Author's Notes: Scooby Doo and all related characters are copyright 2009 Hanna-Barbera Productions/Warner Brothers/Cartoon Network. No challenge to their ownership is implied; I am not making any money from writing this story, I am just a fan and I am writing this simply for fun.
Chapter 1
Our story opens in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Wart and Warlock Hotel as the world famous group of detectives known as Mystery Inc. cheer on their warlock friend Vincent Van Ghoul at the Warlock of the Year awards banquet at which Vincent is set to receive said award.
Meanwhile two familiar ghostly figures wait inside the lobby of the hotel sight unseen, they are preparing to work for yet another of the phantoms from the infamous Demon Chest who plans to cause some major trouble for Mystery Inc.
A beautiful blonde woman wearing a red dress then entered the hotel and looks around, at first glance she wouldn't seem to be much of a threat except maybe to someone who had a steady boyfriend or girlfriend or to someone who was married; Weerd and Bogel, the two ghosts who tricked Shaggy Rogers and Scooby Doo, two members of the aforementioned Mystery Inc. to open the Chest of Demons see the woman walk in and go over to meet her.
"Are you Nicara?" Weerd asked curiously.
"Yes, who wants to know?" replied the woman.
"We're Weerd and Bogel, the two ghosts that are supposed to be working for you" Weerd explained.
"Yes I've heard of you two, unfortunately" the woman said with some dismay in her voice.
"You've heard of us? Then you must be from the Chest of Demons right?" Weerd asked.
"Very perceptive of you two" Nicara frowned.
"Ooh, ooh what are you going to do now that you're free from the Chest of Demons Nicara?" Bogel wondered.
"First of all, I'm wondering why I have to work with you two and then I'm going to explain my plan," the blonde woman said with some anger in her voice.
"Why are you going to do that boss, we're just trying to help you out" Weerd replied.
"From what I've heard about you two from the other ghosts from the chest, your kind of help isn't what I need; now if you two will be quiet I can explain my plan" she continued.
"Oh, we're sorry your evilness" Weerd remarked.
"Yeah we didn't mean anything by it" Bogel replied.
"Will you two kooky spooks knock it off!" the blonde woman declared with her voice raised.
"Now, at this hotel are Vincent Van Ghoul and hundreds of other Warlocks; I plan to use my powers to drain each and every one of them, because tonight is Friday the 13th, which is the only night that my powers will work on each of the warlocks; then once I have the powers of every warlock in the building I shall be invincible!" Nicara declared, laughing evilly.
"Nicara, how are you going to use your powers to drain Vincent Van Ghoul and each of the warlocks?" Weerd asked.
"I will use my trance of love to hypnotize and then drain the magic from each simple minded sorcerer in this hotel before midnight, does that answer your question?" the blonde woman explained.
"Sure does, but why don't you kiss us before you kiss the warlocks just to make sure your powers still work" Weerd remarked.
"Yeah, after being cooped up in the Chest of Demons so long your powers might be out of whack" Bogel added.
"No thank you, besides I'm afraid if I did that I would catch whatever makes you two so stupid" Nicara explained, glaring at the two ghosts all the while.
With that Nicara, Bogel and Weerd entered into the lobby of the great hotel and prepared to commence their nefarious plans; the trio of villainous figures stood looking around for any and all ways to drain the attendees of the Warlock of the Year convention.
The evil enchantress and her two ghostly partners came up on a man with black hair wearing a blue suit and standing at what looked to be a wooden podium; Nicara decided that this was the right time to try out her trance like powers and stared into the man's eyes.
The gentleman noticed the shadows of the two ghosts and their boss approaching and wondered what these three wanted, as well as why they were in the hotel.
"Yes can I help you?" the man asked.
"I certainly hope so; could you tell me where the Warlock of the Year banquet is being held?" Nicara asked.
"I'm sorry miss, but unless you have an invitation I can't let you in" the man replied.
"Oh, that's too bad; I was really hoping I could attend the banquet, I certainly wish you could help me" the enchantress said in a seductive voice, as her eyes made contact with the man.
"On second thought, the Warlock Of The Year banquet is being held in the main ballroom; make sure and have a good time miss" the man replied sounding as if he was under a trance.
The wicked enchantress, Bogel and Weerd walked towards the entrance to the ballroom and prepared to put their dastardly plan into motion.
