Author's Notes: Scooby Doo and all related characters and trademarks are copyright 2010 Hanna-Barbera/Warner Brothers/Cartoon Network, also I am not making any money from writing this story.
Author's Notes #2: This story is based on the Hanna Barbera Productions produced syndicated movie "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School". This story will include similar dialogue, similar plot lines, and the same characters from the movie; however Scrappy-Doo will not be included in this story while the characters Fred, Daphne and Velma will be included as they were not in the original movie. This will also include spoilers, if you have not seen the movie. Special thanks to Rock Raider for letting me use his story Luigi & The Ghoul School as a reference while I wrote this story, I greatly appreciate it and thank you.
Chapter 1
Our story opens as the famous vehicle known as the Mystery Machine makes its way along a spooky looking road in a rather dark and dreary looking area somewhere in the world; the sky and clouds above are quite foreboding as rain pours down onto the crimson colored van, while inside the members of the internationally renowned detective agency Mystery Inc. are chatting about their latest adventure.
"Boy Shaggy, this sure is exciting" Daphne remarked.
"Yeah, you and Scooby being hired as Gym teachers for a Finishing School for Girls" Velma added.
"I'll say and it sure was nice of you guys to invite us to come with you" Fred remarked.
"Like it's no problem gang; besides with you guys being on college vacation and wanting to do something I figured I would invite you all to come too, heck it wouldn't be an adventure without you guys" Shaggy commented.
"Reah" Scooby added.
"So Shaggy, where exactly is this finishing school anyway?" Fred asked, while keeping his eyes on the road ahead of him.
"Like it shouldn't be much further, plus I can't wait to try some of their fancy cooking" Shaggy remarked; the cowardly teen then found himself licking his lips at the prospect of sampling some of the culinary creations he and the Great Dane were sure to find at their new place of employment.
"Reah, re neither" Scooby added as he also licked his lips while thinking of some of the cuisine that was sure to be at the finishing school that the Mystery Machine was traveling to.
"Is food the only thing that you two think about?" Daphne asked with a somewhat annoyed tone in her voice.
"Like no, but it takes our minds off of other things" Shaggy replied.
"Like what?" Velma asked.
"Like this weather for instance, I don't think I've ever seen rain like this in my life" Shaggy replied.
"What do you mean, it's rained like this during a whole bunch of our cases in the past" Daphne remarked.
"Not to mention it's a common metrological phenomenon that we seem to encounter every so often," Velma quipped.
"Well whatever it is it's certainly tough to drive through; for instance I can barely see where we are through the windshield" Fred remarked.
"Maybe we check the map to see where we are" Daphne commented.
"Good thinking Daphne, I think it's in the glove compartment; take it out and I'll check it" Fred replied.
"You keep your eyes on the road Freddie, I'll check the map" Daphne said.
Daphne opened the small compartment on the passenger's side of the van but didn't find what she was looking for; she had a puzzled look on her face and wondered where the piece of paper was.
"That's strange, where on earth could that map be?" Daphne thought.
"Hmm… I thought the map was in the glove compartment but you're telling me it's not?" Fred replied.
"Exactly" Daphne replied.
"Well then where in the world is it?" Fred wondered.
Meanwhile in the back of the van Shaggy's stomach began grumbling as he and Scooby looked through the various food items available, or in this case the lack of food items available.
"Aw man, like there's barely anything in here, looks like the only thing to eat is one measly sandwich," Shaggy complained.
"Raybe re ran rhare rit" Scooby replied.
"Like good thinking Scooby, I'll take out my Swiss Army Knife and cut it in half" Shaggy explained.
Shaggy took out the small red knife from his pocket, which his father had given him when he before he went to a summer camp when he was younger and which was quite handy considering the device had various dining utensils on it as well and split the sandwich, making sure to give Scooby half and keeping half for himself; after doing so he took a bite of his half of the sandwich, however he had a look of disapproval on his face and quickly spit it out.
"Yuck!" Shaggy said with a disapproving look on his face.
Shaggy took the top piece of bread off the sandwich and was disappointed by the fact that he found a piece of paper in between the bread; he instantly recognized it and let his friends know about it.
"Like anybody for road map on rye?" Shaggy asked.
"Road Map?" Fred, Daphne and Velma said in unison as clearly the sleuths were not amused with their cowardly friends.
