Shaggy had a feeling of dread in his stomach as he looked around this strange forest. How had he gotten here and more importantly where was Lucy?
"Call off the wedding," A voice warned.
Shaggy looked around but saw no one.
"Call off the wedding," the voice repeated.
"No," Shaggy replied.
"If you don't you'll never see Lucy again," the mysterious voice warned.
"SHAGGY HELP ME!" Lucy cried.
Shaggy began running blindly through the forest but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't find his beloved fiance.
"LUCY" he yelled in desperation.
"HELP ME PLEASE SHAGGY,"
"CALL OFF THE WEDDING!" the voice demanded.
"HELP PLEASE HELP PLEASE-"
…...
"Shaggy wake up sweetheart,"
Shaggy jolted awake panting wildly trying to catch his breath. He looked around the darkened room confusedly before Lucy switched on the bedside lamp. Then Shaggy realized he was covered in cold sweat. Nonetheless, he grabbed onto Lucy for dear life crying piteously. He never stopped crying. Lucy gently lifted his head from her shoulder placing a gentle kiss on his nose.
"It's alright Shaggy you're safe,"
"It-it was so bad,"
"It was only a dream Shaggy," Lucy whispered rubbing circles into his back.
"Don't leave me," he begged as they laid back down.
"I won't Shaggy,"
"Can we leave the light on?"
"Of course,"
…...
The next day even as Shaggy went to work he was quite shaken up. Because of his awful nightmare, he dreaded leaving Lucy at home. However, the house was full of people so Shaggy knew she'd be safe and that no unseen villain would steal away with her. So, with a little nudge from Lucy Shaggy found the strength to return to work. Before he left though Lucy packed him lunch and promised to come by on his break.
"Please do," he asked.
"I will," she promised before giving him a goodbye kiss.
"See you later,"
"See you later Shaggy,"
…...
After Shaggy left for work Lucy went to the barn in order to get her chores done. She was really happy when she finally reached the stall of the still unnamed filly. She bent down as she held a bottle to the baby's lips.
"Aren't you a sweetie?" Lucy cooed as the filly nuzzled her
After feeding the baby Lucy pondered what to name her. She studied the filly who settled down in the hay.
"How about I name you Princess?" Lucy asked.
"I like that," the filly responded speaking to Lucy for the first time..
"Well then, Princess it is,"
"Yay,"
Lucy kissed Princess on the nose before returning inside to face her brothers and everyone else. She found them at the table chatting with each other.
"If you guys will let me clean up I'd be happy to fix you all breakfast," she offered.
"Okay, thanks,"
…...
Meanwhile, Shaggy was hard at work doing his very best to try and forget his nightmare.
"Are you okay Shaggy you seem a little tense," Thomas observed.
"Yeah, I'm like, perfectly fine,"
"Are you sure because there's no problem if you need to go home," Thomas offered.
"No, I'm fine besides I used all my vacation days,"
"If you say so,"
Deep inside, however, Shaggy would've loved nothing more than to run home to Lucy and stay by her side. He still had a job to do though and he would do it. Besides Lucy would come to visit soon. That was if she wasn't taken before then.
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