Meanwhile, Scooby Doo and the gang were sitting in the aforementioned banquet room enjoying the food as well as Vincent Van Ghoul's company; the great warlock and the rest of the gang were marveling at the literally hundreds of Warlocks that were in attendance.
"It certainly looks like a good turnout for the Warlock of the Year banquet this year Mr. Van Ghoul" addressed Fred.
"Yes Fred it appears that the entire magic world is here for this event, and frankly I couldn't be more pleased" Vincent replied.
"Not to mention it's certainly a great honor to be named Warlock of the Year Mr. Van Ghoul," Velma commented.
"Sure is, after all Vincent's the most powerful warlock of them all" Fred replied.
"You're right about that Fred, what a guy, I knew he could do it" Flim Flam added.
"Thank you Fred, Flim Flam, I really don't deserve all this" Vincent remarked.
"Of course you do Mr. Van Ghoul, you should be very proud to be named the Warlock of the Year" addressed Fred.
"It was really nothing Fred, after all I'm only as powerful as the rest of my warlock brethren" Vincent said.
"Mr. Van Ghoul?" addressed Fred.
"Yes Fred?" Vincent replied.
"You know there's something that I've been wondering ever since we met you" Fred questioned.
"What's that Fred?" addressed Vincent.
"What's it like being a warlock?" Fred wondered.
"Well Fred I'm glad you asked, sometimes it can be quite time consuming and quite annoying but it's certainly worth it, why do you ask?" addressed Vincent.
"It's really kind of silly, but I guess I could tell you; to be totally honest, I've often had dreams and thoughts of being a warlock or sorcerer; I'm curious though, do you think I would make a good warlock?" Fred asked.
"Fred, that's certainly an interesting question; I don't know if I've ever been asked that before, I mean a mortal wanting to become a warlock is quite unexpected; there is a lot of training that goes into becoming a warlock and truth be told I was planning on training Flim Flam on the mystic arts and sorcery but if you really want to go through with this I suppose I could teach you" Vincent replied with a questioning tone in his voice.
"Vince, I didn't know you were going to teach me to be a warlock?" Flim Flam said with a surprised tone in his voice.
"Actually Flim Flam it was supposed to be a secret but I guess I can tell you now; plus I had no idea Fred was interested in that sort of thing, it kind of took me off guard" addressed Vincent.
"Thank You Vince, that's very generous I've you and believe me I'll be the best student you ever had well other than Fred" Flim Flam replied.
"You're welcome Flim Flam, and Fred as I mentioned before if you really want to get into magic and sorcery you're more than welcome to join Flim Flam and I when we start training, whenever that is, also Fred to answer your question I think you would make a fine Warlock" Vincent explained.
"Mr. Van Ghoul, I would be more than happy to join you and Flim Flam; thank you for the offer and believe me you won't be disappointed" addressed Fred.
"By the way Fred I've been meaning to ask you; why would you like to be a warlock, it's certainly a dangerous profession and if you're not careful you might wind up like one of the thirteen ghosts but certainly not evil like them" warned Vincent.
"Well I guess I could tell you about it Mr. Van Ghoul, you see back when I was in junior high I used to love a newspaper called The National Exaggerator, I used to have a subscription to it and everything; plus I used to kind of annoy the rest of the gang by talking about mole men, aliens, Martians and who knows what other supernatural creatures; but then when we all started high school I started playing sports and forgot all about that stuff with good reason, but then when the rest of the gang and I met you Mr. Van Ghoul the whole thing kind of returned although I'm not going to annoy the gang with that stuff this time like I did when we were all in junior high; plus the realm of the supernatural has always fascinated me, in fact I was a mystery writer for a while and a pretty darn good one if I say so myself, so I guess it's kind of in my blood I guess you could say" addressed Fred.
"Very interesting Fred, I didn't know that was the reason why you wanted to get into magic; but I suppose it's a legitimate reason, thank you for telling me and I'm confident that you will do well in sorcery" addressed Vincent.
"You know Fred that would be kind of interesting, actually it would be hard to picture you as a warlock but I suppose if it's something you really want to do you should go ahead and do it" Daphne remarked.
"I'll say, you know with a warlock in training some of the ghosts and monsters that we face wouldn't dare tangle with Mystery Inc., they wouldn't stand a chance against us whether they be real or fake" Velma added.
"Like that's for sure, plus Scooby and I will have to ease down with our cowardice considering we have two warlocks for friends" Shaggy remarked.
"Reah" Scooby added.
