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Chapter 22: Forward Downpour

The judge sat on his bench and read over the reports then looked up at those before him. Samantha's father was still wearing the same clothes he had when he had been arrested, his hands cuffed together and an officer to either side of him. Next to them were Anger Heart and Guidance Heart, wearing a suit and modest dress respectively. Anger Heart kept tugging at his collar as it was hard to breathe with the top button done up.

The courtroom was a small civil room, not one of the big public trial rooms one so often sees on television. The judge read his notes one last time then spoke, "This is a case of unprovoked assault and I sentence the defendant to 18 months in prison."

"But they're monsters! They aren't even human and-"

The judge banged his gavel for silence and glared at the man, "Alex Kitun and Germaine Siedleman are legal citizen of Canada and are thus entitled to the same protection under the law that every other 'human' is entitled to. Case is closed."

Samantha's father was led away, not bothering to struggle in case he was stunned again. His wife glared daggers at Anger Heart and Guidance Heart while Emily tried to reach for her father's hand.

Guidance Heart bowed to the judge, "Thank you."

"Just doing my job. Now I have more cases to hear today so please, leave," he motioned to the exit. The both nodded and turned to leave.

Anger Heart undid the top button of his collar, "At least that's over. How do you feel?"

Guidance sighed as they stepped outside. "Better. I feel sorry for Emily though. I wish Crafty Heart could have been here."

"I am, sort of." They turned to see Crafty Heart approaching them wearing shorts and a t-shirt she'd borrowed from Defiant Heart. "Check it out," she grinned and pulled a white card with a red border from her pocket and a small card that looked like a driver's license, "Official citizen ID Card and Social Insurance Number, as far as anyone's concerned I'm 'Crafty Heart Coyote' under the law."

Guidance Heart smiled and was about to speak when she heard a voice behind her.

"Samantha?" Emily was emerging from the courthouse but hadn't spotted Crafty yet.

Crafty averted her gaze then fell in step with Anger Heart and Guidance Heart as they vacated the vicinity, but Emily spotted them. "Hello, you were Samantha's friends. Do you know where she went?"

Anger Heart growled but Guidance Heart put a hand on his shoulder then nodded to him. Anger Heart sighed and let Guidance Heart speak, "I'm sorry, but we haven't seen Samantha in weeks."

"And what about you? Do you know where she is?" Emily walked around to get a look at Crafty, who averted her gaze.

Crafty deepened her voice and did her best to give it a gravelly sound, "Don't know her."

Emily stared at her, but still was unable to see the coyote's face as she kept it averted, "Oh my, you should take some cough syrup. But still, if you hear anything..."

"We don't know you so if you don't mind, piss off!" Anger Heart grabbed the other two by their arms and all but dragged them away. Emily watched them go then returned to her mother, who had just exited the building.

"What were you doing Emily?"

"I thought I heard Samantha, but I guess I'm just hearing things..." Emily sighed.

"Maybe, but we have more important things to worry about now." She led her daughter to the car and they drove off.

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Crafty Heart finally breathed a sigh of relief when she was sitting down with Anger Heart and Guidance Heart in the downtown mall's food court, "That was too close."

"Why are you worried?" Anger Heart sat down with a submarine sandwich, "Even if you sound the same you're a Care Bear, or Care Coyote now."

"It's because of Defiant Heart," Guidance Heart sat down with a plate of noodles and meats from a Chinese restaurant. "Most people know he used to be human so there's a precedent for humans to change into one of us. If they find out she used to be Samantha they might accuse us of kidnapping or worse and those charges might hold."

Crafty nodded, "I'm gonna have to disappear for a while. Emily might be an empty shell but she'll never stop trying to make her parents happy. She'll try to find out more from me if she gets the chance."

Guidance Heart paused with a forkful of food halfway to her mouth, "What are you going to do?"

Crafty folded her arms, "She'll probably come to your house to ask so I can't go there and it's only a matter of time before she comes to Defiant's. I'm going to have to leave town for a while if I get the chance."

OoOoO

Life Heart and Sage Heart stood aside and watched as Love Heart ran Confidence Heart, Crafty Heart, Defiant Heart, Anger Heart and Guidance Heart through their kinetic training, each of whom was conjuring a small field of their particular element: A small orb of compressed air for Confidence, shimmering frost for Crafty, small white flecks for Defiant, fire for Anger Heart and a small ball of yellowish light for Guidance Heart. Sweet Heart stood facing away from the training as she hovered four large blobs of fire, water, earth and a field of lightning in front of her.

