Chapter 7
While Shaggy, Velma and Scooby found themselves locked inside the greenhouse, Fred and Daphne continued their search for clues upstairs.
"Fred" said Daphne.
"Yes" said Fred.
"I'm beginning to worry about Shaggy, Velma and Scooby, we havent' seen them in a couple of hours and it's getting late" said Daphne.
"Don't worry Daph, i'm sure Velma, Shaggy and Scooby are OK" said Fred.
"I sure hope so Freddy" said Daphne.
Fred looked at his watch and yawned loudly.
"I don't know about Shaggy, Velma and Scooby but i'm sure getting sleepy, after all by my watch it's almost 11:00 PM" said Fred.
"Yeah come to think of it i'm getting kind of sleepy myself" said Daphne yawning as well.
"Let's get some rest, we can start looking for Shaggy and company in the morning after a good night's sleep" said Fred.
"Good idea Fred" said Daphne.
Daphne and Fred went into one of the bedrooms, changed into their evening clothes got into bed and went to sleep.
Meanwhile Shaggy, Velma and Scooby were trying to figure out their perilous situation.
"Shaggy" said Velma.
"Yeah" responded Shaggy.
"What time is it?" asked Velma.
"About 11:30 at night I think" said Shaggy.
"That late?" said Velma.
"Yeah I think so" said Shaggy.
"Maybe since we're locked in here let's try and get some sleep" said Velma.
"Sleep?, sleep?, with a-a ghost, a plant creature and who knows what running around this place" said Shaggy.
"I know Shaggy but we've got to get at least some sleep, maybe if we're refreshed and have a good night's sleep we can be good and ready to get back to solving this mystery in the morning" said Velma.
"I guess you're right Velma, good night" Shaggy said as he smiled and gave Velma a kiss on the cheek.
"Yeah, good night Shaggy" said Velma smiling.
Shaggy, Velma and Scooby drifted off to sleep, trying to get their minds off their current situation.
After a somewhat uneventful night except for a few dogs howling, owls hooting and crickets chirping, Shaggy, Velma and Scooby woke up from their slumber.
"Oh boy, what time is it?" asked Shaggy.
"About 8:00 AM in the morning" said Velma.
"Well the good news is it's the daytime now" said Shaggy.
"OK, what's the bad news?" asked Velma.
"We still have to contend with who knows what after we get out of here" said Shaggy.
"Good point" said Velma.
"Wait, I thought you weren't scared of anything here" said Shaggy.
"Well, now that I think about it the fact that someone might try and harm you is kind of scary to me" said Velma.
"Really?" asked Shaggy surprised.
"Of course, I mean I do love you and when someone tries to hurt or harm someone I love it's pretty frightening" said Velma.
"You really care about me a lot don't you?" asked Shaggy.
"Of course I do" said Velma; "you mean a lot to me, and if anything happened to you I don't know what i'd do".
"Thank You Velma I love you" said Shaggy as he kissed her.
"I love you too Shaggy" said Velma as she kissed him back.
"Now what we have to concentrate on is getting out of this greenhouse" said Velma.
"But how?" asked Shaggy.
"Simple, with this" said Velma.
Velma was holding a small hairpin, Shaggy was confused a bit by this and asked Velma what she was going to do.
"A hairpin?, how are we going to get out of here with that?" asked Shaggy.
"Easy, like this" said Velma.
Velma went over to the glass door, stuck the small hairpin in the keyhole unlocking it.
"Eureka!" said Velma.
"Terrific Vel, you did it!" exclaimed Shaggy as he went over and hugged her.
"Thank You Shaggy, just chalk that one up to inginuity" said Velma.
Velma, Shaggy and Scooby walked out of the greenhouse and looked around at the beautiful early Autumn morning.
"Well, now that we're out of there, let's go back to the mansion and find Fred and Daphne" said Velma.
"Good idea, they've probably been worried about us" said Shaggy.
"Reah" said Scooby.
So Velma, Shaggy and Scooby began heading back towards the mansion, meanwhile inside the main kitchen Fred and Daphne were beginning to fix breakfast.
"I wonder where Velma, Shaggy and Scooby are?" asked Daphne.
"Well wherever they are I know one thing, the smell of breakfast should bring Shag and Scoob out of hiding" said Fred.
After a few minutes Fred and Daphne heard some familiar voices coming into the house.
"Fred, Daphne where are you?" asked Velma.
"Velma, Shaggy, Scooby!" yelled Daphne as she walked over into the front room.
