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**Meta-Star City - Q.C. Planet

QCP: BJ-05 Dog Days of Summer By Darrel James Vanwinkle (Writing as Ratseye) 06/06/2010

Chapter 01**

Surprisingly, effecting Valeria's release from the dragon she was stuck inside for a week was offset toward the easier negotiation when Remington Williams presented a collectors vehicle worth far more than a standard dragons horde. It was a custom built dragon-mobile and it was a beauty to gaze upon. Remington also knew how to pitch the sales ad to the dragon in which simply having this item would generate more visitation to the dragon to view the vehicle (even though the dragon would never be able to drive it.) And more visitation meant more possible guests to convert because they willingly went to the dragon's home to view the dragon-mobile. And once there... they were open game according to dragon laws.

Remington was one Hell of a sales Pegasus. All the dragon had to insure to get this vehicle was to restore Valeria's mind alone to how she was when she got stuck. Restoring the body wasn't as necessary as long as Valeria remembered who she was and what role she played in the Williams family.

And it worked.

They soon had a male Samate who had been their sister, or cousin to Remington. However, because she had been inside the dragon for longer than 24 hours, her/his mind and body were permanently linked to the dragon and the link could not be safely removed without killing her/him. Thus, Valeria, now called Valerian, chose to live with the dragon and learn dragon laws to become the dragon's lawyer, thus continuing the tradition of Laws and Law Enforcement that the Williams stood for.

There was really no other viable solution since they didn't want to accidentally kill their own child. This was another Q.C. Planet 'accident' that sometimes occurred when human citizens got too curious for their own good and let their guard down to the dangers that being on a new world would present to them. Regardless of how innocent that world seemed.

But another so-called 'accident' was soon forthcoming. And this time it would involve the family friend, Lance.

However, time would pass before the event occurred, as Fall became Winter, and Winter gave way to the most beautiful Spring the Williams had ever experienced. And soon Summer was upon them. A nice hot sticky summer.

Also during these seasonal weeks, Lance being Samuel's friend was almost constantly over visiting with Samuel and Champion Pony on their ranch. And even though Lance had to put up with watching some questionable activities between Samuel and Champion on more than one occasion, he strongly remained as Samuel's friend showing awesome support. But soon, Lance would need this support if Samuel was the friend he was, he would be there just as Lance had been there for him.

Lance was sitting inside the gazebo in the shade as he sipped on iced tea. "Man, why did it get so hot? Don't the cartoon regions have a temperature control knob?"

"Brawk! It's hot! Brawk! Parrots need ice water too! Brawk!"

Lance chuckled as he heard that coming from the main house. "Teriaki... never mind... it is effing hot."

Just then, the family German Shepherd watchdog, Trooper, padded around the corner of the Williams' family farm house and into the gazebo where he raised himself up with his fore paws on Lance's legs... and did something that no one knew he was capable of performing: he spoke. "Lance. Let's go swimming on the back side of the property."

Lance blinked his eyes with his lower jaw dropped open when he heard the German Shepherd speak. "What in the...? Trooper... you're talking...? The heat must be getting to me!"

End of Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Trooper shook his head. "No, it isn't, Lance. All animals can talk normally, but usually at frequencies where humans can't hear us. However, the special conditions on Q.C. Planet enable normal animals to slowly gain the ability to speak where humans can actually hear what we're saying. But today it is just you and me. And I think you would like to come and go swimming with a friend. How about it? I know where a nice swimming area is and it's no fun to swim alone."

Lance smiled slowly. "Whether the heat is getting me or not, your explanation is a good one. And you're right... it is no fun swimming alone. Okay Trooper, lead the way. A swimming outing would be good for both of us."

Little did Lance know what that day was going to lead to for him and Trooper. But for now, he was happy that Trooper had thought of him for an outing to go swimming. It was a hot day and swimming in water sounded like a super idea.

Soon, Lance and Trooper arrived at an obscure barely rippling pool that was spring fed from a crack in some rocks in a nearby cliff facing. The water was very inviting to the eye and the boy was glad that the Williams family watch dog had chosen to share this with him. Teriaki could find her own water.

Lance didn't bother undressing before diving into the cool water. Trooper closely dove in behind him. The young man smiled as he gave Trooper a hug. "This is exactly what we needed, buddy. Thanks a lot for sharing this with me."

Trooper smiled back and licked Lance's face. "As I said earlier, it's no fun to swim alone. Don't know whose property we're on, but they shouldn't mind us having a brief swim in their swimming hole this once."

"The water really is cool, but..." started Lance. "this thick mud along the bottom is rather tingly."

The German Shepherd pressed his paws into it himself, as he nosed his friend. "Yeah, but it's just mud. What else would... it... be...?" The canine's voice trickled off as he felt a weird sensation shoot up through his paws and legs from the gooey stuff under the water. "Lance... I think... this is a problem..."

Lance was also feeling the effects as he placed an arm around the family dog. "I think we need to get out of the water, Trooper. I think... I think we're in Toonium."

Trooper exclaimed, "I was afraid you were going to say that! I hate this stuff!" And he had his upper legs around the boy as the two submerged under the water one time. But Lance quickly got the situation under control as he, while still holding on to his canine friend, freed themselves from the sticky gooey substance under the water as they both exited back onto the Williams family spread.