As the cowardly Great Dane and his friends continued chatting with Vincent Van Ghoul, the evil enchantress Nicara with Bogel and Weerd in tow walked through the hotel looking for the main ballroom and the Warlock of the Year banquet.
As the ghostly trio walked down a long hallway filled with numerous doors, behind of which held hotel suites, storage areas among other things; after several minutes Weerd noticed someone coming out of a nearby room and decided to inform his boss about this occurrence.
"Nicara, look I think that might be one of the warlocks from the convention" the smarter of the two ghosts explained.
"Ah so it is, well I was hoping for Vincent Van Ghoul but this gentleman will do just fine" the wicked enchantress said with an evil grin on her face.
The man had gray hair and was wearing a red bow tie and brown suit; the wicked enchantress decided that now was the right time to make her move; she stepped towards the man, smiling as he noticed that the attractive blonde woman was walking right up to him; the man was curious as to the identity of this stranger and decided to introduce himself.
"Good evening, my name is Victor Houdini and what might yours be my dear?" the man asked.
"You can call me Nicara" the blonde temptress said in a somewhat seductive voice.
"Nicara?" Mr. Houdini wondered, he thought for a few seconds before realizing that this woman was not who she said she was, but rather one of the evil specters from the Chest of Demons; the gray haired man then attempted to reconcile his mistake of talking to this enchantress and tried to make a hasty exit before she attempted to use her ghostly abilities.
"I know exactly who you are Nicara and what you are; you will never drain my powers!" Mr. Houdini declared.
"Oh I wouldn't say that, you shall be in my control soon enough" Nicara replied, the wicked enchantress cast her eyes towards the gray haired warlock's face as hearts shot out of them rendering the man helpless and unable to resist the woman's spell.
With the powerful sorcerer unable to move and unable to avoid the woman's grasp; she stepped forward, took Mr. Houdini in her arms and proceeded to kiss him, finally a strange burst of electricity and light surrounded the two as Nicara's hair suddenly became something out of a nightmare, mainly long slithering red snakes that belonged on the creature Medusa and not a normal person.
During the time that all of this was going on, Mystery Inc.'s cowardly Great Dane member as well as his cowardly teenage companion had told the gang that they were getting a little bored and that they were going to take a walk through the hotel for some exercise.
The rest of the gang and Vincent Van Ghoul agreed, told them to be careful and wished them well as they left the grand ballroom and entered into a long hallway; however unbeknownst to Shaggy and Scooby they had entered into the same hallway that Nicara, Bogel, Weerd and Mr. Houdini were in.
The two cowardly detectives walked past numerous doors before turning a corner and seeing the two wicked villains and the evil enchantress as well as the gray haired warlock; the pair wondered what was going on, then decided to get out of sight but still keeping watch on the strange situation.
"Zoinks! Like take a look at that Scoob!" Shaggy said in a whisper making sure that the creepy villains wouldn't hear or spot them.
"Rhat is it Rhaggy?" the Great Dane asked.
"Like it's those two ghosts that tricked us into opening the Chest of Demons in the Himalayas: Bogel and Weerd, but who is that woman with them? And who is that grey haired old man?" Shaggy wondered.
"Rhy rould you rant to rnow rho rhat rwoman is Raggy, rare roing to rask rher ron a rate?" Scooby asked smiling as he teased his master a little.
"No of course not Scooby, like I'm just wondering what that woman is doing to that man; besides she looks like something out a Late Late Show I saw once, almost like Medusa" Shaggy explained.
"Rwho?" Scooby curiously asked.
"Medusa, she was a mythical creature in Greek Mythology and had slithering snakes for hair not to mention she could turn anyone who looked at her to stone" the cowardly teen replied.
"Ri ridn't rhow rou rnew ranything about Reek Ryhtology Raggy" the Great Dane commented.
"Like yeah, I remember learning about that in High School plus I recall Velma saying something about that to me once" the cowardly teen replied.
"Reah rure" the Great Dane remarked teasing his master once again, knowing that he and the bespectacled sleuth had been a dating couple for several years.
"Really like I did study that in high school, but like I never figured that would come in handy now; like I guess it's true what they say, you can always use what you learned in school" the cowardly teen replied.
"Ri ruess so, ry the ray rhat are re roing to do rabout rhat rady rand that ran Raggy?" the Great Dane asked.
