Third Attack

For the rest of the day, Shaggy, Scooby, and the kids spent their time exploring the woods (while being mindful of their location) and looking for more Pokémon for Shaggy and Scooby to know about. However, due to Shaggy's new voice, they have their work cut out for them. Whenever Shaggy tries to coax a Pokémon near him, they just scream and run as fast as they can away from him.

For a example, a herd of Deerling had pass by them. When Shaggy tried to coax them over by saying, "Here, little deer. Come to Shaggy..." However, once the Deerling caught sight of where that creepy voice had come from, they all screech and ran away. Shaggy slumps down in defeat.

"Hey, don't worry about it, Shaggy." Ash, the ever so optimistic, tried to reassure him. "We'll try again. Besides, it's not like all the Pokémon can be afraid of you, right?"

Whenever is was fate trying to ruin Ash's optimism or it just hate Shaggy's guts, things didn't get any better. Every forest Pokémon either ran or fly away when they heard Shaggy's new voice, all the water Pokémon even swam away when Shaggy complimented on their swimming. He even made the Gyarados, who was once so friendly with them, afraid, causing the giant sea serpent to dive in and emitting a big wave that splash all over them.

"Ah! My hair!" Serena cries, not looking happy to be soak like everyone else. Shaggy sighs in defeat.


"Like man, this is hopeless!" Shaggy cried out once letting himself drop onto the log hours before with the kids once again sitting on either sides of him. They had spent the whole day searching for more Pokémon and now it was currently dark with the moon out high in the sky. Although they knew it was the time to head back, the kids knew they have to stay and talk to Shaggy.

"Come on, Shaggy," Bonnie begins. "Just because you scare off Pokémon doesn't mean you can scare everyone off."

"She's right," Clemont agrees with his sister. "Besides, I don't think the creatures in your world would even care about your voice."

After the young genius had said that, a squirrel had come out of the bushes, possibly searching for food. "Like, hi Mr. Squirrel!" Shaggy calls out to it. The squirrel whips its head towards Shaggy directions before letting out a screech and scurrying back into the bushes.

"Uh, I stand corrected..." Clemont said with slight amazement while adjusting his glasses.

Shaggy once again sighs in defeat. "Look kids, I like appreciate you trying to cheer me up, but let's look at the facts. I'm stuck with this creepy voice for the rest of my life, and no one wants to be near me!"

"We do!" Ash quickly insists.

"Yeah, right Scooby?" Bonnie asks while looking at the Great Dane expectedly.

"Uh, actually it was just for pity." Scooby told them straightforwardly, making Shaggy look downcast once again.

"SCOOBY!" The kids reprimand the dog.

"No, no, it's okay, kids." Shaggy gently told them. "Look, it's late and it's-" He stops to look at his watch before his eyes went wide like saucers once he realizes the time. "9 o'clock?! We're really late!" The kids eyes widen as well, they knew it was late but not this late!

"We need to get out of here!" Clemont shouts in panic, already jumping to his feet and ready to run. "The Specter could be already out looking for us!"

"No need to tell me twice!" Ash said as he and the others are already up on their feet and now are already running back to the camp. "Maybe we can-!" Ash stops with a scream along with the others when the Specter suddenly pops out of the bushes right in front of them with its arms out in a creepy way that makes them back away.

"I munda est!" The Specter growled angrily. With the Eclipse drawing so near, one of these boys have to be the Pure One its been searching so desperately for. If it doesn't catch one of them in time or otherwise they're not the Pure One, then it's going to be very annoyed.

Feeling slightly braver when she realizes her brother is in trouble, Bonnie boldly steps forward. "If you want to get to my brother then you have to go through me, you big meanie!" Dedenne pops out of her bag and stands up on her shoulder with cheeks sparking, proving her point.

Wordlessly, and possibly a little weirded out at the fact a little girl is going to try and stop it since its right eye is in a position where an eyebrow is raise, the Specter smacks Bonnie away, sending the poor girl flying.

"Bonnie!" The kids screamed before Clemont let out his Apiom Arm and catches his sister before she could hit anything.

"Bonnie, are you okay?" Clemont asked his sister frantically and in concern once he sees her sick expression after he pulls her back over to their side.

"Now I know how Ranger Stan and Freddie when this happened to them..." Came Bonnie's daze response, with Dedenne looking just as sick as her.

"I munda est!" Everyone jumps and look back at the Specter in fear. Oh right, they briefly forgot about this guy. They all began to back away slowly as the Specter begins to slowly float towards them with no way to run, fear is shining through their eyes. Although they all know the Specter is only after Ash and Clemont, it doesn't reassure the others on the possibilities of what the Specter could do to them.

