Scooby-Doo: Equestria's Greatest Sleuth (The Series)

Episode 2: The Gateway of Mysteries Part 2

“Keep running, Scoob! It’s dark so he can’t see us!” Shaggy exclaimed as he and Scooby ran through the darkness that surrounded the inside of the Everfree Forest.

They barely got away from a big Timber Wolf monster chasing them down and knocking over trees while it caused a massive rampage chasing the boys, but they used the darkness in the forest to their advantage hoping that the monster didn’t have some sort of night vision to spring an ambush on them with. Shaggy and Scooby dove under a log and looked up not hearing massive footsteps or growls that could lead them to believing the Timber Wolf would be after them.

“Whewwwwww....I’m glad we managed to get away from old logs for bones. That massive giant nearly gave me a massive heart attack,” Shaggy stated as he felt his heart nearly burst out of his chest in a cartoonish fashion.

“Rhwere Red, Relma, and Raphne?” Scooby asked as he darted his vision elsewhere, but couldn’t see anything due to the massive pitch blackness in the forest.

“That’s a good question, but it’s so dark that I can’t see my hands in front of my face. If only we, like, had a light source,” Shaggy replied as he stood up.

Scooby and Shaggy made sure the coast was clear using the damp light of the moonlight to light their way to a trail that they followed straight through. It must’ve been an hour or so since they last saw the gang, but without some watch or clock, they were in the dark on what specific time it was. They only knew they were literally in the dark.

“They couldn’t have gotten far. Maybe they set up camp somewhere,” Shaggy suggested.

“Right,” Scooby added with a nod.

“Which means they are probably stoking a fire....or better yet, cooking food. I could go for something after the scare I’ve had,” Shaggy stated as he clasped his hands together at the thought of food.

The boys continued to follow the path they found themselves on until they came to some kind of exit looking around seeing an open field of green plains with some mountains in the distance.

“We found an exit, but no gang. We’ll have to leave some kind of marker here so we can find our way back once we have found the others,” Shaggy explained as he looked around for anything to use.

“Raggy! Rook! A ragon!” Scooby exclaimed as he tugged on Shaggy’s shirt and pointed off in the distance at a little purple wagon with a yellow trim and a green roof with big star designs.

“A wagon? Out here? Well, maybe we can get some help....and hopefully some food,” Shaggy stated as he and Scooby made a dash for the wagon.

Shaggy snuck up to the back door telling Scooby to shush as not to wake the resident or residents early. The food loving human knocked on the door three times rapidly hoping someone would be inside and a light flickered on giving both boys hope. The door swiftly open as Shaggy and Scooby gasped seeing a dark blue unicorn wipe her eyes of sleep murmuring to herself.

“This had better be good. It’s late!” Trixie Lulamoon exclaimed as she saw the two boys, but screamed at the sight.

This started a screaming match between Shaggy, Scooby, and Trixie with exaggerated closeups as each party screamed their heads off in unison at seeing each other.

“Like, you’re a talking unicorn!” Shaggy exclaimed as he pointed at Trixie.

“And you’re a hairless ape!” Trixie added as she pointed back at Shaggy.

“Ape? I’m no monkey, sister, and how is it that a unicorn can talk or even exist in the first place?” Shaggy asked.

“This is Equestria, mind you! All sorts of beings live here ranging from earth ponies to griffons and unicorns are one of the most common species here. Definitely not monkeys,” Trixie spat.

“I’m not a monkey! I’m a human being!” Shaggy exclaimed.

“A human? I have heard rumors about such creatures existing, but I just thought it was all a foal’s tale. Trixie guesses even she can be mistaken time from time,” Trixie stated as she tapped her hoof to her chin in deep thought.

“Why did you refer to yourself as Trixie and in the third person?” Shaggy asked with a raised eyebrow.

“First of all, Trixie is my name and Trixie will refer to herself as she pleases. Just who are you two buffoons?” Trixie asked.

“I’m Shaggy and this is my dog, Scooby-Doo. We don’t know what Equestria even is and we are looking for our friends. They look like me, but with different features and such,” Shaggy replied.

