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APQC-GP-06 Donkey Jobs and Party Packs By Darrel James Vanwinkle (Ratseye/Pouchlaw) Re-Written on 06/23/2014

Covering the finals week of school would be certainly one of the most boring events to even try to sugar coat and thus Gerard and Arnie pass with average scores although they do both ace Toon Physics in the top four. Gerard gets second place and Arnie gets fourth place. And since the room consisted of nearly forty students, scoring that high was wonderful for two human boys. The top score went to the toon son of a banker, Tom Coon, who lived, coincidentally only, in the same rural neighborhood that the boys lived in now.

Report cards were often mailed to the parents during the final days of school so the students could review their grades with their parents.

Come that Friday afternoon, school had ended early for the Summer and both boys awaited the arrival of the new resident at their Terryville farm, their friend from Earth who had his own horse of an interesting color scheme, Deryl St. James and his horse Cometfire. The strawberry-brunette young man with brown eyes and fair skin stepped out of the transport and proceeded to the rear of the trailer where he began to unload his horse who was as stated before, one awesome horse with a red flame mark on his forehead, having a fiery red, yellow, and orange mane and tail, but was otherwise covered in a white body coat. As he led his horse toward Barn Number Three, he noticed the toon rabbit boys as well as Gerard and Arnie. "Hey guys!"

"You were right, Deryl," stated Arnie as he looked over the horse. "He is one awesome looking horse. How did you score a beauty like him?" With a smile, the young man replied, "My dad's stallion had a son and dad made sure I got first dibs on the newborn colt. He has been the best friend ever since you guys weren't around anymore. And you know it is boring when even the Tralfazworth family are all gone at the same time."

Gerard asked, "So how is your dad's stallion, Angelfire, doing these days? And is your dad still a lawyer like his dad was?" Their friend led Cometfire into an available stall and began to groom him to calm him down after the trip. "Dad is still being a lawyer, obviously. Although he does wear that rainbow pin on his business suits, for luck he says. Angelfire is still the most wonderful stallion on Earth despite his son being so adorably handsome. Cometfire will certainly be a challenge to his grandfather, says I."

Once the grooming had ended, the boys and the rabbits entered the house where an afternoon snack was given to one and all. "You arrived just in time for a party, if you want the truth, Deryl. It is the school completion party our friends are throwing for making it through a school year. Wait until you meet the others. There's a tiger, a panthagoyle, a witch, a gentleman thief, another horse, a sexy fox, and a bunch of other toons. Even Ace the Bathound will be attending the party; he's my landlord at the moment. But he needs some time off."

While they ate, official introductions occurred for the newly joined member of the household. Prince Kelly, Lonepaw, and Tailshot; all alien lapines. Arnie explained that the fox, Tyler McCloud, and the other horse, Lighty, could be greeted during the party. The group moved their activities into the rotunda part of the house where they played some video games for a while as they waited for night to fall. And when the sunlight outside began to wane, that was when the others began to arrive at the farm for the party.

The party itself was quite the bash; even Captain Ace, Infernal, Vance Slystalker, and Kahidomon attended the event. Toons Gerard had met during previous outings. Of course the new boys got to meet everyone and Cometfire got a lot of praise when those visiting saw the good looking young stallion. Although Lighty seemed suspicious the first time he looked at the horse, almost as if he thought he had met someone from this horse's family before. But that wasn't possible since Cometfire was an Earth horse, right?

All of the Scooby clan and the Terryville City Council were at the outing, although Gerard did note that Simba was apparently attending as well. He knew he had seen his mom and dad earlier, so he was hoping the big lion was going to be smart enough not to cause a scene. Everyone throughout the toon county and then some knew about Simba-lizing by now. And those at the party didn't need a live demonstration to prove the point. Fortunately, it appeared that Simba never once looked at his father so perhaps the lion had learned his lesson.

"Ace," the Prince boy whispered to the non-caped Great Dane attendee. "tell me that Simba is out of the Insanitarium legally." The dean of MYTHS sipped on his party drink and replied just as quietly, "He is; I confirmed it earlier today. In fact, he was released this morning and this is the first social event he has gotten to attend. In case you forgot, you did invite 'everyone', key word, to this party. That legally means even Simba has permission to be here; but only for tonight. Don't worry, Gerard... I am keeping my eye on him just in case. I seriously don't think he wants to go near your mom this soon. By the way, both Lex Luthor and Lord Albert are investigating your family background. Something happened to your sister last week and the authorities prevented your mom from finding out about it since it involves..." He narrowed his eyes and pulled the boy down close to his muzzle. "a werewolf."

Arnie in the meantime was spending time with Connor's uncles since the famous reindeer had come to the party and it was interesting to learn about toons during their off season. Since it was a Friday, Ezrel could not attend the party that night, but Arnie would make it up to his friend during his day off tomorrow. Also as a change of pace, Mr. Pink had moved the Grand Wish Show from the Ink and Paint Club for this one Friday night only since he also did not want to miss this party. So when eight P.M. arrived, everyone got to watch the Pink Panther's wish granting performance on those who had signed up for a makeover that night. It was educational for the human boys to watch since until then, they had not gotten to see just what Mr. Pink did with those getting the treatment.

Fenmire Rat and his brother Scott were at the party as well although the older swamp rat was keeping his brother within reach almost deliberately. Tom and Huck Hound were more than happy to chat with Gerard and Deryl, while Jack Roo and Parker Owl occupied Arnie's free moments.

The party began to die down around Midnight as guests began to depart and a few others offered to help with clean up around the property.

Within the front yard, Leon and Rianne were facing Simba while Mickey Mouse and Scooby Doo watch from nearby. "The court order is no longer on you, Simba. But that doesn't give you open permission to try to see my ass either. Please keep it professional and you won't have to meet my wife's... er, club... again. Understand?" The large Disney lion replied, "Professional. As it should have been from the start. I must apologize for my behavior since I was hard up after Nala left me and because ferals are mostly bisexual, I was looking on both sides of the fence. Believe me, Mrs. Prince... it won't happen again. And if it does, I have a lawyer in my tenure to help prevent it. Will you give me another chance?" Rianne thought about it and since she hadn't heard any further questionable reports about the leonine council member in recent weeks, she nodded her head. "Very well, Simba. You get another chance."

Over near the pool in the bushes between the house itself and the pool, Gerard and Ace were resting together on a large padded mat as they quietly admired the stars. "And another Summer begins, Ace. Did you have fun tonight?" The canine landlord slowly smiled at the human boy and licked him on the mouth as he said a familiar phrase. " ...and then some."

The next morning, Gerard slowly woke up to the sound of something that was rarely ever heard on Q.C. Planet. It was raining. And raining hard; a regular downpour. It only took Gerard a few minutes to get dressed, and after using the bathroom, he headed downstairs to the kitchen to get himself some breakfast. But instead of the usual early morning household activity, it was eerily quiet. It was while he was preparing himself a bowl of Kellogg's Corn Flakes that he found a note from his friends affixed to the refrigerator door.

Dear Gerard, I put my rain gear on and headed on over to Ezrel's place for my Saturday outing with him. And no, we are NOT doing things behind closed doors; I heard about your thinking that. I swear, you are starting to be worse than Fenmire Rat. And that's saying something. Signed, your friend Arnie.

Gerard grinned for a moment before he saw the PS in Lighty's handwriting. PS: Since the weather forecast is calling for rain all week, why don't you use your Toon Hole to pop over to Pleasure Island and keep your promise to the island lords over there since you did give your word to Lord Donkaroo after he restored you. I and Connor are entertaining your friend Deryl and Cometfire today over in the Enchanted Forest. It isn't raining there for some weird reason. Signed, your teammate Lighty. He giggled when he read the part about keeping his promise. His friends were giving him permission to go to Pleasure Island. He could use this trip to see about finding the last missing boy. His secret job for the union.

He sat down and ate the rest of his breakfast knowing that he was going to have fun that day. He returned to his room after breakfast and stripped down to just his shorts and an old pair of sneakers. He figured that if he didn't go to the island in a lot of clothes, then he'd hazard less of a chance to lose another set of clothing. He had tons of old shorts and he really didn't care about those old sneakers too much. Once he was prepared to make the trip, Gerard pulled out his Toon Hole and opened the quick way over to Pleasure Island. Being that it was raining hard on Q.C. Planet, he thought for sure that the carnival surely would not be running in weather like this. But he was wrong. He saw the usual crowd of donkey eared, donkey tailed boys having the time of their lives, even though it was raining so hard that it would knock over the common man. Gerard simply grinned.

Nothing was ever normal on Q.C. Planet.

One thing Gerard decided to do before going to see the Carnival Lords was to get some ice cream which he mainly wanted because the rain was actually warmer on the island than it was in Terryville and just seeing the other boys having fun made him hungry for dessert. He walked into one of the ice cream parlors and sat down on a damp stool at the counter. There was a semi morphic donkey working behind the counter and when the boy sat down, the donkey turned and saw who was sitting there. Gerard smiled and said, "I'd like a bowl of strawberry ice cream please." The semi morphic donkey nodded his head and began making the ice cream on the spot. He filled a bowl with vanilla ice cream first. When Gerard saw the vanilla he about complained; but then the donkey clerk spooned in some strawberries, sweetener, and a dash of clear sprinkles, and put the bowl into a special automated churn. "It'll be a few minutes, handsome. We rarely ever get a strawberry request. It's usually just vanilla or chocolate." Gerard smiled. "It's okay, sir. I can wait." The damp stool was beginning to make his bottom feel really good.