"Well like whatever it is it can't be good, because that man looks like he's been hypnotized; Scooby we have to go back to the ballroom and tell the gang what we saw, they and Mr. Van Ghoul might be very interested in this" the cowardly teen explained.
"Rokay Rhaggy" the Great Dane replied.
"But we have to be calm, cool and collective; plus we can't make any noise because it might alert that creepy woman to our whereabouts, ok?" the cowardly teen sleuth commented.
"Right, ret's ro" the Great Dane replied.
With that Shaggy and Scooby slowly exited through the hallway and back towards the grand ballroom trying to be as quiet as mice, however as usual nothing for the cowardly pair was ever easy; for as the two sleuths made their way back through the hotel they bumped into a vending machine, which aroused Nicara's attention after she was finished with Mr. Houdini.
"Where did that noise come from?" the evil enchantress growled.
"I don't know Nicara, but it must have come from the hallway" Weerd remarked.
"Ooh, ooh should we go investigate?" Bogel added.
"No you dimwitted specters, besides it was probably one of the members of the hotel staff or at the worst a mouse or insects; it would probably be a waste of time anyway" the wicked woman explained as she turned her attention back to the elderly warlock.
"What have you done to me Nicara?" the man asked, now released from his trance.
"Simple I have drained your powers you old fool, now you are akin to a helpless pussycat; Bogel, Weerd let's leave Mr. Houdini to his thoughts, however many are left that is and continue our way to the banquet hall" the wicked enchantress explained.
With that Nicara, Bogel and Weerd left the hallway and continued on their wicked scheme; meanwhile Scooby and Shaggy had decided to run all the way back to the grand ballroom and had entered the banquet hall, the two cowardly friends walked back to their table, sat down and were finally able to relax.
Velma saw that the pair of sleuths were clearly exhausted and decided to ask them what the matter was and why they were so exhausted.
"Jinkies what happened to you two, you look like you just saw a ghost" the bespectacled sleuth wondered.
"Like worse, we saw a blonde woman and an old man with a brown suit and gray hair" Shaggy explained.
"What's so scary about that Shag?" Fred wondered.
"Like this woman was kissing this old man and something was happened to him" the cowardly teen replied.
"She was kissing him? Oh how sweet, they must be in love" Daphne remarked.
"Daphne like it wasn't sweet at all, because after this woman kissed this guy her hair turned into snakes and some kind of weird electricity surrounded the both of them" the cowardly teen replied.
"Jinkies, you mean this woman looked like Medusa?" Velma asked.
"Like she sure did, Scooby and I had to split before she did to us what she did to that guy" Shaggy replied.
"Hmm… Shaggy, what did you say this gentleman looked like again?" Vincent asked.
"Like he had gray hair, was wearing a brown suit and red bow tie, why?" Shaggy wondered.
"Interesting, the man you described sounds like an old warlock colleague and friend of mine: Victor Houdini" Vincent replied.
"Jinkies, Houdini? You mean like Harry Houdini, the legendary magician?" Velma wondered.
"Not really Velma, although it is a peculiar coincidence isn't it?" Vincent remarked.
"Actually that is a pretty weird coincidence, by the way isn't that him coming over here?" Velma asked pointing to a man with gray hair and wearing a brown suit who was walking towards the gang's table.
Vincent looked over to where Velma was pointing and noticed that the warlock was indeed walking towards them; Vincent smiled and then motioned for him to come join them at the table, although as he stepped forward the gang could see that something was clearly wrong with him.
"Ah speak of the devil, how are you Victor?" Vincent asked as the man stood in front of Vincent Van Ghoul.
"I'm wonderful Vincent, in fact I can't stay long I have to rendezvous with a beautiful woman" Mr. Houdini replied.
"Victor you sly dog, tell me who the lucky woman is?" Vincent asked.
"She's right over there" Mr. Houdini replied pointing at a woman with blonde hair and wearing a partially pink, partially red dress.
As soon as Vincent Van Ghoul noticed who his friend was pointing at he began choking and gasping, even though he wasn't eating or drinking anything at the moment; afterwards he quickly got up from the table and for some reason began running away from the gang which caused Scooby and company to wonder what was going on.
"Mr. Van Ghoul. What's up?" addressed Fred, curious as to why their warlock friend was making a hasty exit.
"There's no time to explain, we must leave immediately!" Vincent remarked as he headed out of the room with his cape draped partially over his face.
"Jinkies, what was that about?" Velma wondered aloud.
"Like I don't know and I don't think I want to find out" Shaggy replied.
