It had been a long and boring first day back- the day ending with a pep rally to celebrate the school's new year. All throughout the rally people were chatting to one another about the disappearance of the two teens just hours earlier- few people focusing on the football team as they marched in , the cheerleaders as Daphne lead their new cheer with Rachel or even the principal as she gave her opening and closing speeches.
The bell rang loudly, signalling the day was finally over and students began to move on out through the back doors. As they did so, Scooby Doo walked into the school through the opening and made his way to the gym, meeting with Shaggy. Shaggy looked on with a smile as his faithful companion approached and the two walked over to Fred, who was looking at the cheerleaders.
"Hey Scoob." The blonde said to the dog as the three began to walk out. "So like, Fred, you weren't ya know serious about that whole checking out the site thing were you?" Shaggy asked sheepishly as Fred nodded his head.
"Oh yeah. It sounds interesting- I mean stuff like that doesn't happen much and I knew those guys. They were pretty cool- so this is just weird. I'd like to help if i can." He says as they reach the parking lot, Fred opening the driver's door to a blue sports car and throwing his school bag into the opposing seat. "Plus, this is really good material for my mystery novel." he concludes as he drives off, leaving Shaggy and Scooby to look at one another before shrugging and getting Shaggy's machine.
The van started up with a puff of smoke and then drove out of the school's parking lot. "Like Scoob. This is the weirdest first day yet."
Five Hours Later
Shaggy laid up in his bed, a lime green button up nightshirt and a pair of olive green pajama pants was his attire as the Great Dane wandered around the spacious room they slept in. Shaggy's family had a history of being rich- from pirates , politicians and more. There always seemed to be some rich uncle or great grandfather that left behind something for his dad, or at one point, him. That was tossed into his college fund.
Shaggy didn't live life like a rich person, none of his family did. They bought stuff , but didn't go that far. They lived in a nice 5 bedroom, 3 bath house on one of the main roads in Coolsville. White picket fence, floral arrangements in the living room, flower printed curtains and drapes all highlighted a white painted, black shingled house.
He'd enjoyed this house, as it had been in his family for a while now. His room had enough space to house two people, or in his case one person and a great Dane. Half of the room was actually given to Scooby, Shaggy's own personal choice for his best pal.
He looked over at Scooby as the dog rested atop a large dog bed and called over. "Hey Scoob…"
"Res, raggy?" The dog asked, suddenly sounding tired. "Like, you think Fred actually went to investigate the woods?" The shaggy haired teen asked as the dog gave a shrug.
Soon he noticed a vibrating and beeping sound and looked over to his bedside table, finding his phone ringing . He sat up and grabbed the flip phone, flipping it open. "Like, hello?"
"Shaggy.." an all too familiar voice called from the other line, making Shaggy's face straighten out as he released a sigh. "Like, what do you want Rachel?" He asked the voice as the girl chuckled.
"Nothing, man. Just tired and...ya know...like, bored." The blonde responds as Shaggy releases another sigh. "Ya know for a girl who dumped me you sure like to , like, hang around." Shaggy says as he moves to hang the phone up and tosses it near the end of his dark green sheeted king sized bed.
The phone behind to ring once again and he quickly sits up, picking it up and answering it. "Like, Rachel we've been over th-"
"Wrong blonde, bro." Fred's voice cut in through the phone , causing Shaggy to blink. "Like, sorry dude. What's up?" He asks as the sound of rustling is overheard in the background.
"Nothing much.. searching the forest up here by the cliff. Taking notes of stuff in my little mystery journal.. using it for later. And ya know. Trying to find more out about this." Fred replies as he steps on something and curses momentarily.
"Cool...wait!! You , like, actually went out there?!" He shouted into the phone as he burst out of bed, surprising Scooby who had drifted off to sleep across the room. The dog lept up in shock, momentarily sticking to the ceiling like a cat before falling back down.
Fred chuckled and replied sheepishly. "Yup. Something about this had me itching to read into it.
"Like, what's that? The need to find inspiration?" Shaggy asked as he walked over to his desk , messing with the lamp on it for a second.
"No...well yes. That and the fact that I kinda really wanna solve this mystery. A wise man once said, if you're gonna write a tale, it's best to live it out first." Fred said as he stumbled over a rock. He sighed over the phone.
"But even I'll admit I'm not doing all that well on my own...which is why…" Fred led on, Shaggy immediately replying. "Oh no no no. No way man, I am NOT , and I repeat , AM NOT going into the creepy, spooky, possibly haunted forest at seven forty at night."
