G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Cyber Chase

Immediately after our heroes finished up the moon level and escaped the Phantom Virus and the moon goons, they disappeared from the moon and into the white void once again, their clothes being changed back to normal.

But not a second or two later, the ponies appeared in different clothing-- clothing that seemed almost... Roman.

• Sunny's new outfit was a gorgeous white toga with a dark pink flower behind her ear, with her traditional saddlebag underneath.
• Hitch's new outfit was a white toga as well, with a light yellow belt around him.
• Izzy's new outfit was a white toga with her mane halfway pulled up into a ponytail.
• Zipp's new outfit was a light pink toga with a leaf headdress on her head.
• Pipp's new outfit was a white toga as well, with a flower necklace around her neck.
• Misty's new outfit was also a white toga, with the same kind of flower necklace around her neck.

But that wasn't even the craziest part-- the white void slowly disappeared into a very old arena-styled building, possibly having been around for the past 1000 years or so. Daphne looked around the new area of the level, trying to get a feel as to where they were. “Where are we now?”

“And what are these outfits?!” Pipp asked with a squeal. “They’re totally stunning and retro-chic!”

“If I’m not mistaken,” Sunny hummed in thought, “we’re inside the Roman colosseum, and we're wearing traditional togas! Right, Velma?”

“I think so, Sunny,” Velma nodded. “Like, the kind of colosseum where they play football?” Shaggy asked out of curiosity. “Not exactly,” Zipp shook her head. “In ancient Rome, people used to gather in the Colosseum to watch all kinds of events.”

“Like sports? And music?” Izzy asked optimistically before gasping, her eyes sparkling excitedly. “And parties?!”

“Yeah, they did that too,” Fred nodded. “But the Colosseum is famous as the place where Romans fed people to the lions for lunch.”

This made Scooby instantly freeze up, not liking this idea at all. “Lions?!”

“Oh, boy…” Hitch gulped nervously. “I sure hope there are friendly lions in this level.”

“I don't think we have much to worry about, Hitch,” Daphne told the earth pony sheriff. “This place looks deserted now.”

“Speaking of lunch,” Shaggy recalled with a slight frown, “ we didn't even get to keep the Scooby Snacks from the moon level.”

Scooby noticed this and sighed at noticing his paws didn’t carry the snacks. “Don’t worry, Scoob,” said Shaggy reassuringly. “ I bet there's a concession stand somewhere.”

Suddenly, an eerie sounding howl echoed through the colosseum, causing everyone to freeze in place. “W-W-What was that?” Misty asked nervously. “Please, oh, please tell me,” Pipp gulped, “that’s somepony’s phone going off…”

“I don’t think that’s it,” Fred shook his head, looking at something up near the top of the colosseum. “Look up there!”

That’s when it revealed itself.

The creature seemed to be a beautiful wolf with black and dark gray fur, howling to the sky before looking down at them with the most beautiful blue eyes.

The wolf leapt various lengths in order to reach the group, and not wanting to take any chances, the Mane 6 stood in front of their friends. “Stay back, wolf!” Zipp sneered. “If you’re with that Phantom Virus thing, you’re not gonna hurt our friends!”

“Oh, I’m sorry about that-- I didn’t mean to be threatening,” the wolf suddenly apologized, catching everyone offguard. “Hold on… you can talk?!” Fred asked in surprise. “Yes… all Enchantix Wolves can speak where I came from,” the wolf explained. “I came here when I heard voices, and I came down to see if it was… someone I’ve been looking for since... practically forever.”

“Enchantix Wolves?” Velma asked. “I’ve never heard of that kind of wolf before.”

“We’re an enchanted species, and we’re not very well known. We can speak practically any language, and we have magical powers of different varieties, depending on the color of our fur,” the wolf explained before her ears seemed to pin against her head. “Again, I’m sorry if I frightened you. I’ll be on my way now.”

Suddenly, before she could leave, the wolf sniffed the air around the group, causing her to gasp. “You all smell new… probably just entered cyberspace recently. Tell me something... are you from the real world?”

“Yes… we are,” Sunny nodded. “Why do you ask?”

“...no one except me and my sister have been able to enter this place,” the wolf explained with some sadness in her tone. “Maybe you can help me. My name is Tanya.”

