A/N: I realised I never mentioned why I haven't been referring to the 'lake monster' but instead I've been saying 'frog creatures' and that's just because whenever I watched the movie I couldn't help thinking lake monster was a really crappy name for them because they're definitely oversized frogs. When I thought of lake monster I expected something like the loch ness monster, maybe that's just me haha. I really do love this movie though, I really wish they kept Fred and Daphne together and did a third movie but sadly not :/
"What on earth…" Daphne trailed off. She had reached a dead end in the tunnel, a small space that had writing all over the walls in a chalk-like substance. She trailed her soft, manicured hands over the wall, tracing the words and drawings with her fingers. It was written in a different language by the looks of things, or possibly Latin so instead she had to try to decipher the meaning through the drawings. Daphne's eyes widened as she realised it was a plan. A plan written by Velma- Wanda. "She's going to take over the town! She's going to possess everyone!" She was interrupted from her reveal by Fred, Shaggy and Scooby charging into the dead end she was in. They all fell on top of each other, Fred at the bottom of the heap. He looked at Daphne's feet in front of him and gazed up. "Daph! You're okay!" he smiled, removing himself from the ground after pushing the other two off. He pulled Daphne into his arms and gently squeezed her. "I wouldn't say okay… look at this. Wanda is using Velma to possess the whole town!" she replied, gesturing to the wall. The others looked at the images and froze. "How are we gonna stop her?" Shaggy asked nervously, hoping Fred had a plan like he always did. "Well we have to start by getting the hell out of here." Fred responded and began looking around the cave. "Uh Freddie… it's a dead end." Daphne demonstrated by pushing on each of the cave walls and revealing no escape. The colour drained from his face. In fact, the whole gang appeared paralysed with fear as to how they were going to make it out of this one.
The gang were snapped back to reality when they heard the familiar groaning of the frog creatures and Velma's distorted voice. "OVER THERE!" She called, pointing her finger in the direction of the gang, who could only stand there and do nothing. Fred stood in front of Daphne protectively, Scooby jumped into Shaggy's arms. The three frog creatures charged ahead of Velma and each targeted one of the gang. The first one grabbed Fred and firmly gripped him against the cave wall, despite his best efforts to fight back, the creature had held him by the neck which stopped the struggling. The next one made its way over to Daphne. She went into protective mode and tried to hit the creature wherever she could, stomach, face, legs, everywhere. But nothing could stop the stronger creature grasping her arms and holding them above her head, also against the wall, a short distance away from Fred. "Daphne…" Fred tried to call but his voice was muffled by the grip of the frog creature. Velma and the final frog creature made their way towards Shaggy and Scooby, who had their eyes closed and shook with fear. "Grab the dog, I'll take care of the hippie." Velma instructed, the frog creature nodded in agreement and prised Scooby away. He held him in a way similar than earlier, but this time tighter and pressed against the wall so he had no escape. Velma held up her staff against Shaggy and backed him up against another of the cave walls. "You! You found that moonstone- my moonstone!" she screamed into his face, causing Shaggy to wince.
"Like, I'm sorry I didn't know they were yours." Velma rolled her eyes as he spoke, moving the tip of the staff to his throat. "WHERE IS IT?!" Shaggy was confused as earlier everyone saw Shaggy throw the stone over to Fred. Of course, Shaggy was a loyal friend and didn't want Fred to get in anymore danger but being the leader, he was, Fred had to intervene. "I have it." Velma's head whipped around to stare where Fred was being held. "YOU!"
"Look, I'll give it to you, just please let the others go." He begged, still finding it difficult to speak with the frog creature gripped around his neck. "Let them go? NEVER! Now give me that moonstone before I kill all of you." Velma threatened, using her staff to point at each member of the gang.
Velma hit the staff to the floor in anger, causing a surge of light to travel across the ground, hitting everyone in the room. The cave trembled and everyone winced due to the loud rumbling that came with it. "GIVE ME THE MOONSTONE!" She screamed, making her way over to Fred. He looked over to Daphne who was pale with fear, struggling to stay stood up as her feet were almost lifting from the floor as the frog creature held her up still, with her arms. "Please Velma. Let Daphne go at least. LOOK AT HER!" Fred half screamed half cried as her spoke and glanced over to Daphne again. Velma surprisingly followed his gaze. "She's pregnant remember. You know this. You wouldn't- you wouldn't do anything to hurt her or any of us." For a second, Velma's gaze softened as she appeared to take in what he was saying. Fred furrowed his eyebrows and looked to Daphne who had also seen the flicker of guilt on Velma's face. "Velms, you're my best friend. This isn't you, you don't want to hurt me, or anyone. We all love you. Please, please don't let Wanda do this to you!" Velma dropped to the ground when she heard this, using her hands to support herself. The gang exchanged looks and without saying a word, they knew this was their only shot.
