Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire
Chapter 1: Australia Vacation
Later, in the morning, Fred, Velma, and Lena were playing shuffleboard.
"This is the life.", Velma sighed.
"Yep, it sure is.", Lena agreed
"And now that we've solved the mystery of the sea serpent smugglers, our vacation should be smooth sailing.", Fred agreed.
Meanwhile, as Scrappy watched, both Googie and Daphne were in similar swimsuits with Googie's bra and bikini being light purple and light blue while it was dark purple and light green for Daphne's case.
"Yep. After a few weeks of mystery-solving, having a nice vacation is a nice change.", Googie agreed.
"Don't forget monster hunting.", Scrappy added, earning Googie's chuckle.
"Oh, Scrappy.", Googie chuckled as Daphne then jumped into the pool via diving board and did a cannonball, splashing Fred and Velma.
"Great form, Daphne.", Velma commented before Googie spoke up.
"Not bad, but can you top this?", Googie smirked before she then hopped up the diving board and then shouted.
"Cannonball!", Googie exclaimed before splashing in the pool, inadvertently, washing Fred, Velma, and Lena away, although her two cats managed to evade the incoming water, before Googie then resurfaced from the water and shook her hair to get the water off.
"So, how was that splash?", Googie grinned.
"Why.., that was m-mighty epic, Googie.", Lena responded with a slight shiver from the pool water.
"Yeah, I'll say.", Fred added before Scrappy spoke up.
"That was a fantastic splash all around, but I will have to deduct points for splashing Fred and the others, though.", Scrappy spoke as he then presented a score card for Daphne being 10 while Googie's was an equal number to that. It would've been higher had it not splashed Fred and the others.
"Whoops. Sorry.", Googie apologized with a nervous grin as Daphne giggled.
"Well, on the bright side, Crystal and Amber are with Shaggy in the moment, so that kinda saves me the embarrassment.", Googie spoke with a grin.
She couldn't have been more right as meanwhile, Crystal, Amber, and Scooby were sitting at the table while Shaggy was making a big sandwich in the dining area with Scooby about to eat the pizza when he saw Shaggy's big sandwich as Crystal, Amber, and Shaggy spoke.
"It's too bad Googie couldn't join us, Amber.", Crystal spoke.
"I know, but she wanted to do some swimming for a while. Even girlfriends need a break every now and then.", Amber assured.
"Like, Amber's right, Crystal. Oh, boy. This should do an appetizer.", Shaggy spoke as he tied the tablecloth around his neck while Scooby stuck his tongue out.
Then, Scooby took a big bite of pizza before tossing it towards Shaggy's sandwich, gracefully moving the plate away from Shaggy, peeving him.
"Huh? Hey!", Shaggy spoke before it then swirled around straight toward Scooby, who then ate both the pizza and the sandwich before slurping his tongue, making a pop sound with his finger, and then chuckling as Shaggy turned around and gave a grin, knowing it couldn't be helped.
Later, the cruise ship stopped before Velma was the first to notice that they have now arrived in Australia.
"Hey, everybody! Come take a look!", Velma urged before the rest of the Mystery, Inc. gang saw what she saw.
"Hey, isn't that..?", Googie began before Velma finished her sentence.
"Sydney Harbour.", Velma stated as she then pointed to the numerous ships.
"Wow! We're finally in Australia.", Fred spoke in wonder.
"It looks so beautiful.", Crystal added.
"I'm willing to bet we might even see some kangaroos who happen to be lookin' for some tussles to settle.", Scrappy guessed.
"This is going to be the best vacation ever.", Daphne grinned before Scooby popped up and hugged both Fred and Daphne.
"Uh-Huh!", Scooby agreed.
Then, as the gang left the cruise ship a few moments later, Fred spoke and motioned to his van nearby.
"And no vacation would be complete without the Mystery Machine.", Fred spoke as the staff of the ship lowered the Mystery Machine onto the ground carefully before the whole gang was now driving along the street later.
"So, what's going on in Australia, Velma?", asked Googie.
"This guidebook says Sydney has the best restaurants in the entire Southern Hemisphere.", Velma replied.
"Wow. Really?", Googie spoke in wonder before Shaggy lent his opinion.
"Like, that's great, Velma, but Scoob and I have got the food situation covered.", Shaggy assured before getting out a big bag that said "Doggie Bag" as Scooby agreed.