“I’m Misty, and these are all my friends,” Misty smiled politely. “It’s nice to meet you, Tanya.”

“Uh-huh!” Scooby nodded enthusiastically, causing her to chuckle. “A pleasure to meet you all. Now, I must ask... how did you all come to cyberspace to begin with? Did an evil sorcerer curse you as well?”

“No, we’ve got something worse than an evil sorcerer to worry about,” Hitch shook his head. “Some creep called the Phantom Virus is chasing us through the levels of this game, and we can’t leave until we complete all the levels. Why are you here?”

“...an evil sorcerer imprisoned me and my sister in separate worlds in cyber-space,” Tanya explained with a heavy heart. “I’ve been searching for her for many years, but… I’m beginning to think my search is only bringing me down. I… I may never see my dear Anitra again…!!”

The wolf sniffling back tears was enough to get Scooby to whine and approach her, licking her face to clear the tears away. “We’re so sorry, Tanya. We had no idea,” Sunny said sorrowfully before she suddenly got an idea. “Hey… I’m sure that we can help you find your sister in cyber-space somewhere. When we clear the second level, we can bring you on our mission with us!”

“Yeah!” Daphne agreed. “We’d love to have you.”

“You… you would help me find Anitra? Even though we just met?” Tanya asked in surprise, causing the group to nod. Eventually, a smile graced Tanya’s face as she nodded. “I would be so grateful to you all for helping me. So… what do we have to do to escape this dreaded land?”

“Well, first we have to figure out where there’s a box of Scooby Snacks on this level,” Zipp said. “And then,” Izzy said, “we just go ‘WHAM!! WHAM!!! KABLAM!!!’, kick some bad guy butt and then we move on! At least… that’s how it was last time.”

“But the colosseum is a lot more different than the moon,” Pipp pointed out. “Those snacks could be anywhere!”

“Well then, we’re just gonna have to look around until we find them,” Sunny said encouragingly. “As long as we keep our hope alive, we’ll pull through.”

That’s when Fred spotted some white lines in the shape of a large diamond not too far away. “Hey… what’s this?”

“What are these white lines for?” Velma wondered. Tanya sniffed at the white lines curiously while Shaggy got down and rubbed the lines for further inspection. “Like, it’s chalk.”

“Chalk? But that doesn’t make much sense,” Tanya shook her head. “These lines weren’t here before… why are they suddenly here now?”

“That’s exactly what I’m wondering,” Zipp told the wolf, a look of thought on her face. “And if I’m not mistaken, this could qualify as our next clue!”

“You’ll hear her say that a lot,” Izzy whispered. “She loves investigating things.”

Tanya giggled. “So does my sister. I have a feeling you all will get along just fine with her… and that we’ll get along too.”

Suddenly, Scooby glanced across the arena and saw something rather frightening. “Yikes!” he yelped, pointing to it. “Virus!”

“Huh?!” the others cried, and looked where Scooby was pointing to see the virus over by a huge set of wooden doors. “Welcome to level two, game players, where things get a little tougher,” the virus sneered with a smirk. “But first, let me introduce you to the home team!”

The virus chopped the chains right off the doors, letting them open to reveal three skeletons in gladiator outfits, causing the group to become fearful for their lives. “Those guys Iook like they've got a bone to pick, huh, Scoob?” Shaggy asked his best friend, who nodded fearfully. “Uh-huh.”

“Don’t worry, guys,” Fred reassured. “We can beat these meatless gladiators.”

“And now,” sneered the Phantom Virus, “for the home team’s mascot!”

Once again, he sliced chains off another set of doors, but this time, an angry lion came out from the doors, snarling with the Scooby Snacks box in his mouth.

Seeing this caused Pipp to gasp in pure panic. “The lion's got the Scooby Snacks!”

“You know,” Shaggy stammered, “for once, I'm not in the mood for Scooby Snacks!”

“Me neither!” Scooby agreed with the shake of his head. The lion tossed the Scooby Snacks box onto a mound of dirt in the middle of the diamond before roaring and lunging right at the group. Scooby yelped and ran off, and Fred and Daphne, along with Sunny, Hitch, Tanya and Misty running after him, Daphne choosing to speak first. “Good idea, Scooby!”

