A/N: Hey, everyone. I also decided that I kinda wanted to see how it would go with the Hex Girls as real vampires, that is, in contrast to the Wildwind Vampires, and also decided to add a little tidbit of info about vampires from "Adventure Time", which stated that drinking the color red actually satisfies just as well as drinking blood. Plus, I decided to base Googie's next transformation off of Scooby's transformation into a human in Shaggy's nightmare from "Big Top Scooby-Doo", only slightly different, at least for the first 3 seconds. Other than that, that's it for now, until the final chapter, that is.
Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire
Chapter 7: Fighting Vampires with Vampires
Later, at Vampire Rock, the Mystery, Inc. Gang, Ben, and the Hex Girls were crossing the bridge near a big waterfall.
"I knew Vampire Rock was big, but not this big.", Daphne commented.
"Looks like it's gonna be a little bit harder finding those Wildwind Vampires.", Scrappy commented just as Scooby and Shaggy inadvertently looked down from the bridge and saw how deep the waterfall is before panicking and then running as fast as they could do they don't fall before they caught up with Googie, Scrappy, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Lena, Crystal, Amber, Thorn, Dusk, and Luna.
"So, when's the magic gonna come up?", asked Dusk.
"Well, since we've just crossed running water, it should be coming up right about now.", Googie replied as she got out a pile of sparkling dust and then created a circle around the Hex Girls before getting out the Grimness Book of Records for a sort of transformation spell and then began reciting it.
"By the full moon's light, by the strike of midnight, until the sun rises, you shall become immortal and take flight!", Googie recited as the magic dust circle then began glowing and then quickly turned into the same swirl of smoke as it swirled around the Hex Girls before the Full Moon's light then began to shine down on the Hex Girls, changing their appearance as the Hex Girls each hissed as they grew pointy ears, fangs, claws, and feet resembling the Wildwind Vampires', and finally, wings on their arms as their skin grew pale as Scooby and Shaggy grew slightly frightened, indicated by their whimpering before the swirl had ceased, revealing that the Hex Girls are now transformed into vampires, although their eyes remained the same.
"Did it work?", asked Scrappy.
"Well, there's only one way to find out.", Googie replied as she then walked over to the Hex Girls, who were slightly groaning out of slight exhaustion from the changes.
"So, how do you feel, girls?", asked Googie.
"Honestly, I feel really weird. Almost like I just woke up from my own coffin.", Thorn replied.
"No kidding. I feel the same way.", Luna replied.
"Ditto.", Dusk agreed.
"Well, that's probably how vampires feel every time they wake up.", Scrappy assured.
"Can you see if you can fly?", Googie asked.
"Well, I guess I'll give it a try.", Thorn replied before she then flew up into the air, much to the group's surprise as they gasped in awe.
"Hey. I'm actually flying.", Thorn grinned as she flapped her wings on her arms
"Just like a vampire, all right.", Dusk grinned.
"Yeah, but I bet it'd be even better with some smoke streams.", Luna commented as Thorn then landed back on the ground.
"That's a good start, but how do we know if it really worked?", Thorn wondered.
"L-L-Like, see for yourself.", Shaggy replied nervously as he got out a hand mirror and gave it to Thorn, who then grabbed it and saw no reflection on the mirror.
"Uh, I wish I could, but I can't see myself in the mirror anymore.", Thorn responded.
"Well, that confirms it. You Hex Girls are officially vampires.", Ben grinned.
"Really?", Thorn wondered.
"Yep. But the spell only lasts until sunrise. That way, you won't get, you know, destroyed by it.", Googie replied.
"Wow. That works.", Dusk grinned.
"So, where do we go from here?", asked Crystal.
"We need to split up.", Fred spoke up.
"And how are we doing this?", Googie asked.
"Daphne, Velma, Lena, Ben, Luna, and I will head this way.", Fred replied.
"Shaggy, Scooby, Googie...", Fred began to continue before Googie interrupted.
"It's okay if you call me 'Crush'.", Crush assured.