“Trixie hasn’t seen any other humans besides you for the moment. What are you two doing out here? The Everfree Forest is dangerous,” Trixie stated.

“Like I said before, me and my friends just wandered into the forest and had no idea what we were even doing there. We also got separated when a giant monster of sticks, shrubs, and roots came after us,” Shaggy explained.

“A giant monster? Trixie has been hearing weird noises out in the forest recently, but she hasn’t seen too much activity,” Trixie explained.

“Like, it was big and mean and had red eyes....ooooohhhh, was it terrifying!” Shaggy exclaimed.

“What did it exactly look like?” Trixie asked as she wanted more information than both boys were giving her.

“Mainly really tall, lots of sticks and bushes attached to the limbs, it had a wolf-shaped head, and really freaky red eyes as I just said,” Shaggy replied as he counted off the features on his right hand.

“Wait….you saw a Timberwolf?” Trixie asked with some astonishment.

“A timber-what now?” Shaggy asked as he scratched his head.

“A Timberwolf….its a wolf species that frequents their territory in the Everfree Forest and based on your description, it seems you have encountered one. Though, Trixie never saw one with any kind of bush attached to it and they usually have green eyes instead of red,” Trixie explained.

“Like so it could be a fake?” Shaggy asked.

“Or you could just be scammers trying to lure Trixie into a scheme,” Trixie replied with a narrowing glare.

However, a roar could be heard as Trixie darted over to Scooby-Doo and Shaggy as she saw the giant Timber Wolf stomping over to them from a thin line of tress and it even crushed her wagon with one massive foot.

“Trixie’s wagon!” Trixie exclaimed.

“Like no time for the sob stories, let’s get out of here!” Shaggy exclaimed as he grabbed Trixie up in his arms and he ran back into the dark forest with Scooby following right behind.

(Scene Break)

Fred, Daphne, and Velma were a little nervous as they trekked far into the dark forest hearing things deep within the trees or right in front of their eyes. Fred had a little pocket flashlight with him as he shined it around and the girls kept close as not to get lost within these trees.

“Stay close, girls. A forest at night has tons of surprises waiting for us,” Fred stated.

“You’re telling me. It’s really creepy the further we walk,” Daphne stated as she grabbed Velma’s shoulders.

“Perhaps there’s someone living in this forest. We could ask them for directions and possibly bump into Shaggy and Scooby,” Velma suggested.

“Right on time. Look over there,” Fred called as he pointed over to a tree hut with a wooden door with a gold doorknob, a lot of scary tiki masks, and open windows with light pouring out.

“A very peculiar place for someone to live deep in the forest, but at least it might keep away the predators,” Velma observed as all three teens walked over to the tree cottage.

Fred knocked on the door a few times hoping whoever was behind the door could help them find their way out of this forest and Velma took notice of the shape of the door being smaller than usual doors she has come across in the past. The door opened after a few minutes and a putrid smell welcomed the gang as they held their noses from the smell.

“Ah, strange travelers. It seems you have managed to escape detection from my rattler,” A zebra with a black mohawk, gold rings around her neck and left front hoof, gold hoop earrings, dark blue eyes, and the symbol of a mystical sun on her behind answered the door.

“A talking zebra?” Fred asked with widened eyes.

“That is my species. Why is it that you find that fact creepy?” The zebra asked with a raised eyebrow.

“No disrespect intended…Miss Zebra. We…just aren’t used to seeing talking animals all that much,” Velma replied.

“Then you must not be familiar to this land. Allow me to invite you in and lend a hand,” Zecora stated as she stepped aside with a friendly smile.

The three humans all looked at each other with looks of bewilderment, but all filed in as they crawled under the doorway into the zebra’s hut. The tree was thankfully tall enough to host their large sizes and the zebra galloped back over to her pot tossing in more spices with the smell growing stronger.

“Ah, don’t mind me asking this, but what are you creating?” Daphne asked as the zebra stirred her pot with a wooden spoon.

“A potion that will heal any wound. A concoction I wished to create with the stirs of my spoon,” The zebra replied.

