The Scooby-Doo! Mysteries: Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

It was early the next morning in the desert of New Mexico. Two figures, one of a young woman and the other of a golden retriever loomed over Shaggy, Scooby-Doo and Fluttershy.

"Hey, man. Are you, like, alright?" The girl asked as the three of them slowly got up.

Fluttershy rubbed her head as if she had just overslept.

"Oh, my head. I feel like I've been run over by the gerbils at the animal shelter," Fluttershy said groggily.

"Like, where are we?" Shaggy asked, unsure why the three of them were in the middle of the desert.

"You're out in the middle of nowhere, man," The girl responded.

Shaggy and Scooby looked at the girl and the golden retriever with their mouths on the floor. Fluttershy shook her head in order to regain full awareness of her surroundings. She noticed that Shaggy and Scooby were staring at the girl and dog in front of them.

"Like, what are you guys going out here?" The girl asked.

The girl had long, shoulder-length black hair, tied up with an orange headband. She wore an orange shirt that had a belt tied to her waist over it. She also had blue bellbottom pants and had a portable black camera strapped around her neck. Her dog wore a red bandana, that functioned like her collar. Shaggy and Scooby were entranced by the two females that hearts formed in their eyes.

"Like, hi," Shaggy said dreamily.

"Reah, rello," Scooby said dreamily.

Fluttershy waved a hand in front of their faces, but neither of them responded. They were immobilized with love. Seeing this caused Fluttershy to press her forefingers together nervously.

"Oh dear, Sunset's not going to be happy about this," She said nervously.

The golden retriever just scoffed and turned her head at Scooby, clearly showing that she wasn't interested.

"Are you okay?" The girl asked.

"Yeah, thanks. Hey, you didn't see any...?" Shaggy started, realizing that he couldn't remember what had happened the night before.

"Any what?"

"Oh, never mind. Must've been a nightmare or something. Right, Scoob?"

Scooby nodded his head in agreement, then smiled lovingly at the golden retriever, who gave him the cold shoulder again. She turned around and slapped his face with her tail, causing Scooby to love her even more. He then followed her as he tried to get her to reciprocate his feelings.

"Hey, you want some water?" The girl asked, handing Shaggy her water bottle.

"Sure, thanks," Shaggy said taking the water bottle and unscrewing the plastic cap. "Like, what are you doing out here?"

"I'm like, a freelance photographer," She replied. "Amber and I are shooting some desert wildlife for a magazine."

Amber, the golden retriever, smiled as her friend petted her head as Shaggy finished drinking some of the water before handing it off to Fluttershy.

"Hey, we saw a jackalope last night," Shaggy pointed out.

Hearing what Shaggy had just said, Fluttershy spat out some of the water that she was drinking and coughed in disbelief. She eventually cleared her throat after getting her swallow down.

"A jackalope? But I thought those things were fake," Fluttershy said.

"So did we. It's like a rabbit with antlers," Shaggy said, using his hands in place of the antlers.

"You are funny," The girl laughed.

"Raliens, too," Scooby said, frowning.

"Aliens?" The girl asked, not believing her ears.

"You understand him?" Shaggy asked, knowing that there are some people that can't understand what Scoobert says.

"Clear as crystal. Ha! And that's my name, too. I'm Crystal," Crystal said, introducing herself. "Like, what's your name?"

"Norville," Shaggy said dreamily, shaking her hand.

"Norville?" Crystal and Fluttershy asked simultaneously.

"But, like, everybody calls me Shaggy," He responded. "And that's Scooby-Doo."

Scooby stood on his right front paw and hopped on it, trying to get Amber to like him, but to no avail.

"Woah. Groovy names," Crystal said.

"Groovy? Crystal, you're talking my lingo," Shaggy said.

Fluttershy rolled her eyes, annoyed that Shaggy was still holding Crystal's hand. Seeing this, he quickly pulled it away and apologized.

"And what's your name?" Crystal asked, looking at Fluttershy.

"Um, my name's Fluttershy," Fluttershy said in a near whisper.

"I'm sorry, what?" Crystal asked, not being able to hear her.

"It's Fluttershy!" Fluttershy said in a whimper.

Crystal laughed at her uncontrollable shyness, explaining that she had a nice name.

"Um... Thanks. I guess."

"So, can you show us where you saw the jackalopes and the... aliens?" Crystal asked with a chuckle.

"I think so," Shaggy said nervously. "But we gotta find our friends, first."

Fluttershy darted her eyes back and forth as she started sweating and biting her lower lip. She was unsure how Sunset would react upon finding out that Shaggy had fallen in love with Crystal. Eventually, Crystal broke her awkward silence.

"Like, you guys want a lift?" She asked, pointing to her jeep.

"Sure," Shaggy said dreamily as Crystal and Amber walked towards the jeep. "Scooby, old buddy, I don't know about you, but I just think I found my dream girl."

"Me too," Scooby said dreamily.

Fluttershy angrily jabbed Shaggy with her left elbow. She glared at him with an annoyed glance.

