The others came inside as the man stood in front of them to explain everything. Shaggy and Scooby were eating popcorn during this story.

"I inherited this circus from my uncle last year, and I've been working to modernize it," Marius began to explain. "I've been making it more stylish. Phasing out the animal acts. Giving it more of a theatrical flare."

"That seems nice." Drell said.

"Why, thank you." Marius nodded to him.

"What else have you been doing here?" Cherry asked.

"Also, I cleaned the toilets, which has been a huge improvement," Marius continued as he came by a poster. "All this has led to our latest show: Celestia!"

"Celestia?!" Cherry and Atticus hiccuped.

"Yes, that's what our show is called." Marius said.

"This is so fantastic!" Fred sounded elated. "Did I mention I love the circus?"

Marius sighed to him in slight annoyance. "Several times, yes..."

"But what about the werewolf?" Daphne then asked.

"It's terrible," Marius sighed. "I thought tonight, while all my employees are having a night on the town, I might find some clues about the beast. I'm certain the werewolf must be someone who's part of the circus."

"So, you mean it could be someone in disguise?" Atticus asked.

"Perhaps it is not a disguise." Marius replied mysteriously.

No one reacted in horror however like he expected.

"You understand that I'm saying it might be a real werewolf, right?" Marius then asked them, wondering why that didn't scare them.

"Yeah...?" Daphne said.

"It's just that I expected a bigger reaction," Marius replied. "I was being so dramatic and, did I show you my pectoral muscles?"

"Oh, brother..." Cherry rolled her eyes.

"Moving on..." Velma said.

"All right, for the last few months the creature has plagued us wherever we go," Marius informed the group. "It has scared off many of my artists. And in every city we visit, it has stolen jewelry."

"Rewelry?" Scooby asked.

"Jewelry," Marius repeated before mumbling under his breath. "And I thought my accent was thick..." he then spoke up louder. "Anyway, it's very strange. Why would a werewolf want jewels?"

"Like, maybe, he's a lady werewolf." Shaggy said.

"Or that this werewolf isn't a real werewolf." Atlas said.

Scooby gave Shaggy a deadpan expression.

"This sounds like a case I witnessed with Patrick in eighteenth century Bavaria." Drell commented.

"You and Atticus's father witnessed one of the cases that was solved by Sherlock Holmes?" Atlas asked.

"Hey, we're both older than we look..." Drell defended. "But yes..."

"I met the Great Mouse Detective, Basil..." Cherry spoke up.

"Yes, but that was in a different world." Drell said.

"I'm still jealous that you had that adventure without me." Atticus pouted to his best friend.

"Sorry, but you were busy..." Cherry shrugged innocently.

"Ohh, yeah, that day I was with Drell because he needed me for something." Atticus said.

"Yeah, sorry about that..." Cherry replied. "I knew you would've loved it since there was a detective case and all."

"Would you care to share your story with us, sir?" Velma asked Drell since he seemed to know about the mysterious case.

"Of course I would." Drell smiled.

"Oh, boy, another story!" Cherry cheered, then groaned. "Oh, boy... Another story..."

Drell rolled his eyes. "Anyway, back in the eighteenth century, long before Atticus's parents had met..."


Flashback to centuries ago...

"Here we are, Patrick, this is Ingolstadt," Drell smirked. "My mom would totally KILL me if she saw me way out here!"

"Yeah, luckily, she doesn't know you're way out here." Patrick said.

"We could get in big trouble." Drell snickered as he then climbed over the county line.

"Drell!" Patrick held him back. "Are you nuts?!"

"Is that a trick question?" Drell smirked, then flapped his arms like wings. "You can come too, unless you're a chicken, BAWK! BAWK! BAWK!"

Patrick soon glared at him before crossing the borderline.

Drell laughed. "Chicken Boy."


The two then wandered in as it was a cloudy night, but there seemed to be a full moon out.

"A full moon." Patrick said.

There was then a howl heard.