"Oh great, now what are we going to do; we can't keep driving without a road map" Daphne bemoaned.
"Relax gang we'll figure a way out of this" Fred explained.
"I just hope so, because if I didn't know any better I would say we're lost" Daphne replied.
"Rost?" Scooby asked with a whimper.
"It'll be all right Scooby, besides we're not lost," Velma said, attempting to calm the cowardly canine down.
"Like yeah, we just don't know where we are," Shaggy replied.
"Shaggy, that's not what I said" Velma commented.
"I know, but not knowing where we are sounds better then saying we're lost doesn't it?" the cowardly teen asked.
"Oh, I suppose so; you know Shaggy, you and I have been friends for years, but I don't think I'll ever fully understand you" Velma replied.
"Like that's not a problem is it? I mean two people don't have to understand one another to be best friends right?" the cowardly teen wondered.
"Now that you mention it I guess you're right; besides that's the reason why I like you Shaggy, you're different from other people I've known, especially other guys, in fact you might be the friendliest guy I've ever known, besides Fred of course" Velma replied.
"Thanks Velma, you know besides Daphne you might be the friendliest girl I've ever known, and I'm really happy that we're friends; I mean just because you're smart doesn't mean you're not cool, in fact that's what makes you such a great friend, you're always there to figure out something complicated or to explain things for us, and I speak for all of us when I say thank you for being there to help all of us" Shaggy said.
"Shaggy, that was very sweet of you to say and thank you; you know I think the same way about you as well" Velma replied as her cheeks began to turn bright red, which the cowardly teen noticed, so he decided to ask her why she was blushing, at least that's what it looked like to him.
"Velma, like are you blushing?" Shaggy wondered with a curious look on his face.
The bespectacled teen sleuth looked over at the passengers side mirror of the van and saw that she was indeed blushing, which surprised both her and Shaggy; Velma didn't know quite what to say about the cowardly teen's statement, but after a few moments of silence inside the vehicle Velma knew exactly what to say to Shaggy.
"I guess I am blushing, I guess it's kind of embarrassing isn't it?" Velma said.
"No, no not at all, I really like you when your face is like that, in fact I think it's kind of cute" Shaggy replied.
"You do?" Velma asked with a look of surprise on her face.
"Like sure I do, and as a matter of fact I really like you, plus maybe after this teaching assignment is over and if nothing horrible happens to us, maybe we could be more than just good friends; maybe we could start dating and maybe we could be boyfriend and girlfriend, that is if you want to" Shaggy replied while scratching this back of his head.
"Shaggy, did you just ask me if you wanted to-to date or if we could be boyfriend and girlfriend?" Velma wondered, although a bit of a stammer could be heard in her voice.
"Sure did Velma, and I hope I get a good answer, that is if you know what's good for you" the cowardly teen replied, albeit joking a little bit.
"Oh Shaggy, of course I would like to start dating you and I have no problems with it at all; but the only question is does the rest of the gang like this idea" Velma responded as she smiled at the red shirted teenager.
"Rabsolutely, ri rove it!" Scooby said somewhat excitedly as he licked Shaggy's face and then Velma's face; the cowardly canine had always been Shaggy's best friend, but he always knew that the cowardly teen would eventually find a girlfriend, someone that he would have to share Shaggy with; the canine had always secretly hoped that whatever girl Shaggy dated would like Scooby as well, and it seemed at least for now that the girl he was going to date would do just that, although Scooby never would have expected that the girl would be one of the members of Mystery Inc., although Scooby had thought for a few years that he and Daphne were going to get together; naturally that didn't happen, but in any case the canine was happy and content as he sat with his friends.
"You know this will take some getting used to, but I think it would be a good idea; Shaggy and Velma, you guys go right ahead, although you two will have some major competition from Daph and me" Fred said chuckling a little, while he managed to keep his eyes on the road and his hands on the steering wheel.
"I totally agree Fred; plus I think you two would make a really cute couple, just don't do anything we wouldn't do, okay?" Daphne remarked as she turned around to look at her friends in the back of the Mystery Machine.
"Like don't worry Daphne, we'll be careful" Shaggy said.
"Right" Velma remarked in agreement.
