A/N: it's snowing!!!!…whatever…I hope you enjoy chapter 4.—daphne v-s.
The rest of the school day was uneventful, unless you count Shaggy's constant jabbering about dog names exciting!! In afternoon homeroom the new friends exchanged phone numbers and talked about how to convince their parent's to let them all hang out together. When the afternoon bell rang the four ran out the door and into the crisp fall air. "Like, there's my mom!!!" Shaggy yelled running over to a tall woman with brown hair.
"Hello, Norville, this is Mr. Jones…" she said gesturing toward the blonde man with a military haircut next to her. "His son is your age and they just moved here."
"Like I already met him, his name's Fred and he's my new friend and like I have two other friends, Daphne and Velma!" Shaggy blushed a little and pointed to the petite brunette girl who was standing with the redhead. "Like could they come help me pick out my puppy, please??" he pleaded.
"I don't see why not." Mrs. Rogers agreed. "As long as it's ok with their parents."
She looked at Fred's dad.
"Sure Fred can go, I'm just happy he has buddies to hang out with." Bill Jones said glancing over at his son who was talking to Daphne and smiled, his son was never really comfortable around girls. "Maybe this girl will change him…" he thought as he waved to Fred and headed over to his car.
Then a black BMW pulled up and Daphne ran over to it and grabbed her mom's hand and literally pulled her over to Shaggy's mom. "Can I go with them please mom, please??" Daphne begged flashing her blue eyes at her mother.
"Alright, sweetie, but remember your manners." Elizabeth Blake said and thanked Mrs. Rogers. She just like Bill Jones was glad her daughter had friends. Daphne gave her mom a hug and went back to talking to Fred.
Velma's mother arrived shortly and gladly gave her consent for Velma to go along to the pound. Marilyn Dinkley was pleased to see her shy daughter with a group of friends already. They four kids piled into the Roger's minivan and they sped off to the Coolsville Pound. Inside the pound there were all kinds of animals but Shaggy's heart was set on a dog. So they walked back to the dog cages and saw a sheepdog (Mrs. Rogers said no), a pug, (too small Shaggy said) and then a Great Dane puppy.
"That one won't last much longer no one wants him…" the worker said pointing at the puppy. The dog whined and looked at the friends with sad brown eyes.
"Oh the poor dog…"Daphne whimpered and put her hand on Fred's shoulder.
He turned around and looked at Daphne who was about to cry. Shaggy looked at the dog.
"Raggy…" the dog whined. The gang did a double take and stared at the dog. "Raggy…" the dog whined again.
"Like he said Shaggy!!" Shaggy exclaimed. "Mom, I want him!" He said firmly sticking his fingers through the cage to pet the dog's nose.
"Yeah!!!!" Velma said "We saved him, what should we name him??" They all looked at each other.
"Rooby, Rooby, Roo!!!" broke the silence, it was the dog howling as the cage door was opened.
"Like he said Scooby-Doo!!!" Shaggy announced and patted the dog's soft head.
"Scooby-Doo!!" the kids chorused and all started petting the dog. The sadness was soon gone from the dog's eyes and the kids took him outside and began to play fetch, which was more them throwing the ball and then chasing after it and Scooby saying "Ruh Ro!!"
The kids had developed a special bond between each other and the puppy and every day, every month and every year the bond grew stronger and stronger.
Please Review…I'll update soon…next chapter the first mystery!!—daphne v-s.