G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Ghoul School

Garden Hijinx/Retrieving the Ball

The Calloway Military School cadets had run into a huge problem when they went to retrieve their volleyball from Grimwood's side of the hedge-- Matches had found it first, and he wasn't guaranteed to give it up without a fight. "It's the Grimwood's weird guard dog," Tug pointed. "And," Miguel noticed, "he looks mucho hot under the collar."

"Easy, boy," Jamal tried to reassure. "We just want our ball."

But Matches' only response was to blow fire right at them. "But I think he wants to keep it!" Jamal shouted. "Cadets, advance to the rear!" Tug ordered. "And step on it!!"

This caused the Calloway cadets to flee right back through the hedge before they were burned by Matches' dragon fire. "I... I guess we'll be cutting our volleyball practice short," Grunt panted. Now that the cadets were gone, Matches carried the ball of with a chuckle, knowing exactly what he wanted to do with it.

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After ballet class was over and everyone had time to rest, it was time for Zipp to choose the next activity for them to do-- a jog/roller skating through the school grounds. Lucky for the ponies, Sunny brought enough roller skates for all six of them, and everyone else chose to run. "Like, follow us, girls!" Shaggy called out. "There's nothing like a little run to get you in shape!"

"And the boys-- whoa... don't have to wear a tutu either!" Misty panted, still wobbly since she was just learning to skate. "Yeah! No tutu!" Scooby agreed with a giggle. Further back, Pipp skated alongside Izzy, Sibella and Elsa, and the daughter of Count Dracula sighed happily. "There's nothing like feeling the wind running through your hair!"

"This is good for the heart," Elsa panted. "Mine are both beating fast."

"Awwooooo!!! How ya doin', Tanis?" Winnie asked, trotting alongside Zipp and Hitch. "Great, Winnie!" Tanis said, not panting a bit. "I've got built-in leg warmers!"

That's when the group skated/ran by where Matches was burying the volleyball he stole off of the cadets. "Hey, Matches! Like, how about burning up a few miles?" Shaggy asked, only for the dragon to growl and shake his head no. "Like, sorry I asked."

"Gee, maybe his pilot light went out," Sunny said as she joined them, followed by the other ponies as they came to an apple tree grove. "I just love running through the trees!" Elsa exclaimed. "Me too!" Phantasma giggled, just as Elsa ran past our pony heroes and their friends. "Last one's a rotten apple!"

At the force of Elsa's stomps as she ran, apples fell off the trees left and right, causing the group to stumble on the apples and crash into one of the trees, thankfully unharmed. "Like, as long as we're here, we might as well take a break," Shaggy said, picking up an apple. "And a bite."

"Yeah! A bite!" Scooby picked up another apple, as Izzy levitated one up to her mouth with her horn. But when the three bit into them, they instantly spit them out in disgust. "YUCK!!!"

"Don't you like crab apples? They're fang-tastic," Sibella said, digging her fangs into one and sucked out its juice. "They're rotten."

"Blech... you guys have some strange tastes," Hitch shuddered as he and the ponies got back onto their feet. "Come on... let's head back before Miss Grimwood gets worried."

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Meanwhile, Matches finished his hole for the volleyball, and was just about to cover it back up when Miss Grimwood approached. "Matches, how many times do I have to tell you?" she scolded. "Don't dig in the pumpkin patch. We need them all for our Halloween open house. And you certainly can't carve that into a jack o'lantern. Now, get rid of it."

Matches growled, but did as he was told. And just as he was having fun too.

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At the same time, Baxter was filling some water balloons at Tug's wishes, for some sort of idea he gained. "Here's another water balloon, Grunt."