Scooby Doo: The Next Generation
Prologue:
Coming Home
Scooby Doo, a very famous talking Great Dane, paced the floor in a very impatient manor. He was a member of the world famous ghost-busting team called Mystery Inc. Fred, a muscular blond jock, had started the group back in high school. Daphne, a redheaded cheerleader beauty, had eagerly joined the group to be with her friends and flirt with Fred. Velma, a geekish girl with glasses and a baggy shirt, joined also. She was the brain of the group, the first to put two and two together in a mystery, had joined to make some friends, and friends did she make! Lastly, Shaggy and Scooby Doo joined. Shaggy had always been an outcast, partly because of his monstrous appetite and the fact that his best friend was a talking dog. He was tall and lanky, with sandy hair and goatee, and he always wore a green t-shirt and jeans. They had solved countless mysteries together. Now, six years after graduating high school, Fred was married to Daphne and Shaggy married Velma. Still they remained friends, making an effort to choose their first houses so they would be neighbors. Velma and Daphne were both pregnant with their first children.
The reason Scooby is so worried is because Velma and Daphne had both fallen into labor last night. Scooby, living with Shaggy and Velma, was getting increasingly more worried with each passing moment. He thought that Shaggy would kick him out if he hurt the baby. He was excited, but that thought kept lingering in the back of his mind.
Scooby heard the sound of Shaggy's car as it pulled into the driveway. Scooby ran to the window and started slobbering all over it as he watched Shaggy help a very tired-looking Velma out of the car, then around the back to get the baby. He watched as the family walked to the door. Scooby knew he was no longer welcome as he saw the family open the front door.
"Velma" Shaggy called; "You go sit down with Diana so I can find Scooby. Then we can introduce her." A faint "OK" came from the living room. Shaggy walked into the kitchen to find Scooby, only to find that Scooby was leaving with a hobo sack!
"Hey, Scoob! Where are you going?" called Shaggy as he chased his dog, following him out the front door. "Away" said Scooby, a tad dejectedly, in his voice that makes the first letter of each word sound like "R". "Well, like, why are you doing that?" asked Shaggy. "Because you don't want me now that you have your baby," replied Scooby. "What are you talking about Scoob? Of course we want you! Who's going to talk with her and teach her to walk and play with her and be her best friend?" blabbed Shaggy to his best friend. "Yeah Scooby, don't leave us!" added an agitated Velma. It hurt her as much as it did her husband to see Scooby leave. "Well, in that case," said Scooby, "I'll stay!" He walked up to Velma, who was holding her daughter. She lowered the bundle to Scooby's level to reveal a little baby girl that bore a great resemblance to her very pretty mother. "Meet Diana. Diana, meet your Uncle Scooby. He's going to teach you how to play and love and eat. He will be there for you always. You will, won't you Scooby?" asked Velma. "Of course!" cried Scooby, ashamed that he ever thought of leaving. The happy family went into their house, just as Fred and Daphne pulled up.