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**Terryville - Q.C. Planet

QCP: BG-11 To Sponsor A Prince By Darrel James Vanwinkle (Writing as Ratseye) 07/10/2009

Chapter 01**

Christmas came and went on Q.C. Planet. Gerard decided to go check up on Felix Kornel and his family just south of Japanopolis (Digital Anime Daze (QCP: BF-01, Chapter 08.)) When he arrived on the farm, he saw the young teen aged boy helping his mother plant new flowers in front of their house. He then approached and said, "Hi. Are you Felix Kornel?"

Felix smiled. "Yeah, that's me. Who are you?"

Gerard smiled in return, as he opened his cloak and brought out a suitcase and set it on the ground in front of Felix. "My name is Gerard Prince and a mutual friend told me that you needed some extra clothes."

"Oh I have plenty of clothes..." he started to say.

But Gerard quickly interrupted him by saying, "...Zecma."

Felix stopped talking immediately and smiled widely. "Zecma sent you? WOW! I wasn't sure if he remembered me or not! Of course I'll accept clothes from Zecma! He really saved our family when we needed it!"

Gerard then said, "He was working for me at the time, Felix. Doing good deeds for twelve young people who really deserved an open break to make a new life. He told me about you guys, and because I was preparing for college and I had some extra clothes that I knew would fit you, I brought them over. If nothing else, I would like you to wear my lucky shirt on your first day of school. Zecma has even ridden on the shoulders of it. I met my best and most trustworthy friends while wearing this shirt. And I want you to have that kind of luck, too."

Felix's mother stood up and smiled. "That is very kind of you, Mr. Prince."

Gerard smiled back. "And you must be Dea Kornel. I helped Simba make the arrangements for your new home and that is how I know your name. I've been hearing that your eyes are famous." He winked with a grin.

Dea laughed. "Oh you mean my special 'look'? I only do that to people who upset me."

Gerard then said, "Then you might use it on me. I heard you had a daughter with an special problem. Would you care to tell me about that?"

Dea almost gave him that 'look' right then and there, but instead, she said, "Eunice lost her ability to speak because of electrical trauma to her throat. She has to use sign language to communicate. And the bastard welfare people want to take her away from us. But she has Ahab and she will beat up anyone who tries to harm Ahab."

Gerard smiled and calmly said, "I know how to cure your daughter, but I cannot do it myself."

Dea's eyes opened wide at that statement. "How? Please tell me." He had her full attention now.

Gerard replied, "Eunice simply needs to see or experience someone else getting the same kind of electrical trauma she had and the shock of seeing it happen will restore her ability to speak. As I said, I cannot make it happen myself."

While Dea was thanking Gerard for the information, Felix was opening the suitcase. "Where is this lucky shirt, Gerard?"

Gerard replied with a smile, "Immediately on top of the rest, Felix. I know you'll enjoy wearing it."

End of Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Of course after that, the rest of Gerard's Junior High School year passed very quickly. He had kept his word to Simba by lying to Oslo Otter about Scooby Doo's crush, and tried to set up his father with Simba. But only after a single month, Leon was right back with Oslo. Apparently living with Simba was not as simple as it sounded. Then it was Gerard's turn to live with Simba, as per his promise. This lasted until the end of his Junior High School year. Gerard learned pretty quickly why his father couldn't live with Simba: the big lovable lion king was a domineering fan of S&M activities when in private. When Gerard's Junior High year ended, he politely told Simba that it wasn't going to work out between them. Simba was far too rough to live with, and Gerard still had another year of High School to survive.

It was now June and Gerard was trying to find his own place to live where he could still attend High School. And he wasn't having much luck. But his luck was about to change. Whether for the better or for the worse was anyone's guess.

As he was looking over a housing board in Meta-Star City, an old almost faded ad caught his eye. In fact, it was an ad that had fallen off of the board and had been lying almost behind a potted plant. The only reason he noticed the ad at all was because he was writing in a small notepad the listed addresses and housing rent prices just before he dropped his pen and had to bend down to pick it up.

Gerard slowly grabbed the ad and straightened up once again and quietly read over the offer...

_Available room for education-minded individual.

Single-occupancy only. Couples need not apply. Male humans preferred. Must like cats. Meals provided in exchange for friendly conversation and various minor chores. Allowance possible if asked for.

Apply by phone to: CLE-500-999-0001._

The offer really appealed to Gerard because he had rarely seen any toon or anime humans on Q.C. Planet, although he knew there were an abundance of them in Japanopolis. Living at this offered place wasn't exactly free, but the writer apparently was not asking for money. Only friendly conversation and various minor chores. It actually read like an older gentleman was tired of living alone and had made a room available for a live-in companion. But the ad was so faded and old that Gerard was afraid that the offer was no longer available.

But he had to take a chance on it. He needed a place to live and maybe this was it.

