Chapter 2
Arriving in England
At four AM, The Mystery Gang's plane had just landed at the airport. They got off and went through security, then got on their got the van they had rented and drove off to the town. They had been invited to an annul Halloween festival by Shaggy's uncle. They had gotten the message right after they had finished their least case and decided that they should go. Thankful they had got just enough sleep on the plane so they weren't too tired when they reach the country.
"I really don't understand why people drive on the left side of the road here?" Fred said as he drove the van.
"It's just an old law Fred." Velma said.
"Really?" Fred said. Velma nodded.
"It was nice of your uncle to invite us." Daphne said to Shaggy.
"It was but like did it have to a Halloween festival?" Shaggy asked.
"You're not scared are you?" Daphne asked.
"It's a Halloween festival, which mean there'll be vampires, werewolves and witches." Shaggy said.
"Reah, ronsters." Scooby said.
Velma rolled her eyes before spoke to the cowardly duo.
"You two have seen the supernatural being debunked over a thousand times. How can you think there are any real monsters?" Velma asked.
"Recause rne ray rould re real ronster." Scooby said.
"Last week you saw a man, who was pretending to be swamp monster being unmasked." Velma pointed out.
"I know but Scoob still has a point, one day it could be a real one." Shaggy said.
Velma let out a groan, seeing that this was going no where.
"You know, Velma's got a point. You did see him being unmasked." Daphne said. Shaggy and Scooby hmmed in agreement.
"I remember the look on his face when unmasked him." Fred with a chuckle.
"Oh yeah and you remember the way he said "I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids and your stupid dog too." Daphne said imitating the man.
"R'm rot rtupid." Scooby said in an moody tone.
"Oh course you're not buddy." Shaggy said as he patted Scooby's head.
"Rhanks, Rhaggy." Scooby said.
"By the way, when did you know he wasn't a real swamp monster, like at what moment did you add it altogether?" Shaggy asked.
"When we discovered the fake slim where we found Daphne tied up in the basement." Velma said.
Daphne looked down in embarrassment, remembering how she had been kidnapped by the criminal and had to be saved by her friends. It bothered her when they talked about it or when they called her by her nickname "Danger-Prone Daphne" or some other variation of her being a damsel in distress.
"Well it won't happen again." Daphne said.
"I remember you said that after we had rescued you in the shed were you had been put in by that ghost." Shaggy said.
"Rey remember rhe rime re round rer ried rp rn rhat rag rn rhe abandoned at rheme rark?" Scooby said.
"Oh yeah or the time we found her in the closet under the stairs in that hunted house." Shaggy said.
"Or when we solved the case of the rusted knight were she was tied up in the back of a truck?" Velma said.
Daphne was getting frustrated by her friend talking about the many times she had been kidnapped. Since she was facing away from them, they didn't see that she was quite annoyed by what they were saying. Fred on the other hand had noticed and decided to try and change the subject.
"So, Shaggy, remind me again what the name of the town is again." Fred asked.
"Oh it's called North Town." Shaggy said then returned to the discussion of Daphne's many kidnaps.
Daphne sighed quietly and looked out the window. Fred tried to think of another way to change the convocation, however to his and Daphne's luck, he saw the town's sign.
"Hey guys, we're here." Fred said.
"Finally. Like we can start our taste test on British food." Shaggy said.
"Rm Ritish rood." Scooby said then he let out a chuckle.
Once they reached the motel that they were staying at, Fred parked the vehicle. Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby got out of the van with their respective luggage. Fred turned to Daphne, who was looking down with a sad expression.
"Are you ok, Daphne?" Fred asked in concern.
"Oh yeah I'm fine." Daphne said.
"Are you sure?" Fred asked.
"I'm sure." Daphne said with a small smile.
"Ok then." Fred said although he wasn't convinced that she was.
The two got out of the van with their luggage and joined the others, who were already in the motel lobby. Once they had gotten the keys to their respective rooms, one for Shaggy and Scooby, one for Velma and for Fred and Daphne. After they had finished unpacking, they made their way to Shaggy's uncle's place. It was small one story house, with blue paint. Shaggy knocked on the wooden door and a tall man, who had grey hair and wore a blue shirt and black trousers. With him was a woman about the same as him who also had grey hair, but wore a red shirt and blue jeans.
"Shaggy, welcome." the man said.
"Uncle Casey. Like it's great to see you again." Shaggy said as he shook his uncle's hand.
"So are you introduce us to your friends?" the woman asked.
"Sure aunt Mindy." Shaggy said then he introduced his friends to his uncle and aunt. "This is Scooby, this Velma, this Fred and this Daphne." he said.
"Is she the one that you and the others called "Danger-Prone Daphne?" Mindy asked.
