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The rest of the weekend seem to go like a blur for Chester as things settled down a bit, though being a half-toon was defiantly harder than his parents initially let on, as he soon found himself randomly "tooning out" as he like to call it at odd times.

"Argh damn it not again." He let out as his form settled back into his now familiar toon rabbit self. "Is there anyway to control this, I mean you make it look easy..."

"Relax dear, it's not your fault your still new to this that's all." His mother said reassuringly.

"Yeah son, it will just take some time that's all." Simon added.

"But I don't have time, Belle will be here soon and we gotta get to school."

"Well we could always call the school and tell them your sick."

Chester gave a soft sigh at his mother's idea. "Can't do that either, I remembered Mr. Doan saying something about a fitness test today and I need to work more on my project in Mr. Knels's class."

"Oh dear well that is a problem hmm, well just remember what we've been teaching you and go try to change."

His mother's tone did nothing in helping Chester calm himself as he went back upstairs to hopefully change back. Though the more he thought about it he wasn't really changing back, it was more like having one half of himself become for prominent. "Ah great now I'm getting philosophical about myself." Shaking his head he trudged into his room and sat on his bed trying desperately to relax. Sitting in silence he closed his eyes and focused on his human self just like he had been practicing. Slowly his form shifted slightly before it began to change as the fur dissipated and his toes and fingers split apart, the process never really hurt or anything in fact it almost felt like he was jello when the changes took hold. Banishing the distracting thought he fully relaxed as the final changes took place. Afterwards he quickly stood and got redressed and ready.

"Alright then... let's do this." With that Chester snatched up his satchel and went downstairs. As he hit the bottom step he heard Belle call to him.

"Hey toon boy how are ya?"

"Oh hey Belle, I'm pretty good... wait toon boy?"

"What? It's not like it's an insult, you are a "half-toon" aren't ya?" She added a small laugh to the last part.

"Oh yeah real funny, I'd like to see you try and pull this off." Chester said with a smile.

"Well you do know there are ways she ca..." Simon tried to add but he was abruptly cut off when he found a rolling pin slammed into his face sending him over the couch with a loud thud.

"Now dear I don't think we should be suggesting that don't you agree." The sweet smile Jessica wore didn't hide the fact that she was still holding the now broken rolling pin.

"Of course dear...." Simon moaned from behind the couch.

"Umm Chester, is your dad going to be okay?"

"Of course he is, he's a toon right? Now come on lets get going." He said as he grabbed Belle and quickly made his way toward the door.

There was an evil glint in Jessica's eye when she said softly. "Chester aren't you forgetting something?"

"Uhhh, love you?"

"Love you to dear now get going you don't want to be late." Her mood instantly bright and cheerful again.

"Right..."

Outside the streets were still basically empty and the late December air was still a tad nippy, the two made their way down the sidewalk in silence before Belle suddenly chimed in with.

"Dude your parents are crazy."

"I don't think you have any room to talk."

She gave him a quizzical look. "And why is that?"

"You thought skydiving off of a building would be fun..."

"Base jumping not skydiving, if your going to get it wrong get it right."

"Whatever the case, it's still a crazy idea." Chester said with a sigh as his pace slowed more and more the closer they got to their school.

"You okay Chester? You seem kinda down."

"Well lets re-cap shall we, I found out just this weekend that one, I'm a weird half human half cartoon freak, two my dad is in fact a cartoon rabbit, and three I keep randomly changing into a toon myself. So yeah I'm a bit flustered at the moment." The sarcastic tone of his voice was just a hint of how messed up he felt right now. There was a long pause before Belle replied quietly.

"Oh sorry...and your not a freak."

Just as quickly as his anger built up it vanished only to be replaced with feeling sorry for dumping his feelings on Belle, Chester quickly perked up a bit and said with his usual half smile. "But hey it's not your fault, and I'm sure things can't get any worse right."

Smiling herself Belle added. "Right, now come on toon boy lets get your furry butt in gear."

