Chapter 3

As the gang approached the dock, they saw two greeters who looked frightened like they had seen a ghost.

"Hello there, you must be Mr. Smith's—"

"Get Out!" The male greeter said to Belle and Flim Flam "This place is haunted, leave while you still have the chance."

"Well, I guess that must be the island greeting here. Well, 'Get Out' to you too." Flim Flam said pretending not to care.

"We planned on it, right now." He said as they ran toward the ferry hoping to catch it before it left the dock.

Everybody got into the Mystery Machine including Jack, who guided them to the resort.

"We better be careful. The road's a little bumpy." He said as they drove toward the hotel. He was right, the gang started bouncing up and down on the bumpy road. Soon, they were off the bumpy road and back on smooth road. They soon reached the hotel and saw how gorgeous it was.

"There it is. Welcome to the Moonstar Island resort." Jack said as they drove up toward the hotel where someone was standing in front of the stairs.

"Hello, you must be the lucky contest winner. I'm Edgar Smithee, the owner of the Moonstar Island resort and these are the staff attending to your needs, Mona and Linda."

"It's a pleasure to be at your service Ms. Blake." Mona said as she and Linda shook Belle's hand and as they did, Belle got the same feeling she had earlier on the ferry.

"If you'll follow me into the resort, I'll show you to your rooms. But, I have a one or two rules you must follow. 1. Do not let your dogs chase my cats."

"Don't you worry about Scooby and Amber, Mr. Smithee. We'll made sure they don't chase your cats."

" The second rule is to have fun and don't you worry about the expenses here, everything is paid for, except for the damages you make."

"Excuse me for asking this question, Mr. Smithee but, is this place haunted?"

"Yes, this is an old hotel, with some restless spirits."

Shaggy and Scooby exchanged scared looks at each other as they entered the hotel lobby and signed in the guest book. As they signed in, Belle noticed names of previous guests before them. One of the dates she noticed was from the night before the Elvira show.

"Excuse me, Mr. Smithee? But, what happened to Danny Evernever?"

"He checked out in the middle of the night screaming about zombies and cat people trying to get him but all that's just nonsense I hear from people who had the same experience as he did. But let's not worry about that now, let's go have some fun." He said as he went toward his office door. "If you need me, I'll be in here doing work as usual." He said as he closed the door.

"Hey, Belle. Do you want to go find something to eat in the kitchen?" Flim Flam asked her as he entered the hallway.

"Sure, I am kind of getting hungry from the long journey." She said and followed him into the kitchen. As they entered the kitchen, they looked around the cabinets to find something to eat. As Belle looked in one of the bottom cabinets, she noticed a button inside.

"Flim Flam, I think I found something."

He walks over toward her. "What do you think it does?"

"I don't know. Maybe it'll give us a clue to the mystery of Moonscar Island." She said as she climbed in the cabinet and pressed the button and it opened a trap door which made Belle fall inside and land inside a mysterious cave.

"Belle, are you alright?"

"Yeah, like mother, like daughter, huh?"

"Stay there, I'm coming down."

As she waited for Flim Flam in the cave, Belle took out her flashlight and started looking around to see where she was. As she did, she stumbled upon a statue. Flim Flam soon joined her in the cave.

"Whoa, what is that?"

"It looks like a statue of a cat creature and maybe it has something to do with the island and the cat people." Belle said as she walked close to the cat statue. As she did, she felt the same feeling that she had everytime she had a vision.

"Belle, what's wrong?"

"I'm having that feeling again from the statue. Maybe it'll give us a clue to the island's curse." She said as she touched the statue with her hand and as she did, she froze and stood there like she was in a trance

"Belle?!" He shouted as he ran toward her frozen body trying to wake her from her trance.

Belle opened her eyes and looked to see that she was not in the cave anymore and as she looked around, she saw smoke rising from the trees ahead and ran toward it to find people dancing in front of the statue she saw earlier.

"Where am I?" She wondered to herself as she walked toward the statue.

"Hello, welcome to our bountiful harvest. What is your name, my dear?"