“She’d be a real poet,” Fred whispered to Velma.

“My name is Zecora and I’m an inhabiter of this forest. Although, it is a life without the wildlife performing a normal chorus,” Zecora greeted.

“So what exactly is this forest?” Velma asked as she found a rickety wooden chair to sit in and Fred sat in one, but it collapsed under his weight making him fall to the floor.

“This is the Everfree Forest where the summers become their warmest. Many creatures inhabit these grounds and will find anything a snack if found,” Zecora replied.

“You can’t be serious. We haven’t found anything remotely frightening so far,” Fred stated as he crossed his arms.

“We also have lost two of our friends. I’m Velma Dinkley and these are my friends Daphne Blake and Fred Jones,” Velma greeted back.

“You are…humans which could dig your hole deeper. The creatures don’t take kindly to disturbances to their environmental features,” Zecora stated.

“It’s not like we wounded up here by choice. We are from another world entirely and just happened to end up in this forest,” Daphne explained.

“It’s hard to explain, but once we find Shaggy and Scooby, we should be able to find a way out of here,” Fred stated.

“Beware of the Timber Wolf, a monster engulfed in stick and stones for the purpose of mending and breaking one’s bones. It has terrorized this forest tonight and searches for prey for a successful delight,” Zecora warned as she started stirring her pot even more.

“Jinkies! Just tonight?” Velma asked.

“We better find Shaggy and Scooby before this beast does,” Daphne urged the others.

“Like every man, dog, and unicorn for themselves!” Shaggy could be heard yelling as he ran by the window with Trixie in his hands.

“Trixie resents that!” Trixie yelled as Scooby-Doo followed behind them with Fred sticking his head out of the window to see them running.

“Shaggy! Scooby!” Fred called out, but the roar of the Timber Wolf stomping towards the tree hut got his attention and Zecora stuck her head out the window widening her eyes to seeing the beast.

The Timber Wolf saw Fred and Zecora poking their heads out and started putting it’s massive hands around the tree shaking it making all four individuals stumble inside. Zecora grabbed her saddle bag and two potions from her shelves filled with a strange green liquid inside the spherical bottles. She tossed them in her bag before turning to her new friends.

“Outside now and I’ll give us the time to hide!” Zecora ordered as Velma opened the door going out into the open with her friends.

The Timber Wolf noticed them after nearly knocking Zecora’s tree hut off it’s standard roots as it tried putting their hands down on the gang, but Zecora threw down her potions breaking them on the ground as green gasses filled the area blinding the vision of the Timber Wolf. Fred took Daphne’s hand and led her away while Velma and Zecora ran right behind them.

“Nice going, Zecora!” Daphne cheered.

“It will only hold it for so long and then we must see how much more we can prolong,” Zecora stated.

The gang would catch up to Scooby, Shaggy, and Trixie as the human and dog were out of breath and Shaggy hung onto a tree for dear life wheezing after so much running.

“The one time I really needed the exercise,” Shaggy stated.

“Guys! What the heck was that thing?” Velma asked as she tapped Shaggy on the back.

“A big scary monster! You new here or something?!” Shaggy retorted.

“Pfft…you haven’t seen anything yet,” Trixie muttered as she rolled her eyes.

“It seems you met a unique creature yourself,” Fred stated as he pointed at Trixie.

“Oh, her? Her name is Trixie and-“ Shaggy began talking, but Trixie barged ahead and cleared her throat.

“The Great and Powerful and Most Humble Trixie needs no introduction as she is known throughout Equestria,” Trixie boasted placing a hoof on her chest smirking.

“Equestria?” Daphne wondered.

“Like no time for dilly-dally or formal introductions! We need to get out of this forest and away from that monster,” Shaggy exclaimed.

“Your friend is right and I know of an idea that will show us how we might,” Zecora stated.

“What is it?” Fred asked.

“A secret path I am able to use to get through and pick up ingredients in order to make delicious stew,” Zecora replied as she frolicked through some bushes revealing a narrow clearing out of the forest.

“Like a zebra that knows a way out and knows how to cook? Sign me up!” Shaggy exclaimed as he and Scooby zoomed down the path looking for their way out.

