Fred and Daphne, who had currently been lying on the ground, slowly stood back up, trying to regain their senses as they took in their surroundings at the same time. Nothing but an endless void of purple and black…
"F-Fred?" Daphne muttered as she picked herself up.
"Daphne?" Freddy asked "What're we doing here?
"Bout time ya woke up!" Said a voice from apart.
"W-who said that?" Daphne said nervously.
"Over here!" A mysterious figure appeared out of nowhere. It was a white ghost wearing a Revolutionary War outfit. Beside him was a ghost cat with a Revolutionary War hat.
"Aaah!" Freddy screamed "It's ghost!"
"Back off you spectrum!" Daphne pointed to the apparition.
"Calm down will ya" The ghost yelled "Sheesh, haven't heard that much screaming since the Boston Tea Party!"
"Hey wait a minute" Fred snapped his fingers "You're the Funky Phantom! We teamed up in the Scooby Doo! Mystery Inc episode, Mystery Club State Finals"
"The one and only! Oh and the name's Mudsy" The ghost said.
The ghost cat nudged his owner "Ahem!"
"And my cat, Boo." He held up his cat.
"What're you doing here?" Daphne asked.
"Count Bleck has sent all the toons back to the kingdom. However, he missed some of us. I'm rounding up the others so we can get back home." Mudsy explained.
"Well round em up." Daphne said with a snooty smile "Me and my husband, Fred are gonna stay here and think about the future" She tried to kiss him.
"Daphne Blake, you don't get it!" Mudsy slapped his head "The marriage was a sham, an act, a trick even."
"So Fred's not my husband..." Daphne sobbed, her dream come true was total lie.
"Nope." Mudsy answered.
"I'm afraid of commitment anyways" Freddy said "Anyways, Mudsy, have you seen Velma?"
"No, I haven't." The apparition responded.
"We'll have to look for her." Daphne said "Velma's my best friend and I don't wanna be without her."
"Well then gang, lets go!" Fred pointed out.
They searched all around, every door they could find, but they had no luck.
Daphne glanced over the edge of the bridge-like platform- it went down for quite a ways. She shivered.
"Hello Daphne and friends." Nastasia came up to them with a sinister smile.
"Great!" snapped Freddy. They all grimaced at the sight of Nastasia, backed up by Dimentio.
"Wow, you sure are lucky. I thought the wedding explosion finished all of you…" mused Nastasia. "Yeah, but this is the end of the road…and your luck runs out…right here. It's time you came on over and got with the program. Come and serve the count!"
"Never!" Daphne shouted.
"Not on your life!" snapped Fred.
"You are never hypnotizing me!" Mudsy yelled and Boo hissed. Nastasia cocked her head in an amused matter.
"Yeah, that's great and all, but my hypno-powers kinda say otherwise." Nastasia remarked "Just sit tight a sec, 'K? 'Cause I've just got to brainwash you real quick."
"Talk about a full-of-herself witch!" seethed Freddy, clenching his fists. Nastasia raised an eyebrow.
"I see you've still got the brash in you…would you care to go first? I'll be sure to wash the boldness right out of you, 'K?" Nastasia asked.
Daphne smirked and started to take a few steps backs. "Do your worst…which can't be any worse than what you've already done."
"You haven't even seen what I can do!" Nastasia murmured back, preparing to raise her glasses.
"She's very powerful…" Mudsy gulped.
"I can zap you at will, you know, redhead," Nastasia tisked, gripping the brim of her glasses. Daphne backed up until she was at the very edge of the bridge.
Nastasia aimed at Daphne, but the redhead had pushed off, jumping off the edge.
"What the-?" Daphne asked.
"ZELDA!" Fred and Mudsy screamed, throwing themselves at each other for comfort while staring down at Daphne, falling into the blackness of the Void. Freddy almost leaned over the edge in attempt to grab her, but Mudsy already knew it was too late and held her back. Nastasia was probably as stunned as the toons were, but planned to take out her fury on brainwashing them.
…and if things weren't already bizarre enough, a white square had surrounded Fred, Boo, and Mudsy, then disappeared, taking them with it.
Nastasia was even more furious.
"WHAT! That wasn't on my schedule! Where'd THEY go?" she quickly recollected herself, though a scowl was still imminent on her face. "Well, that's not really a deal breaker…Our prophecy-fulfillment plan is running smoothly. We have no need for them. Yeah, and it doesn't matter where they run anyways, since all worlds are about to fall…"
TIME FOR A STRANGE VISION IN TIPPI'S MIND...
I remember that day well…the room was warm. The whole place was at peace.
"Ugh…ugh…"
"You're awake at last?"
"Where…am I? Is this a human's home? Blecch!"
"Don't wiggle like that. I found you at the cliff base. You took quite a fall."
"You're a human, correct? I don't…repulse you? I am of the Tribe of Darkness…"
"Why would that matter? Anyone with a heart would know not to ignore an injured soul!"
That was the day our paths crossed…that day…that was the day our tragedy was set into motion.
BACK TO THE STORY...
Scooby, Scrappy, Tippi, and Thoreau finally arrived back at Vincent's castle.
The very second they stepped out of the door, they were greeted by Shaggy, Flim-Flam, Googie, Gazoo, and Vincent.
"Scrappy you're back!" Googie picked up Scrappy and kissed his entire face hungrily.
"You return so soon?" Asked Vincent.
"So, how was it, dear friends? Did you find a Pure Heart?" Gazoo asked.
"Re sure did!" Scooby nodded his head.
Scooby pulled out the orange Pure Heart they acquired from Rosalina.
"Oh ho! Such true brilliance…This is a true piece of the one true Purity Heart!" Vincent held up the Pure Heart.
"Yes, we met Rosalina…She gave it to us…" Tippi explained. Vincent jumped from the very mention of the name.
"Wh-what? Lady Rosalina? You were well met. She is an ancestor of mine. She was the one who wrote the Light Prognosticus to counteract the dark one." Vncent explained.
"Wow! That's my Vince!" Flim told Shaggy. "What a guy! What a guy!"
As everyone pondered over this new insight, an obviously paranoid voice started screaming, and its owner burst through the doors.
"K-KING SC-SC-SCRAPPY! B-B-BAD NEWS!" A man ran inside.
"What is it? Get a hold of yourself, man…" Scrappy ordered the man who had ran in.
"Y'Ysee…" The man explained. "…some toons fell out of the sky."
"What?" Scrappy asked "Some toons fell out of the sky?"
"I dunno! Just, please! Get to Boomer Town and come up and see them!"
"So it shall be!" Scrapy announced. "And you guys, come along.."
Author's Note: Now, let's see who these mysterious people are...in the next chapter.