"Wh-What was that?" Drell shivered. "It's not Simone Lenoir and Lena Dupree again, is it?"

"I don't know." Patrick said.

The two magical boys came to the bushes and looked out as the full moon shined down one someone and he appeared to be grunting and growling.

"Who is that?" Drell asked.

"I'm not sure..." Patrick replied.

The transformation was complete and there was a wolf howl.

"Oh, my gosh, he's a werewolf!" Patrick yelped. "Quick, Drell, you have to do something! You're bigger, stronger, smarter, and more handsome than I am and might even be the most handsome man in the whole universe!"

"Okay, you can't expect me to believe Atticus's dad actually said that..." Cherry's voice interrupted.

"Okay, fine, he didn't exactly say that." Drell's voice said.

"Then what did he really say?" Atticus's voice asked.

"Never mind that for now..." Drell's voice ignored that.

"Just tell us." Atlas's voice said.

"NEVER MIND!" Drell's voice made them stop. "Now, normally, a werewolf only becomes a wolf at the full moon. But with the right combination of jewels, Hans, the werewolf we had encountered, was able to change from man to wolf at any time. He and the werewolves he created terrorized Ingolstadt for decades."

"Whoa." Atticus's voice said.

"Anyone who is bitten by a werewolf and lives turns into a werewolf," Drell narrated. "Luckily we survived, but there were two who weren't so lucky and were even brothers: Lawrence and Stewart Talbot."


"Whoa, they are that old?" Cherry asked as the flashback ended.

"Yep," Drell nodded. "Apparently, the Ingolstadt werewolves claimed hundreds of victims before being driven out by Maximilian III. You know Lawrence and Steven Talbot, right?"

"Lawrence is the new elementary school principal back home and Steven must be Winnie's father." Atticus deduced.

"Exactly." Drell nodded.

"Whoa..." Cherry and Atticus looked to each other.

"You guys are lucky you didn't get bitten." Drell then said to Scooby and Shaggy.

Shaggy soon started to look like he was going to transform into a werewolf, but Atticus had a feeling why Shaggy was acting this way as he went behind him. The others panicked, but Shaggy was only choking on some popcorn. Atticus soon used the Heimlich Maneuver on Shaggy only one time and where it helped get the popcorn fly out.

"Some friends!" Shaggy glared at the others. "I need the Heimlich and you're reaching for the silver bullets!"

"What's with the garlic?" Atlas asked Marius. "That wipes away vampires, not werewolves!"

Cherry seemed to step away from the garlic.

"Really?" Marius asked.

"Some hunter you are..." Atticus face-palmed.

"Who are you people?" Marius asked. "How do you know so much about werewolves?"

"First, everyone knows about monsters' weaknesses." Atticus said.

"And we solve mysteries, it's kind of a hobby." Daphne smiled.

"A hobby?" Marius replied before smiling. "Stamp collecting is a hobby. Solving mysteries is-wait, maybe you could help me investigate this werewolf."

"We'd be happy to help." Atlas said.

"Yes, and we could pose as circus performers!" Fred then suggested in delight.

"Sure, why not?" Daphne reacted to that.

"Of course, it will be very dangerous." Marius then warned.

"And there's the 'why not?'," Shaggy replied. "See ya!"

"Think about the food." Cherry said.

"Food...?" Shaggy asked.

"Think about it, all the cotton candy and churros you can eat." Cherry bribed.

This easily won over Scooby and Shaggy.

"Like, dude, I'm in!" Shaggy smiled.

"Reah! Re roo!" Scooby agreed. "Reah, reah, reah!"

Atticus and Atlas soon brought out their own circus clothes they had when they were in Casey Junior Circus. Cherry even somehow had her old circus uniform. Marius then decided to make outfits for everybody else.


Soon enough, they were all in the big tent, each wearing their circus outfits. Scooby had a clown outfit, Velma had a stunt outfit, Shaggy had a colorful outfit which looked like a rejected superhero, and Fred and Daphne looked like trapeze artists. Cherry had her animal tamer outfit on, and Atticus and Atlas had their strongmen outfits on.