"Belle, and what are your names?"

"I'm Simone, Simone Lenoir."

"And my name is Lena, Lena Dupree."

Belle froze. She had seen those faces before.

"Come join us, you must be starving." Lena said as they walked toward a table covered with food and had a seat.

"If you don't mind me asking, who is that statue of?" Belle asked them.

"That is our cat god. We look up to him for this bountiful harvest we're having."

Belle looked at the statue and thought for a moment "So, that is the same statue we found in the cave." She turned and looked at Lena and Simone for a moment and then it hits her "They look kind of like Mona and Linda from the resort and—" Her thoughts were cut short over the sound of the gasps heard behind her and looked to see people standing in front of her. She gasped in shock to realize that the people standing in front of her was Morgan Moonscar and his crew.

"No, it can't be." She said as Moonscar and his crew charged at them. Simone screamed as her, Lena and Belle ran away to the trees nearby. Suddenly, she was transported into another sight on the island and this time, Moonscar was there watching one of his crew members digging a hole. As he did, they looked up to see shadowy figures walking toward them. Belle watched as she witnessed Moonscar's execution as he was drained of his lifeforce and turned into a zombie.

Belle screamed in terror as she awoke from her trance. Flim Flam ran toward her and shook her.

"Belle, wake up! Belle!" He shouted as Belle came back from her vision.

"Flim Flam, it was so horrible." She said as she cried in his arms still traumatized from the vision. Suddenly, her pendant started to glow.

"What's happening?" He wondered as they looked down. Then, another light shined behind them and it was coming from the moondial. They walked over and the light from the pendant grew brighter and brighter as they drew closer.

"What do you think it means?"

"I don't know, but we're going to find out. Hand me you necklace, Belle." He said as Belle handed Flim Flam her pendant and laid it on the cat symbol and like a magnet, it wouldn't budge. Suddenly, a burst of light emerged from the moondial and circled around Belle and Flim Flam and as it did, the burst of light submerged into the ground.

"Where did it go?" Belle asked as they looked at the spot where it vanished without a trace.

"I don't know. What do you think-?" He was interrupted by the sound of Belle screaming. He looked down and saw a hand rising from the ground and jumped back.

"RUN!" Belle shouted as they ran toward the wall and watched as zombies rose from the ground and started walked toward them.

"We've got to find a way out of here." Flim Flam said as the zombies drew closer toward them. Belle looked around until she saw a door behind the zombies.

"There's our way out. It's our only chance."

"Are you crazy?!"

"What choice do we have?" She said as they ran on top of the zombies to get to the other side. Suddenly, one of the zombies grabbed her legs. "Flim Flam, help me!"

"Belle, hang on!" He ran toward her and kicked the zombie in the face. As she tried to break free, the zombie who grabbed her spoke to her.

"GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN, YOU'RE NOT SAFE HERE." After the zombie spoke to her, he let go of her.

"Come on." Flim Flam said as they ran toward the door and ran through the dark cave toward a fork in the cave. "Which way?!"

"That way, hurry." She said as they ran through more of the cave. They soon reached a dead end.

"What do we do now?! We're trapped."

Belle thought for a moment. She had that feeling again.

"Quick, Boost me up and hand me a stick." She said as Flim Flam placed her on his shoulders. She tapped the ground and it felt like she struck wood. She tapped it again and it started to collapse and it turned out to be part of the stairs from the house and ran up the stairs.

"Hurry, we have to find a way to pull that up before the zombies get here." Belle said trying to find a way to close it and spotted the handle on the middle step.

"Flim Flam, help me with this handle and hurry."

They grabbed the handle and lifted the stairs until they couldn't see the entrance anymore.

"Whew, that was a close one."

"Yeah, I think we tell the gang about this, they've got to know about this." Flim Flam said.

"Tell us about what?" A voice said behind them. They turned around to see Tracy standing at the top of the stairs. "Tell us what?"

"Well…? Let's head back to our room and we'll tell you." Belle said as they walked back toward their room.