"I don't think we realized how much he'd grown over the years," Life Heart rested a hand on her baby bump.

Sage Heart shook his head then smiled, "We didn't, but I'm proud of him. He's taught them so much in such a short period of time." They continued to watch until Defiant Heart broke away from the group and approached Life Heart.

"Is something wrong?" Life Heart asked.

Defiant Heart looked back over his shoulder at Love Heart, who nodded before he returned to his instructions. "This. I don't know what this is," Defiant Heart held up his hands and conjured forth the field of white flecks that always appeared when he tried to shape his element, "it's not ice, that's what Crafty's doing."

Life Heart reached in and carefully plucked one of the flecks from the air. "You're right it isn't. It's bone."

"What?" Defiant's field of bone flecks disappeared as he stared at the unicorn.

"Bone, the base element of the Visceral element. The ability to manipulate the composition of your body and produce biological substance, also called a biokineticist," Life Heart saw Defiant's stressed look, "Are you alright?"

"This is...I mean...what the hell do I even do with this?" Defiant shook his head.

"You can control the form and power of your body, or even grow protrusions of bone to use as weapons," Life Heart said.

Defiant Heart shuddered and gripped his sides, "Urrrg, that's so wrong..."

"Not really, though I do know what you mean," Life Heart put a hand on Defiant's shoulder, "Trust me when I say there's nothing wrong with this."

Defiant Heart took a deep breath, "Alright, I just need time to adjust..."

"Time for some chest symbol training!" Love Heart shouted loud enough for the rest of them to hear.

"Alright, I was waiting for this!" Crafty Heart pulled off her borrowed shirt and pants and kicked the pants some distance away.

"Do you have to do that?" Anger Heart averted his gaze, blushing slightly.

Crafty whirled the shirt overhead and stuck out her tongue at Anger Heart, "Why shouldn't I?"

"I agree," Confidence Heart pulled her shirt off then dropped her shorts, which left her in her underwear, "Why bother with modesty? We've got fur."

Crafty grinned, "Alright, take it off!"

Confidence Heart couldn't help but laugh as she pulled her boxers down then reached behind her, "Like this?" she undid her bra and tossed it aside. She stretched upwards, "Wow, I forgot how good this feels."

"I like it," Love Heart couldn't help but smile.

"Oh you do?" Confidence smirked, "Then why don't you take it off?"

"Yeah, go ahead! Everybody's doing it!" Crafty pumped a fist in the air.

"I'm not..." Guidance Heart blushed and looked away from the three of them.

Love Heart rolled his eyes and pulled off his shirt, he was blushing slightly, "I'll stop here. We should start practice."

Defiant Heart returned to the group, rolling his eyes, "Alright, let's get this over with."

"Can I train too?" Sweet Heart spun around as he elements dissipated behind her, "I need to practise with my chest symbol.

Love Heart smiled and ruffled his sister's hair, "Of course, Sweet Heart." Love Heart's symbol glowed, "Today I'm going to show you how to create items with your chest symbols," one of his swords appeared in his right hand.

Life Heart and Sage Heart had gone inside as their son's lesson continued. "It seems things are going well here," Sage Heart sat down at the dining table.

Life Heart smiled, "They are, ooh!" She placed her hands on her stomach, "They kicked!"

Sage Heart leaned down to feel Life Heart's stomach and felt a little kick, "They did. Four more months."

"Hmm," Life Heart nodded as her gaze drifted downwards.

"What's wrong?" Sage Heart crouched to get a better look into Life Heart's eyes.

"There's one more lost Care Bear. Before we came here I cast the same spell that found our new family member just to make sure they were still here and I found one more to the north-west of here." Life Heart looked up to Sage Heart, "We can't leave them alone."

Sage Heart's eyes softened and he put a hand on Life Heart's shoulder, "Life, I know you want to help them but we don't know what their life is like, for all we know they could have a comfortable life they don't want to leave. What then?"

Life Heart looked up into her mate's eyes, "Then we can leave them, but I at least want to make sure."

Sage Heart smiled and stood up, "Alright. We can leave tomorrow, but first I think I need to get my lovely wife and her children some food." Sage Heart kissed Life Heart on the forehead, which made her giggle as he went to the fridge.

Defiant Heart's fridge had been properly stocked ever since Anger Heart started visiting regularly and Defiant allowed any of his frequent house guests to cook eat whatever they wanted. "The kitchen never get's used anyway so you might as well use it," Defiant had said.