"Yeah yeah..."

. . .

"Josh..."

"Mary?" Joshua mumble still deep in sleep as he turned over hugging his pillow harder.

"Josh..."

"Mary... wait please..."

"JOSHY!"

Joshua yelped and accidentally flung himself out of bed with a hard thud.

'Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Joshy I didn't mean to startle you.'

"Wha? Who's there?" He groaned as he surveyed the room looking for the young woman's voice.

'Umm Joshy don't you remember last night?' Vanessa asked in a worried tone.

"What are you talking abo...." That's when the realization hit him. "Oh right, sorry Nessa..."

'You know you don't actually have to say anything you can just think it right?' She replied a bit relieved that he did remember.

'Yeah it's just kinda awkward that's all... anyways what time is it?'

'How should I know just check the clock.'

'Right... my bad.'

With a little bit of effort Joshua managed to pull himself up and proceeded to groan again when he saw the time. 'Crap, it's already fifteen minutes till I have to go to work'

'Sorry I was trying to wake you up but you were really out of it.' Vanessa replied meekly.

'It's alright Nessa, I'm awake now and that's all that matters.' Even as he said this he wasted no time in getting prepared for the coming school day. Scrambling around he grabbed up a pair of navy slacks and a nice white button up shirt from his closet. Next he pulled on a pair of dress socks and some new shoes since the pair that he usually wore were now lost. Racing to the bathroom he almost did a back flip when he hit the smooth tile floor, but he recovered quickly and went about his business.

Curious Vanessa asked. 'So judging by how you are so expertly running around, I guess this has happened before?'

'You could say that, though I try to not make it a habit of mine.' Joshua answered as he snatched his dark blue suit jacket up and fished out his keys before heading to the door.

'Wow don't you look professional?' Though he couldn't see it Joshua could tell that Vanessa was smiling. And with a slight grin of his own he hopped in his car and replied with.

'Thanks, I tend to look professional though my students think of me differently.'

'What do you mean?'

'Well I've overheard several of the students saying that apparently I'm the "fun" teacher, although I honestly have no idea what their talking about.'

After that the conversation died off a bit as Joshua drove towards the school. Upon arriving he found his usual spot and parked but he hesitated before he got out.

'What's up Joshy?'

'It's just... well, I have a favor to ask...'

'And what's that?' Vanessa asked in a sly tone.

A small sigh escaped his lips before replying. 'I was hoping that during class... That... you wouldn't talk. Not that I find you annoying or anything I swear. But I would find it a bit distracting and I do have to teach.'

She gave a long fake sigh and said. 'I guess so... by the way what do you teach?'

'Art, well actually it's drawing to be more exact.'

'O...M...G! Your an artist!' She exclaim clearly giddy with excitement while startling Josh in the process.

Joshua got out of his car and started to make his way into the school. 'I guess so, though not professionally. But you have to be quiet now my classroom is just inside.'

Calming herself Vanessa tried to stay quiet but inside she was still buzzing with questions that she now wanted to ask him. Joshua opened the side entrance and not but five feet from it was his classroom with two students already waiting out front. One was a rather youngish looking boy who he knew was actually a senior but still his young face had a small half smile placed on it while his forest green eyes seemed to be quite cheerful today, his clothes consisted of a simple burgundy t-shirt and a pair of grey cargo pants with plain black sneakers. In all honesty he looked like a normal somewhat nerdish teenager, the only thing that stood out were his stark white highlights that ran through his brown hair. In contrast the girl standing next him had a proud smile spread across her face and hazel eyes that sent the message that she was ready for just about anything, she wore a dark purple hoodie, faded blue jeans, black tennis shoes and a pair of black leather fingerless gloves. Her dark auburn hair was done up in it's usual ponytail and her general stance just seemed to ooze confidence.

"Hey there you are teach, we were afraid you weren't coming in today." The girl cheered at him.

Joshua chuckled before coming back with. "And miss out on having class with you two? Not a chance."