"Yeah, in all the time we've known Vincent I don't think I've ever seen him act or behave like that, almost as if he had become like Shaggy and Scooby all of a sudden" Daphne commented.
"Hey, like what's wrong with the way Scooby's and my personalities and behavior?" Shaggy spoke up, sounding as if the redhead had offended him in some way.
"Reah" Scooby added.
"Sorry Shaggy and Scooby, I didn't mean it like that; I meant that Mr. Van Ghoul is usually brave and not afraid of anything, but when he took a look at that blonde woman I could almost see a hint of terror in his eyes, it just isn't like him and all" Daphne replied, attempting to quickly change her comments so that the cowardly teen and Great Dane wouldn't be mad at her.
"Like since you put it that way Daphne, we don't mind right Scoob?" Shaggy asked his canine companion.
"Reah, re rill rike rou Raphne" Scooby commented.
"Thanks guys and it's no problem" Daphne replied smiling.
"Gang I think I have the reason why Vince is so shy around this woman" Flim Flam spoke up.
"What is it Flim Flam?" Fred asked.
"The two of them must have dated at one time or another, maybe they had a nasty breakup or something, that must be why he's avoiding her" the young boy replied.
"I'm usually good with romance and matters of the heart, but I don't think that Vincent and that woman used to date Flim Flam" Daphne explained.
"Yeah and besides I think there's something fishy going on around this hotel and I think it has something to do with that blonde woman" Velma clarified.
"Like why's that Velma?" Shaggy asked.
"Just take a look around the room Shaggy, every warlock in this room is acting like they're under a spell" Velma explained.
The cowardly teen followed Velma's gaze and almost immediately knew what she was talking about; the bespectacled girl was indeed correct in her comment, every one of the guests in the grand ballroom, with the exception of Scooby and company looked to be hypnotized.
"Zoinks, like I see what you mean Velma" Shaggy remarked.
"And don't look know but that blonde woman is coming this way" the bespectacled girl commented as Nicara walked across the room, specifically towards the gang's table.
Once the blonde enchantress had reached the Great Dane and his friends, the woman decided to see if she could procure some information from Mystery Inc. about their warlock friend.
"Pardon me, but could you tell me in what room Vincent Van Ghoul is staying in?" Nicara asked as she looked at the gang, in particular the blond unofficial leader of the group, the cowardly red shirted teen member of the group and the only canine member of the team.
Seeing that she was quite attractive, Fred, Shaggy and Scooby each looked back at her unknowingly in a somewhat amorous gaze.
"I think we can, but first I have a question for you" Fred asked.
"Very well, what is it?" Nicara replied with an impatient sounding tone to her voice.
"Are you seeing anyone?" Fred asked.
While she knew what exactly was going on and knew that Fred didn't really mean what he said, the redheaded member of the group still shot a dirty look across the table at the blond teen.
"Like good question Fred and I'm wondering something too" Shaggy commented.
"What?" Nicara asked impatiently.
"Are you a mind reader?" Shaggy asked.
"Reah" Scooby added.
"Like come on, read my mind" Shaggy added.
To a lesser extent Velma also knew what was going on and figured that she had to do something before Shaggy did or said something that he was going to regret, so she decided to speak up.
"That's like reading a blank page" Velma remarked with a smile.
"Right on Velma!" Daphne added as she reached over to shake her friend's hand.
While Daphne and Velma each smiled and chuckled under their breath, Fred and Shaggy each shot a dirty look at the two girls across the table.
Trying to get the conversation back on track Nicara tried asking again about Vincent Van Ghoul's whereabouts.
"So just where is old Vincent?" she asked.
"Just why are you so interested in where Vincent is?" Daphne wondered.
"Yes, what do you want with him?" Velma added.
"You see, I'm an old school friend of Vinnie's, we haven't seen each other in quite some time" Nicara replied.
"OK, in that case, Vincent's in room 1313" said Flim Flam.
"Flim Flam, why on earth did you say that?" Daphne asked sounding confused.
"Can't you tell, they're inseparable; she's crazy about him" replied Flim Flam.
"I don't about that Flim Flam, who knows what this woman is really up to" Velma commented.
"Yeah you saw what happened to me, Scooby and Shaggy" Fred added as he, Shaggy and Scooby had returned to normal.
"Like yeah and you heard what Scooby and I told the rest of the gang about what we saw and what she did to that other man; that creepy woman is probably going to drain Vincent's powers next" Shaggy replied.