Two hours passed before the rest of the group came inside to see Life Heart sitting and patting her now relatively full stomach. Life Heart smiled at the group, all of whom had finally decided to shed their clothes in the summer heat, which they carried with them.

"Alright everyone, toss those sweaty clothes downstairs and I'll run the washing machine later." Defiant Heart opened the fridge and grabbed a sport's drink from the back, a stockpile he'd bought ever since he started going to the gym. Defiant Heart had actually slimmed down considerably since Love Heart's arrival, his gut had shrunk down to a stouter size and muscles could be seen standing out through his fur.

"Right. Give me an hour and I'll have a meal ready," Anger Heart shoved in next to Defiant Heart, who stepped aside for him, and started pulling food out.

Love Heart sat down at the table next to his parents and swiped his brow, "They're progressing faster than I did, how?"

"Because they're adolescents." Life Heart said.

"Huh? What do you mean, mom?"

Life Heart raised a hand, "Mana and magic development grows faster at the adolescent stage of life as that is when the body is changing the most. Learning as a child takes more effort but it has given you a head start on practise. It will probably take less time for them to reach a level where they can help you fight."

"I see..." Love Heart scratched his chin as Confidence Heart sat next to him, "I told them they should figure out what kind of weapon they want to create for themselves."

"Ow!" Anger Heart winced and his tail twitched as he was chopping vegetables, "Geeze, what is with my tail today?"

"What's wrong with your tail?" Guidance Heart leaned over to try and get a look at the fox's tail.

"It's just been hurting all day, ever since we started our training earlier." Anger Heart grabbed his tail and winced again.

"What kind of pain is it," Life Heart stood up and trotted over to the fox.

"Umm...a sharp constant pain that shoots up when I try to use magic," Anger Heart turned to face Life Heart, "Does that mean something."

"Just let me check," Life Heart swept her magic over Anger Heart, "It's nothing to worry about, you're just becoming a bake-gitsune, a multi tailed fox people often call a kitsune."

"So wait...I'm going to turn into Tails?" Anger Heart twisted his face into an incredulous expression.

Life Heart lifted her gaze back to Anger Heart's, "I can tell you more later, Anger Heart, but the best thing to tell you is that it's going to hurt for a day or two before your tail splits into two, then it will stop hurting. It happens to all foxes at some point as their bodies passively absorb magic from the world around them. You just accelerated your change because you've been learning magic actively."

"Wait, what about me?" Confidence Heart raised a hand.

Life Heart turned around, "It's the same for all foxes, though fennecs are a bit distant from them, but your martial arts training has focused the magic to be mostly locked inside your body as an enhancement to your skill, it won't limit your potential but it's unlikely that you'll gain extra tails unless you focus entirely on your magical training."

"Huh. Well not gonna do that. So what are you two going to do now?" Confidence Heart leaned forwards on the table, her head propped up on her hands.

Life Heart sat back down with Sage Heart, "Sage Heart and I are going to go northwest and see if we can find another lost Care Bear tomorrow."

"We're leaving already? We've only been here ten days!" Sweet Heart jumped up and hovered in place for a moment before she dropped back to the floor with a *clack* of her hooves.

"No, sweetie, just me and mom," Sage Heart crouched down and put a hand on her shoulder, "We're only going away for a few days to see if they want to come with us OK. You can stay here with Love Heart."

Sweet Heart nodded, "OK. Good luck mom," Sweet Heart gave her mom a hug.

"We're leaving tomorrow afternoon, we should be back in a couple days at most," Sage Heart looked up at his son, "In the meantime, keep training and keep an eye out for Indy. He should be here in a couple days."

Love Heart pumped his fist in front of him, "I will."

OoOoO

Life Heart Unicorn wore a pale yellow maternity dress dotted small blue flowers and Sage Heart wore dark jeans and a sky blue button up shirt as they checked out of their hotel and headed for the bus station. Sweet Heart and Love Heart waved goodbye to them as they headed back to Defiant Heart's house.

When they reached the bus station, Sage Heart spotted Crafty Heart in the reflection of the glass. "Crafty," he turned around, "What are you doing here?"

Crafty Heart was wearing an orange t-shirt cut low to show off her cleavage and chest symbol, grey shorts and sandals. She put her hands behind her head, "I'm coming with you."

Life Heart turned around, "Why?"

Crafty Heart and shifted her gaze to the left, "Because I need to get out of town for a couple days. Did Love Heart tell you everything about me?"