Gerard was soon in a phone booth dialing in the odd number on his cellphone. The number rang through and on the ninth ring, the phone at the other end was picked up. The voice that answered did not sound like an old person at all. In fact, it was too slick and smooth sounding to be an old person.

"Hello. State your name and your business."

Gerard thought that in itself was a very strange response. "I am Gerard Prince. I am calling about this room ad I found."

End of Chapter 02

Chapter 03

After a very brief conversation, Gerard found himself waiting at the corners of 9th Street and Lives Avenue. No one else was in sight in this run down and literally deserted neighborhood of dilapidated and condemned buildings. He had been told to wait there for a black limousine with tinted windows and a silver cat hood ornament. The whole cat theme was starting to freak Gerard out and for good reason. He kept getting the feeling that he was being watched and he didn't like it.

After nine whole minutes, he saw the limousine approaching. "This is it, I guess. But who in their right mind would tint their windows, windshield, and rear glass in black? I guess the owner likes his privacy."

The limousine pulled up to the curb and the trunk popped open and a rear side door automatically opened.

Gerard was surprised by that, too. He loaded up the trunk with his suitcases and closed the trunk lid. Then he got into the back of the limousine and pulled the door closed. It was at that point that Gerard noted that the front of the limousine also had a black tinted screen separating the front seats from the back seats. "This just gets weirder and weirder..."

The limousine then pulled away from the curb and began to drive out of Meta-Star City into the wooded unpopulated wilds of a lonely paved road, until it reached a certain point where the driver turned off unto what appeared to be an almost non-existent weed-covered path between a line of two fences. Then the driver began to pick up speed as the limousine plowed through an advanced illusion at the end of the path that would appear to the casual observer to be a quicksand bog clearing.

On the other side of the advanced illusion, the limousine drove over an old bridge that spanned a otter filled muddy stream and finally, the limousine drove up a hill at the end of the road and through a final illusion that made the estate grounds with mansion appear to be an wild wooded hilltop plateau of sorts. Instead, the limousine slowly pulled to a stop in the circle driveway in front of the very nice looking mansion.

It was at this point that the rear door opened on it's own and the trunk popped open once again. Gerard got out of the limousine and unpacked the trunk of his suitcases, then he closed the trunk. The moment Gerard had his things, the limousine pulled away and entered a large multi-vehicle garage and the doors slid shut hiding the limousine from the outside. Gerard blinked his eyes at that, of course. He was actually surprised that the driver didn't let himself be seen.

He then carried his suitcases up on the front porch of the mansion and pushed the button for the doorbell. But instead of a bell or chimes, what he heard was a spooky sounding meowing coming from within the mansion itself.

Almost immediately after that, he saw house cat sized felines appear in the windows all looking out toward the front porch. Most of them all looked panicked and frantic when they saw Gerard standing there. And it appeared that a few were trying to make crude sign language that halfway looked like... Go Away Now! Quick!

Before he could react to the cats, however, the front door actually opened and standing there was a tall black and silver-blue fur covered cat man who wore what appeared to be a dark house robe over his otherwise undressed body.

"Are you Gerard Prince?" the cat man asked.

"That's right," replied Gerard. "I am here about the available room you advertised in Meta-Star City. Um, the ad looked rather faded so I didn't know if you were still offering it. I need a place to live while I am completing high school."

The cat man smiled. "Please come in, Gerard. I will show you to the room. You may call me... Victor. Victor Standish."

End of Chapter 03

Chapter 04

Once they were in the provided bedroom chamber, Gerard asked Victor, "What's up with all the cats that I saw looking out of the windows when I was on the porch. A few looked as if they were trying to make crude sign language to me to go away quick or something like that."

"They are always acting strangely around newcomers," he replied, switching his tail in an agitated manner. "But once you warm up to them, they will not even notice you're around. Now, you mentioned attending high school. An education is always exciting. Where do you attend school at?"

Gerard smiled. "Terryville's Anisapien High. Starting in September... it's my last year. I'll be a Senior there. I was considering some college after that, but I wasn't sure where to go. My mother and sister attend college in Wonderland and I don't want to step on their toes over there. I don't think the Queen of Hearts and I would get along too well."

Victor chuckled. He liked Gerard's sense of humor so far. "Within the mansion, clothing is optional, Gerard. No one can see into the estate unless I permit it. I do prefer my privacy. When you begin school, I can supply you with a ride to school and back each day, although I prefer not to be seen."

"So you were the driver of the limousine?"

"No, that was someone who works for me. He prefers not to be seen either." Apparently Victor loved playing games with newcomers. And this time was no different.

Gerard nodded his head and said, "I'll unpack my things then and let you get back to whatever you were doing today. Um, when are the meals around here?"