The semi morphic donkey asked, "Been at the carnival long?" Gerard replied, "No, I just arrived a few minutes ago. That is really some rain out there. I was surprised the carnival was even running in this weather." The semi morphic donkey then smiled back and said, "Lot of good things to do around here, then." And he began pitching the 'goods' of the carnival to Gerard, treating the boy like any other new arrival. And even though Gerard had been to Pleasure Island before, he simply let his host talk. He had not heard the welcoming speech or full description of the carnivals... and circus? before.

Gerard arched an eye. "There's a circus on the island, too? That wasn't mentioned on the poster I read before coming here." The semi morphic donkey nodded his muzzle, accidentally slinging a bit of donkey sweat on his face and chest. "Sure there is. It's stationed over in Lord Merlion's Carnival. All those animals just waiting for a nice boy to go treat them right." Gerard forced himself not to wipe off the slung sweat, as he replied, "I might head over there later. But what one thing on the whole island would you say is the most fun thing to do? In your own opinion of course." The semi morphic donkey replied with a smile, "Don't tell any of the lords I said this, but I think working is the most fun thing to do on the island. It's not good policy to promote that work is fun on an island where pleasure and fun is the main theme." He winked. Gerard smiled at the thought of a donkey preferring work over pleasure. "Is there a more dangerous side of the island that I wouldn't want to go over to? I mean, I'd hate to get hurt when the whole goal of pleasure island is to have fun."

The semi morphic donkey looked around cautiously then looked directly at Gerard. "If you know about the entry fence, then you probably don't know about... the back fence. There is a carnival back there in which... boys who go in... don't come out. Or... we never see them come out." Gerard arched an eye. "Who runs that place?" The semi morphic donkey lowered his voice at that point. "The four lords don't like to acknowledge it, but there is a fifth lord of the island. His name is Lord Guil Nomigid. It is said that the animals over in his carnival... are actually anatomically correct digimon." He then shuddered from the mere thought of it.

Gerard patted the donkey's semi morphic paw. "It's okay. You don't have to say anything more about it. How's that ice cream coming along?" The semi morphic donkey licked Gerard's face, then turned and began spooning the strawberry ice cream into a very large bowl. Then he carried the bowl over and set it on the counter in front of Gerard and handed him the spoon. "Dig in, my friend. It's all yours." Gerard took a bite, then after he swallowed, he asked, "What do I owe you for this?" The semi morphic donkey grinned. "Don't you know? Everything on Pleasure Island is free." He winked and returned to the back to clean up his kitchen. Gerard giggled, then continued to eat his ice cream. He was surprised at how good it really was. Whatever the secret ingredient was that the shop donkey used, it certainly gave the ice cream a great and delicious flavor.

When Gerard finally finished off the ice cream, he surprisingly, yet again, did not feel full. That was perhaps a good thing. The food and drink on Pleasure Island did not fill a visitor up. The semi morphic donkey then returned to pick up the bowl and the spoon. "How was it?" Gerard smiled. "Really good. Doesn't feel like it filled me up at all. And that secret ingredient flavoring was awesome." The semi morphic donkey asked, "Would you like something else then?" Gerard hummed. "I don't know. What would you suggest?" The semi morphic donkey grinned. "House special. A Triple Decker Neapolitan fudge covered banana split with whipped cream, a sweet cherry, and sugared nuts." Gerard MMMmmmed. "That sounds great! I'll have that!" The semi morphic donkey grinned again and served it right up!

By the time Gerard was able to force himself to leave the ice cream parlor, he was as sugared up and as hyper as any of the other boys wondering around the carnival. He knew he probably shouldn't have accepted seconds of that last dish, but it was so good that he couldn't stop eating it. He quickly double checked himself to make sure he didn't have a tail or donkey ears, then he set off to find one of the lords of the island. Preferably Lord Donkaroo, the one he had made the original deal with.

It was still a downpour of warm rain. So warm that he was starting to think he should have just come naked. But he did have the foresight to strip down to his shorts and a pair of old sneakers, although walking made a squishing sound which made him think that he was having sex. Gerard continued along, getting rained on continuously, until he came across a huge wooden fence and at one spot was an open gate and what looked to be an anatomically correct male erect Growlmon trying to nail up a warning sign on the open gate, but it was obvious that he was having problems. "Dammit! These nails suck!" Gerard grabbed hold of the sign and held it to the gate. "I'll hold the sign and you hammer it securely into place."

Growlmon smiled. "Thanks!" And he got to work nailing up the new warning sign. When he was done, he shook Gerard's hand. "Thanks a lot, human. My boss is trying to secure his part of the carnival and someone keeps stealing the warning sign. Hopefully with your help, it'll be more secure now. I'm Growlmon A.C. I run the ticket booth in the ExVeemon A.C. ride." Gerard shook the paw in return. "I'm Gerard Prince, the new councilman's son. I was on my way to find Lord Donkaroo and I saw you in a spot of trouble with the sign." Growlmon nodded his head. "I sure am lucky you came along, Gerard. Repair work with paws my size isn't very easy. On Saturdays, I hit Oslo's Gym in Terryville. If you want to spend a Saturday with me, that's the place to do it." Gerard smiled. "If that's a date offer, then I'll be there, Growlmon. Oslo has been wanting me to see his Gym. I've just been too busy actually stop by. Now I have a reason to go." Growlmon smiled, giving Gerard a friendly hug and a gentle grope with his paws. "A shame I'm on duty today. I'd invite you in, but as you can read on the sign... entering does not guarantee your ever leaving. And my lord I work for doesn't like the bad rep we get in our carnival. But I'll let him know that you helped me put the sign up on the gate. He might want to see you himself."

Gerard smiled again, patting Growlmon on the tail. "I'll keep that in mind, Growlmon. Unless I see you later today, then you will see me on Saturday." Growlmon A.C. grinned, swatting Gerard on the butt in return, then entered the gate and closed it.

Gerard finally arrived at Lord Donkaroo's home quarters and took the time to use a nearby dry towel to dry himself as much as he could before walking into the lord's front room/office. "Lord Donkaroo? It's Gerard Prince. I came to fulfill my part of our agreement." Donkaroo wasn't there, but he had left a memo on his desk. Gerard read the note as best as he could, which wasn't easy as it was in a donkey's handwriting. "Repair crew stuck in donkey otter pen. Send aid." Gerard then walked over and looked at a map of the carnival on the wall and located the pen in question. "I passed that on my way here. I'll just leave Donkaroo a note that I was here and then I'll go look into the problem and see if I can help them out."

Gerard left the note in plain view, then headed back outside into the rain, back tracking to where he saw the Donkey Otter Pens. At least, that's what the sign said... he could tell that it was closed for repairs, but he also knew that somewhere in there, the repair crew was stuck. So he slipped through the entrance and began to slowly make his way down the back hallway toward the door marked "Entrance" and went inside.

He quickly stopped just inside the door as he saw what the problem was. The repair crew had been repairing a weak floor at the end of the walkway between mud wallow pens and the floor had given way. And when Donkaroo had come to assess the degree of trouble that the crew was in, the edge of the floor broke under his weight, dumping him into the mud, too. There were three donkey boys trying to pull Donkaroo out with a rope, but it was just too slippery and the floor was creaking as if it would break under the other's weight as well.

Gerard opened his toon hole and reached through to the school's prop department where he snagged a sturdy iron pole that was used to yank people off of stage. He then put his toon hole away and yanked the three donkey boys back just in time as the floor broke where they had just been standing. "Grab hold of the pole and we'll use it to pull Lord Donkaroo and the others out!" Lord Donkaroo was pleased to hear Gerard's voice. He knew they were in good hands now.

A good 20 minutes later, all of the rescued donkeys with Lord Donkaroo were standing outside in the rain, letting the warm rain wash the mud off of their bodies. Gerard made sure that no one else was stuck and securely closed off the entrance to the pens. Then he returned to the donkey-kangaroo lord. Lord Donkaroo grinned at the human boy. "I don't know how you appeared just as I was wishing you were around. But..." he paused then continued. "...thank you deeply, Gerard. You probably saved a good number of us today from starvation." Gerard smiled back, then gave Lord Donkaroo a firm hug. "I came to fulfill my part of the bargain that you and I agreed upon a few weeks ago." Lord Donkaroo hugged back and smiled, licking Gerard's face. "Truly? I thought you'd skipped out on that when you didn't show up when summer started."

Back in Donkaroo's home/office, the lord allowed Gerard to finish cleaning and drying him off with a large dry towel. "So you and your friend spoke to Mr. Pink, did you? I'll bet that was an experience for you boys. He's a pretty smooth customer; One of the classics." Gerard blushed. "He was really nice." He continued to work on Donkaroo's big kangaroo feet. Lord Donkaroo continued. "And you told your parents the truth about everything that you'd been in? And they approved of your outings? I thought for sure they would have chained you to the house after telling the truth." Gerard smiled. "They are used to me being honest. When I fibbed and tried to cover things up, it only made them suspicious. But when I came clean and told them everything I knew, they gave me unlimited Cart Blanch to do whatever I needed to do as long as I honestly kept them up to date afterwards. They are pretty cool for parents."

