Chapter 3: Meeting the Ghost
Disclaimer: I don't own Scooby-doo characters or the orginal plot of the cartoon.
"Welcome to my manner," Robert the owner greeted the teens at the door.
"Thank you so much for this opportunity," Velma thanked him looking at him suspisiously. She was studing him for any clue she could find, but he was clean.
"Well please come in, and try not to be to loud Jacob will get mad," Robert ushered them inside.
As they entered they all noticed the huge grand staircase that they were on top of. It was a two sided stair case so they could go down the to the floor below from either the left of the right. Also if you wanted to stay on that same upper floor it didn't stop there. As they looked around they noticed the rooms were on the upper floor which was quite easily accessed from the main door. Scooby found interest in the railing it was decorated like some sort of dragon on parts of it.
There was art on all walls, mostly picutes of former owners. It was quite a house, Shaggy was only concerned in lunch.
"Are you hungry? I can have my chef cook up something for lunch," Robert offered after Shaggy's stomach had growled.
"That will be perfect," Fred said a little hungry himself.d
Robert lead them down the left side of the stairs and as they reached the bottom they could see the humongo dinning room on their left. There was no door so they just walked in and seated themselves at the large table.
"One second and I will see what is on today's menu," Robert told them walking into the kitchen.
"Look at that fire place," Daphne said looking at the huge 5ft tall artesy mantle and decorative framing. Plus the fire was enormous and would be a good place to make smores. Mmmm.
"We have any kind of meat sub you would like, plus vegatable soup," Robert annouced walking back in and sitting at the table with the crew. "Florence will be out in a second to get your orders."
They waited only 20 seconds before Florence and very squirrely looking woman entered. She had wirey red hair and a mousey looking face. As soon as she entered they heard it. The clanking chains of Jacob Marrely. He seemed to float into the Dinning room with much grace.
"Do you see these chains? From my mistakes and cruelity I made these awful chains that I now wear," He moaned before turning and leaving the room.
Scooby and Shaggy had jumped on top of Fred and looked white, for they had just seen a ghost. As soon as the ghost left, Fred threw the two off of him.
"I'm so sorry to scare you," Robert apologized to the kids but mostly to Shaggy and Scooby. All of a sudden his eyes turned dark as he looked at Scooby-Doo, and the smile that spread across his face was mischievious. Things were running through his mind, his plan, his perfect plan. He wanted to put it to work right then and there but he knew he had to wait, and wait, until the right time.
"Are you okay, Mr. Uhm...," Velma began realizing that she didn't know the man's name.
"Mr. Humbley, Robert Humbley is the name," He told them coming out of his hypnotizing trace and wondering why he had never mentioned his name before. 'I guess the Author forgot,' he thought mentally crusing the girl sitting in her computer class writing this story.
"I know a Humbley, his name is Gary Humbley he is in my Chemistry class," Fred said exstatically.
"Hm...I have no relatives so he isn't related to me," Robert mentioned as if it actually mattered, though no one listened. Everyone was giving Florence what they wanted on their sandwhiches.
"Give me everything," Shaggy told her as she came to him.
"Right sir," she mumbled writing it down on her little scratch paper pad. "And what for the dog sir?"
"Rame," Scooby told her not wanting to get dog food.
"What did he say sir?" Florence wasn't used to listening to a talking dog. She had heard of them, but didn't know how they would sound.
"He wants a sandwhich with everything," Shaggy told her as she gave him a quick squint before writing it down. She then turned after taking everyones order and walked back into the kitchen to give the chef the order.
"I hope the ghost will not distrub us while we eat," Robert assured just as the ghost slid back in. "I'm so sorry," he appologized again before Jacob began to talk.
"You all will have these chains if you are selfish in life like I was," he moaned and then floated back out of the room.
"This is so embarrasing," Robert told them, he then realized no one was saying anything. He looked around the table to see every single one of them frozen on the spot. Robert cocked his eyebrow wondering if the ghost actually scared them that much. Then he tought, 'What if what he said got to them? Could they actually have problems in their life that they could build chains with?'
When this thought crossed his mind and he dewlt on it a little the food finally arrived. At the sight of the food all the teens suddenly became unfrozen and back from their deep thoughts. It was like magic Robert observed. The rest of the time they sat in silence as they enjoyed their lunches.
A/n: So I see that people are reading this story, but I'm not getting any reviews. So I thought hey maybe no one reviews anymore so I look at all the other Scooby-doo stories and most of them have a lot of reviews so that made me feel bad that I can write but not good enough to get more than one review. Oh well, review if you want though u probably wont.