It was starting to get dark as it was time for the rodeo. There was a group of three girls together who giggled. One girl had golden blonde hair tied in a low ponytail, a pink top with white shorts, and black sneakers. The other girl had curly brown hair with glasses, a periwinkle sweater, gray pants, and darker gray shoes. The final girl had short golden brunette hair with a purple tank top, a black skirt, and black sandals. They looked to see Buddy G's name and giggled together.
"Erica, Lynne, Virginia, ya guys made it." Kimberly smiled to the three girls before hugging them.
"Well, we wouldn't miss this for the world." Lynne smiled back.
"I still can't believe that you're working at the ranch." Erica added.
"Good to have you girls," Kimberly smiled. "You also made quite names for yourselves: The Country Chicks."
"Shh, you'll blow our cover." Virginia teased.
"Oops, sorry." Kimberly giggled.
"So, how's the ranch life?" Erica asked.
"Oh, you know," Kimberly replied. "Same old same old... Just not the same since you guys made it big like that Miley Stewart girl in Tennessee who became Hannah Montana."
"Is it true that Buddy G is here at The Crazy Q Ranch?" Lynne asked.
"That he is," Kimberly nodded. "I don't know where he is right now, but he should be here any sec now."
'Welcome to Sorghum City's annual rodeo and tonight, we're going to see one brave, confident bronco riding cowboy to win a $10,000 Grand Prize!' An announcer announced.
"Do I look confident to you?" Shaggy asked nervously in a country accent.
"Yup." Scooby replied.
"Good." Shaggy said.
The horse then snorted which made Shaggy shriek.
"Maybe I'll soak it from the outside." Shaggy said nervously.
'Ladies and gentlemen!' The announcer announced. 'Cowboys and Cowgals! Welcome the Rodeo's special guest: Buddy G!'
On stage, there was now Buddy G along with Carol and Sharon.
"Way to go, Aunt Carol and Aunt Sharon!" Trish cheered.
"Wait, you mean the sisters are-" Dave was about to ask.
"Buddy's back-up dancers." Midge smiled.
Soon enough, the teen pop web star began to dance with Trish's jokester aunts.
"Oh, Reggie will love this." Trish smiled as she posted this on her ToonFace account to send to Nicktropolis.
"They're really good!" Midge smiled to Carol and Sharon.
Buddy soon sang a pop country song for the rodeo.
"Oh, my God!" "There he is!" "Oh, he's so cute!" The teen girls cried out dreamily.
"Buddy G!" Daphne screamed along with the fanbase. "He's so awesome!"
In Nicktropolis...
"BUDDY G!" Angelica squealed as she streamed this on her tablet while on the living room couch while her cat looked annoyed that her nap was disturbed. "Fluffy, look, it's Buddy G!"
Fluffy didn't care and soon went back to sleep. Angelica then got so excited that she passed out.
Back with the others...
"I don't get the big deal over this kid." Cindy said to the others.
"He's, like, the coolest singer ever!" Daphne replied.
"You have no life, kid!" A girl added, glaring to Cindy.
"Well, sorry if I'm not a fan," Cindy replied. "I prefer books anyway."
"LOSER!" The teen girls glared.
"Sorry, I just don't get it." Cindy shrugged.
"It's okay, Cindy, I don't get it either." Penn said as he reached into a bag of popcorn he had.
"But I will admit this, he's a pretty good singer." Cindy said.
"If you say so..." Penn shrugged while eating his popcorn.
Buddy soon finished his song which made fireworks go off into the night sky. Everyone then cheered for the internet celebrity.
"All right, Buddy!" Erica beamed.
"That's a good little buckaroo!" Lynne laughed with Virginia.
Buddy got off the stage and a couple of kids came up to him.
"Buddy, you're the coolest." A girl smiled.
"Could I have your autograph?" Another girl added.
Buddy smiled to the girls who were around his age and soon gave them all autographs. A horse went past him which made him whimper a little bit.
"Do you wanna ride in the procession with the other riders, Buddy?" Midge smiled sweetly. "I'm sure they'd love to have you."