"Where's your outfit?" Atlas asked Drell.

Drell scoffed. "You kiddin' me? I don't need this crap."

"The circus people might get suspicious." Cherry said.

"Meh, all right..." Drell shrugged and conjured himself up a costume.

"Anything but a clown," Cherry said. "You're scary enough as it is."

"At least he'll make a fool of himself." Atticus whispered to her.

"I guess..." Cherry whispered back, slightly scared at the possibility of Drell becoming a clown.

Drell soon came out and where Atticus soon covered Cherry's eyes so she wouldn't get scared as Drell was dressed as a clown.

"Hey, I can't see!" Cherry complained.

"Trust me, if you saw what Drell is dressed as, you would be scared." Atticus said.

"Oh, come on, how bad could he-" Cherry took his hands off and her eyes widened. "Oh, my glawww..."

"Now you see why your eyes should be covered." Atticus said.

Cherry shuddered slightly.

"Cherry, I didn't know you were scared of clowns." Velma said.

Atticus began to whisper to Velma why Cherry was afraid of clowns.

Cherry tried to calm down from Drell's appearence. "I'm sure I'll get used to it, knowing it's you."

"Anyway, we should find out which acts each of us are doing." Atlas said.

"Like the good old times." Atticus smiled up to Atlas.

"Those were better times." Atlas smiled back in agreement.

"Now, do any other one of you have any circus skills?" Marius asked.

"I took a Circus Arts class last summer!" Fred raised his hand with a smile.

"He can tell." Atlas said.

"Yes, I'm not surprised," Marius nodded to that, then smiled to Fred. "What did you learn?"

"I worked out on the trapeze a little," Fred flexed his arm muscles. "But, uh, unfortunately this was beofre Atticus gave me a helping hand in strength, so I broke a lot of bones."

"You seemed to have healed well." Marius commented.

"I don't think he meant his own bones." Atticus said.

"Yeah, I was supposed to catch this guy, and, uh, I dropped him onto someone," Fred smiled nervously. "I wasn't strong enough then, and they both fell into some other people."

"That's terr-" Marius started.

"Who hit the tent support, which tipped the popcorn cart, which set fire to the audience risers, which collapsed with 48 people sitting on them." Fred then concluded.

"Well, of course it was an accident, and what did you mean you weren't strong enough then?" Marius asked.

"Well, Atticus here gave me a little boost." Fred smiled.

"How so?" Marius replied.

"I'm able to boost up anyone's strength just by massaging one of their arms," Atticus said. "And it was just an accident when you drop the guy, right, Fred?"

"Yeah, but I did learn a valuable lesson about the trapeze." Fred smiled.

"Which was?" Marius replied.

"Don't drop people, and uh, don't fall." Fred stated.

"So, why not make him a trapeze extra in case either of one of yours gets injured?" Atticus asked Marius.

"That might be a good idea." Marius seemed to agree. "If it's all right with him of course."

"It would be an honor, sir!" Fred saluted with a smile.

"You are a strange fellow, but I admire your neckwear," Marius complimented his ascot. "Anyone else have any talents that might apply?"

"I think Daphne will be of use to ride a motorcycle." Drell said.

"Yeah, when I was a kid." Daphne admitted with a smile.

"Really?" Marius smiled to this. "It takes years of practice to-"

"It went like this." Daphne got onto the motorcycle and put on the helmet to have a ride around.

"Whoa!" Atlas smiled, impressed.

"Never took Daphne to be the one on a motorcycle." Cherry commented.

"She used to ride one when she was five." Drell said.

"You're creepy..." Cherry said to Drell because he seemed to know personal information.

"I had to do my research." Drell said.

"Creeeperrr~..." Cherry wiggled her fingers.


After a while, Daphne was done showing her talent.

"Amazing..." Atlas smiled, though in a friendly way.