However, the damage was done. What emerged from the waters on the shore was two humanoid canines, nearly identical, with German Shepherd features and tails. The boy's clothes were simply gone as were the guard dog's collar.

"That stuff ate our clothes off!" Lance then saw what had happened to their bodies. "AGH! We're dog people!"

Trooper looked at himself, then at Lance. "It's like... we're nearly twins now. I've always wanted a brother around the property. But not like this. There is only one thing left to do, Lance."

"And what's that, Trooper?" Lance asked, although he thought he already knew, as he and Trooper both shouted, "JOEY! COME QUICK! HELP!" Yes, they thought of the exact same thing.

End of Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Soon, Supermouse, Virus, Overcat, and Lord Albert standing on the shore of the pool of water as Lord Albert quickly examined the two Toonium victims, Lance and Trooper.

Lord Albert said, "Yes, it is most definitely Toonium exposure, but it seems to be a new type that I have never seen. As I have told all of you before, Toonium is highly unstable and it has been known to mutate itself. And such is the case this time. You did the right thing by calling for Joey to come quick. I will do all I can for you both, although until I can affect some sort of restoration, you are both going to be law dogs for awhile."

Virus remarked, "I think Lance and Trooper are lucky that this evil stuff didn't do a mind wipe on them. It has been known to happen before."

Supermouse hummed, as he looked over Lance and Trooper. "I just had an idea for my TV show, guys. Trooper and Lance are German Shepherd crime fighters from the future and when they are chasing an enemy back through time, they mistakenly think Supermouse is a bad guy and nearly do him in before they learn the error that they almost made. And then as a threesome, they find and defeat the futuristic villain from the future. Yeah, I know... a one-shot. But I'd really hate to lose this opportunity to show off two sexy canine people on TV. Please, Lance? It's air conditioned on the set..."

Lord Albert said, "That might be a good idea for now, guys. It might be worse if they were simply wandering around in public without protection. You boys get going and I'll consult Dr. Warner."

Overcat nodded his muzzle. "Right. Let's get these two back to the set and see about getting them both some futuristic costumes. You did say crime fighters from the future."

At the set of the Supermouse TV Show, Minos Del Malign examined Lance and Trooper in his own way. "You say Toonium did this? I ask because I am detecting residue from Chemical 46 all over both canines. And if I am right, we could undo this... although there might be side effects."

Lance had to ask, "What exactly is Chemical 46? We encountered this stuff in a spring fed pool of water on the property behind the Williams spread."

Minos replied, "If what you say is true, then this is definitely the work of Chemical 46. You see, there is an old Chemical 46 mine back there that flooded and was impassable for several years. If the contents found a way to the surface, it could appear to be water if you didn't know what you were looking at. I know a possible cure for your condition, but I must warn you... it is slow to activate and could have unforeseen side effects afterward. I could have the cure ready by sundown. Whatever you boys have planned today, I would suggest you go ahead and do that. I'll get started on this right away."

Trooper smiled. "I am starting to miss being posture problematic."

Lance nodded his muzzle. "I am missing being human."

Supermouse grinned. "I think you both look hot like that. At least neither of you became ponies, like Samuel did."

Overcat emerged from the costume department with two sets of uniforms. "I found some of the old uniforms from that old cartoon called, Time Troopers. I think they will fit you both perfectly."

End of Chapter 03

Chapter 04

While the boys were busy on the set, back at the Williams family horse farm, Teriaki exclaimed, "Brawk! Pretty lady! Brawk!"

Martha glanced up from where she had been taking care of Daisy. "Pretty lady? It must be a real person since Teriaki didn't say toons stink this time. But who could it be?"

Then there came the knock on the front door. Martha put Daisy down in her crib and walked over to the front door and opened it. Standing before her was a familiar black haired woman with two teenaged boys. "Hello cousin Martha," the woman said with a smile.

Martha smiled back. "Demaras. I never thought I'd see you again after you married that shipping tycoon. What brings you here and who are your two young men? They look a mite young to be suitors."

Demaras laughed. "Oh you are the funny one, Martha. These are my sons, Christopher and Morgan. When we heard news of Samuel's accident, they asked me to allow them to come here and do the chores around here. I was rather surprised that they volunteered since I can't ever get them to do any work back home."

Martha set an eye on the boys, then she turned toward the parrot. "What do you think, Agent Teriaki?"

Teriaki cocked her head and looked at Christopher first. "Brawk! Good boy! Brawk!" And then she turned and looked at Morgan. "Brawk! Up to something! Brawk!"

Christopher stifled a giggle; apparently the parrot's remark hit home more closely than the parrot thought.

Morgan just growled a little. "How would you like to be Parrot Stew?"

Martha chuckled. "You may not want to volunteer once you hear what Samuel's job was..."

Morgan glanced sharply at Martha. "I can do anything cousin Samuel can do!"

Five minutes later...

Demaras asked, "How long do you think he will last, Martha?"

Martha grinned as she fed Daisy a bottle. "Maybe not even an hour before he starts complaining. Samuel HATED shoveling horse manure."

Christopher then added, "And now he is one? Isn't that what you said earlier?"