Victor replied, "Breakfast occurs around 8 A.M. Lunch ranges from 11 to 1, depending upon whether we think about it in time. And Dinner is served at 8 P.M. It is currently about 2 P.M., so you have about six hours before Dinner is served. As for myself, I tend to go unclothed around the mansion. I only put on this house robe so as to not scare or embarrass you. But now that you know that clothes are optional, you can join me in the natural or walk around clothed. Laundry Day is every Saturday, if you choose to wear your clothes that often. On that day, you cannot wear any clothes at all. Mandatory nudity. It's one of my rules. On Sunday, I like to have educational discussions with whoever is present. And now that you will be living here, I am sure you and I will have some great conversations. I will leave you to your unpacking now. Feel free to explore the mansion later. Just don't be surprised if you come across doors leading outside that are locked."

And with that, Victor departed Gerard's room with a smile, although his tail told a different story. He was apparently upset for some reason and that reason was evidently the cats who tried to warn Gerard when he arrived.

Gerard was starting to get suspicious about this arrangement now. How could Victor still have this room available after all this time. Surely other people answered the ad before him. He then shrugged his shoulders and began to unpack his suitcases and belongings. This was to be his home, for now. Perhaps he would learn later what exactly was going on.

One of the first things Gerard did was to connect his bedroom's walk-in closet magically to his Rotunda Pets R U studio apartment in Chaosmire, as that had always been one of his plans if he ever got his own place. Then, he used his powers to summon a Law Imp and he asked him to do a background check on one Victor Standish, a cat man. And to only report back to him when Gerard was truly alone, as in no where near Victor. The imp nodded his head and vanished.

End of Chapter 04

Chapter 05

Remembering that Victor had said that clothing was optional indoors, Gerard removed his clothes entirely, laying them out on his bed, then headed out of his room to explore the mansion, as he had been given permission to do. Oddly, regardless of where he went this time, he didn't encounter a single cat nor Victor himself. But it was a big place and the cats and Victor could be literally anywhere within any room at all. The exploration took several hours. One of the things he noted was that every cat seemed to have their own beautifully furnished bedroom, although when Gerard looked in, no cat was present. He really couldn't figure out where they all were.

That evening as night began to settle across the estate and mansion, Gerard entered the dining hall and found a place setting at the super large table with his name on it. It was right next to the largest chair present. Victor's chair, obviously. Gerard sat down at his designated spot and got comfortable while he waited.

As he was waiting, he saw a cat pad into the chamber and come over close to him and... take the seat next to him at the table. He glanced toward the exit sharply, then whispered to Gerard, "I hope you don't regret coming here, human. We aren't permitted to say anything openly about what I mean while Lord Victor is around, so I hope you get my drift."

Gerard whispered back, "Lord Victor? Oh boy, is he ever going to be in for a surprise then. I am Gerard Prince, a Chaosmire VIP Lord. I was instated just last year, but otherwise, I was totally human. Yes, I have powers, too."

The cat grinned at that and whispered, "In that case, I welcome you to the mansion, Gerard. Although... if you value your freedom, don't ever let Lord Victor mate with you or you will be here longer than you planned."

Before Gerard could reply to that, several more cats entered the Dining Hall along with Victor himself. The cats began taking their seats while Victor brought out the food and set the table for everyone. He then sat down in his own chair.

"One and all. We have a new tenant who has agreed to live with us here in the mansion. His name is Gerard Prince. He is to be treated with respect and as a friend... once you get over your fear of him, of course. He is a newcomer, after all." Victor then smiled at Gerard and petted his head hair gently. "I see you chose to remove your clothes. You look good like that, Gerard. I hope you choose to stay undressed more often. But for now, a grand feast for all of us. And later, an even grander dessert for my favorite cats and my new friend."

And then every cat began to fill their plates and finally Gerard and Victor prepared their share of the meal as well.

Later, Victor brought out a large creamy cake with creamy icing and served a slice of the cake to every cat and to Gerard as well. In fact, every cat and Gerard ended up having seconds and thirds of the cake, although not noticing that Victor chose not to have any dessert at all. He simply served the others with a knowing grin.

After dessert ended, Gerard thanked Victor for a great dinner, and slowly returned to his own room. He was almost unconscious when he finally got himself inside the bedroom where he flopped out on the bed itself. And he hadn't even had the aforethought to close his door when he entered the bedroom. All he could do was stumble and yawn as if he hadn't slept in months. "Why... am I so tired? Doesn't... make sense..."

After saying those words, Gerard passed out on the bed, nearly face down. He hadn't even made it under the blankets. He would be out for a long time. The entire night would pass, in fact.

However, whenever he was to wake the next morning, he would sense that something wasn't quite right about things.

End of Chapter 05

Chapter 06

After the seventh week passed in Terryville without anyone having heard a peep out of Gerard, Leon Prince piloted the ferry boat over to Pleasure Island to check in with Lord Lampwick. Leon was concerned mainly because Gerard had promised to inform him about the new living arrangements and had failed to call in. Once on the island, he proceeded up to the old carnival and knocked on the door to the building for donkeys.

