Well, everyone, inspiration has struck, and I've decided I should finish up this story before I update my other stories, rather than keeping it on hiatus. So here you go!
*XIV*
Everyone stared at Sora, shocked and confused. "You're the prince?! Why didn't you say so, before?" Kairi asked, while the meddlers swept away all the passed-out fan-girls.
"Well, it's a long story… starting with why Jim and I got kicked out of the castle-" Sora began to explain.
"Hold it. You were KICKED-OUT of your castle?" Daphne questioned. "I thought you came here to make a union!"
"That's HALF of it…" Jim admitted, then began to rinse his mouth out with mouthwash.
"Here's what happened…" Sora began.
~Flashback Time! Yaaaaay!~
We get a view of Sora's kingdom, a week prior to his and Jim's arrival to Kairi's castle. Standing before them was Kyouya Ootori, Sora's uncle and guardian. The original king had stepped down from his position, and since his queen had passed away (wow that's happening to a lot of royal parents, isn't it?) and Sora was an heir to the throne, he left the position to Kyouya, the only other living relative coming from a noble bloodline, to take care of Sora and teach him how to rule… then immediately hit the tropics, sending a postcard once in a while.
(Kyouya didn't have the heart to tell Sora that his father just didn't want to raise a kid- thus why we decided NOT to mention his name).
Anywho, Kyouya had been looking after Sora since he was a little child of 3, trying to teach him how to rule a kingdom. Problem was, due to hanging around Jim far too long (who was working as a servant to help pay bills to his mother's Inn), the prince wanted to have fun rather than learn lessons, and had skipped a few to run off to have fun- only to cause trouble.
And Kyouya was sick of it. "Sora, your behavior over the past 4 years is inexcusable," he said, sternly. "So far this month I've received news about you having your friends, Ven and Roxas, pose as you so you could skip classes; A call from Sarah Hawkins about you and Jim crashing your solar-surfers into each other; and finally, after attending a late-night party at the Roxbury, Jim grabbing Iago and throwing him at a piggybank shouting 'Angry Birds'! Have you any sense of responsibility left in your head?!"
Sora cringed. "I'm sorry, Uncle Kyouya. We weren't hurting anybody, we were just-" he tried to say, but the piercing glare from his uncle told him it would be wise not to make excuses.
"It's all my fault, your majesty," Jim spoke up. "I kept dragging Sora into it-"
"You're lucky I haven't fired you, Hawkins," Kyouya said, sharply. "Apparently, you don't exactly know how important it is for Sora to be a prince, let alone a few short years before his coronation to become king. Your time with him is causing nothing but a distraction to his lessons, and something must be done about it."
"W-Wait, are you saying Jim and I can't see each other, anymore?" Sora gasped, from the way his uncle was talking.
"I'm not going to get executed, am I?" Jim gulped, from the way Kyouya was talking.
Light reflected off Kyouya's glasses, giving him a startling expression. "No… I suppose both would be 'too' cruel of punishments. Instead, since you both are so close… you'll both be exiled from the kingdom for the rest of your days," he answered.
"WHAT?" Sora and Jim gasped.
"Unless…" Kyouya rubbed his chin, pretending to ponder. "You do a favor for our kingdom. There is a kingdom 345 miles from here. A while ago, a friend of mine- the one who runs the kingdom- came across a tragic situation, unaware of his position. He was to meet with me years ago, but sadly disappeared. …I believe his second wife has something to do with it."
"What do you want us to do about it?" Jim asked.
"I want you to go to the castle. Say you are requesting to form a union between our kingdoms… and try to figure out what happened to the king and find evidence to help us to remove the 'queen' from office."
Sora and Jim looked at each other. "What if we can't find anything?" Sora asked.
Kyouya gave him a fierce, yet calm, look. "Then don't bother coming back."
"Believe us- we will be back." Jim said, giving Kyouya a glare.
They began to leave, until Kyouya snapped his fingers. "Not so fast, Hawkins. For this little quest, you will have a specific role,"
"Yeah? What?"
Kyouya gave a sly smirk. "Until you both return, you're going to pose as the prince."
~End of Flashback, aaawww!~
"So, your uncle knows about Bellatrix?" Kairi questioned. "Why hasn't he sent an army or something to take her out, then?!"
"Not enough evidence," Jim answered, shrugging.
"He said he had found a record of her being a witch, but couldn't prove if she had used her magic for evil purposes. He sent us here to find clues, after some sleuths he hired failed to return…" Sora answered.
"Those sleuths happen to be all of us," Biff 1 said, motioning to all the gangs.
"Whenever any of us got close enough to disclose her true form and plans, she'd pull some spell to capture us and make us her slaves," Valerie added.
