Here's Chapter 2, it starts with Shaggy and Scooby eating dinner and watching a newscast. Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 2
Coolsville, Ohio, 20 miles southwest of Lima
Shaggy and Scooby were in their basement with several bags of chips, two boxes of crackers, and several boxes of Scooby Snacks. There were also plenty of breadsticks. The television was tuned to the evening news.
"Hey Scoob, it's like another night to just sit back and eat all we want," said Shaggy. He stuffed a few chips in his mouth.
"Reah Rhaggy," said Scooby.
"Like it's always fun when we go to Breadstix. They allow us to take home our own breadsticks. I wish that I could like find a girl who loves breadsticks like you and I buddy old pal," said Shaggy.
"Rot a rirl," said Scooby.
"What's wrong Scooby Doo?" asked Shaggy.
"Rothing," said Scooby.
"Well, dig in," said Shaggy. He took a few breadsticks.
"Ralright," said Scooby.
The Great Dane took the breadsticks from Shaggy and ate them.
"Scooby," said Shaggy. He was annoyed that Scooby ate his breadsticks.
"How about a pack of crackers," said Shaggy.
Shaggy took a pack of crackers and started to eat them. Five minutes later, he finished the pack. Scooby did the same thing and ate a pack of crackers in less than a minute.
"Like seriously, how can you eat that pack faster than I can?" asked Shaggy.
"I ron't know," said Scooby.
Just then, something important came on the television:
"And now get this, a ghost appeared at a sports assembly at McKinley High in Lima this afternoon. According to our information, this ghost threatened to go all Lima Heights on the students and staff of the school unless their Glee Club was disbanded once and for all. Local authorities say that they can do nothing about this ghost. And now we go to Sue's Corner. Sue, take it away."
"Zoinks! That is one mean ghost!" shouted Shaggy.
"Reah," said Scooby.
"Thanks Rod. You know that ghosts appear everywhere, especially during Halloween. You see them in movies, cemetaries, and now public schools. Let me tell you something. There is no such thing as ghosts. The ghosts you see in cemetaries are either people in masks or computer-generated imagery. There must be somebody behind the mystery of the Lima Heights Ghost. And that's how Sue C's it, Rod."
"Thank you Sue, you're the unmasker of ghosts. Stay tuned, we'll be right back."
"Rhat Rhost is even rore reepy now," said Scooby.
"The Lima Heights Ghost. Zoinks!" said Shaggy.
Several minutes later, Fred, Daphne, and Velma knocked on the door. There was no mistaking their familiar clothes. Shaggy got up answered it.
"Did you see the news you guys?" asked Velma.
"There's a ghost haunting a high school there. It's called the Lima Heights Ghost," said Shaggy.
"The Lima Heights Ghost, what does that mean?" asked Daphne. She was confused as to what Lima Heights meant.
"Lima Heights used to be a neighborhood in Lima that was full of gangs and violence until the late 1990's. Crime dropped greatly after the Lima Heights gang was arrested and thrown in jail. A ghost is now haunting McKinley High School," said Velma.
"Why would a ghost haunt a high school?" exclaimed Daphne. She rolled her eyes in confusion.
"Maybe for treasure," said Shaggy, remembering their very first case over two years ago.
"According to the news, the ghost wants the glee club disbanded or else anybody who goes into that school will suffer," said Velma.
"I got a call from Will Schuester, their Glee Club director. He wants us to investigate and solve the mystery. He wants us to talk to the Glee Club tomorrow," said Fred.
"I always wanted to meet Will Schuester and their cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester," said Daphne.
"Lima's about twenty miles northeast of here. I've got money for a motel for us. Let's head to the Mystery Machine," said Fred.
The gang got into the Mystery Machine and they headed to Lima. The gang was having a blast. The rides in the Mystery Machine were very fun and unforgettable.
"Maybe I can find a girl I can share my breadsticks with," said Shaggy excitedly.
Shaggy really wanted a girl that had the same craving for food as he did. There weren't many girls like that. But, there was at least one girl in Lima that loved breadsticks. The cargo area of the Mystery Machine was full of breadsticks.
"Oh please, I don't think any of the girls there will share breadsticks with you," said Velma.
"There's bound to be at least one girl there that will love to eat with me," said Shaggy.
