Title: The Scooby Gang

Distribution: Sure, just let me know.

Spoilers: up to the middle of season 5 Buffy

Parings: Not a romance fic. Cannon stuff; Willow/Tara, Buffy/Riley, Xander/Anya, Velma/Patrick(Oz). Plus Giles/Ethan for the challenge.

Summary: Challenge Response.

Challenge can be viewed at: vampirecows . com / odd / challenges / CH45scoobiedoo . html # (no spaces)

Buffy/Scooby Doo II crossover. The Scoobies meet Mysteries Inc. when Velma comes to guest lecture at UC Sunnydale… but all sorts of trouble arise when the professional ghostbusters begin to snoop around.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, not even the plot: my muse forced me to write this at gun point when I happened across the challenge. Seriously. Of course, maybe I should avoid google-ing challenges. The characters, settings, ect. of Buffy and Scooby Doo belong to Joss and IFILM, Corp and have been used here solely for amusement purposes.

Author's Note: I haven't actually seen the Scooby Doo movie, so this is going to be based off the cartoon except for the Oz requirement. Set in the BtVS in season 5, sometime after Family. This is obviously going to be very AU-ish, but I maintain that it could have conceivably happened. Also, I don't speak Latin so I am used an on-line translator for the spells. This means I have no idea if the grammar or meaning is right.

THE SCOOBY GANG

"Okay gang this is it," Fred said pushing down on the breaks slightly too hard, bringing the Mystery Machine to a jolting stop outside of the hotel. Groaning, Velma and Daphne quickly undid their belts and hopped out onto the asphalt.

"So this is Sunnydale," Daphne said, interlocking her fingers and stretching her arms up over her head. "It seems pleasant."

"I think it's nice," Velma agreed, straitening her skirt. "Lovely weather for one thing. I don't see why Patrick acted so weird about it when I mentioned this was where the conference would be."

"Yeah, Sunnydale. It's like way better than creepy-old-abandoned-houses-filled-with-ghosts-and-ghouls-dale that we normally stay at. No monsters or criminals; just good old rest and relaxation. Eh, Scoob?" Shaggy commented as he and Scooby Doo climbed out of the back.

"Wright Wraggy!"

"Wait Velma, back up. You said Patrick thought something was weird in Sunnydale?" Fred asked eagerly, trying to look like he wasn't straining under all the suitcases.

"No Fred. I said he acted weird, not that he thought there was something weird here. He was just quiet and wouldn't talk about it with me."

"Since when is that weird? Patrick hardly ever talks."

Daphne's eyes narrowed and she laid a hand protectively on Velma's shoulder, who had started to study the ground. "Why don't you take those bags up to the rooms Fred?"

"Right! Uh, sure," Fred said quickly, having no idea what he'd done to deserve the evil glare Daphne was giving him and eager to escape. "Only be a minute."

Shaggy, marginally smarter than Fred, patted his tummy. "I'm starved," he announced. "Come on old buddy let's be gentlemen and go pick up a couple pizzas for dinner."

"Gentlemen hehehehe," Scooby added, giving Velma's face a quick swipe with his tongue before bounding ahead of Shaggy.

Leaning against the hood of the Mystery Machine Daphne folded her arms and waited until the boys were out of ear shot as Velma futilely scrubbed her hand against the spot on her cheek Scooby had licked.

"So what's up with Patrick? That wasn't a boyfriend glowy look."

"I don't know. He had been very supportive and excited about the gang going and talking at a University and us getting a vacation from Coolsville; but then, when he found out it was in Sunnydale, he just changed. It's very suspicious that he got sick and had to stay home too. I don't know Daphne; I mean after that whole ordeal we know he's not like some criminal pretending to be a monster or a real-demon-that-we-tell-the-public-is-a-costumed-villain, but I have a bad feeling about this. He's hiding something from me."

"You'll figure this out," Daphne rubbed her friend's shoulder, knowing how insecure she could be. "He loves you right? Just talk to him when we get back." Seeing that Velma still looked slightly bummed Daphne tacked on: "We could always threaten to send him on the next case alone with Fred, then he'd tell us anything we wanted to know."

Velma gave her a weak but genuine smile. "Thank you."

"No problem, that's what I'm here for; emotional advice and using common cosmetics in extra-ordinary ways to defeat evil."

The two girls regard each other for a moment before breaking into giggles just as Fred risked coming back outside.

"Alright we're all checked in. Where are Shag and Scooby?"

"They went to get pizza," Daphne replied.