Bear Cousin Cubs. During their journey, a Red Sea serpent threatens them. It is revealed to be one of the many forms of Dark Heart, an evil shape-shifting mist that brings chaos to the land. They escape by following a rainbow up to the sky, while the boat transforms into the Cloud Clipper. Once taking the stranded rainbow, they reach the Great Wishing Star. This spirit gives the group their iconic "symbols", pictures that indicate each creature's role or specialty, which are attached to their chests. True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse, as the characters are named, become founders of the Kingdom of Caring, a land which comprises Care-a-Lot and the Forest of Feelings. For the Bears' first Caring Mission, True Heart and one of the cousins: Swift Heart Rabbit travel to Earth, where they are led to a children's summer camp. At the camp, they meet three of its participants: a kind and heartwarming young girl named Christy, and her best mates, the twins John and Dawn. Christy and the twins are concerned because a boastful boy nicknamed the "Camp Champ" always emerges victorious in showdowns. They decide to confront him, only for him to assign them to trash duty. A distraught Christy resolves to run away with her friends, only to get lost in the nearby forest all alone. True Heart soon finds John and Dawn. Not knowing what to do with them, True Hearts rescues them from the forest's outskirts and brings them to the Kingdom of Caring. After they arrive, the children hear a bell toll from the Caring Meter, which tells the Bears how much caring is taking place on Earth. Noble Heart and True Heart tell them to babysit the Cubs, before they leave to search for Dark Heart and Christy. Meanwhile, in the forest, Christy meets Dark Heart (disguised as a human boy) for the first time, and asks him to make her the new Camp Champ. He grants her that wish, warning her she must pay him back with one favor with no questions asked, and walks away while she finally encounters his mates. Aware of Dark Heart's potential, True Heart and Noble Heart take action by moving the Bear Cubs to Care-a-Lot, and the Cousin Cubs to the Forest of Feelings. Both sets quickly grow up to become the Care Bear Family. Later, while the Bears and cousins decide to