Sorry for the delay. I've been busy with other stories, including a new one that's the same as this one, but with different characters.

But we'll get to that later. For now, let's try to finish THIS story.

0o0o0o0o0

Buckbeak flew up to the balcony, and Shaggy gracefully lifted Jazz onto it. "Goodnight, my prince..." Jazz said, dreamily, then thought about what she just said. How much cheesier can I get? she thought.

"Like, 'night." Shaggy said, looking up at Jazz, awestruck. Their faces were inches apart.

Buckbeak grinned. He couldn't resist his next action. Shaggy was standing on his shoulders, and he hunched upward, forcing him into a kiss with Jazz. The two teens were surprised at first, but relaxed as they slowly pulled away, blushing.

"Well, um- Night!" Jazz said, quickly rushing into her room. Oh, my gosh! I actually KISSED a boy! ...Take THAT, mom and dad!

Like, wow! I kissed a girl! Shaggy thought, a smile widening on his face. "YES!" He exclaimed, falling back on Buckbeak, who gently hovered downward. "For the first time in my life, things are actually going right..."

"GOTCHA!" Someone shouted as a dozen hands grabbed Shaggy and tied his hands behind his back and put a gag around his mouth.

The startled teen looked around, seeing Inuyasha, Sesshomoru, Steve, Ben, and Kevin, and the guards then threw a net over Buckbeak, holding the Hippogriff down.

Looking around in horror, Shaggy saw that Scooby Doo was trapped inside a net as well, and Puggsy was gagged and tied up. They were both hanging upside down by a tree.

Then Vlad stepped forward. "Ben, Kevin, Spongebob- you stay here and guard Shali's comrades- make sure they try not to escape." He ordered. "I'll deal with them later." he turned to Inuyasha. "You and the others take care of the 'other' part of the job."

"With pleasure," Inuyasha said, chuckling evilly.

"Um, what's the other part of the job?" Ben asked as he helped Kevin tie Buckbeak down.

Vlad turned stoic. "Nothing a young boy should know."

"But Steve's a 'young boy', too!" Kevin argued.

"I'm older than you, therefore I'm not as young. So nyah!" Steve said, sneering.

"Why you-"

"Enough! Just do your job!" Vlad snapped.

"I oughtta-" Puggsy yelled through his gag, but the rest of his threats were muffled out.

Shaggy glowered at Vlad and tried to get free, but Steve hit him upside the head, and his vision went black.

0o0o0o0o0

When he regained consciousness, he was falling off a cliff- no, he was shoved off! The last thing he saw was Steve, Inuyasha and Sesshomoru leaning over the edge, laughing evilly.

The cold, icy water stung with chill, and Shaggy tried to swim up, but his hands were still tied... and he was attached to a ball and chain. Man, they just can't give a guy a break, can they? he thought bitterly.

As he bobbed upward, the lamp fell out of his pocket. Seeing it, he swayed his body forward, trying to reach it, but it was a foot too far from him... and he was running out of air.

Finally, after a feeble attempt, he couldn't hold his breath any longer and passed out, falling on the underwater dune, sending a wave of water upward... and rocking the lamp enough for it to slide and rub against his hand! (hallelujah!)

Fangface materialized out of the lamp, wearing Bermuda swimshorts and sunglasses. "It never fails. You're in the pool, and there's a rub at the lamp! (grr)" He said jokingly, then turned toward Shaggy. "Hello? ...Shag!" He grabbed Shaggy by the shoulders and shook him. "Ooh! Ooh! Shag, you can't cheat on this one! (snarl) You've got to say 'Fangface, I wish that you would save my life'. (grr) Got it?"

Shaggy's head nodded downward, as he was still passed out.

"(grr) I'll take that as a 'yes'. Man your stations! Red Alert! Red Alert!" Fangface grabbed Shaggy and rocketed out of the water to the edge of the cliff. He pressed his stomach, pumping the water out of his lungs.

"(cough, cough) Fangface?" Shaggy gasped, rolling on his side and spitting out the rest of the water.

"(snarl) Don't SCARE me like that! ...I mean, I wasn't scared- since we werewolves don't get scared- But, sheesh! You nearly gave me a heart-attack! (grr) Kids and their stunts..."

"Fangface, I... Thanks." Shaggy said, smiling.

Fangface smiled back, pulling Shaggy into a hug. "Ah, Shag, (grr) I'm getting kind of fond of you. (snarl) I mean, not that I'd like to pick out curtains or anything. No sir (grr)." Hanging on to Shaggy, they shot back to the palace.

0o0o0o0o0

Jazz sat at her dresser, humming "A Whole New World" as she brushed her hair, smiling after her fun-filled rendezvous. Hobbes chuckled.

"Sounds like somebody had a good time, tonight." Hobbes chuckled.

"A certain other somebody is correct." Jazz said, chuckling and rubbing under Hobbes' chin.

"Jazz?" Jack's voice called, knocking on the door.

"Come in." Jack opened the door, and he had a blank look in his eyes (gee, I wonder why). Jazz was too happy to notice. "Oh, Dad, tonight is the most wonderful night to be alive!"

"It sure is, Jazz. I've found a boyfriend for you..."

Jazz's smile faded and she began to glower. "It had better be that tall, hansom rich Prince that arrived in town, today."

"Nnnope. It's Vladdy." Vlad walked out from behind Jack, holding his snake staff. Calvin is with him, grinning his evil trademark grin.

"Wow, you were WAY off." Hobbes said, shocked.

"EEW! Dad, I can't date Vlad! He's, what, 800 years old!"

"I assure you, Jazz, I'm not as old as you think I am." Vlad said, calmly keeping his cool.