Velma, Shaggy and Scooby all had their turns hugging Daphne as she led them into the kitchen.
"Shaggy, Velma, Scooby, where were you guys?" asked Fred.
"Yeah, we haven't seen you guys since we split up to search the house yesterday afternoon" said Daphne.
"Guys you wouldn't believe all things we've been through" said Shaggy.
"Yeah" said Velma.
"You guys probably wouldn't believe all the stuff we've been through either" said Fred.
"Yeah a lot of things" said Daphne.
"We'll start" said Velma.
"OK" said Fred.
"Well first of all, we were chased into a bedroom by a ghost" said Velma.
"Then like we hid from the ghost for a while until it was safe to come out" said Shaggy.
"Then like we walked outside and found a small greenhouse" said Velma.
"Like then Scooby saw a plant creature and he locked us in" said Shaggy.
"But after we slept in there I was able to unlock the door with a hairpin" said Velma.
"Then like we left the greenhouse, walked back here and here we are" said Shaggy.
"Wow, you guys must have had some kind of afternoon and night" said Daphne.
"Yeah we sure did" said Velma.
"Well wait till you hear what we went through" said Daphne.
"First we went upstairs and found some kind of storage room, well actually it was an attic" said Fred.
"Then we looked around for clues in the room and I found one" said Daphne.
"It looked like an old leather bound book" said Fred.
"Do you guys still have it?" asked Shaggy.
"Sure Shaggy here it is" said Fred as he handed Shaggy the book which he had been keeping in his and Daphne's bedroom.
Shaggy looked through the book puzzled.
"I wonder what it is?" asked Shaggy.
"Daphne and I figured it out, we think it's one your grandparents spell books Shaggy" said Fred.
"Spell books?" asked Shaggy.
"Yep, we could figure that out beacause of the writing in it" said Daphne.
"Wow, this could help me out if we have to face anything else around here" said Shaggy.
"It sure could Shag" said Velma.
Fred made some breakfast for Shaggy, Velma and Scooby as they ate and continued their discussion of the events of the previous day.
After the gang finished their meal, they began planning what they were going to do for the day.
"Like let's see, we got here yesterday about 2 or 3 PM right?" asked Shaggy.
"That sounds right" said Velma.
"That's about the time we got here alright" said Fred.
"Sure" said Daphne.
"Let's figure this out, we got here around 2 yesterday afternoon" said Fred.
"Right" said Daphne.
"And Shaggy needs to be here 48 hours to claim his inheritance" said Fred.
"Like right" said Shaggy.
"So all we have to do is stay here about 1 more full day and Shaggy should be able to claim his inheritance" said Fred.
"Right" said Velma.
"So we have to figure out what we're going to do today to help solve the mystery of whatever's going on around here" said Fred.
"Right" said Daphne.
"I think our best move for now should be to check out the library" said Velma.
"Good thinking Velma" said Fred.
"Yeah, like maybe we can find something out about this house that will help us solve this mystery" said Shaggy.
"Right let's get going" said Fred.
"Ro ray, rot re" said Scooby.
"Oh come on Scooby, you're not afraid are you?" said Shaggy.
"Yeah Scooby don't you awnt to go into the library and protect us from any ghosts" said Daphne.
"Yeah Scooby come on" said Velma.
"Rell" said Scooby.
"I've got an idea, what if give you 5 Scooby Snacks to come with us" said Shaggy.
"Rokay ret's ro Rooby Roo!" exclaimed Scooby.
So Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo headed for the library; while the gang walked towards the library, a part of the hallway slid open and a strange figure began following the gang.
Author's Notes: This was another fairly short chapter although sometimes for me writing shorter chapters is a lot more fun than writing longer chapters; although I guess it really doesn't matter what the length of each chapter is when you write a Fan Fic, most of the people i've asked about this online have said various things but with this basic theme: the author pretty much decides what the chapter length should be, so that gives everyone a bit of insight into my writing style. Also Shaggy's line "Sleep, with a ghost, a plant creature and who knows what else running around here" was inspired by a line that Shaggy said in the New Scooby Doo Movies episode "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll & Hydes", that line was said by Shaggy before the gang was chased by an Indian after which Velma, Fred and Daphne ran into the bank while Shaggy and Scooby ran into the jail cell at the back of the sheriff's office(anyone who has seen this episode will know what I mean); for those curious Shaggy's line in that episode was "Sleep, with a King Kong, a Wolfman, a Freaky Sheik", of course I am paraphrasing this a little bit.