Fresh with the news that two of the members of Mystery Inc. were now officially, or rather unofficially dating, the Mystery Machine continued to make its way down the rather dark and dreary road with thunder and lightning crackling above and rain still pouring down on the vehicle, while inside its inhabitants thought about their respective futures and their pressing engagement at Miss Grimwood's Finishing School; however as the gang continued on their journey with Fred managing to still keep his eyes on the road, the other inhabitant of the front of the van was noticing that the scenery along the road was getting creepier by the minute.
"Jeepers, is it just me or is this starting to feel like an old Late Late Show?" Daphne asked.
"How so Daphne?" Fred wondered.
"Because it feels like we're surrounded by all sorts of strange creatures and who knows what else" the red head replied.
"Don't be ridiculous Daphne; the headmistress of the school Miss Grimwood explained to me when I took the job that she liked to keep the area creepy on purpose, why she did that though I have no idea" Shaggy said, although in the back of his mind he probably knew the reason why the area surrounding the school looked the way it did.
"I guess, although it does get on my nerves just a little" the red head commented.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much Daphne, besides the sooner we get to Miss Grimwood's school we can relax; actually I could use some time out of the van myself, plus I think we've been driving for who knows how long and it would be nice to stretch my legs" Fred remarked.
"Yeah, me too" Velma said.
"Like me three" Shaggy added.
"Re rour" Scooby said in agreement.
So with that the Mystery Machine continued on the way to its intended destination; however after about five more minutes the five sleuths noticed that the scenery was getting somewhat normal, not to mention the forest flanking the road was looking like a regular forest again, which made the gang think, at least for the moment that things were getting back to normal, but considering Mystery Inc.'s past things probably wouldn't be staying that way for long as the crimson colored vehicle pulled up to a large and somewhat unassuming looking building with a brown tile roof.
"I think I see the school up ahead" Fred remarked.
"That's a finishing school?" Daphne asked.
"I don't know, like can anybody see what that sign says?" Shaggy asked.
"I think I can make it out from here" Velma replied.
The youngest member of Mystery Inc. adjusted her glasses and squinted at the sign and the building that the van was parked in front of.
"Calloway Military School?" Velma said with a confused look on her face.
"Military School? Like we're looking for Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls" Shaggy quipped.
"I think it might be next door," Daphne added.
"Alright then, off we go" Fred said.
The unofficial leader of Mystery Inc. started The Mystery Machine back up and drove down a what looked to be deserted looking road flanked by numerous broken trees on either side, the van and it's inhabitants could see their final destination coming into view; however something told Shaggy and Scooby that they wish they hadn't.
"Zoinks, like please tell me that sign doesn't say what I think it says," Shaggy said with his hands covering his eyes.
"What's so bad about a sign?" Daphne asked.
"Yeah Shag, it doesn't look so bad to me" Fred added.
"Rhat's it ray?" Scooby wondered.
"I'll read the sign Shaggy, then we'll know if we're in the right place," Velma remarked.
"Like no way" Shaggy replied.
Scooby after catching sight of the sign joined his master in not wanting to see what it said either, the two of them sat cowering behind the front seat; Velma seeing this decided to scold her cowardly friends.
"You two are such chickens, for your information the sign says Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Ghouls" Velma said as she read the sign aloud, for some unexpected reason however the bespectacled girl did a slight double take after realizing what the sign had said.
"Ghouls? You mean this is a school where the students are..." the intelligent female sleuth added before stopping in mid-sentence.
"Ruh-huh, rhosts rand ronsters" Scooby said, finishing up the bespectacled girl's sentence.
"Like that does it, that officially does it, there's no way you're getting me and Scooby to go in that creepy place; besides it looks like something out of the Late Late Show" Shaggy said with a gulp.
"Knock it off Shag, you signed up for this job and we're going to help you and Scooby out" Fred remarked sternly.
"And that also means keeping you two here whether you like it or not" Daphne replied.
The five sleuths exited the van and after unloading their luggage walked towards the school, however after starting on their way they noticed something strange and something not quite right about the school.
"Jeepers, what a neat looking old place; heck it even has a moat" Daphne remarked.
"And just look what's in the moat!" Velma added as her voice rose a little, albeit it was because she was truly frightened of what was in the moat.
"Like Sharks!" Shaggy yelled.
"Rharks?" Scooby replied.
