Okay now the ideas for this chapter are straight out of trailers for KH3D only two months left! And to fans of a certain smash hit video game you'll be pleasantly surprised and DX I didn't give Namine a single line throughout the last chapter sorry!
Special thanks to Monmoncandie for inspiring the Double V nickname be sure to check out that author's stories.
I own nothing except the stuff I made up
A Blast from the Past
Fortunately like any Gummi Ship it was built with the idea that one would pick up a few extra along the way in short Vincent had his own room.
Sora slept contently in his own room, however as he did a large tremor sent him out of his bed and on to the floor.
BLEEEEEP BLEEEEEP BLEEEEP
"Sora get up here now!" Riku's voice yelled on the intercom the brunette rushed up tripping a little as he went whatever was causing this was knocking the ship around he managed to get there after some work.
Sora could hear Lea's voice as he got up to the cockpit,
"If anyone wanted to share ideas now would be the time!"
"What's happening?" Sora cried, as he came in
"Someone's attacking the ship that's what!" Roxas snapped he could here Terra and Lea trying to shoot down a bunch of strange looking ships.
"Stupid ships, run out of forces already!" Lea snapped from the side,
"Are those?" Sora asked,
"Unversed? Yes." Aqua replied,
"And right now they are trying to shoot us-" Mickey started before the ship lurched Ven suddenly saw a large red button with a skull on it.
"Hey guys what's this button for?" he asked.
"Now is not the time to be casual!" Roxas snapped,
"Didn't Eraqus tell you never to touch something if you don't know what it does?" Terra asked, as the ship lurched once more,
"Since were being shot out of the sky I say PRESS THE BUTTON!" Crystal yelled,
"No are you crazy who knows what it does we could blow up the ship!" Riku snapped,
"Or maybe it's the only thing that can save us Ven press the button!" she snapped,
"No leave it alone!" Riku snapped,
"Press it!" Crystal shouted
"Don't Press it!" Riku countered, making poor Ven clamp his hands over his head and scream,
"Stop your confusing me, I don't wanna be the middle man!" Ven cried slamming his fists on the dashboard one of them hitting the forbidden button.
The three just stared at each other before the ship lurched once more there was a shooting sound a large light outside an explosion and then silence.
Everyone in the ship just stared at the empty space, Novato was counting the Gate Fragments they had found including the one from Olympus Coliseum Zeus had gotten from Hades just before they left.
The two boys just stared with Crystal who broke the silence,
"Let us never speak of this again."
"Agreed!" The two replied.
"Leon come in Leon!" Kairi yelled trying to get help.
The screen crackled to life however to their relief Leon was there on screen,
"Are you guys alright?"he asked,
"Yeah we were attacked, and the ship took heavy damage but…" Sora replied.
"Can you guys still fly?"Leon asked as he typed rapidly on a computer,
"I think so." Sora replied.
"Radiant Garden is the closest world to you, if the ship can still fly you should take it back here." Leon told them,
"But what about the Gate Fragments?" Nova asked,
"Don't worry while you guys were gone Cid thought of this happening and came up with a backup plan." Leon replied,
"That's good cause we'll need get back out here right away." Xion replied.
"Call me if the ship has too much damage to fly we'll come get you, but don't try to fix it yourselves to get it to, that won't end well believe me." Leon replied
"Okay let's see." Mickey mumbled pressing some buttons the engines roared to life and Mickey let out a laugh of victory.
"Alright King Mickey!" Donald proclaimed,
"Hooray for the King!" Goofy added,
"Looks like we'll be in Radiant Garden, earlier than you thought." Vincent said off handedly.
"I guess so." Xion replied,
The ship slowly but surely made its way to Radiant Garden, the ship landed carefully inside everyone's belongings were taking out and put in a storage room,
"I hate to say it but that was one last flight this ship is totaled!" Cid replied,
"Now what do we do?" Ven asked,
"Yeah what was this plan of yours?" Kairi asked,
"Well it maybe faster or slower, but you guys will have to split up into groups of three." Leon explained,
"That's not so bad, OH wait! Nova's pendant is the only thing that can track them." Sora pointed out,
"Merlin is hard at work on that, he thinks with Cid's help he can fuse its power with gummi blocks that can be fused with it's power." Aerith explained,
"I'll go give it to him right now where is he?" Novato asked,
"The Upper Library there's a lift outside that will take you straight there." Yuffie replied,
"Thanks!" Nova replied,
"Oh by the way this is-"
"Vincent Valentine, Long time no see." Leon replied,
"Nice to see you too Squall, how's Cloud these days?" Vincent asked monotonously as though he expected this,
"Fine last I heard and it's Leon now."
"You know each other?" Mickey asked,
"We go back this was my home sadly before it was taken I was subjected to some of Xehanort's experiments, hence the powers." Vincent replied putting it bluntly,
"Awww." Donald replied sadly,
"Vincent I am so sorry." Terra replied it was his body that had performed the experiments,
"Why should you care you weren't even there, I've got an old friend to visit you guys take care of the fragments." Vincent replied,
"Got it!" Sora replied.
The group headed for the lift it was as if it was waiting for them they got on and the lift headed up,
"Who would have thought that Sword Crystal found summoned Bahamut?" Namine asked,
"They weren't sure but it was kind of expected with Terra and Aqua." Ven pointed out,
"So true." Aqua added.
"Hopefully they can get this to work, if we can't two groups will be flying blind." Namine replied,
"Don't worry; I'm sure they'll be able to do it a friend of theirs got a power up from Cid's tech skills and Merlin's magic the biggest problem is them fighting." Roxas pointed out,
"They don't like each other?" Kairi asked,
"Not really no, I mean they do get along but they're not what you'd call buddy, buddy." Sora replied quoting buddy, buddy.