"Boy's Ranch Pony," replied Martha. "He lives with Champion Pony now. His days of being human are gone. But at least he remembers who he was."

Demaras remarked, "So Daisy is the only human sibling left?"

Martha replied, "Joseph is still human. He just has the ability to transform into Supermouse, that's all."

At that moment, a few of Supermouse's Protector friends were seen entering the house with groceries. "We got all of the items on the list, Mrs. Williams," said Cat Queen.

Martha called back, "Good. Perhaps we will have a large dinner tonight, if it's not too hot to eat like it has been the past few days."

Christopher then asked, "Do you think Samuel is up to having a visitor? I haven't seen him and Joey since the one Summer camp a few years ago. Morgan was bad then too."

Teriaki grinned, thinking, Brawk! I knew it! Brawk!

End of Chapter 04

Chapter 05

Christopher arrived at the waist high fence along the road running the length of the pristine looking pony ranch, although no ponies were in sight. "I followed Aunt Martha's directions exactly. Is this the place? I don't see any boy ponies around here."

Suddenly from a fence post, a crow cawed and said, "You're looking for ponies, boy? They are all in that barn over there." He pointed one wing toward the small looking barn and then the lifted off and flew away, heading south.

"Thanks, crow," said Christopher as he climbed over the fence and approached the barn and opened the pony sized door and having to bend down first, he entered the barn, closing the door behind him.

Just inside the door, Christopher found himself in an enclosure with well over 40 plus male ponies, who all smelled rather strange to the nose. "What is that smell?" All of the ponies then turned and looked directly at Christopher. And the boy could sense that something wasn't quite right in there especially when the herd of ponies surrounded him and herded him to the center of the enclosure and... knocked him down on all fours. And then he felt the thing he did not want to feel... as he felt his clothes magically come off of his body leaving him naked. "What's going on? Why are you ponies looking at me like that?" And as he started to rise up on his hands and knees once again, he felt the probing truth from behind and as he started to yell out loud, he was silenced in the front as well. And if that wasn't bad enough... his entire body was drenched in the same body fluids and near permanent scent that these ponies had.

Some hours later, he slowly awoke to find himself sandwiched between resting and sleeping male ponies. His clothes were nowhere to be seen and the ponies looked as if they had finally ran out of energy. Which suited Christopher just fine. "Now maybe they will let me get out of here."

And that was when Christopher found that he was stuck in some weird position which made moving nearly impossible. And perhaps worse, his movement awoke the pony directly behind him.

"Hmm?" muttered the pony, then he licked the back of the boy's hair. "I see you woke up finally. When you passed out, I really worried that we hurt you. Good thing you didn't come to visit us ten days ago or you would have been in real trouble."

Christopher had to ask, "What happened ten days ago?"

The pony licked on the boy again. "Once a year, every pony on this ranch enters an activity cycle which causes us to breed with each other for a thirty day period. During that time, we magically get pregnant and magically give birth. The newborns are sent to another barn so we don't accidentally hurt them. When the activity cycle ends, we end up coated in a layer of this heated sexually smelling body oil. Don't worry; you can wash it off later. However, and you may not like this next part... if you ever enter an enclosure here on the breeding ranch, like you did today, you end up magically naked and... we pounce you and... we can't stop ourselves from showing you a good time, if you get our drift. Which I think you do."

The boy sighed. "Why won't you guys let me up?"

The pony hrmed as he pulled himself off of Christopher. "I regret that we can't make your clothing come back. But you're the nicest boy who has ever willingly visited us. Usually... we don't get any visitors at all. Everyone always goes over to Champion Pony's ranch next door. We never see nice boys like you... until today. We wouldn't mind having you back again someday. We like you."

He slowly stood up and sniffed himself and was instantly erect again. "Oh man... does this stuff that coats you guys... keep you aroused?"

The pony nodded his head. "Yeah, it does. But as I said, you can wash off in the pond outside of the barn, if you want. But again... we can't replace your clothes. If you didn't mind going next door naked... you could ask Champion and Samuel for some spare clothes."

Christopher felt sorry that no one every wanted to visit these ponies, but at the moment he was more concerned about being seen naked in public. "If I am allowed, I can visit you guys another time. Mothers have strange ideas and it is hard to get around their decisions. And I know Samuel... he's my cousin. I was on my way to visit him today and a crow said all the ponies were in your barn so I came over here and ended up getting pounced."

The pony escorted the boy over to the exit and said, "If you want to visit with us again someday and visit us safely, what you do is approach the barn, use the ladder on the outside of the building to climb up to the hayloft, then once inside, go over to the trapdoors and pull them open. You'll see a safety mesh and through that you will be able to visit and talk to us."

End of Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Lance and Trooper held their poses on the set while Supermouse and Overcat went over a script change with Minos Del Malign and one of the producers. "We can have them come in from the side focusing on their instrument while trying to find their enemy from the future."

"...And I am just finishing up with my battle against Riff Rider, whom has targeted me because I helped Overcat recently in a battle against him," said Supermouse.

While the actors and their friends were distracted with their plans and scripts, Virus noticed a young man in an open doorway to the side of the set motioning at him to come over there. Curiosity and a little boredom provoked the henchrat to scurry over to where the teenager was and outside the door. "Okay kid, what do you want?" asked Virus. "It must be interesting since you made sure none of the others saw you."

