The next day, the group went to a diner.
"Shaky Joe's Coffee?" Cherry asked. "Never heard of this place... But then again, I'm not much of a coffee fan."
"Also, not as homey or comforting as Hilda's coffeehouse," Mo added. "I love hanging out there with everybody from school."
Shaggy sighed as he looked glum.
"What's wrong with you?" Cherry asked him.
"This is so, like, boring. What are we supposed to do if we're not solving mysteries?" Shaggy sighed as he tapped his coffee cup with his spoon. "Hey, Shaky Joe, what do you do in your spare time?"
"I-I knit!" Shaky Joe said as he shook violently before taking out something he knitted, pouring coffee into Scooby's bowl. "It's a scarf!"
"Uh, it's nice." Patch said.
"Hmm..." Scooby smiled, looking curiously to the coffee in his dish.
"There must be something fun to do other than solving mysteries or going on adventures..." Cherry said as she checked her laptop.
"Hey, there's something we could do," Daphne pointed out on the laptop screen. "There's a crafts fair in McKimson Park."
"That sounds like fun." Mo smiled.
"Are you crazy?!" Shaggy yelped. "I'm terrified of Papier-mâché."
"Why?" Cherry asked.
"I had a bad experience." Shaggy replied.
"...Okay," Cherry blinked. "No crafts fair for Shaggy."
Scooby soon began to sniff the coffee before shrugging and began to drink it.
"Oh, this can only end so well." Patch said nervously, especially as he thought of whenever Stitch would drink coffee, even if he wasn't a real dog like Lilo thought when she adopted him.
"Or we could go bowling?" Daphne suggested.
"Oh! I love bowling!" Mo beamed.
"Are you kidding?" Shaggy replied. "Do you have any idea how many people are killed by bowling pins every year?"
"I'm guessing approximately none." Velma said.
Scooby began to go crazy after drinking the coffee. Patch put his paws to his face in slight worry as he felt like he knew that this would happen.
"I have to avoid all things that are scary because of my cute trophy disorder thingy." Shaggy reminded the others.
Scooby soon ran all around as he was very hyper from the caffeine and he was soon shown on top of Shaggy's head.
"Um, Joe, what was Scooby-Doo just drinking?" Shaggy asked.
"Looks like coffee," Shaky Joe said as he noticed something strange and soon poured the bowl in his coffeemaker while shivering as it seemed to happen again due to how shaky he was. "Gee, I wonder how that happened?!"
"I might have a good idea." Patch said to himself.
The bell connected to the door soon rang as Fred came into the diner.
"Fred, look out!" Cherry warned.
"Hey, every-" Fred greeted, only to be tackled down on the floor by Scooby.
Scooby soon ran all around as he was acting a lot weirder than usual due to the coffee.
"I warned you." Cherry shrugged.
Fred soon came to sit down at the booth with his friends and soon let out a sad sigh.
"What's the matter, Fred?" Daphne asked in concern.
"I'm failing Science," Fred sulked. "Mr. Fleitcher didn't like my project."
"Why?" Mo asked.
"Don't tell me, your science project was a trap." Cherry spoke up.
"It was to describe Newton's law of motion!" Fred defended.
Cherry rolled her eyes from that.
"Maybe not every project has to be a trap." Atticus said.
"I think that's a great idea." Velma agreed.
Scooby soon kept zipping all around and laughing from his caffeine rush as Patch tried to go after him.
"If I don't come up with an extra-credit project, I won't graduate," Fred told his friends. "You guys got any ideas?"
"How about the anti-gravity effects of caffeine?" Shaggy suggested as he soon watched Scooby running around on the ceiling.
"I know, my Uncle Ted just invested in this new spa resort." Daphne smiled as began to dig through her purse.
"Yeah?" Cherry asked.
"Yeah, it's in La Serena!" Daphne smiled as she brought out a brochure from her purse. "Here's a brochure!"
"Nice." Fred smiled as he took a look.
"And there's a paleontologist dig going on in town, Uncle Ted can give us a room and a spa and you can volunteer to help on the dig," Daphne smiled back as she gave the brochure to Shaggy. "And the best part, Shaggy can go; it'll be relaxing and not scary, look."
"'La Serena: the least haunted town in America'," Shaggy read aloud. "Heh! Like, wow!"
"It's officially certified by the U.S. Bureau of Supernatural Forces," Daphne smiled. "We should go."
"Come on, Shaggy, it'll be just like old times, only without all the screaming." Fred suggested.