"Oh come on Mr. Knels we're not that special are we?" This time it was the boy who spoke.

"Who says you aren't? Anyways give me a second and I'll let you two in I just have to clean up some things, by the way after I'm done with that would you two like to help me set up the classroom?"

Both replied in unison. "Sure!"

Chuckling to himself he unlocked the door and said. "Alright be back in a sec." With that he shut the door behind him and locked it again. Inside he set his bag down next to his desk and proceeded to go about with his daily routine of making sure the classroom was clean.

'Okay I know I said I would stay quiet but I have to ask, who were those two? You seemed to have a good relationship with them.'

'Oh those two? That's Chester and Belle, their two of my best students. Well not academically but behaviorally they're at the top.'

'Hmm, they seem nice.'

'They are, anyways I got to finish getting ready.'

. . .

Standing outside the classroom Chester and Belle waited for their Mr. Knels to open up the door for them.

"So Chester, what do you think Teach will have us do today?"

"Not sure really, though I know I have to work on my final today."

Belle gave him a puzzled look but didn't say anything.

"What?" He ask half annoyed at her expression.

"Dude, your seriously working on your final now? We haven't even gotten to winter break, you have plenty of time."

Shrugging his shoulders Chester turned away just as Mr. Knels opened the door for them.

"Okay you two, ready?" Mr. Knels said as he opened the door.

"Yup" Both Chester and Belle answered.

As he led them inside Mr. Knels explained that he didn't have much for them to do as far as set up besides putting up the easels after finishing that up Chester decided to set up near the back. Pulling out his project from the cupboard he placed it on the easel and looked over it, the final for the class was simply, to create a scene of whatever he wanted and at the time he had decided to create a cartoon town which now that he looks back on it he now finds the idea quite ironic. Smiling to himself he picked out some of his pencils and immediately went to work by sketching in three rather specific characters.

After finishing up her set up next to him Belle decided to look over at what Chester was doing. "Dude no way..." Scooting over right next to him she looked in awe at what he had done. With a smile Chester sat back on his stool and asked. "So what do you think so far?"

"It looks awesome Chester, wait those three in the front... isn't that you and your family?"

"Heh wow you catch on quick, yeah it is. I figured I might as well add us in since you know it just kinda fits." He said with a shrug.

"Yeah I guess it does, still the whole thing looks awesome and I have to say you should be proud of yourself."

"Eh it's still not finished, I have to do all of the coloring and such but your right I do feel pretty good about this."

. . .

'Again I'm sorry for asking and stuff I was just curious.' Nessa said sincerely.

'It's alright, now that I think about it there isn't going to be much teaching today because most of my students are working on their projects.'

'So what do you do while they work?' 'Most of the time I just wander around the room checking on the students progress and offering advice. Speaking of which...' Josh made his way over to where he saw Chester working on his project while Belle sat beside him apparently marveling over it. "So Chester what are you working on today?"

"Oh nothing much Mr. Knels, just finishing up some of the line work for my final." He said casually.

"Really? Do you mind if I take a look?"

"Sure." With that Chester turned his stand towards Josh so he could see.

'HOLY FUDGE SPRINKLES!!!' The sudden loud noise in his head made him wince in pain which Chester immediately picked up on.

"You okay Mr. Knels?"

"Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine just have a little bit of a headache that's all. And I have to say I'm quite impressed and keep up the good work." He said with a smile and turned to head back to his desk.

'I'm so sorry Joshy it's just what he drew caught me off guard.'

'Why would something that Chester drew catch you off guard?'

'Well I know this is going to sound crazy but that town that he drew... That's where I come from, the place itself is called Springston and those characters in the front were Mayor Wizzit and his wife...'

'But there was three of them?'

'Yeah I don't know about the third person because I was pretty sure they didn't have a kid... at least I don't remember them having one.'

'Hmm now that is odd... I wonder what it means?'