"Say anything that could be twisted into which is better or whose fault it is and they'll go right at it." Riku added.
"It's science versus Magic." Xion finished,
"Age old story," Crystal added,
The lift stopped and the group came face to face with a large door they entered it inside was Merlin focusing a spell on what were known as blank gummis as he was doing this an enchanted tea pot came alongside a shivering enchanted Sugar cube holder who placed ice in a cup while the tea pot poured a drink into a glass.
"Ahh Lemonade thank you I needed that!" he stated taking a swig as Sora and the others came in.
"Hey Merlin long time no see!" Sora declared,
"Ahh, Sora my boy up and about I see so how is the search going?" he asked,
"We've now got Five." Sora replied happily.
"Splendid and it'll soon be eight." Merlin replied,
"Whoa, eight How?" Sora asked,
"Well we've-" Merlin was suddenly cut off by the sound of crashing,
"Oh no! The books!" Merlin cried Sora and Co. raced out to a balcony indeed there were a trio of Arc Ravens flying away with three books while three Wild Cat and Scrappers jumped out the window,
"What would they want with books?" Crystal asked,
"Those aren't ordinary books those books have worlds within them with Gate Fragments!" Merlin stated,
"What?" the group gasped as Sora and the others rushed out the door not taking their eyes of the Raven Heartless, Sora and Ven managed to pull ahead as they did they spotted a blur of purple and orange,
There was a boy in an indigo and purple shirt with a large round high collar that obscured his mouth from view he had an ipod around his neck and a pair of Matching Ear muff like head phones in his spiky orange hair. He also wore white shorts with a few purple accents.
Cue Twister Kingdom Mix…
"Sora, its Neku!" Ven stated pointing at him Neku managed to get in front of the Unversed and blasted Lighting from his hands knocking the books out of their talons.
"Uh oh!" Ven shouted using fever pitch to catch them all as a Scrapper Unversed was about to get him a burst of flame shot down and destroyed it,
"Neku!" Sora yelled catching up to them,
"Good thing you came when you did Neku!" Ven stated, the Orangette just stared,
"How does he know my name?"
"Uh long story-" Sora dodged an attack from one of the Arch Ravens,
"Tell you later!" he stated as the three braced for an attack
Neku dodged the attack of a Scrapper as he countered with lighting then sent an Bruiser into the air with a pillar of ice he manly attack by spinning his arms around with light that cut into the foes,
Sora pulled out the Basoom amulet and held it high,
"WOOLA!" he shouted from the light came a squat dog like creature with six legs and brownish skin he zoomed around biting through Unversed at speed that the ground couldn't believe.
"Woola over there!" Sora shouted as the monster made a sharp turn and chomped down on the Bruiser that had tried to slam down Neku the orangette gave the blonde a thumbs up,
"STRIKE RAID!" Sora shouted killing a Flood as Woola returned to his own world.
"PLUSE BOMB!" Ven yelled catching a bunch as Sora came in and cut them down with his Keyblade Olympic Hero,
"STRIKE RAID!" he yelled throwing it at an arch raven killing it.
"THUNDER!" Neku yelled striking several more floods that had appeared,
"TIME SPLICER!" Ven yelled going faster then the other two the cut and hacked at the floods killing them when the attack finished them,
"NEKU!" Sora yelled
"You're as good as gone!" Neku declared as they began to spin at a high speed catching many Unversed cutting them down as they went,
"You ready?" Sora called,
"Like you have to ask?" Neku responded as they blasted their targets with fire balls over and over damaging them greatly,
"Get Ready!" Sora called as they got back to back.
"Took the words right out of my mouth!" they declared as they summoned pillars of light to finish off the rest of them,
"Hey are the books okay?" Sora asked,
"Yeah they're all just fine." Ven replied holding them in his arms one was a chapter book something about Ichabod Crane's ghost the other one had a strange symbol on it, it almost looked like it was a history text book, the final one was a small leather bound book called Legends of Udragoth.
"Neku how'd you guys get here?" Sora asked,
"An old friend of yours tipped us off that you were in trouble." Neku replied leaving it at that.
"Who?" Sora asked,
"He'll let you know when you see him again." Neku replied,
"Sorry I'm kind of sworn to secrecy."
"Well it's nice to know someone's looking out for us." Ven replied thoughtfully.
"Yeah wait you said us?" Sora asked,
"Hey look who we found!" Xion's voice declared as she and the others came over with new faces.
One was a girl a little shorter than them she wore a black beanie cap with a small skull pin on it her salmon pink long sleeved shirt that covered her arms a bit had a heart shaped skull with cross bones.
She had a pair of white shorts that could've been overalls it was Ryhme.
The tall muscular boy, with a hat much like Ryhme's but it had a bigger skull picture on it, he had a black chain skull pendant a white muscle shirt with a red one underneath a chain from his olive colored pants a wrist band with belts and red and black sneakers, Beat.
The other boy had a smokey bluish grey shirt with a pair of indigo pants and white sneakers, he had pale blonde hair and purple eyes. Joshua flipped his hair with a smirk upon seeing Sora though there was another girl that he didn't recognize.
She had Glasses and short black hair with a white clip, a green jacket with a black shirt underneath she also wore a white skirt with black leggings underneath and pink shoes she did however have a familiar black cat doll that he recognized as Mr. Mew,
"Shiki? Is that you?" Sora asked, she smiled and nodded,
"You look different."
"This is her true form, since their world was destroyed during the reapers game she participated in she kind of got stuck like that but once we got back everything returned to normal." Joshua explained.
"Oh I see." Sora replied though not getting how it worked,
"It's kind of a long story," She replied,
"So are you guys really here to help?" Riku asked,
"Yup we got here not long after you left we've been keeping the town clean, Yo!" Beat replied,
"Thanks to these." Joshua replied holding up what was a purple pin with a picture of a black skull wearing a gold crown the same shape of Sora's pendant.