Lord Donkaroo said, "I asked you to return this summer and work for me around here. Odd jobs and what not. As you know, we normally don't employ non-donkeys here on Pleasure Island. However, and you can't tell a soul that I've told you this... but there is a shot I can give you that will make you immune to being changed into a donkey on Pleasure Island. The shot only lasts for the length of time that you are on Pleasure Island. The moment you leave, it will wear off and you will be susceptible again."

Gerard looked up at Donkaroo and saw that he was serious. "I promise not to tell anyone that you gave me the shot." Lord Donkaroo nodded his head and got out a hypodermic needle and filled it with the serum. Gerard tried not to tense up as he got the shot in his butt. He felt a tingling sensation as the serum entered his body, but he didn't see anything happening to him. "All done." Gerard was standing there rubbing his rump where he'd gotten the shot. "That wasn't as bad as it felt. So what do you want me to do now?"

Lord Donkaroo grinned. "Now that you're immune to being changed into a donkey while you're here, I want you to go clean up one of the dark chocolate vats. You can find the storage facility on my wall map. Usually when I order a donkey to go do it, they end up super fat and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out, do you?" Gerard giggled. "In other words, they are eating the stock and getting high on the donkey chocolate. Right?" Lord Donkaroo nodded his head up and down rapidly. "I knew you would figure it out." Gerard grinned. "I met Cris on my first day here and he can put away chocolate like nobody's business, so I already had a good idea on what you were talking about."

He looked at the wall map and then he headed out of the office to go clean up some chocolate vats.

Within the Enchanted Forest, true to the forecast for the magical woodland, it was as dry as a bone. Apparently it only rained in that forest when the witches wanted it too. Lighty and Connor had Deryl and Cometfire with them as they casually walked through the nice and dry wooded lanes. "So who all lives out here, Lighty?" asked the human boy who was riding on his horse. "I know Council Ghost, Casper, and Council Witch, Wendy, both live somewhere out here with their uncles and aunts. Spooky and Pearl both live out here some place. And Hot Stuff has a cavern along the back side which is reportedly a guarded short cut to the Underworld. And along the Faded Heights side of the forest is the Rich family estate where Richie's parents live. Although I don't think Richie lives with them anymore. I'm not sure where he moved off to. Word was that he and Hot Stuff were looking into real estate somewhere."

Connor giggled and then he added, "I heard they were an item. But anyway... Nightmare the Ghost Stallion also has a glade some place out here."

"The reason I asked was because I just saw Swiftheart Rabbit and Good Luck Bear with two toon kids just over past those bushes and watching them was Beastly and Shrieky," remarked the boy on his horse. "Yeah, Caring Productions sometimes films episodes here in the Enchanted Forest since the woodlands here are more real for the shows than the forests in the Caring Alliance," replied Lighty as he recalled the Cloud Kingdom information files he had been instructed in by his superiors. "I am sure they are simply filming an episode and we shouldn't bother them or else we might end up in front of the camera and we don't need that today."

Connor then asked, "I noticed that you were texting someone on your pocket pad, Deryl. Just who are you sending messages to?" With a smile, the boy replied, "In all honesty, I am texting another one of our friends who will be arriving when the Summer ends to school with Gerard and Arnie. His name is Victor Morgan and his favorite color is black. He has two-tone black curly hair, blue eyes, and dark skin. Everyone usually just calls him Vickie or just Vic, and his favorite short phrase is 'I'm vlicking my Vic!' He is openly friendly and quite adventurous as Gerard more than knows from when he lived on Earth. If you mention Vic to Arnie, you will hear the words, 'Uh oh.'"

The young toon with an equine form all his own replied, "Sounds like the coming school year will be one no one will forget. Especially if Arnie thinks the guy is trouble." Deryl grinned at Lighty's comment. "He can be trouble, but he isn't trouble all the time. Otherwise he would be like Alphonzo. And we don't need Astro getting mad yet again." The toon reindeer then said, "Let's go see if the Enchanted Forest Bakery has anything good prepared for a trio of curious boys." And the three headed off down the trail.

Over in Meta-Star City, Arnie was indeed spending his Saturday with Ezrel and even though it had been raining in Toonium City, it was only a warm and windy day in the hero and villain mecca where the Union Judge mouse lived and worked at. "Nice to have you over here again, Arnie. Yesterday was more brutal than usual; eighteen offenses made by out of work heroes and villains all simply trying to get some unofficial air time. Had you visited and tried to hug me yesterday, I would have snapped your head off. None of us judges were in a good mood."

Arnie simply hugged his friend and gently rubbed one hand over the back of the mouse's head fur. "It is never good when someone as nice as you are to be that angry during a sunny day. I am here now; that's what counts. And I brought along some of the party food and drinks from the Friday night bash we had to celebrate finishing our Freshmen year." And he rubbed his nose against Ezrel's nose at that moment. "By the way, my friends have been teasing me about you and I doing things behind closed doors. We haven't done anything naughty... have we?"

With a sly smile, Ezrel giggled. "Not that I know of but any time you want to try it, just let me know first so we can properly prepare ourselves for a real closed door session."

At King Kazma's dojo in Montropolis, a private rear training area was in use as the martial arts lapine star worked with Rex in one section, while on the other side of the training zone a combat session between Lupa-Vega (who was wearing a X-Men training uniform,) Fangface (who looked as goofy as usual,) and Wolfy (from Groovy Ghoulies fame) was underway. "What's that phrase you are fond of saying?" asked the groovy werewolf with a cool sounding howl. "There's always time for chaos," the young lady replied as she shot a wink at the two toon werewolves. "Try not to lose your eyeballs when I shift."

"Moon phase... Wolf!" Lupa felt the hairs on the back of her neck prickling up and her long hair began to rise behind her as if arcane powers were present. Her body became enveloped in a silvery glow as she felt the changes rippling throughout her changing form. Her feet slowly changed into large wolven paws and her legs shifted to digitigrade wolf-like legs which supported her transforming form. She felt her tail bone tingling as her wolven tail slowly grew outward snaking down and forming with a full coat of tail fur. The changes continued up through her torso as she became more fit than before, growing in size to accommodate her furry body. The shifting continued down her arms as she developed muscles and strength greater than she had as a human. Her hands became paw-like with very sharp claws and her head slightly inflated as her ears slowly became pointed as they shifted to the top of her head and became wolf ears. Then, as her wolf fur began to cover her entire body, her defined wolven muzzle pushed outward from her former human face and her eyes turned into glowing yellow orbs with a pinpoint of pale blue light. She then howled ominously as she became a werewolf like the world had never seen before. "Starship Vega! She-Wolf of Chaos!"

Rapid close-ups then occurred all around her body and finally stopped on her glowing eyes as the scene pulled back to reveal her sharp toothy grin. "Not too close, camera guy."

As Professor X and Jean Grey watched from nearby, the werewolf training session began in earnest. "She reminds me of Rahne Sinclair," commented Jean as she watched Lupa tango with the two toon werewolf pros. "But I don't think even Wolfsbane was this intense." Professor X replied, "There is still an investigation into the Prince family background in progress right now since Lupa's ability is not a mutant power. It seems far more powerful than that. Like a combination between both earthen and lunar arcane energies."

Kazma was helping the human boy into a lapine power suit which the martial artist personally used whenever he needed to boost his normally awesome powers to the next level. There was even linked gloves, shoes, and a containment helmet which accompanied the power suit. Although this was truly the first time a human had ever worn the suit, Kazma didn't think it would do anything to Rex that he was unaware of. Since it always worked for him, he felt it safe for Rex to use during the training sessions. Not to mention, while wearing the suit, the boy would be able to sustain the strikes that King Kazma could dole out during their training. Once he had locked the helmet into place, the rabbit fighter asked, "There. You're ready to fight against the likes of me. Any questions before we get into this?" Rex smiled as he tested standing on his own and moving in the full body suit which had an almost unnoticeable smell within the suit itself. "Everything seems in order to me, master. Let's get our training session started."

Activating the Zero-G mode of the suit, Kazma and Rex took their session high into the air where they bowed to each other before striking a defensive pose and each began their opening moves toward each other. Rex was no slacker in martial arts but Kazma was the professional in the full spectrum of the art.

Gerard could hear the rain falling outside of the storage buildings as he worked on cleaning one of the nearly empty vats. Slick and sticky chocolate goo. He could just imagine Cris and other donkeys getting fat on this stuff, if they weren't wallowing in it, that is. It was a long and arduous task. It wasn't even noon yet. Gerard was always surprised by how slow time moved on Pleasure Island as opposed to the rest of Q.C. Planet. He finally climbed out of the huge vat and released a sigh of relief. "That's not an easy task."

"What isn't?" Gerard turned and saw a large part lion, part donkeytaur standing there at the door. "Lord Donkaroo had me clean this vat. I'm Gerard Prince."

