – What do you mean prisoners?!? Who would have the courage to invade the Kingdom of Caring like that?!?\n- Someone who had the courage to betray his own kind - muttered Grams Bear with a sigh - The same despicable creature trying to destroy us fifty years ago... And who has now invaded our home, our Kingdom, making our friends prisoners...\n- And who is this creature so despicable? - asked the old carib.\n- Our greatest enemy, General Klaus – was Flower's harsh and dry answer – He's back, and our friends are now in his hands... Only we managed to escape...\nHearing this, Polite's eyes widened and they nearly popped out of their sockets.\n- Wait a minute, only you guys did it... - His voice came out only as a desperate murmur - So you mean that... That Goodluck didn't... That he stayed there! ...\nThe raccoon shook his head, signaling that the lucky bear hadn't been able to get away. The young female panda was momentarily paralyzed by that news. Her fiance was now a prisoner of a psychopath! What should he be suffering from right now? Was he still alive? Would they still live happily together as she had dreamed of?\nThat's when everyone heard the sound of another cloud car approaching, with engine trouble, and when they looked up, they saw Amigo Bear and Aqua Bear in the vehicle, which landed right next to them.\n- Friend Bear! Aqua! You also managed to escape! – Share shouted excitedly, running to hug the two newcomers, even knowing that the sea bear certainly wouldn't let her go anytime soon.\n- Estaba cerca, pero logramos (It was close, but we made it) - said the polyglot bear with a relieved sigh, before opening a slight smile - And I'm happy to seeu here too.\n- How did you two manage to escape? - Bright Heart asked curiously - Did you hear when I made the emergency radio call? What about Shimmers, Lonesome, Redemption and Hector?\n- No, pero I found Aqua fighting an entire army, and then I managed to rescue him and we came here. The others...\n- Lonesome and Redemption were taken by Sky Heart and Longbow to some safe place, while we left Hector and Shimmers in the secret hideout for them to recover - the bear dolphin explained quickly, still hugging Share Bear - I stayed behind to fight the invaders and allow our friends to flee. Those guys aren't kidding, they're much better prepared for me than King Rat's army... But could anyone else get away?\n- Just Secret, he was with us when we left the Kingdom of Caring - explained Grams Bear with a thoughtful look - I hope it's okay with him, and with our friends...\nSuddenly, Perfect gave a cry of despair and ran towards the cloud car where Aqua and Amigo Bear had arrived.\n- No! – shouted Aqua, releasing Share and running to grab the panda as he guessed his thoughts – It's too dangerous, they're too well armed! I couldn't fight them myself, and I only managed to escape because of Amigo Bear's help. Besides, it won't do any good if you go there and end up being imprisoned, or even killed!\n- But I need to go, I need to save Harmony! – the panda bear shouted desperately – Please don't leave me in this agony! She's there all alone, and I need to go save her! Or else those crazy invaders might kill her!\n- Aqua is right, it's too risky! - Bright Heart agreed, approaching Perfect, who was still struggling to board the cloud car, when the vehicle finally fell apart - We came here because that way we could put together a rescue plan with you... Now calm down, and let's go think together what to do.\nPerfect was still struggling to free himself from the sea bear's arms, but he knew Aqua had a real crab hug and wouldn't let go. When the cloud car disappeared, the panda bear just stopped and started crying on his friend's shoulder, worried about what might be happening to his beloved.\nPolite, for her part, had remained silent the entire time, shocked at the news brought by her friends and trying to imagine what Goodluck was going through at the hands of enemies as dangerous as that General Klaus and his army. Suddenly, she just felt dizzy, and collapsed on the floor in a faint.\n- Polite! Polite! – screamed Perfect when he saw his sister unconscious, giving Aqua a push and running towards her – Please wake up my beloved sister!\n- Quick, we need to put her in some comfortable bed! - cried Grams Bear quickly - Aqua, can you help us transport Polite?\n- Of course I do - said the sea bear, pointing a finger in the direction of the young female panda, whose body began to glow and float - Where will we go?\n- Take her to my bedroom at Grandpa Kriskun's house, it's closer than the pandas' house - Tami quickly offered, before turning to her grandfather - You don't mind, do you Grandpa Kriskun?\n- No way, take her and use whatever you need, quickly - concluded the old Caribbean, as Grams Bear, Perfect and Aqua headed towards the village leader's house, carrying Polite unconscious.\n- Espero que todo esté bien para ella (I hope everything goes well with her)... - Amigo Bear muttered watching his friends walk away, before turning to Bright Heart - So, mi amigo, do you have any idea what we should do?\n- Honestly not... - said the young inventor, lowering his head and giving a sad sigh - I never thought I would be in this situation... I don't think even Mr Frank imagined that this would happen after so many years...\n- Frank? Frank Heartom? He is alive? - asked the old Caribbean, looking at Bright Heart in surprise.\n- Alive and wanting to help our people, including you - replied the raccoon - But speaking of which, Secret appeared here?\n- No, he didn't show up - replied Tumi, who stood beside Hugs and Tugs, comforting the two cubs.\n- Why? Should he come here too? - asked Tami worriedly.\n- Yes, he should have come - confirmed the cub female bear.\n- But if he's not here, where is he now? – inquired the cub male bear.\nEveryone looked at each other worried about Secret's disappearance. What had happened to him that he had not been able to reach the valley? Had he been captured by Klaus' army? In addition, they were also worried about the friends who couldn't escape. How would they be now?\n*****\nQuickly the cloud car carrying Sky Heart, Longbow Wolf, Lonesomeheart and Redemptionheart approached the earth, and the female warrior bear did not stop crying for an instant all the way worried about what could be happening to Aqua. She really felt guilty about leaving her mate behind, after all they had both been together since they were cubs, and she couldn't imagine what her life would be like without her dolphin bear around.\nThe other three occupants of the vehicle, although they were also worried about the sea bear, remained calmer and tried to comfort the hot pink female bear as best they could while she cried desperately.\n- Don't worry, my dear sister, everything will be alright... - said the doctor bear with a friendly smile, holding Lonesome's paw - Aqua is a good fighter, and he will manage to escape those bastards...\n- How am I not going to worry?!? Aqua stayed there, alone, having to face all those armed humans! – the female warrior bear screamed as tears flowed from her eyes – What if something happens to him? What if he can't defend himself or run away?!? I should have stayed there, next to my dolphin bear!...\n- But Aqua wanted to see you and us safe, and he was the one who ordered us out of there - pondered the sniper wolf in a gentle and calm tone - And I agree with Redemption, your partner is very smart and agile, he will manage if rid of those invaders and help our friends.\n- I'll never forgive myself if something happens to him!... - Lonesome said in her disheartening cry - Aqua is my life, I love him with all my heart... If something happens, I don't even know how I do...\n- Don't think of it that way, Lonesome – Sky Heart interrupted quickly, only looking sideways at his friend – As Redemption and Longbow said, he asked to be left behind, so that we could be safe. And that will certainly make him able to focus more on fighting.\n- Exactly, think of it this way, Aqua knows we're safe, so he can use all his knowledge to fight those humans - Redemption agreed in an encouraging tone - Plus, he's been through a lot of sticky situations before, and he's always known how to act. You will see! Very soon we will all be together again, celebrating yet another Care Bear Family victory!\nAll those words of comfort, and all those displays of affection and trust from her friends made Lonesome finally begin to calm down, and realized that they were right in saying that Aqua would rather see them safe and sound so he could fight recklessly, or having to divert his attention to helping his friends while they fought. Taking a deep breath and sniffling, she slowly looked up and gave Redemption and Longbow a tiny smile.\n- You're right, Aqua certainly prefers it that way… - she muttered, wiping her tears - Thank you for making me feel better…\n- You don't have to thank us for anything, my dear sister - Redemption said amiably, hugging the hot pink female bear, when she finally saw that the cloud car was almost down to the ground - After all, where are we?\n- At my home in the Rocky Mountains - Longbow replied with a smile, as the vehicle landed in a clearing among the trees and collapsed as its occupants disembarked - Now come with me.\nThe trio of bears followed the gray wolf to a small slope covered with bushes and rocks. Longbow quickly raised her right hand, palm pointing forward, and a large boulder began to glow until it simply disappeared, revealing what appeared to be the entrance to a cave or an old abandoned mine.\n- I always keep the entrance to my house magically camouflaged, to avoid unwanted visitors - explained the hostess as she entered that dank and dark corridor, and magically torches lit the walls - But you are more than desired visitors, so no problem some in you enter.\nQuickly Sky followed his girlfriend like someone already familiar with the path, while Redemption and Lonesome walked side by side down the hallway, the doctor supporting the warrior, until they reached the back of the cave. It was clean, dry, and large enough for Longbow to live comfortably, but there were several boxes piled in the corners, and the furniture was in disarray.\n- Wow, what a mess! - exclaimed the colored female bear with a surprised look - I thought you were more organized with your things, Longbow.\n- And usually I am, but I didn't count on some lunatic breaking into the Kingdom of Caring and preventing me from finishing my move there – replied the wolf as she arranged four chairs for everyone to sit on – Sky Heart finally convinced me it was time to definitely join the Care Bear Family and be close to him.\n- Oh! So that means he finally asked you to date! - exclaimed Lonesome with a teasing chuckle - Congratulations on your courage, Sky Heart, I hope you two are very happy together!\n- Oh... WW-Well... II-I just convinced Longbow to go live in the Kingdom of Caring - said the guardian bear blushing with embarrassment - And now is not the time to talk about it, but to try to find out what happened.\n- That's true, we need to find out who the invaders are – agreed the gray wolf, sitting down and placing her bow on the table – What amazes me is that they apparently managed to take over the entire Kingdom of Caring without any kind of resistance by part of the Care Bear Family...\n- What did you want? We were taken by surprise, there was no way to defend ourselves! - Redemption retorted with a frown - These soldiers are very well armed and trained, not even the magic of Aqua and Lonesome was enough to fight.\n- What about Shimmers? Where was he at the time of the invasion? – Sky Heart asked quickly – And most importantly, why wasn't he fighting that army of humans alongside you two and Aqua?\nLonesome and Redemption looked at each other in silence for a few moments with a worried expression, hesitating to answer that question. This attracted Sky's attention, who used his telepathic powers to listen to the minds of the two bears.\n- Were you torturing Shimmers and Hector with tickles?!? – he yelled after a few seconds, with a completely indignant expression – How dare you do that to a child?!? And what's this about Champ and Confidence getting kicked out of the Kingdom of Caring?!?\n- We were just following the founders' orders - muttered the female warrior bear, frowning and crossing her arms, facing the mage bear - Shimmers lied about not knowing Confidence's secret, so Nobleheart and Trueheart decided that he should be punished like a way to teach all Care Bear Family members never to lie again.\n- In addition, Champ and Confidence were tried for treason, lying and plot, not to mention that fennec tortured me - the doctor quickly added - And since Hector could not return home, it was decided that he would be initiated into the Care Bear Family of a fun way.\n- This is no excuse, neither to expel the two sportsmen from the CBF, nor to torture our friend or that boy! – said Sky Heart, gritting his teeth – For starters, I can't even conceive of the idea that the Care Bear Family has condemned Hector to this fate!\n- Sky is correct, torturing a child for 24 hours non-stop is not fun, it's a crime - Longbow said in a firm tone, also looking amazed at the two bears - This doesn't seem like something the Care Bear Family would do if they were in their full judgment!\n- What are you trying to say? – Lonesome asked, grinding her teeth in the direction of the gray female wolf – That we acted like crazy to judge those two traitors, and decide to teach a lesson to Shimmers and Hector?!?\n- Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying! Unless you were drunk, drugged or under a spell, you wouldn't dare do that! By the way, knowing you guys, I really think the last option is the most viable!