"Uh-Huh. Mm-mm. Doggie bags.", Scooby spoke.
"That's right, Scoob. Doggie bags.", Shaggy spoke before he then got out all the food from the doggie bag, revealing it to be actually food, with a cake, some BLT slider's, and even a bundtcake, earning the gang's laughter before Velma spoke.
"Better eat now, guys. We've got sightseeing to do and pictures to take. Say 'Vegemite'!", Velma instructed as she got out her camera with Scooby and Shaggy already eating as Googie snuck her first bite before she, Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy all spoke.
"Vegemite!", the group shouted before Velma then snapped a picture.
Later, the whole gang were on top of the bridge as Scooby, Shaggy, Googie, and Scrappy looked down to see a bunch of ships at the ocean below it.
"What an incredible view.", Velma spoke in wonder as she saw through her camera.
"I know, right?", Googie agreed.
"Like, you can see the whole continent up here.", Shaggy added.
"We seem pretty high up, though.", Crystal commented.
"The Sydney Harbor Bridge is the world's largest free-standing bridge.", Velma stated as Scooby practically shivered from looking down as a ship passed by.
"I'd try not to look down any further, Scooby.", Amber warned.
"Yeah, I'm afraid it's a bit late for that.", Scrappy guessed.
"Like, that's a long way down, huh, Scoob?", Shaggy asked.
"Yikes!", Scooby shouted in response before moving away in a panic and then clutching onto a post with a whimper.
"It's all right, Scoob. We'll be back down soon.", Googie assured.
"Like, that's right, Scoob. We'll be back safely in the ground before you even know it.", Shaggy assured as well.
"What's with the groovy ceiling on that place?", Crystal puzzled with joyous wonder as she pointed to it.
"That's the Sydney Opera House. It's the city's most famous landmark.", Velma stated.
"It looks like an old-fashioned sailing ship.", Shaggy commented with a smile.
"That's kind of the idea, Shaggy.", Googie responded.
Meanwhile, as Daphne looked around, she spotted a place she wanted to visit there.
"Oh, wow!", Daphne spoke up.
"What is it, Daphne?", asked Fred.
"I finally found what I've been looking for.", Daphne responded.
"And that place that you've been looking for is...", Lena started to guess.
"That's right. Bondi Beach.", Daphne replied.
"Well, what are we waiting for, then? Let's get swimming.", Scrappy responded.
Later, the gang were already at Bondi Beach some people were playing Volleyball while others are just relaxing and/or surfing. Fred and Lena were at the grill as he put the cooked cob of corn on the plate before speaking up.
"Lunch is served!", Fred shouted before Velma responded.
"Be right there, Freddie.", Velma responded.
"Come on, gang! Everything's gonna get cold!", Lena shouted next before showing Shaggy and Scooby, as well as Googie (in her swimsuit again) and Scrappy on her own surfboard, getting ready to catch a wave.
"Sounds like we better hurry up, guys.", Googie guessed.
"Yeah, especially if we don't want the food to get cold.", Scrappy added.
"Let's catch this wave. I'm hungry.", Shaggy decided before Googie responded.
"Yeah. Me, too.", Googie agreed before both surfer duos started riding a wave with Googie and Scrappy both noticing a shark emerging before going back down.
"Hmm.", Googie wondered.
"We better not run into Jaws again, mostly for his sake.", Scrappy spoke.
"Agreed.", Googie concurred.
Meanwhile, both Daphne and Crystal (now in a blue and orange swimsuit of her own) were applying sunscreen as Amber looked on while a couple of Australian surfers caught sight of them.
"So, like, that stuff protects you from the sun's powerful rays?", Crystal asked.
"It sure does.", Daphne replied.
"What a couple o' Sheila's.", one surfer spoke.
"I'll say, mate.", another surfer agreed before they decided to get to know them as they waved to the two girls, not knowing that Fred noticed it, much to his surprise, before he began huffing and puffing, although mostly huffing, as his face turned red before Lena put her hand on his shoulder.
"It's all right, Fred. At least I'm here with ya.", Lena assured, prompting Fred to puff air out of his mouth with a warm smile as meanwhile, Scooby howled with joy as Googie giggled.
"Scooby-Doo!", Scooby howled just before the same shark turned up just behind Scooby, and prepared to take a bite out of him, scaring the heck out of him as Shaggy also took notice and was quite frightened as well.
