Sleepover Stories

The Home of the Rogers' Family

Shaggy, Scooby, Fred, Daphne and Velma laid on the floor in the living room, watching Treasure Planet.

Sugie and Mrs Rogers were in the kitchen making a cake for Grandma Rogers, who's Birthday was the next day.

Mr Rogers was folding towels in the laundry room, which was adjoined to the kitchen. Then the washing machine went off, and the lights went off. "Oh, darn, Nigel." Mrs Rogers called.

"Powers out." Mr Rogers said. "Don't worry, I've got my flashlight." Fred said, pulling a small flashlight out of the pocket of his pyjamas. "Me too." Velma said.

"Ahh, we were just getting to a good part." Shaggy whined. "Reah." Scooby sighed.

Mr Rogers stepped into the living room and looked out the window. "Looks like the whole street's in a blackout." He said, looking up and down the street, all the other houses were dark, and the street was only lit by the street lamps, which were powered by the darkness.

"What about Grandma's cake?" Sugie asked. "Don't worry, we've only put the flour and the sugar in, we'll cover it up and finish it when the power comes back on." Mrs Rogers said, reassuringly.

"Like, what do we do now dad?" Shaggy asked. "Wait until the power comes back on." Mr Rogers said. "Rit in rhe rark?" Scooby asked. "Yes, sit in the dark, Scoob." Mr Rogers said.

"Hey, why don't we tell ghost stories?" Fred suggested. "Oh, Freddie, yours are boring." Daphne said. "They are not!" Fred said. "How about I tell you a story?" Mr Rogers said.

"Yeah!" Sugie exclaimed. "Oh no, stories about fairy princesses!" Shaggy exclaimed.

"Oh no, Shaggy. This is a different story." Mr Rogers said, "It's a true story." He said, mysteriously.

"Sit down Sugie, Jenny." Mr Rogers said, letting his wife take the arm chair, Sugie sat on the floor and curled up next to Scooby, and Mr Rogers sat on the floor.

"Jumping jellybeans! I forgot how low down the floor is." Mr Rogers exclaimed, Mrs Rogers tried to hide her laughter, but the children and Scooby couldn't.

"Now, like I said, this is a true story. So, I don't want you kids getting scared." Mr Rogers said. "My dad accidentally let Dorothy and I watch The Ring, nothing can scare me as much as that did." Daphne said.

"Ah well, the difference between the Ring and this story is, this one is real." Mr Rogers said.

"There is an island called Peculiar Island." Mr Rogers began, Mrs Rogers ran her hand through her hair, the children giggled.

"The island is hidden by ordinary people by a thick layer of fog which drives people away, and darkness surrounds the island. But the island itself is very sunny and warm."

"Like Themysceria?" Daphne asked. "Sort of, but instead of being home to all women, it's home to Pirates who sailed on a ship in the cove, Plant People who lived deep in the forest, Fairies who lived in the trees, Mole People and Trolls who lived deep in the Underground." Mr Rogers said.

"I told you Mole People were real!" Fred exclaimed as he elbowed Daphne, who rolled her eyes.

"The island was gifted, every twenty years, one could make a wish from the basin in the castle of Nero the Very First. The castle was on the top of a high hill. The islanders tried to keep to themselves as best they could, but the Fairies and the Plant People argued, and the Trolls and the Mole People argued." Mr Rogers said.

"Why did they hate each other?" Sugie asked.

"The Mole People and the Trolls lived in the Underground together and fought over which part of the Underground was who's. The Battle of the Great Underground between the Mole People and the Trolls did not solve any issues because the Trolls accused the Mole People of cheating. And the Fairies sometimes flew into the ear of a Tree person instead of a tree in which the Fairies lived." Mr Rogers said, Sugie giggled at the thought of a Fairy living in a tree, like Peter Pan and the Lost Boys.

"Like, what about the Pirates, dad?" Shaggy asked.

"Nobody liked pirates, especially not the pirates of Peculiar Island." Mr Rogers began, sounding dark, Fred snuggled closer to Daphne and Sugie, Shaggy and Scooby snuggled closer together, Velma was intrigued and listened to Mr Rogers.

"The Captain was mean, they called him Captain Gold Finger, his real name was Stanley, but he was called Gold Finger because of the gold finger on his right hand."

"Why does he have a gold finger?" Velma asked. "Well, thirty years ago, before Stanley became Captain Gold Finger, he and two other pirates were in a battle to gain rights to a ship, the Cookie Cruiser. The battle was a battle of Bravery, one of the pirates ran naked through the town of Moustache, in the snow, and the other smiled for a whole day. But Stanley, cut off his ring finger on the right hand, not only to prove his bravery but to prove in loyal to the Cookie Cruiser, without a ring finger he would not marry, devoting his life to be a pirate."

"That must have hurt." Sugie said, sympathetically. "Indeed." Mr Rogers said. "Anyway, after Stanley won the ship be began hiring for a pirate crew, and one of the pirates was Pirate Metal, who made a gold finger for Stanley, making him Captain Gold Finger." Mr Rogers said.

"How did he make the gold finger?" Sugie asked. "From the golden puddles in the Gold Field." Mr Rogers said, in a "where else would you get gold from" tone.

"So, the wish." Mr Rogers continued with the story, "Someone had to make a wish at the Castle of Nero the Very First, before the day ended or the wish would be lost for another twenty years."