\n- Enough! – ordered Sky Heart with the same tone he used with his troops in Edron, which immediately made the two bears and the wolf shut up – Longbow said something that makes sense. Perhaps Redemption, Lonesome and Aqua support this kind of decision because they love to tickle others, but it's certainly not the kind of thing Swift Heart, Loyal, Gentle Heart, Harmony or Lotsa likes. There is only one explanation why they agreed to act this way, they weren't thinking straight and something was interfering with their real feelings. And while you were preoccupied with tickling our friend, the Kingdom of Caring was left unprotected and an easy target for an invasion.\n- So you're implying that the Care Bear Family was bewitched just because they decided to tickle Hector and Shimmers? – Redemption asked irritated, but no longer as firm as before – And that this prevented us from defending ourselves against the invasion?\n- With Shimmers being exhausted and powerless, being tickled by the only other two members who could organize some resistance, is a big possibility. Furthermore, Confidence also has magical powers, and with her out of the way, it would be easy for any enemy to break into Care-a-lot and capture all the bears and cousins without any resistance.\n- Not to mention that most of the CBF members wouldn't have agreed to torture Hector if there wasn't something influencing their minds - Longbow commented with a slight frown - You both know that No Heart knows all kinds of influencing spells, and he may have used something like that against you.\nRedemption and Lonesome were silent again, thoughtful, beginning to wonder if indeed the wolf and the guardian bear were correct. After all, as much as the doctor and the warrior loved to tickle someone, they were really right in saying that the Kingdom of Caring was left unprotected, and much of the Care Bear Family would never have agreed to torture Hector.\n- If you're right, what should we do now? – asked the hot pink female bear after a few moments – How can we help our friends and expel the invaders from the Kingdom of Caring?\n- We first need to find Aqua and Shimmers, and then we'll all go to the castle of No Heart and try to find out if he has anything to do with it – Sky replied quickly – Only then will we be able to prepare a plan to attack the enemy and release the Care Bear Family.\n- If No Heart is involved in this, he'll get what he deserves! - said Redemption confidently, trying to light her symbol in the belly as a sign of fight against the wizard, but nothing happened - Huh? What happened? Why can't I use my Stare?!?\n- What? – Lonesome asked in a surprised tone, and she herself closed her eyes and tried to create a balloon using her Stare, but to her surprise, she couldn't even connect with her feelings – I can't use my Stare either! I can't even see my inner light!\n- You two are kidding, aren't you? - Longbow inquired with a worried look, seeing the two female bears try again and fail - Heavens, this doesn't look good to me...\n- Stand still and try one more time, while I do a magic sweep on you two - said Sky Heart, closing his eyes and placing his hands on Lonesome and Redemption's shoulders as they tried once more to find the inner light - I can sense that there is some kind of spell in the two of you that is inhibiting Stare's use.\n- This can only be No Heart's thing! – exclaimed the gray wolf, punching the table – Surely he used some spell that corrupted the Care Bear Family, to prevent the bears and cousins from using the Stare!\n- Damn, that makes sense... - murmured the medical bear, biting her lips in concern - But what about you, Sky Heart? You weren't there with us, were you also affected by this witchcraft?\nThe guardian bear just closed his eyes for a moment and concentrated.\n- \"I can still see my inner light shining\" - he said telepathically, at the same moment his tummy symbol lit up for a second - It seems that really I wasn't affected by this magic, maybe because I wasn't in the Kingdom of Caring when this was released about the Care Bear Family. But I feel like it's not safe for me to use my Stare.\n- And why not? – asked Lonesome with a surprised expression – You weren't affected by this spell, and you know we need cloud cars to go back to Care-a-lot and re-encounter Aqua and Shimmers!\n- Yes, I know that! But what if No Heart casts some extra spell that shows him if any bears and cousins can still use the Stare? This will attract the attention of him and his new allies, and if we weren't already able to fight them in the Kingdom of Caring, imagine here!\n- Sky Heart is right, we can't risk him creating a cloud car with his Stare, and minutes later having an enemy army at our door - agreed Longbow, getting up from her chair and standing beside her companion.\n- But how can we go back to Kingdom of Caring, without being able to create cloud cars? – asked Redemption a little annoyed – We would need a flying machine to do this!\n- If that's the problem, that old human friend from the Care Bear Family we met at the Annual Caring Fair has a helicopter. Maybe he can help us.\n- WW-Well, it's an option, but... - the female warrior bear stuttered nervously - II-I don't know if Frank Heartom would agree to help us now... After...\n- After? – Sky Heart asked looking in the direction of his young friend, before giving a sigh and rolling his eyes – What did you do with him?\n- It's just that... During the Champ and Confidence trial... The Care Bear Family... We... - the medical bear scratched her head with a sheepish smile and frightened look - We practically expelled Frank from the Kingdom of Caring...\n- You what?!? - shouted Sky Heart and Longbow.\n- Frank was trying to defend Champ and Confidence, and Nobleheart was furious about it and threatened to use the Stare against that human - Lonesome said, swallowing - Forest Ranger intervened in time and convinced the old man and his assistant that they had better leave...\n- And you still insisted that you weren't under an influence spell - commented the gray wolf rolling her eyes - I'm not even going to get into the fact that Frank Heartom is one of the most powerful men in the world, but you didn't realize the consequences to the Care Bear Family if you had hurt that old man?!?\nThe two bears just lowered their heads, starting to feel sorry for everything they had done in the past two days, and realizing how easily they and the Care Bear Family were influenced by the No Heart spell.\n- \"Honestly, I feel very angry, disappointed and embarrassed with the way you acted\" - said Sky Heart telepathically, with his arms crossed and staring grimly at the doctor and the warrior - \"Now besides we have to find a way to find Frank, we still have to ask for forgiveness and convince him to help us.”\n- The old man's company headquarters is in New York, and we can travel there by bus or train - commented the gray wolf, quickly walking to a box and taking out a thick and colorful booklet - This is an annual general guide, with all times and airlines, bus, train and nautical lines. By the way, do you have valid identity documents among humans? They are needed when purchasing tickets.\n- I have an ID card... - Redemption said still feeling sad, and taking the document out of her tummy symbol - When I went to medical school, Noble and True helped me get all the necessary documents, using the birth certificate that Audrianna...\nTears formed in the female medical bear's eyes, remembering her former protector and human friend, and she had to fight back a strong sob of emotion as Lonesome just rubbed her shoulders amicably.\n- We already understand, my little sister, you don't need to explain anything – said the pink bear with a kind smile, before turning to Longbow – I have no documents, only my identity as a member of the Care Bear Family.\n- I also don't have valid documents among humans - Sky commented quickly, before giving a slight giggle - I think it would be practically impossible for me to be able to prove my place of origin and date of birth.\n- Never say it's impossible - replied the gray female wolf in a mysterious tone - So only Redemption and I have identity documents, this means that we can't go by train or plane, as it's impossible to get tickets without presenting a ID. All that remains is for us to go on second or third class bus lines, making several transfers and hoping that no one asks for our documentation during the journey. I will research the best routes and times.\nSaying that, Longbow sat back in her chair and began to read, with Sky Heart sitting beside her. Lonesome and Redemption, on the other hand, just sat silently in a corner of the cave, holding hands trying to comfort each other and absorbing everything they'd discovered in the past few minutes, while secretly wishing that their friends were okay and that Frank could forgive the Care Bear Family, agreeing to help them again...\n*****\nIt was time for the students to present to Sofia how their group stories had turned out. In the first, Edgar had been chosen to read at the front of the room. But before he started, someone knocked on the door, and moments later a red-nosed boy appeared.\n- May I help? - Asked the female bear to the boy, who stood there, surprised.\n- Wow! – he exclaimed – So they were telling the truth, our teacher is really a bear.\n- Ah, you must be Mario – commented the teacher, with a smile – Your mother had called earlier saying that you had a doctor appointment and would only enter the second class. Nice to meet you, I'm Sofia.\n- It's my pleasure, teacher. I can enter?\n- It came just in time, Edgar was going to start telling the story of his group. Did someone explain to you how the game went?\n- Yes, it's too bad I wasn't there… - the boy said sadly, sitting down next to Lionel.\n- Don't worry, we'll do it again for you to participate in the future - Sofia said with a smile - Now let's hear the story. You can start, Edgar.\nThe boy took a deep breath, and with a giggle, began to tell the absurd story that he and his friends invented from the joke that the teacher had played a few days before.\n- “Anthony was in his favorite pub, on one of those Friday nights that seem to be the right moment for someone to vent their anger against everything. While drinking guarana, he saw his friend Jeremiah on the other side, looking at a catalog of cosmetic products. 'But why, after all, is he doing this?' thought Anthony, getting up and going to his friend. “Hey, Jeremiah, how are you?” he asked as he approached. \"I'm fine, how about you?\" replied his friend calmly. ‘After all, what are you doing, looking at this women's magazine? There are only manicure and makeup products...’, said the first one. \"You know what, tomorrow is my wife's birthday and I'm looking for something to give her,\" explained Jeremiah, looking at the catalog and then at his friend, \"What do you suggest?\" Anthony didn't have time to respond, as there was a hullabaloo in the pub, and then Leonardo de Capri came in through the door, looking good and well dressed. 'Give her his autograph,' suggested the first. \"All right,\" agreed the second, walking over to the actor. Anthony was waiting to see Jeremiah being chased away from the actor, when suddenly the local television reported that the city's basketball team had won an important game, and at the same time, everyone roared with happiness, going out into the street and dancing merengue, which was the team's music. It was only then that Anthony found Jeremiah. 'And then? Did you get the autograph?” asked the first. ‘More than that, Leo agreed to go to my wife's party just because he is also a fan of the team. Isn't that great?” exclaimed Jeremiah, giving Anthony a huge hug as they celebrated their victory.”\n- You guys knew how to put together the story, although Leonardo de Capri would hardly go to a birthday party just because he's rooting for the same team as the protagonist – Sofia commented with a giggle – Congratulations to the group. Now, let's hear the story of the other group, and it's Anita who will tell. You can start.\nThe girl cleared her throat and with a mischievous smile began to tell the story that she and her group made.\n- “Jim Carrey was in the cemetery the other day, putting flowers on Marylin Monroe's grave when he came face to face with the President of the United States blowing soap bubbles in his path. 'Hey, Clinton! I bet I know how to make balls that are bigger and longer-lasting than yours', exclaimed the comedian. 'Oh, I want to see this one,' replied the president. Jim started bubbling a lot, and he and Clinton turned it into a real dispute, and soon the whole way was covered in soapy water. That's when the two heard a scream, and behold, Lady Di appears running and frightened along the way. 'Help!' she cried, 'there's a dragon behind me'. 'Why, Diana, dragons don't exist...', began the president, as a huge black dragon appeared in front of the trio, who began to shriek in fear. 'What were you saying, Clinton?' asked the actor slyly as the three of them hurried through the cemetery. The scaly being was right behind them, and was about to catch them when, as they rounded a bend, they bumped into He-Man. 'Do not worry! I have the strength', said the hero, drawing his sword and stepping on the reptile, while Lady Di, the president and the actor stayed hidden in one of the tombs, waiting for the battle to end. 'Go, finish him!', they shouted, until He-Man hit the dragon in the chest, and the animal fell apart quickly, as it had died. The president then gave the hero a medal, Jim signed an autograph, and Lady Di gave a kiss, and the four left the cemetery very happy to be alive.”