"If that's so we have to stop her" Daphne said.
"Right, come on gang!" Fred exclaimed.
With that Scooby Doo and the rest of Mystery Inc. headed out of the room and towards a nearby elevator, the Great Dane and his companions walked inside the elevator and Fred pushed the button for Vincent's floor as Scooby and company hoped that they were not too late to stop the sinister enchantress.
After finding out where the great and powerful warlock was staying, the evil enchantress decided to use a little subterfuge to enter Vincent Van Ghoul's room; in this case her chosen deception was voice impersonation.
Nicara knocked on the door and waited for Vincent to answer, the great warlock wondered who exactly was calling on him at this time of night and decided to find out who his mysterious visitor was.
"Yes, yes who is it?" Vincent asked.
"Rit's me Scooby Doo" Nicara answered, using the voice of one of the warlock's mystery solving friends, specifically the only canine member of the group.
"Oh yes, it's good to hear your voice Scooby; come on in" Vincent declared.
The wicked enchantress then entered the room, which frightened Vincent Van Ghoul like nothing else had ever frightened him before.
"Nicara!" the warlock exclaimed.
"Surprised to see me again Vinny?" the blonde enchantress questioned.
"Frankly no, some day I knew you would escape from the Chest of Demons and someday I figured you would be searching for me and others of my kind" Vincent replied.
"Yes Van Ghoul and now that I am free of that accursed chest I can kiss you and drain your powers, now kiss me you fool!" Nicara declared walking ever closer to the powerful warlock.
"Don't waste your breath or your powers Nicara, you'll never kiss me and drain my powers!" addressed Vincent now with his eyes closed trying to avoid looking at the wicked enchantress.
"Now Vinny, you should never say never" she replied now looking right at the powerful mystic.
Back downstairs Scooby and company were trying to figure out how to stop the evil enchantress from taking Vincent Van Ghoul's magical abilities.
"I still don't understand how a woman like that could be so evil, after all she seemed like a woman any guy would want to date" Shaggy remarked.
"You would be surprised Shaggy, besides even the prettiest and most beautiful women have secrets that are so horrible you don't want to find out about them" Daphne explained.
"Right, besides that's what made women like Cleopatra and Mata Hari so deadly; they would force men of power to become their wives or girlfriends just so that they would have full access to their wealth, property and whatever else of value they had" Velma added.
"Like I guess a lot of women do end up doing things that most people would never do" Shaggy replied.
"And that's why we have to stop that wicked enchantress, now come on we have to get up to Vincent's room and stop her before she makes Vincent powerless" Fred explained.
Scooby and the gang ran up the stairs and towards Vincent's room; as the gang got closer to his door they could see a bright light coming from inside the room.
"Zoinks like w-what's that?" Shaggy asked.
"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling we might be too late" Fred replied.
Fred opened the door to Vincent's room with the gang following in tow; as they entered the room they saw a large yellow light plus lightning coming from the middle of the room.
The light and the lightning were coming from Nicara as Mystery Inc. could see her hair becoming hissing snakes similar to the mythical creature known as Medusa; she was kissing Vincent Van Ghoul, thereby draining his powers and putting him under her evil spell.
"You're too late!" Nicara yelled; the wicked enchantress quickly ran out of the room past Scooby and the gang, of course Scooby and friends were more concerned with saving Vincent to worry about Nicara at the moment.
"Vincent, are you okay?" Flim Flam asked.
"Yes, I am fine" Vincent replied in a monotone sounding voice.
"Good" Fred replied.
"Wait, where is my Nicara?" Vincent asked.
"Not to worry Vince, you won't be seeing her again any time soon" Flim Flam remarked.
"Oh, I guess I can tell you the good news then" Vincent said.
"What?" Velma asked.
"After today you won't be hearing the name Nicara ever again" Vincent replied.
"Really that's great" Daphne commented.
"Good, because after today her name will be Mrs. Vincent Van Ghoul" Vincent replied.
"No!" the gang replied in unison.
"Yes and you're all invited to the wedding" Vincent said.
Scooby and company had a shocked look on each of their faces as their warlock ally told them of his plans, naturally the gang tried to convince him to not marry the wicked enchantress but eventually Mystery Inc. gave up on trying to convince Vincent that this was the wrong thing to do, as the group of sleuths stood inside the bedroom they realized that this might be the last time they would ever see their warlock comrade.