"The Crown Skull Pins give us our UG powers here in the RG." Rhyme explained,
"RG?" Namine asked,
"That would be in lamen's terms the land of the living dear." Joshua answered,
"Well no point in standing here let's get back to the library and see about these books." Riku suggested,
Along the way back to the library Sora and Co. explained the reason that Xion, Roxas and Ventus knew their names being due to the fact that they had all been at one time in his heart and the work that was put into bringing them back specifically, Xion, Ventus and Terra who were the Hardest with Aqua and Lea being the easiest.
"Wow that's quite the story." Shiki pointed out,
"Yeah, so Joshua made those Crown Skull pins just for this?" Crystal asked,
"Not just for this, after the Heartless took Shibuya three years ago it was decided that they would be made to defend against them should they ever try again." Joshua explained,
"It's so people who have played the game and won can help out if they want." Rhyme added.
"Yeah those creepy things better watch out next time they mess with us yo!" Beat stated as they got on the lift,
Eventually returning to the upper Library where Cid and Merlin where busy with Novato's amulet and three white square Gummi blocks.
"Hey how's it going?" Ventus asked,
"Well things would be going along swimmingly if it weren't for Cid's blasted technology."
"WHAT! Listen here ya old coot, if it weren't for me you wouldn't even have those blocks I should be thanked!" he snapped.
"I'll show you who's old!" Merlin snapped back raising his wand and turning Cid into a toad,
Lea just gave Ven a deadpan look, "Do you remember what we talked about on the elevator?"
Ven smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head,
"Oops."
"Not again." Ryhme muttered as Neku sighed,
"I'll go get Leon, why don't you guys check out those books in the meantime." Neku replied tilting his head towards where Goofy and Donald had laid them.
"Alright, so how are we gonna do this there's three books each with a Keystone." Sora stated,
"We should split up." Ven suggested,
"It may be a bit faster if three groups each cover a book we'll be in and out faster instead of just going book to book."
"Good idea Ven." Aqua replied as the others nodded soon the heroes were split into three groups.
The First was Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, Namine and Ven, the second was Roxas, Xion, Lea, Nova and Aqua and last but not least Riku, Mickey, Crystal and Terra.
"And now to pick a book." Sora muttered as he looked one over, he selected the one that read,
"Scooby Doo and the Ghost of Ichabod Crane."
"Yeah! Aheyuck!" Goofy replied,
"I got it!" Donald replied laying the book down and opened when it did the group was bathed in a light Sora could see that Roxas and Riku's groups were being bathed in light aswell,
E-H E-H E-H
Sora had glanced around he was outside of a bridge the group looked around with him,
"This place is kind of creepy." Goofy pointed out,
"Yeah good place to start a Mystery." Sora agreed,
"MUH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"Ven it's not that funny." Kairi said,
"That…..wasn't me." Ven replied,
"It wasn't?" Sora asked,
"MUH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"Uh oh." Goofy moaned in fear, suddenly from the Darkness came a tall stick thin ghoul he was wearing what looked like a pioneer outfit with dark green decaying skin his eyes were glowing yellow everyone screamed as it flew over their heads,
"Alright that's it!" Sora snapped as he went to summon his Keyblade, Sora's heart began to beat rapidly, as his palms sweat and fear took over,
"I can't summon my Keyblade!" he cried,
"That makes three of us!" Kairi replied,
"And Donald can't use his magic!" Namine added,
"That being said there's only one thing to do…..RUN!" Sora stated as the group hightailed it across the bridge after a couple minutes of running they had to stop to catch their breath.
Sora tried again to summon his Keyblade but nothing,
"What's going on it was working just fine a while ago." Sora moaned,
"Relax Sora you're not going to lose your ablilty to use the Keyblade." Ven assured,
Sora turned back sadly, "You sure?"
"Positive, look mine and Kairi's aren't working and it's connected to Donald's magic not working either and you still had it after you gave my Heart back, right?" Ven asked,
"Well yeah?" Sora replied,
"See nothing to worry about." Ven replied with a grin,
"Thanks Ven." Sora replied sincerely as he finished the group was bathed in light what they saw was a van it was blue and bright green with orange flowers in the same orange were the words
"Mystery Machine." The Van since they were in the bushes hidden from view went right past them.
"A Van, there has to be a town around here!" Sora stated,
"Let's follow it!" Kairi suggested,
The group headed down the road hoping to find a town.
Lightning strikes as a town waves into view a van drives by as bats fly overhead
[Spooks Ville]
A couple hours of walking and the group found themselves at a small town, everyone in fear were shutting the doors up.
"I'm not liking how this is playing out." Kairi replied,
"Yeah….it's like that horror movie." Sora mumbled.
Kairi nodded a while before this started Sora and the boys had watched and it was too much for him to take in fact he declared it so horrible he dare not speak its name.
"Hey look." Ven replied pointing to the van that they had followed earlier.
"Whoever has this must be in town too, let's see what this ghost is all about." Sora replied glancing to a hotel.
They entered and saw a bunch of people gathered around a fire place to get cozy, by the fire that was roaring in the fireplace as they did they saw an angry couple with luggage ready to leave.
"Wait where are you going?" yelled a man in a white shirt with brown hair,
"Away from here that's where, we refuse to be harassed by this ghost any longer!"
"Oh….at this rate I'll be out of business, maybe I should raise the prices." The man moaned,
"Hey do you know what's going on?" Ven asked a guy a bit older than him with a blue and white shirt with blonde hair.
"The Ichabod ghoul has been terrorizing the town he's threating to run Mr. Brown's hotel out of business." The blonde replied.
