Woof (Scooby Doo X Courage)

One: The Gang Winds Up in the Middle of Nowhere

Odd things always seem to happen in the middle of Nowhere... Courage was particularly aware of this. Day after day, he found himself defending his home from all sorts of mayhem.

Of course, this day was no different... Not at first at least. Muriel was making tea, Eustace sat reading his paper, grumbling. Courage slept, whimpering through a nightmare. Waiting for her tea, Muriel leaned down to pet her dear Courage, easing whatever went through his head. He sighed, relief washing over him. That is, until he woke up with a start as the door shook with violently.

Courage looked to Muriel, running behind her. Eustace dropped his paper onto the flowered tablecloth draped over the table. Over to the door he stomped, Muriel and Courage followed curiously. As the door creaked open, five frightened figures stood on their porch.

"Excuse me..." the taller girl rushed her words out as she fiddled with her scarf, "Our van broke down not far from here and-"

She was cut off by the scruffiest member of the bunch, "Like, there's something out there, man."

The panic in his voice was more than obvious. Courage swallowed hard knowing where this was headed as soon as he heard the door. 

The second man chimed in, "We're Mystery Inc., I'm Fred, this is Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby. Can we please come in?"

"Of course! Make yourselves comfortable, dearies. I'll get some tea started." Muriel's voice trailed sweetly behind her as she made her way to the kitchen. Eustace followed, back to grumbling.

The whole ganged sighed and chatted amongst themselves about what a kind lady they've run into and whatever trouble was brewing out in the middle of Nowhere. Scooby spotted Courage right away and with no hesitation smiled his way with a big toothy grin. Courage smiled nervously. He always hated when Muriel let strangers waltz in like she seemed to do. Guests like these always brought trouble. Courage knew that better than anyone. He had no idea the sort of trouble he was about to get into this time... This wasn't any trouble he had seen before.