"I'm Morgan Williams, one of Joey's cousins, but I didn't want him to see me right now. I was doing some work at the ranch from an old bet I have with Samuel, who is now a pony. I spoke with Teriaki about a problem I encountered with the job. And the problem is that Samuel's old job doesn't have enough to shovel so I can't prove that I am better than Samuel is at the same job unless I could find a place that had far more than Samuel ever had to do. When I asked Teriaki if she knew anyone who could tell me where something like that was, she said I should talk to you, because you knew everything about Q.C. Planet. So can you help me? I don't mind doing Samuel's job, but the Williams farm doesn't have enough. Can you tell me where someplace is that does?"

Virus hummed with a grin. "As a matter of fact, I do know such a place. Here, let me write out the address to the place for you. I'd advise that you take a shovel with you; don't steal the Williams shovels. Don't want your uncle the commissioner to strip your hide, do we?" And then he pulled out his notepad and wrote out the address for Morgan and handed the boy the page. "Go there. If you can do those stables in the same amount of time that Samuel could in a day, then you'd have won your bet."

Morgan smiled and pulled out a twenty dollar bill and pressed it into Virus' paw. "Thanks a lot, Virus. You're the best." And then he gave the rat a kiss on the forehead before he ran off.

Virus blinked his eyes and looked at the money. "Easiest twenty bucks I've ever made. But I keep wondering what the catch is."

"...I think we made a mistake, partner," said Lance in his costume along side of Trooper. "This rodent looks nothing like the criminal we were after."

Virus came back inside just as the producer called for a break. The henchrat came over to Supermouse and pulled open one of his eyelids. "I need to ask you a question."

"Sure thing, partner," replied Supermouse. "Let 'er rip."

"Do you have any cousins we haven't met as yet?" asked Virus. "And if so, what are their names?"

Supermouse grinned. "That's two questions."

Virus lightly slapped the hero's nose. "Just answer me."

"There are two boys through my mom's side," said Supermouse. "Her cousin has a boy Samuel's age who is all the time getting in trouble. Samuel and Lance both once said it would be a wonder if he didn't end up in jail. His name is Morgan. The other boy is my age and he is probably the total opposite of Morgan. Super duper nice and respectful. If you want to rely on someone for anything, he's the boy. Name's Christopher. He never got in any trouble and me and my siblings all loved having him around. Even Teriaki got along with Christopher, if that tells you anything. Why do you ask?"

The henchrat rolled his eyes as he glanced off in a direction he knew well. "Morgan was just here asking me for directions to a set of stables messier than the Williams' stables. And naturally, I could only think of one and he paid me a twenty for the information to that place."

Supermouse slowly got up and said, "Oh brother. I better go check on him. I wish my cousins would stay on Earth. It would be safer for them." He glanced over at Lance and Trooper. Then at Minos Del Malign. "Hey Minos! How is that antidote for Lance coming along?"

Minos replied, "It will be ready in two hours. I have it in the centrifugal shaker right now. You should have time to run off to do whatever and get back to finish this show."

End of Chapter 06

Chapter 07

Morgan was almost to the correct address when he for some reason or another noticed Supermouse in the sky behind him flying his direction although the hero had not seen him as yet. Morgan quickly pulled the bicycle off of the main road, quickly hid the bike in the tall grasses, then literally hid himself inside the open door of an old weed covered barn with a barely open door. And then he waited while watching to see what Supermouse was doing in the area.

Supermouse flew over to the correct address and landed, as he stuck his head into the barn itself and apparently spoke with the horses within. Then he pulled out with a humored smile as he took to the skies again and seemed to hover over the area where he could see all of the barns at once. Then he spoke out loud. "Morgan! I know you can hear me! Virus told me what you were up to and I think it's a very BAD idea! However, I am not going to stop you from trying it! What I will say is that the address Virus was sending you to will disappoint you because Virus has obviously not been keeping tabs on what goes on there! The owners installed an automated manure shoveling system that does the work for them! When I looked in there, the horses revealed that information to me! If you happen to get in some sort of trouble later involving manure, please do NOT yell for me to come help you because I will completely ignore you! I've had to do that job myself and I am not going to dive into horse manure to save a drowning Morgan! You can forget it! Just go home so you don't get hurt! If you fall in Toonium and you yell for help, I will drop everything to save you, but be warned... Toonium can end your life as a human, so use your damned head for a change! I have to get back to the studios now!" And he glanced around for a moment again, then he flew off to the north.

Morgan watched Supermouse fly away and only then did he release a relieved breath. But then he noted that something was nosing the back of his pants. He slowly turned his head to look over his shoulder and he saw an anime stallion, although one who was a bit faded with time. "Um... don't hurt me."

The anime stallion lifted his head slowly and said, "I was checking to see if you were real or simply my imagination. I've not had any visitors since the old days when I was a TV star. Now I live here and no one remembers me at all. Until the moment you came in here. So talk to good old Trigger and tell me what's going on with you lately. Maybe I can help... for a small fee."

Morgan sat down on a hay bail and told Trigger all about the bet he had with Samuel who was now a My Little Pony. Then he explained why he was looking for a stables or barn which could have a larger job involved than the one Samuel worked and how if he could do the same job in the messier building in the same amount of time, he could prove that he had beaten Samuel in the bet.