"Yikes!", Shaggy exclaimed before the shark then chomped on Shaggy's surfboard three times and crashed down and resurfaced just as Googie growled with annoyance before she and Scrappy then hopped on top of the shark, puzzling it.
"You can't just barge in here like this! We're not even your lunch!", Googie reprimanded as she then used the shark's fin to steer it away from Shaggy and Scooby, who both resurfaced and noticed it.
"Hey, look, Scoob! Googie's practically getting that shark beached for us!", Shaggy spoke in surprise.
"Yeah. Beached.", Scooby agreed.
Meanwhile, Googie had to shout a warning to Fred and the others.
"Freddie! Lena! Great White Shark incoming!", Googie warned before the shark then ate not only the four coolers, but also the grill all in one bite.
"Thanks for the warning?", Fred puzzled.
"That shark looked mighty hungry.", Lena guessed.
Then, just as Four Australian surfers were admiring Crystal and Daphne, they quickly noticed an incoming shark headed for them before they quickly ran off for safety with both Daphne, Crystal, and Amber eventually noticing as one of them tried to keep the shark at bay with an umbrella as it kept biting away with Googie having had quite enough of that shark's fierce temper.
"Oh, no, you don't! They're not your lunch, either!", Googie urged before she hopped off and then grabbed it by the tail before she then started to spin the shark around, not only surprising the gang as well as the four surfers, but also making the shark surprised, if not dizzy, before tossing it back to the ocean before it re-emerged and then swam away in panic.
"Yeah, you better swim!", Googie shouted.
"Wow. You sure taught that shark a lesson, Googie. Maybe they should call you 'Googie, the Shark Whisperer'", Scrappy commented.
"You think?", Googie grinned.
"Did that Sheila just..?", one surfer spoke.
"Toss that shark into the big blue? I can't believe it, either, mate.", another surfer finished.
Then, Shaggy and Scooby washed up on the sand before a crab then crept up near Scooby's tail before pinching it with its claw.
"Yikes!", Scooby helped in pain before running around Shaggy in a circle before Shaggy then grabbed the crab, getting it off Scooby's tail, which was practically red from being pinched as Scooby held it up with Googie and Scrappy walking up to them.
"Oh, boy.", Googje sighed.
"Looks like that shark wasn't the only one with a bad temper.", Scrappy guessed.
"Come on, guys. He's just a little guy. No need to get all crabby.", Shaggy assured before laughing as he then set the crab down, only for it to pinch him in the big right toe, causing him pain.
"Yowch!", Shaggy exclaimed in pain before he then hopped on one leg while holding his right foot up as Scooby laughed while the crab walked away back into the ocean.
"Well, it could be worse. You could've been stung by jellyfish around here, and things could've been really messy.", Googie assured.
"Jellyfish?!",Shaggy and Scooby exclaimed in shock.
"But, luckily, we didn't see any up to now.", Scrappy assured, earning relieved sighs from Shaggy and Scooby.
"Come here, you guys. I've got a great idea.", Velma spoke up.
"Okay, Velma. By all means, shoot.", Googie grinned.
"How do you guys feel about exploring the outback?", asked Velma.
"Outback?", Scooby and Shaggy puzzled.
"Sure. Australia's not all beach. The outback's the wild, inland part.", Fred explained.
"Wow. Really?", Crystal wondered.
"Yep. My guidebook says it makes up almost 85% of the continent.", Velma stated.
"So, it's mostly a dessert continent?", Amber asked.
"Yeah. Well, except for this part that we're on right now.", Googie replied.
"Like, I know what the outback is, and I don't want to go 'out back' to look at dust and trees.", Shaggy responded.
"Come on, Shaggy, I'm sure there's more to see than that.", Daphne assured.
"Yeah, like a wild pack of kangaroos.", Scrappy concurred.
"And I've got 17 rolls of film to capture it all.", Velma stated.
"What if you could hear great music while you were there?", Fred asked just as Googie spotted a poster for something ascertaining to Fred's question.
"In the middle of nowhere?", asked Shaggy.
"I wouldn't say that, Shaggy. Look at this.", Googie spoke up before they then noticed a poster for the Vampire Rock Music Festival.
"The Vampire Rock Music Festival, featuring the Hex Girls?", Scrappy puzzled.
