Well, it's Friday the 13th, so here's the scene you've all been waiting for: The Prom Scene!
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The High School gym was quite a sight that evening. Silver, blue, black, and white balloons covered the floor, matching streamers were laced around the rafters, two long tables held small cakes, chips, finger-foods, pizza, and punch, a disco-ball hung in the middle of the room, and on the stage was a DJ. On the outside of the school, red-rope lined from the doors to the sidewalk, with plastic white flowers on the top of each pole, and colored lights flashed around the fountain out front.
Up pulled a limosine, which was rented for all the prom students (courtesy of Daphne's uncle), and out stepped the first couple, Josie and Alan, in a blue dress and dark-blue tuxedo with a red tie. "Wow, everything looks great," Josie said as they walked down the sidewalk.
"Yeah, I can't wait to see the inside," Alan added.
Next out came Mark and Kim, wearing a violet-and-burgundy dress and a white tuxedo with a blue tie. "Willackers, the school really went all out," Kim said.
"I hope they had enough for the budget," Mark commented.
Next came Shaggy and Pepper, wearing a lime-green dress and an apple-green tuxedo with a burgundy tie.
After them came Debbie and DD, wearing a teal dress and a blue tuxedo with an orange tie.
Next came Pugsy and Velma, wearing an orange-red dress and a black tuxedo with a red tie; followed by Melody and Alexander, wearing a emerald-green dress and a dark-green tuxedo with an orange tie.
Valerie and Tinker walked out next, wearing a dark-purple dress and a green tuxedo with a dark-green tie; and next came Daphne and Larry, wearing a bright-purple dress and a black tuxedo with a black tie.
Then came Alexandra and Fangs, wearing a deep red dress and an orange tuxedo. "You look like a pumpkin," Alexandra sneered at Fangs.
"Ooh, ooh, all the good tuxedos were taken," Fangs replied.
Alexandra looked at the rest of the tuxedos. "Well, it's not the WORST one… almost."
Everyone went inside, and music began to play. All the girls met around a corner while the guys went to the buffet… Shaggy being the first one there. "Congratulations on the dates, girls." Josie said, looking over at the guys. "Looks like this night is going to be great for all of us,"
"Too bad Freddy and Biff didn't decide to come," Daphne said, sighing.
"I just hope they're okay. Maybe we should have gone with them," Kim added, concerned. "With those creeps running loose and them being on their own…"
"Ah, it would be their own fault, passing up Prom to just hunt down some goons," Alexandra sneered.
"Dotty said she, Flim-Flam, Scooby, Scrappy, and our dogs would help them out," Pepper said.
"And Tinker lent Speed Buggy to them, too… Though, I think he just wanted to spend time with that girl car Dotty made," Debbie put in.
"I thought Flim-Flam took a job babysitting Fangs' cousin," Velma said.
"He must have had to cancel one or the other," Valerie guessed. "He wouldn't be crazy enough to do both,"
"You obviously never met Flim-Flam," Daphne remarked.
"Well, if Baby Fangs changes into Fangpuss, they won't have much to worry about," Kim said. "Just as long as they don't get into TOO much trouble,"
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For Flim-Flam, 'too much trouble' was never part of his vocabulary… unless you put the words "he always gets into" right before it.
For instance, Flim-Flam, Scrappy, Scooby, and Fangpuss met up with Dotty, Woofer, Whimper, Speed Buggy, and Love Bug near the woods. Dotty was carrying a map, looking it over with a flashlight. "There's a trail that leads up to the mountains, but then we'd have to go through the rough to reach Treasure Cove Trove," she said, showing them the map.
"S-Shouldn't we wait ror Reddy rand Riff?" Scooby stammered, looking around shakily.
"They're at the school, doing more research. The building's open because of the prom, and we can send Woofer and Whimper after them if we find something,"
"And you thought you was afraid she was replacing us with that car!" Woofer told Whimper, grinning.
"I didn't say that, you did." Whimper replied.
"Say, how come you weren't allowed to go to Prom?" Flim-Flam asked Dotty. "You said you were in High School, so you should be registered."
"I know, and I am allowed. I just didn't have a date, plus I wanted to get this mystery solved," Dotty replied.