"NO!" Buddy frowned. "I... I can't."
"Come on, Scoob, I'll be up soon," Shaggy smiled as he began to climb. "You gotta talk to the horse I'll be riding."
"Whoa there, horsey!" Zeke said as he came up behind Scooby with a saddle.
"What? I'm not a horse!" Scooby replied.
"Here's your bridle, horsey." Zeke smiled.
Buddy frowned as he looked to the horses until he saw Scooby with Zeke. "Hey, I've got an idea on how I can join the recession." he then told his mother before going toward the cowardly Great Dane.
Midge smiled proudly as she allowed her son to walk off.
"Can I ride him?" Buddy asked about Scooby. "He looks so nice, I bet he wouldn't stomp a fly."
"Sure thing, little girl," Zeke smiled as he picked up Buddy after tossing away the bridle and put him on Scooby's back. "Let me help you."
"I'm not a-... Never mind..." Buddy sighed as it would be pointless.
"Tell your mama to buy you some prettier dresses, maybe a nice bow for your hair." Zeke suggested.
"Uh... Okay?" Buddy replied. "I guess giddy-up, little doggy."
Scooby then neighed like a horse and smiled to the teen web singer.
Shaggy was having a hard time getting on the horse.
"Hey there, son, are you going to be able to handle that horse?" A man asked.
"Like, yeah!" Shaggy smiled. "My dog's gonna talk to the horse and calm him down!"
"Uh-huh..." The other man replied as he glanced to his friend. "Maybe we should be getting you some safety gear to put on."
The two men then helped Shaggy down and helped him to safety.
"Plenty of time." Scooby smiled up to Buddy while walking with him to the others with their own horses.
"Queek Draw, are you sure this won't be confusing?" A young donkey asked his white horse friend.
"No problem, Baba Looey, this'll just be fun." The horse smiled down his donkey friend.
"Whatever you say, Queek Draw." Babe Looey shrugged.
"This is great!" Buddy laughed as he was having a lot of fun with Scooby so far. "Maybe I'm not such a wimp after all."
"Yeah, you're not a wimp." Scooby smiled.
One boy soon got off of his horse. Scooby smiled back to Buddy and then gestured for him to get on the actual horse.
Buddy nervously looked to the Great Dane and then got on the back of the horse, trying to be brave. "Hi, guys." He then waved to his family.
They all had to gasp once they saw that Buddy was actually riding a horse.
"Look at me!" Buddy laughed. "Yee-Haw!"
Even Desdemona looked happy for her little brother.
"Look, honey, there's Buddy on that horse!" Midge smiled.
"I'm proud of ya, son!" Andy called out.
"Huh, that's actually pretty cool," Desdemona smiled as she took pictures on her tablet. "You go, Squirt!"
"All right, Mike, you got it?" Jess asked.
"Yeah, I entered this just for fun," Mike said as she hopped onto a horse. "I learned from the best."
"Hey, that's Jess Harper, who's that with him?" One man commented from the background.
"That's his niece, I heard." Another man replied.
Jess smiled proudly as Mike rode her very own horse.
"Mike, you entered this too?" Shaggy asked as he had floaties, a football helmet, and a rubber duck floatie.
"Eh, I mostly did this for fun," Mike replied. "Are you okay? You look like Cindy when she first came to play dodgeball."
"Yeah, they just wanted to put some safety gear on me." Shaggy said.
"How extreme," Mike chuckled. "Kinda reminds me of when Eddy took up skateboarding to compete against Otto when he came to visit Cartoon Cartoon Friday Studios when it was my turn to host that week."
"Like, how did that turn out?" Shaggy asked.
"He had to put his arm in a cast for a couple of weeks." Mike said from memory.
"I guess skateboarding isn't Eddy's thing." Shaggy said.
"You can say that again." Mike rolled her eyes.
Cindy soon had a book on The Wild West and looked through it. "Talk about a plot twist until the very end..." she muttered to herself as she found something interesting.
"Thanks, fellas, I feel safer already." Shaggy said to the two men.
"Think he needs more help?" The first man asked.