Trigger hummed and suggested, "I believe I know a way to help you. But when you succeed and collect your reward from Samuel, I want you to return here to me where you can repay me for the information I'd given you to help you win. If you agree to help me here after you win, I'll be glad to pay you for your work here and... you'll make an old stallion very happy to have someone around to talk to again. So what do you say? Do we have a deal?"

Morgan smiled when he heard that Trigger could help him. But then he heard the counter-offer, which sounded almost too easy, in truth, and he'd get paid to work here. "Okay Trigger. We have a deal. So where can I go to win this bet?"

Trigger then spoke in an almost frightening manner. "If you try to renege on this deal, you'll be teleported back here and then you'll be trapped." After saying that, his demeanor returned to normal and he calmly said, "You are not going to be able to find a single barn or stable anywhere in the Meta-Star City region that will meet your expectations, Morgan. However, I can direct you to one which will meet your criteria exactly. Do you know what a Transportal is?"

Morgan shook his head. "No."

Trigger then continued. "It appears to be a stone gateway on a raised dais and to one side of the stone arch you will see a dial with four settings. The default setting is always set to the region you are in currently. The one in Meta-Star City has three other destinations. The left setting reads as Haremore; the right setting reads as Kibaland; and the bottom setting reads as Barnherd. You want to move the setting dial to Barnherd. When you do this, the gateway will spring to life with an eerie brownish-roan glow... and then you jump through the Transportal. When you land on the other side, you will note that the Transportal is inactive, being in the default position in the region you've arrived in. The destinations there are Metastar at the top; Bullbush at the left; and Buckbets on the right. To return to Meta-Star City region, you have to move the dial to the top and when the Transportal activates, you leap through to return. This will be one more extra note on the Transportal for your information: When you jump through a Transportal, the dial automatically resets to the Default position so it's not left on at the originating side. Once you're in Barnherd, go down the trail to the crossroads and follow the sign toward the Heatmire Ranch. That is where you can find the messiest stables that meets your criteria. It isn't the messiest in the planar regions, but its enough to meet your needs. The absolute messiest one is in the Underworld. If you need to know where, someone can tell you. Once you finish the Heatmire job, come on back."

Morgan smiled and hugged Trigger, giving the stallion a kiss on the muzzle. "Thanks a lot, Trigger. And if I don't make it back right away, please don't jump the gun to assume I'm not coming. You're too nice to stand up. If I'm not back, contact my brother Christopher and ask him to help you. He'll do anything if you're nice to him."

End of Chapter 07

Chapter 08

That night in the Williams household, it was a full house for a change. Joey's hero friends were all present. Champion and Samuel were there. Valeria(n) had permission from the dragon to attend the dinner. Overcat, Minos Del Malign, and Virus were there, too. Remington came in with Johnathan. And Demaras was helping Martha in the kitchen, while Morgan and Christopher both sat at the table quietly. Daisy made happy sounds from her crib. Lance and Trooper were on the couch in the living room only wearing shorts and sitting near them were Anne and Gustav showing their support.

And Teriaki watched from her perch with a cursory eye.

Johnathan exclaimed, "Okay... who replaced my family while I was gone?"

Martha replied, "It's just a family gathering, Johnathan. We get to have all of our kids and cousins in the same house for a change. When will we get another chance?"

Johnathan rolled his eyes as he turned to look at the parrot. "Okay Agent Teriaki. What's the word and don't you dare lie to me. It isn't too late to have Joseph dip you in Toonium to be his sidekick, you know. Give."

Morgan was looking directly at Teriaki and the parrot at him... as he quickly lifted up a gourmet bag of parrot food, then hid it again.

"Brawk! Family gathering! Brawk!" replied Teriaki with a grin.

Johnathan for perhaps the first time ever replied, "You are a horrible liar. I don't believe you." And then he walked over and glared directly at Morgan. "I've heard all the prior tales about you, Morgan. Look me in the eye and tell me you are NOT up to something."

Morgan replied nervously, "Only that which Samuel and I had pre-agreed to before my family arrived here. And if you don't believe me, take it up with your pony, Irk... I mean, your son."

Joey then said, "Virus told me what you were up to today, Morgan. And when I talked to Samuel about it... he actually verified your story. I can't believe you're being honest for a change."

Johnathan was looking back and forth between his family members. "Would someone like to fill me in on what this about?"

Valeria(n) fortunately chose to change the subject and thus save her brothers and cousins some immediate flack. "Hi dad. I may have some good news for you about my being with the dragon. There is a chance you will get me back as your daughter eventually." And now she had her father's full attention as she continued. "According to my dragon master, I only need to be a Samate for a year. After that, I can apply for Rank One Dragon status. If approved by Bahamut, I would be transformed from a Samate into either a male or female dragon of the teen aged variety of my color choice. Then I would attend a dragon school where I could learn Dragon Magic. And here's the good news part, dad... one of the spells I can learn is a Form Change spell. Meaning I can appear as my old self and be human while the spell is in effect. And then you guys would have your daughter back. I'd still be a dragon as the base form, but I wouldn't have to live with my original master anymore."