"And she exiled Scooby, Jabber, Speedy, Fangsy, Cavey, Sebastian, and Mudsy so they couldn't help us capture her," Kim put in. "Without their help, we didn't have enough power to take her down. For us, they play a big part in helping us catch crooks,"
"…Well, except Sebastian. He doesn't do much, since he's just a cat." Tinker said… and Sebastian hit him with a snowball. "Hey!"
Sebastian only blew a raspberry at him.
"But now that you're out of the castle, you can come with us to Sora's kingdom!" Kairi exclaimed. "With all you as witnesses, we can overthrow Bellatrix and restore the kingdom!"
"Oh, that is a wonderful plan! Except for one thing…" came a voice.
Everyone turned, seeing Bellatrix standing there… and with her was a creature with the masculine body of a lion, the head similar to that of a bison, and arms and legs like that of a wolf- the beast!
"My beast here is going to kill you all," Bellatrix's cold gaze fell upon Kairi. "Starting with you, princess."
"Run Kairi!" Biff 2 shouted, while he and the rest of the meddlers formed a wall between her and the witch and beast.
"Scooby, you and the rest of the guys get Kairi to somewhere safe!" Velma ordered.
"Right!" Scooby said, and he, Fangface, Jabberjaw, Sebastian, Mudsy, and Captain Caveman leaped into Speed Buggy and shot off with Kairi.
"I'll handle Bellatrix," Sora said, summoning his keyblade. "I've handled worse witches than you, anyway!"
"We'll see," Bellatrix sneered, raising her wand, then turned to the beast. "Get the princess."
The Beast snarled, but was blocked by the meddlers. "You want Kairi, you'll have to go through us!" Mudsy snapped.
The Beast roared… scaring Shaggy, Alexander, and all the other cowards up the nearest tree. He prepared to strike the rest, but was hit by a snowball, and he turned to see Jim. "Hey, furball! Why don't you pick on your own species?!" the teen shouted.
In response, the Beast built a large snowball and chucked it at Jim, burying him in snow! He then barreled past the meddlers, knocking them into the snow, and ran off to find Kairi. "After it, quick!" Alan yelled, and they ran off after the Beast.
Bellatrix kept zapping spells at Sora, who luckily managed to dodge or block, and kept blasting at her with his keyblade, but to no avail.
Meanwhile with Kairi and the other meddlers, they were speeding back toward the castle. "We can't just leave them! We have to go back!" Kairi cried.
"But you might get killed!" Jabberjaw replied, concerned.
"Yeah, Kairi. I know what it's like to die- and it's NOT fun!" Mudsy added.
"I don't care! Bellatrix has been controlling my life ever since my father disappeared, tried to have me killed, destroyed everything my parents believed in, tried to force Jim into marriage, and now she's sent her beast to kill off the only friends I've ever had!" Kairi said, forcefully. "I am NOT going to just turn my back and run! Speed Buggy, turn around- we're saving our friends!"
"Rairi's right! We're roing rack!" Scooby said, equally determined.
"Ooh, ooh, I'm with the dog! *grr* We gotta help our friends!" Fangface added.
"Alright, lets go witch-hunting then! Nyuck-nyuck-nyuck!" Jabberjaw agreed.
"Vroom-a-zoom-zoom!" Speed Buggy exclaimed, turning around and speeding back toward their hideout…
Stopping in his tracks when the Beast leaped in front of them! "Why don't you pick on someone your own species?!" Mudsy snapped, flying up to the Beast… who roared in his face. The phantom raced back over, ducking behind Fangface. "Uh, Fangsy, you're closer to his species! Why don't you handle him?"
"*grr* Sure thing, guys! I'll get him!" Fangface said, and with a short howl, leaped in front of the Beast, both of them growling at each other.
"He won't be able to handle him alone," Kairi said, and summoned her keyblade, running up to Fangface's side, and summoning a ball of light at the end of her blade. "Lets take out this thing,"
"KAIRI! PUT OUT THE LIGHT, QUICK!" Captain Caveman cried. "Looks too much like sun!"
"What about a light?" Fangface said, then looked at the ball of light.
"Gah! Too late!" Mudsy gasped.
"I ran't rook!" Scooby whimpered.
Fangface suddenly began to swirl around, and turned into a lanky teenager, Fangs. "Huh? What am I doing out here? Last thing I remember, we were lying around after getting trampled by a moose, and-" he began to say, but was cut short by snarling. He turned toward the Beast, and instantly paled. "YEOW! WHAT IS THAT THING?! Somebody SAVE ME!"
He then ran and ducked down in Speed Buggy's backseat. "And THAT'S why he's not allowed to look at the sun, or anything close to it!" Jabberjaw explained.
Kairi turned to the Beast, who growled at her. She then realized too late that it had been a while since she had used her keyblade, for her first strike ended up missing the Beast and hitting a tree branch, knocking a bunch of snow onto the meddlers! She tried again, this time knocking the Beast back, but only made him angry.
