Chapter 2
As the afternoon wore on and changed into the early evening, the sun began dipping lower behind the series of clouds in the sky above the Coolsville Halloween Carnival grounds; the members of Mystery Inc. gazed up at the sky as they walked along, marveling at the beautiful orange, pink and just a dash of red colors that were so prevalent among the landscape this time of the day.
Later on in the evening after the "Chewsome Twosome" as Velma somewhat jokingly, but mostly lovingly dubbed them had a few snacks, they rejoined Fred and the girls as the five of them continued to walk around the rest of the carnival; eventually Scooby and Shaggy found themselves at a bobbing for apples booth, which made the cowardly pair quite happy.
"Like take a look at that Scoob, apples a plenty for both of us, all we have to do is get them out of the water" Shaggy explained.
"Roh roy, rhat rounds rood" Scooby replied.
"Just make sure you don't splash us like you did last time when you tried bobbing for apples" Daphne remarked, remembering the time Shaggy and Scooby splashed water all over she and Velma; naturally it took a while for the red head to dry out her wardrobe after that incident, six weeks as a matter of fact, which was about the same amount of time Velma didn't speak to Shaggy, which was a little weird considering they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
"Right Daphne, and don't forget to get me an Apple too, they're good for you plus I'm a bit hungry" Velma added.
"Like don't worry Velma, I won't forget" Shaggy remarked.
So with that Shaggy and Scooby each took their deep breaths and stuck their heads into the large container filled with water and quite a few apples; inside the container were apples colored red, green, and even a few yellow ones, naturally there was quite a selection as thanks partly to the gang helping out with the carnival, there were apples a-plenty.
A few minutes passed since Shaggy and Scooby had attempted to catch an apple, and as luck would have it whatever their plan was to catch an apple worked, actually it had worked quite well as the pair had captured two apples, while Scooby had captured one; Scooby and Shaggy then reached into their mouths and pulled out the apples that they captured so they could properly celebrate their achievement.
"Like I told you guys I could do it without splashing" Shaggy remarked.
"You sure did Shaggy, good job" Fred replied.
"I'll say that was impressive Shaggy" Velma added.
"Like thanks Velma, oh by the way here's your apple" Shaggy said as he rubbed the bright red apple on his green t-shirt before handing it off to Velma.
"Thank you Shaggy, that was very sweet of you to clean off the apple before giving it to me, you never know what germs could be hiding on them" Velma replied as she kissed Shaggy on the cheek.
"Like that was really nice of you to give me a kiss Velma" Shaggy remarked with a smile.
"Think nothing of it Shaggy, I just really like your company" Velma replied.
"I bet" Shaggy stated with a chuckle.
As Shaggy, Scooby, Velma, Daphne and Fred stood at the bobbing for apples booth, they were unaware that they were being watched from a few feet away by a certain brother and sister pair of sorcerers, well a sorcerer and sorceress, but they were magic users nonetheless.
Linda and William smiled broadly as they saw the gang standing and talking to one another, naturally they decided that since Scooby Doo and his friends weren't walking around at the moment that this would be a good time to meet their idols and hopefully get a chance to learn more about them, besides what they already knew of course.
"Well sis, shall we?" William asked.
"I think that sounds like a fine idea William, let's go" Linda replied.
With that Linda and William began walking towards the five members of Mystery Inc., needless to say the pair of siblings could hardly contain their excitement as they slowly approached Shaggy, Scooby, Fred, Daphne and Velma; time seemed to stand still for the brother and sister as it only took a few seconds for them to approach the gang, while to them it seemed like hours, even decades.
Finally the pair of sibling sorcerers were right behind the gang and realized that if they weren't going to let the group know of their presence now, they might not ever get the chance to speak with the team of mystery solvers, so William and Linda decided to go ahead and inform the group that they wanted to speak with them, and they way they did that was Linda tapping Velma on her shoulder, while William tapped Shaggy on his shoulder.
Shaggy and Velma flinched a little, considering that usually when someone tapped them on the shoulder it was a ghost, monster or creature of unimaginable horror, but as the young sleuths turned around, they were surprised to see that the people standing there were not pair of monsters, but rather they were simply normal human beings, which gave Velma and Shaggy a chance to breathe a huge sigh of relief.
"Phew, you know you scared us a little bit miss" Velma remarked, with Linda only standing a few feet away from her.
"Yeah, and like you both scared me, I thought you were monsters or something" Shaggy added.