"Something that would be very good for Mr. Dowell." Mused a girl with an orange sweater and brown skirt and hair with glasses.
"Huh? There's two hotels?" Sora asked,
"Yeah, Mr. Dowells and Mr. Brown's." the brunette girl with glasses replied
"And Mr. Brown's is in trouble." Sora mused,
"If this keeps up he'll go out of bussiness." Kairi agreed,
Mr. Brown sighed,
"What can I do, with that monster on the loose my hotel is doomed." He stated shaking his head.
"Oh hello, are you here to check in?" he asked noticing Sora and Co.
"Uh not really, my name is Sora, this is Donald, Goofy, Kairi, Namine and Ventus."
"Call me Ven."
"Nice to meet ya I'm Fred this is Velma and Daphne." He replied pointing to the Girl in orange and a girl wearing a purple dress with red hair.
There was a knocking in the kitchen and out came a teen with some facial hair in a green shirt and brown pants with a large Brown Great Dane with brown spots and a blue collar with the initials S and D.
They each had a large sandwich with what looked like it had everything on it.
"That's a lot of stuff." Namine noted.
The sandy haired teen laughed, "Yup, it's the quintuple decker sandwich surpreme!" he stated,
"Reah rurpreme!" the dog stated to the surprise to the others,
"Did that dog just speak?" Sora asked,
"That Dog just spoke!" Ven whispered back, Donald rose an eye brow at this didn't they know Goofy?
"That's Shaggy, and Scooby Doo." Daphne told,
"Guys this is Sora, Donald, Goofy, Ven, Namine and Kairi." Fred introduced,
"Nice to meet ya." Shaggy greeted,
"Reah, rice to reet ra!" Scooby added.
"So this Ghost has been scaring everyone in this hotel." Ven mused
"Gwarsh, I wonder if the Ghost is bothering anyone at the other hotel?" Goofy asked,
"Hmm that's a good question, let's just check out Mr. Dowell's five star hotel." Velma stated as the group that consisted of Fred, Daphne, Velma and with sad looks, Shaggy and Scooby.
Following them up the road Sora could see a large building with the words, 'Suite Family Fun Hotel.'
"This must be it." Namine mused, Sora and Co, glanced inside the hotel was very well done
Sora couldn't help but gawk it was much nicer than the one he was just in somehow Sora got the idea that the hotel didn't need help running his out of business although this place must have been more expensive, to stay at…even so would they really try to run it out of business.
Ven was glancing around he noticed a man in a sheriff's outfit talking to a tall man with dark almost black navy hair wearing a red business shirt and a tie,
"So you have nothing to do with this ghost yet no one at this hotel has been scared?" the sheriff asked in a disbelieving tone,
"I'm serious Sheriff Stone I've just gotten lucky!" the man stated,
"But it would be a good thing for you if the hotel was run out of business!" said Sheriff Stone as Sora joined Ven in the ease dropping ,
"Does he sound like Kronk to you?" Sora asked the blonde nodded.
"So just because my guests are getting a good night sleep despite this Poltergeist being around I'm automatically the Criminal?" Mr. Dowell snapped,
"No but it does make you a suspect!" Sora stated, Sheriff Stone glanced over and gave a look to Sora and Ven who both gulped.
"Are you police officers?" he asked them,
"Uh…..no." they replied together,
"Then don't do my job!" he snapped,
"Sorry." The boys replied,
"Um if you don't mind us asking sir are you on this case?" Ven asked,
"Of course I am!" he stated proudly,
Ven just nodded as did Ven after which Sheriff Stone, took his leave.
"Mr. Dowell was it? Do you mind if we asked you some questions?" Sora asked,
"Oh you're not here to accuse me are you?" he asked warily,
"No of course not, we were just wondering if you saw anything suspicious." Ven added,
"Oh well this began ever since the hotel in the town opened, as soon as the ribbon was cut the Ichabod Ghoul appeared and scared everyone away there are a few people staying but what no one seems to take into account is that I too am loosing guests they don't want to be here when it scares everyone out of Brown's hotel."
"Didn't you tell Sheriff Stone that?" Sora asked,
"Yes a thousand times but he won't believe me!" Mr. Dowell stated, before straightening up,
"What's the story behind this Ghost?"
"Simple it's the Ghost of Ichabod crane, you remember the story of the Headless Horsemen and Ichabod Crane?"
"Yeah." Sora replied,
"Well the legend of this town has it even though he kept his head he died by escaping the Horsemen who threw his head at him as he was unable to cross the bridge by jumping into the freezing river."
Ven and Sora gulped at this.
"Wow."
"Now if you'll excuse me I have work to do you understand?" he asked,
"Yeah of course." Sora replied, the two boys walked out and found Donald surfing the web on the computer,
"Donald you have to pay for-" Sora started but Donald merely pointed to a signup sheet, with his name on it,
"Are you just site flipping?" Ven asked only for Donald to push him away,
Velma came by and saw something that caught her eye,
"Wait Donald go back!" she stated, Donald obeyed there on screen was a picture of Sheriff Stone in the corner of the picture gaping in shock as a man with dark hair and a suit with glasses was hauled off,
'Crystal Cove Mayor Jones arrested'
Mayor of Crystal Cove was arrested after being convicted of a scheme that involved stealing an ancient family treasure; the town Sheriff Bronson Stone-
Suddenly the lights began to flicker then went out, out of nowhere from the wall came an all too familiar figure,
"GENKIES!" Velma cried,
"RUN AWAY!" Donald yelled as the three rushed up the rest of the group watched them pass by,
"Hey like where's the fire?" Shaggy asked,
"Uh Shaggy!" Daphne cried as the rest of the group had looked in front of them,
"ZOINKS ITS THE ICHABOD GHOUL!" he screeched as the group rushed away they ran as fast as they could the ghost flying after them the group managed to duck for cover underneath a deck,
The Ghost after a few screeches disappeared into a burst of smoke.
