There are certain things that are known for being consistent. The sun always rises and falls throughout the years. Rain always falls downwards from the sky, though sometimes a bit sideways but always from the sky down to earth. And just when you're late for work, there will always be traffic...

So when something as set in stone as the two known cowards saying they are looking forwards to Halloween, the scariest time of the year, the others grew suspicious at the unnatural statement. The one time of the year all the monsters, ghouls and ghosts come out to play, Shaggy and Scooby were actually looking forwards too?

This deserved some looking into!

As the holiday grew closer, the two seemed to get more and more excited. Though they were not telling the others why. Something about a secret which just made the rest of the gang wants to know why. Finally, an opportunity arose for the others to investigate the strange happenings. Their parents, each having their own things that day had contacted the Rogers and asked if each of their kids could stay over while they were away for the day. With nothing major planned, that could not be done in the comfort of their own home, the couple agreed. It was always a pleasure to help out their friends plus the kids were all friends too.

Velma was the first one to be dropped off. Her parents were off to do some last minute shopping before their holidays wrapped up. Entering the house, Shaggy's mom was always nice and provided her with a snack as soon as she came through the door. A habit she no doubt picked up probably due to her own son's constant hunger cravings that just bled over to guests in general. Nibbling on the apple slices, Velma thanked her and proceeded to follow her instructions to find the boy in question. Shaggy and Scooby seemed to have squirreled themselves in their room, doing something that his mother didn't seem to concern herself with. She muttered something about boys being boys and left it at that.

She felt almost like a robber as she crept up the stairs and made a path to their room. They had been acting so strangely that it had her curiosity perked, they felt like they were up to something. It was like they were acting like all those bad guys, they had caught in the past.

Her urge to spy on them overrode her usual polite nature. Normally she would have made herself known but she felt like sneaking today. The door was already a tab bit open, so she couldn't resist the curiosity to take a peek before saying that she was there. Just a peek wouldn't hurt… Could it?

The room was a mess, as usual, but it seemed more composed of clothing all scattered on the floor then it's usual mess of junk. It looked as if all the normal junk was pushed out of the way for all the strange clothing in the middle of the room. Peering in deeper, she found two forms on the other side of the main clothing mass in the middle. It was hard to make out the two she figured for being Shaggy and Scooby since they seemed to be bending over and searching the pile for something.

Maybe… Maybe something happened to Scooby and Shaggy?

Her mind played games with her as she looked on. The muffled voices didn't seem like Shaggy or Scooby's voices. They were deeper and seemed to be laughing at something. Maybe it was someone who broke into their room and is going through their stuff?

She quickly shook the thought out of her head. She was getting paranoid over probably nothing. And she even didn't know why she was hiding. She was getting to act just like Fred when he read one too many of his uncle's magazines.

"He would be shouting something probably about 'rampaging mole men from the earth's core' or something silly like that. Raiding earth's clothing supplies to force the earth to buy from them at wholesale."

She murmured to herself in amusement, joking about Freddie's normal outbursts. Though her murmurs had been loud enough to get the attention of the two forms huddling inside the room. As they rose and stood up straight, Velma's eye grew wide. With a stifled scream, she staggered back falling to the floor, hitting the door open. With a long creak, the two forms were revealed.