\n- This one was really good - said the bear, practically laughing with the story that was presented to her, as the whole class did - Both stories were really good...\n- They must be, even Lionel is laughing - Elias pointed at the taciturn boy, who was having a great time.\n- They're absurd, that's what's cool - Lionel commented with a small smile.\n- Exactly, these stories are absurd – continued the teacher, now calmer – What we did was create an unreal situation, each one collaborating with an idea, and then let our own imagination take care of the rest. With our imagination, we can do whatever we want, and that's what makes dreaming and learning more fun.\n- But this game was nice, since math classes are boring... - Joyce said, rolling her eyes.\n- What do you have against math classes? – Mario questioned, frowning – They are as fun as what you guys did now.\n- That doesn't count for you, geek - Trevor replied, smiling - You love math classes, talking about fractions and saying weird math, whereas we don't!\n- So I ask you, Trevor, are math classes really boring or is it just prejudice you have towards them? – Sofia asked quickly – Who here plays video games?\nQuickly Mario, Elias, Trevor and Watson raised their hands.\n- Very well - continued the bear with a smile - Let's do something interesting. You are a video game team, you are playing together a game you like...\n- Super Mario! - Elias suggested with a teasing little laugh at Mario.\n- Watch out or I'll show up coming out of your bathroom faucet - replied the smart boy with a wink.\n- So you are playing Super Mario – said the teacher, going to the blackboard – As a team, you have to defeat another team by number of points. Let's say it's a team of girls, made up of Joyce, Anita, Ellen and Cynthia, who are trying to cross a yellow line on the floor.\n- Hey! But there's no such thing in Super Mario - Trevor complained.\n- Now in my game there is - said the female bear with a sweet smile - Well, let's go. Every time a boy stops one of the girls from crossing the line, he gets ten points. Every time a girl manages to cross, she gets ten points. So let's play now. Come with me!\nEveryone was surprised when the teacher motioned for them to follow her out of the room, heading to the school yard. Sofia drew a yellow line on the floor and asked the girls to stand in front of her.\n- Now the boys will have to prevent the girls from going to the other side, but it's not worth dropping on the ground or hurting, okay? - she asked in a caring way - Four rounds, and let's see what happens. Let's go!\nQuickly the girls ran towards the yellow strip on the ground, while the boys tried to stop them from passing. Mario grabbed Anita's arm, but she already had her feet above the sash. Trevor stepped in front of Ellen and didn't let her pass, as did Cynthia and Watson. Elias, trying to hold Joyce, ended up tripping and falling to the ground, but not hurting himself. In the second round, Anita was stopped by Trevor, Ellen managed to get past Watson, Cynthia couldn't escape Elias and Joyce also couldn't escape Mario.\nThe other children had formed a circle around them, cheering on their friends and counting the points, while Sofia jotted down each move on a piece of paper. In the third round, Anita didn't get rid of Watson, Ellen couldn't get past Elias, but Cynthia and Joyce managed to get past Mario and Trevor, respectively. In the last round, Anita got past Elias, Ellen got past Mario, Cynthia got caught by Trevor and Joyce got rid of Watson.\n- Very well, children, now let's go back to the room and see who won! - said the female bear excitedly, when everyone returned to the classroom and sat in their chairs, eagerly awaiting the outcome of the fun competition - Well, here's the team scores. The boys scored eighty points, and the girls... They also scored eighty points! Congratulations to everyone! Now, what was the match point total?\n- One hundred and sixty! – Elijah replied quickly.\n- And if we divided these points equally among the eight participants, how much would each one have on average?\n- Twenty! - Sara said with a smile, after doing the math.\n- But what if the boys had managed to prevent two other girls from crossing the line, what would have been the end result?\n- Boys would have 100 points and girls 60 - Mario replied happily.\n- And if everyone had earned 40 points, how much would the grand total be?\n- It would be 320 points in total - Chris said doing the math in the notebook.\n- And what's the name of what we're doing now? – Sofia questioned with a mischievous and satisfied smile on her lips.\nAll the students looked at each other, surprised by that question, not knowing what to answer, until Mario raised his hand and, looking at Elias askance, answered:\n- It's called Mathematics!\n- Exactly, we're doing math, we're dealing with numbers, we're having a math class - said the bear cheerfully, looking at the surprised and amazed students - But instead of just looking at a blackboard full of numbers, we're dealing with numbers in a real and fun situation, an absurd situation in which our imaginations kicked in. After all, which one of you there hasn't really imagined playing a video game? I imagined myself. Again I say, imagination takes care of everything, it's so much fun to dream. With your imagination, you may not be in this classroom right now, but in a very far away place, and at the same time be aware that it is a real female bear who is teaching you, and that besides being a teacher, she wants to be your friend. Imagination is beautiful, and with it we can do whatever we want...\n\nWatercolor, in Portuguese (English subtitle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siF2uhzpkXs\n\n[i][center]In a sheet of paper\nI draw a yellow sun\nAnd with five or six lines\nIt is easy to draw a castle\n\nI trace the pencil around\nMy hand and I get a glove\nAnd if I make it rains with\nTwo dashes I get an umbrella\n\nIf a little drop of paint drips on\nA small blue portion of the sheet\nIn a second I imagine a beautiful\nSeagull flying in the sky…\n\nShe keeps flying, contouring\nThe immense north-south line\nI go along with her travelling\nTo Hawaii, Beijing and Istanbul\nI paint a sailboat, white, sailing\nThere's so much sky\nAnd sea in a blue kiss...\n\nA beautiful pink and red airplane\nEmerges among the clouds\nColoring the surroundings\nWith its flashing lights\n\nYou wonder and it is flying\nAway, serene and beautiful\nAnd if we wish, it will land...\n\nIn any sheet of paper\nI draw a departing ship\nWith a few good friends in it,\nDrinking and celebrating life…\n\nFrom one America to\nAnother I can go in a second\nA spin a simple pair of compasses\nAnd with a circle I draw the world…\n\nA boy walks, and by\nWalking he reaches a wall\nAnd over this wall, not too far\nFrom it, the future is waiting for us…\n\nAnd the future is a spaceship\nWhich we try to drive\nThere is no time, nor mercy,\nNor right time to arrive\nWithout asking permission\nIt changes our lives\nAnd then it invites\nUs to laugh or cry...\n\nOn this road, it's not our job\nTo know or see what will come\nNobody knows for sure\nWhere it will take us\nWe are all crossing a\nBeautiful footbridge\nPainted in a watercolor which\nSomeday will finally discolor...\n\nIn a sheet of paper\nI draw a yellow sun\n(Which will discolor)\nAnd with five or six lines\nIt is easy to draw a castle\n(Which will discolor)\nA spin a simple pair of compasses\nAnd with a circle I draw the world\n(Which will discolor...)[/center][/i]\n\nCertainly the children were delighted with Sofia, as they had never had a teacher as nice and companion as her. And the female bear, in turn, had never felt anything so good for a group of students as for that group of 13 children. That would be a year of discoveries for everyone, but deep down what really mattered was learning, love and imagination...\n*****\nKlaus stood with his arms crossed, facing Nobleheart, waiting for a response from the horse. The eagle had a bored face, as he had been waiting for an answer for over an hour, but as he was “kind”, he allowed the prisoner bears and cousins to get together to talk about the matter. Deep down, he knew what the answer would be, but that didn't really matter to him either, as his plans covered all the possibilities.\n- Very well, you have had enough time to discuss, now I want the answer – said the general, showing a little impatience – Are you going to make me a perpetual Führer of the Kingdom of Caring or not?\nThe founding couple took a step forward, while Tenderheart and Braveheart stood behind them as the natural leaders of the Care Bear Family, all facing the enemy grimly and trying to show as much courage as possible.\n- You will never be the leader of this place! - Nobleheart said dryly, with a frown - It was already a mistake to have accepted you as deputy in the days of San Martin, and we will not repeat that mistake!\nKlaus stopped smiling at once, and his face closed into a merciless indifference, an attitude that was perhaps more dangerous in him than showing anger. Slowly he approached Noble, not saying anything, just that same immobile expression, not showing his real feelings. Only his light breathing could be heard, in contrast to the heavy, nervous breathing of the horse, who stared at his opponent.\nSuddenly the eagle opened a small evil smile as he stopped in front of the horse, and in an explosion of hatred, grabbed Noble by the neck and threw him to the ground with all his strength, digging his claws into the arms of the horse, which screamed in pain. And the more he screamed, the more Klaus took pleasure in hurting him, punching and kicking him with tremendous fury and bloody eyes, not giving the Care Cousin a chance to protect himself.\n- Ihre shit! Verdammt! Nimm dies und das! Es ist, was er verdient! Son of a bitch! (You shit! Damn! Take this, and more! It's what you deserve. Son of a bitch!) – the eagle screamed in his fury, hitting Noble, who lay bloodied on the ground – You think you're better than me, but you're not! I'm so much better than you. I am your leader, the new leader of this world! Take more of this, you bastard!\nThe other bears even tried to come over to help the patriarch, but the soldiers quickly pointed their guns at them, pushing them brutally back as their general pummeled the horse over and over.\n- Stop this! - Trueheart yelled, crying at the sight of her husband's situation - Stop, you bastard! Do not do it, please!...\nAfter much hitting and wounding, the eagle stopped his attack on Nobleheart, rising and dropping the horse to the ground. It was a sad and shocking scene for everyone to see their patriarch there, stretched out, breathing hard, all bruised, bleeding and unable to even speak. Blood trickled from his nose and mouth, and his eyes immediately swelled up from the blows he'd taken to his face. His body was also all bruised, scratched and even with deep cuts. Groaning in pain, Noble looked at Klaus in terror, knowing he could be killed by him at any moment.\nBut that was not the eagle's intention, as he snorted with rage and hatred as he shot homicidal glances at hiss opponent. Gradually he recovered with all his haughtiness and malice that characterized him as a good Nazi, but still with that same look.\n- Very well, you bastards, you've chosen your destinies - Klaus said in a baleful tone, looking coldly in the direction of the bears and cousins, before turning back to his men - Colonel Fritz! Take Noble Heart to solitary, and leave him there until I say otherwise!\n- Ja, mein Herr - the human said respectfully, making a hand signal as two soldiers brutally grabbed Nobleheart and dragged him away, barely conscious.\n- No! No! You can't do this to Noble! – Trueheart screamed desperately when she saw her husband being taken away, while she was held back by two soldiers – Please, Klaus! For all that is most sacred! I beg you, don't hurt him or my cubs!\n- Bunch of bastards, I'd love to teach them a lesson… - Braveheart started muttering with his fists clenched in anger, but at the same moment Colonel Fritz approached and slapped the lion on the head, causing him to fall to the ground. Quickly the feline was dragged over to the eagle, who knelt to see him.\n- Oh, so the little lion wants to teach us a lesson? - Klaus questioned in a malicious tone, grabbing Braveheart's mane and looking into his eyes - Very well, I think you will debut the toys I prepared for the Care Bear Family. Paulo, take him to the torture room! And Trueheart too, so she knows who she's dealing with!\nThat Brazilian sergeant, with his broad mustache, approached with six other soldiers and grabbed the Care Cousin and the founding bear, dragging them away. The other members of the Care Bear Family did try to fight to defend their friends, but the General just drew his revolver and fired a shot into the air, before aiming in the direction of his other prisoners.\n- Shut up, or it will be worse for them! – Klaus demanded in an angry tone – They will stay in prison until they learn to respect the Führer! And if any more of you complain, you will have the same fate, not before going through the same thing Noble went through.\n- YY-You can't do that to them! - protested Grumpy, trembling with fear, not even daring to complain.\n- WW-Why do you have to be so cruel to us? - Love-a-lot asked, crying and being comforted by Tenderheart, who was also crying.\n- What prison are you talking about? – Goodluck asked curiously, staring at the eagle with a frown – There is no prison in the Kingdom of Caring...\n- But now there is, thanks to the help and information that No Heart has given me in recent years - the bird explained with a sarcastic expression - So there's nothing easier than converting Care-a-lot's gym into a prison to keep the Care Bear Family under control. And rest assured that all of you, at one time or another, will experience the new solitary room...