Something, however, manage to catch Scooby's attention out of the corner of his eye. Looking to his right he sees the golf cart they had lost the night before. How did it get all the way out here? The last time he check, ghosts didn't know how to drive. But he didn't have to ponder on it when he remembers of the situation they're currently in. Hmm, the golf cart seem okay, minus of the few places that are covered in bumps. Maybe they could still get to work somehow...

"When I give the signal, we all run to the golf cart." Scooby whispers to all of them, only to receive confuse looks in return.

"Scooby, what are you-" But Serena didn't had time to finish her sentence when Scooby suddenly points to the left of them and shouts, "LOOK! IT'S THE WORLD'S MOST DISTRACTING OBJECT!"

Completely dumbfounded by the sudden shout, the Specter whip its head towards the direction Scooby pointed in an act of instinct. Luckily, this gives Scooby the chance to take out his hockey stick and hit the Specter with it. The Specter, not expecting the attack, is sent flying towards a tree.

"That was the signal if you're wondering!" Scooby tells them before they all broke into a run towards the battered golf cart.

"Aren't we just making the Specter madder by doing that?" Ash questions after hearing the Specter shouting things in a gibberish language he couldn't understand. A part of him didn't want to know what the Specter was saying.

"No talk! Keep running!" Scooby insisted. Ash was completely happy with that answer.

It didn't take long for them to reach the golf cart. Once they reach it, they quickly jump into their seats, the girls and Dedenne in the last row, the boys and Pikachu in the middle, and Shaggy and Scooby in the front row with Shaggy at the wheel. "Seatbelts." Shaggy reminded the kids calmly as they frantically tried to put their seatbelts on. Once making sure all of their seatbelts are in, Shaggy quickly starts up the golf cart and after a few times the engine didn't work, they're already speeding off.

The Specter, who is now floating up while seeing Eclipses spinning around its head to show that it's still dizzy from flying right into a tree. After shaking its head to regain its normal sights the Specter sees the golf cart already speeding off in a distance. A small wicked chuckle escape from the Specter, time to play.

"Shouldn't we be going faster than this?" Clemont asked nervously after checking behind them and is now looking at Shaggy, who is now lounging with Scooby while driving.

"Please, like, at the speed we're going and the fact Scooby hit the Specter hard enough so that it could probably give it a concussion, we'll be back at Camp in no time." Shaggy told them, he and Scooby looking completely calm compared to the slightly fearful looks of the kids.

Serena looks behind her and gasps with her eyes widening. "You spoke too soon!" She screams while pointing, catching everyone's attentions and turning around themselves before yelling. The Specter is flying right behind them and gaining speed fast. Also with the fact the floating cloak looks completely fine despite getting hit by a hockey stick and flying into a tree. This prompts the kids to glare at their elders.

Shaggy laughs sheepishly at their glares. "Alright, I stand corrected." He admits, but they didn't had any more time to argue because the Specter is already at their right side is now trying to grab Clemont.

"Ah! Floor it! Floor it!" Clemont begs, he and Ash trying to get as far as they can in their seats away from the Specter. Not being needed to be told twice, Shaggy quickly step on the accelerator. The golf cart speeds off, leaving the Specter in the dust, literally. After a moment of coughing out the dust, the Specter then speeds up its flying to chase after them.


A few miles up ahead, a couple of bushes began to rustle with voice emerging from them.

"It seems the twerps have this unexplainable habit of picking the most strangest places to take a vacation." A male voice spoke from the bushes.

"Tell me about it, James," A female voice said irately from the bushes. "When are we going to pop out? I don't know how much more I can take of these rodents running all over me!"

"Don't blow a fuse just yet, 'cause I can hear them come now!" A third voice spoke, which their words rang true. Up ahead they could hear the screams coming from the familiar twerps and some other two that they didn't have time to ponder on because they were getting ready to jump. At last, they can finally have that Pikachu! It might have took them nearly freezing to death and getting chased by a Ghoul, it'll all be worth it in the end. Besides, something is probably scaring the twerps towards them so they're okay with this "guy"!

"Do we jump yet?" The male voice asked, hearing the screaming getting louder.

"Not yet," The third voice told him patiently, listening to the screamer as it got closer.

"Now?!" The female voice asked impatient, the screaming is getting too close for her comfort.

"Not yet," The Third voice told her, waiting for the screams to get a little more close.