Johnathan smiled. "That _IS_ good news, honey. I kept praying that we would get some good news from all of our mishaps while on this planet."

She/He smiled too. "However, there is more good news while I am a Samate. The dragon told me that he doesn't want more than one member of any family. Thus, while he has me, he won't catch any other member of the family. And that leads to the next thing I will tell you. Dragons have a horizontal tummy slit that is the entrance to the family visitation foyer. What that means is if any of you wanted to come visit me while I was with the dragon, you could visit safely. One hundred percent safe. I would give you guys directions for getting to the dragon's lair without going through the Impville Cockpits. There is an alternate way in that is far, FAR more safe. To initiate a visit with a loved one, you approach the dragon from the front, state who you are and who you are there to visit. He will open the visitation entrance for you and help you inside, and then as long as you stay in the foyer, you stay safe from the twenty-four hour effects of the rest of the dragon's insides. But if you go past the visitation foyer for any reason, your timer starts. And for Pete's sake... pray you don't get lost or stuck in there."

Valeria(n) then proceeded to share with the others on how to navigate their way to the dragon's lair, both in words and on the local maps.

Johnathan hummed. "This could be very beneficial for not only ourselves, but for the dragon later on."

End of Chapter 08

Chapter 09

"Thanks for agreeing to come and help me, Christopher." It was the next day and Morgan and Christopher had just passed through the Meta-Star City Transportal en route to the Barnherd pocket dimension. "I needed someone to hold and use the stopwatch while I worked in the stable. Plus you're my witness that I actually did this."

Christopher remarked, "Well, you did say you would introduce me to that great classic anime star, Trigger the Wonder Horse. I just hope you aren't setting me up for a dirty trick."

Morgan smiled. "You won't even be in the manure, brother. And if any horses are around, you don't even have to go near them. When I heard what those ponies did to you, it actually upset me."

Christopher nodded his head as he walked with his brother. "Yeah, but they did apologize and told me how I could visit safely next time. I still don't like that they magicked my clothes off and couldn't return them. I'm just lucky that Champion and Samuel had spare clothes in my size at their ranch. So where are we going right now?"

"It's a small ranch called Heatmire," replied Morgan as they walked. "They supposedly have the second messiest stables in proximity to Meta-Star City. And according to Trigger, if these stables didn't pan out for me, then I could ask one of the local horses here about the location of the messiest stables in the Underworld. I don't know where that is, but if they are that messy, I might be tempted to just clean them to say that I had done it once. And that would be something that Samuel's never done."

"If it's that messy, you might need help, Morgan. And a witness to say you did it," he said with a wink to his brother.

As they reached the crossroads sign, they saw a donkey wearing a torn straw hat talking to a rugged looking stallion. Both were well hung, which sort of bothered Christopher when he noticed that, but Morgan ignored the two as he examined the signpost intently.

The donkey was heard saying, "...and the carrot crop has really suffered this year, Wild One. All of those days with no rain and all that heat for weeks in a row... has made things tough for all of us donkeys. We may have to hire someone to come in and save our gardens for us. It's never been this bad."

The rugged stallion, Wild One, replied, "I could arrange for irrigation to be diverted over to your gardens, Candlewick. I didn't realize the carrot bumper crop was about gone."

Christopher felt sorry for the donkey as he walked over and said, "I'd like to help, if I can. You can use my canteened water for your garden, if that helps any."

Morgan muttered, "You know we didn't come here for that, Christopher. But that's just how you are... wanting to help everybody."

Candlewick the donkey looked at the boy and seemed to blush. "Are you sure you want to give a Barnherd donkey your canteen of water?"

Wild One sniffed the boy and arched an eye. "Why are two human boys in Barnherd anyway? The only species which live here are equines and donkeys. And if you're not careful, you might join the numbers here by accident yourselves. So what's your story, boys?"

They took turns telling of their involvement in the exercise of the day. All centering around shoveling horse manure to win a bet.

Candlewick replied, "You boys have been had."

"I couldn't agree more," Wild One remarked. "Morgan, when I tell you these next few things you will understand why we think you're in trouble."

Morgan arched an eye. "Okay. I'm listening."

Wild One then said, "First of all, Heatmire hasn't had any horses living there in over 40 years. The ranch is reportedly haunted. Those who go in don't come out. It's been that way for a good while. And secondly, my dad knew the original Trigger the Wonder Horse... right up to the day he passed away. That's right, Morgan. Trigger the Wonder Horse died over 40 years ago. And thirdly, the stallion you spoke to who claimed to be Trigger couldn't possibly be Trigger if he threatened to summon you. The Trigger my dad knew had no powers. He was a normal horse and could only speak horse. Therefore, based on what you've told me... you made a deal with a demon horse recruiter who is trying to add new members to their herd. Namely you."

End of Chapter 09

Chapter 10

At the studio set of the Supermouse show, Lance was speaking to Minos Del Malign about an urgent issue while Lord Albert examined the canine man thoroughly. "I still would like to know what happened, Minos. Your cure worked perfectly on Trooper, but I'm still stuck like this. And worse... every time I try to put on normal clothes, I itch like mad." Lance was only wearing plastic shorts which he didn't like much since they reminded him of diapers. "It is almost like I am allergic to clothing now. What do I do?"