"Like, what was that for?" Shaggy asked.

Fluttershy didn't respond. Instead, she just walked towards Crystal's jeep, beckoning Shaggy and Scooby to follow. The three of them climbed inside the jeep. Shaggy sat in the front passenger seat while both Scooby and Fluttershy sat in the back next to Amber.

"You've got a groovy set of wheels, Crystal," Shaggy said.

"Thanks," Crystal replied as she was driving across the desert.

Shaggy then noticed a lot of stuff that was wrapped in a clear plastic bag just barely in front of Scooby.

"You sure have a lot of stuff," He said, amazed at how much stuff she actually had.

"Like, tell me about it," Crystal replied. "It's all my photography gear."

As the five of them traveled along the desert of New Mexico, Scooby attempted to put his arm around Amber. Amber responded by twisting his arm instead, causing Scooby to laugh nervously at his attempt to woo her. Fluttershy, finding the situation cute, let out a small giggle in response at Scooby's failed attempt. Shaggy then noticed something by his feet. Picking it up, he saw that it resembled a box of dog treats.

"Mind if I take one?" Shaggy asked, as he was a big fan of the Scooby Snacks that Scooby often ate in order to feel brave during the gang's many mysteries.

"Sure, Scooby will love..." Crystal began before seeing Shaggy take a bite out of one of the dog biscuits.

Fluttershy raised an eyebrow in confusion at the sight of Shaggy eating a dog treat. Nevertheless, she just smiled and tried not to question why he ate the dog treat in the first place. Seeing what Shaggy had just done, Crystal burst into laughter, as she found his behavior to be downright hilarious as they continued down the desert road.

*****

Back in the town of Roswell, the rest of the gang and the Rainbooms headed towards the diner with Lester.

"So, you think your friends are here, already?" Lester asked as they entered the diner.

"They could've at least waited for us," Fred admitted.

"You know how those two get when they're hungry," Daphne chuckled.

Sunset blushed upon hearing what Daphne had said. She then twirled her hair in embarrassment, only to see that Pinkie had a smug look on her face.

"What are you staring at?" Sunset snapped.

"Nothin'," Pinkie said, turning her head the other way with a huge grin on her face.

Rarity jabbed Pinkie's arm with her elbow, ultimately getting her stop embarrassing Sunset in front of the gang and Lester.
Fred looked at the booths they sat at the night before and noticed that neither Shaggy or Scooby, or even Fluttershy, for that matter, were at the booths.

"Good morning, y'all!" Dottie greeted.

Everyone, including Lester, greeted Dottie with pleasantry that could only be described as pure politeness.

"How'd you sleep last night, dumpling?" Dottie asked Fred flirtatiously. "Did you dream about me?"

Fred chuckled nervously at her actions, as they made him quite nervous around Daphne.

"If you were in that dream, it'd be a nightmare," Serge scoffed.

"No one's talking to you, Serge!" Dottie berated.

The two groups sat down at their booths wondering where their friends could be.

"Where do you think they are? It's not like Fluttershy to go out in the middle of the night," Rainbow said, knowing that Fluttershy was one that would much rather stay indoors instead of venture out into the darkness.

Just then, Velma noticed Crystal pull up outside of the restaurant with their friends in her jeep.

"I think I know," She said in a sing-song voice as Shaggy, Scooby and Fluttershy got out.

Hearing Velma's tone made Sunset realize that something was going on with Shaggy. She looked out the window and saw him dreamily waving at Crystal as she drove while Lester explained that she's been hanging around for about a week. Twilight pressed her fingers together nervously, knowing very well what Sunset was feeling. Sunset scowled at the sight of Shaggy being with another girl.

"Darling, please. Let's not jump to conclusions. For all we know, this person could've just offered out dear Mr. Rogers a ride here, due to possibly having overslept," Rarity said with a nervous chuckle trying to calm Sunset's apparent rage.

Shaggy and Scooby dreamily entered the diner and sat down at the gang's table, while Fluttershy sat down with the other girls next to Pinkie.

"Hey, where have you guys been?" Fred asked out of concern.

"And who was that girl?" Daphne asked out of curiousity.

"Her name's Crystal. She's wonderful," Shaggy said dreamily, putting his head in his hands.

"And is her golden retriever wonderful, too, Scooby?" Velma asked.

"Reah, ronderful," Scooby said dreamily.

The conversation was making Sunset very angry. She laid her head in her left hand as she picked up a fork with her right, twirling it as if she needed to do something to quell an oncoming fit of jealous rage. Applejack was the first one to speak upon noticing her odd behavior.

"Y'all right, Sugarcube?" She asked concerningly.

"What does it look like, Applejack?" Sunset snapped.

"Aw, is somebody jealous?" Pinkie asked, moving her eyebrows.

Sunset growled at Pinkie's response.

"I am NOT JEALOUS!" She shouted, causing some of the other customers to stare at her.