"Rep." Scooby said.
Daphne blushed and looked down in embarrassment. See this, Fred decided to change the subject.
"Nice house you got there." the blonde said.
"Why thank you young man. Why don't we continue this convocation inside." Casey said. The gang entered the house. Inside a black cat was trying to catch a bird that had flown into the house through an open window. The cat run all over the room as bird flew around. The bird then land on the window sill, just before the cat grab him, the bird shut the window on the cat's paws. The cat yelled pain as the bird flu away.
As the cat pulled himself free, he fell onto the wood floor. Just then his owners came into the living room with the gang. They took their seats and Mindy went out to get refreshments. The cat looked nervously at Scooby.
"Purust pureat pua pogs." the cat said.
Scooby had noticed the cat and so had Shaggy.
"Rat." Scooby said.
"Scoob, don't chase the cat." Shaggy whispered to the dog. Scooby let a small groaned and just glared at the cat as the feline did the same. As they continued to glared, Mindy came into the room with a tray of tea and biscuits. She placed it on the table and took her seat.
"Thank you for inviting us Mr. and Mrs. Messick." Velma said.
"Oh that quiet alright." Casey said as he picked up his cup.
"We though you would like a break from you're mystery solving." Mindy said before taking a sip of her tea.
After an hour, they had finished their tea and biscuit. Casey and Mindy decided to take them site seeing. North town was a medium size town so it didn't take to long to see everything. They then arrived at a small café and Shaggy and Scooby decided to stop for a bit to eat whilst the others continued to see the area where the festival was going to be.
The last preparations were being done. These included put up the last of the Jack o' lanterns and the last Halloween decorations. Several people were working as Casey, Mindy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma looked around the area with the latter separating from the rest of the group.
"Looks like the town's going all out this." Daphne said.
"Well it's a big event for your town." Mindy said.
As Velma looked around she accidentally bumped into someone.
"I'm sorry I didn't see you there." a male voice said.
"No, no it was my fault." Velma said.
"I don't think I seen you around town before?" the man said. He wore a brown shirt and black trousers, had a pair of black glasses and brown hair. He was about the same age as Velma.
"Oh I was invited with my friends by one of my friends uncle." Velma said to him.
"Well lucky for you, you got invited to our biggest festival yet." he said.
"I'll say. So why does North town have the festival this big?" Velma asked.
"It in celebration of the end of the witches terror." the man said.
"The witches terror?" Velma said, raising an eyebrow.
"A thousand years ago, three "witches" terrified the town, until one day a "sorceresses" turned them to stone." he said rolling his eyes as said the words "witches" and "sorceresses".
"Well no offence but that sounds like a bunch of nonsense."
"Tell me about it. There's no such things as witches or sorceresses." he said.
"You don't know who many times I had to say that." Velma said.
"Really?" the man asked. Velma nodded "So what's your name?"
"Velma Dinkley, yours?" she asked.
"Tim Roald." he said as he shook hand's with Velma.
"Well it's nice to meet you Tim." Velma said.
"Same to you Velma." Tim said with a smile.
"Well, I better get to my friends." Velma said. "Hope to see you again soon." as she left.
"Hope to see you again too." Tim said, waving goodbye to her.
Velma rejoined her friends and they continued to walk around the area.
As the day came to an end, the gang returned to the motel. Shaggy and Scooby were completely stuffed from eating fifteen helpings at the café and had gone straight to bed. Velma was reading a book in her room and Fred and Daphne were in their room getting into their nightwear. When she had finished putting her nightwear on, Daphne sat on her side on the king size bed and looked down at the floor. Fred, who had also finished putting his nightwear on, noticed this and went over to her and sat next to her.
"Are sure your ok Daphne?" Fred asked in a worried tone.
"Yeah, I'm fine Freddy." Daphne said.
"If there is something wrong then you can always tell me." Fred said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I know Freddy, but I'm fine, really." Daphne said.
"Ok." Fred said unsurely. Then an idea came to him and a smirk came to his face.
"I know what will cheer you up." the blonde said.
"What?" Daphne said in confusion.
"This." Fred said. Then he tickled Daphne on her stomach.
"Fred, no. You know I'm ticklish there." the redhead said in-between laughs.
Fred then stop to allow her to catch her breath.
"So feeling better now?" he asked her.
"A little." she said. Then a smirk came to her face. "Although there is something I need to do to you."
"What that?" Fred asked.
This." Daphne said before she pounced onto him and the two fell on the bed.
Fred smiled at Daphne. Then he pulled the covers over whilst Daphne turned off the light as they kissed.
Little did they know that something was going to come between them and that something would be sooner then they could imagine.
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