Minos calmly said, "Do you recall that I said the cure might have side effects? The mixture I made is what always works on animals affected by Chemical 46. In Trooper's case, he was totally cured. Of which I think he couldn't wait to be posture problematic again. But you were human to start with; not animal. Therefore, Lord Albert is your only hope now."

Lord Albert hummed. "It is very strange, Minos. I can plainly see Chemical 46, as you pointed out. But I am also seeing trace elements of Mutagen and Dr. Shepherd's transdogrifier residue. As strange as this will sound, Lance, Chemical 46 has mutated on you in its interaction with your human physiology. It is no longer Chemical 46. And because it isn't anymore, Minos' cure didn't work on you. Therefore, we will need to consult Dr. Shepherd and Donatello about this. They are the experts on Mutagen and transdogrifier residue. As for your itchy sensation, Lance, and you might hate hearing this, but... Trooper was wearing a flea and tick collar; you weren't. Your itchiness is... sad to say... fleas. You need a good dipping and a bath."

Lance sighed. "...great..." His sarcasm was clear to overhear from even off the set.

Supermouse and Overcat were off set allowing the experts to work while they discussed another issue.

"You're sure about that, Overcat?" asked Supermouse.

The super feline of steel replied, "I'm afraid so, old friend. One of our contacts got word that the U.S. Government is looking for you again. We don't know why they chose to start up again now, but whatever it is, you again need to be careful."

"Can't we just drop them butt-naked into the Impville Cockpits?" asked the mouse of steel with a serious look on his muzzle.

"Would you really want to curse the dragons with THAT?"

Supermouse sighed. "I guess not. Even the dragons don't deserve samates from that stock."

Lord Albert then called out, "Supermouse! Overcat! I need you two to get an anti-flea and anti-tick dip prepared for Lance. He's itching like crazy again. And one of you go find Dr. Shepherd of the Road Rovers and Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We need them right now."

Supermouse grinned at Overcat. "Let's make the dip first, then you go get Dr. Shepherd and I'll go nab the turtle."

Overcat giggled. "Sounds like a plan, partner."

Soon thereafter, with Lance being submerged in a dip bath much like what Trooper had to endure as a puppy once, Dr. Shepherd and Donatello were examining the samples they took from Lance's canine body. "Yes, he does seem to have the genetics of a Road Rover now," remarked Dr. Shepherd. "I didn't think that was possible without my actually doing it, although there has been one case like this before although through different means. A Canadian young man named Wayne Deering had the canine gene within him and through testing, he chose to join the Road Rovers as Chinook. A very welcome addition to the team. Even Colleen liked him and that says much, as I am sure you can guess. Although with Blitz off recruiting for a second Rover team, perhaps this is a new age for Road Rovers. Especially if more and more humans are developing the ability to become Cano-Sapiens."

Donatello hummed. "It is unusual to see Mutagen laced in with your transdogrifier residue, Dr. Shepherd. But it seems to be part of Lance's physiology now. But perhaps he may not be as stuck as the preliminary findings displayed, if you catch my meaning..."

"I think I do, Donatello," said Dr. Shepherd with a studious expression. "It is possible for us to arrange for a transformation trigger chemical to be injected into Lance that would enable him to switch back to his human form, although his time as a human would be limited and he would shift back into his new Cano-Sapien Mutant form. But this is better than nothing. If it works."

End of Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Forest River Police Department.

Supermouse slowly walked into the main lobby and smiled at the secretary. "Is Commissioner Williams in?" he asked politely.

"Yes he is." She gave him directions to the briefing room. "And allow me to say that you are one handsome super mouse."

Supermouse thanked her and proceeded down the hall and stepped inside the briefing room where he saw his father giving the officers their patrol orders for the day. He politely and quietly waited until his father noticed him, then he said, "Mom is making cookies. You know what that means."

"Ladies Auxiliary, I hope," Johnathan replied with a return smile. "What brings you down to police headquarters, son? Did they get tired of you on set?"

"It's not that," he replied without a smile this time. "This is a lot more important."

Johnathan turned to the officers and dismissed them, then he took Supermouse to his office. "Okay, son... what is the big issue this time?"

"One of Overcat's contacts in the real world got wind that the U.S. Government is looking for me again. And rather than our waiting for them to show up like last time, I thought it might be better if I simply go to them. With my team. And just confront them to see what they want with me this time around. I mean, we don't need any more of them bothering the citizens on Q.C. Planet."

Johnathan hummed. "Just be careful. I don't like the idea of their wanting to use you as their one-mouse army. And get Lord Albert on board, too."

Supermouse then stated, "Lord Albert is helping Morgan currently. Apparently a demon horse had been on Q.C. Planet illegally and tried to trap Morgan in a verbal only deal that was not properly sealed with a handshake. Morgan got damned lucky that he encountered a herd leader that was on the ball and stopped him from getting in too deep."

"I assume this was tied to Samuel's secret bet, wasn't it?" Johnathan asked as he gazed out the window.

"How did you find out about that?"

"I asked Christopher this morning under the threat that if he didn't tell me that I would ship him back to his father. A fate worse than death."