The gang then continued on the path towards the school when Shaggy realized something, which might present a problem to the gang, considering they were still attempting to find a way to enter the ancient structure that held the finishing school.
"How are we going to get into this creepy school, this place does have a moat but it doesn't have a drawbridge" Shaggy remarked.
"Ro rawbridge?" Scooby replied with a gulp.
The rest of the gang waited on the path for someone to lower the drawbridge, as they were doing so Scooby nervously stood along the edge of the moat until he lost his balance and fell in.
"Jinkies, Scooby!" Velma exclaimed in with an alarmed look on her face.
"Zoinks, like we've got to do something before those Sharks have a real Scooby Snack!" Shaggy said with a great amount panic in his voice.
Scooby Doo found himself swimming for his canine life as quickly as possible to get away from the aquatic predators, eventually and thankfully for him he got away from the creatures and made his way back onto dry land and rejoined the gang.
While all of this was going on unseen to the gang, inside the building someone walked up to what looked to be an ancient control panel and lowered the drawbridge so the gang could cross it.
"Come on gang let's cross so we can get inside the school and get settled" Fred said.
"Like after that welcome and after Scooby nearly became a Shark Snack, are you kidding?" Shaggy replied.
"Reah, ri almost rot reaten," Scooby added.
"Don't worry about it you two, I'm sure the sharks didn't mean any harm, I hope" Velma replied, with a somewhat nervous look on her face.
"Didn't mean any harm? Boy it's a good thing I didn't take on those sharks; otherwise they would be on their way to becoming rugs in my house" Shaggy remarked with a somewhat serious look on his face and an equally serious tone in his voice.
"Shaggy! I'm surprised at you, how could you say such a thing? I mean sure they are sharks, but they're still animals and living things; if you were to turn them into throw rugs, then you would be doing something that would be as horrible as if Scooby was eaten by one of those sharks; think about it, what if Scooby was a rug? What would you say then?" Velma replied, trying to talk some sense into the red shirted teenager, specifically trying to avoid him turning the aquatic denizens of the moat into decorations for his place of residence's living room.
"I guess you're right Velma, I would sure hate it if Scooby was a throw rug; I mean I'm not a violent person at all, but when someone or something tries to hurt or harm my best friend, that's a case of wanting to do some decorating with the pelts of the animals" Shaggy said, making an attempt to calm himself down.
"Rhat's right; rut there's still rone thing that I don't understand" Scooby responded.
"What's that Scoob?" Shaggy asked.
"Rell, rou raid that ri ras your rest riend, rhat does that rake Relma?" the Great Dane answered with a question of his own.
"Scooby, Velma is my best human friend and my girlfriend, you will always be my canine best friend, Scoob; when I need companionship and Velma's not around, you're the dog that I turn to; in fact you're more than a dog to me Scooby, I really think you're man's best friend and I will never ever let anyone hurt you or Velma" Shaggy replied as he hugged the Great Dane and Velma.
"Raww, rhanks Rhaggy" Scooby said with a smile on his face.
"And what Shaggy said goes double for me Scooby, you're girls best friend too" Velma replied.
"That's right Scooby, and you mean a lot to Fred and me too" Daphne said as walked over to Scooby and hugged him.
"Ditto for me Scooby; I've said it before and I'll say it again and this goes for all of us: you may be a dog but you're way more than man's and girl's best friend, and because of that we love you very much" Fred replied.
"Raww rhanks ro rou ruys, ri rove rou ruys ro," Scooby said as he licked the faces of each of his friends before giving each of them a friendly hug.
In the past few minutes the five sleuths of Mystery Inc. had learned a lot from each other and about each other, which you might say made each of them stronger then they were before and as a result made their friendship and bond greater than it had been before the gang began their current adventure; now with their friendship greater and stronger than ever Scooby and company walked across the drawbridge towards the door of the school; however even though the gang's friendship was greater, the cowardly pair were still quite hesitant to go any further.
"Zoinks, like something tells me this is going to be one creepy assignment" Shaggy remarked.
"Oh come on Shaggy, this place doesn't look that bad" Velma commented.
"Yeah like it looks worse," Shaggy replied.
"Relax you two, now come on let's get inside before it starts raining cats and dogs" Fred explained.
"Rey!" Scooby remarked.
"I didn't mean to offend you in any way Scooby, it was just a figure of speech" Fred said as he softly petted the Great Dane's fur.