"That was amazing." Atticus said.

Daphne smiled bashfully in response.

"That'll do." Marius said.

"Any animals in this circus?" Cherry asked as she had her bull whip.

"Yes, we actually do." Marius nodded.

"I'd like to handle them, sir." Cherry then said.

"Then you may be our new animal tamer." Marius smiled.

"If only animals liked her." Atticus teased.

"Come here, I'll tame YOU!" Cherry glared as she wielded her whip.

"Oh, I'm scared." Atticus replied.

"Why you-" Cherry growled.

"Okay, that's enough, you two!" Drell put his hands to split up the two. "I'm gonna have to split you up... Wow, I sounded like a dad right there."

"Ahem!" Marius cleared his voice.

Drell then moved his hands which made Cherry and Atticus clonk against each other and they both fell flat on the ground.

"Now for Atticus and Atlas." Marius said.

"Yes, sir?" Atlas and Atticus asked.

"About how strong are you two?" Marius asked.

"How strong are we?" Atticus and Atlas smirked.

"Show him, boys." Drell smirked.

"We'll need something to lift." Atlas said.

"You gut any cannons around here?" Drell asked Marius.

"Yes, I do." Marius nodded.

"Show my boy, huh?" Drell smirked.

"Are you his father?" Marius asked.

"Well, not by blood, but I like to think spiritually..." Drell smiled innocently.

"Yeah." Atticus nodded.

"Chop-Chop," Drell clapped his hands. "I love to see Atticus in action."

Marius soon brought the strongman and strong wiccan teenage boy to his cannon. Drell chuckled.

"Atticus is so strong, he's like the son I never had, I wanna have a boy just like him..." Cherry mocked Drell in disgust.

"Are you jealous?" Daphne asked.

"I'm just so sick of this jerk liking Atticus more than me!" Cherry growled and shook her fists. "WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET NOTICED BY HIM!?"

"Just calm down, maybe there's a way we can get you noticed." Daphne said.

Cherry sneered slightly as Atticus did quick stretches just to be funny and then lifted the cannon with ease.

"Whoa!" Marius smiled.

"And now toss it to Atlas." Drell said to Atticus.

Atticus smiled to Drell and tossed the cannon to Atlas. "Head's up, Atlas!"

Atlas soon caught the cannon with ease. "Thanks for the head's up, little buddy."

"Anytime." Atticus smiled back.

"Ya know, Drell, I never noticed how handsome you were..." Cherry attempted to flirt with the warlock.

"What do you want?" Drell asked.

Cherry smiled up to him.

Drell winced in slight disturbance. "Eww..."

"Ahem, um, we should continue," Marius said. "Atticus, Atlas, you two will be with our strongman, Archambault."

"Achambault?" Atticus and Atlas asked.

"I'm sure you all will get along." Marius smiled.

"We're sure about it too." Atticus said.

Marius smiled to Atticus and Atlas, looking forward to having them apart of the circus. He then went to Drell to see what he could do for the circus. "What are your talents?" he then asked.

"Well, I'm pretty strong myself, but I'm open to anything," Drell replied. "Just as long as the Mrs doesn't see me make a butt out of myself."

"You'll be our new clown sense you are dressed as one." Marius said.

"Fair enough..." Drell shrugged.

"So, you have a lady back home, eh?" Marius asked. "Does she have a sister?"

"Three of 'em actually, and a brother." Drell replied.

"Is one of them available?" Marius asked.

"I'm sure Vesta would eat you up." Drell smirked about the most favored and popular Spellman sister.

"What a lovely name." Marius said before going to Shaggy and Scooby.

"Vesta?" Cherry asked, walking over with a blindfold.

"Yep." Drell held out his foot purposely in front of her.

Cherry then tripped and fell. "I'm pretty sure this is against the rules, I mean, you split up Sabrina's parents."

"Nope, it's not against the rules." Drell said.

"Since when?!" Cherry stood up and tried to feel and touch him since she was now blinded.

