G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf

Shortly after being woken up in the castle of Lord Dracula, the Mane 6, Sparky, Shaggy (now a fuzz-faced werewolf), Scooby, Scrappy and Googie were faced with a serious problem.

Dracula wanted Shaggy to race in the werewolf car for the road race in a few days, but Shaggy was firm in his decision to not race.

And unfortunately, when the group tried to escape, Dracula trapped them in a cage and instructed the Hunch Bunch and poor Indigo to take them up to one of the guest rooms (also known as a ghastly room) in order for the group to freshen up.

Now the Mane 6 and Sparky just needed to find some way out of this creepy castle, find a way to turn Shaggy back to normal and get Shaggy, Scooby, Googie and Scrappy back home before anything worse happened.

Little did they know that the events of this one night would change a lot of different things... starting with their reason to leave... and it would also provide them with a reason to stay.

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The Mane 6 screamed as they fell to the floor right after being pushed into the guest room by the Hunch Bunch, and once the door slammed, they had a good chance to look around.

The room was a fairly big room, as big as a guest suite in Zephyr Heights' palace, with a large bed, a bathroom on the side and a great view of the countryside from the balcony.

Eventually, Shaggy let out a sigh, clearly worried. “Oh, boy. Like, what a pickle. Here I am a werewolf and stuck in a castle full of moron monsters.”

“The moron monsters part is one I can definitely agree with,” Pipp said as she looked around, “but this room is actually not that bad. I mean... it's better than a torture chamber.”

“I don't care if it's a torture chamber or not!” Hitch said, holding Sparky desperately. “This place is too creepy for me and my little Sparkeroni to take!”

However, Sparky didn't seem at all bothered that they were in a creepy castle, and was merely trying to comfort Hitch. “We've just gotta get out of here,” Googie said in concern. “But how?”

“Well, we won't be able to use a teleportation charm,” Misty sighed in frustration. “Dracula said that he knows unicorn teleportation charms by heart, and he'll know if we use one to break out of the tower. Plus... the Hunch Bunch will probably be waiting outside the door for us!”

That's when Scrappy laid his eyes on some of the bed sheets and blankets on the bed, and a smile began to form on his muzzle. “Hey... I got an idea! But Izzy, Misty? I'm gonna need your help!”

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Together, Scrappy and the two unicorns managed to tie all the blankets and sheets together into one big long rope before securing it to the bed and throwing the rest of it out of the window. Zipp looked down at Shaggy and Scooby, who were scaling the rope to get down the tower. “Can you see anything, boys?”

“No,” Shaggy said, trying to prevent anyone else from hearing them as they scaled the tower. “But, we must be near the ground, right, Scoob?”

Scooby nodded. “I think so.”

However, as Scooby continued scaling for a moment, he climbed right into a crocodile’s mouth that was waiting for him, and upon realizing where he was, Scooby burst from its mouth, jumped up onto Shaggy’s back and then jumped right back through the tower window.

Shaggy sighed in irritation at this. “What's the matter with you, Scooby?” he asked before he looked down and saw the crocodile from before glaring at him. “WHOA!!!”

And just like that, Shaggy quickly climbed up the rope again, following Scooby back through the window. “Phew!” Sunny sighed. “That was a close one!”

“But there's the bad news… we can’t get out of here this way,” Hitch sighed, looking down at the croc from the tower as it circled the moat. “If we do, we’ll be pony-kabobs for that hungry croc!”

“There's just gotta be a way out of this crazy house,” Scrappy said, pacing around before he kicked up a rug, revealing a trapdoor underneath. “Wow! A trapdoor!”

“Let’s see where it goes,” Googie suggested as Izzy used her horn to pry the door open. “Come on, gang!”

The others followed Izzy and Scrappy down into the trapdoor, unsure if where in the world it might lead.

Suddenly, as they were heading down, the stairs suddenly turned into a slide, prompting the group to scream as they slid down the slide all the way to the bottom of the staircase...

...and right into the elevator that the Hunch Bunch was operating. “Oh, bad show, old things,” Brunch said to them with an almost mocking smile. “I did request that you not try to escape, you know. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.”

“If we weren't being held here against our will,” Zipp growled as Googie and Shaggy tried to hold her back, “I would totally beat the two of you to the grindstone!”

“Zipp, as much as I hate to agree with you,” Pipp sighed sadly, “there would be no point. Theybjave the upper hoof... remember?”

Zipp sighed upon realizing her younger sister had a point. Within just a few more minutes, the Hunch Bunch gently shoved the Mane 6, Sparky and their friends back into the tower room. “Now,” said Brunch, “do stay put, old dears. Cheerio.”

“Bleah! Cheerio!” Crunch bid them farewell before they slammed the door shut and locked it, trapping the group inside the room once more.