"VELMA IS LONG GONE!" A voice screamed in anger. It was coming from Velma, but it wasn't the distorted version of her voice that was present before. It not appeared that Wanda Grubwort had taken over Velma's entire voice and it was completely hers that was communicating with the gang now. "Shaggy, you have to tell her!" Fred called, the frog creature gripping him tighter with each word he spoke. "Like tell her what?" Shaggy yelled, he was slumped on the ground where Velma had left him previously. "Row rou feel!" Scooby cried, even he knew what Fred was referring to instantly. He looked at his master and hoped now was the time he was going to be completely real with Velma.
Shaggy's legs resembled jelly when he began standing up. He didn't know whether it was due to the fear of the frog creatures and Wanda possessing Velma, or because he knew he had to be totally transparent about his feelings for Velma in front of the whole gang and her. "L-like Velms, I know you're in there.." he trailed off, catching her attention. She walked over to him seemingly more normal than she had been the entire trip up until this point. "Shaggy-" she began, in her normal voice that made Shaggy's heart flutter every time she said his name. Suddenly, her facial expression changed from its familiar soft, friendly one to the vicious and threatening one again. "NO! YOU FOOL YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" came Wanda's voice once again. In normal circumstances, Shaggy would've made a run for it by now, being the chicken the gang all knew and loved. But this time, it was personal. "Velms please, I know you can fight her! You're smart and strong enough to fight it- to solve the mystery like you always do. That's what drives me crazy about you…" Velma fell to her knees in front of Shaggy, head up in the air as if she was being possessed again. Thankfully that wasn't the case. "Shaggy! I'm trying- NO YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME! Shaggy I- YOU MORTALS THINK THIS IS GOING TO WORK?" The gang watched in horror as the voice changed from Velma to Wanda, to Velma and back to Wanda. It was obvious she was fighting the internal battle and it was unclear at this point who was winning. Groans and shrieks could be heard from Velma as her body thrusted from side to side.
During Velma's fight with Wanda, the frog creature's grip loosened on the others. Fred furrowed his eyebrows at this, seeming as though they had given up. All three of the creatures dropped to the ground at the same time, laying there motionless. "Gang it's working! Velma is doing it!" Fred yelled, after running over to embrace Daphne. "You can do it Velma! Please keep fighting that evil witch!" Daphne called over to her friend, Shaggy and Scooby watching the whole thing. "You won't get away with this Wanda! You… can't… take OVER!" Velma screamed as she spoke, lunging back as she finished her sentence. Her body crashed against the ground as a purple fog began to surround her. The gang all rushed over, huddling around her, waiting for anything they could do to help.
The purple wisp began coming from where Velma's heart was located, flying higher than the height of the gang. Suddenly, it became clear it was Wanda's sprit leaving Velma's body. Velma sat bolt upright as it left, returning to her usual self in an instance. The purple, ghost-form of Wanda stretched her arms out and cackled as she looked down to the gang. "Ruh Roh!" Scooby commented, covering his eyes with his paws. Shaggy helped Velma to her feet and the gang made an attempt to run away. "I don't think so!" Wanda shrieked, flying over to the only exit that the gang were headed for. Wanda put both of her phantom hands together and aimed towards Fred, sending a flash of purple in her direction, causing him to hit the back of the wall. She then repeated this with Shaggy, aiming to firstly take out the guys before she turned her attention to Velma and Daphne. Fred quickly jumped up, realising the consequences if Wanda did that to a pregnant Daphne, but he leaned against the wall as a shooting pain came across his ribs. "Scooby!" Fred yelled, hoping the Great Dane knew what he was about to say. Of course, mans best friend was already prepared for the occasion. "Rover rhere!" He called, pulling his tongue out to Wanda and shaking his behind. "Stupid mutt!" Wanda grimaced, sending several purple, flying 'balls' his way. Scooby strategically dodged all of them, only causing her to become more angry. "FOOLISH DOG!"
"I have a plan!" Daphne said, whilst Wanda was distracted chasing Scooby with her ammunition. She rushed over to the staff that had dropped when Wanda's spirit exited Velma. "Freddie, do you still have the moonstone?" Velma asked. It became clear that although Wanda had possessed Velma's body, Velma had been aware of what was happening the entire time. Fred made his way over to the others, Shaggy by this point had begun running around with Scooby to maximise the distraction. Fred pulled out the stone from his pocket and was about to give it to Daphne when Wanda glanced in their direction. "THE STONE!" She completely turned her full attention to the others, leaving Shaggy and Scooby alone. She lunged at Fred, again causing him to crash to the ground. "Freddie!" Daphne called out, watching her boyfriend wince in pain. "WHERE IS IT?" Wanda screeched when searching him. "You're too late old lady." Velma smirked, holding the stone so she could see it.
"HOW?!" Ignoring her question, Velma connected the final moonstone to the staff that Daphne was holding. Daphne handed it to Velma and smirked "I think you get to do this." Velma accepted the staff, running towards Wanda, who was also making her way to Velma. Velma jumped into the air, raising the staff with her right arm and plunging it straight through Wanda. "NOOOOOOOOO!" she screamed as she dropped to the ground, scrambling to try and get back up unsuccessfully. The rest of the gang joined Velma, each with their arms around another. "You- meddling-kids…" Wanda cried as she slowly disintegrated into a pile of purple dust. The gang cheered with triumph and all took turns hugging Velma.