'I don't know but it kinda freaks me out.'

. . .

"That was kinda weird" Belle said in a matter of fact way.

"Yeah I guess, but I gotta continue on this."

"Oh right..."

The silence between the two friends was only interrupted with the soft sounds of pencils on paper, that is until Belle decided to chime in with. "Hey Chester?"

"Yeah Belle what's up?" Chester replied still focused on his art.

"If you're a half-toon now does that mean you can go to the toon world?"

"I guess, I think my dad said I could but I don't know really. I never really thought about it that much. Why do you ask?"

Belle blushed and turned back to her work. "Oh no real reason, I just wanted to know that's all..."

Picking up on Belle's sudden change in attitude Chester paused and turned to her. "Hey is everything okay?"

"Yeah, I was just thinking about stuff that's all."

"Stuff?"

"You know, just how things have been going. You finding out that your dad's a cartoon character, mine's in jail, and this whole situation is just kinda messed up..."

"Son of a bitch!" Chester whispered.

"Well that wasn't exactly what I was going for but."

"No Belle look!" Sensing the desperation in his voice Belle turned back to Chester who was currently holding his hand and looked rather scared, curious Belle glanced downward and did a double take when she found that Chester's hand had decided to "toon out" on it's own. Not to mention the fact that the process didn't seem to be stopping there as rubbery white fur was sprouting up his arm.

"Crap what do I do?"

"I...I don't know." Suddenly a pleasant chime sounded through the classroom followed by a flood of students entering the room.

"Wait I have an idea!" Said Chester as he quickly went up to Mr. Knels desk while tucking his afflicted hand in his pocket. "Umm Mr. Knels, could I go into the back room cause I think I forgot something in there from Monday?"

"Oh sure Chester, what did you forget?"

"Just some, paper." He replied as he ducked into the back room leaving Mr. Knels thoroughly confused.

Inside he franticly looked for a hiding spot. Finding it behind some boxes stacked in the back he kicked off his shoes and socks and waited for the change to finish, but not before he heard the door open once again.

. . .

Josh decided to follow after Chester just out of sheer curiosity.

'Are you sure you should be going after him?'

'Why not? Besides maybe he needs help.' "Hey Mr. Knels, I think I need some help." Turning around he found Belle there with a sketchbook in hand.

"Oh hello there Belle, I'll be right there I just need to check on Chester to see if he needs some help."

As he reached for the door though Belle stepped in front of him with a nervous smile. "Come on Mr. Knels, this is Chester we're talking about he's fine."

"And now I know your hiding something from me, so if you'll excuse me"

The look of shock on Belle's was almost comical if it wasn't for the situation the two of them were in. "Wha...what makes you think I'm hiding something from you?"

"Because you always call me "Teach", that and just your general behavior." With that Josh pushed past Belle and opened the door only to find darkness. "Now that's strange." As he stepped inside he turned on the light and still couldn't find Chester anywhere. When he stepped in Belle followed suit right behind him and quickly shut the door.

"Please tell me that's you Belle?" It sounded like Chester but there was something off about it.

"Chester? Where are you?"

. . .

'Aw fudge it's Mr. Knels. Wait "fudge"? Why did I think that and not... no don't think about that right now...' Chester was absolutely terrified at this point and was frantically thinking of a way to get out of this mess.

"Chester?" Are you okay, your voice sounds kinda weird?"

"Why Mr. Knels I have no idea what your talking about, I'm completely fine, though you should probably get back to class right?" Chester immediately followed this with a bout of nervous laughter. "What are you talking about? Where are... What? Oh hell..." This last part perked Chester interested and he peaked out from behind the stack of boxes, which led to his jaw hitting the floor at the sight before him. There before him was Mr. Knels on his knees and clutching his stomach, though it didn't look like he was in pain just discomfort. The reason why soon became apparent as his hips and thigh flared out and became more feminine while hugging his slacks tighter than before. Amazed by this Chester crept out from the boxes so he could get a better look. Now in full view he watched as Mr. Knels let go of himself and planted his hands on the ground which allowed him to see that rubbery black fur was sprouting up all over them while his middle and ring fingers merged together and became one on each hand.