Sunset blushed in embarrassment, seeing that she had made a fool of herself for shouting those words in a public diner.
Her little outburst caused both Velma and Daphne to laugh, as they knew very well that Sunset was jealous of Crystal. Eventually, Dottie came over the gang's table to take their orders.

"Okay, what's it gonna be?" Dottie asked, clicking the end of her pen to take their order. "How about you, hon?"

"Nothing for me," Shaggy said dreamily.

"Re reither," Scooby said dreamily.

The other teens gasped in shock upon hearing their two normally-hungry friends actually admit that they weren't hungry.

"Are you guys serious?" Fred questioned.

"Yeah.Reah," Shaggy and Scooby said simultaneously, still thinking about Crystal and Amber.

"I think they're seriouly in L-O-V-E," Velma teased, causing Dottie to let out a small chuckle.

"Just bring us four ranch breakfasts, Dottie," Lester said.

"You got it," Dottie replied, jotting the order down on her notepad before walking over to the Rainbooms' table. "How about you young ladies?"

"I'd say whatever they're having's fine with us," Appleajck said, causing Dottie to jot down their orders as seven ranch breakfasts.

As she walked away, Sunset continued to twirl her fork to try and hide her jealousy, but Pinkie was making it difficult for her.

"Oooooooohhhhh... Sounds like someone's found his soul mate," Pinkie said, moving her eyebrows.

"Um, Pinkie, I wouldn't bring that up if I were you," Fluttershy said quietly.

"Awwww, why not?" Pinkie asked.

Fluttershy pointed over to Sunset, who had just bent her fork and dropped on the table out of jealousy.

"Ohhhh. Right."

Pinkie chuckled nervously upon realizing that her actions were only making Sunset more and more angrier. Twilight facepalmed out of frustration and began chastising Pinkie Pie.

"Honestly, Pinkie, you think maybe you could've been a little bit more sensitive?!" Twilight asked, folding her arms at her cheery friend.

As they waited on their food, Sunset heard Velma and Daphne laughing at Shaggy and Scooby, who had locked lips, due to them daydreaming about Crystal and Amber.

"I said, where did you meet them?" Daphne asked, since she had already asked the question before while Shaggy and Scooby were daydreaming.

"Well, they found us out in the middle of the desert. Fluttershy was there, too," Shaggy replied.

"Whatthewhat?" Rainbow asked in shock.

"What they hay were y'all doing in the desert, anyhow?" Applejack asked.

Hearing this jogged Shaggy, Scooby and Fluttershy's memory of what had happened to them the night before.

"I think Scooby, Fluttershy and I were abducted by aliens last night," Shaggy said softly.

"Reah. Raliens," Scooby said, chattering through his teeth.

"And you're certain of this, Shaggy?" Twilight asked, turning around.

"Well, yeah. Unless all three of us had the same dream," Shaggy said.

"More like a nightmare, Shaggy," Fluttershy whimpered. "I can still remember how freaky those aliens were. It was horrible!"

Dottie soon came back with the ranch breakfasts and placed them in front Lester, the gang and the Rainbooms.

"Tastes better than it looks, hon," Dottie said before walking away.

"We all woke up to three aliens on a freaky spaceship," Fluttershy shivered, chattering through her teeth.

"Did they experiment on you?" Lester asked, referring to his own experience with the aliens as he started eating his pancakes.

"We don't remember," Shaggy admitted as Scooby started crying from the traumatic experience.

Fluttershy began crying, as well. Rainbow Dash, being a good friend to her, placed a hand on her right shoulder to try and comfort her. Sunset began to feel a little guilty for her jealous outburst earlier after seeing Fluttershy break down into tears.

"Hey, sorry about my outburst, earlier. I guess I'm just not used to having mutual feelings towards someone," She admitted.

"I've gone through the same thing, Sunset," Daphne said. "It's no big."

Sunset cracked a smile upon hearing Daphne say this to her. This made her feel a lot better, knowing that she's not the only one to get jealous over someone that she has a crush on.

"I wonder why those kids are sticking around town," Serge said as the teens carried on their conversations.

"Relax, Serge. They're just passing through. You are so suspicious," Dottie said, taking the plates of pancakes, bacon, sausages, and eggs to another table.

"Anyways, about this spaceship, are you sure you just didn't see something like a desert mirage, Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked, sprinkling salt on her eggs.

"Dashie, darling, we all saw the spaceship last night," Rarity pointed out.

"Rarity, we don't even know what that was," Rainbow said.

"Rainbow's right. It could've been a new kind of jet or something," Fred added.

"Well, we didn't just imagine what happened to us," Shaggy said.

"They didn't hurt you guys, did they?" Velma asked.

"I don't think so, then later we met Crystal and Amber," Shaggy said as he and Scooby sighed from their encounter with the girls of their dreams.

Having already finished her breakfast, Sunset pushed her plate away in frustration. She then folded her arms as she felt a little bit hurt that Shaggy didn't act that they towards her. Still, something about Crystal and Amber felt off to her and she wanted to help Shaggy in any way that she could.