"Awww," said Daphne. She thought it was sweet that Shaggy wanted to date a girl.
"Not you Daph," said Shaggy.
"I know. I do really hope you guys find somebody," said Daphne.
"So do I," said Fred.
"Roh boy," said Scooby.
"Like let's just enjoy the breadsticks," said Shaggy.
He grabbed a breadstick only to realize that Scooby ate all the breadsticks. Shaggy couldn't believe it. The van was stuffed in breadsticks and the Great Dane ate all of them.
"Scoob, those were to last for the whole night," said Shaggy.
"Rorry," replied Scooby.
"Scooby's going to need that extra food to help keep him warm," said Fred.
"Like I'm going to Breadstix once we get to Lima," replied Shaggy.
After nearly thirty minutes they arrived in Lima. Soon, they parked at a motel and checked in.
"We'll start searching the school tomorrow," said Fred.
"Sounds neat Fred, but Scoob and I need to grab a bite to eat," said Shaggy.
"There's a Breadstix across the street. Don't eat too much," said Fred.
"Like don't worry, we won't," said Shaggy.
Shaggy and Scooby walked across the street to Breadstix. They entered the restaurant. They noticed a couple of pretty cheerleaders, Santana and Brittany.
"Like let's sit near them," said Shaggy.
"Rokay," said Scooby.
They walked past Santana and Brittany. Unfortunately, Scooby noticed the breadsticks Santana had and ate them. Santana glared at the Great Dane.
"Hey!" shouted Santana.
"Rorry, rouldn't help myself," said Scooby.
"Oh please, a talking dog," said Santana. She rolled her eyes at the Great Dane as he sat in the booth in front of her with Shaggy.
"Awww, that dog's cute," said Brittany.
"But he ate my breadsticks," said Santana.
"What is the waitress doing with all those breadsticks?" asked Brittany.
The waitress was carrying two large bowls of breadsticks.
"She's handing them to that mutt and his friend. I wants my breadsticks back," said Santana.
She got up and marched to the next booth and noticed the cowardly teen and his dog eating like crazy. She rolled her eyes in disgust.
"Do you guys just eat all day or what?" asked Santana.
"Eating is what Scoob and I do best," replied Shaggy.
"What about my breadsticks?" asked Santana angrily.
"Uh, Scoob, did you like by any chance, eat any breadsticks belonging to the girl standing next to us?" asked Shaggy.
"I saw him do it!" yelled Santana.
"Oh boy Scoob," Shaggy.
"I rouldn't relp it," said Scooby.
"Sorry lady. My dog tends to eat anything he sees. I'll order you another bowl of breadsticks," said Shaggy.
"I wants as many breadsticks as I can have," said Santana.
Shaggy managed to flag down the waitress.
"Like how about a bowl of breadsticks for my friend," said Shaggy.
"Sure," said the waitress as she left.
"You better keep your eye on that mutt or else you and I are going to have words. Oh, and thanks for the breadsticks," replied Santana.
"Like no problem," said Shaggy.
Santana rolled her eyes at Shaggy. She didn't understand why he said like so often or why he dressed like a hippie. After she got her bowl of breadsticks, she went back to her booth and sat down.
Fifteen minutes later, the waitress served two plates of spaghetti and meatballs to Shaggy and Scooby.
"Thanks," said Shaggy.
"Just let me know if you want more," said the waitress before she left.
"This spaghetti sure looks delicious Scoob," said Shaggy.
"Reah," said Scooby.
They started to eat their food. The duo were having the time of their life eating their spaghetti. They were oblivious to what was around them.
The next day, the gang went to McKinley High to investigate. They walked into the principal's office.
"Hello Principal Figgins, we're Mystery Inc.," said Fred.
"Ah, Mystery Inc., I heard that Will Schuester hired you to solve the mystery of the Lima Heights Ghost," said Figgins.
"Don't worry Figgins, we'll get to the bottom of the case," said Fred.
"Well, good luck to you all and here are your visitor's passes. Will Schuester is in the choir room right now coaching glee club," said Figgins.
Figgins handed them four visitor's passes. The gang put the passes on their shirts before leaving the principal's office and headed to the choir room.
"Oh, guys, look who's here," said Will. He gestured towards the gang.
