KISS, the bat ponies and Delilah Domino led Mystery Incorporated and their pony friends to the security office to check out the footage of the witch, but what the ponies saw was utterly terrifying.
The witch wore metallic red and silver rock and roll clothes, with a matching helmet and glowing white eyes, flying around with red mist following her every move. She started scaring all the people around her out of the building before she moved over to the camera. “Give me rock!!”
This was enough to make Shaggy, Scooby and Misty scream and bolt into one of the nearby storage lockers. “This seems a little on the nose,” Emerald voiced her opinion, “but obviously you've done this before.”
“Yep,” Pipp nodded. “And we love iiiiit...”
Delilah Domino moved over to the storage lockers, opening the one that contained Misty and her friends inside. “Get out of my locker!”
“B-But... but, it's...” Shaggy stammered, “it's so cozy.”
But Delilah forced them out of the locker anyway and onto the floor, prompting Topaz to come help them to their feet. “Don't mind Delilah,” she said in a whisper. “She does have a little TOO much good experience with her job.”
Misty giggled inwardly as the gang continued to watch the witch. “Give me rock!!”
Hitch screamed as the witch slammed a guitar to the ground. “It's like she's searching for something,” Zipp said in thought. “And I'm going to guess,” said Daphne, “that something is a rock.”
The witch then threw a record at the camera, cutting off the feed from the camera. “Do you think you could show us around the park?” Velma asked. “I'd like to see the places where the witch has been.”
“No problem,” Topaz reassured before turning to her bandmates. “Right, fellas?”
“Count me out,” the Demon said before walking out of the room. “The Demon needs to feed the beast.”
As the Demon left the room, Misty found herself growing nervous. “Did he say, uh... beast?!”
“He means his stomach,” Starchild clarified. “Oh,” Shaggy chuckled and held his growling stomach. “Then my beast is growling too. How about yours, bud?”
As Scooby looked down at his growling stomach, he imagined a lion roaring on the inside of it, causing him to chuckle. “My beast is starving.”
“I'll go with you, guys,” Misty volunteered. “Ooh, me too!” Pipp agreed. “I wanna see if I can picture some glow ups for a KISS inspired fashion line!”
“Like, catch you later,” Shaggy bid the others farewell as they turned to leave. “It's beast feeding time!”
Daphne wrapped her arm around Starchild’s, beaming innocently. “I'm ready for that tour now...” she giggled. “If by tour,” Fred said frowning, “you mean 'begin the investigation'.”
“Let's hit it, fellow mystery solvers!” Starchild said and led the others out. “I guess I'll see you out there,” Catman said, disappearing with a smoke bomb, causing Chip to come and sweep up the mess with a groan. “Guys, these special effects cost money!”
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Meanwhile, Pipp and Misty were walking with Shaggy and Scooby to find the perfect booth to eat at first. “Just think, Scooby-Doo, a million fast-food stands just for us!” Shaggy declared as Scooby licked his chops. “It's like carbohydrate heaven.”
“Uh oh!” Misty cried, looking ahead with a panicked look. “The Demon!”
True enough, the Demon was right down the stretch, and they hid to avoid being seen, just as the Demon blew fire onto a corn dog. “Mmm... nice and toasty.”
“Oh, wow... I wonder how he does that,” Misty wondered, and Pipp shrugged. “Man,” said Shaggy. “If we could breathe fire, we could pop our own popcorn!”
“Yeah!” Scooby said, imitating the sound of popcorn popping, causing Shaggy to laugh. But Pipp knew there had to be a way to get their friends to some food, so they had to be stealthy. “Come on... we gotta get past him!”
“Wait for me!” Misty whispered, and Pipp and Scooby led the way under the table as quiet as a mouse.
Well... ALMOST as silent.
The Demon noticed the tables moving, and Scooby's tail sticking out as they crawled in his direction, along with some of the ponies' voices loudly whispering.
“Ow, Pipp! Watch it!”
“Hey, I'm going as fast as I can!”
“Careful! You nearly stepped on Scooby's tail!”
The Demon growled at this. What could they be doing?
Scooby sniffed ahead while the others trailed from behind, but Misty seemed a little unsure about Scooby's sense of direction. “Scooby, are you sure you know where you're going?”
“Yeah. Cheeseburgers, straight ahead!”
But unknowingly, the lovable Great Dane bumped right into the Demon's dragon boot, causing him to scream and knock the table over, spilling food and drink all over the Demon himself.
Once the group figured out what happened, they scrambled to try and get Demon cleaned up, panicked. “Like, sorry, Mr. Demon. Scooby didn't mean it. He was afraid of your dragon boot,” Shaggy spoke as he picked up the food they had spilled. “I don't suppose you could wear an open-toed demon sandal?”
But the Demon's only response? Roaring in anger right in their faces.
This was enough to send them group running in terror, and they ended up stopping beside a brick building to catch their breath. “That was close,” Scooby panted. “Could have been worse-- we could have been on the menu!” Shaggy laughed in amusement. “Come on, everyone. If we can't eat, at least we can go on some rides, ha-ha-ha, right?”
“Right!” the ponies and Scooby nodded enthusiastically, but Misty stopped when she could have sworn she saw someone watching them. But when she turned and saw no one, she quickly galloped to catch up to her friends... unaware a young woman had been watching them with a menacing glare.