"Didn't have a date…" Hearts appeared in Flim-Flam's eyes again. "As in, you're still single? …Er, I mean, gee that's too bad. Oh, well, mysteries are more fun anyway."
Scrappy arched an eyebrow and turned to the others, whispering. "Hey, guys? Have you noticed how Flim-Flam's been acting around Dotty?" he asked.
"Row so?" Scooby asked.
"Well, he gets this goofy smile on his face, he always stares at her, and on the first day they met, he could hardly speak! And tonight I saw him swipe some of Freddy's cologne,"
"That was cologne?" Woofer questioned. "I thought that boy had crawled through a field of dead stink-weeds!"
"I think I know what his problem is," Love Bug spoke up, her tone smooth and gentle like a young Tina Louise. "He's in love,"
"What?" the others questioned.
"Why would you say that?" Scrappy asked.
"Because Speedy looked at me the same way," Love Bug replied, and leaned against Speed Buggy. "Isn't that right?"
"You know it," Speed Buggy sputtered in reply.
"So that's the real reason he wanted to help Dotty out!" Scrappy said, then gripped his stomach and covered his mouth. "I think I'm gonna be sick,"
"Reah, ga ga." Fangpuss agreed, mimicking Scrappy.
"Hey, guys! Are you coming!" Dotty called from up the trail, and they saw that she and Flim-Flam had gotten a head start.
"We're coming!" Scrappy said, and they began to follow.
Unbeknownst to them, a certain black-and-white cat caught sight of them, and snickered. He decided to have some fun of his own tonight, and give those kids, dogs, and cars the spooks!
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Back at the prom, slow music began to play. "Looks like it's time to dance," Josie said, and met Alan out on the dance floor. The rest of the girls hesitantly met up with their own dates.
Fangs offered his hand to Alexandra, but she turned him down. "No thanks, I'll pass," she scoffed. "Go get me some punch instead,"
Fangs sighed, going to the punch bowl, where Pugsy stood. "What's with the gloomy face?" he asked.
"Ah, I asked Alexandra to the prom… but I think it was just a huge mistake," Fangs replied, sadly.
"Eh, wouldn't be the first one you made," Pugsy looked over at Velma, then got an idea and walked over to her, talking to her, then walked back over to Fangs. "Tell you what, Fangs. Since it's a special occasion, I'll helpify you out. You can have the first slow-dance with Velma, and I'll deal with Alexandra."
"Really? Gosh, Pugs, that's the nicest thing you've ever… Well, actually, I think it's the only nice thing you've ever done for me."
Pugsy sneered. "Ah, just do it, before I change my mind!"
Fangs walked over to Velma, and they walked out onto the dance-floor together. Alexandra walked up. "Hey, where's that nimrod with my punch?" she demanded.
"Hate to break it to ya, Alexandra… though, not that much… but that 'nimrod' just dumped you for another girl," Pugsy thumbed over at Fangs and Velma.
"What? That ungrateful jerk! I go through all the humiliation of taking him to prom, and he ends up sharing the first dance with another girl? He shouldn't be dumping me, I should be dumping him!"
Pugsy only shrugged. "Eh, guess he just felt like dancing with a REAL woman,"
She scowled at him. "Isn't that 'woman' your date?"
"Yeah, but it don't bother me. I gave Fangs permission to share a dance with her, anyway."
Alexandra clenched her fists. "I ought to dunk your head in the punch-bowl…" she grabbed him by the tie, getting ready to punch his face.
Suddenly, the lights went out! Everyone screamed, panicking on what was going on. There were sounds of struggles, and each scream was cut short.
In the library, Biff and Freddy heard the commotion. "Something's wrong," Freddy said. "C'mon!"
They raced down to the gym, where Biff found the lightswitch and turned the lights back on…
To their shock, everyone was gone, save for Alexandra and Pugsy, who stood by the punch bowl, frozen in a mid-fight. And on the wall, painted in red, were the words:
"Meddlers Die At Midnight,"
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Dun, dun, DUUUUN! What will become of the missing gang-members? What will happen to the kids? …And where the heck were the chaperones during all this?