"Lord Lampwick? Lord Wilwick? If either of you are in there, you better come out right now. I need to talk to you. If I have to come in there, someone is getting tasered and strung up by their testicles."

Leon did not sound very happy at all. And he DID have a portable taser at the ready.

Wilwick did indeed poke his head out of the door soon after that. He was surprised to see Gerard's father. "Hey! You're not a boy! You're Gerard's dad! Leon!"

Leon then grabbed Wilwick by his ears and YANKED him out into the light! "Where is my son? And you had better not lie to me!"

Wilwick winced and cried at having been grabbed and yanked by his ears. It really hurt! "Ow! My ears are sensitive, Mr. Prince!" Then he said, "No one on Pleasure Island has seen Gerard since before Summer started. The last time he was even out here was with his visit to Alex Donkey and he told him that you had given him permission to find his own place to live provided that Gerard finished his Senior year in high school. And that's the truth. Besides, if you think we donkeyed Gerard, you are mistaken. All of the lords on the island granted Gerard total and permanent immunity to being changed into a donkey last Summer when he worked out here for us and a drug accident occurred that was the Lords fault. We made it up to Gerard by giving him the permanent cure. He can't ever become a donkey even if he tried to do it to himself."

Leon growled, then let go of Wilwick's ears. "My son is missing, Wilwick. He has been missing for seven weeks. It is like he vanished off the face of Q.C. Planet. Not even the Bloodhound Detective Agency could sniff him out. I am worried about him because his Senior year in high school starts in a few weeks and no one has seen him at all."

Wilwick hummed, favoring his donkey ears now that they had been released. "I swear to you, Leon. Gerard isn't on the island. And we would really LIKE it if he were here. We all really LIKE the boy. I guess you don't know what that is like to have earned that many friends who would bend over backwards to give you anything without your having asked for it."

Leon sighed. "I would give anything for a clue as to where to find Gerard right now. This isn't like him. I feel that he met with some sinister designs that were far more complicated than he was capable of dealing with. And he was probably caught off guard, too. That is likely the only way he would not be available for almost two months."

Wilwick loved hearing people say the anything word as it always gave him a chance to make an offer. "Perhaps I might have an idea, Leon... you did say you would give anything, yes?"

Leon looked Wilwick over although not suspiciously, but had he known Wilwick like Gerard did, he would have just used the taser then and there. "If you have some sort of an idea on where Gerard is or how we can find him, I am interested in what you have to say. What exactly are you wanting?"

Wilwick smiled slyly and invited Leon to take a walk with him into the donkey barn. Once inside, however, the grown man was pounced by another donkey and within minutes, Leon was a donkey like the others, braying and complaining loudly. He knew he should have just tasered Wilwick. The donkey lord said, "You spend the next three days with me and I'll tell you what I can think of concerning where Gerard might be. At the end of your time with me, you'll be restored. I promise."

End of Chapter 06

Chapter 07

"Gotta run fast; gotta run fast," muttered Gerard in a semi-normal Familiar Cat body, as he run through the mansion's corridors and rooms looking for any hideaway or ingenious place to keep out of Victor's grasp at all. "Gotta run faster, faster. Faster, faster, faster." He sighed. "Now I sound like Sonic the Hedgehog. But if Victor catches me, I'll be Sonic the Bum-fupped." And he darted into the darkness of the attic. He hadn't yet been up there, and as far as he knew none of the other cats ever went up there either. But any port in a storm, as they say...

Back downstairs, the sexual Cat Lord was almost finished counting backwards. "6! 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! All right, my favorite cats of love! Times up! Here I come; ready or not! And I am horny today!"

Within the attic, Gerard's fur stood on end when he heard that Victor had begun his stalk and pounce hunt and this time, Gerard was NOT about to allow Victor to catch him. He had lost this game every week for seven weeks, but this time, he told himself, he was NOT going to let Victor catch him.

Suddenly and without warning, a furry paw clapped over Gerard's feline muzzle and yanked him backwards through a secret door in the attic wall that was only big enough for a Familiar Cat sized feline to walk in. Victor would never fit in there. With the paw still over his mouth, the other cat pulled Gerard down the secret passageway and eventually they stopped at an air vent directly over Gerard's assigned bedroom when he first moved into the mansion. A room that he knew Victor kept the door locked on to prevent him from getting back into the bedroom.

When he was allowed to look at the cat's face, he saw that it was the cat from the very first day that tried to warn him, not once, but twice.

"Listen closely and do not talk or try to reply, Gerard," whispered the cat. "If you can stay out of Victor's grasp for 24 hours from the time he starts his stalking hunt... then you will instantly change back into your human self. But if he touches even a single hair on your feline fur coat, you lose for the week. I plan on keeping you right here until those 24 hours pass. No one has ever beaten him in his game before, Gerard, so if you succeed, then the rest of us will be free at the same time. He only retains his power as long as you are his loving little feline sex toy. A lot of the other cats have already given up. But I think you're the one who can beat this bastard at his own game. Now, just sit still and don't talk. Victor is trying to track you by your voice, cause you are the newest cat. So just keep your mouth shut."

