Chapter 4: A Mysterious Presence
It was about 11 o'clock when Shaggy went outside and it was very dark. The stars and the moon were the only light Shaggy had. He started to walk around and view the area. He walked down to the beach and just stared out into the sea. It was beautiful as the moon glistened off the water. As Shaggy stood there and watched the sea he heard a sound coming from a water-tower that was close by. He walked over to the tower and saw a rope and he decided to climb it. When he entered he saw two people building fireworks. The two people were identical in appearance but one wore a green jump suit while the other wore a blue jump suit.
"Excuse me, but what are you doing?" Shaggy asked.
"Huh......Who the hell are you?" the one in green said.
"Oh, I'm Shaggy, and you are?"
"I am none of your damn business."
"Excuse my brother, he is just mad that I'm the best pyrotechnician in the world. My name is Kassey and his is Patrick."
"Pleased to meet you, Kassey and Patrick."
"I've never seen you around town before. Did you just move here?"
"Yeah, I just moved into Spyke's old farm."
"You need to go now Shaggy, it is getting late." Patrick said.
"Excuse my brother again, but it is getting late and you should really get going."
"Alright, see you guys around."
"Bye, Shaggy."
After meeting Kassey and Patrick, Shaggy decided to walk around some more. Shaggy walked over the bridge and went up to the waterfall and took a look around when he saw a mysterious cloaked figure across the river. Shaggy ran down the path, over the bridge and up towards the pond. But when he arrived to the pond there was no one in sight. Shaggy looked everywhere for the cloaked figure but couldn't find him anywhere. Shaggy decided to go home and get some rest, but as he headed home he felt a weird presence near him. As he got closer and closer to his home the presence got stronger and stronger. As he entered his farm, he saw the cloaked figure again leaving his house. Shaggy yelled at the top of his lungs for the figure to stay where he was but the figure didn't respond. The figure took off into a sprint towards the river. Shaggy gave chase running as fast and as hard as he could. The figure jumped and cleared the river and ran towards the mountain but tripped on a rock. Shaggy ran over the bridge, still giving chase and saw that the figure had tripped and stopped in front of the figure. Shaggy grabbed the cloak figure and started yelling at him.
"What the hell were you doing in my house!?"
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"I asked you a question and I want an answer!!"
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"Don't make me get violent, cause your ass will be grass."
"....."
"Uncloak yourself so I can see who the hell you are."
The cloaked figure revealed himself and revealed that it was the strange old man Shaggy saw in Loki. The same old man that gave him the Tartan seed.
"What is your name?"
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"Why won't you talk to me?"
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"That's it, your coming with me."
Shaggy dragged the figure into his shed and threw him into the corner. Shaggy grabbed the sickle from the wall, and threatened the old man.
"I am aloud to kill you. You were trespassing and you broke into my house."
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"I just want to know your name."
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"That's it. I'm going to kill your bitch ass since you won't talk to me."
"You do what you have to do."
"See it is not so hard to talk. So why don't you tell me your name."
"My name is not important."
"You know what, I'm not going to kill you, but you are going to stay in my house tied up in a chair until I get some answers."
"...."
Shaggy took the old man and tied him up in the living room. Shaggy took a look around his house and saw that nothing was missing, until he looked in the nightstand drawer and saw that his seeds where gone. Shaggy went over to the old man and searched him and found the two seeds that he found on the ground. Shaggy put the seeds back into the drawer and locked it. Shaggy looked over and saw that the old man had fallen asleep and thought he should do the same since it was 3 o'clock in the morning.