G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

The story of Cleopatra had just been told to us, and immediately after the discovery of several important items in the Crystal Brighthouse that were tied to the alicorns of Skyros and Sunny’s long-lost mother, Velvet Starscout, Sunny and her friends were once again called by the Unity Crystals to go on another Unity Quest mission...

...and hopefully, this mission wasn’t going to have any mention of Alterro in them.

But what they didn’t realize was that this mission was going to go very deeply into their side quest to find the realm of Skyros and defeat Alterro, in more ways than one.

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We fast forward to 2000 years after the time of Cleopatra to modern day Egypt, where a restoration of the sphinx was nearly finished after a long span of five grueling months.

And it is here that we run into a dear, dear friend of the Mane 6-- Velma Dinkley of the famous Mystery Inc, who had been in Egypt for the past few moths as a crucial part of the sphinx restoration process.

On one specific day, Velma was dusting a part of the sphinx's face to make it look better than when it was carved 4000 years earlier when she stumbled upon a glittering artifact-- a golden necklace in the shape of an ankh with a ruby embedded inside. “Jinkies...” she gasped, pulling it from the rock and inspecting it closer. “It’s so beautiful!”

But as she looked around the part of the sphinx where she had found the necklace, Velma felt a sense of confusion wash over her. “But what's it doing up here?” she wondered to herself before brushing the confusion off and replacing it with excitement. “Omar and the others have to see this!”

And with the swift pull of her rope, Velma lowered herself back toward the ground to show off her amazing find.

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As it turns out, Prince Omar Karam (who was a very handsome young man who had tan skin, dark brown hair and wore a green shirt with a white collar and sleeve cuffs under a beige shirt with a red scarf with Egyptian symbols on it) was in charge of the sphinx restoration project, and he and Velma had grown quite close over the past few months they had spent working together.

And as for who these 'others' were, well... the group that Velma spoke of were a small group of African animals who hailed from a faraway kingdom.

• Trail Grazer was a bright blue gazelle who was the fastest animal where he came from, and his cutie mark looked like a gazelle footprint with a bright blue explosion behind it.
• Anga was a young giraffe calf with green eyes and a cutie mark of a crescent underneath a sun shape.
• Ulaghai is a mischevious young sphinx with purple fur, a darker purple mane, brown and red wings and red eyes, similar to the color of Alterro's eyes.
• Tofauti is a young okapi with light green eyes and a white collar with the symbol of the kingdom where they were from on it.
• Kushinda was a wildebeast with gray fur with darker gray stripes, black on his face, and a red scarf around his neck to go with his golden eyes.
• And lastly was Hazima, a golden zebra with blue eyes, blue earrings, a blue necklace, blue bracelets around her hooves and a cutie mark representing leadership who was closest to Prince Omar.

At the same time that Velma was coming down from the sphinx, Omar was on the phone with his uncle while the other animals were hard at work. “Not to worry, uncle,” Omar said reassuringly. “The Sphinx will be finished in time for the unveiling ceremony. The restoration is in very good hands. Oh, and hooves and paws.”

“Glad to hear you say that, your highness,” Hazina said to the prince with a teasing smile. “I was beginning to think you had forgotten us.”

However, the second Hazima had got done teasing the prince, the blueprint of the newly restored sphinx blew away from Omar’s reach. “Whoa!”

“I got this!” Trail Grazer said before running and jumping for the blueprint… only to miss and land on Kushinda and Tofauti. “Hey, Trail!” Tofauti groaned. “Watch where you’re leaping next time!”

“Sorry, Kushinda. My bad, Tofauti,” Trail Grazer apologized as he got up. “I guess I got a little too enthusiastic.”

Ulaghai giggled as she descended down to them with the blueprint in her paw. “You guys are just jealous you can’t fly like me.”

“Oh, yeah, Ulaghai,” Anga said with a teasing smile as she dropped her load onto the ground. “Cause everyone wants to fly like you… except me. I can’t stand heights!”

“Omar! Hazina, guys! I found something!” Velma said as she approached from the ground level. “It looks like an ancient necklace!”