"Kairi! The statue!" Crysta shouted to her, using her powers to move vines off the statue. "Use your keyblade to throw the statue at him!"
Kairi aimed, managing to move the statue. This, however, upset the Beast and he lunged at her, making her lose her concentration and drop the statue off to the side. Captain Caveman leaped to the rescue, bashing the Beast on the head, distracting him long enough for Kairi to try to levitate the statue again… but she paused.
She stared at the statue, walking over to it. "Uh, Kairi?! This is no time for sight-seeing!" Mudsy called.
That face… I've seen it somewhere before! Kairi thought, studying the statue- the short hair, the wide eyes, the face that resembled that of a young boy's, but had features that made it clear it was a girl. She remembered seeing the same kind of face on old portraits in the kingdom, before Bellatrix destroyed them…
"Mom?" Kairi whispered, gasping.
The Beast grabbed the club from Captain Caveman and struck him with it, knocking him into the other meddlers, then turned toward Kairi.
Back with Sora, Bellatrix managed to disarm him and used the Crucio curse on him, making him dangle in the air, writhing in pain. She smiled, preparing to strike him dead. Jim raced toward her to tackle her, but she struck him next, knocking him back, then turned back to Sora, her wand glowing green…
The Beast snarled and Kairi turned around, stunned, leaning against the statue as if imagining her mother would hold her defensively. The Beast paused, looking at both the princess and the statue, and realized they both seemed familiar, and his glare softened. Kairi studied his expression, seeing how he looked at the statue… the same way her father would look at the portraits of her mother… "Dad?" she guessed, quietly.
The other meddlers arrived. "Kairi!" Josie called. "Don't worry, we'll save-"
"It's my dad!" Kairi called to them. "Bellatrix must have cursed him!"
"How do we break the curse?" Shelly asked.
"Agh!" came a shout of pain, and Kairi recognized it as Sora's voice.
Without hesitation, she grabbed her keyblade, and ran over, seeing Bellatrix was torturing the prince. "Avara-" Bellatrix began to say.
*ZAP!*
Kairi struck her with her keyblade, finding her strength and not holding back. "This is for my MOM!" she shouted, striking the witch again. "This is for my DAD!" *Zap!* "This is for the kingdom!" *Zap!*
Bellatrix blasted at Kairi furiously, but the princess dodged. "You think that you can defeat me so easily?! Your prince couldn't even defeat me!" she snarled. "What makes you think-"
*ZAP!*
"And that's for your big mouth!" Kairi snapped.
Bellatrix stumbled, dropping her wand. She quickly reached for it… but Jim snatched it first, glaring at her. "And THIS… is for trying to make me your boy-toy!" he sneered, and snapped the wand in half!
There was a blast of light from the wand, which shot across the entire forest. Bellatrix screamed, her hair turning gray as her skin began to wrinkle. "YOU FOOL! All my power came from that wand! Without it-" she was shouting, but withered away into dust.
Back with the meddlers, they watched as the Beast was surrounded in light, as well as the statue… and once the lights disappeared, in their places stood Tamaki and Haruhi. "HARUHI!" Tamaki squealed, hugging his wife. "YOU'RE ALIVE OH MY GOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONE FOREVER I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU!"
"I *gack* missed you too, Tamaki…" Haruhi gasped, as Tamaki hugged her tight. "C-Can you lighten your grip, please? This is the first time I've gotten to breath in a while…"
Kairi ran over to Sora, Jim at her side. "Are you okay?" she asked the prince.
"Yeah… wow, you really put a new meaning to 'fight like a girl', " he said, grinning.
Jim helped him up, and they ran over to the king and queen, who immediately hugged their daughter. "Mom, I thought you were swept out to sea…"
"It seemed that way…" Haruhi said. "But instead I was turned to stone, and placed in the middle of the forest. Bellatrix planned it that way, so that I could serve as a distraction to Tamaki in case he ever tried to leave the boundaries of the forest after she turned him into a Beast. …She bragged about her plan in front of me, not knowing I could hear her even as a statue,"
"Oh, I'm so glad to have you both back!" Tamaki squealed, hugging them both, then turned to Sora, Jim, and the meddlers. "Oh, how can I thank you all enough?"
"Well, your highness, it was actually Kairi who saved the day," Sora said.
"But I couldn't have done it without any of your help," Kairi told him, looking at all her friends. "I wouldn't have survived without any of you. I have to thank you somehow,"
"Whatever you want, you name it," Haruhi said.
The meddlers all looked at each other, smiling, while Sora and Jim looked at each other, having matching grins.
*XIV*
Next Chapter: The Ending!
Cameos:
-Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
-Kyouya (Ouran High School Host Club)