"MEWOTH!" The male and female voice all shouted at the third voice in both annoyance and impatient. What aren't they jumping out yet.

The third voice ignore his teammate's shouts and still listen to the screaming. Once they sound like they're only a few feet away, it shouted, "Now!"

With that, the three that had sprung out of the bushes and are now in the golf cart's path. However they didn't seem to care about the blaring light that is coming straight towards them.

"Prepare for trouble!" The female said with a pose.

"And make it doub-!" The male began to say before the golf cart speeds past them, leaving them in the dust.

"What the- HEY!" Jessie screams, she and her teammates not looking happy that they're being annoyed as they watch the Golf Cart speed off in the distance. "Don't ignore us!"

"We've been through a lot just to find you, Twerps!" James yelled with a shake of his fist.

"And trust us, it wasn't pretty!" Meowth screamed, swiping his little paws in the air with frustration. However, their annoyance was caught short when they heard something that sounded like gibberish to them from behind. Slowly, they turn their head to see the Specter flying straight towards them.

Seeing the floating phantom was enough to make Team Rocket scream and run out of the Specter's way, with the Specter continuing its pursue on the Golf Cart, probably not noticing the cowardly bad guys. But it was good enough for Team Rock because they are currently still running for their lives.

"First the Ghoul and now this?!" James screamed as he and his teammates still run as fast as they can.

"What's next, a real ghost?!" Jessie questions.

"TEAM ROCKET IS RUNNING OFF AGAIN!"


Shaggy's head suddenly shots up. He could have sworn he heard someone scream from behind them. "Like, did any of you guys heard that?" He questions all the passengers. The only thing he got in return is confused looks from them.

"No, I didn't hear anything!" Ash tells him, with everyone else nodding their agreement.

"Good," Shaggy nods before they hear the Specter yelling from behind them. "Cause I'm more worried about the Specter to worry about anything else!"

After saying that, the Specter is suddenly in front of the cart, gripping the hood tightly to keep it from falling. Seeing the Specter's red eyes in front of them cause them to scream with Shaggy jerking the wheel left to right, trying to shake the Specter off of them. However, the Specter's grip was tight, not being shaken off so easily. The Specter then punches through the windshield and is grabbing the wheel from Shaggy.

"Zoinks!" Shaggy shouts as he tries to get wheel back under his control. But that failed when the Specter puts its hand on his face, blocking his view. "AH! IT'S LIKE TOUCHING A OLD MAN'S DRY SKIN! SO GROSS!"

With the Specter now in control of the cart, they watch as the phantom turn the cart and is now going into the direction of the Cryptic Cliffs. "Ah! Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash ordered the Mouse Pokémon, already having an idea what the Specter is going to do to them when they reach the Cliffs. Pikachu nods in understanding before jumping onto Shaggy and unleashing a powerful Thunderbolt.

Good news, it manages to get the Specter to let go of the wheel and Shaggy and make it fall off the cart. Bad news, it shock Shaggy as well. "L-Like, thanks Ash..." The hippie said woozily, his hair all up in the fritz and some electricity is bouncing off of him.

"Don't mention it, Shaggy!" Ash said cheerfully, not noticing the condition his friend is in.

After regaining his senses, Shaggy grabs hold of the wheel and turns the cart back around so they're heading for the camp again. After that, it appeared to be easy driving for them.

"Did we lost it?" Shaggy asks the kids, who are looking at their surrondings.

"We can't see it!" Bonnie tells him, squinting her little eyes to see through the darkness.

"I think we did, Shaggy!" Serena finally confirms to the hippie. This made them all sigh in relief. Finally after a few suspenseful minutes of driving in a golf cart, they can finally head back to the camp with no-

"I munda est!"

Spoke too soon. The Specter had recovered from the Thunderbolt is now once again perusing them. They watch with fearful looks as the Specter flies up to the right side of the cart and grabs both Clemont and Ash by the arms.

"Hey, let go!" Ash demanded, both he and Clemont struggle to get their arms free. Luckily since they had their seatbelts on, it prevents the Specter from dragging them off. Not to mention Serena and Bonnie have both grabbed the boys' arms themselves and are trying to get the Specter to let go, which made it harder for the Specter.

"Let them go!" Bonnie screams, gripping tight onto her brother's arm to prevent him from letting the Specter take him. Serena herself, was grabbing onto Ash's arm, refusing to let her love interest be part of some sick ceremony. Soon Shaggy and Scooby join in the struggling by grabbing the Specter's arm to let go of the boys, with Shaggy being mindful of keeping his eyes on the rode.