"I am Lord Merlion." he said. "So you are the real human everyone has been whispering about. Why are you doing work on Pleasure Island?" Gerard replied, "Because I owed Lord Donkaroo for a restoration a few weeks ago, just before Summer began, and he told me to come back in the Summer and he'd put me to work paying off my debt to him. Is that a wrong thing to do?" Lord Merlion hummed. "So you're repaying a favor... you know, there is a task I need someone to do over in my carnival, but... you might change into a donkey if you did it." Gerard about told Lord Merlion about the shot that Lord Donkaroo gave him but he kept quiet about it just in time. "If there was a way to protect me from getting changed, I'd promise not to tell anyone that you gave it to me." the boy suggested. Lord Merlion hummed. "Perhaps there is something. But we'll have to go back to my office, if you don't mind, that is."

Gerard nodded his head. "I don't mind at all. Let's go." He set off walking with Lord Merlion. "I've heard that you have a circus in your portion of the island." Lord Merlion replied, "Yes, a very nice one. A lot of the attractions there were supplied to me by Circe the Sorceress. I am very grateful that she got me started in the circus trade. It does tend to draw in the boys."

They soon arrived in Merlion's home/office, which looked like a ringmaster's circus wagon on the outside. It even had two large wheels. While Gerard was looking around, he suddenly felt another hypodermic needle inject something into his butt, yet again. Gerard remarked, "Ow! Give a person some warning next time!" Lord Merlion grinned. "Remember, you promised not to tell anyone that I gave you this shot."

Gerard found himself doing stable boy work in one of the hoofies tents near the back side of the circus. Shoveling manure and pitching hay. It was surprisingly dusty, if not stinky, work, but it was giving him a good look at what went on behind the scenes at the circus. In fact, while he was working, he got to see a few cartoon boys get changed into circus animals while poking and harassing the animals therein. Gerard knew better, but kept quiet when the boys got in over their heads. He was actually amazed to watch how transformations occurred with other victims, and once a transformation ended, he got right back to work.

It was near noon when he finally finished cleaning the hoofies tent and went to report in to Lord Merlion. But as he was approaching Lord Merlion's office, he saw Wilwick emerging from the office, shaking his head to and fro as if he was disappointed in something.

"Wilwick?"

Lord Wilwick turned his muzzle immediately toward Gerard when he heard that voice and was quickly pouncing him, or trying to! "Oh! Sorry! It's just that I so enjoy hearing your voice and getting to see you! What are you doing at Merlion's circus?" Gerard smiled. "Favors for the lords. Donkaroo had the original idea. It is so I can repay my debt to Lord Donkaroo for when he restored me a few weeks ago. Remember?" Lord Wilwick smiled. "I remember it well. Come, we'll head back to my place for some lunch. And this time, I'm not letting you out of my sight. I want you to see my side of the carnivals." Soon after that, Gerard was seated at a small table at Wilwick's cottage. It was surprisingly pretty, for a lusty young donkey lord like Wilwick the Recruiter. A meal was served and Gerard ate quietly with his friend Wilwick.

After the meal ended, Gerard asked, "Are there any jobs you'd like me to do around your side of the carnivals?" Lord Wilwick hummed. "I'm not sure you'd be safe from any jobs that I'd have you do, Gerard. I mean, I don't want Lampwick to get mad at me if something bad happened to you." Gerard said, "Isn't there a secret way you can make it so I'd be safe... say if I promised not to tell that you gave it to me?" Wilwick hummed though not looking at Gerard as he knew that there was just such a thing. "Okay, but you can't tell a soul that I gave it to you or I could be imprisoned by Lampwick. It's in the next room. If you'll just head on in, I'll be in to give it to you." Gerard walked into the next room, where it was somewhat dark, but he could see Wilwick's unmade bed on the floor before him. And it was at that moment, he felt his third shot being pumped into his butt! "Ow!" Wilwick chuckled, but then he hugged and rubbed on the boy gently. "I love you, Gerard."

Gerard's work for Wilwick was down deep in one of the rides in Wilwick's carnival. It was normally a donkey's job, but because he had the shot, he was now doing this job instead of a donkey. The job, as strange as it seemed, was to wear a donkey mask and stick his head out of a hole and let carnival goers throw whipped cream pies at him. Most were really bad shots, so Gerard rarely ever got hit by the whipped cream. The few times he was struck, the sticky goo would find its way literally into his mouth and was sweeter than the chocolate goo in the vats was. It was obvious why a donkey would love this job. His shift ended when he felt a donkey grope him all over from behind, and he pulled his head out of the hole to see who it was. There was a donkey, of course, and standing there with him was... Lord Lampwick.

Gerard smiled and pulled his mask off. "Hi Lampwick." He hugged his favorite cartoon donkey friend and groped him all over. Lampwick was gladly returning the favor, mainly because he was super happy to see Gerard again. "You never come around much, lover. What brings you here this time?" Gerard smiled and explained to Lampwick about the favors that he was doing to repay Lord Donkaroo for his restoration some weeks ago before summer ended. Lampwick smiled. "So it is favors, is it? And I'll bet no one offered to make you immune to the stuff around here that would change you into a donkey. Well, we'll remedy that right now." He pulled out a hypodermic needle and stuck it into Gerard's rear end and injected the full contents of it into the boy! Gerard's eyes went wide as he felt a wave of dizziness wash over him and his center of gravity simply vanished as he literally fell over on the floor unconscious.

Lampwick, of course, was concerned in a major way at that point. He picked up Gerard and rushed him back to Lampwick's barn home and laid him down on one of the beds. Then he called for the island's donkey doctor immediately. Lord Guil Nomigid arrived with the donkey doctor, for Lord Guil was on his way to locate Gerard. When he saw the boy lying on the bed, he turned to Lampwick and said, "What did you do to him, Lampwick?" Lampwick said, "He told me he was doing favors for the lords, meaning donkey work, and I pulled out the immunity hypo, and gave him a shot of it. And the next thing I knew, Gerard fell over on the floor unconscious. I rushed him to my home immediately and called the donkey doctor." By the time the donkey doctor had finished examining Gerard, the other three lords had arrived in the barn at the request of Lampwick.

The donkey doctor said, "This poor boy is suffering from a massive overdose of the immunity serum. And I don't mean just one overdose, gentlemen... he is suffering from three overdoses in fact. I want to know how that could have happened."

Donkaroo sighed. "When he came to me to repay my restoring him, I gave him a shot of the immunity serum so he could clean the chocolate vats without changing into a doped up chocolate covered donkey. I made him promise not to tell anyone that I had given it to him."

Merlion was the next to confess. "I met Gerard in the vats warehouse. He had just finished your job, but he didn't tell me he already had a shot. When I heard that he was doing odd jobs for lords, I wanted him to do a task for me. But I was reluctant because it was a job that would have caused him to change into a donkey or a horse or worse... so he suggested that if there was an immunity I could give him, he would promise not to tell anyone that I gave it to him. When he said that, I should have figured it out that he had already gotten a shot from Donkaroo. I had him cleaning the hoofies tent at my circus. I'm really sorry."

Wilwick said, "I gave him a shot when I found out he was doing jobs for the lords, so he could fill in for a donkey that hurt himself the previous day. I really love the boy and would never do anything on purpose to hurt him, guys."

Lampwick sighed. "And when I found him, I was for certain that none of the rest of you would have given him the shot because I had long since told you that no one was to be told that there was an immunity serum. So, I gave him a massive shot to make up for any effects that might have been happening inside of him. And then he collapsed. I felt like the whole thing was my fault."

Guil folded his arms over his chest. "I was looking for Gerard to reward him for helping Growlmon AC this morning in getting the new sign up on the gate leading into my area. How ironic after all these years... of how all of you said I was the worst lord on the island... that it ends up that you guys end up hurting the one human boy that we all like." The four lords lowered their gazes to the floor. Guil turned to the donkey doctor. "What is the cure or prescription for Gerard's condition, doc?"

The donkey doctor replied, "The cure is untainted milk. That's it. He'll be weak for a while, but he is to be given a glass of untainted milk once every three hours, until he feels a horrific need to use the outhouse." The rest of the day was spent in watching over Gerard. All of the lords who had given Gerard a shot felt responsible for his condition. And Guil was right about his own mistreatment as well. All of the lords made with the apologies to the fifth lord.

During the recovery period, Cris, Alex, and Brent all came to see Gerard at different times. Brent was the last to visit and he was still there when Gerard felt the need to use the outhouse. Brent the donkey escorted Gerard out to the outhouse and stood out there near the outhouse while Gerard emptied himself. Laxatives do that. *big smile* Slowly, Gerard opened the outhouse door and poked his head out and kissed Brent on the nose. "Thanks for coming to see me, Brent. You're the only one I hadn't met yet from all the times I'd been out here. You're really nice and I really like you a lot. You're a good donkey."

Brent licked Gerard's face in return. "Thank you; I'm just a hard working donkey now. My days of being a toon boy are long gone. I have no regrets and do not wish to be restored anymore." Gerard groaned and pulled back into the outhouse and went some more... then he poked his head out again. "I will make sure the authorities know that you want to stay here, Brent. You seem to be happy with your new life here at the island." The formerly missing boy turned donkey smiled. "I'd appreciate that, Gerard." The human boy felt one more need to use the outhouse toilet hole...

