The Mystery of Wrightwood Chapter 1, a scooby doo fanfic

(Ok, so this is the first chapter and I'll try to keep it like would've been shown on the show. This chapter will be in Third Person, unless I decide to change it but it will be in Third Person for the most part.)

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It was summertime in Wrightwood, California, despite that the temperature was well into the low-60s. The town itself was relatively small, with a population of less than 2,000. It was rustic and resembled a small town on the countryside.

They didn't get many tourists, probably due to the fact that you need chains on tires because of all the snow they get. Well, that and no one seems to care about going hiking, camping, skiing, backpacking, or any other nature activity anymore. They only cared about beaches, videogames, phones, money, and other things like that.

That would be changing this year because Wrightwood has offered to sponsor this year's county fair. That kind of sponsoring would help in getting more tourists to their small town.

Speaking of the fair, down on the grounds, where the fair will take place, a few ranchers and ranch hands were setting up for the petting zoo. They were setting up the stalls for the animals, spreading out the hay, and filling up buckets with feed and water.

Just as they were about to unload the animals, they heard what sounded like a stampede of horses and a Native American call. They knew that it couldn't have been from them, none of the horses appeared to be startled.

One of the ranchers went to investigate, he shined his flashlight in the area where they were working, he found nothing.

"It must've just been the wind," the rancher told the others.

"In that case, let's get back to work," someone else stated.

They started to take a few horses off the trailer and lead them to their temporary stalls. The stampede and calls were heard again, causing the horses to go haywire! The men tried regain control of their horses, only to lose their grips and allowing the horses to run wild. One of the horses almost trampled it's owner, but horse's owner was able to move out the way. Breaking his arm in the process.

"What the heck is going on?!" someone shouted.

Cackles were heard in the distance, "Yes! Run my friends, run!"

The men looked in the direction of the voice and saw what looked like a man. The man was glowing a bright gold color and was wearing a Native Americans' chief mask. He was mounted on top of a skeleton horse, also glowing gold. Behind him was an armata of Native Americans on horses!

The men let out a blood-curdling scream…!

A green and blue van with orange flowers on it came down the hill, they were about 2 miles from their destination.

"It sure was nice of your cousin to give us tickets to the fair, Shag," Velma stated.

"Like yeah, I can't wait to get there and eat some churros and corn dogs," Shaggy licked his lips.

"Re neither," Scooby agreed, while holding a quadruple decker sandwich. The sandwich had mayonnaise, mustard, peanut butter, jelly, lettuce, pickles, ham, cheese, and Scooby Snax. It was gone in less than 2 seconds.

"I'm surprised that there isn't a lot of traffic," Fred stated with a relieved smile.

"Well, to be fair, Wrightwood isn't a very well-known town," Velma stated, while straightening her glasses.

"Well-known or not, I'm just excited for all the attractions that will be there," Daphne smiled.

"Speaking of attractions, there are supposed to be a lot of cover bands, new bands, musicians, magicians, and various other activities involving farm animals," Velma told everyone. "There are even some places where you can look at and buy things."

That peaked Daphne's interest, "Good thing I remembered my purse and brought extra cash, then."

Only a few minutes later, they were at the fairgrounds. Fred circled around the parking lot a couple times before finding a spot.

They all got out of the Mystery Machine and went to buy their tickets. They bought their tickets and walked into the fair.

"Like, can we stop for some lunch?" Shaggy asked.

"Runch?" Scooby got excited.

"Sure, I'm starting to fill a little hungry myself," Fred answered.

They started to walk around, looking for food stands. They had to stop a number of times because Daphne wouldn't stop looking at all the clothes and jewellery.

Shaggy and Scooby were buying food from practically every stand. Fred, Daphne, and Velma decided to get burgers from a burger stand. Shaggy and Scooby joined them in the line with stacks of food.

They were just one person from the front of the line. They were standing behind a girl with a dog. The dog had the colors of a German Shepherd but had the body of a Labrador. The girl had black hair with red and violet highlights and glasses, she was wearing jeans and a black jacket.

The chef cooking the burgers handed the girl a tray of a dozen burgers. She paid for the tray a went to the side to get some condiment packets.

"What should we get?" Fred thought out loud.

"Um," the girl that was in front of them spoke with a smile, "this is what the Barbeque Country Cheeseburger looks like." She showed them a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, bacon, a couple onion rings, barbeque sauce, and jalapeños.

"Yum. That does look good," Shaggy laughed.

"That's a lot of burgers you've got there," Velma straightened her glasses.

"Oh no, they're not all for me. They're for my boyfriend, my brothers and their band," she told her. Her dog barked. "And one for you of course," she bent down slightly and scratched her dog behind the ears.

"Like, your brothers are in a band?" Shaggy asked.

"Yep, they'll be playing all weekend," she replied.

"Awesome, maybe we'll go see them," Fred told them.

"I gotta go. Bye!" she gave a slight wave as she walked away with her dog.

"She was really nice," Daphne told no one in particular.

"Yeah, she was," Fred slouched his shoulders.

"Fredward," Velma growled lowly.

"Right! Food!" Fred stood up straight.