"Rhat's okay Freddie, ri'm not offended" Scooby replied with a smile on his face.
After a few more minutes of walking Mystery Inc. finally reached the large wooden door of the building; as the gang stood in front of the ancient looking structure Daphne and Velma took the time to scan the building, however unlike Shaggy and Scooby the two female members of the group were not frightened.
"What a lovely old structure, not as nice as some of the schools back home but still pretty nice" Daphne remarked.
"It does have a certain charm to it now that you mention it" Velma added.
Fred then rang the doorbell, which sounded like something out of a haunted house, specifically one from an old late night horror movie; hearing this Shaggy and Scooby quickly ducked behind him.
"Come on you guys, don't act so chicken" Fred commented, still trying to instill some bravery in his cowardly friends.
"L-like ok I-if you say so" Shaggy remarked nervously.
He and Scooby then moved out from behind Fred and stood next to Velma as the gang waited for someone to answer the doorbell.
A few moments later the group began hearing footsteps coming from inside the building as someone approached the door, it opened and the gang saw a rumpled looking older woman with black hair wearing a rather old looking and faded pink dress, along with red shoes and a large red hair band.
"You must be Shaggy Rogers and I see you've brought some friends with you" the woman said.
"Like I sure am, and you must be Miss Grimwood" Shaggy remarked trying to hold back his cowardice for a few moments.
"I certainly am and it's very nice to meet you" Ms. Grimwood replied as she reached out to shake the cowardly teen's hand.
"Like it's nice to meet you as well and let me introduce my friends: this is Fred, Velma, Daphne and Scooby Doo, they'll be helping out around here as well" Shaggy said introducing everyone, while still trying to fight back the urge to run out of the school screaming.
"Ah wonderful, the more the merrier I always say" Miss Grimwood replied somewhat cheerfully as she walked over and shook Fred, Daphne and Velma's hands, as well as Scooby's paw; although considering she ran a school for monsters, and not only monsters but the daughters of some of the most notorious monsters in history, she was as cheerful as someone who was in her position could be.
The gang then followed Miss Grimwood inside the school and into a large somewhat ancient looking room; however Scooby and company realized that this must be the living room although in a place like Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Ghouls that name was purely an oxymoron.
As the gang looked around the ancient looking room, they heard a strange growling sound, Mystery Inc. then found themselves looking around the room trying to pinpoint where the sound was coming from, a few seconds later Shaggy and Scooby looked down and saw a small green scaly creature; considering all the mysteries the gang had solved and their vast experience with supernatural villains, the pair didn't waste any time identifying the creature, not to mention they knew what exactly the creature was that was standing a few feet away from the group.
"Like is that a…?" Shaggy asked.
"Dragon, ruh-huh" Scooby replied finishing his companion's sentence.
"Oh don't be silly you two" Velma said, as she leaned down towards the floor and softly petted the small creature.
"That's Matches, he's quite harmless if not provoked" Miss Grimwood remarked.
"Then like I guess we won't provoke him, right Scoob?" Shaggy remarked with a gulp.
"Reah, ri rouldn't rant to ret a Dragon rangry," the Great Dane added.
"It's very nice to meet you Matches" Velma remarked; Matches took an apparent liking to her because he began to sound like a purring kitten as Velma continued to pet him.
Suddenly the gang heard yet another growling sound, only this time it wasn't a Dragon; the gang then looked around the room attempting to identify where this new growling sound was coming from and as a result they saw a young looking Werewolf with fuzzy orange hair and fur as well as a faded blue dress standing by the window and naturally howling.
"Hello" the werewolf said with a howl after walking over from near the window.
"Like it's n-nice to meet you," Shaggy replied nervously.
"Jeepers, a real Werewolf" Daphne remarked with a look of amazement on her face; although considering she was speaking with a real live werewolf, it was a look of curiosity as well.
"Winnie the Werewolf to be exact" Miss Grimwood said.
"So you must be the new gym teachers," Winnie said as she made her way over to where the rest of the gang was standing.
"We sure are, it's very nice to meet you" Daphne replied as she shook the young werewolf's fur covered paw.
While Fred and the girls spoke to the young werewolf, Shaggy and Scooby had ran over and hid behind some drapes; as the two of them hid a bat began to fly around them, the pair began trying to shoo it away but while they were trying to do so they accidentally opened the drapes.