\nEveryone widened their eyes when they heard this, afraid of what more was to come with that crazy eagle with all the power and having no one to stop him.\n- And what are you going to do with us? - asked Treat Heart, trembling with fear.\n- For now you will be our slaves and will help us transform the Kingdom of Caring into our base of operations - Klaus continued calmly - But as I said, I also have other plans for you in the future. Now it's time to deal with the present. Fritz! Take the prisoners to the place where they will receive the tools. And if any of them try anything, don't hesitate to open fire!\nThe bears and cousins trembled with fear as they were forced to file single and out of the Hall of Heart, escorted by soldiers towards the Forest of Feelings. On the way, they saw Noble, True and Braveheart being dragged to the gym, where they would be tortured until they changed their minds about naming Klaus the supreme leader of the Kingdom of Caring.\n- What will we be now? - asked Treat Heart in a sad and crying voice.\n- What will become of them, too - said Love-a-lot, desperate.\n- We can only count on those who managed to escape to bring help - Cheer Bear commented in a low voice - I hope they can find Champ, as he will be able to help us...\n- You there, shut up! – shouted one of the soldiers, giving a slap in the face of Cheer Bear – You are not allowed to speak! Now walk!\nThe young female bear wept in pain, for she had never been treated that way. How she wanted this whole thing to be a horrible nightmare, and how she wanted Champ to be by her side, not a prisoner, but coming to free her along with the others. Now even Confidence's help would be vital. Would Bright Heart and the others who fled be able to find the two sportsmen and all of them together free their friends? Where were they now?\n*****\nFrom a very young age, Architect Tigress lived up to her name, having a great facility to design innovative projects for facades, gardens, furniture or residential and commercial interiors. And although she didn't have an architecture firm, the orange feline always had a good clientele, whether because of her friends in St Libory or through her recommendation for services.\nThat afternoon, she was in her small studio, working on the design of a tree-lined facade for an oriental goods store in a nearby town. That was what she most liked to do, calculate possibilities, innovate in shapes and materials, arouse good feelings in people just by seeing something beautiful. Calmly she used the square and the compass, trying to create a curved vault that resembled an Arab construction, when the sound of something breaking reached the ears of the tigress.\n- Oh, dammit!... - she heard her husband Caretaker mutter, at the same time that the little Lifeguard Ti-cat started to laugh.\nArchitect giggled to herself, stopping work and going to find her husband and daughter to see what had happened. She quickly found them in the kitchen, the small female feline was on the table, with a doll in her hands, while the blue cat collected several cutlery on the floor.\n- Well, at least I see that you didn't break anything and didn't get hurt either - she said playfully, looking at her husband - But I'd really like to know how the drawer with the cutlery ended up on the floor...\n- I was putting away the lunch forks, when Lifeguard came crying and showed me her broken doll - Caretaker explained looking at his wife - So I was helping her fix the doll, and when I turned around, I elbowed the cutlery drawer .\n- The way you are careful with everything, it's admirable that you cause an accident like that - the tigress commented with a giggle, before looking at her daughter and the toy, who had an arm bandaged for fun - Oh, you little doll did you break your arm, daughter?\nThe little ti-cat smiled and nodded, showing the toy to her mother and nodding to her father.\n- Did Daddy Caretaker help you heal the doll? – Architect asked in a sweet tone, receiving another positive nod – Good, Daddy Caretaker is a great doctor, and you are a great nurse. You didn't get hurt by the bumbling daddy, did you?\n- Nu-uh - Lifeguard replied happily, quickly rising to her feet and giving her mother a big hug, who smiled sweetly.\n- Oh, what a nice hug! - said the tigress taking her daughter on her lap - And you're getting bigger and heavier every day! That way you'll soon become a young lady...\n- Intense said that, unlike Internum, Diligent, Detailed, Books, and her own, the new cubs look like they will have a growth pattern equal to what we had in San Martin - commented the blue cat finishing collecting the cutlery - She also said that she doesn't know why this happened, but that even Peaceful is growing faster since she won her brothers and sisters.\n- I sometimes wonder if this has something to do with the Care Bear Family, as almost all cubs born since then have had this kind of slower growth, with the exception of Samurai and Sakura, and all those born after Engineer. Speaking of which, where is he now?\n- The last time I saw him, he was playing with his building blocks in the bedroom. And I'm not that clumsy, that title is still from Worker...\nArchitect giggled and quickly kissed her husband's cheek.\n- Okay, you're not clumsy, but the best father and husband in the world – the tigress replied gently – I think that's enough work for today, how about we take the evening to go for a walk?\n- Walk! Walk! - exclaimed Lifeguard excitedly.\n- Looks like someone here is very excited about this idea - said Caretaker with a wink at his daughter, picking her up - So let's get your big brother and take a walk to Aunt Mother's shop.\nThe small female feline clapped her hands happily at that idea as she and her parents headed for the bedrooms. As they passed the half-open door of the draftsman's small office, the mom saw Engineer with a pencil in his hand, leaning over the drawing table she had been working on a few minutes earlier, doodling.\n- Engineer! No! - she screamed desperately, quickly entering the room.\nThe young male ti-cat gulped and jumped at the sound of his mother's scream, seeing her looking worried and irritated as she approached him. But in the next second, everything disappeared from her face, except for the amazement, when she picked up the blueprints to examine what the cub had done and found that he had just drawn a perfect Arabian dome, just as she had imagined.\n- Engineer Ti-cat, what have we already told you about scribbling Mom's papers? – Caretaker questioned seriously, looking at his son who shrank back in fear, before turning to his wife – Did he spoil your work a lot?\n- Mommy mad? - Engineer asked a little worried - Sowwy...\n- Ah... I... No! He made it perfect! – the cat exclaimed, opening a big smile on her lips – This is amazing, he drew just what I needed the most and I couldn't do it correctly!\nFather and son just stared at the tigress with surprised expressions, almost as if they couldn't believe what she was saying. Finally the young ti-cat risked a small smile, and gave a relieved sigh.\n- Hey, little guy! I didn't say you did the right thing – said Architect, frowning slightly, but with a little smile on her lips – I may not be mad, but you can't scribble my papers like that. You got it? Do you promise you won't do it again?\n- Yeah, I plomise, sowwy Mommy - Engineer replied smiling even more, before hugging his mother happily and receiving a caring on the head.\n- At least we know who he pulled - Caretaker commented in an amused tone, before looking at his daughter and kissing her forehead - And also who you pulled, little nurse.\n- Yay! – Lifeguard gave a satisfied squeal, before looking at her parents – Walk?\n- Yes, we'll take a walk and go to Aunt Mother's store - replied Architect with a laugh, before extending her hand to his son - And on the way back, we can stop at Aunt Joyful's house for a delicious ice cream, as only she knows how to prepare!\n- Nice! – Engineer concluded, jumping for joy, as the four felines left for that fun ride...","writing_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'><div class='align_center'><strong>The Care Bears<br />United Hearts<br />1st Part<br />Chapter 05</strong></div><br /><br />*****<br />- Everything is ready? &ndash; asked Tumi, at the end of the boat.<br />- Yes, my friend, don&#039;t worry about me - replied Perfect excitedly, at the other end of the canoe.<br />- Then cast the net!<br />And at the same time the boy and the panda bear cast a fishing net into the central lake in Paradise Valley. The two took advantage of the early afternoon to fish a little, despite being the hottest time of day. Not to mention that they needed to capture their dinner, as Polite was going to make fish stew that night with banana cream, which was a delicacy in the village.<br />Meanwhile, the female panda bear and Tami were on the bank, with Kriskun resting beside them, who kept cheering for the success of the two little fishermen.<br />- I think today they will catch several fish - said the girl with a smile.<br />- We don&#039;t need that many fish, just enough for everyone including me &ndash; replied the female panda &ndash; But they&#039;re good fishermen, and they won&#039;t sweat it out.<br />- But if we catch enough fish, we won&#039;t need to come fishing tomorrow...<br />- But where would we keep so many fish like that? &ndash; Kriskun asked his granddaughter with a small smile &ndash; Besides that there would be an imbalance in the waters, which is not good for any species.<br />- Today we need to preserve, so that tomorrow we can enjoy &ndash; added Polite &ndash; We cannot fish without responsibility, or we will have problems of all kinds. Today we only take what we consume, so that we can sleep peacefully.<br />- Yeah... You&#039;re right - Tami agreed with an embarrassed smile, as she watched her brother and bear friend pick up the hammock.<br />Certainly that was too heavy for both of them, but they would never accept help, mainly because they wanted to demonstrate that they were strong enough to fish alone, even if it was a whale. That&#039;s not quite what they caught, but there was a dolphin caught in the net, and Tumi quickly cut the fibers that held the animal and returned it to the waters.<br />- I&#039;m happy for the attitude you had, you saved this dolphin that was trapped in the net - Perfect said with satisfaction.<br />- It wouldn&#039;t do to pull it into the canoe, after all we would sink or we wouldn&#039;t be able to eat its meat before it spoiled. Better to let him live, isn&#039;t it? - Retorted the boy, and the panda smiled at that comment.<br />That&#039;s when they heard a familiar noise in the sky, and soon they saw a cloud car quickly approaching. Those on the bank also noticed the vehicle coming, and Tami giggled.<br />- See Polite, looks like Goodluck Bear came to visit you - the girl said with a wink to her friend.<br />- Or maybe to say when we will get married &ndash; the female panda bear replied with a big smile, while her eyes sparkled &ndash; A big ceremony I want to have, so that none of our friends can forget. Whether here or at Kingdom of Caring, what matters is that I want to be right next to my bear.<br />Tami smiled and at her furry friend, hearing those words so cute and full of love, while Kriskun frowned slightly as she saw the occupants of the approaching vehicle.<br />- But Goodluck isn&#039;t with them - declared the old village chief.<br />- What? - Polite asked in a surprised tone, since rarely other bears or cousins visited the valley, with the exception of her fianc&eacute;.<br />Seconds later the cloud car landed, and Bright Heart, Grams Bear, Hugs and Tugs jumped out of the vehicle, which fell apart immediately. In addition to the four, there was also a robotic creature, which Tami immediately recognized as Cubot, the robot with a heart. Polite had never seen the cybernetic friend of the Care Bear Family, but one thing the young female panda clearly realized was the nervousness and concern on the faces of the five visitors.<br />- HH-Hello guys, how are you? &ndash; the purple raccoon asked, forcing a smile when he and the others approached the panda, the old native and the girl &ndash; II-I think you are surprised to see us here...<br />- We certainly didn&#039;t expect to see you here in the valley - Kriskun declared with a slight smile, shaking the young inventor&#039;s hand - But all Care Bear Family members are always welcome in our village, and I&#039;m glad to see- them here...<br />- Bright Heart? Grams? What happened? Where is Goodluck? Why didn&#039;t he come with you? &ndash; Polite asked, suspecting that something was wrong and starting to feel distressed, so much so that she didn&#039;t even remember to rhyme her questions.<br />For a few seconds everyone looked at each other, not sure what to say, when again the sound of a cloud car cut the skies with a single occupant. For a second the young female panda thought it was her fianc&eacute;, but as soon as the vehicle landed, Share Bear jumped out and hurried to her friends.<br />- Are you all right? Didn&#039;t you get hurt? &ndash; asked the lilac female bear, holding Grams Bear&#039;s hands &ndash; I was so worried that you wouldn&#039;t be able to get here&hellip; And our friends? Has anyone else managed to escape?<br />- To run away? - Tami repeated looking at Share and Grams - What&#039;s going on? Who needs to run away?<br />- And where is my fiance Goodluck Bear?!? - Polite exclaimed getting more and more nervous and worried, especially after hearing the words of the newcomer - What are you hiding?!? Where is he?!?