"Reah, rou rared re roo" Scooby added.
"Sorry about that, we didn't mean to startle you" Linda replied
"Right and by the way, we're not monsters at all; we're just your average ordinary twenty something year old young man and woman" William replied.
"Well, sort of" Linda remarked.
"Huh? What do you mean sort of?" Fred inquired.
"Well, it's kind of a long story actually, but first I think we should tell them more about who we are right sis?" William asked.
"Good idea" Linda added.
"Yeah, we were going to ask who the two of you are anyway, it would be nice to know who we're talking to" Daphne replied.
"All right, well for starters I'm Linda Christensen" the light brown haired young woman explained.
"And I'm William Christensen" the dark brown haired young man added.
"Jinkies, you know something, you have the same color of hair Linda and William, albeit in varying shades of brown" Velma replied.
"Well, that's not the only thing that the two of us share Velma" William remarked.
"How did you know my name?" Velma asked.
"Because we know a lot about the five of you, heck we've been following your careers ever since we were little, we're big fans" William replied.
"Like that's pretty cool, we always love meeting fans; heck, we never know where or when we're going to meet people that like us or people that follow our adventures" Shaggy remarked.
"Thank you Shaggy, now as William mentioned, we not only share almost the same color hair, we also share a few other things as well" Linda replied.
"Like what?" Shaggy inquired.
"Well Shaggy and everyone, you see William and I have lived in the same home ever since we were little, well actually since the day we were born; that's because William and I are in fact brother and sister" Linda replied.
"Jeepers, that's really cool Linda, what's it like being a brother and sister anyway?" Daphne inquired.
"Well Daphne, it's different but we get along rather well; we always help each other out whenever possible and we don't argue like something siblings" Linda replied.
"Um Linda, we have argued on occasion, like remember the time you stole my broomstick?" William remarked.
"All right, so we do argue on occasion, but we don't make a big deal out of it" Linda replied.
"Like there's something that I'm curious about Linda" Shaggy commented.
"What's that Shaggy?" Linda inquired.
"Well, how come you mentioned that William stole your broomstick? I mean it sounds kind of unusual to mention that someone stole something like that, or would steal something like that" Shaggy replied.
"Ah, that; you think we should tell them William?" Linda asked.
"I guess so, I mean they've handled and been involved with magic before, so they can handle the truth" William replied.
"All right, I guess we can tell them then; Shaggy, Scooby, Fred, Daphne and Velma, the reason why I mentioned a broomstick is because, well the two of us usually ride our broomsticks every so often during dark moonlit nights so, it's really fun and it really calms our nerves, to just take a nice moonlight ride through the city" Linda explained.
"Broomsticks? Riding through the sky? Jinkies, you mean to say that the two of you are a witch and warlock?" Velma asked, with a very curious tone in her voice.
"Yes Velma, we are; our parents were magic users and they passed their gifts down to us when we were ready for them" Linda replied.
"L-like are the two of you evil?" Shaggy asked nervously.
"No, not at all Shaggy; we're as good as you five are actually, in fact we've used our powers to solve a couple mysteries ourselves in our neck of the woods" William replied.
"Jeepers, where do you two live anyway?" Daphne asked.
"Seattle, Washington; we graduated from Garfield High School and then the University of Washington, after we leave here we're going to the Salem Magic Institute" William replied.
"Like what's the Salem Magic Institute?" Shaggy inquired.
"It's a special school for young witches and warlocks located in Salem, Massachusetts; lots of budding sorcerers and sorceresses go there to learn more about magic and how to properly use and control their powers, and of course our parents wanted us to go there as well" Linda explained.
"Wow, like that sounds like a pretty cool to go to school; so are the two of you really good with your magic?" Shaggy asked.
"We're pretty proficient with it, not good, but not bad either, kind of in between" Linda replied.
"That's pretty cool; you know I thought about being a warlock myself, but I decided to give it up, although I still like to bring out the books that I got from a friend of ours and read them, Daphne doesn't like it when I practice magic though, she thinks it's silly" Fred remarked.
"I never said that Freddie, in fact I wish you were still interested in magic, then maybe your traps would work better" Daphne replied, chuckling as she spoke.
"Ha ha ha, very funny Daphne" Fred commented, with a somewhat annoyed look on his face.
"I didn't know you studied magic Fred?" Linda inquired.
