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Chapter 1

This is an episode of my made-up Scooby-Doo series, "Scooby-Doo and Chillers."


Chillers sighed as she looked around the darkened room. She missed going on adventures and solving mysteries, two of her favorite things to do. She hadn't done either one for a few days. Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, and Daphne had been gone for a while, solving mysteries. And here was Chillers, left behind, alone with Velma.

Velma was a very good friend of hers, of course. But she still missed her other friends. She looked up at Velma. She wondered what she was doing. It was hard to see her at all, with only a thin ray of dim light in the room, coming from the moonlight outside. Why did Velma leave all the lights off? thought Chillers, It's nighttime!

She sighed again, loudly, trying to get Velma's attention. It didn't work, so she said, "Chee!"

"Not now, Chills," Velma whispered, "there's someone outside!" Chillers stood up on her hind legs to get a better view. She could see the figure of something tall outside through the window. It walked up to the house, put something on the door, and left. When it was out of sight, Velma opened the door and Chillers grabbed the thing on the door.

"It's a note!" said Velma as Chillers gave her the thing from the door. The note read: "I know this is where Winter lives. You must give her back to me!"

"Who is Winter?" said Velma.

"Chee…" Chillers drew back at that name.

"What…" said Velma. She stopped when she saw Chillers' face. Chillers looked like she'd just seen a ghost, with her pupils dilated, her teeth clenched, and her body trembling. Velma picked her up and said, "It's okay, Chillers. Whatever it was, everything is fine now." Chillers calmed down a little but still seemed deeply troubled. Suddenly, the room lit up for a moment when lightning flashed outside.

"Chee!" Chillers shrieked and jumped up. She seemed so terrified and nervous…it was odd.

"Chillers, are you all right?" Velma said softly.

"Chee…chee chee-uz." said Chillers. I never told you this…but Winter is my real name. She continued to look scared.

Chillers seems to be hiding something, thought Velma, but why? Soon Chillers calmed down, and everything was normal again…at least for a while.

The next morning, Chillers ran through the house. She jumped up and nearly knocked Velma over in her excitement. Velma laughed. "You want to go outside, don't you, Chills?" she said, rubbing her friend's long white fur.

Chillers purred contently but was still excited.


Chillers once had an unkind owner, and he abandoned her. He named her Winter, but she never told anyone until this episode. When Scooby and the others met her, they renamed her Chillers because they didn't know she had a name.