Gerard didn't need to be told twice, though he was wondering why the cat had chosen to hide them directly above his own bedroom where he unpacked his clothes and other belongings.

Out inside the mansion, the naughty cat lord had just finished a caught Familiar Cat head count. "I am missing two cats. Now where can they be? And one of the two is Gerard. I usually catch him first. A new cat shouldn't be able to stay out of my clutches THIS easily. Now where haven't I looked yet? I know they can't leave the mansion..."

Just as the second cat sneezed unexpectedly, Gerard finally got the last screw loose in the vent over his bedroom. And the instant that Victor's head poked into the air duct and he made a grab toward the second cat, Gerard flung up the metal vent and sent it flying at Victor and SMACKED him in the muzzle HARD! As Victor fell backwards out of the duct work, Gerard pulled the second cat with him and they together jumped down through the open vent opening and landed on Gerard's bed. But they didn't stop there, though... Gerard then pulled the cat with him into the closet, just as the bedroom door ripped open and an angry cat lord charged into the bedroom and saw where they had gone.

"Finally!" he grinned triumphantly. "There is no escape from that closet!" And he charged into the closet and...

End of Chapter 07

Chapter 08

...the next thing he knew, he felt what seemed to be a cord across his ankles and he fell directly into a Pets R U tar pit, head first! KER-PLOP!

Gerard then yelled at the top of his feline lungs. "ZECMA!!!"

KA-BAMF! Zecma appeared floating in mid air and he saw two Familiar Cats standing safely to one side and in the pool of tar was what appeared to be a glob of tar cat man that was trying to free itself from the pool!

"Zecma!" Gerard exclaimed. "Thank the infernal powers you came! This bastard cat lord changed me and a whole slew of other boys into cats to be his little enslaved sex toys! It's me, Gerard Prince!"

The Devil mouse looked at the cat's eyes, then nodded his head. "It really is you. And it seems that your form is blocking your normal infernal powers. He must have either drugged you or caught you off guard. Want me to call in the Infernal Authorities?"

Gerard replied, "Yes AND you can charge me for a wish I want to make on this bastard. I wish for this naughty cat lord to be stuck in Lord Mularri's Tar Realm in a Tar Stallion's tar pit for ten times the length of time that you personally had to work there."

Zecma grinned. "That is MEAN! But I grant that wish! I'll tell you my price later!" And the tar-covered cat lord vanished. "You called me at a moment when I was getting ready to call you, actually. My new boy is in some trouble and I don't know what to do about it." He then proceeded to calling the infernal authorities.

Gerard looked to the other cat. "I think we finally defeated this bastard cat lord, my friend. It won't be long now..."

The familiar cat smiled and replied, "I was really hoping you would be the one that would end this nonsense. I was surprised that your closet led to this place. Where are we anyway?"

"We're in 'THAT PLACE'!" he replied with a smirking grin. "You know... the place where the schools send the really outstandingly bad students who cause trouble. I have back door access to this realm because of my VIP Lord Status."

He shuddered when he heard where he was. "As a boy, I'd been here enough times, thankyouverymuch."

Soon, the Infernal Council of Lords had arrived and were interviewing Lord Gerard about the incident in as much detail as possible. Of course, Gerard told it like it was; he didn't leave out a single moment of the entire experience. Needless to say, the council of lords were rather appalled that a cat lord would attack an infernal lord in that manner, even though they were devils and demons themselves, they were still disgusted over the whole thing. Especially the part about their not being able to use their powers while stuck in cat form and being raped daily.

Near the end of the interview, Gerard and the other Familiar Cat suddenly reverted back to their human forms. And the moment Gerard was himself, he felt all of his powers return. "Finally! 24 hours must be over with for that cat lord! He LOSES and I win! And am I ever going to punish him for eternity..."

The former Familiar Cat who was now a boy again remarked, "Back to me finally. In truth, that cat lord's name wasn't Victor Standish. That is actually my name. He simply uses the name of the former boy to a new boy so the new boy doesn't have a clue as to what's going on. When I met him, he used a different name then, too."

End of Chapter 08

Chapter 09

On Q.C. Planet, once he had gotten a change of clothes for himself, Gerard and Zecma were appearing in the Montropolis region where the Kornel family had been residing. "So what exactly is the nature of this emergency, Zecma?"

"Felix Kornel and his friend, Sony the Hedgehog, got in a bit of trouble when Felix's new digital power went haywire and destroyed a digivice. It caused a surge and now, the two are all the time getting merged together into a very powerful Digimon that is totally out of control. They are stuck right now and I thought maybe that you could help resolve this. In fact, if you help Felix this time, we'll call your wish paid for."