"This bet was made back on Earth and Samuel forgot all about it until I came to ask him if he knew what Morgan had been talking about. When he verified the exact details of this bet, there wasn't much I could do about it. Morgan promised Teriaki a whole bag of gourmet parrot feed if she didn't reveal what he was up to and he kept his word, which is why she lied to you last night."

Johnathan chuckled. "The more my family changes, the more they stay the same. I should have expected that. Especially when Valeria(n) changed the subject and distracted me with her news."

Supermouse smiled. "Her news was important, dad. Just knowing that I'll get my sister back someday is news enough. It's too bad we can't say that for Samuel though. But I hear he and Champion are a big hit on the Boys Ranch Pony series. Word is... that Samuel is more popular than Champion."

Johnathan grinned at the big mouse. "I heard they were engaged." He winked with a chuckle.

"Overcat asked me a few days ago if I was dating anyone. I think his jaw about bounced off the floor when I told him no."

"What about that one girl in school you were seeing?"

Supermouse walked over to the window and glanced outside with a sigh. "She's in Atlanta, dad. And I'm here. What kind of romantic life would that be? Dating a super powered rodent who has to be away nearly all the time? She'd get tired of that real fast. As for Barbra Lang, she said she was interested in me, at first, then when Remington got studly she forgot all about me."

End of Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Having perfectly followed the directions that Valeria(n) had given out at a family dinner one night earlier in the week, Christopher walked into the dragon's lair and walked directly up to a position between the lightly snoozing dragon's legs. He then recalled what his cousin turned samate had told them to gain visitation permission. He chose to clear his throat loudly. "AHEM!"

The dragon stirred slightly and murmured, "...I smell... I smell... a cute... boy? Naw... must be a dream?"

Christopher exclaimed, "EXCUSE ME, SIR!"

The dragon lifted his head and peered down his body and saw the nice and cute clothed boy. "Well heh-lo there! Such a rare treat to see a cute boy in my lair without my having earned one. What can I do for you today?"

"My name is Christopher Williams, a cousin to Valeria(n). She said that I could come in this way to visit her. May I have permission to go in and see her?"

The dragon smiled as he reached down and gently ran his paw over Christopher's hair. "A cousin you say? Of course you may visit her. By the way, did any other dragons give you any trouble as you were coming in here? A good many have been extremely horny lately."

"In truth, I heard a lot of snoring, sir. Or maybe they were faking it."

The dragon nodded his snout. "A shame you are so cute and my rules prevent me from giving you a ride on the dragon express. Here, let me open the visitation entrance slit for you. Remember now... don't go past the foyer and you'll be fine. I cannot promise your safety if you happen to go further inside than that." And he opened the horizontal slit and helped Christopher up and into the entryway. "My samates call me Master, but my actual name is Auransurgoloran. It is a mouthful, I know. But now you know the name. Enjoy your stay as I encourage family visitation."

True to the description given by Valeria(n), then entryway led into a foyer where it appeared that a vertical slit in the back wall stood next to a screen-like window where one could see into the forward slit-chamber of penile bouncing. And to one side of the foyer was a desk, or something like a desk, and seated comfortably behind it was a sexy looking scaly mini-dragon or rather, a samate.

"Hello. I'm Christopher and I'm here to see Valeria(n), please."

The greeter replied, "I will send word to her and she will join us shortly. Feel free to either sit on one of the couches or view the penile chamber through the screen. I assume you know the rules concerning exploration. Allow me to call your cousin." And he closed his eyes and focused.

Christopher walked over to the screen/window and peered through it to the scene just beyond. He could plainly see occupants having the most playful time of their lives without a care in the world. And they all looked extremely happy. Most who saw him through the screen waved at him with big smiles and a few threw him kisses. Being a cute boy was very attractive, obviously.

Then Valeria(n) was behind him and she gave him a firm hug. "Christopher! I never thought you would come to see me! I am really glad to see you!"

"Thanks, Valeria(n). I came because I need your advice about something. You were always good with advice back when you were a girl and I needed help before."

They sat down near the desk and Valeria(n) asked, "So what do you need advice on?"

Christopher then explained his experience with the breeding ponies to his cousin, telling of how they apologized quickly afterward, and how later he felt drawn to equines and donkeys who were well hung. "...so I need to know if there might be something wrong with me. I mean, I would never have those kinds of thoughts before and now, I fantasize about it nearly all the time."

The greeter and Valeria(n) both had the same response, "Trappers." Then Valeria(n) alone said, "No, it is not normal for what you're experiencing, cuz. Those ponies did something to you anally that is making you think and dream in the manner you have been drooling over them for. The Master can perform a cleansing upon your anal tract to remove the gunk the ponies placed there, and then he can give you a soapy warm water enema to wash out the rest. What you have been injected with is a Trapper's attraction fluid. And the sooner you get it removed, the better off you will be. Otherwise, the next time an equine mounts you, you will be stuck as an equine of the same type that mounted you." Then she called out, "Master? My cousin needs your help with something..."

**End of Chapter 12 End of Episode Five: Dog Days of Summer

Stay tuned for Episode Six: Roo Flu Two**

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Wayne "Chinook" Deering was last seen in Dreamtiger's Road Rovers' New Friend story. All mentions of Chinook from now on is used with permission directly from Dreamtiger of FA.