"Er, right. Scooby, Shaggy, Crush, Scrappy, Crystal, Amber, Thorn, and Dusk, you will circle around in the other direction.", Fred continued before Scooby and Shaggy tried to get out of it as they pressed their arms on Daphne and Velma's.
"Uh, vacation has really brought us closer together. Like, it's a shame to split up now.", Shaggy responded as Scooby chuckled before Thorn spoke up.
"Oh, I don't think you need to worry. You've got us vampires with you, remember?", Thorn assured.
"Like, I wish I didn't remember.", Shaggy responded.
"I don't think you have to worry about that either, Shaggy. Look. I've picked a few apples from a concession stand last night.", Googie spoke as she then got out three apples, one for each vampire, from her bag and then tossed it to Dusk, Luna, and Thorn, who was the first to bite into the apple with her fangs before the apple then became pale as she then sighed in satisfaction.
"Thanks, Crush. It's almost as satisfying as drinking blood.", Thorn thanked.
"Yeah. I don't know if it's satisfying for us or for other vampires who tried it, if there were any.", Luna added.
"Maybe a little bit of both.", Scrappy responded.
"See? Vampires may drink blood, but it's only because of the color red. Drinking it gives them enough energy for their usual activities and until now, biting people was just a way to turn people into vampires.", Googie replied.
"Wow! Like, why couldn't Dracula or even the Yowie Yahoo go on that diet?", Shaggy commented in surprise.
"Yeah. Diet.", Scooby agreed.
"Now, that just leaves one more situation we have to deal with. The Legend of the Yowie Yahoo.", Ben spoke up next.
Later, Ben, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Lena, and Luna came around near the entrance, trying to find a secret entrance, but had no lock so far as Velma banged on a rock, but nothing happened.
"How's it going so far?", Ben asked.
"Vampire Rock seems to be just that. Solid rock.", Velma replied.
"There's got to be a way in somehow.", Fred stated.
"Why don't you just try this one?", asked Luna as the vampire then pushed the rock that Daphne was leaning on, not only opening the passageway, but also inadvertently tipping Daphne over to the ground.
"Oops. Sorry about that.", Luna apologized.
"Well, no hard feelings.", Daphne assured.
"That is a rather good start. Now, all that's left to do is a thorough investigation.", Ben stated.
Meanwhile, Scooby and Shaggy were laying their backs on a rock with Googie, Scrappy, Crystal, Amber, Thorn, and Dusk double-checking the area.
"Did you find anything yet?", asked Googie.
"So far, nothing, zero, zip, nada, and bupkus and in that order.", Scrappy replied.
"We couldn't find anything here either.", Amber added.
"Maybe I'll try checking with the Hex Girls. Maybe they had better luck.", Googie decided just before the Hex Girls then landed back on the ground as if to answer.
"I don't think there's anything on this side of Vampire Rock.", Thorn replied.
"I was afraid of that.", Googie sighed.
"Yeah. Like, we've walked all the way around this creepy rock.", Shaggy spoke up as Scooby was panting.
Then, suddenly, there was a howl in the air, making Googie's ears prick up into wolf ears before she felt the primal urges again just as Shaggy spoke to Scooby.
"Oh, no. Not now.", Googie groaned.
"Like, what was that? Quit kiddin' around, Scoob.", Shaggy spoke to Scooby before he then pointed to Googie, whose eyes began to show dark blue and light blue rings emerging from her pupils before she then grew claws as Scooby and Shaggy stepped back cautiously as Scooby gasped.
"Hey. This is actually starting to feel really good.", Googie realized with a grin before she then went down on all fours and grew a wolf fur all over her body and a wolf tail before turning to the Hex Girls.
"Although, uh, you girls might wanna step back a little. You know, just in case.", Googie warned.
"No argument here.", Dusk agreed as she and Thorn stepped back before Googie then grew a wolf snout and fangs before she then gave a light snarl and then howl, frightening Shaggy.