"Yeah... I don't know, Fred." Shaggy said.
Velma took the brochure out of his hands and took a look at it for herself before smiling as she said, "It says La Serena has three different all-you-can-eat restaurants."
"When do we leave?!" Shaggy beamed, taking out a fork and knife, sliding in beside her.
Scooby soon joined them all for a laugh as he zipped around the coffee shop.
"Should we go with them?" Mo asked Cherry and Atticus.
"I don't think Lionel wants to come, but maybe I'll check it out." Cherry shrugged.
"I'll come along." Atticus smiled.
"Count me in too." Patch also smiled.
"I definitely wanna go," Mo beamed. "Looks like we're in too, Daph. Be sure to tell your Uncle Ted!"
"Can do." Daphne smiled at that.
And so, they got in the Mystery Machine and began to drive off to the desert off to La Serena.
Meanwhile with Leo, Luna, Chedra, and the Extreme Dinosaurs...
Luna soon came out of her room as she was in a slightly better mood than she was before.
"Surprise!" Chedra smiled as she held out a plate of cheese rolls. "Here you go, Luna."
"Wow! Thanks!" Luna smiled back as she took one to eat. "Mm~... Cheesy~..."
"You sure seem happy." Spike smiled back.
"I'm a little bit better," Luna said softly. "I guess I just needed some rest."
"Yeah, we get it," Leo replied. "I know you miss Mom and Dad, believe me, I miss them too."
"Now finish up your cheese rolls, we're going to La Serena where we have a surprise for you." T-Bone said.
"La Serena?" Luna asked. "Isn't that a spa resort?"
"Well, yeah, but there's something else pretty cool goin' on down there," Bullzeye grinned. "Wait 'til you see the-"
"Bup! Bup! Bup!" Leo said, covering the pterodactyl's mouth with a sheepish chuckle. "I'm sure you'll love it, Lunes."
"Hmm... I guess going to a spa would be nice." Luna said.
Leo and the rest of the Extreme Dinosaurs grinned at that. Luna soon tucked into her cheese rolls as they were her favorite while everybody else looked and felt happy to see that she was happy. Unknown to them, their trip to La Serena would be an adventure.
Eventually, Chedra took Luna's cheese roll plate and decided to clean it. Leo, Luna, and their Extreme Dinosaurs family soon got in their craft to leave home to visit La Serena once Chedra would come back after washing the dishes. And as they left for La Serena for a surprise for Luna, Leo and the others had to make sure Bullzeye didn't spill the beans.
"I'm gonna listen to some music." Luna decided.
"Sure, clear your mind," Leo smiled. "Just think of this as a little family vacation."
Luna smiled back before she decided to put on her headphones and listen to music on her phone.
"We should be in La Serena soon." Chedra said.
"Thanks for this, Chedra," Leo smiled. "I'm sure Luna will really appreciate it later. Every time our little family issue bothers her, I try to do something nice for her, like take her out to ice cream or a movie."
"Well, this trip to La Serena will be perfect." Chedra smiled back.
Leo beamed as he sat back to relax while Luna listened to her music and played a bit of "air keyboard" while she was distracted from the conversation.
"Just don't say anything." Hard Rock warned Bullzeye.
"All right, all right," Bullzeye rolled his eyes. "I just hope for Luna's sake that those Raptors don't show up."
"Oh, come on; like they would be in La Serena." Spike said.
"Yeah... You're probably right," Leo replied before smirking and narrowing his eyes. "But if they do, I'm gonna beat 'em 'til they're black and blue."
They all laughed at that as they soon made way to La Serena, though unaware that they would meet some recently new/old friends of theirs once they would get there.
And as for the adventure group, they traveled to La Serena with the Scooby gang as they followed the GPS.
'You will soon be approaching your destination.' The GPS said.
"I thought you disconnected the GPS, Fred?" Velma commented.
"It was a long drive and I needed directions." Fred smiled innocently.
"Why not use a map?" Mo suggested.
"Maps are so old school," Fred replied. "Nobody uses a map anymore."
"Yes, but because of this GPS, we've been to five chili joints, an all-night bowling alley, and a meteor crater." Velma reminded.
"And don't forget the tattoo parlor." The GPS replied.
"Oh, right." Patch shrugged.
"Like, I will never forget the tattoo parlor," Shaggy said as he then showed his tattoo which was of a chicken leg and a mouth to eat it, so he flexed his arm. "When I flex, it looks like it's chewing."
"Heh... Yeah, it kinda does." Cherry had to admit.