"Oh yeah, I learned sorcery a long time ago from a warlock" Fred replied.
"That's pretty awesome Fred, maybe we can teach you a thing or two or three" Linda remarked.
"You know I wouldn't mind listening to what the two of you have to say, I mean what other teenagers know a witch and warlock" Fred replied.
"Yeah, plus the two of you are around the same ages as us, so having the two of you teach us about magic would be kind of like high school" Velma added.
"Sure would be, I mean as many times as I fall through trap doors, get captured by villains or get caught in traps it would be nice if I could do something to relieve my being so danger prone, and maybe magic would help me do just that" Daphne remarked.
"Um Daphne, something tells me even having magic wouldn't help you with that" Fred replied with a chuckle, although the red head was quite annoyed with the blond young adult's comment and decided to show her displeasure by stomping on Fred's foot.
"Oww! Daphne, what did you do that for?" Fred asked, sounding somewhat annoyed with his girlfriend.
"Oh, you know just for a while" Daphne replied, giggling as she spoke.
"Yeah, sure you did" Fred said while he folded his arms together and looked somewhat annoyed with the red head.
"Oh, just forget it" Daphne replied.
"Like, anyway; I think learning magic would be pretty cool, especially from a teenage witch and warlock" Shaggy remarked.
"Reah, rit'll re really rool" Scooby agreed.
"So, I guess it's all settled then; by the way Linda and William, would you two like to join up with us for a while?" Fred inquired.
"Yeah, we would love the company while we check out the rest of the carnival, what do you say?" Daphne added, with a question of her own.
"Hmm… well, what do you think William?" Linda asked, looking towards her brother for an answer.
"Good question Linda, I have an idea, why don't we get into a huddle and discuss this, okay?" William replied, with a question of his own.
"Sounds good" Linda remarked the pair of siblings walked a few feet to discuss whether or not the two of them would join up with Mystery Inc. for a while; however, because they were both talking in whispered tones, Scooby and friends couldn't hear what they were saying as the pair of sibling sorcerers began speaking to one another.
"Well William, what do you think?" Linda asked.
"I don't know sis, I mean can we really trust them? After all, they've probably unmasked some witches and wizards before" William replied.
"But those were fake, and as I recall every time Scooby Doo and his friends ever got involved in something magical, they kept it within the five of them, and they never told anybody about real witches or warlocks, except us" Linda said.
"True sis, very true; hmm… you know, something in their eyes and in their hearts tells me that I think we can trust them, and that they won't tell anybody about us" William replied.
"Me too William, so should we join up with them?" Linda inquired.
"I think we should, what about you sis?" William asked.
"I definitely think we should join up with them, they're so nice and friendly" Linda replied.
"I agree sis, well since we've agreed on what we should do, why don't we tell them?" William asked.
"Good thinking brother, come on" Linda replied.
With that Linda and William walked back over to Scooby Doo and the rest of Mystery Inc. to inform them of their decision; the two of them had fairly large smiles on their faces as the blond unofficial leader of the group asked them why they were so happy, or at least why they looked so happy.
"Hi again William, Linda; so did you guys talk about whether you wanted to join us or not?" Fred asked.
"We sure did Fred, and my sister and I made the decision to hang out with the five of you for the rest of the night; I mean after all, how often to we meet our mystery solving idols and how often to we get to hang out with them to boot" William replied.
"Very cool, and it's very nice that you're going to join us" Fred remarked.
"Thanks Fred and we're pretty happy to be hanging out with the five of you as well" Linda replied.
"So gang, now that we have two new members what should we do?" Fred asked.
"Like I don't know about you guys, but I could go for some more snacks, right Scoob?" Shaggy asked.
"Right Rhaggy" Scooby replied.
"Okay, come on gang, let's continue looking around the carnival, and while we're at it Shag and Scoob can look for something to eat" Fred explained.
"Groovy Fred" Shaggy replied.
So with that Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby Doo continued looking around the Coolsville Halloween Carnival, along with their two new friends, a teenage witch and warlock named Linda and William Christensen; however the seven of them were still completely unaware that they were about to get themselves into without a doubt one of the weirdest mysteries of their entire careers.
As for the teenage witch and warlock, this particular mystery was going to be something that needed magic, which meant that it was probably a good thing that the gang had met the sibling sorcerers, because the team of mystery solvers was going to need the help of the sorcerer and sorceress now more than they had ever needed the help of a witch and warlock before in their careers.