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After a few more failed attempts to escape Dracula’s castle tower, the Mane 6, Sparky, Shaggy, Scooby, Scrappy and Googie were sitting around, hopelessly trying to think of another plan to escape.

Unfortunately… no plan was coming to them.

Zipp eventually groaned in irritation, breaking the silence. “This is torture! Why couldn’t that Dracula creep pick somepony else to be the werewolf instead of Shagster?!”

“Yeah! Dracula’s gonna regret making that choice,” Scrappy agreed, “or my name isn’t Scrappy-Doo!”

“Guys, I understand where you're coming from, but we all know that this isn't the way to handle this,” Sunny said gently. “All we would be doing by going out and confronting Dracula is landing ourselves in even deeper danger.”

“Sunny's right. Besides,” said Hitch, “even if we do escape, who’s to say Dracula won’t come hunting us down to get Shaggy to be in that race?”

Shaggy sighed and rubbed a furry paw over his face. “Like, I’m sorry, guys-- I never meant for my racing career to land us in this spooky dump.”

“Oh, Shaggykins, don’t blame yourself,” Googie said, patting Shaggy sincerely. “We’ll find a way out of this, right?”

“Sure we will!” Izzy chirped with a grin. “But how and when?” Misty sighed. “We have no clue.”

Scooby whimpered softly, laying his head on the stone floor before a light knocking was heard on the door, causing them to turn as it slowly opened.

Coming through the door was Indigo, carrying a load of blankets in her paws. Sunny recognized her as one of Dracula's three servants from earlier, but never knew who she was… at least until now.

Indigo cleared her throat with a soft voice. “Excuse me, I hope I didn't scare any of you. Count Dracula sent me to make sure you hadn't tried to escape anymore, but… I wanted to come and make sure you were at least comfortable.”

“You know, with a couple of adjustments, I think this could be a great honeymoon suite,” Pipp said before shuddering. “At least a honeymoon suite for the undead.”

“Heh… if you think so,” the leopardess said with a light chuckle. “I also brought you some more blankets. It gets pretty cold in the castle at night, and I don't want anybody to get sick.”

“That’s very sweet of you, little leopard,” Googie said with a smile. “I believe Count Dracula called you... Indigo, right?”

“Yeah... that's me,” Indigo said with a chuckle. “I'll just... get out of your manes now. Have a nice night.”

But before she could leave, Misty stopped her. “Wait a second. Maybe... you could stay and talk to us. At least we would be able to have a new friend to get through this.”

Indigo looked surprised, but didn't refuse as she rejoined the group, sitting in a circle. “So... I take it that you're not serving Dracula because he's a warm and humble master, huh?” Scrappy asked, causing Indigo to look surprised. “Uh... yeah. How did you...?”

“I know how it feels to be imprisoned by somepony that doesn't give a hay fly about you,” Misty said with a sad expression. “Trust me. Do you... wanna talk about it?”

Indigo opened her mouth to say no, but then again... no one had ever asked to talk to her about her problems before... not like her clan did. So, she let out a wistful sigh and began to tell them her story. “I once lived with the rest of our leopard colony on a small island, off the coast of Africa, cloaked by a special spell so we could remain out of sight,” she said. “I lived with my mom, Queen Aleta, and my dad, King Viento, in the royal palace, and I have a big group of friends. However… when I was six… my mom got really sick and passed away, and my dad took it really hard. The whole kingdom did.”

“Yikes…” Hitch winced. “That sounds awful.”

“After my mom died, my dad tried to raise me to become a proper princess,” Indigo went on. “More lessons, less time for playing with my friends… trying to…”

“Turn you into something you weren’t?” Zipp finished. “Yeah… I know how that can be sometimes.”

“Eventually, I had enough and left with my friends during the middle of the night, not bothering to look back,” Indigo said. “For the longest time, me and my friends-- Maya, Heather, Somnia, Alder, Cyrus and Draven-- traveled around seeing the world together. However… it was about a year ago when we first arrived in Transylvania. Dracula’s forces found us and they were about to take us ALL to be slaves, but… I volunteered myself to be the one and only slave, so long as the rest of my friends go free.”

“And… he actually agreed with that?” Pipp asked, a bit surprised. “Believe it or not, yeah,” Indigo said. “But since then, I’ve been flying back and forth, seeing my friends for only a little bit at a time and doing the most despicable things, like using my weather powers to cause sadness and misery around the kingdom. But the thing I despise most of all? …the fact I was forced to help the Hunch Bunch turn Shaggy into a werewolf.”

“So… when all the produce spilled out into the grocery store that night,” Zipp realized, “that was you?”