“Ancient necklace?!” Ulaghai said in excitement, her eyes lighting up in temptation. “If it shines, it’s mine!”

However, Kushinda used his massive body strength to hold her back, at least until Omar and Hazina were able to reach the ground again. “What an incredible find,” Omar said, gently taking the necklace from her. “Oh,” Velma said with a nervous smile, “it was nothing.”

“Velma, you’re not giving yourself enough credit,” said Tofauti. “You’re as much of a part of the sphinx’s restoration as anyone else!”

“Now…” said Kushinda with a smile, “let’s see what rare artifact you’ve found.”

Omar then held the necklace up to the light, which was caught on the ruby in the necklace, and when it was hit at just the right angle, a red beam of light blasted from the necklace towards a wall on the lower part of the sphinx, and a blast of wind came back at the group, nearly blowing them away.

But when the wind had passed and the sand had cleared, the most incredible sight had been revealed-- a staircase that descended downward. “Impossible!” Omar exclaimed in shock as many gathered around to see the staircase in question. However, Anga gulped nervously upon seeing the darkness that covered the staircase. “It looks… pretty dark down there.”

“It’s all right, Anga. You don’t have to go inside if you don’t want to,” Hazina said softly. “Yeah,” Kushinda nodded gently. “I’ll stay here with you.”

“...thanks, Kushinda,” Anga smiled, nuzzling him gently. “That means a lot.”

“The rest of you, come with me,” Hazina said as she began to follow Omar and Velma down the stairs and into the darkness that awaited them. But upon reaching the bottom of the staircase and activating their lights, Velma was the first to spot a gigantic picture on the wall of a woman wearing a golden crown and wearing a similar necklace to the one she had found. “Look!”

“Velma, I think you’ve found it!” Trail Grazer exclaimed. “The lost tomb of Cleopatra! It’s been hidden for thousands of years!”

Ulaghai let out a stunned gasp to this. “Cleopatra?! The last of the pharaohs?!”

But when Velma held the necklace up to the one that matched in the picture, she let out a stunned gasp, realizing Trail Grazer was right. “Double jinkies!”

Who knows what kind of amazing secrets laid in this tomb that were just waiting to be uncovered?

Or… who knows what terrible things were just waiting to be set loose?

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Little did Velma know it, but there were some other familiar faces in Egypt as well-- Scooby-Doo and the rest of the Mystery Incorporated crew, who were on their way to visit Velma after almost five months of being apart.

Shaggy and Scooby sat underneath the umbrella on top of the Mystery Machine, finally able to relax as Scooby let out a howl to the sky above. “Scooby-Dooby-Doooooo!!”

“Man, Scoob, Egypt's a real hot spot,” Shaggy said with a chuckle as he eyed the lemonade in the cooler next to him. “Guess while the lemonade is chilling, we'll just have to chill.”

“Yeah,” Scooby said with an enthusiastic giggle as the Mystery Machine drove through the desert with Fred at the wheel. “Wow!” said the leader of Mystery Inc. “How cool is it that Velma has spent the last five months here in Egypt?”

“Well, restoring the Great Sphinx may be a thrill,” said Daphne, “but I can't wait to see the look on her face when she sees us!”

“Yeah,” Fred chuckled. “Surprise, Velma!”

“Velma? Surprise?!” Scooby looked around excitedly, having missed Velma during the months they had been apart. “Where, where?!”

“Sorry, Scooby,” Daphne said gently. “False alarm.”

“Ohhh…” Scooby whimpered, a bit disappointed it wasn’t actually Velma. “Hang in there, big guy,” Fred reassured. “We miss her too. But the good old Mystery Machine will have us there in a jiffy.”

But as soon as Fred said this, the Mystery Machine began to slowly break down and come to a stop, causing Daphne to glare over at Fred. “You were saying?”

And as the engine rattled and died, Shaggy finally took off his sunglasses and looked around as Fred and Daphne got out of the van. “Huh? Like, why are we stopping?”

Fred opened the hood of the Mystery Machine as Shaggy and Scooby got down from the roof, only to find that the engine was completely smoking. “Big trouble, gang. It looks like our radiator's out of water!”