"He's a half-toon?" Chester wondered out loud as he looked up at Belle who was just as confused as he was.

Before anyone else could say anything Mr. Knels groan as a small bump form on his backside, though it didn't stay little for long as it expanded to an unnatural size before tearing a massive hole in his slacks allowing a huge black and white skunk tail out into the open.

"Holy crap!" Belle yelped in surprise while nearly avoiding being hit by the large and fluffy tail. The sound of leather tearing filled the air before two loud pops sounded and Belle witnessed two three-toed skunk paws tear through the front of Mr. Knels's shoes. At this point Mr. Knels suddenly sat back up again and Chester got the full view of two large plump breasts making themselves know by snapping off the top several buttons on Mr. Knels's shirt which flung themselves across the room and struck Chester in the forehead with surprising force causing him to fall over backwards with little birds tweeting around his head. Chester didn't see anything after that but Belle could still see that things were making their way into the final stages as Mr. Knels's ears puffed out and migrated towards the top of his head. Once there most of his hair changed color to a deep black and gained the same rubbery texture as the rest of the fur except for the front which instead shifted to a rich vibrant dark blue while growing out longer. With a final and quite feminine moan Mr. Knels fell forward once more. Still quite shocked at the whole ordeal Belle said the only thing she could think of. "Oh hell..."

. . .

With a groan of discomfort Chester managed to open his eye's and sat up, rubbing the sleep out of his eye's he found that he was still indeed his toon self. With a sigh he decided to get a look at his surrounding's to see if anything had changed.

"Oh thank god your awake!" Cried a female's voice, one which he had not heard before. Though he didn't have much time to think about it as he suddenly found himself being tackled/hugged by a rather busty skunk who was wearing Mr. Knels's shirt the one thing that made her stand out from any other toon skunk though was the patch of dark blue hair that hung over her left eye.

"M..Mr.Knels?" Chester asked though his voice was muffled by the breasts pressed up against his face.

"Not exactly..." This time it was Belle who was speaking as she came up behind him and rested a hand on his shoulder. "Chester, I'd like to introduce you to Vanessa."

"Just call me Nessa for short." Giggled the skunk girl.

"What the fudge happened?!?" Yelped Chester as he tried to piece everything together.

With a sigh Nessa sat back and began to explain the whole situation from the start to where she had been kidnapped, then how she met Mr. Knels or Joshy as she called him, and finally what happened at the lab and the following escape and their first shift.

"Holy cow, that's gotta be rough on both of you." Chester said. "Yes and no really, mostly I feel bad about messing up Joshy's life and we've only been together for a day." Nessa mourned as tears started to well up in her eye's, she looked up though when she felt something on her shoulder and found that Chester had rested his hand on it. Turning to him she saw him giving her a warm smile and he said. "Hey don't worry, there's gotta be a way to fix this."

Sniffling a little Nessa returned the smile. "Thank you Chester."

"Heh, no problem."

"Umm, hey guys I know this must be a really great moment, but shouldn't we be thinking of a way to get back to class?" Belle interjected.

"Right, wait what are we going to do about Mr. Knels's clothes?"

"Oh Joshy says that he has a duffle bag with some extra clothes in it in his car's trunk."

"Huh? How do you know what he says?" inquired Belle.

"Oh, he's still awake and everything but he can only talk in my head... yes I know that sounds dumb but it's true Joshy!"

Now slightly more confused the two friends just looked at the skunk girl in bewilderment before Chester managed to speak up with. "Wait, so your telling me that Mr. Knels has been aware of everything that's been going on this whole time?"

"Pretty much!" Nessa said cheerfully.

"Well I guess that has it's advantages." Remarked Belle bluntly.

"Wait, so earlier when Mr. Knels flinched after looking at my drawing I take it that was you?"