“Yeah,” Indigo nodded shamefully, regretful tears beginning to fill her eyes. “I’m so sorry… I know what I helped them do was totally wrong, but I had no choice! If I didn’t, Dracula was probably never gonna let me see my friends again! And… and I…”

Scooby whined softly, nuzzling her face to try and comfort her. “Indigo… I know just what you’re going through,” Misty said softly. “Nopony likes being forced to do horrible things, and I spent half my life serving somepony who wanted to control all magic in Equestria. Once my friends found out, I thought for sure they would hate me cause I betrayed their trust.”

“...and did they…?” Indigo asked softly. “For a while… they were upset,” Misty put the situation lightly. “But I helped prove myself, and that earned their forgiveness and respect for me. And now, I’m free of that evil pony and I’m going on the most amazing adventures with my friends. You can free yourself from Dracula, too... and we'll do whatever we can to help you do that.”

“...you would help me?” Indigo asked in a soft tone. “Really?”

“Like, sure-- I know you didn’t wanna turn me into a werewolf and I believe that,” Shaggy said. “And if you help us, we can help you.”

Indigo thought this over, and despite all the things that could go wrong with this plan, she smiled and nodded. “I’d love that very much… thank you.”

“Well, now that our group has gotten a little bigger,” said Izzy, standing up, “anypony else got any bright ideas?”

Suddenly, a soft sound, almost like a 'psst' sound, got their attention, causing Googie to look around. “What’s that?”

“Over here,” said a voice coming from the corner, causing them to look around and try and find the source of the voice. “Try the fireplace. It's got a hidden door at the back.”

Zipp pulled out her visor and turned it to invisibility mode, suddenly revealing a hidden passageway behind the fireplace. “Hey, guys, he’s right! There is a door here!”

“I knew that the castle had hidden passageways, but I had no idea where they were or how to access them!” Indigo said in amazement. “This might be our only way out!”

Shaggy felt his paws on the back of the fireplace and eventually found the button to activate the door, and with Indigo leading the way, they set forth through the dark passageway, Izzy and Misty's horns being the only source of light they had. Googie looked along the darkened hallways in thought. “I wonder where this leads to.”

“I’ll tell you one thing,” said Pipp with a slight shudder. “Anywhere would be better than this creepy old castle.”

Suddenly, a ghost materialized behind Shaggy, Sunny and Scooby as they walked side by side. “You said it! This joint is the pits! Why, it's even got ghosts!”

Scooby looked back and saw the ghost before running off with a yelp, and as soon as the others saw the ghost behind them, they too screamed and bolted down the passage.

Eventually, they reached another trapdoor at the end of the hallway, Indigo taking a deep breath before her expression grew determined. “I guess this is the only way out, gang! Come on!”

The young leopard leapt up and pushed against the trapdoor, opening it and allowing the group to peek out and look at their surroundings. However, instead of the outside like they were expecting, they were back in the throne room, where the pre-race party was in full swing.

But, despite this not being the way out of the castle entirely, Scrappy honestly didn’t seem to mind. “Looks like we joined the party, after all.”

“Well, I guess if we’re gonna be here for a while,” Pipp sighed as they crawled out from the trapdoor, “we might as well make the best of it. So… I guess we should get partying.”

“Uh, yeah,” Hitch nodded a bit nervously. “Good idea… I think.”

So, the group found themselves trying to mingle amongst the guests and try and have some sort of fun. Pipp, Izzy, Indigo, Shaggy and Scooby found themselves at the buffet table, where Shaggy and Scooby began eating a dessert that honestly, in Shaggy’s opinion, wasn’t that bad. “I don't know what this stuff is, Scoob, but it looks pretty good, huh?”

Scooby nodded in response. “Yeah.”

“Want some, Pipp?” Izzy asked as she chowed down. “It’s pretty decent!”

“Thanks, but no thanks, Iz,” Pipp declined politely. “Something tells me that this stuff is gonna do more harm than good to my digestive system.”

“I’m with you, Pipp,” Indigo nodded. “Which is actually why…”

Before she could finish, however, Dracula flew over to them in his bat form before he changed back to normal, causing the five to freeze and cling to each other. “Ah, good! I'm glad you changed your mind and joined us. I see you tried the frog fudge. Delicious, isn't it?”

“FROG FUDGE?!! BLECH!!” Izzy, Shaggy and Scooby screeched before gagging. “Frog fudge?!”

“Tried to tell ya there was something off about that gunk,” Pipp told the others… just before Dracula offered them another platter. “Yes, and do have some spider web spaghetti.”

“S-S-Spider web?” Scooby gulped, pushing the plate away as Dracula continued naming several different foods they had for the choosing. “And you must try the plasma pizza. And the wart pudding?”

With each food named, Scooby got more and more nauseous, eventually deciding to pass out and causing Scrappy and Sunny to come to the Great Dane’s aid. “Come on, guys!” Sunny urged quickly. “Let’s get outta here!”