"Okay, Zecma. You must be really desperate if you aren't going to blackmail me more than that. Let's go find your friend."

"When they are merged, they become a Digimon powerhouse called Lucericamon, Radiant Ruler of the Flaming Quill."

"That doesn't sound good at all." And Gerard proceeded with Zecma to locate either the dangerous Digimon creature or Felix and Sony, where ever they might be.

After a few minutes, both devil mouse and boy heard one of Felix's classmates scream one word, "ZECMA!!!"

Zecma grinned. "I think we found them! Let's go, Gerard!" And he teleported the both of them over to that location.

Sure enough, Lucericamon was about to pummel a rather skinny looking gargoyle with a digital attack. Zecma quickly shot a lightning bolt at the Digimon, knocking the beast backward enough so the student could run over to where Zecma and Gerard was.

"He came after me when he saw that I had this!" the gargoyle showed the two a brand new fully charged Light element VAG Digivice. "The professor said that if we could somehow contain him in the glove, then he would be powerless to escape!"

"Zecma, didn't you tell me that Felix was wearing my lucky shirt when he gained these powers?" asked Gerard.

"That's right! But your shirt was destroyed in the digital explosion that day!"

Gerard's mind went back in time and he remembered the only thing digital that he ever encountered while wearing that shirt.

_Suddenly from down the street, Gerard saw a strange looking digimon running directly at him, while an anime boy was giving chase not far behind him. The digimon running in biped mode and had Light element Crystals floating around his head. That was when the digimon accidentally slammed into Gerard which knocked them both to the ground, the crystals falling all around them. The anime boy finally arrived and helped Gerard and the digimon up.

"We're really sorry. I'm Vance Slystalker and this is Kahidomon, my Digimon partner. We are on our way to an audition here in Montropolis, the home to Digimon, Monster Rancher, and Pokemon. If you're ever in our area, stop on by Shinjuku, the local town there, and see us. Come on Kahidomon... grab your crystals and let's go."_

Kahidomon found all but one of the crystals and nodded his head. "Got 'em! Let's go, partner!"

"He found them all but one," muttered Gerard as he realized what must have happened. "That lost Light element Crystal must have embedded itself inside the pocket of my lucky shirt and when Felix attended a Digivice Dynamics class and got a Digivice pointed at him... it activated that crystal which caused the digital explosion. This is all my fault."

End of Chapter 09

Chapter 10

He then shook his head and took the glove and put it on. "Time to repair the damages and make things right once again."

Zecma said, "Be careful, Gerard! Your parents would kill me if anything bad happened to you!"

"There is only one way to end this to save Felix and Sony, Zecma! And I am going to do it! If I get hurt, it serves me right for being responsible for this mess in the first place!"

And with that, he stepped out into the open and pointed the VAG at the Digimon and shouted, "Lucericamon! Digi-Devolution to..." He then activated the Light element siphoning ability on the VAG and a beam of light rocketed out and totally surrounded the insane Digimon and the beast began to glow very brightly, almost as if it was trying to use it's powers to escape. But Gerard was at the helm of control and his willpower was a lot more powerful that a Digimon's willpower was. And he was about to prove it.

Within the glow, the Light element energy was clearing draining out of two individuals who were both in locked dual screaming mode as the Light element was siphoned out of their bodies and was solidifying into a familiar shape to Gerard. It was the missing Light element Crystal that Kahidomon had lost 2 years before.

Finally, the last of the Light element energy exited the human boy and the rainbow hedgehog and the two fell to the ground, unmoving. Gerard shouted, "Make sure they are okay, Zecma! I have to make sure that crystal is disposed of properly!"

Zecma used his magic to teleport both Felix and Sony over to himself and he then, with the gargoyle named Slick, transported off to the School's Infirmary.

Gerard had to concentrate the whole time as he carefully transported the Light Crystal back to Shinjuku to Vance's home where he was glad to see Kahidomon on hand. "I believe this lost crystal belongs to you, Kahidomon! It's really unstable and I have no idea on how to deal with it!"

Kahidomon grinned when he saw the crystal. "Hey! I've been looking for that! Where did you find it?"

"Long story..." he exclaimed, as he carefully deposited it into Kahidomon's secure grasp. "But when you collided with me 2 years ago, the crystal landed in my shirt pocket. At the beginning of this summer, I gave that shirt and some other clothes to Felix Kornel and he accidentally activated the crystal in the Digivice Dynamics class that the school made him take."

Kahidomon said, "He is lucky he wasn't killed then. And I know his mom and her special look that no one wants to get."

Gerard came over and gave Kahidomon a nice head rub. "Believe me... Felix and his friend Sony survived this experience. But only just barely. Now that you have the crystal back, this shouldn't be happening again to Felix."

Kahidomon giggled, then he suddenly sniffed Gerard. "Um, how come you smell like a horny cat?"

