Five years later, Tommy was living with the toon rabbit woman who was now his mom. He'd chosen to stay five years old, because being a toon
meant he didn't have to grow up. He was now used of his life as a toon liger. Because he was G-rated, he never needed any clothes, but he
wore a red neckerchief just because he thought it made him look cool.
While his old parents had disowned him, his new mom gave him a laptop which he could use to keep tabs on them. Evidently, they lost no time
in adopting a replacement for him: a 10-year-old girl named Tiffany. They raised her to be just as strict as they had become, and they didn't
even let her watch TV, or have any fun at all. All they wanted for her was to lead the serious life they felt he could no longer lead. Tommy had
mixed feelings about Tiffany - half of him wanted revenge for replacing him as their child, but the other half of him felt sorry for her. As those
five years passed, she became a beautiful young lady, and something unexpected had happened - Tommy had fallen in love with her. She was
now 15 years old - the same age he would've been if he was still human.
Tommy couldn't stop thinking about her. One night at the dinner table, Tommy's new mom noticed hearts floating above his head, and a
dreamy look on his face. "Looks like someone got bit by the love-bug!" she said, smiling "Who is she?"
Tommy looked nervous, tugged his neckerchief, letting steam out of it.
"It's okay Tommy." she said "I know I won't judge you."
"Her name is Tiffany," he said nervously "and she's a human. She replaced me, and she's the same age as me chronologically. I used to hate
her, but now, I think I love her! What can I do? They'll never bring her here, and I can't go to her."
"I may have just the thing." she said, and pulled it out of her purse "This drink will make you a human her age in the real world for one hour.
When the hour is up, you'll go back to being a 5-year-old toon liger, and have to return here. You'll only need to drink it once - after that,
you'll automatically become a 15-year-old human boy when you enter the real world, but change back when you return."
"How did you know I'd need that?" he asked.
"I read the script, dear." she said, smiling.
"Oh." he replied, for by now he was used to this sort of thing - it came with being a toon.
"And one more thing." she told him "You'll have to use a different name as a human, so your old parents don't recognize you."
"Okay," he said as he accepted the drink from her "then my name will be......
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Meanwhile, Tiffany had just gotten out of school.
She was one of the best students in her grade - mostly thanks to her parents strictness. She hid it well, but she was envious of others her age,
whose parents let them have fun.
"What good is getting straight "A"s when I have no social life?" she said bitterly, as she started walking away from the school "I know it's silly
and childish, but just once I wish I could meet someone fun would at least give me some kind of escape from this!" "Well consider that wish
granted." she heard a smooth male voice say. She turned around and saw a teen boy her age. He had tan skin, black hair, and brown eyes. "I'm
Leo." she said, smiling "What's your name?" "Uh...it's...um..." she started nervously "...Tiffany." "What a lovely name for a lovely lady." he said
smoothly "Would you like me to walk you home?" "Um, sure." she said, smiling and blushing a bit. So she took his hand, and they walked to her
house together.
What she didn't know was that Leo was really Tommy the toon liger in a human disguise. His plan was working so far. With his latino
complexion, even his old parents wouldn't recognize him! He'd hope he could become her friend, not just to win her over, but also because he
knew she needed one!