Twenty Minutes Later
Shaggy, dressed in a red tee shirt and a pair of blue jeans and Scooby found themselves walking away from the van, door slamming gently behind them as they made their way into the forest, flashlight shining the way from Shaggy's hand. "Like call me a fool, Scoob. But three large three meat pizzas and a three liter soda? It's worth the search man." Shaggy told his faithful companion as they trudged onward.
A lock of blonde hair was caught in the light ahead and a light blue short sleeved shirt and a pair of dark jeans soon turned, Fred's face showing. "Hey there you guys are." He called as he walked over to them. "I knew that pizza idea would work. Now come on, there's alot to cover and I've found a good bit already." He says as the three of them head off back the way Fred had come.
"One thing I found was this." He says as he comes to a stop near a tree, shining his flashlight at the trunk. There were three deep gashes into the side of the tree. "If I did my calculations right, that'd take about 500 pounds of force exerted in each swing of a blade to to cut this deep this quick. These cuts don't look like they were just hacked in, ya know?" He said as he turned to the two, Shaggy nodding but barely knowing much about the math.
"That is pretty freaky dude..but like, what's up with the green gunk on the trunk?" he asks, causing Fred to raise an eyebrow as he turns and Shaggy shines the way. It was a green liquid, slithering down the side of the tree.
"Gross...but ...kinda cool." Fred says with a smile that is shared by Shaggy and Scooby. Fred reached down and picked up a small stick nearby, scooping some of the substance onto it. "Like, what is it?" Shaggy asked.
"No idea…" Fred replies as he holds it up to the light. "But it looks like…"
"Like a Non-Newtonian fluid." A female voice cuts in, causing both boys and the dog to whip around, their lights shining immediately on a brown shirted figure. A pair of orange bell-bottoms came into view.
"Velma?" The the three said in unison as she approached, adjusting her glasses as she made her way over. "Yep. I came to investigate this too. Because honestly, this seems like something the police won't read that deeply into." She says as they all nod in agreement.
"Like, that's fair." Shaggy says as Fred stands up, showing her the slimy substance. "Good eye, I was just gonna say a loosely mixed glue solution." Velma shrugged "They're pretty similar." she replied.
Shaggy turned back as the two began to talk and looked around himself. His stomach was compelling him both to leave and to stay. If he stayed, he got free pizza. If he left, he'd have to pay for pizza.
But why did this worry him? He could be at home right now, eating a large pepperon, mushroom and anchovie pizza and watching TV with one of his bestest pals. He looked down at Scooby, who was seemingly invested in his own tail and rolled his eyes.
But something caught his attention, and he turned as he overheard a noise. The sound of footsteps trudging through the leaves that littered the ground. He shook gently in fear and backed up, turning to Velma and Fred. "Like, guys?? I heard footsteps over there." He said as he pointed in the direction he'd heard the sound from.
The two stopped conversing and turned that way, walking over slowly and silently. Fred made a hand notion towards Velma and Shaggy, Velma nodding and Shaggy doing the same, though striking a clueless look as soon as Fred turned back around.
Velma walked in another direction, around some trees and still heading towards the area Shaggy had pointed out. Shaggy's eyes widened slightly and he looked to Scooby, nodding towards the opposite way. The two of them went that way.
Fred kept the flashlight pointing downwards and carried on, watching as the sound seemingly got louder and the footsteps moved closer. He shines his flashlight ahead and jumped out from behind a tree, noting Velma coming in from his left and Shaggy and Scooby from the right.
All of them looked at one another, then each one jumped in shock as they heard the sound of rumbling, and what a raging flame would sound like. The sound grew louder and closer. Soon, a wave of neon green light shined over all of their heads, causing them to stare straight ahead. There, about thirty feet away stood a large figure with a green aura surrounding him. It was the shape of a largely built Knight, a sword raised in the right hand. Green eyes stared ahead from a dark silhouette at the teens.
Shaggy and Scooby had grabbed ahold of one another in the time that the Knight made his presence known, Fred backed away a bit same as Velma. An echo-y , deep voice began chuckling and soon began a full fledged laugh as the Knight pointed his sword towards the group.
"Begone from these woods!" The Knight shouted.
"Like, no problem!!'' Shaggy yelled back as he fumbled around in the pocket of his jeans, trying to grab ahold of his keys. Fred motioned to the group to move, them barely catching on until he turned and yelled "RUUUN!!!"
And the blonde quarterback was off, the tall soccer player behind him. But Velma stumbled and fell down, her glasses slipping off as she did so. The Knight began his approach as Fred and Shaggy ran back.
