G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Ghoul School

The Halloween Open House

A couple of days had passed since Grimwood slayed Calloway's military school in the volleyball game, and soon, it was Halloween time, which meant that the school would be putting on their annual open house for parents.

The way Shaggy and Scooby explained it, Halloween was a lot like Nightmare Night, with spooky vibes and treats and costumes.

And since they didn't have anything to make regular costumes, Izzy had cobbled together their old outfits from last Nightmare Night:

Sunny as Nightmare Moon

Pipp as a fancy queen

Zipp as a masked huntspony

Izzy as a cobbled up version of all her best friends

Hitch as a disco pony

Misty with her cloak and butterfly mask

The girls were thrilled that the ponies would be dressing up to get in the Halloween spirit, and soon, they were all decorating the school for the festivities that night. "Awooooooooooo!!!" Winnie howled, placing a jack o'lantern on the countertop. "This is gonna be our happiest Halloween ever!"

"Because we have a trophy to show off at our open house!" Tanis agreed. "Open house?" Scrappy questioned. "Is that like a party?"

"It's only the biggest event of the Grimwood school year," Sibella hung a fake skeleton from the ceiling as Misty and Izzy stood with Shaggy and Scooby as they displayed pumpkin versions of their heads. "Like, will there be food?" Shaggy asked, he and Scooby getting a little startled by the skeleton. "Oh, lots of goodies, Shaggy," Sibella said. "Miss Grimwood is in the kitchen right now."

"What are we waiting for?" Izzy asked. "Come on!"

"Excuse us!" Scooby told the pumpkins, and the four ran off toward the kitchen to dine on some tasty treats.

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Meanwhile, Miss Grimwood was just finishing up baking, pouring some batter in a pan, and the floating hand was helping her out. "Oh, I just love making brownies."

"Brownie?! Oh boy!" Scooby said hungrily as they came in. "Like, can we give you a hand, Miss Grimwood?" Shaggy asked. "Thanks, Shaggy," said the headmistress. "I've already got one. But you can lick the bowl."

Luckily, the ponies, Shaggy and Scooby were fine licking the bowl, and Miss Grimwood put the bowl in the oven for Matches to heat. "All right, Matches. Ready to bake a batch of brownies?"

"Yeah!" Matches seemed to growl, and breathed fire to heat the oven as Sibella came in and sniffed the air. "Something smells rotten."

That's when Misty sniffed the air, realizing she was right, but surprisingly, she was getting used to it. "You said it, Sibella!"

"Yeah, really rotten!" Scooby agreed. "Deliciously rotten!" Sibella said once the brownies were brought out. "Swamp brownies fresh from the oven."

"Made with slimy swamp water," Miss Grimwood named off ingredients, "chock full of mosquitos..."

"Zoinks!" Shaggy and Scooby stopped licking the bowl immediately and started scratching themselves. "Like, there's itchin' in the kitchen, Scoob!"

"Yeah! Hee hee hee!" Scooby said, scratching himself with a giggle. "Phantasma," Miss Grimwood called, "are those caterpillar cookies ready to bake yet?"

"They will be as soon as we catch them!" Zipp said as she and Phantasma chased the living cookies throughout the kitchen, Zipp stopping just in time before she crashed into the wall while Phantasma went right through. "Hey, guys!" Sunny came into the room, carrying her portable blender. "Before that storm rolls in, could some of you go out and get some of those veggies from the garden? I'm gonna make Grimwood Rotten Ripple Smoothies for the open house."