Sage Heart nodded, "Yes."

"Well here's a new development, my ex-sister Emily heard me at the courthouse yesterday and now she might guess that I was transformed and there will be hell to pay if she can prove I was," Crafty brought her hands to her side and squeezed them into fists, "She's persistent so I need to disappear for a while until she gives up or has to move on or all of you could be in serious trouble, besides," Crafty walked past and patted Life Heart's pregnant stomach, "You might want some extra help in case things go south."

Life Heart sighed, "Alright. I hoped we could just spend some time alone on this trip."

Crafty Heart sighed and rolled her eyes as she pulled the door open for the couple, "I can sit apart from you on the bus and just hang out nearby. I'm an adult, I can look after myself."

Sage Heart sighed, "Very well. I supposed this isn't a big deal."

"Not like you could stop me from coming anyway," Crafty let the door shut behind her as she entered the bus terminal, "Defiant gave me enough cash to carry me through this."

Crafty sat near the front of the bus and leaned back in her seat and looked out at the sky, which had started to cloud over. She smiled then closed her eyes so she could enjoy the ride in peace.

Life Heart and Sage Heart sat near the back and lifted up the diving armrest so they could lean on each other. They both rested their hands on Life Heart's baby bump and Life Heart closed her eyes to feel the rumbling of the bus underneath her. Sage Heart checked the bag full of snacks that Life Heart would inevitably finish off before the ride was over.

Crafty Heart Coyote had fallen asleep as she listened to the rain on the window, only to be jostled awake as the bus pulled into Saskatoon's bus terminal. She stretched in her seatas the front door opened then stepped out. Crafty stretched again, leaning backwards to pop her stiff back, as she stepped outside then headed into the main terminal.

"I wish I had an umbrella," Life Heart mused as she stared out at the rain. She smiled and conjured up an umbrella from her chest symbol that she held over her head.

Sage Heart created another umbrella from his chest symbol and offered it to Crafty as she rocked on her feet by the exit, "Here."

Crafty looked at the umbrella, then out at the rain, then back to the umbrella and grinned, "Thanks, but nah, I think I'll rough it?" She turned and marched out into the rain which immediately soaked her shirt and shorts through to her fur. She grinned and spun around as the fabric clung to her body, "I've always wanted to do this!" She grabbed her shirt in front of her stomach and pulled it down which formed a solid outline of her breasts through her shirt.

Life Heart held up her umbrella over hers and Sage Heart's head as they watched Crafty dancing in the rain. "I don't understand her," Life Heart said.

Sage Heart shrugged, "Me either. Let's find a hotel first then we can try to find the lost Care Bear."

Crafty slid over to the couple, "Mind if I come with you, just so I know where we're staying?"

Life Heart smiled, "Not at all. Let's go."

OoOoO

Crafty Heart grabbed the third key-card that the hotel receptionist handed out, "I'm gonna head back out, let you two have your alone time. See ya!" Crafty strode back into the rain.

Life Heart and Sage Heart watched her dance in the rain outside, not at all bothered by how wet she was. "Well at least she is letting us enjoy our time." Life Heart put an arm around Sage Heart, "let's get upstairs and dry off."

Sage Heart smiled, "Yes, let's." They kissed.

Their room was on the fifth floor and once they were inside they undressed and grabbed bathroom towels to dry off their legs before they lay down on one of the beds.

"This is nice," Life Heart cuddled up against Sage Heart, "Just the two of us, alone. How long has it been?"

Sage Heart put a hand on her tummy, "18 years."

"We should enjoy this while we can," Life Heart kissed him. "Of course back then we lived in the wilderness. I miss the island."

"I miss it too," Sage Heart leaned his head sideways, "Want to watch something on TV?"

"I would, I don't think we've ever just sat together and watched a movie," Life Heart reached for the remote and turned on the TV.

OoOoO

Crafty Heart didn't really have a destination in mind as she skipped through the rain. Her wet fur didn't deter her whatsoever in fact she relished it; it was a reminder that she had changed! She was different! "I am Crafty Heart Coyote!" She shouted aloud, fists thrust towards the sky. She was enjoying the feeling of her breasts bouncing under her shirt even as they rubbed against the wet fabric. No one really stopped to watch her, those few who were outside mostly ran to get indoors.

Crafty eventually stopped her dance and leaned up against the wall. She swiped the mixture of sweat and rainwater from her forehead, "I wonder where the lost Care Animal is."

"Have you no shame?"