"Yeah, he's older! Ha ha!" Calvin joked. Vlad bonked him on the head, silencing him.

"Dad, you can't do this!" Jazz protested. "I don't need someone to choose who I should date, I'm old enough to make my own choices! ...And I choose Shali!"

"Shali left to attend some more important matt-" Vlad began to explain.

"Better check your crystal ball again, Vlad!" A voice said from the balcony curtains. They looked over and saw Shaggy, arms crossed and not so happy.

"Shali!" Jazz exclaimed, joyously, then turned to Vlad. "Ha! Liar!"

"How the heck-" Calvin shouted, but caught himself. "I mean, what's going on, Uncle Vlad?"

"Vlad's not your uncle." Hobbes said to Calvin. "He's not even in our comic strips!"

"Shush! You're killing the plot!"

"What's going on in here?" Danny asked as he and Maddie came into the room, hearing the commotion.

"Nothing... except Vlad tried to get the guards to kill me!" Shaggy snapped.

"WHAT?" Jazz, Danny, Maddie and Hobbes all shouted, angrily turning to Vlad.

"That's not true!" Calvin lied.

"No, it is not. Shali is obviously lying..." Vlad said, holding his snake staff up to Jack's face.

"Obviously... lying..." Jack said, lost in his trance.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Danny yelled, noticing Vlad's action first. He ran up and yanked the snake staff out of his hands, then smashed it to the ground, and ending Jack's trance.

"Huh? What happened? What's going on?" Jack asked once he snapped out of it.

"Dad, Vlad's been hypnotizing you with THIS!" Danny held the broken snake staff up to Jack.

"What the... VLAD!" Jack turned to Vlad. "How could you do this to me? We went to College together!"

"Uh, I can explain-" Vlad stammered.

"Way to go, Hypno-Head." Calvin muttered.

"Guards!" Maddie yelled. "Get that man!"

"And his bratty nephew, too!" Danny added.

They all crowded in front of Vlad and Calvin. Shaggy was close enough for Vlad to spot the lamp in the pocket of his jacket, but before the villain could reach for it, Ben and Kevin burst into the room and grabbed him. Calvin tried to run but Hobbes tackled him and held him down.

"This isn't the end!" Vlad shouted, grabbing Calvin, then he did the unexpected- turned into Vlad Plasmius and disappeared, causing Ben and Kevin to grab onto each other in headlocks.

"Nice going, Tennyson! You let him get away!" Kevin muttered, pushing Ben away.

"What? I did not! YOU didn't have a good hold on him!" Ben argued.

"Boys! You can argue later!" Maddie shouted. "Right now, you've got to go find Vlad!" They nodded, and Ben turned into Ghost Freak and he and Kevin split.

"Jazz, are you alright?" Shaggy asked.

"Yes I'm-" Jazz began, but Danny rushed past them.

"Sorry, I'm just going to, uh... Go round up the guards!" Danny said, running around the corner, then he turned into Danny Phantom. "Right after I track down Vlad."

"Um, I'm fine." Jazz held Shaggy's hands- they were shaking. "Um, are you feeling okay, Shali?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm okay." Shaggy said, nervously. "I mean, it's not every day you see a guy turn into a g-g-g-g-g-"

"Ghost?"

"Please don't say that around me."

Jazz chuckled. "Don't worry. I won't." She hugged Shaggy, calming him down.

"This is an outrage." Jack said through clenched teeth. "First, my friend betrays me, and now it turns out he's a ghost! What-"

"Jack," Maddie whispered to her husband, nodding over to Jazz and Shaggy. "Look!"

Jack gasped. "Could it be? My daughter has finally found a boyfriend! And he's not a motorcycle-riding bad boy! ...You aren't a motorcycle bad boy, are you?" Shaggy shook his head. "In that case, THIS IS FANTASTIC!"

"Oh, my little girl is finally growing up! Soon, you'll both be going steady, then- if things go well for the next few years- you'll be married, and you, Shali, will be the next king!"

"You got it all planned out, don't you mom?" Jazz asked, sarcastically.

"Wait- Marriage? KING?" Shaggy replied. He loved Jazz, but he wasn't expecting any big dividends THIS soon. "Zoinks..."

"Yes, king!" Jack replied. "Oh, man! Just wait 'til everyone hears about THIS!"

While Jazz and her parents were rejoicing, Shaggy walked back onto the balcony, unsure about this situation. "What have I done?"

0o0o0o0o0o0

Vlad and Calvin arrived in their hidden laboratory, and Calvin ran like heck to the shelves, grabbing a suitcase. "This is bad! This is BAD!" the six-year-old stammered.

Vlad, however, didn't seem all that worried. "All this time... That bumbling coward had the lamp!" he said, grinning as an idea appeared in his head.

"Oh, man, we've got to high-tail it!" Calvin began stuffing everything in the lab into his suitcase, unaware of Vlad's unconcerned expression. "Quick, pack the knives, the transmogrifier, and- How about this picture of us in the Cannes? I don't know, I think I'm making a weird face in it- oh, wait, I always make weird faces in photos..."

As Vlad thought about his plan, he burst out laughing, maniacally. "HA ha ha ha HA!"

"Oh, man, he's finally snapped!" Calvin ran up to Vlad, climbing on to his shoulders and tapping his forehead with his fist. "Yo, Earth to Vlad! Get a grip!" Vlad grabbed Calvin by the throat. "Gack! Good grip..."

"That fool, Shali is actually that fool, Shaggy- and he has the lamp!"

"WHAT? By golly, I'm gonna-"

"-get that lamp from him!"

"...Huh?"

0o0o0o0o0

A/N: Alright, up next comes the most dramatic chapter of all! (This is gonna be good!) Please review, but for the love of all that's pure NO FLAMES!