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**Terryville - Q.C. Planet

QCP: BG-05 Favors for Four Lords By Darrel James Vanwinkle (Writing as Ratseye) 03/04/2007

Chapter 01**

Monday morning. Gerard slowly woke up to the sound of something that he rarely ever heard. In fact, he hadn't heard that sound since he and his family had lived back in the real world.

It was raining. And raining hard. A regular downpour.

It only took Gerard a few minutes to get dressed, after using the bathroom, and 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 Gerard was preparing himself a bowl of Kellogg's Corn Flakes that he found a note from his parents affixed to the refrigerator door.

_Dear Gerard,

Your mother and I decided to take your advice and go see Mr. Luthor over in Meta-Star City today. If your concerns about the council have solid ground, then it's in my best interest to see what Mr. Luthor has to say about this.

Signed,

Leon, your father_

Gerard grinned, then saw the PS in his mom's handwriting.

PS: Gerard? 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. And you can go visit your friend, Alex Donkey, at the same time. Signed, your mom.

Gerard giggled when he read that part. His parents were actually giving him permission to go to Pleasure Island. He then sat down and ate the rest of his breakfast. He was going to have fun.

Gerard returned to his room 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 shorts, and he really didn't care about these old sneakers that much. Once Gerard was prepared to make the trip, he pulled out his Toon Hole and opened the quick way over to Pleasure Island.

Being that it was raining hard on Q.C. Planet, Gerard was 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.

End of Chapter 01

Chapter 02

One thing Gerard decided to do before going to see the Carnival Lords was to go get some ice cream. He mainly wanted some ice cream 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 ice cream.

Gerard walked into the ice cream parlor and sat down on a damp stool at the counter. There was a semi morphic donkey working behind the counter and when Gerard sat down, he turned and saw what 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 guy 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 Gerard's 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 Gerard 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 donkey sweat on Gerard's 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 said, "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 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."

End of Chapter 02

Chapter 03

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!

End of Chapter 03

Chapter 04

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, though walking along made a squishing sound, making him think that he was walking through mud.

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.

End of Chapter 04

Chapter 05

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 Lord Donkaroo.

Lord Donkaroo grinned at Gerard. "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."

End of Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Back in Donkaroo's home/office, the lord allowed Gerard to finish cleaning and drying him off with a large dry towel. "So you worked part time for Mr. Pink, did you? I'll bet that was an experience for you. 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 okayed your coming here? 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 Carte Blanche 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. I actually meant at the beginning of summer. But technically, I wasn't specific. 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're on Pleasure Island. The moment you leave, it wears off and you're 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."

Gerard grinned. "I met Cris on my first day here and he can put away chocolate like nobodies business, so I already had a good idea on what you were talking about." Gerard then looked at the wall map and then, headed out of the office to go clean up some chocolate vats.

End of Chapter 06

Chapter 07

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 donkey centaur standing there at the door. "Lord Donkaroo had me clean this vat. I'm Gerard Prince."

"I am Lord Merlion." he said. "So you're the real human everyone's 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." he 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, 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."

End of Chapter 07

Chapter 08

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 Gerard, 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 hugged and rubbed on Gerard gently. "I love you, Gerard."

End of Chapter 08

Chapter 09

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's 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 Gerard!

Gerard's eyes went wide, then he felt a wave of dizziness wash over him, as his center of gravity simply vanished and 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 a 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."

End of Chapter 09

Chapter 10

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. I just 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."

End of Chapter 10

Chapter 11

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... they had mistreated him, as well.

During the recovery period, Cris, Alex, and Brent all came to see Gerard at different times. Brent was the last to visit and 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. :)

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. I really like you a lot. You're a good donkey."

Brent licked Gerard's face in return. "Thank you, Gerard. I'm just a hard working donkey now. My days of being a human boy are long gone. I have no regrets now."

Gerard groaned and pulled back into the outhouse and went some more... then he poked his head out again. "I wish I could work with you, Brent. And maybe... spend a night with you, too?"

Brent smiled. "I'd really like that, Gerard. But please get over the sick feeling first. I don't want human excrement all over my barn home. If you did that, I'd have to put you to work doing donkey chores." He winked with a smile.

Both Gerard and Brent laughed at that, before Gerard felt one more bout on the outhouse toilet hole...

Later, after a refreshing hot bath in Lampwick's home, Gerard came out wearing his shorts and sneakers, and saw the 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 transformations 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."

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."

Guil walked up and shook Gerard's hand. "Growlmon told me that you were super nice."

Gerard grinned and winked. "He's super nice, too."

End of Chapter 11

Chapter 12

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, the last day of his 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 told him what he wanted to know... Gerard collected his shorts and sneakers, and then 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 the best way to find 'That Place' was in Principal Dum's office. And to get at that way, he had to be there when someone got into trouble.

**End of Chapter 12 End of Episode Five: Favors For Four Lords

Stay tuned for Episode Six: That Place**

((The Five Lords of Pleasure Island: Lord Wilwick, Lord Merlion, Lord Donkaroo, Lord Lampwick, and Lord Guil Nomigid))