"Didn't the doctor forbid Shaggy to get into this van?" Velma then reminded.
"He told him not to get into the Mystery Machine," Fred replied. "That's why I repainted."
"The 'Mustard Machine'?" Daphane said as she looked back to see what the vehicle was called now.
"Huh... How did I not notice that before?" Atticus asked as he looked out with Daphne.
Eventually, they were driving right into La Serena.
"Hope you kids enjoyed the ride, because I don't think I'll ever get the smell of Scooby-Doo out of my upholstery." The GPS said.
"Huh?" Scooby blinked.
"That's right, I said-" The GPS continued until Scooby closed it shut.
"Thank you." Patch told Scooby.
Scooby smiled at that. "You're welcome."
The Mustard Machine soon rode up to the spa and once there, everybody came out as Cherry put her hand over her eyes to shield herself from the hot sun.
"I think I'm gonna, like, like this place." Shaggy smiled as he took a look.
"Because of the food and relaxation?" Patch guessed.
"Like, you're a mind reader, Patch!" Shaggy smiled.
"I'm sure it takes a mind reader to figure that one out." Patch smirked playfully.
"Aha! Ha, ha," A man smiled as he came out to meet the group. "If it isn't Frank, Danny, Veronica, and Slappy."
"It isn't." Velma spoke up.
"And you must be Scooby-Doo," The man then said as he took Shaggy's hands. "I've heard so much about you."
"That's Shaggy." Cherry corrected him.
"I'm the dog." Scooby then added.
"You can say that again, Scabby," The man smiled at him. "Come in, come in. I'm so happy you're here." he then told his guests as he led them into the spa building.
Cherry sighed. "Oh, well... At least I can make the most of this vacation before something mysterious happens... Which I feel, despite doctor's orders, that it will." she said to herself.
"Let's hope for Shaggy's sake that there won't be anything scary coming." Patch said to himself.
"I doubt it though." Cherry smirked.
"Cherry!" Patch quietly growled.
"I'm just trying to be realistic." Cherry shrugged innocently.
"Well, at least once we're inside we'll relax." Atticus said.
They soon came inside to explore as the man, named Mr. Hubley, came to show them around.
Eventually, they were told about a steamed pool, so they went to get their swimming suits on to take a dip.
"Oh... That feels so good..." Cherry said, feeling relaxed already before she lowered her body a bit to dip herself under the water, except for her face.
"The water sure feels good." Patch smiled.
"Oh, yeah." Atticus and Mo added.
"This is a great place you got here, Mr. Hubley." Shaggy smiled as he played with a rubber duck in the water.
"Oh, no need to be so formal, Spanky," Mr. Hubley replied. "Call me Mr. Hubley."
Cherry sweat-dropped at that.
"Er, um, uh, Shag... Spank... Shaggy..." Shaggy corrected.
"Yes, we'll be open to the public next week," Mr. Hubley smiled proudly. "I would have made it bigger, but I couldn't get the locals to sell their land."
"That's too bad." Daphne said.
"Yeah, but what are you gonna do, dress up as a ghost and scare them off?" Mr. Hubley shrugged before he pretended to be a ghost to scare Velma before he seemed to give it some thought. "Uh... Oh, no."
"Oh, brother." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"Well, he sure is an interesting person." Mo said.
"Yes, he's definitely eccentric." Cherry added.
Suddenly, two stomachs growled and Cherry already knew who they had come from, as did Atticus, Mo, and Patch.
"Ah. Still in perfect sync, eh, Scoob?" Shaggy smiled at his best friend.
"Reah. Perfect sync." Scooby replied.
"Guess that means it's time for you two to eat, right?" Patch asked, already knowing.
"Yep!" Shaggy replied while Scooby nodded. "Like, you got anything to eat around here, Mr. Hubley?"
"Sorry, Saggy," Mr. Hubley told him. "There's an outdoor barbecue tonight in the town square."
"That's near the dig site," Fred said. "We can have dinner, then check out the dig."
"Okay, but don't come back too late," Mr. Hubley told them. "I'm making tofu-chip cookies. Mm-mm!"
"Sounds good, right Mo?" Cherry teased. "I mean, you come from a family of hippies after all."
"Oh, ha, ha." Mo rolled her eyes.
Cherry chuckled as she got comfortable in the water.
"Well, if anyone's still hungry, I packed some snacks until the barbecue." Atticus offered.
"Of course you did, Boy Scout," Cherry replied. "I could eat."
"Yeah, let's eat." Patch smiled.