"Definitely." The second man replied.
Cindy put the book away for now and decided to save it for later.
'As our procession exits, let's welcome our first Bronco Rider: Norville Rogers!' The host announced as Buddy G rode off on his horse with Scooby.
The crowd then cheered as a couple of men helped Shaggy onto his horse.
"Hey, Scoob!" Shaggy called out to his best friend.
'Let's give a big hand for him!' The announcer continued.
"Did you talk to the horse?!" Shaggy called out to Scooby.
Scooby took a look over to Shaggy, but thought it was just a friendly wave and waved back. "Oh, hi, Shaggy!"
"Great! Thanks, bud!" Shaggy smiled and gave Scooby a thumb's up, thinking that meant 'yes'.
Scooby then walked off and around to the crowd before Shaggy would ride.
"Look at Scooby showing off." Daphne giggled.
"Wait... If Scooby's been out there the whole time..." Trent began.
"He hasn't talked to Shaggy's bronco yet!" Brianna realized.
"Shaggy is done for!" Ellody panicked.
"Shaggy, no!" Scott cried out.
"Stop!" Katrina warned.
"Don't do it!" Cindy added.
Scooby smiled to his friends, but looked concerned as he could hear them and turned to Shaggy as the announcer reminded the audience of a grand prize in the end. "Shaggy, wait for me, Shaggy!" he then panicked and rushed to his best friend.
"Look at 'em, cheering me on," Shaggy smiled and waved. "Like, it's great to have such great friends."
"You know what we call this horse?" Rafe asked Shaggy.
"Buttercup?" Shaggy guessed.
"The Widowmaker." Rafe smirked before whistling.
The horse neighed angrily and then opened the gate.
"Zoinks!" Shaggy panicked.
Scooby rushed over, but soon got away as the horse tried to buck Shaggy, looking quite angered and agitated. People were either cheering in excitement or watching in fear.
"Nice kitty." Zeke smiled as he pet a watermelon in his lap.
"Mike, can't you do something about this?" Lil asked in worry.
"I think Shaggy's got this." Mike replied.
"Like, settle down, Widowmaker!" Shaggy panicked. "Easy! Easy, boy!"
"If you say so..." Lil said, nervously.
"It'll be an interesting experiment, I'll step in if absolutely necessary." Mike reassured her girlfriend.
Shaggy struggled, but he soon seemed to be doing a good job which made Dave and David take pictures and Tawny happily cheered for her cousin.
"See? He's got this." Mike smiled.
Shaggy was laughing and smiled as he was getting the hang of it. Everyone then cheered for Shaggy and even the horse had smiled at him.
'Come on, let's hear it for Norville Rogers!' The announcer told the audience.
Everyone, including Desdemona, cheered for Shaggy's victory. Buddy then turned around and glanced at his sister in surprise. Desdemona looked at him before putting her hands down and brought out her tablet to look bored. Suddenly, the lights went out and green mist came out onto the ground which worried and surprised everyone.
"Uh-oh, looks like trouble," Jade said to herself quietly, but soon spoke up to everybody. "Um, hey, guys, I gotta go to the bathroom."
"Right now?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, I can't hold it!" Jade replied.
Everyone looked curious as Jade suddenly went away.
"Looks like we're alone." Lisa said to Scott.
"Look, Lisa, you seem like a nice girl and all, and you're Jade's best friend, but I don't like you like that, I'm sorry," Scott told the girl. "I think we should just be friends, but you should know, that I love Jade, and not you. I'm sorry, it's nothing personal, and I'm sorry about your old boyfriend, but you'll find someone who'll be there for you no matter what, it's just not gonna be me. Do you understand?"
"I understand..." Lisa soon sighed in defeat and depression. "But, we can be friends though, right?" she then asked.
"Sure." Scott replied.
"Thanks..." Lisa frowned as she looked away, wiping her eye.
"I'm really sorry, but I love Jade, I'm sure you'll find someone soon though." Scott comforted.
There were then fireworks in the sky before flames formed the shape of the letter J.
"The Flaming J!" A man cried out.
