AN: Hi everyone! Okay, some of you may want to kill me for not uploading Mulan 3: Ming's Journey, but believe me I have some good reasons for that! I was just coming home from vacation and was trying to finish my School Vacation Homework (believe it or not, they have school work on summer vacation where I'm form) and school was back by the time I finish it! So don't worry, I'm still not giving on Mulan 3: Ming's Journey!

Anyway, here's my new story! It's a crossover between Scooby-Doo and Pokémon! Just imagine it as a recent Scooby-Doo Movie! Anyway, I hope you enjoy of the beginning of Scooby Doo: The Case of the Hotel Ghoul!

Prologue

Somewhere far from civilian, there stood a Hotel on top of a snow-covered mountain. Though not many people knew about it, the Hotel would soon be a great big attraction once it gets all the good credits from the endorsement team. However, since the team hasn't been in the Hotel yet, the hotel is closed off to the public.

While the hotel was getting ready for it's guests, the General Hotel Manager wanted the Hotel to be safe once the team arrives. So he had his two best night supervisors to look after the Hotel. Though one of them wasn't very happy about it.

"This is so lame!" One of the supervisors complained, looking bored as he slumped his shoulders. "I mean, why does the Manager makes us work after hours? It's not like this place is going to come alive!"

His partner rolled her eyes at him. "Come on, Phil. You know as well as I do that the Manager's nephew and his friends are coming along with the endorsement team! He just wants to make sure their safe and having a good time. I mean, they're children after all!"

"Yeah, children who don't even know what a dog is!" Phil argued.

"Hey, they grew up in a different society! Can you really blame them for not knowing that the creatures we're familiar with are alien to them?"

Before Phil could respond, he could have sworn he saw a shadow speed by out of the corner of his eye.

"Hey, did you see that?" He asked his partner as he shined his flashlight toward where he believe the shadow went. However, his partner wasn't so interested on the change of conversation.

"Oh no you don't! You are not going to walk your way out this conversation! That poor boy lived a tough life! And he's just a sweet, ten year-old! So you better be respectful to him and his adorable little-!"

Phil quickly put his hand over her mouth once he caught sight of something that made his mouth quiver.

But his partner wasn't amused at all and forcibly pushed his mouth off her. "What the heck is wrong with you?"

With his free, but shakened hand, Phil pointed to where he was looking at. Which was towards the ceiling. His partner was confused before she caught sight of a pair of white, glowing eyes staring down at them from the darkside of the ceiling.

Though frightened, the female supervisor shined her flashlight at the eyes and what she saw terrified her.

On the ceiling was a ghoul. It was probably around six feet tall with its long and skinny limbs gripping the ceiling to keep itself up. It's skin was a spinach green which makes its long, dark-brown, balding hair stand out. The ghoul's clothes were also worn out and torn 1830's clothing, but the night supervisors were not frightened by its clothes, no there were terrified of its large overbite.. They could practically seem some its dog-like teeth from its mouth.

"T-That's a ghoul!" The female supervisor shouted in fear as she and her partner backed away.

"Worst than a ghoul, a Hotel Ghoul!" Phil screamed.

At that point, the Hotel Ghoul let out a loud roar that forced the two of them to cover their ears. They grew even more afraid when they noticed its teeth were not only dog-like, but some were missing and rottened. The sight made them trembled.

Once the Hotel Ghoul finished, it jumped down from the ceiling and landed. It rosed to it's full height, making it tower over them.

"Umm… Aisha? What do the rules say when you see a threatening Hotel Ghoul coming near you?" Phil asked meekly as the Hotel Ghoul slowly advanced towards them.

"Well, the most logical thing to do…. RUN!" Aisha screamed, before breaking into a run away from the Hotel Ghoul, leaving Phil to fend for himself.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Phil screamed, scurrying after her.

The Hotel Ghoul let out one final roar before it charged after them.

Meanwhile, somewhere very far from the Hotel, there was a rural town near a large laboratory. One of the small, two-story, houses had a large truck parked near it. Suddenly the door from the house opened to reveal a man in his 50s, wearing a lab coat and carrying what look like a large luggage.

"Well Delia, your son does have the habit of making interesting friends!" The old man gasped out as he put the luggage in the trunk of the truck then taking a few deep gulps of air.

Right behind him was a woman with mahogany hair who was carrying another large luggage.

"Yes, and he and his friends should be helping us out with their stuff. After all, it's them going on this trip after all." The woman named Delia huffed as she put the luggage in the trunk, before turning to the house. "Exactly where are they supposed to be now?"

When the man didn't give an answer, Delia walked back into the house calling, "Ash? You and your friends are suppose to be getting ready now! Your airplane is leaving at 11!"

Back in the house, there was a group of children standing in a bedroom looking at a picture hanging on a wall.

One of the children was a ten year-old boy with spiky, raven hair, and mocha skin. For some particular reason, he had two zig-zags on each of his cheeks. His eyes were a warm amber that showed great curiosity and a adventurous spirit, but maturity at the same time.

The boy is wearing a blue and white collared shirt with black undershirt visible, red high top sneakers, and a darker blue baggy jeans. On top of his head is a red baseball-style hat with a white brim and a white semicircle across the front. There was also a strange creature on his shoulder.