Crafty looked up at an older heavyset woman holding up an oversized umbrella, "Nope, no need for it," she stuck her tongue out at the woman. The women just huffed and strode away. Crafty grinned then put her hands behind her head, "I think that made my day." She focused some of her mana into her mouth and breathed out a mist of frosty air that froze some of the rain into small ice drops that clattered on the ground before they melted.

"Cool," Crafty giggled then stood away from the wall and started to walk down the street again.

The rain still hadn't let up as Crafty reached the edge of downtown and she heard an "Eep!" from nearby.

Crafty paused then turned towards the noise, "huh?" She looked around but didn't find anyone. She spun a bit then leaned back with her hands behind her head, "Do I have a voyeur?" she grinned, "Take it all in if you want." She waited but didn't hear any other noises, then relaxed, shrugged and continued her walk down the street. Three blocks later she heard something through the falling rain down a nearby alley.

"What kinda thing is this?"

"Does every country have freaks like this? I mean I thought that one was the only one back home."

Crafty turned around and approached the alley behind her then peered in. Two young adult men were standing over a large wooden crate with something furry at their feet. Crafty stepped around the corner and saw some sort of animal at their feet. Her previous good mood shattered as she touched her chest symbol and conjured forth a long staff. "Hey boys!" She slammed the end of the staff on the ground next to her feet, "Why don't you leave that poor animal alone and some play with me?"

Both men turned to face her, one grimaced, "And there's another one." Crafty only noticed now that he had a switchblade in his hand.

The other's gaze drifted down to Crafty's chest, "At least this one's hot. Maybe we can have some fun with her first."

Crafty's face turned serious and she gripped her staff in both hands, "Sorry, this is the only fun you're going to have today." She charged and swung her staff at the first man's head. He dodged aside and stabbed at her stomach. Crafty felt the knife strike her but ignored the pain as she swung her staff into his back. The man was sent staggering forwards and let go of his knife, which fell to the ground. The second man grabbed Crafty's wrist but she just kicked him in between the legs and he let go of her with a high pitched whine.

"You bitch!" the first man turned and roughly grabbed Crafty. The grip was somewhat painful but she just glared at him.

"Yes, I am a bitch! Just like you're an ass! Chill!" She breathed out a blast of cold air, the sting made him cry out in pain as ice crystals formed on his face and he let go to wipe them off.

Crafty watched both men retreat shouting dire threats to her, which she ignored as she turned to face the creature they had been tormenting and leaned forwards, "Are you alright?"

There was a small sigh from inside the wooden crate, "I am, th-thank you." The creature emerged from hiding.

Crafty gawked, the creature in front of her was a wolf and creature like her, a Care Wolf if you would. Completely grey save for the top of her tail, muzzle, her chest and stomach. She didn't have any clothes on and looked like she hadn't had a proper meal in ages but not emaciated yet; her chest a bit smaller than Crafty's own but other than that she was skinny, soaked through the fur and shivering. The only notable thing about her was a small shock of hair that was plastered over her right eye.

Without thinking, Crafty dissipated her staff then pulled off her wet t-shirt, "Here, put this on..." She looked down at what looked like a wet rag in her hand, "I guess this would only make things worse.

The wolf just stared back up at her, seemingly in the same awe that Crafty was, "N-no it's nice of you. Who are you?"

Crafty didn't bother to put her shirt back on, "Crafty Heart Coyote. Who were those two?"

"I dunno...they just saw me and chased me in here," the wolf averted her eyes from Crafty.

"Well I'm not gonna leave you out here to freeze, come with me," Crafty smiled and offered a hand to the wolf.

The wolf gave Crafty a worried look then carefully took it. "Don't worry, I don't bite," Crafty pulled her to her feet.

"Are you sure...I mean I don't want to be any trouble." The wolf sneezed the shivered.

Crafty's smile faded into a frown of concern, "No way I'm leaving you out here, come with me." She had to support the wolf as they walked back to the hotel, as she seemed to have trouble with her footing, "What's your name?"

"Holly. You can call me Holly."

OoOoO

Life Heart and Sage Heart were halfway through the animated "Beauty and the Beast", which they had rented from the hotel's video on demand service, when they heard their room's door open. They both turned to see a soaked and shirtless Crafty Heart Coyote supporting and equally saturated and unclothed Care Wolf. Crafty's gave a soft grin, "Hey I think I found her."

"Oh my!" Sage Heart jumped up as Life Heart paused the movie, "Are you alright?" Sage Heart grabbed two towels from the bathroom and handed them to the pair.