Dapper Jack laughed as he soon came out of the mist.
"Mike, what are we gonna do?" Lil asked.
"It's hero time." Mike replied.
"Right." Lil nodded.
"Guys, you get to safety." Mike told her friends.
"You sure?" Ellody asked.
"Trust me... We know." Mike winked to the genius girl.
"All right... Come on, guys." Ellody nodded before turning to the others and they ran off together for safety.
"You know what to do." Fred said as he handed a net balled up into a ball and a rope to Velma.
"Yes." Velma nodded.
"You got it." Cindy added.
"Careful, Cindy." Mike whispered before putting on a certain blue mask.
Dapper Jack laughed as the arena was nearly cleared out and he took his horse to exit only to be stopped by a net at the door.
"Come and get it." Fred smirked.
"Right this way!" Daphne added.
Dapper Jack glared and turned his horse to the other door, but there was now a net there too.
"What are you waiting for?" Velma smirked.
"Yeah, come on!" Cindy added.
Dapper Jack growled and turned around until suddenly, Shaggy came on Widowmaker's back, and for once, the cowardly teen looked ready to take on his ancestor.
"Looks like Shaggy's got some help." Cindy commented.
Chicken then grinned and whistled for a stampede.
"That's the signal!" Longhorn called out to his friends. "Let's go, boys!"
The cattle then went to follow Longhorn as he led them to stampede into the arena.
"STAMPEDE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER STAMPEDED BEFORE!' Longhorn told them as he took the lead.
"That's my Uncle Longhorn!" Chicken laughed.
Dapper Jack tried to get away, but couldn't. The plan worked so far but one of the cattle hit the wall, causing Daphne to fall on the ground.
"Oh, no!" Brianna gasped. "Daphne!"
"Help!" Daphne cried out.
"I gotcha, Daphne!" Fred called out as he twirled a rope like a lasso and held it out to catch her from the stampede.
A steer was about to butt against Daphne, but she was then luckily saved by Fred and his lasso.
"I got ya." Fred smiled.
"Way to go, Freddy!" Daphne smiled back.
Dapper Jack smirked as he was running to the exit, but Fred and Daphne threw the net at him, but unfortunately, he got out of it using his gun. Tawny, Wendy, and the Gundersons got into Tawny's jeep.
"Those cattle are gonna figure out a way outta there, quick, we better get outta here." Tawny said as she started her car as the cattle ran amuck with Longhorn leading them.
"The cattle are headed for Tawny, Wendy, and the Gundersons, we gotta help 'em!" Fred told the others.
"Yee-Haw! Come on, Scoob!" Shaggy cheered as he rode on the horse before taking Scooby by his collar and riding with him towards Longhorn and the other cattle.
"Look at Shaggy!" Katrina called out.
"He's riding like a pro!" Lisa added.
"Let's help him." Trent suggested.
Then suddenly, red, blue, and purple blurs flew past them.
"Jeepers! What was that?" Daphne gasped.
Cindy patted her hair down as the blurs made her hair stand on end and she adjusted her glasses.
"You girlies gonna be all right on your own?" Jess asked the two figures known as Action Girl and Dark Queen.
"We got it, Uncle Jess," Action Girl smiled and nodded. "I'll use that trick that you taught me."
"Good, I'll try to get that fake ghost." Jess replied.
"Be careful." Dark Queen warned.
"Same to y'all, but I don't think you'll need it." Jess told them as he walked away from them.
"Man, isn't he so cool?" Action Girl smiled to Dark Queen.
"I wish he was my uncle." Dark Queen said.
"Mind if I help too?" A voice asked.
The superheroes turned around and saw Jade in her Protector outfit.
"Uh...?" Dark Queen blinked.
"You guys need some help, so that's why I'm here," Jade told them. "Especially when it comes to tanglin' in The Wild West."
"You're one of The Protectors," Dark Queen recognized. "Let me think... Wind, right?"
"Yep," Jade replied. "Man, I can't believe I'm gonna work with the famous superheroes: Action Girl and Dark Queen."
"It's all very exciting and all, but come on, we got a varmint to stop." Dark Queen narrowed her eyes.