Later, after a refreshing hot bath in Lampwick's home, Gerard came out wearing his shorts and sneakers when he saw the five lords awaiting him in the living room. Donkaroo said, "Gerard, we've talked it over with each other and we have decided to give you a permanent immunity to donkey transformation here on Pleasure Island. But only to donkey transformations... Merlion and Guil have other non-donkeys in their carnival areas as well as donkeys, so giving you the only permanent immunity you were promised seemed ideal because of what you had to endure today." Gerard smiled. "Thanks guys. I really appreciate it and I don't hate any of you for what happened. It was an accident; I really love your island."

Lord Guil walked up and shook the boy's hand. "Growlmon told me that you were super nice when you helped him today." Gerard grinned and winked as he replied, "He's super nice, too."

Gerard spent the night with Brent, snuggling with his new friend, and the following morning, the rain ceased and the sun come out. But it was still raining everywhere else. Yes, it was another one of those weird things that could only happen on the Q.C. Planet. Gerard spent the entirety of the day working with Brent and slept with him for another night, snuggling closer. The rest of the week found Gerard working for the lords all over the island. Including in Guil's carnival, where he got to see how boys got transformed there.

Finally, on the last day of his week long vacation on the island, Gerard was once again working over in Merlion's circus, where he was playing stable boy in the canine tent. That was a bit more of an easier job, as the hounds and such didn't make as big a mess as the hoofies did. During the lunch hour, he seated himself on a flat seat that overlooked the vulpine pen, and was eating his lunch when an anthropomorphic and quite studly fox climbed up from the pen and sat down on Gerard's lap. Gerard smiled at the fox and shared his lunch with the guy.

"Is my lap special or are you just happy to see me?" Gerard asked. "Pull off your shorts and I'll show you just how special your lap really is." the fox said, swishing his tail between Gerard's legs. "I'm Gerard Prince." The fox grinned. "I know who you are. Just like I know that you've been asking people for information about 'That Place'. This is your lucky day, Gerard. If you agree to play with me for the rest of the day, I'll be glad to tell you how you can find 'That Place'. Are you interested?"

Gerard was ecstatic! "Damn right I am! Every time I even bring up the title of that topic, everyone quickly zips their lips! You have yourself a deal, fox! And I'll go you one further... if I actually find 'That Place' and return, I'll play with you every Sunday for a year." The fox grinned. "I'll hold you to that promise, Gerard. Now come on into my pen and lose those shorts. You agreed to play with me for the rest of the day." When the day ended, Gerard was very tired. The fox apparently had energy to burn but kept his word and revealed what he wanted to know. Gerard collected his shorts and sneakers, and after a brief stop in with Lord Merlion, it was time to head home via the Toon Hole. He couldn't wait for school to start. He was a little surprised that Principal Dum had access to 'That Place' as a punishment for excessively naughty troublemakers at AniSapien High.

Sunday morning, Gerard and Arnie were in Meta Star City at the headquarters of the hero and villain union where the Prince boy had an appointment with the head Union Judge mouse lady. "...so you see, in closing, all three boys went to Pleasure Island of their own accord and have been there all this time without Lord Lampwick's knowledge. His chief recruiter, Lord Wilwick knew they were on the island, but he likewise had nothing to do with bringing them there."

"Thus Fenmire Rat...?" she urged the boy to continue.

"He is completely innocent over those he had befriended who chose to go the island despite his warnings to them," replied Gerard as he sipped on his drink. "The only reason Fenmire chose not to talk about the missing boys was because he felt that with the false accusation being leveled on top of him, he also believed that no matter what he said about the three, no one would bother believing him. Therefore he simply turned his attention to other matters. Then when he met me on the school bus, I was the first to give him a real chance and I learned afterward that the rat actually cares about his friends despite the rest of the school choosing to think he planned the others disappearance from the start. Which he didn't."

With the statement and sworn testimony of the young man, Gerard signed the statement to prove he had made the report and then the head Union Judge filed the report away and sent word to Scott Rat in Toonium City to explain that his brother Fenmire had been cleared of the missing boys case.

After the union visit, the boys met up with Infernal and Captain Ace at an eatery where the two were meeting with several other school friends of theirs. Among the hero school group were Fantastic Fox, Slipstream Stallion, a squirrel called Crosstown, a feline called Grand Slam, and an insect lady called Weather Bee. Fantastic Fox had a magically empowered outlook on his everyday life. Slipstream Stallion could move at star ship speed but only in an atmosphere. Crosstown's power was limited to destination signs, meaning that whenever she touched a sign's destination, she was instantly teleported to where ever that arrival point was. Grand Slam wore a baseball uniform and carried a baseball bat; anything he hit with the bat was knocked 'out of the ball park'. And Weather Bee could manifest any weather condition with a certain insect dance which she would perform.

Once the pizza outing was handled, both boys returned to the farm in the Terryville Farms area where Royal Rabbit and Ace the Bathound greeted them before escorting them inside and down to the training chamber. "Good of you two to return," said the dark knight hound in the cape and cowl. "Your team has been awaiting so you guys could get your team training session started. Therefore whenever you are ready, make with the transformation sequences." And Ace moved aside to get the actual schedule prepared.

"All right, Showcase! Let's take it to the next level!" Gerard, Arnie, and the rest all shared a wink at each other as they began their sequences.

"Empowered Legacy! Activate!" Gerard struck his pose and felt the energy rush cascading up his body from his waist to his head. Then as he felt his hair stand on end and goosebumps ripple over his skin, a circle of power and a conic pyramid of energy illuminated his body brightly. The circular disc he stood on in front of the pyramid of conic energy then revolved around behind the pillar of power as on the next position of the disc the form of a handsome and muscular rabbit man came into view to take the place of the former human. His pirate crew costume appeared in a flash to cover his body. Then he exclaimed, "Lapine Armor Sequence!" His hero armor then appeared in flashes up and down his lapine body, followed by his gloves and boots, and finally his clear safety visor which appeared over his eyes. He then leaped off of the disc in a mighty aerial flip as he landed in full view where he made a flurry of martial arts moves before striking his final pose for all to see. "Captain Rabbit!"

"Empowered Legacy! Activate!" Arnie struck his pose and felt the energy rush cascading up his body from his waist to his head. Then as he felt his hair stand on end and goosebumps ripple over his skin, a circle of power and a conic pyramid of energy illuminated his body brightly. The circular disc he stood on in front of the pyramid of conic energy then revolved around behind the pillar of power as on the next position of the disc the form of a handsome and muscular eagle man came into view to take the place of the former human. His militia like costume appeared in a flash to cover his body. Then he exclaimed, "Eagle Armor Sequence!" His hero armor then appeared in flashes up and down his eagle body and around his wings, followed by his gloves and boots, and finally his clear safety visor which appeared over his eyes. He then leaped off of the disc in a mighty aerial flip as he landed in full view where he made a flurry of martial arts moves before striking his final pose for all to see. "Eagle Lord!"

"Empowered Legacy! Activate!" Kelly struck his pose and felt the energy rush cascading up his body from his waist to his head. Then as he felt his fur stand on end, a circle of power and a conic pyramid of energy illuminated his body brightly. The circular disc he stood on in front of the pyramid of conic energy then revolved around behind the pillar of power in a perfect three sixty and as he came back into view, he was wearing the noble armored ensemble of his home world. It was a crystal like three piece suit of armor, with gauntlets and plated boots, and a partial helm which allowed his ears to protrude freely and his eyes and muzzle to be seen clearly. He then leaped off of the disc, making some impressive lapine martial arts moves of his own as he landed in full view for all to see. "Royal Rabbit! Prince of the Lapines!"

The two lapine space pirates slid together, back to back, as they each lifted up one arm which had a wrist transformer in full view. "Frontier Light!" And they pushed their activation buttons. "Lapine Fight!" Side by side, the two alien lapines were each seen going through their armored costume sequences as reinforced battle armor appeared over their bodies, followed by boots and gloves, and a belt with pouches and a weapon holster. Over one lapine's head there appeared a black scarf mask which draped around his neck, while the other lapine received a headset with goggles and a laser cross-hair sighting scope. Then each lapine flipped into the air and then they landed close to each other as a laser light appeared in the targeting scope of one lapine and an energy saber appeared in the other lapine's grip. "Lonepaw!" "Tailshot!" "Lepus Privateers!"

Tyler stepped back into the shadows as he raises his wrist comm in front of himself and he tapped in a numerical code and then he pressed the enter button before closing the hatch on the comm unit. His usual uniform turned black as his helmet with a black visor appears over his head and a photon blaster appeared in his holster on his belt. He then leaped out of the shadows as he made a few martial arts moves in mid air before he landed in full view, his visor slid up and he saluted the audience with a foxy smile. "Covert Fox!"

Lighty stepped into view as he winked at the audience as he ran one hand through his shoulder length hair. His shining neck tattoo gleamed and his entire body became enveloped in a magical cascade of sparkling lights. As the light dimmed slightly, his white uniform came into view first with gold racing stripes along his sleeves and leggings. His silver belt appeared around his waist as his silver boots appeared on his feet. He then spun around in place as a light show and explosive sparkles erupted all around him in a display which looked like both fire and ice. He then took out a designer pair of golden shades and placed them over his eyes as he smiled for the camera. "Brightburst!"