Holly took the towel and carefully dried herself off, "Better now, thanks to Crafty."

Crafty dropped her shirt, peeled off her soaked shorts and kicked off her sandals before she grabbed the towel, "Her name's Holly, I found her in an alleyway being harassed by a couple thugs. I fought them off, but not before one of them stabbed me."

"Oh my goodness! Where?!" Life Heart almost sprang up from the bed.

"What do you mean, where, can't you see?" Crafty looked down and finally noticed that she wasn't bleeding. "Right here," she touched where she had been stabbed and winced. No blood but it felt like a bruise.

Life Heart touched the same spot on Crafty Heart, "It's not serious at least. How about you, Holly? How do you feel."

"Warmer now, but hungry." Holly staggered over to the free bed. The wolf looked up at Life Heart, "Are you pregnant?"

Life Heart smiled, "I am."

"Alright, let's order some pizza, and ribs, and salad, and garlic bread, and a lot of it for the starving wolf and the pregnant unicorn!" Crafty was at the phone in an instant with the phone book on the bed.

Holly looked up and saw the horn on Life Heart's forehead, "Unicorn? Oh my..."

Crafty finished the order then plopped down next to Holly, "Don't worry, you're with friends now." She brushed Holly's still wet bangs from her eye.

Holly blushed and brushed the bangs back down before she averted her gaze from Crafty. "Thank you. What are you? What am I?"

Sage Heart sat down again, "That's a long story, but we have time now so I'll explain until the food gets here."

Half-an-hour of explanations later the food arrived, three pizzas, five orders of boneless dry ribs, three salads and six whole garlic loafs. Holly managed to eat a whole pizza herself, two orders of dry ribs, a whole salad and two loaves of garlic bread, literally wolfing down as much as Life Heart did. She only stopped briefly to watch Life Heart eating from one of the boxes of ribs, "Unicorns eat meat?"

Life Heart swallowed then patted her stomach, "Normally no, but I've developed a taste for it since I transformed. Also I've been craving it during this pregnancy."

"Oh, I see." Holly picked up the last piece of her pizza, meat lovers, and devoured it in one bite. She flopped backwards on the bed, feeling a bit sick but fuller than she had in a long time. "Ugg..."

Crafty smirked and prodded her distended stomach, "Maybe not the best first meal, just wait until you get one of Anger Heart's meals, they're much better." Crafty lay back next to the wolf, "So what's your story?"

"Well..." Holly turned her gaze away from Crafty.

"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to," Life Heart wiped her mouth with a napkin.

"No, it's just...I can tell you..." Holly took a deep breath, "I grew up in an orphanage...not sure how I got there. The other kids teased me so I just hid a lot. No one wanted to adopt me because...I was a wolf. Last year they kicked me out because I turned 18 so I was too old."

Crafty sat up, "Wow that's...I mean...I thought I had it rough..."

"You did, Crafty, just in a different way," Life Heart turned to Holly, "How long ago was that?"

"Last spring...Winter was hard but I survived, somehow..." Holly rolled her whole body over and groaned, "too much food."

Crafty put a hand on Holly's stomach, "I'm not surprised. You can have the bed tonight. I'll sleep on the floor."

Crafty almost stood up when Holly grabbed her hand, "No, you can sleep here too, I mean you're probably cold..."

Crafty blinked then sat back down, "OK. So did you want to get your Care Bear...Wolf name now?"

"Maybe...what should I choose?" Holly looked up at Crafty.

"That's up to you," Crafty smiled.

"I guess...Hidden, because I hide a lot..." Holly tried to smile but couldn't manage.

"Hidden Heart Wolf then?" Sage Heart asked.

"OK, that sounds good." Holly turned her head back forwards.

"You can wait to decide. You don't need to pick now." Life Heart picked up the now empty food boxes then used a spell to shrink them down so they would fit in the small hotel garbage can, at least until it was tied up and in a dumpster in a few hours where they would re-expand.

"No, it's suits me. Please," Holly rolled back onto her back.

"Alright, just hold still." Sage Heart's chest symbol glowed and fired off a replica of his symbol that floated up and around Holly until it landed on her chest. She felt a tingle as the glow faded to reveal her chest symbol: a red heart half-hidden behind a yellow brick wall.

Crafty grinned, "Welcome to the Care Bear Magi, Hidden Heart Wolf."

Hidden Heart blushed and rolled over, "Thank you, Crafty."