It looked like a a overgrown, yellow mouse with long and pointed ears with the tips black. The mouse also had two red circles on its cheeks. It also has two brown stripes on its back, and its tail is in the shape of a lightning bolt with a patch of brown fur at the base.

Beside the boy and the strange creature, there was a ten year-old girl with short, honey-colored hair with blue eyes. Her outfit consults a light pink dress over a grayish-black tank-top with a white collar. The dress is tied at the collar with a blue ribbon. Over her dress, she wears a long red vest with large pockets. She also wears black stockings and brown boots. On her head, she wears a pink-red fedora with a black hatband.

Next to the girl is a twelve year-old boy with lemon-colored hair and blue eyes. He wears glasses, a blue and yellow jumpsuit, and black and white tennis shoes. He also appears to be carrying an oversized black and white backpack.

Next to him appears to be his little sister. She looked about eight years-old, while having the same lemon-colored hair and blue eyes like her brother. Only she didn't wore any glasses. Instead, she wears a dark brown blouse with a black ribbon on the chest, white skirt, black shorts, and pink Mary Jane flats. She also has a yellow satchel with a creature that looks very similar to the creature on the first boy's shoulder, but smaller, its color is more dark orange, and its tail's tip looks like a star.

The children were standing in front of a picture. In the picture showed a younger version of the first boy and a man who looked a lot like the younger boy, with the raven hair, but his hair is style in commed side part compare to the boy's messy hair. They're both wearing winter clothes since the background appeared to be a ski resort.

"You know Ash, you never told us that your Uncle was some sort of billionaire when we traveled with you." The lemon-haired boy said to the raven-haired boy, who turned out to be Ash.

"Actually, he's a millionaire, Clemont." Ash told him with a little laugh.

"But that doesn't change the fact he just bought a hotel somewhere far from all the other regions and he's us stay there for a while!" The older girl said excitedly.

"I can't wait to see all those cute creatures there!" The younger girl piped up. "I bet they're just as cute as Dedenne! Right?" She asked to the small creature in her satchel.

"Enne!" The small creature known as Dedenne exclaimed cheerfully.

"Calm down, Bonnie." Clemont told his sister, "You'll be able to see them once we get there."

"I still can't believe your uncle is letting all of us go to that region were all those rare creatures are." The older girl told Ash, looking with slight admiration and also with a hint of blush on her cheeks. "I mean, most people who usually go there without some sort of approval all get punished for it."

"Yeah, my uncle had go through a lot of paperwork just to get us to go there." Ash said with a slight embarrassed tone as he rubbed his nose nervously. "It was even harder to convince the officials to let Pikachu and Dedenne to come with us. Right buddy?" He asked the mouse on his shoulder, now known as Pikachu.

"Pika!" The little creature exclaimed to agree with him.

"Ash!" The four children turned to see Delia standing in front of the doorway with a stern expression on her face. "Young man, you and your friends are supposed to be in the car by now. It's nearly time for your flight!"

"Ah! She's right!" Clemont exclaimed nervously as he looked down at his watch. "We only have fifty more minutes to get to the airport!" Suddenly, he lifted his sister by the waist and grabbed his smaller luggage near him and bolted out the door. "We have to hurry!"

"Hey! Since when did you get so strong?!" Bonnie shouted as the two siblings hurried down the stairs.

The remaining people left in the room stared at the strange ordeal for a few moments.

"Well, at least when they're something bad happening, Clemont would be able to get you all out." Delia finally spoke with a sigh.

This makes the two remaining children look at each other with a nervous smile. If only she knew.

"Anyway, you two better hurry up, or the plane will leave without you." She told them, before leaving the room.

"Yes, Mrs. Ketchum." The older girl said as she picked up her luggage and was about to leave the room when she noticed Ash still standing where he was, looking at the picture with a blank expression.

"Is something the matter?" She asked him, causing Ash to snap out of his daze.

"Y-Yeah! I'm alright, Serena." He told her, while rubbing the back of his head. "It's just…" His voice trailed off, sounding a bit downcast. "I haven't seen my uncle since I left on my journey. He's the only father-figure I ever had in my life. I just miss…"

This makes Serena stared sorrowfully at her secret crush. Ash had never once mention his father during their journey, and while she's curious to know what happen, she knew better than to ask something that Ash wasn't comfortable talking about.

Serena gives him a small comforting smile and gripped his shoulder gently. "Well, you're going to see him soon, right?"

Ash soon flashed her one of his familiar smiles that she adored so much. "Yeah, you're right! I can't wait to see him again!" His childish excitement couldn't help but make her laugh.

"Ash Ketchum!" The two kids winced when the heard the said boy's mom yelled from downstairs. "Don't make me come up there and drag you down to the airport!"

"Coming, Mom!" Ash shouted down, his voice suddenly slightly afraid as he grabbed his luggage and hurried down that stairs with Serena following behind him.

After getting all of their stuff into the truck, the four children, the two strange creatures, and the two adults went in the truck.

"Now remember children," The old man told them as he started the truck. "When you arrive at the region, I want you take plenty of pictures of any animal you all don't recognize. It has been some time since I've seen a cat and dog myself."

This made the children laugh a little. "Sure, Professor Oak. We'll do that when we get there." Ash told him.

Professor Oak gave out a triumph chuckle before he drove the truck off to the airport.

AN: Okay! This is the first chapter of the story! I hope this sparks your interests!