Sora could see that the house was on the outskirts of town and far away from that article.
"What are you doing on my property?" snapped a voice, it was a tall older gentlemen with Dark hair and a blue jacket with tan pants and a black shirt.
"RAAHHHOOO WAAAK! ZOINKS!" Donald, Scooby and Shaggy jumped several feet into the air when they saw an old man with a shovel they decided to hide behind Sora while Donald and Goofy sought refuge behind Kairi,
"Um….Hi there!" Ven replied nervously,
"We didn't mean to trespass we were just hiding that's all." Kairi explained.
"Yeah we didn't know you lived here." Daphne added.
"Sounds like you kids got run out by the Ichabod Ghoul." The man replied,
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Fred asked,
"I heard you screaming." The man replied simply,
"You'd better believe we were screaming! He's tall green and CREEPY!" Shaggy declared while Scooby mimicked the ghost.
"So what are you doing all the way out here?" Sora asked,
"Not living in town that's what that whole thing was built on an ancient burial ground." The man replied,
"ZOINKS!" Shaggy yelped.
"As in, above dead people?" Ven squeaked.
"Of course what else you kids should do yourself a favor and leave town now!" he stated going back into the house.
"Hey anyone else notice that when the Ghost appeared we were reading that article?" Donald asked,
"Yes he did, very suspicious." Velma replied,
"Let's ask Sheriff Stone." Goofy suggested making their way back to town they saw him sneaking around,
"Hey Sheriff!" Sora yelled making him jump, he ran off as soon as Sora said something he then noticed that he had dropped something out of his pocket, and read it over.
"It's the article we were looking at on the computer earlier according to this Bronson Stone quit his job because he helped out the mayor he wasn't pressed charges as he had no idea what the mayor was really up to, but that didn't stop a bunch of people from losing faith in him."
"He must think if he, can help or solve this case by himself he'll get some good credit back." Daphne suggested,
"But how far is he willing to go?" Velma wondered,
Ven suddenly saw something on top of the hotel Mr. Dowell ran.
"Hey up there!" he stated pointing up to where someone seemed to be setting something up.
After getting there Sora, Ven and Fred climbed out to the roof as they did the thing lit up and the Ghost came out Sora yelped and braced himself but realized that whatever ghostly torment he was in never came, there was however screaming from Mr. Brown's hotel.
Several people ran out with their baggage in a hurry Sora glanced down and ripped what he now knew was a camera off from it's perch.
"Could've really have been him?" Ven asked,
"I….I don't know." Sora replied they jumped down back into the window.
"Someone's been going around setting off all these cameras all over the hotel to scare people."
"Hey Sora what's the powder on your hand?" Namine asked Sora glanced down at his hand it was covered in black soot.
"This must have been on the camera." Sora mused,
Velma took a look at it, "Hmm this is the kind off powder you'd find in Fire Works or a gun."
"The Ghost always does seem to disappear in a burst of smoke." Daphne noted,
As they left Ven spotted something out of the corner of his eye it was security camera which made him wonder about something as he caught up with the others.
Mr. Brown looked absolutely exasperated,
"Oh man, I should've have known it's bad enough his hotel is better but that no good snake is trying to run me out of business the ghost that scared you all earlier was actually a hollow gram that had been installed to scare anyone in the room." He told them holding up a camera.
"Really?" Sora asked,
"Yes I have to go I need to talk to Sheriff Stone about this." He replied getting up and going.
"That means the ghost is a fake." Kairi mused.
Velma took the camera when she put it down her hand was covered in a black soot,
"Huh, this is the same powder as one the other camera." She noted,
"Huh you don't need that much to use a camera these days." Sora stated,
"Yeah your right even if you were using an older camera it's the wrong kind of powder." Velma replied,
"So, its gun powder too?" Goofy asked,
"Yup." She replied wiping off her hands.
Ven had gone off, on his own to find the security footage room he fiddled around until he was rewinding the footage.
"I bet the culprit is on here somewhere if a camera was installed in the Computer room then they're might be more around here." He thought, Ven however went unaware of the figure that had crept up behind him.
Meanwhile as the group compared notes Sora glanced around to see they were one person short.
"Hey where'd Ven go." Sora muttered to himself,
"VOHA!"
Sora turned sharply to the yell and ran towards it, that's when he saw that Ven had a green hand clamped over his mouth and was struggling to get away,
"The Ichabod Ghoul, VEN!" Sora cried but it was too late they were gone in a puff of smoke.
"VEN!" Sora cried,
"Sora what happened?" Kairi called out,
"Ven's gone, the Ghost took him!" Sora cried,
"Where, could they have gone?" Daphne asked, Donald then spied some dust on the ground,
"Huh what is this?"
"Looks that powder Sora had on his hands." Goofy noted,
"Reah!" Scooby agreed.
"Maybe it came from some kind of factory?" Kairi suggested.
"Is there one around here somewhere, we've gotta find them!" Sora stated,
"There is up the road." Stated Fred looking at a map of the town,
The group headed up to a large factory that seemed to be deserted they could see that it had been broken into, giving Sora a bit more hope for finding Ven,
"Okay let's split up, Daphne Velma and I will go one way, Kairi, Namine Donald and Goofy another way and Sora, Shaggy and Scooby will go the other." Fred replied
"Alright deal." Sora replied Scooby and Shaggy gapped and hung their heads to Sora's surprise but the brunette shrugged it off,
The trio wandered around Sora kept his eyes and ears out for any sign of well anything clues or Ven he was hoping he'd find the latter first.