"Zoinks!", Shaggy exclaimed before he then hid behind the same rock with which he and Scooby were laying their backs on earlier before peeping out of it a bit as Googie was once more a primal beast, but this time, she sniffed up Thorn and Dusk's scents carefully before she identified them as friends before quickly coming to her senses, still in werewolf form, relieving Crystal and Amber as they grinned.
"Huh? Wh-where am I? What happened?", Googie asked.
"You just sniffed us is what happened.", Thorn replied.
"And you didn't even attack us.", Dusk added.
"Oh, thank goodness.", Googie sighed.
"'Thank goodness' is right. For a second there, I thought you were gonna chase them on account of them being 'vampires'.", Scrappy stated as he did air quotes with his fingers.
"Well, certainly not these vampires, that's for sure.", Googie grinned.
"Like, hold on a minute. If there was a howl that made you change like that, Googie, like, doesn't that mean..?", Shaggy began to realize before Scooby then saw the source of the howl and pointed to it before they, along with Googie, Crystal, Amber, Thorn, Dusk, and Scrappy all saw it.
"D-d-d-d-d-dingo Dogs.", Shaggy spoke up.
"Oh, boy. Not them again.", Googie sighed as three dingo dogs went up on the rock with one of them growling.
Meanwhile, Fred was searching the inside of a cave.
"Secret passages always lead somewhere.", Fred stated.
Then, Velma saw a small light coming from somewhere.
"Hmm.", Velma spoke up.
"What is it, Velma?", Ben asked.
"Right now, we should be experiencing total cave darkness, but we're not.", Velma stated.
"Now that you mention it, it was a bit too bright for it to be dark in here. So...", Luna began.
"There must be some light coming inside this cave.", Lena finished.
"Exactly.", Fred agreed just as Daphne pointed to where the light is.
"Over there!", Daphne spoke, pointing to the source of where the light is coming from.
Then, Fred removed the cloth blocking the light and found a sort of equipment room inside the cave.
"Wow! I was expecting a vampire's lair to be more, I don't know, spooky.", Daphne commented.
"Well, I definitely think it could make for a cool place to crash in for me and my friends that's for sure.", Luna admitted.
"We'll worry about that later, Luna.", Ben responded.
"It's like an underground warehouse.", Fred spoke up.
Then, Velma saw the lanterns and guessed that they must've been on not too long ago.
"These lanterns didn't light themselves.", Velma stated.
"Right, Velma. They're only big enough to hold a few hours worth of oil.", Fred agreed.
"After that, then it burns out.", Ben added.
"That means someone had to be here a little while ago.", Daphne guessed before Ben then walked over to the fans and felt it.
"Apparently, they've also used the equipment. This fan is still warm.", Ben stated.
"And so is this light.", Lena added as she felt the warmth on the recently used light.
"This equipment's definitely been used all right.", Luna guessed.
"The question is why?", asked Fred.
"And where?", asked Velma.
"And by who?", asked Daphne before they realized something and started looking around even further a few moments later.
As Velma, Ben, Lena, and Fred looked into the chests, one of which contained a sort of shirt, Daphne and Luna walked over to where the cloth was and picked it up before gasping upon noticing a bright light below the cracks of the wall before Daphne accidentally stepped on a button, which opened up the wall, surprising the two with all sorts of stuff from behind the wall and then saw something that was missing.
"No coffins?", Daphne puzzled.
"What kind of vampires don't have coffins to sleep in?", Luna asked before the wall then closed, trapping Daphne and Luna inside.
Then, Daphne tried to get the wall to open, but to no avail.
"Fred! Velma!", Daphne shouted.
"Lena! Ben! We got trapped inside!", Luna shouted before both sighed upon worrying that they might not hear it.
"Well, I suppose we could have a look around this room.", Luna shrugged before she and Daphne went forward just as Dark Skull was hanging upside down and then stopped near Daphne and Luna, who both eventually saw Dark Skull hanging from the ceiling with Dark Skull growing puzzled with Luna's new look.
"Oh, boy. All those in favor of running while he's still confused, say 'aye'.", Luna spoke up.
"Aye!", Daphne shouted before she and Luna ran away quickly before Dark Skull snapped out of his stupor and then growled as he got off the ceiling and chased after them.