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“I have to say,” Sunny said as KISS and the bat pony sisters showed them around, “this is some amusement park. We could really use this as inspiration for an Equestrian theme park back home.”
“Thanks,” Starchild smiled. “We each took a section and designed it ourselves.”
Demon pointed to a ride that looked like him spitting out fire. “There's my Brimstone Barbeque, the hottest ride in the park.”
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Pipp, Misty, Shaggy and Scooby were on that very ride, and when they finally stopped after going through the Demon head of fire, they were completely charred. “Like, that was well done,” Shaggy said as he brushed his hair off. “Yeah,” Scooby agreed. “And so are we.”
Pipp whimpered as she looked at her burnt mane. “Hopefully this won't cause too many split ends... but if they do, Rocky can probably fix it... I hope.”
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Back on the tour, Spaceman was showing the group a ride that he personally designed. “My Electric Alley!”
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The ride in question used electricity to make the riders completely electrified... literally. Along the ride, Shaggy and Scooby stammered, charged up as they spoke.
“T-This ride gets... my volt!”
“It's s-s-shocking!!”
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After that, the tour group passed through Catman's section of the park. “Don't forget my Whirling Wildcats!”
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The ride in question tossed Misty, Pipp and their friends to and fro repeatedly, and Misty was the only one able to shriek without puking. “I'm... gonna... be... SICK!!!!!”
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Finally, they reached the section of the park Statchild designed. “And my Dynasty Star Ferris Wheel! Whoo!”
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The view from the top of the Ferris wheel was a stunning sight... so much so that Chip and a camera crew suddenly appeared in the same booth as the two ponies and their friends. “A great place to view with KISS binoculars, only $24.99.”
Pipp waved at the camera while the rest of the group looked completely confused. “Hi, Mom!”
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Meanwhile, the tour group reached a ride that looked just like a mountain, and Velma pointed up at it. “What's that ride?”
“That's our most wicked ride of all,” the Demon explained. “The Destroyer!”
“But it's closed to the public,” Catman frowned, and Sapphire nodded beside him. “The Crimson Witch scared a couple of repairmen on it tonight.”
Daphne shuddered at all the loops and sharp turns the ride would have to take. “Looks pretty terrifying,” she said. “Not if you were with me, darling,” Starchild winked at Daphne, causing Izzy to giggle as Fred rolled his eyes. “Oh, brother...”
“Oh, Fred...” Sunny smirked. “I'm sorry, Sunny,” Fred apologized, “but I can't compete with Starchild!”
“You don't need to,” Sunny told him. “Nopony back home is different than anypony else, and no pony is better-- we're all the same at heart, even with wings and horns and different colors, names and powers.”
“Sunny's right,” Velma nodded. “Remember, underneath all that makeup is just a regular guy who puts his pants on like everyone else.”
“KISS costume change, activate!” Starchild shouted, and during a spectacular amount of special effects, KISS and the sisters' costumes were altered for the later show coming up. Fred was shocked beyond measure while the mares, Daphne and Hitch were in awe. “Oh, come on!”
“Relax, Fred,” Velma said. “I think this was all pre-planned.”
“You're right,” said a spectacled woman with brown hair as she came closer. “ It was a dress rehearsal for tonight's show. Good test run, fellas!”
“This isn't getting us anywhere,” Demon murmured. “We need to be doing our own investigation.”
“All right, Demon. We hear you,” Topaz frowned. “Hey, guys,” Starchild spoke. “We're gonna take a break.”
With that, the sisters and KISS walked off while the woman with them came down to the rest of the group. “Hi, I'm Shandi Strutter. KISS's head techie.”
“Hi. I'm Velma,” Velma introduced, “and that's Fred and Daphne and some of our Equestrian friends-- Zipp, Sunny, Hitch and Izzy.”
“Nice to meet you!” Shandi saluted. “So you're responsible for most of the band's stage effects, huh?” Zipp asked in interest, and Shandi shrugged. “Most of them, yeah. The guys and the princesses really like to put on a show.”
Zipp and Sunny stared at each other wide eyed for a moment, not aware that Daphne was giggling behind them. “You don't have to tell ME! Ha ha!”
“Daphne’s a fan,” Fred crossed his arms, and this caused Daphne to glare over at him. “Um, KISS doesn't have fans, Freddy. They're called the KISS Army.”
“I prefer the Ascot Five myself,” Fred spoke. “Do they have an army?” Shandi asked, and Fred merely shrugged. “It's more of an all-volunteer international organization of enthusiastic youths.”
“Cool.”
“As in lame.”
Daphne and Shandi glanced at each other just before Sunny spoke up. “Um, Shandi? What did you mean about princesses? You wouldn't be referring to the bat pony mares, right?”
“Sure,” Shandi nodded. “They call themselves the Gemstone Princesses from another, faraway land. A really cute gimmick if you ask me.”
Zipp immediately pulled Sunny off to the side. “Sunny, those mares have gemstone related names, and they wore those tiaras with gemstone inside them! Do you realize what that means?!”
“I don't wanna believe it in case it isn't true, but if Shandi confirms it,” said Sunny, “and she's so calm about it, then she's right... the sisters could be the Gemstone Princesses!”