"Mr. Schue, are they your family?" asked Brittany.
"Ramily, where?" asked Scooby.
"They're Mystery Incorporated. They've come to solve the mystery. If you'll excuse me, I need to talk to them," said Will.
Will gestured to them to follow him into his office.
"Guys, there has been some strange things going on ever since the glee club won sectionals. I have received threats that the glee club be disbanded or else. I suspect that it is the ghost that sent me those threats," said Will.
"Why do you think that is was the ghost that sent you those threats?" asked Velma.
"What the ghost said at the sports assembly yesterday sounded almost exactly like the threats that I've been getting for the past week," replied Will.
"Don't worry Mr. Schuester, we'll get to the bottom of this," replied Fred.
The gang left Will's office and walked down the hallway for a few seconds before Fred stopped them. Everybody knew what was going to happen.
"Let's split up and search for clue..."
Fred was interrupted by a janitor who had stopped to talk to them.
"I warn you guys to leave at once. The Lima Heights Ghost will not be happy that there are visitors around," warned the janitor.
"Like who are you?" asked Shaggy.
"I'm Armando Lopez, one of the janitors. Leave McKinley High while you can," he said.
"We're here to capture that ghost," replied Fred.
"The Lima Heights Ghost is pretty tricky to catch. I tried to catch him before he could leave," said Armando.
With that, Armando left.
"Jeepers, looks like we'll never catch the ghost," said Daphne.
"We've still got to talk to Sue Sylvester," said Fred.
"Like, she teaches at this school?" asked Shaggy.
"She's the coach of the cheerleading squad. Her squad is called the Cheerios," said Velma.
"But we don't know where her office is," said Daphne.
"There's one of the Cheerios. She must know where her office is," said Velma.
The gang noticed a tall blond-haired Cheerio walking in their direction. It was Brittany. Velma waved at her.
"Oh, you're the Mystery Inc. gang," said Brittany.
"We don't know where Sue Sylvester's office is, can you show us where it is?" asked Daphne.
"Sure, follow me," said Brittany.
The gang followed the tall blond-haired cheerleader down the corridor and into an office full of cheerleading trophies.
"Hello Brittany, I see you brought Mystery Inc. with you," said Sue.
"Coach Sylvester, they wanted to talk to you," said Brittany.
"I was thinking of that," said Sue.
Brittany left the office. Sue closed the door behind her.
"I'm assuming you want to know about the Lima Height Ghost?" asked Sue.
"Like we know enough already about the ghost," said Shaggy. He was clearly scared.
"Oh quit being a scaredy cat. The ghost isn't real. It's just a man in a mask. And I know who is behind the mystery. One Armando Lopez, the cousin of one of my Cheerios, Santana Lopez. He really hates Glee, well I sort of too, but I wouldn't disband the club by dressing up as a ghost.
"Wait a minute, you hate glee?" asked Velma in disbelief.
"Ever since last September when Figgins cut my dry-cleaning budget for new costumes for the glee club, I tried to disband the club on multiple occasions, but I never succeeded. I only tried once this year to disband the club and it too failed," replied Sue.
The gang looked at each other when Sue said that she had tried to disband Glee. Maybe she was the Lima Heights Ghost, but they didn't have enough proof yet to know if she or somebody else was the ghost.
"So, you say that you are not the ghost, but you are trying to disband the glee club?" asked Daphne.
"I am no longer interested in disbanding Glee, but I do hate their instructor, Will Schuester. He puts enormous amounts of product in his hair," replied Sue.
"He only put a small amount of hairspray in his hair as far as I saw," said Daphne.
"You didn't see the size of the bottles..." Sue said but was interrupted by Shaggy.
"Like stop insulting Will's hair. It's disgusting."
"Reah," said Scooby.
"When can we talk to Santana?" asked Fred.
"I can ask her to come here after the current class is over. Anyway, I have to teach PE next period anyway, so try not to break anything!" said Sue.
"That sounds good," said Fred.
They had a suspicion that Sue was the Lima Heights Ghost. Maybe she would try to scare the gang off later on after school.
Sue does seem like a good suspect due to her hatred of Will Schuester and the glee club. However, you'll have to wait for the latter chapters to find out who might be behind the mystery.