“Trixie has never seen such scaredy cats in all her life,” Trixie stated as she followed soon after along with the rest of the gang hoping Zecora was right about the path she took.

(Scene Break)

Princess Luna groaned as she laid in her bed with the covers reaching up around her and her dark eyes fluttered open as she widened her eyes springing up in her bed looking around seeing her elder sister, Celestia, along with Flash and the Mane 7 as she calms her breathing.

“Are you alright, sister?” Celestia asked as she came bedside.

“I’m....a little sick. What happened?” Luna wondered as she laid back down.

“I found you lying unconscious on the floor and called the rest of the guard to escort you to your room. I even woke up Princess Celestia and told her,” Flash replied.

“I then notified Princess Twilight and her friends to come to Canterlot immediately so we could devise a plan for how to tackle the issues affecting Equestria,” Celestia stated.

“We’re glad you’re okay, Princess Luna,” Twilight added with a friendly smile.

“What were you doin’ to make you fall asleep?” Applejack asked the Princess of the Night.

“I was trying to contact beings from another world to come help us with our current predicament. They specialize in hunting monsters, but only their monsters were only fakes looking to gain something from their horrific ordeal,” Luna replied.

“Fake monsters? You sure you wasn’t thinking of Nightmare Night?” Rainbow Dash asked with a raised eyebrow.

“It does sound super-duper cool, though. Super sleuths finding the monsters only to pop off their heads and figure out who the true meanie is,” Pinkie Pie replied as she sunk to the floor sneakily and scared Fluttershy and Rarity popping up on them with her theatrics.

“It’s all true. I had the pleasure of talking with them, but it seems my powers only reach to a certain extent outside of Equestria,” Luna explained.

“Who were these individuals you met?” Celestia asked.

“Humans known as.....um....uh....my head hurts really bad and it hurts to think right now,” Luna complained as she held a hoof to her head.

“You must rest then until you are able to lead again. I’ll stay here with my sister to oversee her health. Twilight, you and your friends must gather the Elements of Harmony and stand by for battle should need be,” Celestia ordered.

“Right away, Princess,” Twilight stated.

The Mane 7 would soon show themselves out filing into the hallway and soon on their way out of Canterlot in order to get back to the Tree of Harmony, but Twilight stops in her tracks as the others notice her hesitation while deep in thought.

“What’s going on, Twilight?” Rarity asked with a look of concern.

“Humans...remember the opposite world through that mirror...I wonder if it’s possible....,” Twilight wondered as Rainbow started coming from behind and pushing her forward.

“You can think later...we have to get the Elements quickly,” Rainbow Dash urged as the Mane 7 shrugged their shoulders heading out of the castle

(Scene Break)

Zecora led Mystery Inc. into the town of Ponyville seeing it was very late at night and most of the residents were most likely in their homes hunkering down after the recent reports of monsters being sighted over at the School of Friendship and in Equestria itself.

“Whoa, from a creepy forest to a creepy ghost town,” Fred stated.

“It’s so sad that the residents here are too scared to come out and enjoy a beautiful night,” Daphne added as she looked at all the dark houses around the block.

“Not to mention that creature owes Trixie a new wagon,” Trixie blasted as she blew some of her mane out of her eyes.

“It looks like it’s up to us to dispose of that frightful creature,” Velma stated.

“Like us? That seems like wishful thinking when that thing is as tall as a building. You want to mess with that?” Shaggy asked.

“I think we have discussed this before. Real timberwolves have green eyes and that big monstrosity has red eyes. That’s just the biological nature and anatomy of the species,” Trixie explained to the two scaredy cats.

“Then that means someone is causing all this trouble on purpose...Velma is right everyone, we can’t let this faker scare everyone back into their homes forever,” Fred stated.

“Which is why I brought you all to Ponyville and to head for Princess Twilight’s castle so she and her friends can help us with this hassle,” Zecora explained.

“The more, the merrier,” Daphne added.

“Wait....princess? A princess lives here?” Velma asked.