<br />- Polite, we... I... - the raccoon began to babble, swallowing - You&#039;ll have to be strong, as well as all of us... But we&#039;d better wait for Perfect and Tumi to arrive, and then we can talk best...<br />This didn&#039;t take long to happen, as the panda bear and the boy paddled to shore when they saw the first cloud car descend, and after tying up the boat securely, they both ran to their friends.<br />- How are you, Bright Heart? What made you come to such a far away place? &ndash; asked the panda, squeezing the raccoon&#039;s hand, before looking in Cubot&#039;s direction &ndash; And who is this stranger? I don&#039;t remember having seen him...<br />- I&#039;m Cubot, the robot with a heart &ndash; the machine replied happily, displaying a red heart as a symbol on his tin belly &ndash; I&#039;ve never been to Paradise Valley before, but I&#039;ve heard about you and your sister from Tumi and Tami.<br />- How nice you came to see our house, Cubot - said the boy with a wide smile, before looking at Grams and the cubs - And you too, Hugs and Tugs! I&#039;m sure our friends in the village will be very happy to play with you again...<br />- Yes... We&#039;ll like to play with you... - replied the small female bear without much animation.<br />- Yeah, for sure... - agreed the little male bear with a sad expression.<br />That dismay was something completely different from the usual animation of the two cubs, which attracted Perfect&#039;s attention, and left Polite even more agonized with the certainty that something really bad had happened.<br />- Enough of hesitating, you must now speak! &ndash; the female panda bear declared firmly &ndash; Don&#039;t stay in this death silence anymore, tell at once where Goodluck is!<br />Bright Heart looked at his friends sadly and worriedly, as if he had no words to express what he was feeling. That&#039;s when Grams Bear just nodded slightly, as if to say the raccoon should move on. With a deep sigh, he faced the two panda brothers.<br />- Okay, I won&#039;t hide what happened... - he said in a sad tone - The Kingdom of Caring was invaded by a human army at dawn, and the Care Bear Family was taken prisoner.<br />- What?!? &ndash; Kriskun shouted sharply &ndash; What do you mean prisoners?!? Who would have the courage to invade the Kingdom of Caring like that?!?<br />- Someone who had the courage to betray his own kind - muttered Grams Bear with a sigh - The same despicable creature trying to destroy us fifty years ago... And who has now invaded our home, our Kingdom, making our friends prisoners...<br />- And who is this creature so despicable? - asked the old carib.<br />- Our greatest enemy, General Klaus &ndash; was Flower&#039;s harsh and dry answer &ndash; He&#039;s back, and our friends are now in his hands... Only we managed to escape...<br />Hearing this, Polite&#039;s eyes widened and they nearly popped out of their sockets.<br />- Wait a minute, only you guys did it... - His voice came out only as a desperate murmur - So you mean that... That Goodluck didn&#039;t... That he stayed there! ...<br />The raccoon shook his head, signaling that the lucky bear hadn&#039;t been able to get away. The young female panda was momentarily paralyzed by that news. Her fiance was now a prisoner of a psychopath! What should he be suffering from right now? Was he still alive? Would they still live happily together as she had dreamed of?<br />That&#039;s when everyone heard the sound of another cloud car approaching, with engine trouble, and when they looked up, they saw Amigo Bear and Aqua Bear in the vehicle, which landed right next to them.<br />- Friend Bear! Aqua! You also managed to escape! &ndash; Share shouted excitedly, running to hug the two newcomers, even knowing that the sea bear certainly wouldn&#039;t let her go anytime soon.<br />- Estaba cerca, pero logramos (It was close, but we made it) - said the polyglot bear with a relieved sigh, before opening a slight smile - And I&#039;m happy to seeu here too.<br />- How did you two manage to escape? - Bright Heart asked curiously - Did you hear when I made the emergency radio call? What about Shimmers, Lonesome, Redemption and Hector?<br />- No, pero I found Aqua fighting an entire army, and then I managed to rescue him and we came here. The others...<br />- Lonesome and Redemption were taken by Sky Heart and Longbow to some safe place, while we left Hector and Shimmers in the secret hideout for them to recover - the bear dolphin explained quickly, still hugging Share Bear - I stayed behind to fight the invaders and allow our friends to flee. Those guys aren&#039;t kidding, they&#039;re much better prepared for me than King Rat&#039;s army... But could anyone else get away?<br />- Just Secret, he was with us when we left the Kingdom of Caring - explained Grams Bear with a thoughtful look - I hope it&#039;s okay with him, and with our friends...<br />Suddenly, Perfect gave a cry of despair and ran towards the cloud car where Aqua and Amigo Bear had arrived.<br />- No! &ndash; shouted Aqua, releasing Share and running to grab the panda as he guessed his thoughts &ndash; It&#039;s too dangerous, they&#039;re too well armed! I couldn&#039;t fight them myself, and I only managed to escape because of Amigo Bear&#039;s help. Besides, it won&#039;t do any good if you go there and end up being imprisoned, or even killed!<br />- But I need to go, I need to save Harmony! &ndash; the panda bear shouted desperately &ndash; Please don&#039;t leave me in this agony! She&#039;s there all alone, and I need to go save her! Or else those crazy invaders might kill her!<br />- Aqua is right, it&#039;s too risky! - Bright Heart agreed, approaching Perfect, who was still struggling to board the cloud car, when the vehicle finally fell apart - We came here because that way we could put together a rescue plan with you... Now calm down, and let&#039;s go think together what to do.<br />Perfect was still struggling to free himself from the sea bear&#039;s arms, but he knew Aqua had a real crab hug and wouldn&#039;t let go. When the cloud car disappeared, the panda bear just stopped and started crying on his friend&#039;s shoulder, worried about what might be happening to his beloved.<br />Polite, for her part, had remained silent the entire time, shocked at the news brought by her friends and trying to imagine what Goodluck was going through at the hands of enemies as dangerous as that General Klaus and his army. Suddenly, she just felt dizzy, and collapsed on the floor in a faint.<br />- Polite! Polite! &ndash; screamed Perfect when he saw his sister unconscious, giving Aqua a push and running towards her &ndash; Please wake up my beloved sister!<br />- Quick, we need to put her in some comfortable bed! - cried Grams Bear quickly - Aqua, can you help us transport Polite?<br />- Of course I do - said the sea bear, pointing a finger in the direction of the young female panda, whose body began to glow and float - Where will we go?<br />- Take her to my bedroom at Grandpa Kriskun&#039;s house, it&#039;s closer than the pandas&#039; house - Tami quickly offered, before turning to her grandfather - You don&#039;t mind, do you Grandpa Kriskun?<br />- No way, take her and use whatever you need, quickly - concluded the old Caribbean, as Grams Bear, Perfect and Aqua headed towards the village leader&#039;s house, carrying Polite unconscious.<br />- Espero que todo est&eacute; bien para ella (I hope everything goes well with her)... - Amigo Bear muttered watching his friends walk away, before turning to Bright Heart - So, mi amigo, do you have any idea what we should do?<br />- Honestly not... - said the young inventor, lowering his head and giving a sad sigh - I never thought I would be in this situation... I don&#039;t think even Mr Frank imagined that this would happen after so many years...<br />- Frank? Frank Heartom? He is alive? - asked the old Caribbean, looking at Bright Heart in surprise.<br />- Alive and wanting to help our people, including you - replied the raccoon - But speaking of which, Secret appeared here?<br />- No, he didn&#039;t show up - replied Tumi, who stood beside Hugs and Tugs, comforting the two cubs.<br />- Why? Should he come here too? - asked Tami worriedly.<br />- Yes, he should have come - confirmed the cub female bear.<br />- But if he&#039;s not here, where is he now? &ndash; inquired the cub male bear.<br />Everyone looked at each other worried about Secret&#039;s disappearance. What had happened to him that he had not been able to reach the valley? Had he been captured by Klaus&#039; army? In addition, they were also worried about the friends who couldn&#039;t escape. How would they be now?<br />*****<br />Quickly the cloud car carrying Sky Heart, Longbow Wolf, Lonesomeheart and Redemptionheart approached the earth, and the female warrior bear did not stop crying for an instant all the way worried about what could be happening to Aqua. She really felt guilty about leaving her mate behind, after all they had both been together since they were cubs, and she couldn&#039;t imagine what her life would be like without her dolphin bear around.<br />The other three occupants of the vehicle, although they were also worried about the sea bear, remained calmer and tried to comfort the hot pink female bear as best they could while she cried desperately.<br />- Don&#039;t worry, my dear sister, everything will be alright... - said the doctor bear with a friendly smile, holding Lonesome&#039;s paw - Aqua is a good fighter, and he will manage to escape those bastards...<br />- How am I not going to worry?!? Aqua stayed there, alone, having to face all those armed humans! &ndash; the female warrior bear screamed as tears flowed from her eyes &ndash; What if something happens to him? What if he can&#039;t defend himself or run away?!? I should have stayed there, next to my dolphin bear!...<br />- But Aqua wanted to see you and us safe, and he was the one who ordered us out of there - pondered the sniper wolf in a gentle and calm tone - And I agree with Redemption, your partner is very smart and agile, he will manage if rid of those invaders and help our friends.<br />- I&#039;ll never forgive myself if something happens to him!... - Lonesome said in her disheartening cry - Aqua is my life, I love him with all my heart... If something happens, I don&#039;t even know how I do...<br />- Don&#039;t think of it that way, Lonesome &ndash; Sky Heart interrupted quickly, only looking sideways at his friend &ndash; As Redemption and Longbow said, he asked to be left behind, so that we could be safe. And that will certainly make him able to focus more on fighting.<br />- Exactly, think of it this way, Aqua knows we&#039;re safe, so he can use all his knowledge to fight those humans - Redemption agreed in an encouraging tone - Plus, he&#039;s been through a lot of sticky situations before, and he&#039;s always known how to act. You will see! Very soon we will all be together again, celebrating yet another Care Bear Family victory!<br />All those words of comfort, and all those displays of affection and trust from her friends made Lonesome finally begin to calm down, and realized that they were right in saying that Aqua would rather see them safe and sound so he could fight recklessly, or having to divert his attention to helping his friends while they fought. Taking a deep breath and sniffling, she slowly looked up and gave Redemption and Longbow a tiny smile.<br />- You&#039;re right, Aqua certainly prefers it that way&hellip; - she muttered, wiping her tears - Thank you for making me feel better&hellip;<br />- You don&#039;t have to thank us for anything, my dear sister - Redemption said amiably, hugging the hot pink female bear, when she finally saw that the cloud car was almost down to the ground - After all, where are we?<br />- At my home in the Rocky Mountains - Longbow replied with a smile, as the vehicle landed in a clearing among the trees and collapsed as its occupants disembarked - Now come with me.<br />The trio of bears followed the gray wolf to a small slope covered with bushes and rocks. Longbow quickly raised her right hand, palm pointing forward, and a large boulder began to glow until it simply disappeared, revealing what appeared to be the entrance to a cave or an old abandoned mine.<br />- I always keep the entrance to my house magically camouflaged, to avoid unwanted visitors - explained the hostess as she entered that dank and dark corridor, and magically torches lit the walls - But you are more than desired visitors, so no problem some in you enter.<br />Quickly Sky followed his girlfriend like someone already familiar with the path, while Redemption and Lonesome walked side by side down the hallway, the doctor supporting the warrior, until they reached the back of the cave. It was clean, dry, and large enough for Longbow to live comfortably, but there were several boxes piled in the corners, and the furniture was in disarray.<br />- Wow, what a mess! - exclaimed the colored female bear with a surprised look - I thought you were more organized with your things, Longbow.<br />- And usually I am, but I didn&#039;t count on some lunatic breaking into the Kingdom of Caring and preventing me from finishing my move there &ndash; replied the wolf as she arranged four chairs for everyone to sit on &ndash; Sky Heart finally convinced me it was time to definitely join the Care Bear Family and be close to him.<br />- Oh! So that means he finally asked you to date! - exclaimed Lonesome with a teasing chuckle - Congratulations on your courage, Sky Heart, I hope you two are very happy together!<br />- Oh... WW-Well... II-I just convinced Longbow to go live in the Kingdom of Caring - said the guardian bear blushing with embarrassment - And now is not the time to talk about it, but to try to find out what happened.