Chapter 4
Daphne Snaps
The clock tower struck six as the gang arrived at the festival. There were several stands with games, small rides like merry-go-rounds and helter-skelter, and a table laid with freshly cooked food. Shaggy and Scooby immediately ran towards the table and began to dine on the food.
"Like we're hit the jackpot." Shaggy said.
"Reah, rackpot." Scooby said with a mouth full of roasted chicken.
"What did I tell you this morning, Scooby?" Velma said. She was feeling less tired now as she had managed to get a few hours of sleep before they went to the festival.
Scooby swallowed before he spoke. "Rorry."
Fred, Casey, Mindy, and Shaggy let out a small chuckle whilst Velma rolled her eyes and Pete looked unamused. Daphne just looked in the opposite direction. She and Velma hadn't made up after their fight, which had added to her ever-growing inner anger of being called "Danger-Prone Daphne."
"Well you two should save some for later, after all, we got an entire night to enjoy first." Mindy said to hungry duo.
Shaggy and Scooby took one last bite and made their way back to the others. As they walked around the carnival a bit they decided to split up and do the things they wanted to do. Shaggy and Scooby went to toward a hot dog stand, Casey, Mindy, and Pete went to ride the Ferris wheel and Velma went off to see if she could find Tim leaving the blonde and redhead alone.
"So Daphne what do you want to do first?" Fred asked.
"Hm sorry, Freddy I didn't catch that." Daphne said.
"Is something bothering you?" Fred asked in a concerned tone.
"No, I'm fine Freddy." Daphne said.
"Are you..."
"I said I'm fine." Daphne said not meaning to sound angry.
"Fred was taken back by this but knew it would be best not to pursue it any further.
"Ok then." he said. "So what should we do first?"
"I'm not sure, maybe we could just look around for a bit." she said.
"Ok then." he said.
Meanwhile, in the nearby forest, the witches, who were now in their normal form watched the sad redhead.
"Do we have to do this?" Elvina asked.
"Of course we do." Mary said.
"All we need to do is to wait for her to leave her friends and be alone." Victoria said.
Elsewhere, Velma had found Tim. He had just finished carving the last of the pumpkins when he saw her.
"Hi, Tim." Velma said.
"Hi Velma, see you're less tired now." Tim said in a jokey tone.
"Yep." Velma said.
"I guess there were some loud machines outside your room?" he said.
"More like a loud girl and her boyfriend." Velma said.
"Oh you got stuck in the room next to the two love birds then?" he said.
"Yep." Velma said.
The two chatted for a while and eventually after Velma had finished telling him about how she and the others had solved a case thanks to Daphne being kidnapped, she began to tell him about the many kidnappings of the purple-dressed woman.
"So that's why you call her Danger-Prone Daphne?" he said.
"Yep, I don't think I've meant anyone who gets kidnapped as often as her." Velma said.
Whilst this was happening Shaggy and Scooby were walking around with a giant stick of cotton candy. Then they accidentally bumped into a woman who had red hair.
"Rorry radam." Scooby said.
"Oh, that quite alright." Holly said. "That a lot of cotton candy got there."
"Well you can never have too much cotton candy." Shaggy said which caused Holly to giggle.
"Well, I should be off. It was nice talking to you." Holly said.
"So should we." Shaggy said.
They went their separate ways, Shaggy and Scooby then found Velma and Tim. The man and woman looked in shock at the size of the pink sugary treat.
"How have you not got diabetes yet?" Velma asked.
"R ron't rnow." Scooby said with a shrug.
"Do you really need that much?" Tim asked.
"Yes, we do. Like why does everyone want us to stop eating tonight?" Shaggy replied.
"Rhat rady ras rk rith rt." Scooby said.
"What lady?" Velma asked.
"Me and Scoob bumped into this woman and she fine with the amount of cotton candy we had." Shaggy said.
"By chance did this woman have red hair and blue dress?" Tim asked
"Reah." Scooby said before taking another bite.
"Ah, you met Holly Helena." Tim said.
"Who she?" Velma asked.
"Just a woman who for some reason believes in the supernatural even though she has seen it been debunked several times." Tim said.
"Sound like someone I know." Velma said looking at the green shirt and the Great Dame.
"Like it could be real." Shaggy said.
"Sure and I'm head of British Intelligence." Tim said causing Velma to chuckle.
Nearby, Fred and Daphne were still walking around, they couldn't find anything they wanted to do mostly due to Daphne being too upset.
"I'm just going to the bathroom. I'll be back in a flash" Fred said.
"Ok, Fred." Daphne said.
The blonde then went to the nearest portable toilets. Daphne saw Velma, Shaggy, Scooby, and Tim and went over to them.
"Hey guys" she said. Just then two kids quickly run past her and accidentally knocked her, she lost her balance and would have fallen over if Shaggy caught her.
"I can see why you call her Danger-Prone Daphne." Tim said to Velma in a jokey voice, unfortunately, Daphne did see it that way.
"What do you mean by that?" Daphne asked in a slightly bitter tone and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I was just telling Tim about our mystery-solving adventures and I may have mentioned about you getting kidnapped on several occasions." Velma said in a guilty tone unfortunately this was the breaking point for Daphne.
"You told a complete stranger about it!" Daphne shouted in frustration.
Velma tried to explain. "I'm sorry I thought..."
"What you could just tell someone about me being helpless!" Daphne interrupted.
"She didn't mean it like that, she meant it more in a humorous." Tim said.
"You think it's funny to have someone tell others information about you!" Daphne yelled at the man.
"Ronder rf rhe rountry ran rear rhat?" Scooby whispered to Shaggy hoping that Daphne didn't hear him, but she did and she turned to them.
"Hear what Scooby?! Hear me screaming when I'm kidnapped?!" the purple-dressed woman shouted at the dog causing the canine to whimper.
"Like take it easy Daphs." Shaggy said trying to calm her down.
"Why so can make jokes behind my back?!" Daphne said.
"No, I just meant..."
"Meant what?" Daphne asked.
They hesitated to answer her. Then swallowing her breath Velma spoke.
"You may be overreacting." Velma said trying her best not to make her friend anymore angry but to no avail.
"I beg your pardon?!" the woman in purple shouted.
"I didn't mean it like..."
"You know what maybe I would be better off without all of you!" Daphne shouted and before any of them could try to speak to her she turned around and left them. They looked at each other knowing full well that they went too far.
Fred had just finished washing his hands as Daphne stormed past. He went over to him to what was wrong.
"Where are you going, Daphne?" Fred asked her.
"I'm going back to motel." she said.
"Ok, would you like me to walk with you?" Fred said in a kind tone.
"Why? Do you think I'm going to be kidnapped? That I can't take care of myself?" Daphne said in frustration. Her mind clouded in anger.
"What no I..."
"Well guess what Frederick Jones, I don't need you to walk with me so just leave me alone!" Daphne shouted at him. She then stormed off leaving Fred sad and confused.
As Daphne left the festival grounds and began to walk on the forest path the witches followed her knowing it was now the time to strike.
"Who do they think they are talking about me like that?" Daphne grumbled to herself.
When the redhead was far enough where no one could see her, Victoria cast a spell on the purple-dressed woman.
All of a sudden Daphne felt sleepy. She closed her eyes and began to sleepwalk into the forest guided by Victoria's magic. They walked deeper and deeper into the dark forest with Elvina occasionally using her magic to make sure that Daphne didn't get hurt until they arrived at the hut.
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