Velma continued to feel around the forest floor. "My glasses...I can't see anything without them!'' she yelled as Fred's built arms wrapped around her waist and scooped her up over his shoulder, Shaggy running and picking up the lost glasses and running behind them.
As they ran they found that they didn't even feel tired, Scooby Doo rushing ahead of everyone eventually and leaping through the window of the van.
As Shaggy reached the van, he flung the door open and plunged his key into the ignition.
Fred had set down Velma and she had her glasses on, now making her way to an old station wagon nearby. Fred looked for both his keys and his car, finding the vehicle a bit up ahead on the road. He began to rush towards it , but fell back as he slid into a stop.
A burst of pure heat rushed towards the vehicle, hitting the side and flipping it over onto it's other side. He sighed loudly as he watched this and turned, rushing towards the van just before Shaggy took off. He hopped into the passengers side and looked back as the Knight approached.
Shaggy didn't question anything about it, as he'd heard the blast and the sound of the car hitting the road and put the pedal to the metal. The van took off quickly, Velma's station wagon falling behind. The vehicles continued onwards, another burst of heat hitting the road in front of Velma, causing the girl to swerve out of the way and into the side of the road, her station wagon hitting a tree.
Shaggy, Fred and Scooby all looked back, shouting collectively "VELMA!" as Shaggy whipped the steering wheel around and drove towards the damaged vehicle. The van pulled to a stop and they ran over, opening the driver's side door and finding a shaken but woken Velma. Fred ushered her out of the vehicle and they turned back, watching as another burst of heat hit the tree right next to them.
The tree caught fire right then and there, the flames spreading onto the top of the car. The teens all ran to the van, getting in quickly and driving away as the silhouette of the Knight made it's way down the roadside.
The green aura lit up the back of the streets as they drove off, as quickly as Shaggy could go. The van swerved gently but regained composure as another burst of heat hit the road. "This is tied for the worst day of my life!!" Shaggy shouted as Velma looked at him, then back to the road. "Tied to what?" She asked him.
He frowned up as he put his foot down further on the gas pedal "Every freaking day of my life!!!" was his response as he swiftly rounded a corner down a path that led into the center of Downtown Coolsville. The Cool blue aura that came as a mix of City lights and a foggy mist in the city seemed eerie for once as the teens found themselves on the run for their lives.
Shaggy swerved , hitting a hard left and drove straight on until he pulled a complete and hard stop in front of his house. He let out a breath he'd withheld for the longest and sighed as Fred and Velma opened the passenger door and slid their way out of the front seat , which seated three.
Shaggy was still sat in the driver's seat, gripping the steering wheel with all his might as Scooby pulled on his body. It took three strong jerks until the boy was pulled free from the wheel and onto the ground outside.
Fred looked over at the obviously shaken Velma who stumbled over Shaggy's yard and called to her. "You alright?" He asked as he ran a hand through his sunny blonde hair. The brunette nodded as she caught her breath. "We lost him..thank God…" he said as he headed towards Shaggy's front door.
Shaggy ran ahead of him, slamming his key into the lock and turning it before pushing it open. It was now around 8:50 PM, so his parents were wide awake watching TV in the living room. He gave a wave to them as Fred did as well. "Hi Mr. And Mrs. Rogers." Fred said with a smile. The older couple smiled back ''Hello Freddie."
Mr. Rogers, a short and wide waisted man with a balding head looked over at Velma then at Shaggy. "Now Norville you know our rules on girls.."
Shaggy shook his head as the four of them made their way towards his room, shouting from the hall. "Like, it's not like that dad, we're working on a-a- project!'' he said as he waved to his blonde haired fourteen year old sister who sat on her bed with the door open.
"Hey Shag, hiiiii Freddy." She said , somewhat entranced by the football player who awkwardly waved back before rushing into Shaggy's room.
He thrust himself into the rolling chair next to Shaggy's desk and watched as the older teen sat on his bed, offering part of it to Velma. Scooby rushed over and sat down on the floor next to the head of the bed.
"So….what do we do now?" Velma asked as Shaggy almost immediately replied "Now? Now we leave this to the professionals, AKA the police and Batman!" He shouted as Fred waved a hand
"That's actually not a bad idea Shag. We can go to the police and tell them what we've found and what Happened. There's no way that Knight's hauling away our cars that easily.." he said as he took a moment to think of his beautiful sports car.
Velma nodded. "That's logical. What they do next is questionable though. Coolsville police aren't always the uh...brightest…" she says as they all nod in agreement.