<br />- That&#039;s true, we need to find out who the invaders are &ndash; agreed the gray wolf, sitting down and placing her bow on the table &ndash; What amazes me is that they apparently managed to take over the entire Kingdom of Caring without any kind of resistance by part of the Care Bear Family...<br />- What did you want? We were taken by surprise, there was no way to defend ourselves! - Redemption retorted with a frown - These soldiers are very well armed and trained, not even the magic of Aqua and Lonesome was enough to fight.<br />- What about Shimmers? Where was he at the time of the invasion? &ndash; Sky Heart asked quickly &ndash; And most importantly, why wasn&#039;t he fighting that army of humans alongside you two and Aqua?<br />Lonesome and Redemption looked at each other in silence for a few moments with a worried expression, hesitating to answer that question. This attracted Sky&#039;s attention, who used his telepathic powers to listen to the minds of the two bears.<br />- Were you torturing Shimmers and Hector with tickles?!? &ndash; he yelled after a few seconds, with a completely indignant expression &ndash; How dare you do that to a child?!? And what&#039;s this about Champ and Confidence getting kicked out of the Kingdom of Caring?!?<br />- We were just following the founders&#039; orders - muttered the female warrior bear, frowning and crossing her arms, facing the mage bear - Shimmers lied about not knowing Confidence&#039;s secret, so Nobleheart and Trueheart decided that he should be punished like a way to teach all Care Bear Family members never to lie again.<br />- In addition, Champ and Confidence were tried for treason, lying and plot, not to mention that fennec tortured me - the doctor quickly added - And since Hector could not return home, it was decided that he would be initiated into the Care Bear Family of a fun way.<br />- This is no excuse, neither to expel the two sportsmen from the CBF, nor to torture our friend or that boy! &ndash; said Sky Heart, gritting his teeth &ndash; For starters, I can&#039;t even conceive of the idea that the Care Bear Family has condemned Hector to this fate!<br />- Sky is correct, torturing a child for 24 hours non-stop is not fun, it&#039;s a crime - Longbow said in a firm tone, also looking amazed at the two bears - This doesn&#039;t seem like something the Care Bear Family would do if they were in their full judgment!<br />- What are you trying to say? &ndash; Lonesome asked, grinding her teeth in the direction of the gray female wolf &ndash; That we acted like crazy to judge those two traitors, and decide to teach a lesson to Shimmers and Hector?!?<br />- Yes, that&#039;s exactly what I&#039;m saying! Unless you were drunk, drugged or under a spell, you wouldn&#039;t dare do that! By the way, knowing you guys, I really think the last option is the most viable!<br />- Enough! &ndash; ordered Sky Heart with the same tone he used with his troops in Edron, which immediately made the two bears and the wolf shut up &ndash; Longbow said something that makes sense. Perhaps Redemption, Lonesome and Aqua support this kind of decision because they love to tickle others, but it&#039;s certainly not the kind of thing Swift Heart, Loyal, Gentle Heart, Harmony or Lotsa likes. There is only one explanation why they agreed to act this way, they weren&#039;t thinking straight and something was interfering with their real feelings. And while you were preoccupied with tickling our friend, the Kingdom of Caring was left unprotected and an easy target for an invasion.<br />- So you&#039;re implying that the Care Bear Family was bewitched just because they decided to tickle Hector and Shimmers? &ndash; Redemption asked irritated, but no longer as firm as before &ndash; And that this prevented us from defending ourselves against the invasion?<br />- With Shimmers being exhausted and powerless, being tickled by the only other two members who could organize some resistance, is a big possibility. Furthermore, Confidence also has magical powers, and with her out of the way, it would be easy for any enemy to break into Care-a-lot and capture all the bears and cousins without any resistance.<br />- Not to mention that most of the CBF members wouldn&#039;t have agreed to torture Hector if there wasn&#039;t something influencing their minds - Longbow commented with a slight frown - You both know that No Heart knows all kinds of influencing spells, and he may have used something like that against you.<br />Redemption and Lonesome were silent again, thoughtful, beginning to wonder if indeed the wolf and the guardian bear were correct. After all, as much as the doctor and the warrior loved to tickle someone, they were really right in saying that the Kingdom of Caring was left unprotected, and much of the Care Bear Family would never have agreed to torture Hector.<br />- If you&#039;re right, what should we do now? &ndash; asked the hot pink female bear after a few moments &ndash; How can we help our friends and expel the invaders from the Kingdom of Caring?<br />- We first need to find Aqua and Shimmers, and then we&#039;ll all go to the castle of No Heart and try to find out if he has anything to do with it &ndash; Sky replied quickly &ndash; Only then will we be able to prepare a plan to attack the enemy and release the Care Bear Family.<br />- If No Heart is involved in this, he&#039;ll get what he deserves! - said Redemption confidently, trying to light her symbol in the belly as a sign of fight against the wizard, but nothing happened - Huh? What happened? Why can&#039;t I use my Stare?!?<br />- What? &ndash; Lonesome asked in a surprised tone, and she herself closed her eyes and tried to create a balloon using her Stare, but to her surprise, she couldn&#039;t even connect with her feelings &ndash; I can&#039;t use my Stare either! I can&#039;t even see my inner light!<br />- You two are kidding, aren&#039;t you? - Longbow inquired with a worried look, seeing the two female bears try again and fail - Heavens, this doesn&#039;t look good to me...<br />- Stand still and try one more time, while I do a magic sweep on you two - said Sky Heart, closing his eyes and placing his hands on Lonesome and Redemption&#039;s shoulders as they tried once more to find the inner light - I can sense that there is some kind of spell in the two of you that is inhibiting Stare&#039;s use.<br />- This can only be No Heart&#039;s thing! &ndash; exclaimed the gray wolf, punching the table &ndash; Surely he used some spell that corrupted the Care Bear Family, to prevent the bears and cousins from using the Stare!<br />- Damn, that makes sense... - murmured the medical bear, biting her lips in concern - But what about you, Sky Heart? You weren&#039;t there with us, were you also affected by this witchcraft?<br />The guardian bear just closed his eyes for a moment and concentrated.<br />- &quot;I can still see my inner light shining&quot; - he said telepathically, at the same moment his tummy symbol lit up for a second - It seems that really I wasn&#039;t affected by this magic, maybe because I wasn&#039;t in the Kingdom of Caring when this was released about the Care Bear Family. But I feel like it&#039;s not safe for me to use my Stare.<br />- And why not? &ndash; asked Lonesome with a surprised expression &ndash; You weren&#039;t affected by this spell, and you know we need cloud cars to go back to Care-a-lot and re-encounter Aqua and Shimmers!<br />- Yes, I know that! But what if No Heart casts some extra spell that shows him if any bears and cousins can still use the Stare? This will attract the attention of him and his new allies, and if we weren&#039;t already able to fight them in the Kingdom of Caring, imagine here!<br />- Sky Heart is right, we can&#039;t risk him creating a cloud car with his Stare, and minutes later having an enemy army at our door - agreed Longbow, getting up from her chair and standing beside her companion.<br />- But how can we go back to Kingdom of Caring, without being able to create cloud cars? &ndash; asked Redemption a little annoyed &ndash; We would need a flying machine to do this!<br />- If that&#039;s the problem, that old human friend from the Care Bear Family we met at the Annual Caring Fair has a helicopter. Maybe he can help us.<br />- WW-Well, it&#039;s an option, but... - the female warrior bear stuttered nervously - II-I don&#039;t know if Frank Heartom would agree to help us now... After...<br />- After? &ndash; Sky Heart asked looking in the direction of his young friend, before giving a sigh and rolling his eyes &ndash; What did you do with him?<br />- It&#039;s just that... During the Champ and Confidence trial... The Care Bear Family... We... - the medical bear scratched her head with a sheepish smile and frightened look - We practically expelled Frank from the Kingdom of Caring...<br />- You what?!? - shouted Sky Heart and Longbow.<br />- Frank was trying to defend Champ and Confidence, and Nobleheart was furious about it and threatened to use the Stare against that human - Lonesome said, swallowing - Forest Ranger intervened in time and convinced the old man and his assistant that they had better leave...<br />- And you still insisted that you weren&#039;t under an influence spell - commented the gray wolf rolling her eyes - I&#039;m not even going to get into the fact that Frank Heartom is one of the most powerful men in the world, but you didn&#039;t realize the consequences to the Care Bear Family if you had hurt that old man?!?<br />The two bears just lowered their heads, starting to feel sorry for everything they had done in the past two days, and realizing how easily they and the Care Bear Family were influenced by the No Heart spell.<br />- &quot;Honestly, I feel very angry, disappointed and embarrassed with the way you acted&quot; - said Sky Heart telepathically, with his arms crossed and staring grimly at the doctor and the warrior - &quot;Now besides we have to find a way to find Frank, we still have to ask for forgiveness and convince him to help us.&rdquo;<br />- The old man&#039;s company headquarters is in New York, and we can travel there by bus or train - commented the gray wolf, quickly walking to a box and taking out a thick and colorful booklet - This is an annual general guide, with all times and airlines, bus, train and nautical lines. By the way, do you have valid identity documents among humans? They are needed when purchasing tickets.<br />- I have an ID card... - Redemption said still feeling sad, and taking the document out of her tummy symbol - When I went to medical school, Noble and True helped me get all the necessary documents, using the birth certificate that Audrianna...<br />Tears formed in the female medical bear&#039;s eyes, remembering her former protector and human friend, and she had to fight back a strong sob of emotion as Lonesome just rubbed her shoulders amicably.<br />- We already understand, my little sister, you don&#039;t need to explain anything &ndash; said the pink bear with a kind smile, before turning to Longbow &ndash; I have no documents, only my identity as a member of the Care Bear Family.<br />- I also don&#039;t have valid documents among humans - Sky commented quickly, before giving a slight giggle - I think it would be practically impossible for me to be able to prove my place of origin and date of birth.<br />- Never say it&#039;s impossible - replied the gray female wolf in a mysterious tone - So only Redemption and I have identity documents, this means that we can&#039;t go by train or plane, as it&#039;s impossible to get tickets without presenting a ID. All that remains is for us to go on second or third class bus lines, making several transfers and hoping that no one asks for our documentation during the journey. I will research the best routes and times.<br />Saying that, Longbow sat back in her chair and began to read, with Sky Heart sitting beside her. Lonesome and Redemption, on the other hand, just sat silently in a corner of the cave, holding hands trying to comfort each other and absorbing everything they&#039;d discovered in the past few minutes, while secretly wishing that their friends were okay and that Frank could forgive the Care Bear Family, agreeing to help them again...<br />*****<br />It was time for the students to present to Sofia how their group stories had turned out. In the first, Edgar had been chosen to read at the front of the room. But before he started, someone knocked on the door, and moments later a red-nosed boy appeared.<br />- May I help? - Asked the female bear to the boy, who stood there, surprised.<br />- Wow! &ndash; he exclaimed &ndash; So they were telling the truth, our teacher is really a bear.<br />- Ah, you must be Mario &ndash; commented the teacher, with a smile &ndash; Your mother had called earlier saying that you had a doctor appointment and would only enter the second class. Nice to meet you, I&#039;m Sofia.<br />- It&#039;s my pleasure, teacher. I can enter?<br />- It came just in time, Edgar was going to start telling the story of his group. Did someone explain to you how the game went?<br />- Yes, it&#039;s too bad I wasn&#039;t there&hellip; - the boy said sadly, sitting down next to Lionel.<br />- Don&#039;t worry, we&#039;ll do it again for you to participate in the future - Sofia said with a smile - Now let&#039;s hear the story. You can start, Edgar.<br />The boy took a deep breath, and with a giggle, began to tell the absurd story that he and his friends invented from the joke that the teacher had played a few days before.<br />- &ldquo;Anthony was in his favorite pub, on one of those Friday nights that seem to be the right moment for someone to vent their anger against everything. While drinking guarana, he saw his friend Jeremiah on the other side, looking at a catalog of cosmetic products. &#039;But why, after all, is he doing this?