Me: First of all, thanks for the reviews. With 6 of 7 reviews asking me to make another chapter (and the other one was also telling me it was a good story) and 3 of these 6 giving me ideas for one, I thought it was compulsory for me to make another chapter. Then, special thanks to draco and Nicole, who were the ones giving me ideas. Nicole, thanks for the idea, but, though I like it, this would take more than one chapter and I didn't plan on making more than max. 2 for this story, since I have an awful lot of other opened and planned stories running through my whole head, so I can't take it. draco, your idea was really good, it sounded like just the right thing to do.

Invy: Like always, we say thanx to those of you who actually read this stuff (okay, we don't always say it, but we mean it).

Apps: Disclaimer's mine! Muahaha. No one here, neither Invy nor Pia nor I own Scooby Doo. And technically, Invy and I would be never be able to own it, since we are only imaginatory figures in the writers head and don't really exist.

All of us: Have fun!

Me: You noticed we said something together for the first time ever?

Apps: Yeah... Oh my.

It had to be about one o'clock when Shaggy gently laid Lila on the couch, slightly chuckling about the similarity between the girl's name and the couch's color.

He took off the green beanie, Scooby had told him how uncomfortable it could be to have ears like Lila's or his' hidden under something like a cap. He watched her still, sleeping form for a little while before slowly creeping away and up the stairs, where each member had his or her own room. He knocked on Velma's door repeatedly, but decided to just walk in after he got no answer. He opened it and slowly approached her bed before gently shaking her shoulder.

"Velma. Velma! Velma?" he whispered in an attempt to not wake Daphne or Fred.

Finally, she groaned, then sat up fast as lightning and kicked into his direction, aiming for and hitting his shin. Shaggy managed to clamp his mouth shut a second before he cried out in pain, and just held his leg with his hands, hopping up and down while making a face at the pain. Velma had found her glasses in the meantime, her eyes had adjusted to them and she spotted Shaggy, immediately feeling sorry for kicking him.

"Shaggy? I'm sorry, are you alright?" she couldn't help but giggle when he let himself fall on the end of her bed and saw a slight expression of relaxation on his face.

"I've gotten quite some bad reactions from people I've woken in my life, but that about topped all of them." he answered, making her chuckle even more.

"I'm sorry. But may I ask why exactly you have woken me at a time like this?" she asked, indicating to the slightly glowing numbers on her nightstand clock.

"You have every right to ask. But believe me, it would be better if I'd just show you." he said, then hopped on the ground again and reached for her hand. With a raised brow, Velma took it and let him pull her up and towards the door.

Standing in front of the girl on the couch, the other brow joined the one that was already up. When Shaggy told her about what was special with Lila, she was sure that he had to be kidding. Well, that was until he showed her the girl's ears.

"And she really has a tail? I mean, the ears and the tail?"

"Yeah, but it's under her pullover now." Shaggy answered, his eyes locked on the red tips of Lila's ears.

"Okay... you know you have a talent at picking up the monstrous girls, don't you?"

"Hey, she's no monster!"

"I didn't mean it that way, just... she's different."

"You can say that again."

"But... how did you find her? Why did you brought her here...?"

At this point, Shaggy asked her to sit down on the unoccupied end of the couch, before he began to tell her the story of how they had met, how she had told him about her life and all the things that had been swapped in the talks they had had on the swings, surrounded by the shadows of the night. He had never been the best at telling stories, so Velma had to ask him a question at one or the other time, but after a while, she finally knew the whole story.

Though none of the both wanted to, there was a question coming up that couldn't be avoided any longer.

"What now?"

"I'm not sure. I just couldn't leave her alone just like this, you understand it, don't you?"

"Of course I do. You had to be cold-hearted to leave a girl like her just lying there and that is one thing you're thankfully the direct opposite of." Velma said, making Shaggy smile slightly "But the problem is that not everybody looks at this like you or me, most people wouldn't see that Lila's mostly a normal girl beside her ears and tail."

"I know... and she can't stay here."

"I'm afraid not."

"But she just can't live normally, not like this."

"Again, that option is out of question."