Meanwhile, the dingo dogs were surrounding Scooby, Shaggy, Googie, Scrappy, Crystal, Amber, Thorn, and Dusk as Scooby hopped into Shaggy's arms.
"We can't run. We can't climb. How are we gonna get out of here?", Shaggy asked.
Then, Scooby hopped off Shaggy's arms and began digging away, desperate to get away from them, only to run into a gopher, who reprimanded him before the gopher took the dirt back, leaving that option unnecessary.
"Good try, buddy, but we need a miracle.", Shaggy spoke.
"Wait a second. That's it!", Googie realized as the dingo dogs closed in.
"What's it?", asked Crystal.
"Maybe I could talk with them.", Googie replied as she then walked on all fours towards the snarling dingos.
"Hey, easy. This may be a bit hard to explain, but those vampires with us are friends.", Googie spoke to the dingos, stunting them with puzzlement.
Meanwhile, Daphne and Luna were running from Dark Skull as Daphne stopped to take a breath before Dark Skull laughed as he neared them only for Daphne and Luna to make a break for it with Dark Skull following them and eventually come across a way out, leading to a sort of river down below.
"I think I have a fix for that.", Luna assured before Dark Skull caught up to the two girls.
Then, just as Dark Skull neared the girls, Luna then started hovering in the air and flapping the wings on her arms, surprising Dark Skull.
"Sorry, batboy, but your meal's cancelled.", Luna spoke as she then grabbed Daphne by the shoulders with her feet and then started flying down, leaving Dark Skull as bewildered as ever.
Meanwhile, Googie was still trying to convince the dingos that the vampires present near them were not evil.
"I know this may seem hard to believe, but not all vampires are bad. If any more vampires turned up good or bad, I'm sure someone would let us know.", Googie assured before the dingos looked up and saw Luna flying down with Daphne with Scooby, Shaggy, and the others turning to see it as well.
"Look out, everyone! Rock Vampire coming in hot!", Luna warned before she then used her wings to fly forward and away from the river before landing Daphne on the ground safely.
"Whew. Perfect landing.", Luna sighed.
"See? Not all vampires are bad, and I'd like to believe not all dingos are vicious.", Googie grinned in assurance before the dingos gave a light growl before they then turned around and left, deciding to search for the bad vampires elsewhere.
"Guess they decided to look for the Wildwind Vampires elsewhere.", Scrappy guessed.
"Like I said, a miracle. Or Luna and Daphne doing a dive off a cliff. That's a 10!", Shaggy spoke up as he and Scooby each held out a "10" card.
"Thanks, guys.", Daphne thanked.
Meanwhile, Ben, Lena, Fred, and Velma went inside the same room Daphne went in earlier.
"What a mess.", Velma commented.
"You think Daphne and Luna are in here?", asked Fred.
"If they are, they're not alone.", Velma replied.
"If they've had a run-in with one of the Wildwind Vampires, I'm sure the two of them will get out of it in a jiffy.", Ben assured.
"We're going to check down here.", Lena spoke up as she went along with Fred before Ben and Velma went the other way.
"Daphne!", Velma shouted.
"Luna!", Ben shouted next before suddenly, both Ben and Velma tripped and lost both their glasses.
"My glasses!", Velma shouted.
"Mine too.", Ben added as they scrambled, trying to find their glasses before they tried to search for them, unknowingly headed for the Wildwind Vampires.
"We lost our glasses!", Velma shouted before Dark Skull then picked up Velma's glasses and put them on her with Lightning Strikes doing the same for Ben.
"Thanks, Freddie.", Velma thanked.
"You're too kind, Lena. We were getting worried.", Ben spoke up before they both stood up and noticed that it was actually the Wildwind Vampires, who both hissed at them.
"If we weren't worried before, we certainly are now.", Ben spoke before he and Velma ran back to Fred and Lena with Velma accidentally knocking Fred over as Lena managed to move out of the way upon noticing earlier before Fred and Velma crashed as Ben caught up to Lena.