"Since I changed the rules." Drell said as he then took out a porcupine and made her touch it.

Atticus soon changed the porcupine into a kitten with his magic. Cherry whimpered and winced from the quills. Atticus glared while Drell covered his mouth with a stifled giggle, but soon, the quills disappeared along with the porcupine as a nice black kitten came up to Cherry. Cherry removed her blindfold and looked down to the kitten. The black kitten lowly mewed to her, sounding rather sophisticated than a juvenile kitten.

"Hiii, Kitty!" Cherry cooed to his darkness.

This caused Atticus smirk at Drell's defeat.

"Hmm..." Drell pouted. "I wanted to make her suffer with dignity..."

"Not while I'm around." Atticus said.

"Fine..." Drell pouted.

"What act do you think those two will do?" Atlas asked Drell, referring to Shaggy and Scooby.

"What're they good at besides running for their lives?" Drell shrugged.

"Eating." Atticus said.

"What's your talent?" Cherry asked the cowardly Great Dane.

Scooby smiled and went to a large ball and balanced on it.

"Looks like he used to be a circus dog." Atlas said.

Scooby even began to juggle on the ball as well as balance saucers, showing he was more talented than he seemed.

"Impressive." Drell said.

Scooby then finished by jumping off and caught thesaucers and a cheeseburger in his paws. "Tada!"

"You taught him all this?" Marius asked Shaggy in awestruck.

"He tried, I just, like, can't get it." Shaggy shrugged with a smile.

Scooby smiled and patted Shaggy on the head.

"And...?" Marius turned, but Velma had disappeared from them somehow.

"Where'd Velma go?" Atlas asked.


Marius spotted the girl and came beside her in her hiding place with a smirk. "Hello."

"Hi." Velma smiled shyly up to him.

"Velma, why are you hiding?" Atticus asked.

"I-I, uh..." Velma sounded shy and nervous.

"Velma, you don't have stage fright, do you?" Atticus asked.

"No, I just don't know what I should do for my act for the circus." Velma said.

"Come on now, we're all in this together." Cherry told her.

"Maybe we can help her choose." Drell said.

Velma still seemed anxious.

"Maybe knife throwing." Marius said.

"Ooh! Ooh! I wanna help!" Cherry sounded excited. "I know how it's done!"

"Next!" Velma said, scared.

"Maybe you could be one of those people who gets shot out of a cannon?" Drell suggested.

"All in favor of Velma doing that act, say 'aye'." Atlas said.

"Aye." the others agreed.

"Very well," Marius said. "She shall become 'The Human Comet'."

"Can we go back to the knife-throwing?" Velma asked nervously.

"Too late." Drell said.

They were all now outside the tent.

"When we get everything prepared, meet me back here in the morning." Marius instructed the others.

"What time?" Shaggy asked.

"5:00." Marius replied as he walked off then.

"And there really is such a time as 5:00 in the morning." Atticus told Shaggy and Scooby.

"That used to be my bedtime." Cherry added firmly.

"Seriously?" Atlas asked.

Shaggy and Scooby seemed anxious about waking up at 5:00 in the morning as the others went to get some sleep.


"I'm never gonna get to sleep..." Cherry said. "I mean, I never fall asleep at good times, I just-"

Drell poured sand into his hands and sprinkled it into her eyes. Cherry then mumbled and instantly fell asleep.

Drell then gave a glass of water to Atticus and carried Cherry over his shoulder. "Give her this to wake her up."

"Okay." Atticus said.

"Come on, Cherry, let's get you to bed..." Drell said as he carried Cherry in his arm in a rather caring and nurturing way surprisingly enough.

"Whoa." Atticus said.

"What?" Drell replied as he carried the perky goth.

"Oh, nothing." Atticus replied innocently.

Drell shrugged as he then carried Cherry in his arms. The others then went straight to bed since they would have to get up quite early, and where the only ones that might be up were Fred and Atlas and Atticus.