"Darn tootin'," Jade replied. "Let's get this show on the road!"
The three heroes then went together while Action Girl brought out some rope to do a trick that Jess taught her when he came to visit.
Tawny, Wendy, and the Gundersons were still driving away from the stampede.
"They're gaining on us!" Wendy panicked.
It seemed to get worse as steam came out from the car.
"Oh, man, not now, you old hunk of junk," Tawny frowned as she beat on the dashboard as the jeep heated up. "Come on! Augh!"
"Like, come on, Scoob, talk some sense into those cattle!" Shaggy told his best friend.
"Rokay!" Scooby replied before speaking to the steers as they stampeded.
"Sorry, son, I'm afraid we're far from stopping here." Longhorn told Scooby, speaking for the others.
"Well?" Shaggy asked.
"I tried," Scooby frowned. "He's bull-headed."
"We're gonna be stampeded!" Midge panicked.
Wendy narrowed her eyes and then got out of the jeep.
"What in the world are you doin', young lady?!" Tawny asked the girl.
"Please stop!" Wendy called out as she was going towards the stampede. "Stop! Don't!" She then tripped over a rock, falling down, and got knocked out.
"The stampede's going towards Wendy!" Ellody panicked.
Dark Queen looked over and gasped as she then swoop in to save her. The stampede was getting close to the mascot girl.
Wendy gasped while looking up and luckily the cattle sped by, just missing her.
"Are you okay?" Dark Queen asked Wendy.
"Uh-huh..." Wendy slowly nodded. "Thank you."
Dark Queen then gently laid her down.
"Who are you?" Wendy asked.
"I'm a hero known as Dark Queen." Dark Queen told her.
"DQ... I instantly thought of Dairy Queen." Wendy smiled sheepishly.
"Very funny..." Dark Queen rolled her eyes, but smiled back to Wendy. "You oughta be more careful. You're lucky Action Girl and I were here."
Wendy turned away, sniffling, as she hugged the female superhero, crying her eyes out.
"Hey, you two!" Fred called out to Shaggy and Scooby. "We somehow have to divert the attention from the stampede!"
Then all of a sudden, Velma began to sneeze because of her allergies from riding on the horse with Fred and Daphne while Brianna and Trent rode on their own horse.
"What's all this now?" Longhorn glanced at Velma as she sneezed. "Are you sick?! Get away from me!"
"No, it's just my allergies." Velma told him.
"Hey, guys, need any help?" Action Girl asked as she soon came out.
"Action Girl!" Everyone else called out in shock.
"Uh, yeah, anyway, you need some help?" Action Girl asked.
"Uh, not unless you have a way to get rid of these cattle." Fred said to her.
"And Velma's sneezes are spooking the cattle." Brianna replied.
"Great job, keep it up." Trent told Velma.
"Like I have a choice." Velma sniffled.
"I sure hope this works." Action Girl hoped as she pulled out a rope.
Velma kept on sneezing due to her horse allergy which began to scare away the cattle. Action Girl straightened out the rope as she narrowed her eyes towards Longhorn as he led the other steers through their stampede and she soon twirled the rope like Wonder Woman's lasso and soon tossed it, latching onto Longhorn's horns and the rope stuck, she struggled a little though, but not too much as her feet slid across the ground as Longhorn tried to run away.
"Hey, what is going on?!" Longhorn complained. "I can't move!"
"Sorry, buddy, can't have ya runnin' out on me!" Action Girl called out as she got a good grip on the rope, making him stop.
"This is great, we can get the cattle back to the arena!" Shaggy smiled as Velma sneezed.
"Ugh... Let's get it quick before my nose falls off..." Velma groaned, sickly.
"All right, Mr. Longhorn Steer, let's get you back to the arena before you and the others get seriously hurt," Action Girl told Longhorn. "I hear a lot of stories about herds of cows jumping off of cliffs just to kill themselves, and I'm not making that happen to you."
"Phew! Thank goodness," Tawny said in relief. "I don't think we would've lasted much longer out there, now to put a little water on the engine."