In the Wonderland region, the former butterball rival of the Prince boy, Alphonzo Tralfazworth, had finally experienced an accident which he couldn't bounce back from on his own and he was laying on an examination table while two local doctors ran tests on him due to his current condition. The rival's new friends, a toon hippo boy named Herby and a toon big horn ram boy named Rocky, had been the ones who called the medics to the scene of the edible accident. They had been shortening his name to Fonzy since neither boy liked the human's real name. "And how did you say this happened, boys?" asked the Cheshire feline doctor as he examined the unusually deflated and skinny young man.

"We were responding to a taste testing for a new candy which has reportedly half the sugar yet still have the same great taste," replied Rocky. "Herby ate his and nothing happened to him. Then I ate mine and had the same result; it was simply good candy. But when Fonzy ate his, he said his mouth and stomach felt like that they were on fire and then he ran to the bathroom and we followed him where we saw him rapidly deflating like someone had siphoned all of the air out of his obesity. Herby called for you guys immediately after that."

"Fortunately," started the May Hare doctor. "we have isolated the ingested culprit of this accident and thankfully removed the contents for testing. But the one thing I can see right now is traces of both Toonium and Wonderium within the confectionery genetics of this candy. Toonium alone could alter his species and his mind irrevocably. But Wonderium is highly magical and often has chaotic effects on anyone who isn't resistant to what we would consider normal. We will send these samples and our evaluation to doctors Warner and Tennyson. They are the experts in Sudden Transformation Chemicals, STFC for short. In the meantime, I would suggest that you boys take your friend to a gym so he can use the showers there, then go help him get some new clothes. There is no way in Hell he can wear his old clothes with his changed stature. I just hope his parents aren't upset over this. We hear about angry mothers regarding their sons once too often."

After the two doctors departed, Herby and Rocky escorted Fonzy over to the closest gym and proceeded to help clean his body of any left over fluids that had mainly drained out of his back side during his bout on the toilet during the deflation incident. It was while the two were helping Fonzy to get clean when the Wonderium still within the boy's body chose to interact with the left over Toonium and... he buckled nearly over in agony as pains in both his forehead and on his back occurred at the same time. From Fonzy's forehead began to grow a spiraled unicorn horn and from his back the slow and painful eruption of Pegasus wings made their appearance known. But the changes were not done yet.

"What's happening to me?" the rival boy cried out as he grew another two feet in size (he had been short before) as his long lion like tail grew out of his tailbone and the tail hair of a horse grew out all over it. His head was pulsing as his human looks transformed into that of a horse, his penis and sac changed to become a sheath and ball sac, and finally his legs and feet became their equine equivalent; digitigrade with single toed hoofs. His flowing mane grew forth as his body fur slowly sprouted across his new body.

Then it was apparently over.

Rocky and Herby helped Fonzy out to a bench and then emergency services were called yet again. For the second time in a few hours, Alphonzo was getting a full examination. But this time, Warner and Tennyson were both on hand to assist with the situation. "You mean to tell me that this used to be Rex's little brother?" asked the oldest Warner brother as he took the winged unicorn boy's pulse. "Wonderium just couldn't wait to do something unexpected, could it?" His partner, Dr. Tennyson, was making sure the boy didn't sustain any broken bones during the transformation. "I just hope the Toonium didn't do a mind wipe on him. Of course, his attitude could stand to have parts of that wiped out. Especially from what I've heard from Gerard and Lupa. What is it with the Atticus people being so primed for accidents like this?"

Dr. Hank McCoy walked in at that moment with a power scanning device and he began to use it on Alphonzo. "If the boy is lucky, he may have a transformation trigger like Gerard and Arnie do. With something like that, his winged unicorn form could become his secondary form. And if he doesn't have a trigger, we can have one installed. But for my arranging that, Alphonzo will have to change his attitude and make up with Gerard. It is silly to bring a rivalry from Earth to QC Planet simply out of jealousy. If he gets over that, he can really live."

Dr. Tennyson then asked, "What are the chances of his having such a trigger installed into him, McCoy? According to Dr. May Hare and Professor Cheshire, the boy had just undergone a deflation due to eating a candy that had both Toonium and Wonderium laced through it. Harmless to toons, but apparently not so much for human boys."

"They fed a human boy Wonderium based food?!" remarked the blue furred Beast mutant in shock. "They should be court-martialed for that!" He quickly calmed himself. "If that is the case, we will have to arrange his Yuskay Groomer treatment. Something similar had to be done just the other day with Arnie Domingo; Gerard was pissed because of it."

"Albert really needs to approve a Yuskay Groomers on QC Planet just in case of these emergencies," stated Dr. Warner as he finished examining the winged unicorn boy. "I recall Lord Yuskay wanting to set up a test grooming outlet in Angel City, a.k.a. QC Washington D.C. You can take the hound out of the law, but you can't remove the hellhound from the law. No offense to Lord Paul; he is good at his craft but he isn't always available. We need a Yuskay Groomers on the surface world."

"Then we will make this a medical request in which we will all readily agree to," replied Yakko as he made a few final notations in regards to Fonzy's bone structure. "No broken bones... this time." He then looked at his colleagues. "The Groomers do almost what Mr. Pink does except on a major scale. The Grand Wish Show is done as a Friday night hobby for the famous panther, but even he has admitted that it isn't something that he can do every day. He can do two to five on a night for free, but no more than that. Therefore Yuskay's business would be for those who desperately want this done and can pay for it. Mr. Pink's free version would remain for Friday nights for those toons who deserve it."

His colleague, Dr. Tennyson then commented, "Alphonzo's older brother had a digital fumes style accident regarding one of King Kazma's full body Zero-G training suits a few days ago. While the Tralfazworth boys were originally not well liked by the Prince family, they were slowly beginning to come around and leave their old nasty selves behind to become better people. And then these weird things happen to them. I hate to raise red flags but these incidents seem not only deliberate but preplanned as well. I think we should report our findings to the head cat as soon as possible. No toon ever has this happen to them; only teen aged humans receive this style of accident."

Rocky and Herby were both staying by Fonzy's side as they listened to everything that the doctors were discussing in regards to this case. "Don't worry, Fonzy," said the toon ram boy. "We will get you some sort of partial uniform that your new winged unicorn body can wear. I do hope you get access to your human form back, too. But admittedly, your new body is really awesome looking now. Gerard and Arnie have nothing like this, you know." To which the new winged stud muttered in reply, "I don't hate them; I just compete with them."

"Warner and Tennyson said that you shouldn't overdo it, Rex," remarked the tall college aged Prince female as she spoke to her ex-boyfriend, the now taller, more slender anime rabbit who was like an off colored duplicate of King Kazma himself. "Who could have known that by wearing one of Kazma's Zero-G suits this sort of thing would happen to you?"

King Kazma who had been preparing for a practice session alone said, "The good doctors explained that Rex had inhaled the electro vapors I had left within the suit from all the times I had worn it myself and these vapors is what transformed your friend from his human form into his current species. Because I am responsible for this outcome, I will continue to educate Rex so that he may function without me some day. What of yourself, Lupa?" He was directly gazing at the Prince female with the werewolf power. "Any further developments on your end of the empowered circuit?" He slowly stood up as he finished tying off the cords on his shoulder armor.

"Having an uber dangerous wolf woman form has been interesting so far," she replied as she continued to lift weights on the exercise bench nearby. "The Jackals found that out the last time they messed with The SUM the other night. As for the rest of my life, Lord Albert is keeping what happened to me a secret from my mom since he has already determined that I didn't get this ability from dad's side of the family. Therefore, the investigation is focused solely on my mother. Albert did say that my father's side of the family has direct Round Table connections but he wouldn't divulge any further information on that little slip of information. Makes me so damned curious now. If the ladies in the family get what I'm dealing with, then what do the males in the family get?"

"You are not a cat," remarked the fighting anime rabbit with a small grin. "Are you ready for a training session, Rex?"

"As ready as I hope to be, Sensei Kazma," he replied as he finished securing his own padded armor. It wasn't the superior set like his mentor's outfit but he had to earn one of his own if he wanted to someday be independent like the fighting rabbit hero. "Although the heaviest part of my thoughts have been regarding the family surname. I spoke to Astro the other day and I was able to convince him that it was my grandfather who had our surname changed to sound like that name the space dog hates hearing."

King Kazma looked over at Rex more directly now as he focused on his student. "And what was the surname before the change?"

"From what I was able to find out, our family originated from Japan and our honored surname used to be Takatakashi," Rex replied as he faced the anime rabbit in a ready stance. "I really don't know what that means, although from your raised eye brows, I am guessing that you do."

The renowned anime rabbit fighter chuckled as he also struck his pose. "With all due forgiveness, Rex... your grand ancestor was an idiot. Your original surname means 'elevated hero of respect'. Tie that in with the fact that your first name means 'king' then remember that in Japan that the surname is always stated first followed by your actual name... you become 'the elevated hero rabbit king'. Therefore I believe that it was no accident that you and I would meet, Takatakashi Usagi Rex, for you have the makings of a hero yourself."

"Rex Takatakashi," he said as he mulled it around his mind. "Sounds better than Rex Tralfazworth. Anyway, let's get some training done." He bowed to his master respectfully.

At the Prince household in Toonium City, however, Lord Albert and Merlin the Magician were confronting the Prince family adults as Lex Luthor, Superman, and the rarely seen Wolf With No Name stood just behind the founder and the magic user. "When Mr. Luthor told me what he was researching on Gerard's behalf," said the cat lord. "I quickly realized that it coincided with the research I had been doing regarding your family, Rianne Lombard Prince."