“Princess Twilight is the princess of friendship here in Ponyville just as we have other world leaders around Equestria,” Trixie replied.

“So, if she’s a princess here, she has to have a castle, right?” Daphne asked with a peculiar look on her face.

“Like, is that enough of a castle for you?” Shaggy asked as the gang, Zecora, and Trixie looked upon a tall purple castle with yellow roofs and balconies with crystalized roots growing up the sides and front of the exterior as well as a giant crystalized star at the very top.

“Jinkies!” Velma exclaimed as she stepped back.

“Look at the design on that building,” Daphne marveled as she smiled a little bit.

Trixie came up to the castle doors and rapidly knocked her hoof against them as a purple dragon with tiny green spikes around his body answered the door.

“Trixie? Zecora? What are you two doing….who are they?” Spike asked as he pointed at the humans.

“We’ll do greetings later. Where is Twilight and the others?” Trixie asked.

“They went to Canterlot to check up on Princess Luna. Princess Celestia summoned them personally,” Spike replied.

“Ugh…leave it up to chance that we missed them by a few hoofsteps. Looks like we are on our own for now,” Trixie stated as she turned back to the others.

“That’s never stopped us before especially since we are now working together. I say we head back to that forest and look for clues,” Fred suggested.

“Correction: you all can head back there and me and Scooby stay in the castle…to keep it safe,” Shaggy stated.

“Not this shtick again,” Daphne retorted as she facepalmed.

“What? We are volunteering to stay someplace where it seems way more scarier despite it’s rather glamorous appearance,” Shaggy explained his horrible excuse.

“Or you buffoons are just avoiding facing that Timber Wolf again,” Trixie retorted.

“I know how to solve this. Would you two go back for a Scooby Snack each?” Velma asked as she grabbed a green box from behind her.

“One lousy snack isn’t going to change our minds, but it sure would be tasty,” Shaggy replied.

“How about two snacks each?” Velma asked holding four Scooby Snacks between her fingers.

“You drive a hard bargain on that one, but…we can’t beat our stomach desires,” Shaggy relented as Velma tossed the four snacks towards the boys which they each caught two in their mouths.

“Hey, I’m really worried about Twilight and the others. To get the Elements of Harmony, they need to go into the Everfree Forest with that monster. Maybe I should come along,” Spike suggested.

“I don’t see why not. It can help us cover more ground that way,” Fred stated.

(Scene Break)

The group of 8 returned outside the entrance to the Everfree Forest as they looked within the dark tree line not seeing anything at the moment, but could hear light growls from the wildlife which scared Scooby and Shaggy stiff.

“Alright, here’s how this will go. We’re gonna split up and search for clues in three different directions opting to meet back here with our findings,” Fred explained.

“Is spitting up really a good idea in the Everfree Forest?” Spike asked.

“We’ve been asking that question for every scary place we’ve been to,” Shaggy replied as he shakes his head.

“Shaggy and Scooby can go with Trixie, me and Daphne can tag along with Zecora, and Velma can investigate with Spike,” Fred assigned everyone their partners.

“Wonderful! I get the two scaredy cats,” Trixie muttered to herself.

“Any clues you find with your group keep nice and tight as losing them costs us the truth to this mystery,” Velma stated.

Everyone nodded as each group went down one trail into the forest hoping to find any sign of the true culprit and any clues that could help them along the way.

(Scene Break)

Velma and Spike took their trail slowly and cautiously as Spike breathed his dragon fire onto a stick to use as torch lighting through the dark forest. Velma kept her eye out for anything, but she had to admit anything wouldn’t be easy to find in such a large forest and it could’ve been taken by a creature. However, a glimmer of something caught her eye as she ran over and pointed to it on a lone tree branch.

“Check it out…a purple cloth with a star and a moon on it,” Velma inspected as she stroked her chin.

“What’s it doing on a random tree branch?” Spike asked.

“Definitely must’ve been left here by the monster…I’m not sure the significance of it, but it could be useful later,” Velma replied.

They went further through the forest as they saw two bushes huddled up and they both peered through them gasping as they saw a crushed wagon as Spike shined some light over it.