"Vampire?", puzzled Scooby and Shaggy.
"Hex Girls? I know them from a few months back.", Googie realized.
"That sounds like a lot of fun, Freddie.", Daphne grinned as Velma then turned the page over to the guidebook for the spot.
"Vampire Rock is located right in the middle of Australia. We can see a lot of the outback on our way there.", Velma stated.
"Scoob and I don't think it's a good idea, going to a place where vampires rock. That's askin' for trouble.", Shaggy spoke with a slight nervous chuckle.
"Yeah. Trouble.", Scooby agreed.
"That's just the name of the place.", Fred assured.
"And there's no such thing as vampires.", Velma added.
"Apart from Dracula, that is, but other than that, no such thing.", Scrappy stated.
"And I'm sure a festival that big will have every concession stand imaginable.", Daphne added.
Just hearing that was enough to get Shaggy and Googie, but mostly Shaggy, excited for food.
"Licorice pizza, chocolate-covered corn on the cob, tutti-frutti ice cream.", Shaggy spoke with a chuckle as Scooby slurped his tongue before Googie spoke up.
"Not to mention some great local food. If I wasn't into it before, I am now.", Googie spoke up before she, Shaggy, and Scooby changed into their outback exploring outfits pretty quickly.
"Ready.", Scooby spoke.
"Real music lovers.", Fred spoke with a grin as he slightly shook his head.
"Well, I still like the Hex Girls as my favorite band if that means anything.", Googie assured.
"Like, whoever heard of Australian vampires, anyway?", asked Shaggy.
Meanwhile, at Vampire Rock, someone, by the name of Russell, was speaking to the manager named Jasper.
"The rules of the contest are very simple. It's for unsigned bands, no one can enter more than once, and as I've told you again and again, each contestant only gets three minutes.", Russell spoke.
"But the Bad Omens' best song lasts five.", Jasper complained.
"Daniel and I have set the rules, and rules are rules, Jasper.", Russell responded.
"Ah, can't you bend the rules a little? Especially for such an upstanding group of young people?", asked Jasper with a snort.
Then, the Bad Omens proved otherwise on their current personalities.
"This better be important. I've got things to pierce.", one band member spoke.
"I'm trying to find a new shade of eyeliner.", another band member spoke before the third just blew out a bubble from her gum and popped it.
"You were saying?", Russell spoke in response before walking away.
"Come on, Russell, now that Matt Marvelous is gone, it's obvious the Bad Omens are the best in the contest. Why not just declare us the winner now?", Jasper asked.
"Yeah.", one band member jeered.
"Obviously.", another spoke sarcastically.
"Jasper, get out of my face, or the Bad Omens won't perform at all.", Russell warned as Jasper backed away near his go cart before he grew somewhat angry, if not frustrated.
"Ah! You're making a big mistake, Russell. I didn't have to come back here, especially after what happened to Wildwind last year. But I am back, and I intend to have my group win this time.", Jasper exclaimed as he got out a poster of Wildwind and then placed it on a metal wall.
"I'm warning you.", Russell warned again before Jasper had no choice but to concede for now.
"Ohh! Let's get out of here.", Jasper spoke to his band before he and the Bad Omens got on the go cart with Jasper having difficulty starting it up before he finally did so and then drove away before Daniel turned up.
"How much of that did you hear, partner?", asked Russell.
"Enough. Jasper's never going to get over what happened to Wildwind. I can't believe it's been almost a year since they disappeared.", Daniel replied.
"From what you told me about last night, it sounds like they're making a comeback. Maybe it's true what they say.", Russell guessed.
"About Wildwind being turned into vampires? Come on, that's just a local myth.", Daniel rebuffed.
"So, what do you think happened to Matt Marvelous, then? You saw the vampires with your own two eyes.", Russell responded.
"I don't know what I saw, Russell.", Daniel replied.
"Well, the crew looked all over Vampire Rock. There's no sign of Matt or your vampires.", Russell spoke before Daniel began reconsidering having a festival there.
"Maybe my grandfather was right. Maybe we should postpone the festival.", Daniel sighed.
"No way. We've both worked too hard to quit now, Daniel.", Russell refused.
"You're right, and the show must go one. This kidnapping makes me nervous, Russell. Very nervous.", Daniel admitted as he put his hand on Russell's shoulder and looked up at Vampire Rock.