The Specter was getting annoyed. How long are these vermin going to prevent it from its goal? All it needs to take these boys, find out if one of them is the Pure One and- Wait... Looking closely at the two boys who are both struggling to get out of its grasps, it could definitely see the major differences between them. The Blonde Boy, who was kicking and screaming to get away, had this fearful and cowardly look that all the other boys had when it kidnapped them and they weren't the Pure One. However, the raven-haired boy was different than all of the other boys it's kidnapped, he had this some sort of courage in his eye, like he's going to continue to fight for his life.

It's never seen anything like this before. All the boys were cowardly when it kidnapped them and the Blonde Boy shows the exact same trait. But the raven-haired boy is different. He has such courage, such righteousness, so Pure...

With a grunt, the Specter let go of Clemont and is now using both hands to pull Ash out of the cart. Ash, not expecting the sudden attack and became caught off guard, was pulled out of his seat but the seatbelt prevent him from going anywhere. "ASH!" Everyone screams once they see the Specter going after the boy. Now they all grabbed their raven-haired friend and try to get him out of the Specter's hold. Pikachu even join in by biting onto the Specter's sleeve to get it to let go.

Shaggy found himself in a state of panic. He can't help everyone else since he needs to look at the road to avoid crashing, a situation that can lead to a both positive or negative outcome. A possibility he didn't want to take with this kids around, but he knows that the Specter is going to get away with Ash if he doesn't help. Before Shaggy could continue his cowardly thoughts, he notices something up ahead of them.

Right there are two trees that are close together, but left a small opening that can make the golf cart go through barely. Maybe...

"Like, hang on everybody!" Shaggy yells, now gripping the wheel with both his hands and is stepping on the accelerator pedal hard. "We're going to be in for a bump ride!"

He's words manage to get everyone's attention, even the Specter's, as they turn their heads towards to where they're driving ahead too. Their eyes widen when they see Shaggy is driving straight towards a narrow opening in between two trees. In shock and to avoid getting hit, the Specter let go of Ash and is now flying away from the cart, but not without Pikachu tearing a piece of its cloak off since its little teeth were still biting onto it. Everyone but Shaggy had their eyes close in preparation.

They heard sounds of metal scratching, but that was it. Hesitantly, they open their eyes to see the golf cart still intact and they are now driving away from the trees. Seeing that they've made it, they all cheer. "Way to go, Shaggy!" Serena praised their driver, who smiles proudly.

"Like, thanks Serena!" He told her, before looking back at the road ahead of them. "Hey! I see the camp!" True to his word, they could see the Camp coming into sights. This brings great relief to them, finally they can be safe-

Sounds of the engine shutting down caught their attention. They watch as the golf cart grew slower and slower until it completely stop, no matter how many times Shaggy kept on stepping on the pedal, the cart wouldn't move. Then they heard a sick voice chucking at them. Hesitantly, they poke their heads out of the cart to see the Specter floating down in front of them, the horrible chuckle coming from it.

"Uh... Scooby? I'm starting to think like the Specter may or may not have intentionally left the golf cart out here just to spite us." Shaggy told his dog, who let out an exhausted, "Roh, roy..." How did he not see that coming?

"I munda est..." The Specter spoke with its arms out, readying to charge down on them. Acting quickly, everyone in the cart made a break for it as the Specter flew down towards them.


At the Main Building's cafeteria, the rest of Mystery Inc. were seated at a table, waiting for any sign of Shaggy and Scooby. They've been thinking about what happened with Shaggy and they couldn't help but feel a bit guilty. Okay, so Shaggy's voice had that awful puberty squeak, but it's been there ever since high school. They never really did made much of commotion of it until recently, and the reason they'll never know, but all that matter to them was making it up to Shaggy and Scooby.

However, as they wait for them the whole day, they notice that the sun has already set and the full moon is now in its place. This made them worry, they've been gone for too long.

"The moon is already up," Freddie notes. "How long do you think they're going be out there?"

"I'm getting worried," Daphne admits. "What if the Specter catches them?"

"Doubtful," Velma said, looking less concern then the rest of them. "If the Specter were after them, shouldn't they be screaming by now?"

Probably the fates insulting her, but they can hear screaming from Scooby, Shaggy's new creepy voice, and the kids outside the building. "You had to ask." Daphne glares at Velma before they all ran out of the building.