“Hey! This is Trixie’s wagon, but I could’ve swore it was in Ponyville the other day,” Spike recalled.

“It’s been crushed and parked near the forest. I don’t know if anything is salvageable, but a little digging wouldn’t hurt,” Velma stated as she started tossing boards away and making sure to see anything that didn’t look stomped on.

“Hey, I found a book!” Spike yelled as he sat on his behind with a brown book in his hands.

Velma perked up and grabbed the book seeing a purple background embedded into the book and the title being Magic and Inanimate Objects: The Mystical Sequel in bold gold lettering. She searched through the book and noticed several spells reserved for constructs as the pages revealed different blueprint designs for animals notably ones much larger than normal.

“Look at this! Blueprints for potential monster constructs. This is an interesting clue and Trixie has some explaining to do for all this evidence,” Velma explained as she closed the book.

(Scene Break)

“So you actually ate dog treats?” Trixie asked with a look of disgust on her face.

“What? It’s melted peanut batter melted into a solid shape and not to mention, it’s really tasty,” Shaggy replied with a smile.

“It’s a treat made for this mutt right here!” Trixie exclaimed as she pointed a hoof at Scooby.

“Hey, if Scooby loves it, chances are I’ll love it just as much,” Shaggy defended.

“Reah! Rooby Racks are reat!” Scooby cheered.

“Trixie will never understand this line of logic if she continues further with it,” Trixie muttered as she kept walking forward searching around for anything.

She heard a few branches breaking as she saw into the darkness of the forest seeing everything shift from all sides as she backed up. Scooby and Shaggy stopped their conversation as they looked all around holding one another shaking violently.

“It’s the monster! Get ready, boys….,” Trixie whispered as she stood ready for a battle.

“Like, you first, we’ll keep up the rear,” Shaggy stated.

“BOOOOOO!!!!!!” Pinkie Pie screamed as she poked her head out of a bush behind the three startling Scooby and Shaggy as they comically jumped high into the air before Pinkie pulled out a blue canvas trampoline with a yellow circle in the middle seemingly out of nowhere and let the boys land safely on it.

Pinkie started bursting out into so much laughter at her prank as the rest of her friends emerged from the bushes glaring down Pinkie for her prank.

“Whoa! A human!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Oh, it’s Twilight and the others. Both of you, this is Princess Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Starlight Glimmer and the one who scared you both is named Pinkie Pie,” Trixie introduced.

“Oh, it was a good one, too!” Pinkie exclaimed as she snorted during her laughing fit.

“I’d never thought I see the day where actual humans would cross the threshold into our world. It’s an honor to have you and your pet in Equestria, sir,” Twilight greeted with her right hoof outstretched to Shaggy.

“Uh…like, thanks,” Shaggy praised as he shook Twilight’s hoof and looked at his left hand to make sure he still wasn’t dreaming.

“And who might this handsome fellow be?” Fluttershy asked as she scratched Scooby under the chin getting content sighs from the Great Dane.

“Like, that’s Scooby-Doo and I’m Shaggy. We’re apart of Mystery Inc.,” Shaggy replied.

“Mystery Inc. What in Equestria is that?” Rarity asked.

“It’s kind of like a detective agency for hunting monsters. Only with our luck, they all turn out to be fakers,” Shaggy replied.

“Wait a minute….you’re apart of the humans that Princess Luna summoned to Equestria!” Twilight realized.

“Like, you know her?” Shaggy asked.

“Know her? She’s only one of the co-rulers of Equestria so it’s hard to not know her,” Rainbow Dash replied as she flew up to Shaggy.

“And not for nothing, darling, but I doubt green is your color,” Rarity added as she grabbed Shaggy’s shirt to inspect it.

“Like, we’re just out here looking for clues. They may lead us to discovering who is behind that creepy monster made out of sticks and brushes,” Shaggy explained.

“You mean him?” Pinkie asked as she smiled and pointed to the Timber Wolf monster behind everyone.