“Ha ha ha! Don't sweat it, Fred,” Shaggy reassured. “Scoob and I will go looking for snacks. I mean, help.”

“Yeah,” Scooby nodded. “And snacks too.”

Daphne raised an eyebrow at the duo’s craving for snacks. “And exactly where are we going to find help in the middle of nowhere?”

“Like… maybe behind you!” Shaggy exclaimed, pointing behind Fred and Daphne. “Look!”

Fred and Daphne turned and looked just in time to see a rather familiar portal open up behind them, and out from it stepped the Mane 6 in outfits that would really suit the theme of traveling to Egypt.

• Sunny wore a short-sleeved shirt that was light pink, brown boots and her signature saddlebag.
• Izzy wore a a dark blue shirt with a white hat and brown boots as well.
• Hitch wore a teal long-sleeved shirt with a hat like Izzy's.
• Zipp wore a white and gray plaid shirt with a watch on her front left hoof.
• Pipp wore a light blue shirt with white polka dots and brown boots.
• Lastly, Misty wore brown boots as well, but her short-sleeved shirt was a color mix of dark purple and pink.

“Phew!” Hitch panted, wiping his hoof across his sweat-covered face. “I don’t know where we are, but this is WAY hotter than it was in Maretime Bay, Bridlewood or Zephyr Heights at this time of year.”

“Sunny, ponies!” Fred exclaimed, catching the Mane 6’s attention. “You guys are a sight for sore eyes!”

“Fred! Daphne!” Sunny gasped. “Shaggy, Scooby!”

The two groups ran toward one another before hugging each other tight, grateful to see each other again after many months of being apart.

Pipp even laughed when Scooby started to lick her face nonstop. “Okay, okay, down, boy!” said the pink pegasus. “We’re happy to see you too!”

“It’s been way too long!” Zipp said just before she noticed the absence of one of the most valuable gang members. “Hey… where’s Velma?”

“She’s actually been here in Egypt helping with the restoration of the sphinx after you guys left Louisiana a few months ago,” Daphne explained. “We were on our way to surprise her when the Mystery Machine’s radiator overheated.”

“Shaggy and Scooby volunteered to go find help,” said Fred quietly, “but we’d appreciate it if some of you ponies went with them just to make sure they don’t get into trouble.”

“Oh, no problem,” Hitch said with a smirk. “We can do that no problem.”

“Izzy and I will keep an eye on them,” Misty said with a smile. “We’ll be back with help as fast as we can, and then we can fill you all in on what’s happened the past few months.”

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But after a few minutes, Shaggy and Scooby were already panting as if they had been traveling hundreds of miles...

...when really, they had only traveled about 40 feet from the Mystery Machine.

Shaggy was the first to speak after heavily panting for a few moments. “Water, water! Oh-ho-ho! We're doomed, Scoob-- we're doomed!!”

“Dooooomed!!!” Scooby howled mournfully as Shaggy flopped his face into the sand, completely giving up on moving. And from where the others were watching, Daphne shook her head with a heavy sigh. “Our heroes...”

“Come on, fellas, get up!” Izzy said, nudging Scooby with her nose. “We can’t go look for water when you have your faces in the sand!”

“No offense, Izzy,” said Misty with a soft frown, “but I think it's gonna take a lot more than a few simple words to get Shaggy and Scooby to keep going.”

“But we don’t have any food to motivate them,” said Pipp, “so what else could do it?”

Shaggy then lifted his head from the sand when he began to hallucinate a relieving sight-- an oasis not too far away... and where there was an oasis, there had to be water! “Hey, Scooby... look at that!”

“Huh?” Scooby looked where Shaggy was looking and began to hallucinate the same oasis. “Like... we're saved!” Shaggy laughed in happiness. “SAVE!!!”

And without a second thought, Shaggy and Scooby ran toward the mirage, with Scooby howling along the way. “Scooby-Dooby-Doooooo!!!”

“Shaggy, Scooby, wait!” Misty exclaimed as she and Izzy watched them run off. “Oh, brother... what could have made them run off like that?”

As for Shaggy and Scooby themselves, they began to swim around in what they thought was an oasis, but it was really just a really flat part of the desert, and honestly... the Mane 6 had to really try not to laugh.