Action Girl calmly led Longhorn back into the arena with the other cattle.
Rafe and Kimberly held the gates open together to let the cattle inside and Action Girl then undid the rope to let Longhorn go.
"Ya okay, Uncle Longhorn?" Chicken asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, sorry," Longhorn replied, now calmed down. "I get a little crazy whenever I stampede."
"Yeah, ya sure do..." Chicken replied. "Cow and me saw back when you tutored us for school, and Dad thought you was a genius."
"I'm just glad you and your friends are safe." Longhorn smiled to his nephew.
Chicken then smiled back. Scooby then made funny faces to mock Longhorn.
"But that darn dog is working my last nerve!" Longhorn growled as he snorted towards the cowardly Great Dane.
Scooby then whimpered and ran away from Cow and Chicken's uncle.
"Well, now I know where I got my temper from." Chicken muttered to himself.
"That was some riding, Shaggy." Velma sniffled.
"You were amazing!" Brianna added.
"Yeah, great job, Shag." Trent smiled.
"Action Girl, I didn't know you could rope like that, did Wonder Woman teach you that or something?" Fred asked the local hero as she came back to the group.
"Oh, no, I learned it from a very good teacher of mine." Action Girl replied.
"Well, keep it up." Fred smiled.
"Sure thing." Action Girl smiled back.
Dark Queen came back with Wendy.
"Wendy, are you all right?" Action Girl asked the mascot girl.
"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks to Dark Queen here." Wendy said.
"Great job." Action Girl told Dark Queen.
"Oh, you know I had to do somethin'." Dark Queen smiled.
"Well, I didn't do anything, Action Girl and Dark Queen did the harder work and Scooby talked to the horse." Shaggy said as he came off of the horse's back.
"Uh... No, I didn't." Scooby told him.
"You did it all be yerself, partner." Jade added.
"Wow! That's amazing!" Shaggy smiled. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need brain stuff to work before I fall down." He then suddenly fainted in the middle of the ground as his cousin pulled up with the Gunderson family.
"Hey, Rafe, do ya know what started that stampede?" Tawny asked.
"Well, somethin' sure spooked 'em." Rafe shrugged.
"Don't worry about that now," Kimberly smiled. "You just head on back to the barn and take care of that dance. We've got things covered here."
"Thanks, guys, you're lifesavers." Tawny smiled back.
Shaggy babbled as Trent and Fred helped carry him away.
"Okay, it looks safe to come out now." Scott said as he hid with the others with Ellody's help.
"Well, thank you, it was really nice working with a Protector." Action Girl replied.
"Aw, shucks, tweren't nuthin'." Jade smiled bashfully.
"I'm just relieved we're all okay." Lisa said.
Jade gave a warning look to Lisa, but looked calm once she saw her childhood best friend wasn't hitting on Scott, at least, not for right now.
"Not to worry about us though, I protected everyone like the hero I am." Lightning smirked as he stood beside Ellody, Scott, Lisa, and Chicken.
Scott and Chicken just rolled their eyes.
"Yeah, screaming like a little girl is really protecting us." Chicken deadpanned.
"Well, I'm glad you're all safe." Jade said as she held her white gemstone and gently pet it like it was precious to her.
"Thanks to you, Protector." Scott smiled.
"No problem, I gotta get goin', now be safe." Jade said before flying away.
"Dark Queen and me gotta leave as well, take care, folks." Action Girl added.
"Until next time." Dark Queen added before leaving with Action Girl.
Everyone then decided to go and get ready for the dance.
Wendy walked off and then something was thrown at her, she yelped at first, but soon picked up the rock and saw a note tied to it with a rose, she untied the knot, taking the rose and reading the note aloud. "'I'm really glad you're safe and out of harm's way, I'd hate for something to happen to a pretty little filly like you before I would have my chance, will you meet me and share one special dance? Signed - A Mysterious but Friendly Stranger'," she then blushed instantly after reading. "Oh, my gosh, it must be from Mike!" she then squealed. "She's asking me for a dance!"
Everyone then went to get ready for the dance tonight.