The Specter growled to itself as it tries to find the hiding Pure One amongst the bushes. Just when it finally found the Pure One after years of agonizing ways to kidnap boys, it only manages to lose him thanks to his friends. If it manages to perform the ceremony, it's going to do some things towards those people and they're not going to look the same ever again.

As the Specter floats by a couple of bushes, it could have sworn it heard one of them rustle. Stopping and floating back towards the bushes. The Specter stare at it intensely, almost daring it to move again. When it didn't and the Specter had grown impatient, it stuck its hand inside it and began to feel around it. The Pure One has to be here.

Unknown to the Specter, it was correct because everyone are currently hiding in the bushes it's inspecting. Their faces cringe with fear once they see the Specter's hand is now in the bushes and feeling around for them. "What do we do?" Serena mouths to Shaggy in a near state of panic, but Shaggy was going into one himself. He didn't know what to do, if they try running now the Specter could grab them. Oh, out of all the times for Shaggy and Scooby to leave their disguises at home! Luckily, Scooby, himself, had a plan...

The Specter grew more impatient as it now furiously check the bushes. Come one, not when it was so close! If the Pure One was not here, where else could he be? He couldn't have gotten far. No, he has to be here! Maybe if it would just-

Snap!

The Specter howl in pain once it felt something slap down hard on its fingers. Lifting it back up to cradle it in pain, the Specter sees a mousetrap has clamp down hard on its fingers.

Meanwhile in the bushes Scooby couldn't help but giggle at his old trap. He hadn't done something like that in a long time. However, the others didn't seem to find this amusing like he did. In fact, he's receiving glares from Shaggy, Ash, and Pikachu, mostly from Ash and Pikachu. With Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont, they mostly had weirded out looks because they wonder how a dog can carry a mousetrap. Dedenne, being fearful of the mouse trap, quickly hid back in Bonnie's bag.

"Okay, now that was just insulting." Ash said, with Pikachu shouting its agreement as well. However, its shouting was muffle by the piece of the Specter's cloak in its mouth.

"Yeah," Shaggy agreed with them, although his face showed more annoyance than anger. "Like, you should haven't done that Scoob. Now that Specter is really sore at us."

To prove his point, the Specter had ripped the bushes from the them and is now staring down at them, looking more angrier than ever since it still has the mousetrap in its hand. "See?!" Shaggy told Scooby while the kids grip each other in fear.

Before the Specter could garb Ash, it was stop by a voice shouting at it. "Alright Mr. Ghastly, leave my friends alone!" The Specter whip its head around to see Freddie standing before it with a bazooka-like gun on his shoulder and looks ready to fire it at any moment. Daphne and Velma stood behind him, looking worried at both of their situation and the gigantic weapon their friend is holding.

"I'm warning you, Specter," Freddie said, adjusting the weapon on his shoulder. "I'm an expert on traps and this bazooka is holding the world's thickest net and I swear if I pull this trigger, you're going be in a net oblivion."

"He's still obsess with the nets, isn't he?" Bonnie deadpan, not looking all impress.

"Eh, pretty much." Shaggy shrugged.

As Freddie began to fire the weapon, Velma spoke up. "Fred, wait! You stole that from Ranger Stan, remember? You probably don't know-" However, she didn't have time to finish her sentence when Freddie pulled the trigger and a net is suddenly wrapping around her and Daphne before it knock them to the ground.

Freddie grew confused when he didn't see the net wrapping around the Specter, and that smirking looking on the Specter didn't make him feel any better. Turning around, Freddie gasp and drops the weapon in shock when he sees the girls struggling to get out of the net. "Of course, I don't know what I'm doing since I pointed it backwards..." He admits shamefully.

The Specter shook its head in amusement before turning back to its victims, who were watching the scene with raise eyebrows before they remember their predicament. As the kids grip each other in fear, Shaggy was trying to find something he could use to drive the Specter. Something moving from his pocket alerted him and went to grab it, which turned out to be his flashlight. Remembering their first encounter with the Specter, Shaggy gets an idea.

"Hey, Spec!" He shouted, causing the Specter to stop flying and stare at him with wide eyes. During the whole chase, the Specter didn't stop once to pay attention to anything else since it was so determine to find the Pure One. But now it finally took the chance to listen to Shaggy's new voice, and a part of it wished it didn't.

"You remember this?!" Shaggy shouted, waving the flashlight around, not noticing that the Specter's horrified look is towards him and not the flashlight. "Like, if you come any closer to us, I will-!"

Shaggy didn't had time to finish his threat because the Specter let out the world's most terrified scream that seem to echo across the island, before the Specter flew straight back into the forest, screaming all the way.