&#039; thought Anthony, getting up and going to his friend. &ldquo;Hey, Jeremiah, how are you?&rdquo; he asked as he approached. &quot;I&#039;m fine, how about you?&quot; replied his friend calmly. &lsquo;After all, what are you doing, looking at this women&#039;s magazine? There are only manicure and makeup products...&rsquo;, said the first one. &quot;You know what, tomorrow is my wife&#039;s birthday and I&#039;m looking for something to give her,&quot; explained Jeremiah, looking at the catalog and then at his friend, &quot;What do you suggest?&quot; Anthony didn&#039;t have time to respond, as there was a hullabaloo in the pub, and then Leonardo de Capri came in through the door, looking good and well dressed. &#039;Give her his autograph,&#039; suggested the first. &quot;All right,&quot; agreed the second, walking over to the actor. Anthony was waiting to see Jeremiah being chased away from the actor, when suddenly the local television reported that the city&#039;s basketball team had won an important game, and at the same time, everyone roared with happiness, going out into the street and dancing merengue, which was the team&#039;s music. It was only then that Anthony found Jeremiah. &#039;And then? Did you get the autograph?&rdquo; asked the first. &lsquo;More than that, Leo agreed to go to my wife&#039;s party just because he is also a fan of the team. Isn&#039;t that great?&rdquo; exclaimed Jeremiah, giving Anthony a huge hug as they celebrated their victory.&rdquo;<br />- You guys knew how to put together the story, although Leonardo de Capri would hardly go to a birthday party just because he&#039;s rooting for the same team as the protagonist &ndash; Sofia commented with a giggle &ndash; Congratulations to the group. Now, let&#039;s hear the story of the other group, and it&#039;s Anita who will tell. You can start.<br />The girl cleared her throat and with a mischievous smile began to tell the story that she and her group made.<br />- &ldquo;Jim Carrey was in the cemetery the other day, putting flowers on Marylin Monroe&#039;s grave when he came face to face with the President of the United States blowing soap bubbles in his path. &#039;Hey, Clinton! I bet I know how to make balls that are bigger and longer-lasting than yours&#039;, exclaimed the comedian. &#039;Oh, I want to see this one,&#039; replied the president. Jim started bubbling a lot, and he and Clinton turned it into a real dispute, and soon the whole way was covered in soapy water. That&#039;s when the two heard a scream, and behold, Lady Di appears running and frightened along the way. &#039;Help!&#039; she cried, &#039;there&#039;s a dragon behind me&#039;. &#039;Why, Diana, dragons don&#039;t exist...&#039;, began the president, as a huge black dragon appeared in front of the trio, who began to shriek in fear. &#039;What were you saying, Clinton?&#039; asked the actor slyly as the three of them hurried through the cemetery. The scaly being was right behind them, and was about to catch them when, as they rounded a bend, they bumped into He-Man. &#039;Do not worry! I have the strength&#039;, said the hero, drawing his sword and stepping on the reptile, while Lady Di, the president and the actor stayed hidden in one of the tombs, waiting for the battle to end. &#039;Go, finish him!&#039;, they shouted, until He-Man hit the dragon in the chest, and the animal fell apart quickly, as it had died. The president then gave the hero a medal, Jim signed an autograph, and Lady Di gave a kiss, and the four left the cemetery very happy to be alive.&rdquo;<br />- This one was really good - said the bear, practically laughing with the story that was presented to her, as the whole class did - Both stories were really good...<br />- They must be, even Lionel is laughing - Elias pointed at the taciturn boy, who was having a great time.<br />- They&#039;re absurd, that&#039;s what&#039;s cool - Lionel commented with a small smile.<br />- Exactly, these stories are absurd &ndash; continued the teacher, now calmer &ndash; What we did was create an unreal situation, each one collaborating with an idea, and then let our own imagination take care of the rest. With our imagination, we can do whatever we want, and that&#039;s what makes dreaming and learning more fun.<br />- But this game was nice, since math classes are boring... - Joyce said, rolling her eyes.<br />- What do you have against math classes? &ndash; Mario questioned, frowning &ndash; They are as fun as what you guys did now.<br />- That doesn&#039;t count for you, geek - Trevor replied, smiling - You love math classes, talking about fractions and saying weird math, whereas we don&#039;t!<br />- So I ask you, Trevor, are math classes really boring or is it just prejudice you have towards them? &ndash; Sofia asked quickly &ndash; Who here plays video games?<br />Quickly Mario, Elias, Trevor and Watson raised their hands.<br />- Very well - continued the bear with a smile - Let&#039;s do something interesting. You are a video game team, you are playing together a game you like...<br />- Super Mario! - Elias suggested with a teasing little laugh at Mario.<br />- Watch out or I&#039;ll show up coming out of your bathroom faucet - replied the smart boy with a wink.<br />- So you are playing Super Mario &ndash; said the teacher, going to the blackboard &ndash; As a team, you have to defeat another team by number of points. Let&#039;s say it&#039;s a team of girls, made up of Joyce, Anita, Ellen and Cynthia, who are trying to cross a yellow line on the floor.<br />- Hey! But there&#039;s no such thing in Super Mario - Trevor complained.<br />- Now in my game there is - said the female bear with a sweet smile - Well, let&#039;s go. Every time a boy stops one of the girls from crossing the line, he gets ten points. Every time a girl manages to cross, she gets ten points. So let&#039;s play now. Come with me!<br />Everyone was surprised when the teacher motioned for them to follow her out of the room, heading to the school yard. Sofia drew a yellow line on the floor and asked the girls to stand in front of her.<br />- Now the boys will have to prevent the girls from going to the other side, but it&#039;s not worth dropping on the ground or hurting, okay? - she asked in a caring way - Four rounds, and let&#039;s see what happens. Let&#039;s go!<br />Quickly the girls ran towards the yellow strip on the ground, while the boys tried to stop them from passing. Mario grabbed Anita&#039;s arm, but she already had her feet above the sash. Trevor stepped in front of Ellen and didn&#039;t let her pass, as did Cynthia and Watson. Elias, trying to hold Joyce, ended up tripping and falling to the ground, but not hurting himself. In the second round, Anita was stopped by Trevor, Ellen managed to get past Watson, Cynthia couldn&#039;t escape Elias and Joyce also couldn&#039;t escape Mario.<br />The other children had formed a circle around them, cheering on their friends and counting the points, while Sofia jotted down each move on a piece of paper. In the third round, Anita didn&#039;t get rid of Watson, Ellen couldn&#039;t get past Elias, but Cynthia and Joyce managed to get past Mario and Trevor, respectively. In the last round, Anita got past Elias, Ellen got past Mario, Cynthia got caught by Trevor and Joyce got rid of Watson.<br />- Very well, children, now let&#039;s go back to the room and see who won! - said the female bear excitedly, when everyone returned to the classroom and sat in their chairs, eagerly awaiting the outcome of the fun competition - Well, here&#039;s the team scores. The boys scored eighty points, and the girls... They also scored eighty points! Congratulations to everyone! Now, what was the match point total?<br />- One hundred and sixty! &ndash; Elijah replied quickly.<br />- And if we divided these points equally among the eight participants, how much would each one have on average?<br />- Twenty! - Sara said with a smile, after doing the math.<br />- But what if the boys had managed to prevent two other girls from crossing the line, what would have been the end result?<br />- Boys would have 100 points and girls 60 - Mario replied happily.<br />- And if everyone had earned 40 points, how much would the grand total be?<br />- It would be 320 points in total - Chris said doing the math in the notebook.<br />- And what&#039;s the name of what we&#039;re doing now? &ndash; Sofia questioned with a mischievous and satisfied smile on her lips.<br />All the students looked at each other, surprised by that question, not knowing what to answer, until Mario raised his hand and, looking at Elias askance, answered:<br />- It&#039;s called Mathematics!<br />- Exactly, we&#039;re doing math, we&#039;re dealing with numbers, we&#039;re having a math class - said the bear cheerfully, looking at the surprised and amazed students - But instead of just looking at a blackboard full of numbers, we&#039;re dealing with numbers in a real and fun situation, an absurd situation in which our imaginations kicked in. After all, which one of you there hasn&#039;t really imagined playing a video game? I imagined myself. Again I say, imagination takes care of everything, it&#039;s so much fun to dream. With your imagination, you may not be in this classroom right now, but in a very far away place, and at the same time be aware that it is a real female bear who is teaching you, and that besides being a teacher, she wants to be your friend. Imagination is beautiful, and with it we can do whatever we want...<br /><br />Watercolor, in Portuguese (English subtitle): <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siF2uhzpkXs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siF2uhzpkXs</a><br /><br /><em><div class='align_center'>In a sheet of paper<br />I draw a yellow sun<br />And with five or six lines<br />It is easy to draw a castle<br /><br />I trace the pencil around<br />My hand and I get a glove<br />And if I make it rains with<br />Two dashes I get an umbrella<br /><br />If a little drop of paint drips on<br />A small blue portion of the sheet<br />In a second I imagine a beautiful<br />Seagull flying in the sky&hellip;<br /><br />She keeps flying, contouring<br />The immense north-south line<br />I go along with her travelling<br />To Hawaii, Beijing and Istanbul<br />I paint a sailboat, white, sailing<br />There&#039;s so much sky<br />And sea in a blue kiss...<br /><br />A beautiful pink and red airplane<br />Emerges among the clouds<br />Coloring the surroundings<br />With its flashing lights<br /><br />You wonder and it is flying<br />Away, serene and beautiful<br />And if we wish, it will land...<br /><br />In any sheet of paper<br />I draw a departing ship<br />With a few good friends in it,<br />Drinking and celebrating life&hellip;<br /><br />From one America to<br />Another I can go in a second<br />A spin a simple pair of compasses<br />And with a circle I draw the world&hellip;<br /><br />A boy walks, and by<br />Walking he reaches a wall<br />And over this wall, not too far<br />From it, the future is waiting for us&hellip;<br /><br />And the future is a spaceship<br />Which we try to drive<br />There is no time, nor mercy,<br />Nor right time to arrive<br />Without asking permission<br />It changes our lives<br />And then it invites<br />Us to laugh or cry...<br /><br />On this road, it&#039;s not our job<br />To know or see what will come<br />Nobody knows for sure<br />Where it will take us<br />We are all crossing a<br />Beautiful footbridge<br />Painted in a watercolor which<br />Someday will finally discolor...<br /><br />In a sheet of paper<br />I draw a yellow sun<br />(Which will discolor)<br />And with five or six lines<br />It is easy to draw a castle<br />(Which will discolor)<br />A spin a simple pair of compasses<br />And with a circle I draw the world<br />(Which will discolor...)</div></em><br /><br />Certainly the children were delighted with Sofia, as they had never had a teacher as nice and companion as her. And the female bear, in turn, had never felt anything so good for a group of students as for that group of 13 children. That would be a year of discoveries for everyone, but deep down what really mattered was learning, love and imagination...<br />*****<br />Klaus stood with his arms crossed, facing Nobleheart, waiting for a response from the horse. The eagle had a bored face, as he had been waiting for an answer for over an hour, but as he was &ldquo;kind&rdquo;, he allowed the prisoner bears and cousins to get together to talk about the matter. Deep down, he knew what the answer would be, but that didn&#039;t really matter to him either, as his plans covered all the possibilities.<br />- Very well, you have had enough time to discuss, now I want the answer &ndash; said the general, showing a little impatience &ndash; Are you going to make me a perpetual F&uuml;hrer of the Kingdom of Caring or not?<br />The founding couple took a step forward, while Tenderheart and Braveheart stood behind them as the natural leaders of the Care Bear Family, all facing the enemy grimly and trying to show as much courage as possible.<br />- You will never be the leader of this place! - Nobleheart said dryly, with a frown - It was already a mistake to have accepted you as deputy in the days of San Martin, and we will not repeat that mistake!<br />Klaus stopped smiling at once, and his face closed into a merciless indifference, an attitude that was perhaps more dangerous in him than showing anger. Slowly he approached Noble, not saying anything, just that same immobile expression, not showing his real feelings. Only his light breathing could be heard, in contrast to the heavy, nervous breathing of the horse, who stared at his opponent.