Gerard sighed and just told him what had happened to him over the summer. "...and I haven't had a chance to bathe yet. But believe me... the first chance I get and this scent is forever gone."

Kahidomon nodded his head. "I feel sorry for you but I was going to say that it sorta makes you smell like a Kahidomon in heat and I personally know what that is like. In fact, I am in heat right now. Thanks for bringing me this crystal. Come on back and visit with me again someday."

End of Chapter 10

Chapter 11

After making sure Zecma was informed of what happened with the Crystal, Gerard hit the showers in Oslo Otter's gym and used the available soap thoroughly about nine times! Then after getting dressed again, he was about to exit the gym when Oslo himself caught him by the wrist with a worried look on his muzzle.

"Gerard! Your dad went to Pleasure Island about a week ago looking for you and he didn't come back! I'm afraid he's in trouble or worse! He knows not to act like a jackass out there, so I don't know what happened!"

Gerard sighed, as his mind drifted to a certain horny donkey recruiter lord. "I'll bet he encountered Wilwick and got tricked. I'll have to go rescue him. By the way, I think I've found a place to live that is literally big enough for the entire Terryville city council to live within comfortably, but that doesn't mean that I want them there. But maybe you and dad could, you know... come on out and give the place an inspection for me."

Oslo smiled. "We'd be glad to, Gerard. It must be nice if you're this excited over the place."

"I should be. I own it currently. The former owner lost it to me in a gambling bet. Now, I need to go save dad."

Moments later, Gerard appeared on Pleasure Island, point-blank in front of Lord Lampwick who had been about to lead a new donkey off to a workstation. "Where is my father, Leon Prince? Oslo told me that he came out to the island almost a week ago looking for me and he didn't come back afterward. That usually means that Wilwick caught him off guard and changed him into a donkey. Now where is he?"

Lampwick was actually surprised that Gerard looked and sounded angry. "I just got back from an outing with Lord Merlion from where we were visiting Circe, Gerard. If Leon Prince is out here, Wilwick is the one to ask. Now if you will excuse me, I am a bit busy..."

But that is all he got out of his mouth as he was suddenly hoist up into the air by an invisible force by his tail and simply held there in front of Gerard. "Did I say you could leave, Lampwick? I need you to restore my father when we get him back. And you are going to do it for free or else."

Gerard had Lampwick's head float over to the loudspeaker where Lampwick made his announcement. "Wilwick? This is Lampwick. If you have Leon Prince with you, bring him over to my office right now. If you don't have him, then come to my office anyway. Gerard is here and... he's upset. Very upset."

Minutes later, Wilwick entered the office and he too was suddenly held up in the air by his tail. "What's going on?"

Gerard said, "Where is Leon Prince, Wilwick? Or do you want me to change your gender into a female jenny in heat for the rest of eternity?"

Wilwick could see just how upset Gerard was now. "Wow. You weren't kidding, Lampwick."

Lampwick nudged Wilwick hard. "Just tell him what he wants to know so we can be back on our hooves."

Wilwick gulped then replied, "He agreed to stay with me as a donkey for three days, and before the time was up, he ate a bunch of that donkey chocolate... you know the stuff... and he was soon not talking at all. You'll find him over at Brent's farm doing work for him. I am sure Lampwick can restore him, Gerard. You gotta believe me."

End of Chapter 11

Chapter 12

That night, Leon Prince, restored to a human once again, sat butt naked in a bath tub in Gerard's new mansion while Oslo sat nearby feeding Leon straight black coffee. Gerard was also seated nearby with a change of Leon's clothes.

"Well dad... lost your clothes on Pleasure Island and had to be rescued by me. I should ground you for 2 weeks like you did to me 2 years ago when it happened to me. I believe I said at the time... I guess you've never lost your clothes before. Now you have. How does it feel?"

"Like total crap," Leon replied. "Now that I've been through what you've likely endured or worse, I can actually see where you had been coming from back then. I judged you too harshly seeing as how we were on Q.C. Planet. You weren't really going to change Wilwick into a female in heat, were you?"

"I felt like it. He knows that when I am upset, you don't push my buttons to get the upper hand. Besides, why do you care about what happens to Wilwick?"

Leon was now blushing. "Well... because I, um... Because I really like him, Gerard. I'm sorry, Oslo, but aside from you and my wife, I'd never been with anyone else before. I never even let Simba mount me for the 30 days I lived with him. But Wilwick... I got to see how lonely he really was. I didn't like being stuck as a donkey, but... I might do it again for Wilwick, if he asked. I am not mad at him. If anything, I am mad at myself for falling in love with him."

Gerard actually smiled. "You see? There really are some nice guys on Q.C. Planet other than the otter here. Now you know what his life is like. He is the recruiter for Pleasure Island. While he can change you, he cannot restore you. He doesn't have that power. But he really does care about you if you stay with him. He has a heart, dad."

Leon nodded his head. "I can see that now."