The monster roared at the ponies, dog, and human as they started running and screaming in all different directions with Twilight following Starlight, Applejack, and Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy taking to the sky, and Pinkie to be grabbed by Shaggy and whisked away with Trixie and Scooby following closely behind.

“We better trip him up,” Rainbow Dash urged towards Fluttershy as they divebombed straight into the trees.

Shaggy carried Pinkie as the party pony screamed in enjoyment as Scooby and Trixie followed close behind while the Timber Wolf pushed rows of trees down around them in order to cut off their path. The trees fell down in sync like dominoes until they blocked the opening in front of the group. They all turned back to see the Timber Wolf gaining ground on them roaring as Shaggy and Scooby held each other whining as Trixie gritted her teeth.

“Chew on this, cowpoke!” Applejack exclaimed as she came charging from the side swinging a lasso in her mouth before tossing around the right leg of the beast.

Fred, Daphne, and Zecora came from their path that intersected with the other trails and gasped seeing the monster as Applejack tossed another lasso which Fred caught.

“Tie it to his other leg and we’ll tie them to these trees!” Applejack ordered.

“Got it!” Fred exclaimed as he tied the lasso hook around the beast’s left leg making the monster even angrier.

Fred and Applejack tied the ropes around the trees really quickly leaving both pegasi to drop down from the trees kicking the monster in the shins to get it on it’s knees although Fluttershy had to scream a “I’m sorry! Don’t hold it against me!” The Timber Wolf screamed in agony as it held the knees, but Princess Twilight charged up some artificial magic and shooting at the back of the monster really destroying the back part before the Timber Wolf went down on it’s face crashing near Shaggy, Scooby, Trixie, and Pinkie Pie.

“Aw man, chase time is over?” Pinkie asked with her ears drooping.

“Yep! We caught the monster!” Shaggy cheered as Scooby hugged his pal.

Velma and Spike ran through another trail leading to the clearing as everyone new to each other regrouped around the crash landing of the monster.

“SPIKE?! I thought you were back at the castle?” Twilight wondered.

“I decided to tag along with the humans, Zecora, and Trixie, because I was worried about you and the girls having to fight off this monster,” Spike explained himself.

“Oh, how thoughtful,” Rarity cooed holding her hooves to his face.

“Don’t worry, once we get the Elements of Harmony, this bag of sticks will just be another part of the forest,” Rainbow Dash stated.

“Hey girls, there’s a hatch open in the back of the monster,” Starlight Glimmer observed as some sticks fell apart revealing a pony in all black clothing sitting up.

“It was a fake?” Fluttershy asked with an astonished look.

“That’s how it tends to be...time to see who this forest terror really is,” Fred said as he took off the black mask revealing a brown unicorn with a vanilla mane as he holds his head and adjusts the glasses slipping off his face.

“Bracer Britches!” Rarity exclaimed in her own astonishment look.

“He’s a regular for Rarity’s dress shop branch in Manehattan!” Fluttershy added.

“Oh, heavens, just where am I?” Bracer asked.

“It all makes sense to me now. This book right here is a book on how to make effective designs out of inanimate objects and just about any unicorn who had this book could create any kind of model they wanted. At first, I thought Trixie was playing us based on this clue me and Spike found in her crushed wagon,” Velma explained as she showed the book to the whole group.

“Hey! Just because Trixie’s wagon is crushed, doesn’t mean you can go snooping around in it,” Trixie stated.

“I know this book. I had a copy I borrowed from Canterlot back when I had my library,” Twilight explained as she levitated the book in front of her reading out of it.

“Bracer is also known to be a very serious businesspony with his designs. No wonder he would have a keen eye to create those things,” Rarity explained.

“Take a look at this! It’s a fabric roll,” Fred stated as she picked up a fabric roll with a dark purple cloth on it filled with stars and moons on it.

“We found a similar cloth stuck to a branch so they must go together. I guess this solves our mystery,” Velma stated.

“But why would he haunt the Everfree Forest?” Rarity asked.

“I would like to know as well. As far as I’m concerned, I’m supposed to be back in Manehattan working on my designs and all black is definitely not on my list,” Bracer replied.