<br />Suddenly the eagle opened a small evil smile as he stopped in front of the horse, and in an explosion of hatred, grabbed Noble by the neck and threw him to the ground with all his strength, digging his claws into the arms of the horse, which screamed in pain. And the more he screamed, the more Klaus took pleasure in hurting him, punching and kicking him with tremendous fury and bloody eyes, not giving the Care Cousin a chance to protect himself.<br />- Ihre shit! Verdammt! Nimm dies und das! Es ist, was er verdient! Son of a bitch! (You shit! Damn! Take this, and more! It&#039;s what you deserve. Son of a bitch!) &ndash; the eagle screamed in his fury, hitting Noble, who lay bloodied on the ground &ndash; You think you&#039;re better than me, but you&#039;re not! I&#039;m so much better than you. I am your leader, the new leader of this world! Take more of this, you bastard!<br />The other bears even tried to come over to help the patriarch, but the soldiers quickly pointed their guns at them, pushing them brutally back as their general pummeled the horse over and over.<br />- Stop this! - Trueheart yelled, crying at the sight of her husband&#039;s situation - Stop, you bastard! Do not do it, please!...<br />After much hitting and wounding, the eagle stopped his attack on Nobleheart, rising and dropping the horse to the ground. It was a sad and shocking scene for everyone to see their patriarch there, stretched out, breathing hard, all bruised, bleeding and unable to even speak. Blood trickled from his nose and mouth, and his eyes immediately swelled up from the blows he&#039;d taken to his face. His body was also all bruised, scratched and even with deep cuts. Groaning in pain, Noble looked at Klaus in terror, knowing he could be killed by him at any moment.<br />But that was not the eagle&#039;s intention, as he snorted with rage and hatred as he shot homicidal glances at hiss opponent. Gradually he recovered with all his haughtiness and malice that characterized him as a good Nazi, but still with that same look.<br />- Very well, you bastards, you&#039;ve chosen your destinies - Klaus said in a baleful tone, looking coldly in the direction of the bears and cousins, before turning back to his men - Colonel Fritz! Take Noble Heart to solitary, and leave him there until I say otherwise!<br />- Ja, mein Herr - the human said respectfully, making a hand signal as two soldiers brutally grabbed Nobleheart and dragged him away, barely conscious.<br />- No! No! You can&#039;t do this to Noble! &ndash; Trueheart screamed desperately when she saw her husband being taken away, while she was held back by two soldiers &ndash; Please, Klaus! For all that is most sacred! I beg you, don&#039;t hurt him or my cubs!<br />- Bunch of bastards, I&#039;d love to teach them a lesson&hellip; - Braveheart started muttering with his fists clenched in anger, but at the same moment Colonel Fritz approached and slapped the lion on the head, causing him to fall to the ground. Quickly the feline was dragged over to the eagle, who knelt to see him.<br />- Oh, so the little lion wants to teach us a lesson? - Klaus questioned in a malicious tone, grabbing Braveheart&#039;s mane and looking into his eyes - Very well, I think you will debut the toys I prepared for the Care Bear Family. Paulo, take him to the torture room! And Trueheart too, so she knows who she&#039;s dealing with!<br />That Brazilian sergeant, with his broad mustache, approached with six other soldiers and grabbed the Care Cousin and the founding bear, dragging them away. The other members of the Care Bear Family did try to fight to defend their friends, but the General just drew his revolver and fired a shot into the air, before aiming in the direction of his other prisoners.<br />- Shut up, or it will be worse for them! &ndash; Klaus demanded in an angry tone &ndash; They will stay in prison until they learn to respect the F&uuml;hrer! And if any more of you complain, you will have the same fate, not before going through the same thing Noble went through.<br />- YY-You can&#039;t do that to them! - protested Grumpy, trembling with fear, not even daring to complain.<br />- WW-Why do you have to be so cruel to us? - Love-a-lot asked, crying and being comforted by Tenderheart, who was also crying.<br />- What prison are you talking about? &ndash; Goodluck asked curiously, staring at the eagle with a frown &ndash; There is no prison in the Kingdom of Caring...<br />- But now there is, thanks to the help and information that No Heart has given me in recent years - the bird explained with a sarcastic expression - So there&#039;s nothing easier than converting Care-a-lot&#039;s gym into a prison to keep the Care Bear Family under control. And rest assured that all of you, at one time or another, will experience the new solitary room...<br />Everyone widened their eyes when they heard this, afraid of what more was to come with that crazy eagle with all the power and having no one to stop him.<br />- And what are you going to do with us? - asked Treat Heart, trembling with fear.<br />- For now you will be our slaves and will help us transform the Kingdom of Caring into our base of operations - Klaus continued calmly - But as I said, I also have other plans for you in the future. Now it&#039;s time to deal with the present. Fritz! Take the prisoners to the place where they will receive the tools. And if any of them try anything, don&#039;t hesitate to open fire!<br />The bears and cousins trembled with fear as they were forced to file single and out of the Hall of Heart, escorted by soldiers towards the Forest of Feelings. On the way, they saw Noble, True and Braveheart being dragged to the gym, where they would be tortured until they changed their minds about naming Klaus the supreme leader of the Kingdom of Caring.<br />- What will we be now? - asked Treat Heart in a sad and crying voice.<br />- What will become of them, too - said Love-a-lot, desperate.<br />- We can only count on those who managed to escape to bring help - Cheer Bear commented in a low voice - I hope they can find Champ, as he will be able to help us...<br />- You there, shut up! &ndash; shouted one of the soldiers, giving a slap in the face of Cheer Bear &ndash; You are not allowed to speak! Now walk!<br />The young female bear wept in pain, for she had never been treated that way. How she wanted this whole thing to be a horrible nightmare, and how she wanted Champ to be by her side, not a prisoner, but coming to free her along with the others. Now even Confidence&#039;s help would be vital. Would Bright Heart and the others who fled be able to find the two sportsmen and all of them together free their friends? Where were they now?<br />*****<br />From a very young age, Architect Tigress lived up to her name, having a great facility to design innovative projects for facades, gardens, furniture or residential and commercial interiors. And although she didn&#039;t have an architecture firm, the orange feline always had a good clientele, whether because of her friends in St Libory or through her recommendation for services.<br />That afternoon, she was in her small studio, working on the design of a tree-lined facade for an oriental goods store in a nearby town. That was what she most liked to do, calculate possibilities, innovate in shapes and materials, arouse good feelings in people just by seeing something beautiful. Calmly she used the square and the compass, trying to create a curved vault that resembled an Arab construction, when the sound of something breaking reached the ears of the tigress.<br />- Oh, dammit!... - she heard her husband Caretaker mutter, at the same time that the little Lifeguard Ti-cat started to laugh.<br />Architect giggled to herself, stopping work and going to find her husband and daughter to see what had happened. She quickly found them in the kitchen, the small female feline was on the table, with a doll in her hands, while the blue cat collected several cutlery on the floor.<br />- Well, at least I see that you didn&#039;t break anything and didn&#039;t get hurt either - she said playfully, looking at her husband - But I&#039;d really like to know how the drawer with the cutlery ended up on the floor...<br />- I was putting away the lunch forks, when Lifeguard came crying and showed me her broken doll - Caretaker explained looking at his wife - So I was helping her fix the doll, and when I turned around, I elbowed the cutlery drawer .<br />- The way you are careful with everything, it&#039;s admirable that you cause an accident like that - the tigress commented with a giggle, before looking at her daughter and the toy, who had an arm bandaged for fun - Oh, you little doll did you break your arm, daughter?<br />The little ti-cat smiled and nodded, showing the toy to her mother and nodding to her father.<br />- Did Daddy Caretaker help you heal the doll? &ndash; Architect asked in a sweet tone, receiving another positive nod &ndash; Good, Daddy Caretaker is a great doctor, and you are a great nurse. You didn&#039;t get hurt by the bumbling daddy, did you?<br />- Nu-uh - Lifeguard replied happily, quickly rising to her feet and giving her mother a big hug, who smiled sweetly.<br />- Oh, what a nice hug! - said the tigress taking her daughter on her lap - And you&#039;re getting bigger and heavier every day! That way you&#039;ll soon become a young lady...<br />- Intense said that, unlike Internum, Diligent, Detailed, Books, and her own, the new cubs look like they will have a growth pattern equal to what we had in San Martin - commented the blue cat finishing collecting the cutlery - She also said that she doesn&#039;t know why this happened, but that even Peaceful is growing faster since she won her brothers and sisters.<br />- I sometimes wonder if this has something to do with the Care Bear Family, as almost all cubs born since then have had this kind of slower growth, with the exception of Samurai and Sakura, and all those born after Engineer. Speaking of which, where is he now?<br />- The last time I saw him, he was playing with his building blocks in the bedroom. And I&#039;m not that clumsy, that title is still from Worker...<br />Architect giggled and quickly kissed her husband&#039;s cheek.<br />- Okay, you&#039;re not clumsy, but the best father and husband in the world &ndash; the tigress replied gently &ndash; I think that&#039;s enough work for today, how about we take the evening to go for a walk?<br />- Walk! Walk! - exclaimed Lifeguard excitedly.<br />- Looks like someone here is very excited about this idea - said Caretaker with a wink at his daughter, picking her up - So let&#039;s get your big brother and take a walk to Aunt Mother&#039;s shop.<br />The small female feline clapped her hands happily at that idea as she and her parents headed for the bedrooms. As they passed the half-open door of the draftsman&#039;s small office, the mom saw Engineer with a pencil in his hand, leaning over the drawing table she had been working on a few minutes earlier, doodling.<br />- Engineer! No! - she screamed desperately, quickly entering the room.<br />The young male ti-cat gulped and jumped at the sound of his mother&#039;s scream, seeing her looking worried and irritated as she approached him. But in the next second, everything disappeared from her face, except for the amazement, when she picked up the blueprints to examine what the cub had done and found that he had just drawn a perfect Arabian dome, just as she had imagined.<br />- Engineer Ti-cat, what have we already told you about scribbling Mom&#039;s papers? &ndash; Caretaker questioned seriously, looking at his son who shrank back in fear, before turning to his wife &ndash; Did he spoil your work a lot?<br />- Mommy mad? - Engineer asked a little worried - Sowwy...<br />- Ah... I... No! He made it perfect! &ndash; the cat exclaimed, opening a big smile on her lips &ndash; This is amazing, he drew just what I needed the most and I couldn&#039;t do it correctly!<br />Father and son just stared at the tigress with surprised expressions, almost as if they couldn&#039;t believe what she was saying. Finally the young ti-cat risked a small smile, and gave a relieved sigh.<br />- Hey, little guy! I didn&#039;t say you did the right thing &ndash; said Architect, frowning slightly, but with a little smile on her lips &ndash; I may not be mad, but you can&#039;t scribble my papers like that. You got it? Do you promise you won&#039;t do it again?<br />- Yeah, I plomise, sowwy Mommy - Engineer replied smiling even more, before hugging his mother happily and receiving a caring on the head.<br />- At least we know who he pulled - Caretaker commented in an amused tone, before looking at his daughter and kissing her forehead - And also who you pulled, little nurse.<br />- Yay! &ndash; Lifeguard gave a satisfied squeal, before looking at her parents &ndash; Walk?<br />- Yes, we&#039;ll take a walk and go to Aunt Mother&#039;s store - replied Architect with a laugh, before extending her hand to his son - And on the way back, we can stop at Aunt Joyful&#039;s house for a delicious ice cream, as only she knows how to prepare!<br />- Nice! &ndash; Engineer concluded, jumping for joy, as the four felines left for that fun ride...</span>","pools_count":1,"title":"The Care Bears - United Hearts - Chapter 05","deleted":"f","public":"t","mimetype":"image/jpeg","pagecount":"1","rating_id":"2","rating_name":"Adult","ratings":[{"content_tag_id":"5","name":"Strong Violence","description":"Strong violence, blood, serious injury or death","rating_id":"2"}],"submission_type_id":"12","type_name":"Writing - Document","guest_block":"t","friends_only":"f","comments_count":"18","views":"33"}