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// Returning Home/A Job Well Done 
// Story: G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur 
// by ponydog127 
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Finally… the mystery was over.

Everyone had escaped the caverns alive, and the allosaurus crystal was going to be named a natural wonder of the world.

Unfortunately, Professor Svankmajer and Winsor would have to be taken into custody. As the police officers led her newfound crush away, Velma called out to him. “Hey… maybe we can go out again? You know… when you get out of jail?”

Winsor flashed her a small smile. “Consider it a date.”

And that was the last Velma saw of him before the cops stuffed him into a police car and took him away. “He’ll be waiting for you, Velma,” Zipp said with a smile. “I’m not sure how long it will be, but… he’ll be waiting.”

Then, Fred approached, having got off the phone with his science teacher a few seconds earlier. “Mr. Fleischer says that since I helped save the greatest paleontological find in history… he'll bump my grade up to a C-minus!”

“Man,” Daphne said with a slight wince, “what do you have to do for an A?”

“Speaking of save,” Silhouette told the group, “I decided to go out there and make a difference for my people-- I’m going to find those remaining of the Sky Furies and rebuild our colony from the ground up… but I never could have gotten the courage to try again without your help, everyone… especially you ponies. Thank you for everything.”

“Hey, no problem. If you’re ever in Equestria,” Sunny said as she hugged the queen, “make sure you come and see us, okay?”

“Consider it done!” Silhouette said before flapping her wings and taking off, letting her friends wave farewell to her in the process. But as she flew off and out of sight, the portal to Equestria opened nearby, causing Velma to sigh. “Looks like you guys are leaving again, huh?”

“Sure looks that way, but don’t worry,” Zipp reassured. “We’ll be back as soon as we can with a whole new adventure-- we promise.”

And so, bidding their Mystery Inc pals farewell, the ponies set off into the portal before it closed. That's when Shaggy turned to the rest of the gang with a firm expression. “Like, come on, guys. There's just one more thing we have to take care of.”

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And what was that one thing, you may ask?

Getting rid of the hypnosis and returning Shaggy back to normal.

Mr. Hubley was glad to reverse the effects, and spoke to Shaggy from the safety of his control panel. “No longer will you turn into a fearless hero. No, you will just be your usual self… Shaggy Rogers. When I snap my fingers, you will awaken.”

However, when he did this, he unknowingly did this to every member of the gang, not just Shaggy, making them ALL act just like Shaggy himself. “Zoinks!” they all exclaimed. “Did it, like, work?”

“Oh, my!” Mr. Hubley exclaimed, looking through his charts. It would take a while to get each gang member back to themselves again, but then again…

…it would all be worth it once that happened.

Because being true to yourself is the greatest treasure there is.