“I’d say let’s lock him up in the Canterlot Dungeon so he can explain himself to the royal guards,” Starlight suggested.

“Good plan, Starlight. I’ll be overseeing that as I wish to know the reason of why he terrorized the Everfree Forest. He must’ve wanted something here,” Twilight added.

“Wait...no! No! No! I’m innocent! You have to believe me!” Bracer exclaimed, but Pinkie pounced on him to keep him from moving.

“No more excuses, bucko!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“One thing I still don’t understand is why you were here out in the forest, Trixie,” Velma stated.

“Yeah, we hear this forest is pretty dangerous so why on Earth would you live near it?” Shaggy asked as everyone looked at the unicorn.

“Uh....because I wanted to find an Ursa Major!” Trixie blurted out.

“An Ursa Major? But those are dangerous creatures if you poke around their home,” Applejack stated.

“Well, I still feel jealous of Twilight and wanted to show everypony that I could just be as powerful as her. Maybe if I actually took on and tamed something like an Ursa Major or even a Ursa Minor like I claimed before, maybe I could get some attention and respect for once and it could help boost my public image,” Trixie replied.

“Oh, Trixie, you don’t have to prove yourself, because you are such a good pony at stage magic that you have adoring fans that’ll back you up no matter what. Not to mention, you got friends like me and the others,” Twilight stated as she looked back at the others.

“I’d love to see some magic tricks of yours,” Daphne piped in.

“Who knows? Maybe we can see something spectacular,” Fred chirped.

“I always like seeing magic shows. They can be so rare to see back home,” Shaggy explained.

“You all would like to see my show? Ehm...uh....I mean, of course, you all would...No one can deny the greatest show in Equestria performed by the one and only Great and Powerful Trixie!” Trixie yelled as she stood on her hind legs and outstretched her hooves out before getting back on her hooves with a blush and nervous smile on her face.

“Is she going to continue-” Rainbow Dash started asking Starlight, but Starlight put a hoof to her mouth saying “Let her have it.”

“She can perform at the welcoming party for you all. I have to get some things set up first, but once I’m done, you will have the best party out of all parties in the entire history of parties!” Pinkie exclaimed with a big smile.

“Wait....party? That means food, right?” Shaggy asked.

“Of course, silly! What’s a party without the good party food?!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“Like sign me and Scoob up,” Shaggy stated.

“We could all use the break after this perplexing mystery and the even weirder way we got here,” Fred added.

“I have a quick question for you all...did an alicorn named Princess Luna send you all here?” Twilight asked the three humans she hadn’t met yet.

“We heard that name before. The next thing we know, we are caught in a wind cyclone and dropped off in this forest,” Daphne replied.

“Interesting...I’ll have to bring this up with both princesses, but in the meantime, I would like to thank you all for your help in making sure that the real villain was caught,” Twilight stated as she wore a big smile on her face.

“It’s no problem at all. It’s our job to hunt fake monsters and bring them to justice,” Velma replied.

“So, what are the rest of your names?” Twilight asked.

(Scene Break)

“Dear Princess Celestia,
It’s been hard making friends ever since my abysmal treatment of everypony with the Alicorn Amulet and I still have troubles even with my apology tour ceasing. It will take some time, but I have Twilight, Starlight, and the rest of the Elements with me backing me up. I realized that I don’t have to rely on a boastful attitude and be jealous of somepony’s success to make a name out there to get some recognition. I just have to reach across the aisle and make friends where I can and wow the crowd with my stage magic, because that is what I’m good at and what I will continue to grow with. I’ll keep moving like I have been and see where it takes me.
Your faithful subject,
TrixieLulamoon”

Trixie folded up the letter and gave it to Spike, who would be her assistant for this show at Mystery Inc.’s welcoming party. Spike blew fire on the letter which acted like the postal transportation towards the princesses in Canterlot and it would be in front of them in no time.

“And now, put your hooves together for the Great and Powerful and Magical....Trixie!” Pinkie announced from out onstage.

Trixie adjusted her cape and put her hat on before her and Spike took steps out onto the stage to begin the best magic show of Trixie’s career.

~THE END~