"Ven, you here?" Sora whispered but nothing, Sora kept his ears open hoping to hear something he didn't notice that Shaggy and Scooby spy a kitchen,
"Hey maybe the Ghoul stashed Ven in here eh Scoob?" Shaggy asked,
"Reah!" Scooby replied with a laugh they 'searched' the kitchen gathering ingredients for a sandwich.
"I guess he's not here." Shaggy replied as the Ichabod Ghoul appeared behind them
"Did you check everywhere?" it asked Scooby and Shaggy heard him looked back and whimpered a little bit before running off,
"RUN SCOOB!" Shaggy yelled,
"REEEELLLLPPP!" Scooby yelled as they rushed through the halls the ghost chased them down the had managed to duck into a nearby room and sighed however they soon found something interesting.
"Hey like these look like blue prints." Shaggy replied looking them over,
Scooby however picked up a scent and followed it with a growl he tugged on a nearby tarp that refused to come off but Scooby managed to pull it off revealing a nervously smiling Sheriff Stone,
"Like Sheriff Stone what are you doing here?" Shaggy asked,
"I uh was inspecting this box! And everything with it seems to be in order." He stated Shaggy and Scooby just stared they weren't really buying it.
"Okay, I confess! Yes I took off this assignment to get out of Crystal Cove when Mayor Jones was arrested I couldn't go on being the Sheriff of Crystal Cove having helped the guy but I didn't know the project was illegal!"
"So like, you are here to get your good name back." Shaggy replied,
"If I can help catch that phony baloney Ghost I can go back to my town with pride as Sheriff Bronson Stone!" Sheriff Stone replied leaving.
E-H E-H E-H
Sora spotted some of the powder they had encountered twice before,
"Hey guys it's just like- Shaggy, Scooby? Uh oh." He said looking around Sora sighed,
"I guess I'm on my own." He muttered walking forward,
BANG BANG BANG "Sora? Sora is that you? HELLLP!"
"Ven?" he cried listening he zeroed in on a door and pulled,
"It's locked, Crap I wish I had my Keyblade!" Sora growled in his thoughts he looked around and found a crowbar,
"This should work. Ven stay back!" Sora yelled Ven nodded and backed away and saw the hook of the Crowbar dig into the door with all his strength Sora managed to pry the door, open.
"Ven! Are you okay? What happened?" Sora asked as the Blonde rushed out happy to be free.
"Not much, he just brought me here and locked me in that room." He replied then grinned,
"One good thing came out of it though." He replied holding up a Gate Fragment,
"Way to go, but I still don't get why he took you?"
"Remember the camera that Mr. Brown showed us I figured that the culprit would be on the security cameras setting it and others up I don't know who set up the equipment I didn't get too far I think I got about as far as you guy searching the web when he grabbed me."
"I see, the Culprits probably gone back and destroyed it by now." Sora sighed,
"Come on let's find the others!" Sora stated as the two ran off.
E-H E-H E-H
Kairi, Namine, Donald and Goofy searched around finding nothing, However Namine came across something,
"Hey look at this." She replied holding up a photo it was various points of the Suite Family fun Hotel the outside of it anyway covered in red circles.
"That's weird it looks like a way to set up the cameras."
"Hey look at one of the circles isn't that where Sora, Ven and Fred found a camera?" Kairi asked,
"Yeah, your right these areas don't look like they're well concealed either." Namine noted.
Donald started to pull at a box he lifted it open,
"Hey, Smoke Bombs!"
"We were right the ghost has been using these to make their getaway." Kairi stated,
Sora passed by but stopped to peak in,
"Hey there you are! Look who I found!" Sora replied proudly with Ven trailing behind him,
"Ven!" Namine stated,
"Are you okay?" Kairi asked,
"Just fine, although I'm covered in powder." Ven replied dusting himself off and making Sora sneeze,
"Whoever the Ghost is, he must be covered in the stuff." Goofy noted,
There was the laugh again the group got defensive and ran away,
"LIKE HEEEELLP!" Shaggy cried, as he and the gang ran by,
"REEEELLLP!" Scooby cried,
"Hang on guys….uh…..We'll think of something!" Sora yelled as they rushed after them thinking of something Sora picked up the Crowbar he had used earlier and looked above him,
"Not the Keyblade, but it'll have to do, STRIKE RAID!" he shouted the crowbar did it's job it sent a giant crate falling between the gang and the ghost the Ghost not wanting to be squished veered the other way and disappeared,
They heard coughing to reveal a powder covered Sheriff Stone,
"You okay?" Sora asked,
"Aside from all this powder, I wonder if Mr. Brown has any of these problems." Sheriff Stone replied
"Why would he?" Velma asked,
"Well aside from being a Hotel Manager he's also a certified Pyrotechnic told me when I first came here." Stone answered,
"Hmm, I think this Mystery is just about wrapped up." Velma noted.
"And I've got a plan coming on!" Fred added,
Soon the gang had set up a trap inside the factory with the heroes standing outside,
"Everything's set inside." Sora replied,
"Great! Alright gang let's get into positions, Shaggy and Scooby-"
"Oh no were not being the bait Freddy, no way no how!" Shaggy declared,
"Reah No Ray, No Row!" Scooby added,
"Would you do it for a Scooby Snack?" Daphne asked holding up a green and teal colored box of some kind of snack biscuit.
"Nice try Daphne but that won't be enough to convince us." Shaggy replied as he and Scooby crossed their arms,
"What if we told you they were Sea-Salt ice cream flavored Scooby snacks?" Velma asked that made the two brighten up.
"Sea-Salt ice cream, we've been dying to try that flavor!" Shaggy declared as they devoured the box and were off.
Sora and the gang got into their positions at this point Sora had gotten bored searching for Ven and clues had been the highlight of the night.