"Hey Shaggy, what's up?" Fred asked as the two cowardly members of the group fell onto the floor.
"L-like there's a bat flying around here" Shaggy replied as he stood up from the floor.
Suddenly the bat turned into purple smoke, and as the smoke cleared a young girl wearing a faded purple dress with purple hair, light purple skin and purple lipstick, and also a set of fangs stood in front of them.
"I'm Sybella, Count Dracula's daughter; it's fangtastic to meet you" she said.
"Dracula's?" Shaggy asked.
"Raughter?" Scooby added.
Fred and the girls then walked over to where the young vampire was standing and decided to engage her in conversation.
"Hello" Fred said shaking her hand in friendship.
"Well, now who might you be?" Sybella asked curiously as she eyed the blond teen up and down, possibly thinking that he might be a good boyfriend, although Daphne didn't look too pleased at what she was doing, in fact she looked to be ready to turn the vampire into a pile of dust, but considering Sybella was quite younger than Daphne, the red head decided wisely against it.
"I'm Fred Jones, one of Shaggy's friends" Fred said with a somewhat surprised look on his face.
"Ah, it's fangtastic to meet you Fred; but what's wrong with them?" Sybella wondered aloud pointing to where Shaggy and Scooby were.
"Oh those two have always been scaredy cats, once they get used to you I'm sure they won't be so jumpy" Fred commented.
While Shaggy and Scooby stood in fear of the young vampire as usual, Daphne found herself noticing her choice of clothing and was quite curious about the young vampire's choice of wardrobe.
"Sybella?" Daphne asked.
"Yes, Daphne is it?" Sybella replied.
"That's right; you know I couldn't help but notice that you enjoy purple, considering you're wearing a purple dress and have purple skin, hair and lipstick" Daphne commented.
"Oh I certainly do, purple just happens to be one of my favorite colors" Sybella replied.
"What a small world! Purple happens to be my favorite color, actually right now I'm wearing a purple knit dress in addition to a purple hair band and light purple shoes" Daphne explained.
"Wow, who knew there was someone who likes purple as much as I do out there; you know I also noticed that item around your neck, it's very interesting; and I was wondering, if it's okay and if you don't mind is there any chance you can tell me what it is?" Sybella asked.
"That's quite all right, I don't mind at all; I'm probably guessing that you mean my scarf right?" Daphne asked, fingering the lime green piece of cloth that she was wearing.
"A scarf? So that's what it's called, it's simply fangtastic and it definitely suits you" Sybella replied with a smile.
"Thank You Sybella, you know I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" Daphne remarked smiling and shaking the young vampire's hand.
While all of this was going on, Shaggy and Scooby ran over to Fred and the girls and decided to get them to try and leave with the two of them.
"Hey, where are you two going?" Fred asked.
"Like far away from here!" Shaggy remarked.
"Ruh-huh, ri'm rith rhim!" Scooby added.
Shaggy and Scooby then started to run out of the room; naturally Fred and the girls decided to follow their two friends to make sure they wouldn't leave the school.
The Mystery Inc. gang had made their way into the hallway before bumping into yet another girl, mostly likely another one of the students at Miss Grimwood's school; of course the reason the gang thought that she might have been a student was because she had black hair, tan skin and bolts coming out of her neck, which even for a girl was quite unusual, unless you were a monster of course.
"I'm Elsa Frankenteen, Frankenstein's daughter," the girl said.
"Rand I'm out of here" Scooby remarked.
"Like me too" Shaggy added.
Fred then quickly reached over to Shaggy and Scooby and grabbed each of their collars thus preventing them from running away.
"Jinkies, I didn't know Frankenstein had a daughter," Velma commented with a bit of a surprised look on her face.
"Actually he doesn't tell that many people about me, why that is I'll never know" Elsa replied.
"Well regardless of that, it's still very nice to meet you Elsa," she continued.
"Thanks, by the way I really like your glasses" Elsa replied.
"Well thank you Elsa, that's very nice of you; I think they're pretty cool too" Velma said.
"You look pretty smart, are you into science at all?" Elsa asked.
Velma's eyes then lit up like Christmas trees as she smiled; "Finally someone that I can talk about science with and will know what I'm talking about" she thought.