"NEVER MENTION MY FAMILY IN MY PRESENCE!" she growled in an almost demonic voice before realizing too late that she just snapped at the founding cat lord himself. "I... er..."

WWNN folded his arms over his fur covered werewolf chest. "Stand down, initiate. When Albert called for my presence and especially so as to not jeopardize my diplomatic immunity here on QC Planet, I found out fast what was apparently happening to have him request my company. Striking a toon in that manner, despite it being Simba himself, is legally grounds for deportation back to Earth. I have been tempted many times to put a toon down but being the professional that I am, I prevented myself from doing this. Now that there is an investigation underway regarding your family, in order to reserve the right to stay here, we must abide by Albert's inquiries."

The wife of Leon Prince was abashed since her superior was not only present but he spoke the truth. "Very well. What is it you wish to know, Albert?"

"Why did you sever ties with your family before moving to Atticus?" he asked in a serious tone of voice. "This is important because it involves your daughter."

With a sigh, she began the tale. "My parents, the Lombards, are a proud family of werewolf Pact Hunters who chose to leave High Command and live the quiet life in the town of Comet Springs, Georgia." Yes, the same location Meta-Star City once occupied when the Quad Counties were on Earth. "However, our leaving High Command was often questioned since the old pact was that once you joined the werewolf organization, you were not allowed to leave it. And my parents did just that without so much of a whimper. Therefore, we were almost always getting challenged by other Pact Hunters who thought of us as enemies. One night, as I was returning from the city library, I was ambushed by two werewolves of the Everett hunter clan. They had been stalking me to teach my family a lesson by leaving High Command. As luck would have it, Leon was also out that night and he was on his way home from a night time live action role playing session; he was actually dressed up in his cavalier LARP outfit complete with a silver sword that seemed more real than I thought props were supposed to be. I must have accidentally cried out for help because Leon came somersaulting over the hedges where he landed right in front of what he must have thought were LARP werewolf players and he held the sword up before him. He said, 540 experience points per werewolf may put me up a level tonight! But what really got their attention was that Leon was wielding a real silver sword. They backed off immediately and fled with their tails between their legs."

Leon was quietly smiling as he reminisced about the role playing night where he met Rianne. Although he didn't know that they were real werewolves, he wasn't even supposed to have had that sword out of storage. His own father would have removed the skin from his corpse for doing that.

"Not long after my meeting Leon and my eloping with him," she said. "My mother confronted me in our kitchen one night and we fought. I won and I swore that I was no longer a Lombard."

Rianne then said, "The fight destroyed the kitchen and normally a fight against my meat cleaving mother was a losing battle. But I remembered where Leon kept the sword stashed and I used it to defend myself against my mother. Gods, how I recalled the pain of what simply touching that sword did to me. But it was either that or lose to my mother in my own kitchen. After my mother departed with wounds of her own, I replaced the sword where Leon kept it and when he came home from work, I told him that I had burned my hands on the kitchen stove as I fought off a burglar. I am sorry I lied to my husband but I didn't think he was ready to except that he had married a werewolf just yet. Afterward, we had a carpenter repair the kitchen, then Leon and I purchased a new home in Atticus near where his own parents lived and we moved the family there. I know we probably left some of the hidden stashes behind in the old house; they are well concealed within secret parts of the attic within the old house. Particularly within Gerard's old bedroom. I know he had a lot of stuff, most from my brothers who both adored him. One of the two, a werewolf who is only referred to as Mystic, looks like an older version of Gerard; the other brother... well, he's a teasing flirt, but he often goes for the far side of the fence, if you catch my drift. My father's nickname is Arm Chair Wolf. The story goes... if he has to get out of his chair, you die."

WWNN smirked. "He is one of the only ones who can fight me to a standstill. I have respect for his ability but on that day I was not assigned to bring him in. If I had been given those orders, your father would not have survived the encounter. But he is an Alpha leveled werewolf in his own right."

"However," Rianne continued. "...the main reason for my severing ties with not only my family but with High Command as well is because I learned through one of my contacts that High Command has a definitive interest in my son because of an elven magic pact that exists within Leon's historical lineage. Since I didn't want them to get their mitts on Gerard, I chose to sever all ties to the werewolves in the family. But I recall now that you said you were here because of Lupa. What happened to her?"

"She experienced her first werewolf transformation within Dr. McCoy's labs in Meta-Star City," replied Lord Albert. "In fact, it was Rex who braved to face her to save her from going over the edge and losing what knowledge of her life she had before the change. He took a stupid chance to face her while she was in beast mode, but he succeeded and she survived it."

Rianne released a tired sigh as she had to sit down. "Then it has began for Lupa. I was really hoping she could have avoided it all together. Especially when I learned that my son and his friend had received empowered hero abilities which they had asked me to keep secret. We only found out about Captain Rabbit and Eagle Lord one evening when Gerard and Arnie surprised us in our bedroom to discuss something serious with us. The very thing that Mr. Luthor was supposed to be looking into. It was during that meeting that Gerard finally revealed to Leon the lapine heroic identity that he had been saddled with. Since he received the rabbit, I thought Gerard would be free of the werewolf insanity."

Mr. Prince was now looking at his wife, especially since the whole truth was coming to light. "Then the strike you performed on Simba was actually werewolf empowered strength. That is why he was knocked out for 14 hours instead of only a few toon minutes." He now turned his gaze toward the Founder and the others. "Do whatever you can for Lupa, Lord Albert. I will do whatever I can to help both Gerard and Arnie. As for the Lombards, I think we can allow them access rights for visiting their grandchildren, providing that they obey QC Planet's laws and other rules. With the diplomatic werewolf present, they shouldn't try anything overly stupid. I know Oslo loves Gerard and he wouldn't want to hear that some werewolves screwed up."

Every toon as well as the Wolf With No Name all paled at the mention of the toon otter with the over active libido. "Oslo..." started WWNN with obvious concern. "...he hasn't... you know... mounted your son yet... has he?" It was the question which everyone always asked.

"NO!" exclaimed Leon in disgust. "At least Gerard has never mentioned him doing that. And believe me... our son would mention that to us."

Superman who had been quiet up to now said, "Oslo Otter is a bisexual libido queen who gets over excited and involved with his first night dates. He's never been with Lex and I, but we all have heard stories about his exploits. That is the only reason we have to ask that question, Mr. Prince."

"Wilwick also loves Gerard and he isn't trying to change him into a donkey," remarked the father to Superman. "At any rate, I will directly give Gerard and Arnie whatever assistance they need from now on. The family sword is actually meant for him. I don't know anything about elven magic though."

"That is because the island lords gave Gerard the permanent resistance cure to donkey transformation," stated Albert as he recorded the information to the official record. "He couldn't become a donkey now even if he wanted it to happen. However, Gerard and Arnie have been mentioning a couple of friends from back home who want to come live with them and school at AniSapien this coming year. What are your thoughts on that, Leon?"

"I know that Deryl St. James is only here for the Summer," replied Mr. Prince as he focused on the cat lord. "But as for the other two friends, I do not foresee any problems with their being in the house provided that they do not disrupt Gerard's promise to finish high school. His having a full diploma is very important to me; especially if he wants to attend a hero college later on. I remember the rule about needing a high school diploma before acceptance into a hero school can occur."

"And you would be right," said Lord Albert with a smile. "That is indeed the rule. And I also know that Ace the Bathound has shown an interest in getting your son signed up at his own hero school over in Coolsville. It is a fine place and union supported."

"If Ace wants Gerard in his school, then he better remember to let my son get his diploma first or else I'll spank the dog myself."

"I may help you in doing that," the cat lord replied with a grin. "Also... if Simba gives you any further problems despite his promise to keep it professional, just remind him that The Founder is interested in you and watch how fast the Lion King backs off."

"Interested? As in... a new job?"

"Toonium City isn't the only place needing a good councilman," the cat lord replied as he headed for the door to leave.

As Leon escorted Albert out the door, Rianne glanced up at the others and said, "I hope that satisfies your bosses." WWNN simply nodded his head and he departed as well.

Come Monday morning, Gerard and Arnie were visited by the head union official mouse lady who had brought the boys several brochures regarding rules and regulations on operating a hero team on QC Planet. Neither boy was in any trouble as yet and the union she-mouse wanted to keep it that way. However, she had something else on her mind as she spoke to the two, candidly at the breakfast table. "...therefore, your rival Alphonzo is now an anime winged unicorn boy and Rex became a digital anime rabbit like King Kazma. Nothing has happened to their sister as yet, but since these incidents seem related... I chose to bring them to your attention."

"If Alphonzo ended up looking like a male version of Epona the Rainbow Guardian, then he really lucked out," replied the Prince boy as he ate his Choco-Bomb cereal. "He could have been mind wiped, according to what I understand about Toonium from Mr. Pink."

Arnie added in, "And Lupa can keep Rex in line, unless the two brothers have changed mentally along with their old physical ways."

The toon female union mouse then said, "I know your friend Deryl and his horse are supposed to go back home tomorrow. But didn't you both tell me that you had two other friends who were going to come live at your house and attend AniSapien High?"