Nessa let out a nervous chuckle before coming back with. "Yeah, sorry it's just what you drew caught me off guard..."

"How could my drawing catch you off guard?"

This time Nessa bit her lip before beginning to explain that somehow Chester had managed to draw up a near exact duplicate of a street in her home town of Springston, plus the mayor and his wife though she was confused as to why there was three character's in front.

"Wait I can actually answer that!" Chester answered with a sense of triumph in his voice. "You see Nessa Your mayor is also my dad, and his with is a half-toon like me."

"Huh, that's kinda cool actually... Wait I know the mayor's son! Oh the girls are going to be so jealous!" Nessa giggled.

A looked of confusion crossed Belle's face. "I take it that's a good thing?"

"Of course it is Mayor Wizzit is super cool and popular!"

With this Belle leaned down and whispered in Chester's ear. "Really your dad is "cool" I always though he was a bit of a dork..."

"So did I." Chester whispered back.

"What are you guys whispering about?"

"Nothing!" Both answered in unison.

After a small moment of silence Belle spoke up. "Anyways since apparently I'm the only one who can still pass as being normal I suppose I should go get those clothes, umm Nessa could you get me his keys?"

"Oh sure here you go." After being handed the keys Belle gave a short salute and made her way out the door. While waiting for her to return the two nervous toons just sat in silence not sure what to say about their current situation. "Umm hey Nessa? I was wondering what is it like in the toon world?"

"Well I don't know how to explain it really cause I guess everything that you would find odd or different from here is just normal for me. Probably my best explanation is just imagine being inside of one of your cartoons." After her little explanation Nessa just gave him a warm smile.

"Huh cool..." Not to much longer after that Belle returned duffel bag in hand, and after much shuffling around and trying to figure out how to get people back to normal the room looked just the way it did before the trio even entered. With everything sorted back out Chester was the first to speak. "Well now that that whole mess is over I think we should probably get back to class, oh and before I forget Mr. Knels I have something to ask you."

"What is it Chester?"

"I was wondering if you would like to come over to my house after school, maybe my dad can figure something out to help you two with your problem."

After thinking it over which probably meant he was discussing it with Nessa in his head Josh finally came back with. "We would be delighted."

. . .

Thankfully the rest of the school day was less than eventful and seemed to pass like any other day. Upon arriving home with Belle and Josh in tow Chester happily opened the door only to immediately have a cream pie slammed into his face sending him head over heels backwards.

With a yelp of fright Jessica ran over to her son. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry dear I went to throw that at your dad but he just..."

"Relax honey that shouldn't have hurt him to bad and... uh oh." This last part came when Simon realized that there was a third person standing at the door.

Groaning as he got up Chester managed to prop himself up. "Relax dad he knows about Toons, that's actually the reason why he is here cause we have a rather unique situation."

Picking himself up the rest of the way Chester lead everyone back inside and proceeded to explain the whole situation from top to bottom with Josh imputing various bit of information here and there. "Okay okay let me get this straight Mr.Knels here..."

"Please just call me Josh, and that goes for you two as well." Josh added while gesturing to Belle and Chester.

"Right, Josh here actually has another toon inside of him named Nessa? And she was put there by some weird mad scientist that we don't even know about?"

"That's about right yeah." Chester answered.

"Well I believe it..." Simon said in a matter of fact way.

"Wow that was easy." Belle said.

"Belle you also have to take into account that I am in fact a toon, weirder things have happened before."

"Oh that makes sense..."

After a moment of silence with everyone deep in thought, then without much warning Simon spoke up. "Well since I have no clue about what to do the best thing to do is take this problem to a professional."

"And let me guess you just happen to know where we can find another mad scientist in the toon world?" Belle said sarcastically.

With a grin Simon pulled a pen out of his pocket. "Of course I do, I wouldn't be a good toon if I didn't right? Now who's ready for a little adventure?"

To be Continued...