Gerard then decided to change the subject. "By the way, what did you decide about the Terryville city council now that you know that the opening that Simba mailed us was falsified? That you only got the position because he was hoping to have you on Q.C. Planet as his own Lion Prince boyfriend to live with him?"

Leon said, "When the other council members found out what Simba had done, they were as shocked and as angry as I had been when you told me about it." See Twelve Wishes of Christmas (QCP: BG-11; End of Chapter 09)"I offered to leave council because the opening had been a false one. But then Simba told me that it wasn't a false position. When I asked him what he meant, he presented his resignation from council and walked out."

Gerard was actually shocked over that. "So he actually admitted to it and took responsibility for the lie. Where do you suppose he is now?"

Oslo smiled. "Oh, I know that. Mr. Pink put him on the Japanopolis city council with a group of that region's cartoon and anime stars. Last I heard, Simba was doing a very good job and he hasn't tried once to screw over anyone."

Gerard said, "I am just glad Simba found a new life. So dad... you're staying on Terryville city council?"

Leon replied, "I told Bugs Bunny and the others that my staying was in their paws. For them to decide for me. Last I heard, they were still thinking it over. But in all honesty... if they release me, I can go back and keep Wilwick company."

Oslo grinned. "You would leave me all alone on council with all those others...?" He rubbed one paw over the other in a sinister manner, as everyone laughed at the otter's actions.

End of Chapter 12

Epilogue

Although his last year of High School started in two more weeks, Gerard Prince had plenty to keep him busy. Lord Albert Atticus arrived to inspect the mansion once he had learned of what had occurred there. Once he had concluded his inspection of the premises, he gave Gerard the deed to the property and agreed to proclaim Gerard's infernal title on Q.C. Planet, as well. Then the elder Cat Lord departed for other parts of the Q.C. Planet world. Apparently not all Cat Lords were like that one who tried to screw him over. Of course that one would never be causing anyone a problem again for at least ten Q.C. years. And that was only the length of time he had to spend stuck in Mularri's realm. After his release from there, he would face charges from the Infernal Council of Lords for attacking and imprisoning an infernal lord. Namely Gerard.

Needless to say, that Cat Lord would be feeling about one inch tall when all was said and done with.

In the meantime, most of the boys who had been changed into Familiar Cats (and were still stuck in their current species forms) actually offered to stay at the mansion as Familiar Cats. All they asked is that Gerard never fall into the ways that the bad Cat Lord had fallen into.

That went without saying, in truth. Gerard was trying hard to not think about what the Cat Lord had done to him.

Instead, he had an idea based on the experience he had just gone through. Minus all of the rape, the better parts of the experience was perhaps better translated into a new sponsoring program that would permit not whole real human families to live on Q.C. Planet, but perhaps a single teenage human. And they could do this once a year in order to get new blood into their animated cartoon environment. He knew he would have to approach the Terryville City Council in order to clear this, but as a last resort, he could simply speak to Lord Albert, since the cat lord proved to be so nice.

Terryville had just recently shuffled their City Council after Simba had quit, having moved to Japanopolis himself. The current members on council, in addition to his father Leon Prince, who was currently wearing the form of a humanoid lion man and worked as the council's official stenographer, were Daffy Duck, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Mickey Mouse, Kovu, T-Bone, Burt Raccoon, and Nightmare the Ghost Stallion. It was a shame that Bugs Bunny, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Wendy the Good Witch, and that lusty gymnastic otter, Oslo, had all migrated over to Coolsville to join their City Council.

Finishing the explanation of what he had just been through to the council members, Gerard then said, "...but I was thinking that the best parts of the experience could be transformed into a new sponsoring program where Q.C. Planet could bring in a new real human, preferably a teenager, and place that person with a cartoon couple who would become his or her sponsor family. Once a year, we would conduct a contest, maybe call it... Sponsor a Prince/Princess."

"Those wishing to enter for this opportunity would submit a select amount of information about themselves and would include a picture of themselves for the Council's evaluation," explained Gerard. "The Council would then narrow the choices down to three subjects, then award prizes to the winners. To the third place winner, they would receive the complete collection of their favorite cartoon characters in every episode they were ever in on DVD; the second place winner would receive a whole weekend or week-long visit with their favorite cartoon character in the winner's hometown; and the main winner would get the ultimate prize... the ability to live on Q.C. Planet with a cartoon or anime sponsor family. What do you think of my idea?"

Daffy Duck glanced at his fellow council member friends, first, then he turned to Gerard and said, "We will take a vote on your suggestion, Gerard. But let me say now, it does sound like a good idea to me. Okay everyone. Reach under the table and press either the agree or disagree buttons. If the majority agrees, then your idea will be initiated."

Gerard smiled because he knew Daffy Duck supported the idea. And as the votes tallied on the scoreboard, it was clear that the contest was approved.

**End of Epilogue End of Episode Eleven: To Sponsor A Prince

End of The Book of Gerard**