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Revenge of the Tortured

Chapter 1: Capture

The cloud car descended through the night sky through the trees and landed just out of sight of several wooden buildings. Aqua Bear (a blue Care Bear with a dolphin jumping through a flaming hoop for a tummy symbol), Lonesomeheart Bear (A hot pink Care Bear with a scattering of hearts for her tummy symbol) and Redemptionheart Bear (A grey care bear with purple hands, feet and hair, and a pink tummy that had a rainbow with a cross sitting on a cloud for a tummy symbol) stepped out.

"Do they know we're here?" Aqua scanned the area surrounding them.

"Relax, they're probably all asleep. They have no idea we know where they are," Lonesome made the cloud car evaporate.

"With your dolphin fire we can catch them all and bring them back to the Kingdom of Caring," Redemptionheart wiggled his fingers, "Once we've had our fun."

"Shhh!" Aqua put a finger to his lips when whispered, "You know how good Traitor's hearing is, she could be listening in on us."

"Alright," Lonesome whispered then kissed him, "Let's sneak in and grab them."

None of them noticed when a figure dropped down from a nearby tree and scurried away, as they snuck away.

The settlement was a small collection of wooden cabins with a single large two-story one near the center. Not many of the trees had been cut away which made the paths between the houses rougher to get through than the forest of feelings. Worn dirt paths weaved between every house and led to a clearing meant to serve as a training ground, still visible in the darkness. The houses were all dark and silent, not even the sound of snoring was heard through the walls and windows.

Redemption snuck up to the first house and carefully opened the door. It wasn't even locked! Redemption couldn't help but snicker to herself, how careless were they? She opened the door and peered into a small bedroom with a queen sized bed and a small bathroom off to the side. The bed was empty. Redemption raised an eyebrow and snuck through, checking the bathroom to see if they were hiding in there.

Aqua and Lonesome had similar luck, though Aqua noticed that the bathroom seemed to use a magical disposal system, no doubt a relief to those who lived there. Lonesome was getting agitated from their lack of progress.

Eventually, all three of them gathered in the training ground with Lonesome being the first to speak, "Every house is empty! Where are they?" her voice almost became a shout until Aqua clamped a hand over her mouth.

"Shhh!" He removed his hand, "We need to check the big house too."

"We can get them all at once. Just be quiet until we get them," Redemption turned towards the house.

"Now! HA!" A sudden shout was followed by a blast of mud down on the three of them. They were covered in mud in an instant and they only had a moment to wipe their faces clean before a blast of wind started to dry it out followed by a blast of fire that hardened it into a tough shell that held them still. A tan fennec fox, a red fox with two tails and a pink winged horse all landed in front of the trio.

Lonesome glared at the Fennec, "Traitor!" she shouted.

The fennec glared back, "My name is Confidence Heart Fennec, and the bear we have lying in the main house is named Champ, not Loser!" Then she grinned and pointed to the two beside her, "Meet my friends, Anger Heart Fox and Sweet Heart Pegasus."

Sweet Heart jumped towards the three, she was clearly a child of no more than ten years, "So you're the ones who tortured Confidence Heart?"

Redemption did her best to smile sweetly at the pegasus, "She did some bad things to us up there and she needed to be punished, you understand, child?"

"Don't try the sweet talk," Anger Heart walked forwards, his two tails twitching in agitation, "Confidence and Champ told us everything you did up there."

Sweet Heart stepped back, "I gotta go get mom, she said to get her as soon as we got you trapped."

"Why did you drag a child into this?" Aqua asked as Sweet Heart ran into the big house.

Confidence smirked as she watched Sweet Heart leave, "We didn't, she asked to help trap you. We had other plans but she was so eager we couldn't say no. Now as for you," she grinned, "Just wait to see what we have in store for you."