"R'I row ra r'ace." Scooby said, causing both Shaggy and Velma to jump in shock as they had thought the dog lying on the carpet was asleep. After getting over it, Scooby's human friends looked at him with interest lying on their faces.

"You do?"

"Reah. Rimwood." he answered as if it was the most logical thing on the world.

"Grimwood!" Shaggy and Velma said in unison as their faces lit up. They hadn't thought about the school for slightly different girls, but now, it really seemed so logical. Which other place was there on the world that wouldn't mind taking in a girl like Lila, because it was already filled with girls that weren't really normal?

It was that moment that Lila suddenly jerked in sleep and fell off the couch, making a slight 'Oof'. It didn't took her to long to realize that she was somewhere she had never been before and she jumped on her feet, green glowing eyes surrounding the room as fast as possible and finally locking on Shaggy and Velma, who looked at her in anticipation and slight surprise. Her left ear twitched in jumpiness and she looked towards Shaggy for an explanation.

"I hope you don't mind... you fell asleep in my arms and I couldn't let you lie there. This is Velma, a friend of mine." Shaggy said.

"You have some nerves... carrying me through town is one thing, but showing me to some friend?"

"Not some friend, a very good one at that. And Velma..."

"..has exact the same opinion about you as Shaggy does. You're special, but no monster or anything. Sorry, it must have startled you to wake up, be somewhere you don't know and see someone you don't know. My apologies." Velma continued for Shaggy.

Lila lay her head slightly askew and smiled. She had taken an immediate liking towards Velma.

"Um... so, Velma and I were thinking about what to do now and then, Scooby brought up this idea..." Shaggy started, then proceeded with telling Lila about Grimwood and it's speciality.

"But you said I am no monster. And, after hearing this telling, Grimwood seems to be a place with only monsters to it."

"Monsters, yeah, maybe from the outside. But all the girls there are actually very nice, without their outside, they'd be just normal girls. They're just like you."

Lila smiled, that DID sound like a good option. "But how comes that you know about this school?"

Shaggy smiled "Believe me, it is a very long story to tell. If you're okay with going there, maybe I can tell you about it on the journey."

"Okay with going there? I'd love to! But are you really okay with driving me there? You've already done so much..."

"I wouldn't be satisfied if I wouldn't bring you there."

So it was settled that Shaggy would drive to Grimwood with Lila as soon as possible. Scooby decided to tag along and Velma wanted to come, too. They waited till morning, informed Fred and Daphne about everything and then started their journey. Lila had been surprised at how there were another two friends of Shaggy who didn't mind her speciality and didn't even seem too surprised. Daphne had actually told her that she thought Lila's ears looked kind of cute.

(A/N: I'm connecting this to Gothicthundra's story 'Scooby Doo Returns to Grimwood Place', so Velma, Fred and Daphne all know about Grimwood and have been there. I hope you don't mind, Gothicthundra =D.)

It was Winnie who noticed the approaching van at first. She got up from the place in the grass she had been lying and turned her attention towards the road, immediately recognizing the brightly colored van and the persons getting out of it. She jumped to all fours and ran over to them, greeting Scooby at first by hugging his neck.

"Scooby, Shaggy, Velma! Long time no see!" her werewolf nose took in all the familiar scents, but then it stumbled about a new one. She turned around to see a girl with cat-like ears and a tail peeking out of her trousers standing there, studying the werewolf girl with biggest interest. Winnie went a bit closer to sniff at the girl, who wasn't shocked the slightest, but sniffed at Winnie in turn. It didn't took them long to see the other as friendly and they smiled at each other. Winnie noticed that the girls teeth were slightly sharper than normal.

"Winnie, I suppose." the werewolf nodded. "I'm Lila." she extended a hand and Winnie gladly took it, shaking it up and down.

That was the point, Shaggy was finally fully sure, Grimwood was the right place for Lila.

Me: I'm not sure if I'm just lazy or actually convinced that this is a good point to end the story.

Invy: Well, you guys should be glad to have more, since it was actually planned to be a oneshot. But that's definitely it now.

Me: Nothing more.

Apps: So... leave a review, please.

Me: Bye! =D

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