“Wait!” Dracula called as they tried to leave. “You haven't tried a finger sandwich! Made with real fingers!”

“Ugh… gross!” Zipp groaned. “Indigo, do you actually eat this stuff?!”

“Uh, actually, no. I actually eat things that AREN’T this,” Indigo said with a shudder. “Don’t worry, it’ll be fine. Just as long as nothing else distracts us.”

Ironically, as she said that, a tune began to play over the record player, and this got every monster in the room to dancing.

Party time for ghosts and spooks
Vampires, witches, ghostly kooks
That whole gang all go gadzooks
Doin' the Werewolf Rock

Hey!

Mr. Jangles rocks all night
Falls apart about daylight
Frankenstein, he's dynamite
Doin' the Werewolf Rock

Rock! If a boo can do it
Rock! Scooby-Doo can do it
Come on Scoob, let's rock
Rock, rock, rock, rock! Woo!

Everybody's rowdy rockin's
Wearin' out their Sunday stockin's
Doin' the Werewolf Rock
Doin' the Werewolf Rock

As the second chorus continued, Shaggy discreetly led the group toward a nearby door, hoping they could use this door to successfully escape. However, as Shaggy grasped the doorknob, the doorknob suddenly came to life and growled at him. “Watch it, buster!”

Needless to say, this did not settle well with Scrappy. “You shouldn't talk to Shaggy like that!”

That's when one of the witch sisters suddenly scooped Scrappy up into her arms. “Hey, you're cute! Let's dance!”

Scooby giggled at his nephew's misfortune, but he soon regretted it when he was swept off his paws with the other witch sister wanting to dance with him.

Indigo sighed quietly at this. “Why doesn't any of this surprise me...?”

That's when the song seemed to resume itself as the dancing progressed.

Everybody's rowdy rockin's
Wearin' out their Sunday stockin's
Doin' the Werewolf Rock
Doin' the Werewolf Rock
Hey, yeah!

It was during this verse of the chorus when Shaggy stumbled upon another secret passageway in the wall, and as the others saw this, they dashed toward the secret door before it closed.

However, when the door did close, a wall made of nothing but sharp spikes began to move in their direction!

“Yikes!!”

“Sweet sauce horseshoe toss!”

“Oh, no!”

“Criminey!”

“Like, another trap!” Shaggy cried out. “How do we get out of this one?!”

Suddenly, Dracula opened up another door above them to watch their demise. “You don't, Shaggy, unless you drive the werewolf car in the monster race.”

Indigo and Misty looked terrified at this-- threatening to kill all of them as a form of blackmail? This was something no one could bare to withstand... Shaggy being one of those few. “No, I don't wanna race!” Shaggy said in frustration. “And I don't wanna be a werewolf! No! No! No!”

“But you're going to get squished!” Dracula tried to reason, but when he realized that Shaggy was firm in the decision, he suddenly thought of something that just might work. “...very well. If you drive in the race and win, I'll change you back to your simpering, normal, nerdy self!”

“Hold it!” Hitch raised an eyebrow. “You will?”

“And,” Dracula added, “I will send you, your pony friends, your dogs and your tootsie-wootsie back where you came from!”

The others looked skeptical and hopeful at this, wanting to make sure that Dracula was not going to go back on his word.

“Really?”

“No lie?”

“You promise?”

Dracula nodded once more, a sinister grin on his face. “Trust me...”

And as soon as he said this, the spikes began moving backwards, away from the group and putting them out of danger. “Look!” Misty cried. “The wall is going back!”

“Yeah!” Scooby nodded joyously. “Back!”

“Oh, thank hoofness!” Sunny sighed. “Come on... let's get everypony out of here!”

The pegasus sisters and Indigo nodded before helping Sunny carry the others out of the secret room, letting them face Dracula once again. “I'm glad you finally agreed to participate in the festivities,” Dracula smirked. “Now all of you, please... enjoy the party.”

“Wait a second, Fang Face,” Zipp said in a stern, almost queen-like voice. “There's one part of the deal that we get to make. I think we can all agree that if Shaggy wins the Monster Road Rally, not only do we go free, but you have to let Indigo free too-- so she can go back to her clan.”

“What?!” Indigo yelped. “Zipp, you can't do that!”

“But we have to,” Sunny told the leopard. “You're our friend... and friends look after each other.”

“Hmm...” Dracula seemed to consider this before smiling. “Why not? It would give this race a bit more intensity, as you call it. You have a deal!”

As Zipp and Sunny shook Dracula’s hand, Indigo felt a sense of sudden dread wash over her.

Not only was her friends' freedom at stake... but hers was on the line as well.

She had to help her new friends anyway she could... otherwise, things were never gonna be the same again.