Chapter three: Fred gets kidnapped

Mystery Inc rambled down the forest paths after the two spectres hot on their trails at first but soon the ghosts got further and further away and they eventually disappeared from view over the horizon.

"Oh great" sighed Shaggy slowing down and stopping with the others "We've followed these gooney ghosts for so long we don't know which path leads to the graveyard"

"And look at that!" Velma cried pointing to a broken signpost "I know I'm smart but even I can't find my way through a forest without a sign post!"

"Well you've never had a nose that could sniff out graves from a mile away!" Shaggy grinned proudly.

"Eh?" The gang looked at him puzzled

Shaggy groaned, "I'm talking about Scooby!"

"Ohhhhhh" The gang replied.

Shaggy got a box of Scooby snacks from behind his back and waved them at Scooby.

"Sniff em' for the snacks Scoob!" He told his dog

"Roh-kay" Scooby replied and lowered his nose to the ground.

He sniffed at the air and got struck by a scent immediately. He pointed to a path to there right.

"Ris way!" He announced and led the gang off along that path.

They soon knew when they were close to the graveyard as a thick smoke smothered them and when they got inside, only Velma, Shaggy and Scooby remained!

"Jinkies! Where did Freddy go?" Velma screamed, "We better stay close together you guys"

"We can worry about them later, Scooby found another clue!" Shaggy pointed out the sheet of paper in Scooby's mouth.

"Hmmmm and huge sheet of paper with holes cut in it" Velma remarked after studying the clue "I've got a feeling we can decipher this clue here and now!"

"You can?" Asked Shaggy and Scooby

"Yes, look!" Velma placed the paper over the gravestone and it spelt a message that said

'Tower prisoner will die soon'

The kids gasped out in horror. Could the prisoner be Daphne?