"Like that wacky Sheriff Bronson, there's no telling if they'll even listen to us.'' Shaggy said as he fell back onto his pillow. "But whatever we tell them- we gotta make sure they check that area." Fred says while spinning in his chair. He comes to a stop and looks over at Shag. "Hey you mind if we- or I stay here tonight?"
Shaggy arched an eyebrow as he heard this. "Of course. You know my parents won't mind." He then sits up and looks at Velma with a smile. "Do you need to stay too?" He asks as she pushes her glasses up the bridge of her nose and nods.
"Yes... it'd be best to explain in the morning what happened to my car to my parentals." She said as she stood up . "So um...which way is your restroom?" She asked a bit uncomfortably.
He pointed towards the door. "It's ,like, the third door down the hall to the left."
Scooby walked around the room, then headed over to the side he called his own and crawled into his bed with a loud yawn. "I hear that Scooby." Fred says as he looks to Shaggy, who tosses over a blanket and a pillow. He lays them out onto the carpeted floor and covers himself up. "Night guys." He said, receiving a "Roodright" and a "Night" in return.
The next morning saw Shaggy, dressed in a pine green flannel over an oak green shirt and khakis, Fred who wore a white short sleeved button up shirt and a pair of blue bell bottoms , and Velma who wore an orange sweater vest over a white long sleeve that went down to her elbows and a burgundy skirt with orange socks that stopped at her knees. The three pulled into the school parking lot, Fred and Velma getting out and looking at Shaggy who checked his gas meter.
"Like alright guys. We'll meet up here after school and head to the station...and then , Fred you owe me some pizza." The blonde nodded and smiled as Velma listened to this and gave an affirmative nod off her own.
Shaggy then drove off and circled in the parking lot, attempting to find a parking space as his van croaked and spewed out a dark cloud of smoke.
Velma shook her head as she and Fred headed towards the entrance. "He still drives that van, isn't his family rich?"
Fred looks down at her. "Yep, but ole Shag there believes it's in mint condition.. even through all it's been through. Really and truly it's a mystery that machine even works. It stops alot- and after last night it's definitely gonna be stopping a heck of a lot more…"
Velma purses her lips upon hearing this. "Weird…" as they finally pushed through the school doors, their heads whipped around the main corridor as it swarmed with people.
Fred looked up ahead and saw Sheriff Bronson himself questioning the principal. The principal seemed as though he was about to yell back , but turned towards Fred and Velma, pointing at them. The sheriff looked over at the two teens and marched over to them. "Fred Jones and Velma Dinkley?" He asked, to which they hesitantly replied.
"Yeah"
"Yes…"
"You two are gonna have to come in for questioning!"
Time seemed to slow down as Fred heard this, his eyes locking on Bronson "I'm sorry, what?" He asked as Velma seemed to hyperventilate. She slowed her breathing carefully and looked at the sheriff "Sir, surely there's been some sort of misunderstanding…" she begins, but is cut off as two officers lift her up slightly and carry her towards the doors.
"Wait!! No! I have rights! I do not concede! I do not concede!" She shouted frantically as Bronson and another officer grabbed Fred a bit roughly, to which the boy replied "Watch the hair dude. Watch it!!''
Shaggy and Scooby approached the doors and were drawn aback as they watched this. Shaggy's eyes widened as he followed his friends' path. "Guys? Guys what's going on?!" He asks as they're carried on.
Fred looks back "Shag we're gonna have to hit up the station sooner than planned.." the blonde replies as he's placed into the back of a cruiser with Velma, who's gone silent and is staring ahead wide eyed.
Shaggy gulps as he hears and sees these events unfold…
"Ruh roh.."
"Yeah Scoob….uh oh.."
Uh oh indeed guys, uh oh indeed. So that's chapter numero dos of my Scooby-Doo fanfiction. i really enjoy Scooby-Doo Movoes, cartoons ,etc. and decided to do my own take.
if you havent noticed, my portrayals of the gang are somewhat based off their 2002 film versions- mostly Fred attitude wise, with a mix of his Mystery Incorporated self.
if you're wondering why i descrive their clothes so heavily its because i just thiught the different outfits i could put on them that could work deserved to be detailed ya know? Well if you like this story please follow/favorite.
if you like Big Time Rush, Adventure Time or How To Train Your Dragons - please check out my account for more. but be warned- i started this fanfic stuff when I was like 12/13 so my writing from then is a bit shoddy but i do plan on revising it now that ive improved.
thank you all for reading :)