"Victor Morgan is one of them," said Gerard. "The other is someone I knew from Comet Springs when I went to primary school there. 'Lenny' Hawthorne is what he called himself back in grade school. Since then, I have only been in touch through Toon Mail Services. Both boys are to arrive on Friday to get moved in and be ready for school on the following Monday."

The best friend rolled his eyes at the mention of Victor. "If you thought Fenmire was trouble," remarked Arnie as he studied the ceiling patterns. "...wait until you hear some of Victor's exploits. He can make Fenmire seem tame by comparison." He then lowered his gaze to look at the female mouse boss of his union judge friend. "I haven't heard anything about Lenny; so we will just have to trust Gerard's judgment regarding the guy."

"I will hope the two of you can keep your friends out of trouble," stated the mousy union official. "However, I need to inform you about another real world family who will be moving to QC Planet under an industrial visa. The only reason I bring this up is because two of their children will be attending AniSapien this year. Their youngest boy will be attending Terryville's AniSapien Primary School, so you won't be seeing him at all. Joanie and Jameson 'Jamie' Zamak will be at ASH, while Joachiem 'Jawl' Zamak will be at TAPS. Their father is a closet Brony by all rights while their mother is a strict office industrial business woman; she doesn't care too much for toons, so no Toonium accidents should occur with her."

"Where will the Zamak's be living?" asked Gerard as the information got his full attention. "Please don't say 'locally'."

The union mouse lady giggled, then she got serious again. "They have chosen to buy a home in Faded Heights. The Pink Panther's direct neighborhood. A lot of the classics live in that suburb of the city. So don't worry, boys... aside from in school, you probably will never see the Zamak family at all. Joanie, who is 14, loves horses; Jamie, who is 16, loves big cats, but he really hates the childish nickname everyone calls him; and Jawl, who is 12, loves puppies and roos."

Arnie grinned. "That leaves us out; we are just a rabbit and an eagle in this household."

"As for your Showcase team," continued the union mouse lady. "I need to know if membership is still open to others who might be interested. Are you still allowing new recruits?"

Gerard focused on their guest fully. "Open membership is still available, although we haven't been actively trying to create a massive team. Arnie and I have to focus on finishing high school before we can get too involved with running a full time hero team on the professional level."

That afternoon, however, both boys were standing out front of their house as they watched Deryl loading Cometfire back aboard the horse trailer while his father carried his son's luggage and loaded that into the transport space behind the front seats of his pickup truck. Once the horse was safely loaded, Deryl walked over to Gerard and Arnie and shook their hands. "Sorry I am having to cut this visit short, guys, but there is a family reunion this coming Friday and I have to be home for that. I had a great time and we will be in touch."

Shaking his friend's hand, Gerard replied, "It's fine, Deryl. Family should always come first. It was nice to have you here for the summer. And you can always toon mail us."

"It isn't like I'd miss anything you guys are doing since your exploits as your empowered hero identities are shown on syndicated TV back home every week."

Arnie and Gerard both arched their eyes at that statement, as the Prince boy replied, "What do you mean by... shown on TV every week? We never authorized that."

Deryl stated with a smile, "Then you better find out who has been filming you guys without your permission and slam the union down on them. Someone is obviously making money off of the things the All-Stars do. Because that is the name of the cartoon back home. It follows Captain Rabbit, Eagle Lord, Timesheart Tiger, Dalis Hailey, Miyuki Tsukino, and Arthur Lupin the Fourth in their adventures in and around Terryville. Although it never showed who Captain Rabbit and Eagle Lord's secret identities were, the show is a big hit back home because the lapine hero often mentions that he grew up around the Atticus, Georgia home area. And when I found out that you were Captain Rabbit, I put two and two together pretty quick."

Gerard turned to look at Arnie who also looked genuinely upset. "You better call Ezrel. Heads will roll because of this. They filmed us without our permission and we aren't even unionized yet. We cannot even be in a cartoon series, according to their own laws."

Arnie nodded his head in return as he pulled out his cellphone to make the call to the union. Heck, the head female had just been there that morning. And now they were having to deal with this situation. Yes, someone was going to be paying for this.

Gerard waved as Deryl then departed with his dad and Cometfire. "I am glad he told us about this. Exploiting our hero identities and not paying us is not going to stand."

On Wednesday morning, both Ace the Bathound and Principal Dum were at the house to help the boys get everything packed up for a necessary move to another house... this one was another property which Ace had possession of. But it's location was actually just south of Toonium City within a mainly canine suburb and it was within an area that Dum was actually familiar with since Councilman Scooby lived in that area himself.

Ace was heard saying, "...and when Bruce told me that an entire line of building materials in which Wayne Industries used to build our homes with was contaminated with Gray Rot, I felt that I owed it to you boys to make things right and get you into a more structurally sound home that I own. And this time, no payment will be needed; your contract with me will always be good, Gerard."

Gerard didn't mind having to move out of the former farm house since it didn't seem to actually match up with what he thought he and Arnie needed. Therefore the move was inevitable. And now they were getting to do it. "What is the new neighborhood like where you are moving us to?"

"Built from Kryptonian wood products provided by the Super family," started Ace. "this rural like property employs the finest layout for a modern hero home with up to five separate buildings, solar panels and wind mills, and a complete garage, hangar, and workshop for hobbyist and crafting activities. The back of the lot extends into the nearby woods and has a well marked nature trail as well as an outdoor training field for when cabin fever sets in and you simply want to be outside. The entire property is situated on the edge of one of the finest all-canine suburbia sectors between Toonium City and Coolsville. Krypto and Rudolph live down there as well as Councilman Scooby, Wile E. Coyote, the Big Bad Wolf, White Fang, Augy Doggy, and other animated and live action canine cartoon stars, both new and old. Krypto is on call and he does patrol his neighborhood occasionally."

Arnie grinned. "You sounded like a real estate agent there at the end, Ace," he said to the dark canine. "Are you going to spout off your contact number too?"

The Bathound looked grim for a moment before holding up his business card for MYTHS. "To get a good listing of available homes, just call the MYTHS Information Service and ask for our real estate extension; your call will be forwarded. Thank you for your interest." He then smiled. Yes, it was one of those rarely seen shiny fang smiles.

Principal Dum chuckled, before hushing up from the look Ace gave him. "Anyway, let's get you boys moved down to your new house. No Gray Rot down there."

During the moving van ride to the new property, Gerard called his parents to let them know exactly what was going on due to the structural flaws in the old farm house. Staying honest with his parents was really what permitted him to continue to have all of these wild and wacky adventures on QC Planet. And the new property was still near Toonium City.

When they arrived at the new area, Ace waved a paw at Dynomutt, Underdog, and Yuck who were walking along one of the sidewalks in the neighborhood, and then upon activating the electronic gates at the entrance to the property, Ace directed the driver through the opening and up the nicely paved drive with green hedges lining both sides. That was when Gerard, Arnie, and Kelly saw the sprawling estate before them. True, it wasn't a castle, but this was obviously one of Ace's more well taken care of properties.

"Are you sure you want to give us this place, Ace?" asked the Prince boy as he ogled every part of the surroundings. "I mean... this seems like... it might be more than we expected."

"Extra space for the Showcase team, right?" replied the Bathound as he directed the moving van driver up to the front circle of the main mansion like house. "Right here, Charlie. Come on, Dum... we can help the boys unpack and get set up."

And everyone began to unload and get their furniture moved into the estate mansion. The boys still thought it was more than they needed, but Kelly was seeing the big picture and could figure out what Ace had in mind regarding the new location. Extra security, nicer neighborhood, and there was an Anubian Hound Soldier Camp just south of their estate.

"Ace?" asked the alien lapine royal prince. "Who owns the camp property just South of here where the sexy Anubians are training?"

"That military farm belongs to Commanders Farouk and Jamal," he remarked with a knowing grin. "They are two of Anubis' sons who happen to live here on QC Planet. Their boys are older than they look, so don't be expecting to see any of them in school."

"And the female with them?" asked Arnie who was paying attention now.

Ace grinned again. "That is their sister, Genie. She's the magical one in the family. Now stop ogling the neighbors and help get the van unloaded. It is your stuff."

Gerard hadn't wasted any time unlike the others. He wanted to get his bedroom in order and get their belongings in place before getting familiar with their new home. When he walked into what was to be his bedroom, however, he was nearly floored at how spacious the bedroom chamber was. "Uh... This is my bedroom? Or is this where I store Lonepaw and his crew brothers?"

Ace smirked as he just focused on the task at paw. Yes, the bedrooms were massive in size. And every house member were going to have a bedroom like that. Including Morgan and Lenny when they arrived. Although both boys had described Morgan to him, Ace didn't have any information on Lenny. But as Arnie had told the union boss mouse lady, they were just going to have to trust Gerard's word on this boy.

By sundown, the boys where relaxing comfortably on the back deck as they watched the sun set into the West. "I'm glad Ace went off to get his patrol started," said Gerard as he glanced aside at his friends. "Although being smack dab in the middle of the canine part of town is a little weird, but at least the fences and hedges give us the privacy we had asked for. Although the eye candy just South of here... Ace could have warned us about that."

Arnie and Kelly just chuckled as they got up and escorted Gerard back into the house to get dinner started.

End of Episode Six

Stay tuned for the next episode, Expect the Unexpected