"Huh, like the Specter must be more terrified of this thing than I thought." Shaggy remarks, tossing the flashlight. However, the others had a pretty good idea on why the Specter had ran away, but they didn't say anything since they knew it would only ruin Shaggy's mood.

"Is everyone okay?" Freddie asked after helping the girls out of the net. However, the only response he got was a huff from Shaggy and Scooby before they turn their heads away from them with arms crossed. The kids shout sympathetic looks towards the three teenagers, understanding now that they feel bad about their actions but Shaggy and Scooby aren't willing to forgive so easy.

"Yeah, we're fine." Ash decided to answer for all of them. "The Specter almost got us, but we manage."

"Good," Freddie sighed with relief. "The Eclipse is coming in a few days, so if we keep this up, then the Specter won't-"

"HOT BELGIAN WAFFLES!"

Everyone whipped their head back towards the camp when they heard that shout. "Like, I recognized that shout for waffles anywhere! That was Ranger Stan!" Shaggy tells them.

"It sounds like he's in trouble, come on gang!" Freddie yelled before they all made a break towards the camp.

They all ran into the Main Building to see Ranger Stan running up to them with a horrified look. "Ranger Stan, what happened?" Freddie questioned once they reach the old man, but since Stan was out of breath he couldn't tell them what they needed to hear quick enough.

"My... My... My..." Ranger Stan kept gasping out, before he took a deep breath and shouted something that left all of them speechless. "My magical crystal ball! The Specter stole it!"


Author's Note: Wow! Another nice and long chapter for all of you! We're getting closer to the "Big Reveal" so keep an eye out! Also, the Specter has found the Pure One, what could it mean for our heroes Stay tune for the next chapter!

Also, I think I need to get this out here. I haven't mention this before because I didn't know if I was going to get in, but I'm taking a Summer Program that's going to help me get settle in my new school tomorrow. I know there's a lot of you who love this story, but this is a big opportunity for me because I'm really nervous about my new school and I want to get an idea so I won't be that nervous. Also I'm going on vacation to Las Vegas soon for the week. I just want all of you to know in case I don't update regularly. I hope you understand and have a Happy Fourth of July!

SHOUTOUTS-

Steel Heart Alchemist: Phew, I'm glad your Grandmother is going to be alright and yeah, it's so cool! Yep, personally I found it creepy for J.K. Simmons to voice Shaggy, I can imagine you're trying to imagine it yourself. About Shaggy's voice, there are some times where I hear Shaggy's voice go so pass its breaking point I found it amazing that it didn't hurt his throat, so that's where I got the idea. Also I only put it so I can put that scene where the XY Gang hit Shaggy with their weapons. Regarding about how Serena got that cane, it was a part of one of her performances so she keeps it around, and Ash kept that baseball bat since the Case of the Hotel Ghoul, and Clemont often uses that mallet to build one of his inventions, so the only weapon Delia gave them was Bonnie's golf club. About how Sheriff Sam is still keeping his job, I figure it won't be a spoiler to tell you, the Governments between the Pokémon and the Real World really hate each other so they wouldn't care about what happens to an island where Pokémon and Animals are living in peace. I understand the stress of multitasking, it hurts my head sometimes. I hope you like this chapter!

Joltie: Yep, nothing beats bad guys like overprotective parents! Oh, please do! Yeah, Ash and his friends does have a habit of getting mixed up with those sort of people, don't they?

Guest: Thank you! Regarding Clemont's mallet, it's not the one from Kanto and Johto, it's just a mallet Clemont uses to build his inventions.

sunnyflight530: I'm glad you like it! There's still more of Stan of where that came from!

Matt: I'm glad you enjoy it. I understand your view of this and I apologize if Freddie and the girls seem like that, but they did sort of made up for it in this chapter. About the timeline for Scooby-Doo, this takes place in the movieverese like Scooby-Doo!: Camp Scare and Scooby-Doo!: Frakencreppy!. Now those are interesting suspects, but sadly we're drawing near the island. Also, this is suppose to be a crossover between Scooby-Doo and Pokémon with Gravity Falls references, also the character Ranger Stan is based off Grunkle Stan. I do like that idea, but it's too late to put them in.

Guest Reader: I'm really glad you're enjoying this story. Regarding the appearance of Team Rocket, does this chapter answer your question? I originally planned for them to appear in some after-story chapter, but I did this as soon as I saw your reply. I know it's not technically your idea, but I hope you enjoy it.