G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Ghoul School

Setting the Trap

Revolta didn't waste any time starting to prepare her trap for the girls, and put the Creeper and Midnight Breeze to work. "There's no time to waste, Grim Creeper," she said. "Both of you, get cranking!"

"Yes, Revolta," the Creeper and Midnight said obediently, and cranked the handle around a few times until the skylight opened up. "This is your target," Revolta showed her spider bat a picture of Shaggy, having to flip it upside down for the bat to see before she chanted a spell. "Now heed these words, and heed them well. Find those fools and weave them well," she said, letting the bat fly out. "Fly, spider bat, fly. Soon that teacher will be learning from me. Ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

Midnight laughed awkwardly while the Grim Creeper gleefully cackled, but then Revolta whipped her head around to face them. "Don't just stand there, close that skylight!" she ordered. "There's a draft in here."

"Y-Yes, Revolta!" the Creeper said as they obeyed, Midnight sparing one final look at the night sky before it closed on her.

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Back at the school, Pipp and Scooby were sleeping together, since Misty wanted to try sleeping on her own for the first time, and Pipp offered to keep Scooby company. But when the spider-bat approached, the wind was flapping the shades, making Pipp sigh, waking up. "Scooby, can you go check that shade?" she grumbled. "It's making me loose beauty sleep!"

"Okay, Pipp," Scooby yawned, going to the shade to close it, but that's when he saw the spider bat, screamed and fled to Shaggy and Sunny's room. "Shaggy, help! Rat! It's a rat!!"

"Rats?" Shaggy yawned and handed Scooby a couple mousetraps. "Like, take two of these and call me in the morning, Scoob."

But Scooby threw the mousetraps aside, shaking his head. "No, Shaggy! Rat!!"

"Calm down, Scooby," Sunny assured the dog gently. "We'll come take a look."

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But when Shaggy and Sunny went into the room, waking Pipp and telling her what was going on, Shaggy and the earth pony mare didn't see anything. "See? See for yourself, Scoob. Nothing," Shaggy said with a yawb as he and Sunny walked out of the room. "Let's get some sleep."

"Okay, Shaggy," Scooby nodded and tried to close the shade, but this time, he AND Pipp saw the spider bat inside of the shade, causing them to scream and get their friends. "Shaggy!!" Scooby screamed. "Rat's back! Rat's back!"

"We're coming, we're coming!" Sunny said as Pipp and Scooby dragged them into the room, where Shaggy checked the shade. "Oh, boy! Get a hold of yourself, old buddy," Shaggy said. "See? There's nothing shady about the shade. Get a hold of yourself, Scoob."

With that, Shaggy and Sunny retreated to their room for the final time, and when Scooby tried to check the shade, he got himself stuck inside it, causing Pipp to pull him out. "Come on, boy," Pipp scratched Scooby lovingly. "Let's get some sleep."

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Meanwhile, Sunny was sleeping soundly next to Shaggy's bed, not hearing the spider bat fly in and get close enough to Shaggy and weave a pair of magic headphones around his head-- the way Revolta could get him to lead the girls into the trap. Once they were set, Revolta began speaking. "You will do exactly as I say."

"I will do exactly as you say," Shaggy's eyes snapped open, completely in a trance. "In the morning," Revolta continued, "you will take the girls on a little field trip to the Barren Bog."

"Little girls... field trip. To the Barren Bog," Shaggy droned on. "And then, those girl ghouls will be mine!!" Revolta cackled just before releasing Shaggy from the trance and turning to Midnight and Creeper. "Don't just stand there. Get to the Barren Bog and set my traps!"

"Yes, Revolta," said the Creeper, and Midnight only nodded. She hoped that Sunny and her friends would be able to see through the scheme... but only time would tell.

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The next morning, one of Miguel's inventions, a rolling robot who played Reveille on the trumpet, woke the cadets up with a start. "Miguel," said Tug, getting changed, "sometimes I'm sorry you ever invented that rolling, reveille robot."

"But it was your idea to give it to the colonel for a birthday present," Miguel pointed out. "Affirmative," Jamal agreed. "Next year, we give him a pocket watch."

"Glad to see you up and at 'em, cadets," said the colonel, and after getting scared by the robot, moved toward a map on the wall. "As I was saying, you're up early for morning maneuvers in tough terrain."

"I'll say," Tug looked worried. "That's Barren Bog!"

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At the same time that morning, Shaggy was unusually cheerful, despite it being a dreary day, and Misty, Sunny and Scooby immediately noticed it first. "Like, rise and shine, Scoob!" he said, opening the window. "It's a beautiful day for a field trip."

"It is?" Scooby asked, trying not to get blown away by the wind. "Yeah, just smell that fresh air."

But the force of the wind was so strong, it knocked Scooby into Scrappy's bedroom door, which he opened to reveal Izzy and Hitch inside. "You knocked, Uncle Scooby?"

"We're glad you're up, guys," Sunny said, deciding to go with Shaggy's field trip idea for now. "We were just on our way out."