There was a sudden crack as Lonesomeheart burst out of her mud shell. Confidence Heart wasn't able to react fast enough as Aqua summoned up a burst of water that melted the hardened dirt back into mud which shook off. Lonesome pulled out her pink caring sabre and made a delicate slice in the front of Redemption's shell, which let her pull herself free as Lonesome rounded on the two foxes. "Fat chance!" she charged.

Confidence Heart was on her back foot and summoned up her arm and leg guards to block the first blow. "Fine! We'll do this the hard way!"

Aqua was about to leap into battle against Confidence Heart when Anger Heart jumped in front of him, a pair of sai in his hands that he used to block the bear's blue sabre.

Aqua gawked, "How can you block this with your weapon?"

Anger Heart bared his teeth, "They're magic! Just try and destroy them!" He shot a blast of fire at Aqua Bear, who ducked out of the way.

"Dolphin fire!" A blast of blueish red fire struck Anger Heart and knocked him back.

Anger Heart's head spun as the effects of the dolphin fire assaulted his mind. Aqua stepped forwards and struck out at Anger Heart, but the fox regained enough sense to deflect the blow with his sai, though it was torn from his hand by the blow. Aqua steadied for another strike but a sword flashed up to block the blow.

A green bear now stood between him and Anger Heart. Seeing the confusion from Aqua, he spoke, "My name is Love Heart Bear, Confidence's boyfriend. I heard what you did to her," he glared at Aqua and conjured another sword into his right hand, "Let's see how you handle this!"

Aqua was driven back by the ferocious assault from Love Heart Bear and right nearby Confidence Heart had stopped blocking and gone on the offensive. The fennec's fists flew around Lonesome's sabre but pulled away before she could get hit by the weapon's blade.

Confidence Heart held up both her arms to block the sabre, which hit the arm guards and stuck fast against the magical material. "Having fun yet?" Lonesomeheart grinned.

Confidence would have glared but she couldn't see through her arms. "This will only get fun when I beat you! How do you feel about a fight that's fair?!"

"After your ambush, I'm wondering the same thing!" Lonesome drew back but was kicked in the stomach by Confidence Heart, who charged in and punched her in the jaw, only for the pink sabre to swing up and force her back.

Aqua jumped back and shot out a hand, a blast of ice shooting at Love Heart's legs where they froze in ice. "Ha! Just like before."

Love Heart didn't fall, instead he swung his left sword and shot out an arc of lightning at Aqua, catching him off guard and striking him in the chest. Love Heart stabbed his right sword into the ice that surrounded his feet and shattered it. Aqua was still reeling when Love Heart charged forwards and stabbed his sword through the blue bear's chest. Aqua just stared then collapsed as Love Heart pulled the sword out, though there was no blood on it.

Lonesome saw Aqua fall then roared as she redoubled her assault on Confidence Heart, driving her back and back until she smacked into a tree. Lonesome raised her sword and was about to strike down until Anger Heart stabbed her through the back with a sai and she crumpled.

Redemptionheart had watched the battle, and now stood frozen in horror. "You killed them!"

"No." Love Heart turned to face her, "Our weapons can't kill unless we truly desire it, they'll wake up in a couple hours."

Surrounded by the Magi, Redemption tried to run, only for Confidence Heart to dart forwards and strike her in the back of her head. Stars burst in Redemptionheart's vision and she collapsed to the ground, senseless.

"Oh my! That was a bit extreme, wasn't it?" Life Heart unicorn, a green unicorn with long silver hair, emerged from where she had been watching the fight.

"Maybe, but it sure felt good," Confidence Heart grinned.

"Yay!" Sweet Heart jumped over to watch, "So what are we going to do now, mom?" she asked Life Heart.

Life Heart regained her composure and cleared her throat, "Into the main cabin's basement. I need time to prepare what's going to happen to them."

"Alright." Love Heart crouched down and picked up Aqua Bear. Confidence flung Redemptionheart over her shoulder and Anger Heart lifted Lonesomeheart up on his back. They al followed Life Heart into the main cabin, then down into the basement.