They had really missed Shaggy and Scooby's usual antics.

After a moment of the group trying not to laugh, Sunny glanced at her friends with a bit of wariness. “Do you think we should tell them that it's only a mirage?”

However, as Shaggy and Scooby tried to drink the water in the oasis, they only tasted sand, causing them to react with disgust and did their best to spit it out. “Ooh...” Zipp cringed as she watched the sight. “I think we might be a little too late to warn them, Sunny.”

Shaggy and Scooby flopped back into the sand a few seconds later, weary and still exhausted from the blistering heat, and the Mane 6 couldn't blame them entirely.

This heat was a lot to handle, and Zipp thought she experienced a hot day in Maretime Bay last summer that was a lot hotter than this.

Now... she wasn't so sure.

That was when Scooby spotted an bird-like figure flying above them, weakly pointing his paw to it. “Uh... Shaggy? Oh... vultures...”

“Vultures?!” Shaggy exclaimed, exhausted by the heat. “Oh-ho-ho-ho... who would've thought it could end like this? Scooby and Shaggy, oh-ho-ho, a baked buffet for a buzzard's breakfast.”

“Hey you old bird-brain!” Pipp raised her hooves as if trying to pick a fight with the bird above. “Why don't you pick on some-creature your own size?!”

However, as Hitch looked up at the bird in question, he started to realize that the bird in question looked different than other birds he had seen before. “Wait a second... I think we may have it wrong, you guys.”

“Hitch is right!” Zipp quickly agreed as she put her visor on to get a closer look. “That's not a vulture at all-- it's a hawk!”

Misty looked at the hawk in confusion. “But... why in the world would a hawk be out in the middle of nowhere?”

“I think it has something to do with those people heading toward us,” Izzy said as she innocently pointed her hoof toward the sight. “Maybe the hawk is with them.”

And as it turns out, there was a dark-skinned man, who appeared to be in his forties with black hair and a beard, along with a black Egyptian robe with a turban, heading their way with a bunch of camels, along with another stunning sight-- it looked to be a kirin, with a light gray coat with lighter colored scales, a dark opal mane with a moderate crimson-colored horn along with moderate purple eyes.

And once they got close, the kirin and the caravan of camels stopped in order to speak to the group, with the man greeting them in some foreign language. “In Egypt,” he then spoke in English, “that means hello.”

“What up?” Fred greeted. “That means hello in America.”

“Are we ever glad to see some friendly faces out here,” Sunny said with a smile. “I’m Sunny, and these are my friends.”

“I am Amahl Ali Akbar, at your service,” the man greeted courteously, getting off of his camel before gesturing to the kirin walking alongside him. “And this is Desert Rose.”

“The pleasure is mine,” Desert Rose said as she bowed to the ponies, causing them to bow back. “Amahl Ali Akbar? Wow, that's some name,” Shaggy commented. “Do you mind if we just call you Triple A?”

Desert Rose giggled to this. “We do not mind at all. Now tell me… what are you all doing out this direction when you do not seem to know these lands?”

“We were on our way to the sphinx,” said Zipp, “when our van overheated. Do you know where we might find some water?”

“I am sorry, my friend,” Triple A said sincerely, “but there is no water here.”

“Jeepers…” Daphne frowned in worry. “What are we gonna do?”

“We’re just gonna have to leave the Mystery Machine behind, I guess,” Hitch frowned. “Not much else we can do... unless any of us wanna walk however many miles are left to get to the sphinx.”

“Come on… join our caravan,” Desert Rose said kindly, gesturing to the camels behind them. “We’re traveling east, toward the flowing waters of the Nile River. I’m sure you’ll find the water you seek there.”

“Sounds good to me!” Pipp said with a grateful grin. “Anything to get my hooves out of this hot sand.”

“And maybe on our way there,” said Daphne to the ponies, “you can tell us what you’ve been up to the past few months. Like… if you’ve defeated Allura or not?”

“Trust me, Daphne, we’ll tell you guys everything,” Misty said as she group got closer to the camels and prepared to join the caravan. “But… you guys need to be warned… you won’t like everything you hear.”