"It sure is nice to meet another person who shares a common interest with me, you know Elsa I think you and I could become great friends" Velma remarked.
"You're welcome, it's nice to meet someone who isn't frightened by my appearance and who didn't run away from me" Elsa replied.
"It's too bad, if more people knew that all monsters aren't bad or evil then maybe more people would be friends with the five of you" Velma commented.
"Yeah it is tough being a girl ghoul, people treat you differently and run screaming from you because of what you are and because of your heritage and past, plus there's nothing you can do about who or what you are" Elsa said.
"I can sure attest to that Elsa, back in high school because of my intelligence and my love of science people would cause people to make fun of me and call me a nerd, plus I was always an outcast and a misfit, at least that is until I met Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby Doo; they accepted me for who I am and didn't call me names or anything like that" Velma replied.
"That's right Velma, we would never do that and you'll always be our friend no matter what happens" Fred explained.
"Right!" the rest of the gang declared.
"You sure have some great friends Velma, I wish more people had friends like yours and mine" Elsa commented.
"I sure do Elsa, I sure do" the bespectacled sleuth replied.
Meanwhile Shaggy and Scooby had broken loose from Fred's grasp and continued to try and find a way out of the building; Fred and the girls naturally followed and the five made their way into a strange looking room.
"Jeepers, this looks like an old Egyptian tomb" Daphne remarked.
"Yeah and look there's an old Sarcophagus" Velma commented.
Suddenly the Sarcophagus began to open and a figure wrapped in bandages and wearing a small pink bow stepped out of it, yawning as she did so.
"Zoinks, a m-mummy!" Shaggy exclaimed in shock.
The figure looked poked its head out of the Sarcophagus and saw the gang standing around the room.
"Hello, I'm Tanis, the mummy's daughter" the figure said as she waved to the group.
"Aw, aren't you the cutest little thing" Daphne remarked, as she complimented the young student.
"Thank You, I love getting compliments from people" Tanis replied.
"You're very welcome Tanis, and we were glad to give you one; you know you also have a very friendly personality" Fred observed.
"I know, I guess I've always been that way" the young mummy responded.
Shaggy and Scooby had by this time left the room and had run down the hallway into yet another room; Fred and the girls followed the pair and saw yet another strange room, this room however had an old organ in the corner and a transparent pale light blue figure was sitting on the organ bench playing it.
"Like, it's a g-ghost!" Shaggy shrieked.
"Actually I'm a phantom and my name's Phantasma," the figure said turning to the rest of the gang.
"It's very nice to meet you Phantasma, by the looks of it I would say you're a musician am I right?" Daphne asked.
"Sure am, I just love playing the organ" Phantasma replied giggling.
"Cool, I'm a pretty big music fan myself" Daphne remarked.
"Neat, I've never met a fellow music lover before; do you like the organ?" Phantasma asked.
"Well sort of, I actually took music lessons when I was younger; plus I used to play the piano a little bit" Daphne replied.
"Terrific, would like to hear me play a bit?" Phantasma asked.
"Sure" Daphne replied.
Phantasma cracked her fingers and began to play a musical selection on the organ; the gang along with Daphne watched in amazement as she continued and as she finished Daphne smiled and gave her a compliment.
"Wonderful Phantasma, but do you know any Beatles songs or any Rock and Roll?" Daphne asked after applauding her effort.
"Not really, but I suppose I could learn; by the way would you like to play something on the organ?" Phantasma asked.
"Well like I said, the organ is a bit different from the piano and I'm kind of rusty; maybe later ok Phantasma?" Daphne asked.
"Sure and you can call me Phanty" Phantasma replied.
"Thanks, I'll be sure to do just that" Daphne commented.
Shaggy and Scooby had once again given Fred and the girls the slip and had decided to run back downstairs to try and find an exit from the strange school, however once they were downstairs the cowardly pair as you might expect bumped into Miss Grimwood and her pupils, unfortunately for the cowardly teen and his Great Dane companion, they both realized that they were in the school for the long haul and that there was a good chance they might not leave the school at all.
Author's Notes: This story has been in my to do list for quite a while and I was somewhat unsure of posting it until I got most of it written, but since I have wireless internet now I've decided to post it now, hopefully everybody enjoys it and reviews my stories as usual.