"What did the islanders wish for?" Daphne asked. "Funny you ask, because the wishes are ridiculous." He began to smile. "The Fairies wished for a home away from the Plant People, the Mole People wished they had full control of the Underground and the Trolls would be their servants, the Trolls wished they had full control of the Underground and the Mole People were their servants. The Plant People wished for control of the island and the Pirates wished for all the golden coins and jewels in the world, and to have a better ship that the Cookie Cruiser.

"The day to wish had finally arrived and the islanders were determind to get their wish; Captain Gold Finger and his first mate Jimmy climbed onto a lifeboat and sailed to shore, leaving the rest of the pirates to drink all the rum, "Drink as much as you want me, for we will make the wish and have all the golden coins in the world and we can have more rum!' Captain Gold Finger exclaimed." Mr Rogers said, putting on his best pirate voice. "The Fairies were sending two of their strongest and fastest flyers, Artemis and Peter, 'We'll get the wish and have a better home.' Peter said to the crowd of cheering Fairies." Mr Rogers said, making his voice high like a fairy, Mrs Rogers couldn't hold her laughter, the kids and Scooby laughed too.

"Daddy should have gone as a fairy for Halloween." Sugie laughed, Mrs Rogers laughed at the thought of her husband dressed a fairy princess, like in the stories he told Sugie at bedtime.

"The Plant People had selected Cameron Cactus and Vincent Vine were sure to make it to the Castle of Nero the Very First before the others, they could travel through the trees and they reached the bottom of the high hill before any of the others.

"But the Mole People and the Trolls also had an advantage, Manny and Mumford of the Mole People, and Sludge and Slime of the Trolls travelled in the Underground, fortunately for everyone else the Trolls were easily distracted, especially by food, worms, slugs and snails were their favourite, as well as cockroaches and ants, and there were many of those in the Underground. The Mole People took their chance and snuck past the Trolls who had lost all interest in the wish and were now looking for food.

"'Look what I found!' Sludge exclaimed, holding out a hand full of worms, 'Wormies!' Slime exclaimed. The Mole People were way ahead of the Trolls now, but they couldn't travel through the Underground, they climbed out of the ground and were right at the bottom of hill, and they began to climb, catching up with the Plant People and the Fairies."

"Where are the Pirates?" Shaggy asked. "Captain Gold Finger and First Mate Jimmy reached the bottom of the hill as the Mole People had started climbing." Mr Rogers said, then he gasped. "Finally, they reached the top of the hill and saw the castle in the distance."

"What did the castle look like?" Daphne asked, eagerly. "Yeah, what does it look like?" Sugie asked, just as excitedly. "Well, the Castle was built by Nero the Very First, so it was hundreds of years old, all that was left was castle ruins but, the basin could be seen surrounded by the ruins." Mr Rogers said.

"'We were here first!' Artemis exclaimed, 'So we get to make the wish!' Peter exclaimed. 'You did not get here first!' Cameron Cactus exclaimed, 'We were!' Vincent Vine shouted. 'I think you'll find Captain Gold Finger and I were here first.' First Mate Jimmy said. 'No, we was!' Mumford shouted. 'Where are the Trolls?' Cameron Cactus asked. 'Dunno' Mumford said. 'It doesn't matter because we we're here first!' Peter shouted. 'Yes you were.' A loud voice boomed." Mr Rogers stopped when the lights and the TV came back on.

"Oh, powers back on." He said, "You kids can finish watching Treasure Planet."

"No!" They all exclaimed, Sugie got up and turned the TV off and then the lights. "We want to know how it ends!" Daphne exclaimed.

"Did the fairies get their wish?" Sugie asked. "Who was the voice?" Fred asked. "Rhat happened ro rth Rolls?" Scooby asked.

"Alright, alright, settle down." Mrs Rogers said.

"A man appeared in front of them, 'My name is Odin, I am the one who gave that basin to Nero the Very First.' He said pointing to the basin." Mr Rogers continued with the story. "Odin doesn't sound very happy." Daphne said. "No, he doesn't." Fred said.

"'Who got here first?' Cameron Cactus asked, 'Who gets to make the wish?' Vincent Vine asked. 'We got here first!' Artemis exclaimed. 'Nobody gets to make the wish.' Odin said, 'It was just a rumour Nero the Very First made up to watch people argue over a wish.' He said." Mr Rogers said. "What?" Everyone exclaimed.

'I let the men drink the rum for nothin'!' Captain Gold Finger exclaimed." Mr Rogers put his pirate voice back on.

"The wish wasn't real?" Daphne asked. "No, it was just a joke." Mr Rogers said. "But the fairies still don't have anywhere to live." Sugie exclaimed, "And the pirates don't have any rum left." Shaggy said.

"But the Trolls were successful." Velma added. "They stayed behind and ate worms and slugs, so they should surely give them full control of the Underground, because they were smart enough to stay behind and find food, and not be tricked into travelling over the island for a fake wish." Velma said.

"Alright, so happy ending for the Trolls." Mr Rogers smiled, "They have full control of the underground."

"Good story dad." Shaggy smiled. "Mommy let's finish the cake!" Sugie exclaimed, as she walked towards the kitchen, Shaggy put the TV back on, "Dad, watch Treasure Planet with us, we can start it from the beginning." Shaggy said, insistently.

Mr Rogers, who couldn't get up off the floor, laid on his stomach next to Scooby. "So, what's this movie about?" He asked. "Aliens and Pirate ships." Fred exclaimed.

"You'll like it dad, if I like you'll like it." Shaggy said, smiling to his dad, who had just told one of the funniest stories he had ever heard.

The End