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And so, while two camels pulled the Mystery Machine and the other camels carried Triple A and the rest of the gang, the Mane 6 (with Sparky riding on Hitch's back) and Desert Rose chose to walk, with the Mane 6 telling their friends, both new and old, about all the things that had gone on in the past several months, including Allura’s reformation…

…and Alterro’s rise as their newest threat.

After the ponies had got done telling about their most recent adventure, Fred finally spoke up. “So… what will you guys do now that Alterro’s on the rise?”

“If he’s looking for the realm of Skyros,” Zipp said, “we’re just gonna have to figure out how to find it before he does. Maybe when we find Velma, she can give us a few ideas on where to start.”

“What about you, Desert Rose?” Sunny asked curiously. “Have you always lived in Egypt?”

“Oh, yes. My herd and I have traveled these lands since I was a filly,” Desert Rose explained with a proud smile. “When I got old enough to be out on my own, I started traveling with Triple A and we’ve been together ever since. I practically know this desert like the back of my hoof.”

“That does explain how you’re so accustomed to this heat,” Hitch panted. “I think even my sweat has sweat!”

“I got you covered, Hitch!” Izzy said as she pulled out some paper fans and started fanning the group with her magic. “I made these yesterday-- I figured they might come in handy.”

“Thanks, Iz,” Pipp sighed in relief. “My mane was totally starting to frizz out!”

“This should last us until we get to where we’re going,” Misty added before the group came to a stop at the edge of a large ditch. “So… uh… how far off is the Nile River from here?”

Triple A pulled down his face covering, shock written all over his face. “This… is the Nile River.”

“Okay…” Daphne nodded slowly, looking at the dry riverbed. “So, what happened to the river part?”

“Okay, I know Egypt doesn’t get a whole lot of rain,” Zipp said as she took pictures of the sight, “but… for the river to be completely dry? …something doesn’t feel right about this.”

Scooby whimpered worriedly, and Pipp flew up to try and rub his head with her hoof while Triple A dismounted from his camel to unhook the other camels from the Mystery Machine. “Our journey together has come to an end.”

“Triple A’s right,” Desert Rose said gravely as the ponies helped Mystery Inc from the camels’ backs. “We have to find water for our camels.”

“But, without you, we don’t have any idea where we’re going!” Hitch argued. “How are we supposed to find the sphinx?”

“You have already arrived, my friend,” Triple A reassured before pointing to a nearby hill of sand. “It is just over that hill. Big statue, pyramids in back. You can't miss it.”

“Well… thanks, Triple A and Desert Rose,” Daphne said gratefully. “Hope we see you again.”

“If the fates allow it,” Desert Rose bowed her head, “so shall it be.”

That was when the kirin reached into her mane to pull out a batch of strange amulets with a mysterious symbol on them, looking like a stylized eye with distinctive markings. “I’ve been making these amulets for friends we’ve passed during our travels,” the kirin explained, putting them around the Mane 6’s necks, “and these are for you.”

“Whoa… this is an amazing symbol!” Sunny said, inspecting it. “What is it?”

“It’s the Eye of Horus, which is where I got the name for my hawk friend,” Triple A explained as the hawk landed on his shoulder. “In our culture, it is believed to have magical protection properties.”

“Magical protection jewelry?! Oooh, you’re speaking my language!” Pipp said as she took a quick selfie. “Thank you… both of you,” Misty said gratefully. “Let’s hope the fates bring us together again soon.”

“Believe me, Misty,” said Desert Rose with a smile, “we hope for the same thing.”

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The Mane 6 and those that remained of Mystery Inc waved to Triple A, Desert Rose and their caravan as they walked out into the desert, and once they had disappeared from sight, Fred turned to the others as they began to walk toward the hill that the sphinx was supposed to be closest. “Okay, everybody, remember where we parked.”

“Trust me, Freddy,” Zipp said with a smile, also trying not to giggle. “I’m sure we won’t forget where we parked a brightly-colored van in this bare landscape.”

But as the group headed for the hill and the sphinx, none of them had any idea of the adventure that would be waiting for them.

The bad things… and the good.