Then came the screams,
"Here they come!" Sora called Shaggy and Scooby rushed in as the Ghost followed them Ven and Namine pulled the switch a large Tarp coming down and covering the ghost.
"We did it! We caught the Ghost!" Ven cried,
Sadly that jinxed them as the now angry Ghost burst from the Tarp eyes blazing,
"Or not." Ven mumbled,
"Okay plan B, RUN AWAY!" Fred yelled
Cue the Thriller/Heads will Roll Mash up from the Glee Cast!
The group ran as fast as they could while the Ghoul chased after them, he lost sight of them but was suddenly welcomed by a couple of Barbers one with long Crimson hair the other with Brown Spiky hair
Sitting him in the chair another duo appears one looking suspiciously like a dog, they 'Style' his hair to where it is an afro then the other two put lots of make up on him he growls at them scaring them off.
Chasing after them he runs into Ven who holds his hands out and hands him an open umbrella.
"Here hold this."
Ven then rushes off to where Namine is and they pull a lever of a giant fan blowing him away he lands on the cat walk Fred, Daphne and Velma are running on they see him and pick up the pace they rush to a hallway full of Doors,
They enter one as the Ghoul follows he then comes out the other looking confused then from a pair of doors on the top row come, Daphne, Fred and Velma in a Cleopatra costume rolling a boat he follows them in,
He comes out as they escape through the bottom row, then through a middle pair of doors comes Kiro, Amei, Raian, Takeshi, Oswald and Ven and they cross the hall, then through the top row of Doors comes Kusco doing the moon walk,
After that door opens to reveal a Pink Earth Pony named Pinkie Pie cross the room winking at the readers as she goes through.
Through a Door at the second front row goes A Pokémon named Zoroark a black and grey monster fox Pokémon with a red mane tipped with black crosses the room,
Then both doors in the front row open to reveal a giant floating baby head float through.
Meanwhile Sheriff Stone, Donald and Goofy slam the door shut and board it up panting from exhaustion when they are done.
Someone hands them water bottles which they take and drink they THEN see that the Ghoul gave them those and spit the water in his face and run out of the room the Ichabod Ghoul stares at the holes they made (which are all in their shapes) for a second then runs after them making on himself.
The groups all crash into each other in the middle of the room where Velma loses her Glasses and who should hand them to her but the Ghoul the group runs away once more and finds themselves in a conveyer belt area.
The Ghoul jumps them making Sora fall but he managed to grab on to hook meanwhile the ghoul gets a hold of Shaggy and Scooby and throws them over the rail but Sora swings out and grabs them they all cling to the rope as the Ghost goes after them,
The trio in fear swing across from one rope to the other the Ghoul does the same until they get to another cat walk where the Ghoul pursues the group meanwhile Fred and Ven mess with the Machinery which catches the Ghost and swings him around and sends him into a nearby tarp where Kairi, Daphne, Namine and Velma wrap him up.
"We did it!" Sora declared as the others rushed over,
"Time to see who, Ichabod Crane really is!" Sora stated pulling the mask off,
"Mr. Brown!" the group stated in surprise,
"Okay I must have solved a different mystery because, in my mind it was Mr. Dowell causing all the trouble." Stone stated,
"Yeah, to like, Run Mr. Brown out of business." Shaggy added,
"Why would he try to run himself out of business?" Daphne asked,
"He wasn't, not really anyway that's what some people call a Bat Man gambit." Velma replied,
"HEY! Now I know what would've been on the tapes he said he found a camera in the Computer room where we were not too long ago then there's the cameras that were stashed all over the outside of Mr. Dowell's hotel, I snuck into the security room to see if I could see the Culprit on the cameras that's when he had to grab me and hide me here." Ven stated,
"Right with the incriminating evidence you would think that the footage would show would be Mr. Dowell sabotaging the hotel but instead anyone watching it would have seen Mr. Brown setting up Holographic projectors all over his own hotel."
"Then there's this, the photos all show red circles one of them is where Fred, Sora and Ven found another one of those projectors." Namine stated,
"All somewhere, easy to find." Donald stated,
"But the biggest clue, was what Sheriff Stone said." Fred added.
"YES! What I say?" Stone asked,
"That aside from being a Hotel Manager, Mr. Brown was also a certified Pyrotechnic." Velma replied.
"Then there's all those Smoke balls we found he must have made them!" Goofy added,
"Both Ven and the Cameras were covered in that powder even the one Mr. Brown had when he showed it to us you used the bombs to make your escapes!" Sora stated.
"That way it would have appeared that the Ghost disappeared in a burst of smoke."
"There was only one 'real' ghost the one that attacked us at the factory and the one that grabbed Ven, the others were all Holographic images you thought if you could hurt your own business and pin the blame on Mr. Dowell he'd be arrested and his Hotel shut down."
"But why, aren't your prices cheaper than his?" Sora asked,
"Not really both Hotels have the same pay rate." Velma replied,
"Yeah, but his Hotel was better I had to put that sucker behind bars and it would've work if it weren't for you meddling kids!" Mr. Brown snapped.
"Yeah, Yeah, you can tell it to the judge, by the way it's the judge of Crystal Cove who happens to be staying in Suite Family fun on Vacation." Stone told him arresting him.
Soon the group rested outside on the street enjoying the stars,
"So what are you guys gonna do now?" Sora asked,
"Aww not much we've got a next stop in another town who knows maybe we'll find another Mystery." Fred replied.
"Always looking forward to that huh?" Ven asked,
"You bet!" Velma replied,
"Solving Mysteries is what we do!" Daphne added proudly,
"Reah! Scooby, Dooby Doo!"