“Come on, Shaggy!” Zipp encouraged as she, Izzy, Pipp, Velma and Shaggy immediately ran after their friends with the skeleton gladiators in pursuit. However, as they ran, one of the gladiators tossed a net that wrapped around Shaggy’s legs, bringing him to the ground.

Seeing this caused the others to immediately screech to a halt. “Shaggy!!”

“Are you alright, Shaggy?” Daphne asked in concern as they approached. “Yeah,” Shaggy nodded as he, the human members of Mystery Inc and Tanya tried to pry the net off of his legs, “but I'm really tangled up!”

However, with the gladiators and the lion right behind, there was very little time to act, so they had to come up with another plan, and fast. Scooby looked around for a moment before spotting a Mystery Machine colored chariot nearby, his smile growing wide. “A chariot!”

“Good thinking, Scoob!” Sunny smiled, realizing what Scooby was thinking. “Thank you,” Scooby smiled in return. “Come on, ponies,” Zipp told her friends. “It's time to take this contingency plan into high-gear!”

Pipp sighed reluctantly, having a feeling that she knew exactly what this contingency plan was... and she knew that she wasn't going to like it.

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Shaggy yelled out as he and Scooby hung on for dear life as the chariot went at full speed around the colosseum. “Faster, you guys!” he cried out to the ponies. “Faster!”

With Sunny and Hitch at the front, Izzy and Misty in the middle and Pipp and Zipp at the back, the six ponies panted as they galloped around the colosseum, with the skeleton gladiators right on their heels, and it didn't take Shaggy long to notice. “Yikes! Like, hit the turbo, guys!!”

“Hold onto your hats, guys! We're kicking this ride into overdrive!” Misty said as she lit her horn, casting a speed spell over the Mane 6 and making them zoom around the colosseum as fast as their hooves could go.

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“Good work, guys!” Fred called out to the others from where he, Tanya, Fred and Daphne stood. “You handle the gladiators and we'll take care of this lion.”

The lion growled at them menacingly, causing Tanya to brace herself to attack the feline if it came too close. Daphne, however, seemed to scared to move at that moment. “And... how exactly are we going to do that?”

“I think a bit of a bull fight will do,” Tanya said. “Only it'll be more of a lion than a bull.”

“Right,” Fred nodded before looking at Daphne again. “Give me your jacket.”

“But, I just bought this!” Daphne protested. “Daphne!” scolded Velma. “Oh, all right... here,” Daphne said with a sigh, handing Fred her jacket before Tanya led Velma and Daphne to a safer location. Fred looked at the jacket in his hands with a nervous look. “I know this isn't red, but it'll have to do.”

Then, as the lion charged toward them, Fred waved the jacket around as if he was a matador. “Turro! Turro!”

However, the lion stopped and gave a confused look, causing Fred to quickly correct himself. “Leo! Leo!”

This got the lion's attention immediately, and as he charged, Fred immediately moved out of the way. “Ole!”

Velma sighed in relief as she saw Fred quickly moving off to the side to avoid the lion. “That was too close.”

Tanya then spotted the large doors that the lion had come through, a grin coming onto her face as she turned to look at her new friends. “I have an idea-- come with me!”

While Fred kept the lion distracted, the girls crept over to the large doors and opened them for the lion to go through them. Once Fred saw their plan, he stood in front of the doors and waved the jacket around again. “Leo! Leo!”

The lion roared and charged again, but like before, Fred leapt out of the way, causing the lion to re-enter the room he came from, and Velma, Tanya and Daphne immediately slammed the doors shut on him to trap him inside.

And needless to say, Fred was impressed. “Way to go, girls!”

“Thanks,” Velma smiled as she barred the doors so the lion couldn’t escape again. “This should hold him.”

Daphne went up and kissed Fred on the cheek with an admiring smile. “That was very brave, Freddy.”

Fred blushed nervously at this with a chuckle. “Thanks. Oh, uh... here's your jacket.”

Suddenly, screams from nearby caught Tanya’s attention, and she turned to look at the sight with a startled gasp. “The ponies, Shaggy and Scooby need our help! Come on!”