Everyone took their turns ordering their food. Fred got the Barbeque Country Cheeseburger, Daphne got a Bacon Cheeseburger, Velma got a regular cheeseburger, and both Shaggy and Scooby got the Double Bacon Cheeseburger with pickles, green olives, and feta cheese.

The gang walked to a nearby seating area and started eating. Shaggy and Scooby were scarfing down their stacks of food at 50 mph.

"So, what should we do after lunch?" Velma asked.

"Well, I'm going shopping," Daphne chirped.

"I wanna go to the petting zoo," Fred replied.

"Scoob and I are going to check out all the Fun Houses and food stands," Shaggy laughed.

"Reah," Scooby laughed.

"I'll go check out what they have here," Velma told everyone.

"You mean like the musicians and magicians you talked about?" Shaggy asked with a mouth full of food.

"Yep, just as a way to get out of my comfort zone a little bit," Velma responded.

"Ah, I'm so proud of you!" Daphne squealed.

"We'll meet back here in 2 hours, how's that?" Fred asked.

"Great, that'll give us enough time to look around," Daphne replied.

And with that, everyone stood up and left to go do their own things. Velma looked at the map she got a the entrance. On the back of the map was everything that would be going on and when they would be starting.

She looked through it to find something interesting to do. She looked a couple times and found something called a "Welcome/Goodbye March". She figured that it had to do with the military and decided to go check it out.

She found the area where the march would taking place. There weren't too many people there, so it wasn't too crowded, which was nice.

The march began and large groups of boys and girls, ranging in age from as young as 5 to as old as their early 20s, started to march in unison. They were wearing buttoned up white shirts, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. The majority were wearing dark blue garrison caps, some were wearing berets, and a few were wearing service caps.

A loud voice could be heard as the march began. "Left! Left! Left! Right! Left!"

The large repeated. "Left! Left! Left! Right! Left!"

"We had a little fun!"

"You're a grand old flag!"

"And crown thy by brotherhood!"

"The home of the free and the brave!"

"From sea to shining sea!"

They continued on and on, repeating everything that they heard.

"Velma!" She heard a voice call out.

She turned and saw Daphne waving with a half a dozen bags. "Daphne!" she called.

Daphne made her way over to Velma, "Hey, Velm."

"I see you went shopping," Velma laughed.

"Yeah, I did. What are you watching?" Daphne asked.

"It's some kind of march," Velma answered.

"But don't they look a little young for the military?" Daphne wondered.

"That's what I thought at first then I realized that they were part of the California Cadet Corps," Velma informed.

"Who are they?" Daphne asked.

"A paramilitary youth organization open to students from elementary school to college," Velma explained.

She then noticed that Daphne wasn't paying any attention to her. She was looking at some of the cadet guys.

"Hey, girls," they heard a familiar voice greet.

Daphne snapped out of here staring, "Freddie!" she waved in his direction.

"So, I guess there weren't a lot of animals?" Velma guessed.

"No, for some reason, more than half the petting zoo was either empty or cut off," Fred informed.

"Hm, during a fair like this? Very interesting," Velma stated.

"So, what are you two watching?" Fred asked.

"A march," Daphne responded.

"But, uh, are those guys a little young for the military?" Fred asked, confused.

"They're not part of the military, they're cadets. They're part of the California Cadet Corps, a paramilitary youth organization," Velma explained.

"Cool," Fred still looked confused. "Do you know when that girl's brothers' band is playing?" he asked.

"No, it's a little hard when I have no idea what their band name is," Velma pointed out.

"Good point," Daphne spoke.

"Hey, speaking of the girl, there she is," Fred pointed in her direction.

Sure enough, there she was, standing with her dog and watching the cadets march. Just like Daphne, she was looking in the direction of some of the cadet guys. Only, unlike Daphne, she was staring at one of the cadet officers.

She gave a playful salute to the cadets and, surprisingly, one of the officers did the same. It was clear to them, even from their distance, that she personally knew the officer that saluted back. Everybody else that was part of the march just ignored her.

"So, you kids interested in the cadets?" a voice asked from behind.

They turned around and saw a middle aged man with graying brown hair and one hazel eye. One of his eyes, his right eye, was closed. He was wearing a uniform similar to the cadets, except his looked more militaristic. His uniform looked like either that of a Marine officer or Army officer. He was wearing a green beret and had multiple pins and ribbons on his chest.

"Oh no, sir. We were just watching the march," Fred explained.

"Oh, I see. I'm Commander Peter Osil, I'm a supervisor for the local cadets," he introduced.

"Nice to meet you Commander, so you supervise all of those cadets," Fred awed, gesturing to all the cadets in the march.

"Oh no, only the ones that belong to this particular area. The others are just visiting from other areas," he explained.

"That's still a lot of kids to look after," Daphne told him.

"They're no trouble, they're highest ranking officer, 1st Lieutenant Holt, is the one that commands them. And believe me, he's one of the younger higher ranks but he's real tough," he joked a little.

Fred and the girls laughed. They had no idea that a cadet supervisor was so humorous.

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(Sorry guys, I'd type another 2,000 words for this chapter, but I'm super busy today. I get sick every year at Thanksgiving.

Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving! I almost feel like Shaggy and/or Scooby right now!)