Sora nodded,
"Hey like what about you guys?" Shaggy asked,
"We've got to get back to our friends they're waiting for us." Ven replied,
"Think we'll see you guys again?" Daphne asked,
"Yeah." Sora replied as the group said their good byes.
E-H E-H E-H
Sora and Co. looked around the library they glanced at the book and smiled as Sora flipped through it then he came across a strange Symbol in the book,
"What's this doodle?" Sora asked,
Merlin came over and took a look at it,
"It's a seal, it's designed to suppress magical weapons even Keyblades I hope it didn't give you too much trouble in there." Merlin replied,
"Not at all, in fact it was a lot more fun solving the Mystery that way." Sora replied with a smile.
-Kingdom Tales 10-
-Damage Control-
Neku walked through the halls eventually finding himself out on the great crest where Leon was doing some training the tall Brunette glanced over,
"Hey you need something?" Leon asked,
"Yeah you to talk Merlin into Changing Cid back….again." He replied.
-END-
Keyblades Obtained: Groovy Detective
Strength: +5 Magic + 5
Ability: EXP Walker: Sora is always one step ahead when every step he takes gives him experience
Appearance: The Shaft is a green and teal square with a couple Orange Flowers on it the Teeth are a large version of Scooby's dog tag Scooby Snacks make the hand guard while the initials M and INC make the Keychain
Limit Breaks
Twister Mix- Sora + Neku
Neku Sakuraba: A Teenager from a world called Shibuya his world was destroyed but though not kept in sleep he and his friends were trapped in a parallel version of Traverse Town however thanks to Riku and Sora's efforts he and the others were able to return home he's now returning the favor by helping Sora with the current Crisis (The World Ends With You 2007)
Joshua/Yoshiya Kiryu: A Teenager who for some time was trapped with his friends in the Parallel Traverse Town however was eventually allowed home, as the Composer of Shibuya he has many powers in the UG some of which are allowing UG Powers in the RG through the use of Crown Skull pins (The World Ends With You 2007)
Shiki Misaki: A Teenage Girl with a flair for Fashion she is a talented Sewist one of her creations Mr. Mew is the first one she ever made along with being the 'puppet' for her Groove Psych interestingly the form Sora and Riku met her in while in the realm of Sleep was not her true form.(The World Ends With You 2007)
Mr. Mew: A small stuffed Cat that Shiki made it's also the only thing that will work with her Groove Psych nevertheless it is small quick and can hold his own in battle .(The World Ends With You 2007)
Beat/Daisukenojo Bito: A Friend of Neku's and Rhyme's older brother his style of battling is with a skate board he's skilled at the ability for some time he was trapped in a parallel Twlight Town with his Sister.(The World Ends With You 2007)
Rhyme/ Raimu Bito: Beat's younger Sister earnest and hardworking she is always ready to take on a challenge, she lost her memory for some time in the Parallel Traverse Town but managed to recover it sometime after meeting Sora and Riku. (The World Ends With You 2007)
Woola: An Alien Beast from the Planet Basoom he is willing to follow those he is loyal too anywhere this now happens to be Sora though he may not look it Woola is extremely fast and powerful in a fight (John Carter 2012)
Cid: A Mechanic who holds a strong Rivalry with Merlin in Magic versus Technology though they need both to make a way for the other two groups who don't have Nova find Gate Fragments he is well known for the Gummi Ships he created and has known Sora since his journey began. (Final Fantasy VII 1997)
Fred: A young Amateur Mystery Solver with his gang of five he is seen as the leader and enjoys making the traps and coming up with a plan to catch the culprit he is usually seen driving the Mystery Machine (Scooby Doo: Where are you? 1969)
Daphne: a Friend of the gang whose Accessory's and make are invaluable to the gang from time to time like the rest of the gang she is an Amateur Detective (Scooby Doo: Where are you? 1969)
Velma: A member of Mystery Incorporated she is the smart one in the group she is also usually the one who puts many of the pieces together (Scooby Doo: Where are you? 1969)
Shaggy: A Member of Mystery Incorporated though an Amateur detective he'd rather eat then search out ghouls and spooks he is never too far from his best pal Scooby Doo (Scooby Doo: Where are you? 1969)
Scooby Doo: A member of Mystery Incorporated though a bit clumsy and Cowardly he can be very brave when he needs to be is always helping the gang with the Mysteries they solve though like Shaggy who he's never too far from he'd rather eat then search for the super natural (Scooby Doo: Where are you? 1969)
Sherriff Bronson Stone: A Shamed Cop from the town of Crystal Cove, he was unaware of his former bosses illegal activities nevertheless people lost faith in him determined to prove himself he set out to solve a case though at this point I doubt he minds getting a little help. (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 2010)
Mr. Dowell: A Hotel Manager of the Suite Family Fun Hotel however he was a prime suspect in the case till his innocence was proven. (Kingdom Hearts: Furthest Reach 2012)
Mr. Brown: A hotel Manager of the Hotel Rivaling Mr. Dowell's he tried to put his rival in jail by bringing the legend of Ichabod Crane's ghost to life (Kingdom Hearts: Furthest Reach 2012)
The Ichabod Ghoul: There is a legend stating that Ichabod Crane died trying to escape the Headless Horsemen with his ghost haunting Spooksville however this ghost turned out to be fake
I'm leaving where the Ichabod Ghoul came from blank but I'll clear a couple of things up
The Characters here are in their 'What's New Scooby Doo incarnations
Though an original world Spooksville (Which comes from the Creepy place Shaggy refers too) is meant to be a Scooby Doo world
I took the events from the SDMINC 1st season finale as well as Sherriff Bronson Stone to help with the plot
Here's our Teaser
When Roxas finds a Gate Fragment now under the possession of a barbarian Princess he and his group must face challenges in order to get it back
Next time: The Trials of Udragoth!
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