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Misty’s speed spell that she had casted a few minutes earlier was already starting to wear off, and because of that, one of the gladiators sliced off one of the chariot wheels, causing the entire group to tumble to the ground.

The good news about that was, Shaggy was finally able to get free from the net after he got done tumbling.

The bad news? The gladiators now had a chance to strike them down.

Luckily, Zipp came up with a clever idea. “Pipp! Flap your wings as fast as you can! Hurry!”

The two pegasus sisters flapped their wings as fast as they could while their friends were trying to get away, and this wing flapping made a huge dust storm that temporarily blinded the gladiators and allowed the Mane 6 to rejoin their friends. “Good going, guys!” Fred smiled. “Yeah, thanks,” Hitch responded, panting tiredly. “I-I think.”

“You guys just need to cover more ground and keep those gladiators busy just a little bit longer,” Fred encouraged the others. “I'll get the Scooby Snacks.”

“That's easy for you to say, man,” Shaggy said tiredly, causing Scooby to nod. “Yeah.”

“Tanya, Misty, Pipp and I could help with that!” Zipp said with a smirk, causing Tanya, Misty and Pipp to nod, causing Velma to point up to the stands nearby. “Try to lead them up into the stands.”

“Well, I don't think we have the energy...” Pipp said tiredly, just before spears nearly hit the group, quickly reinstalling the fear in her soul. “But... maybe we do.”

The gladiators charged toward them with yells in anguish, just before Fred picked two of the spears up from out of the ground and handed them to Shaggy and Scooby. “Here.”

However, Shaggy seemed confused as he grasped the spear. “What are we supposed to do with these?!”

“Use them to pole-vault over the wall!” Fred told the group before he, Velma, Daphne and the rest of the ponies ran toward the Scooby Snacks. “But then what?!” Misty asked before hearing the gladiators and seeing them approach, sending the small group into high gear. “N-Never mind!!”

While Shaggy and Scooby pole-vaulted over the wall, Misty and Tanya somersaulted over the wall while Pipp and Zipp used their wings to give them a boost of power in order to get up there.

However, while the three ponies, Shaggy and Scooby made it, Tanya slipped and dangled over the side of the wall with the gladiators trying to climb up and get to her, causing her to scream out in panic. Misty, having heard this, screeched to a halt with a gasp. “Tanya is in trouble!”

Tanya struggled to try and find her way up after a moment, but as she saw that the gladiators were trying to climb up the wall, she kicked at them just before she gathered a smoky ball of magic on her tail and, with a growl, threw it onto one of the gladiators, causing him to fall onto the two other gladiators with a huge crash.

The others rushed over and helped her back onto solid ground, causing the wolf to pant tiredly with wide eyes. “You... you saved me!”

“Hey, it's what we do. But, we can talk about that in the next level! We gotta go!” Zipp encouraged her friends. “Right now! Come on!”

The group immediately ran toward the nearby satin tent nearby. The gladiators managed to get on their feet and follow them, but before they could enter the tent, the ponies, Tanya, Shaggy and Scooby exited the tent, with Tanya and the boys dressed in togas like the ponies.

But what threw the gladiators off were the golden, wreath-like crowns of leaves on Tanya and Scooby’s heads. “Friends, Romans, and spooky gladiators!” Shaggy announced with a proud smile. “All hail Empress Tanya and Emperor Scooby!”

The gladiators got down on one knee to show their respect, and Tanya couldn’t help but giggle at the title she was just given. “Empress Tanya... I like the sound of that!”

“Come on,” whispered Misty. “Let’s sneak away while we have the chance!”

But as they snuck away, Scooby's toga accidentally got hung on one of Shaggy's shoes, causing Scooby's disguise to fall off and reveal to the gladiators who they really were.

And needless to say, the gladiators weren't happy to be tricked.

Shaggy and Scooby clung on to Tanya in severe fright while Misty, Zipp and Pipp made ready to defend their friends if need be.

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At the same time, the others managed to reach the Scooby Snacks, and upon touching the box, everyone was teleported out of the colosseum and into the next level.

But what was this next level?

And what kind of dangers would be waiting for our heroes when they got there?