"Velma! Ben! Did you guys find Daphne?", asked Fred as he unrolled Velma from the blue harness.
"Wherever Daphne is, she's a lot safer than we are.", Velma replied as she pointed to the Wildwind Vampires not far behind as they chased them.
"Run!", Fred shouted before he, Velma, Ben, and Lena ran away as quickly as they could.
Meanwhile, Daphne and Lena were explaining what happened earlier.
"And he was hanging upside down. Then he took off after us.", Daphne explained.
"And I'm willing to bet that the others back there may be in trouble.", Luna guessed.
"Come on. We've gotta find Fred and the others.", Daphne urged.
"Or they could find us.", Thorn responded as she then pointed to Fred, Ben, Velma, and Lena hopping off a cliff.
"Geronimo!", Fred shouted.
"Let's go help them, sisters.", Thorn spoke up before she flew into the air first with Dusk and Luna flying along with her before Thorn grabbed both Fred and Velma while Dusk grabbed Ben and Luna grabbed Lena all with their feet before landing them back into the ground safely and then landing as well.
"Like, talk about a vampire delivery system!", Shaggy spoke as Googie morphed back to normal.
"You guys okay?", asked Googie.
"Yep. Never better.", Ben replied as he did a light stretch.
"Not if we don't get out of here.", Velma added.
Then, the whole group looked up and saw smoke coming out from the hole of a cliff before the Wildwind Vampires emerged from the smoke and flew off after the gang, leaving three trails of smoke, one for each vampire.
"Zoinks! Like, I need a vacation from this vacation!", Shaggy shouted before the Yowie Yahoo then emerged from far away as the Wildwind Vampires were circling around him and prepared two fireballs, one from each hand.
"It's the Yowie Yahoo!", Googie and Scrappy shouted at the same time as Shaggy his on top of Scooby, his arms covering the dog's eyes before Scooby moved then out of the way and spoke.
"Yowie Yahoo!", Scooby exclaimed before the Yowie Yahoo then fired his fireballs, which then explode and prompt Scooby to cover his eyes with Shaggy's arms in panic as he screamed.
"Something about this Yowie Yahoo just drives me batty.", Thorn commented.
"Come on! Everyone over the bridge!", Fred urged.
"Got it!", Googie agreed as she ran with the others for the bridge only for the Wildwind Vampires to block the way, stopping the gang.
"Hey. Get out of our way!", Thorn reprimanded as the Wildwind Vampires growled.
Then, the Yowie Yahoo got ready as he growled before he started breathing fire.
"Duck!", Googie exclaimed.
"Yikes!", Scooby exclaimed at the same time Googie shouted before they made a break for it, causing the fire breath to only hit the rock before the Yowie Yahoo began firing fireballs at Shaggy, Scooby, Googie, Scrappy, Crystal, and Amber but missed before the group hid behind another big rock and then went up.
"Uh, guys? We might wanna duck. Again.", Googie warned before the group hid again just in time for he fire breath to strike again, this time, destroying the rock as it split into pieces before the group stood up.
"I think that Yowie Yahoo just might be the toughest Monster we've faced.", Scrappy commented.
"Like, it there was ever a time not to be calm, this is it!", Shaggy exclaimed.
"Like, no argument here.", Crystal concurred.
"Agreed.", Googie squeaked slightly before the group ran off.
Then, the Yowie Yahoo flew towards and above Thorn, Dusk, Luna, Ben, Lena, Fred, Daphne, and Velma before clapping his hands together, creating a shockwave that sent both Ben and Velma tripling again, but this time, without losing their glasses, before he then blew out a mighty wand from his mouth, eventually causing both Ben and Velma to be blown to the back of another rock as the Hex Girls were flying in the air, braving the winds.
"Way to brave that wind, sisters!", Thorn shouted as the wind blew hard before the Yowie Yahoo stopped blowing and then started firing fireballs again with three fireballs missing the Hex Girls, who quickly dodged them, although one of them sent out a tiny ember, which quickly gave Scooby's tail a 3rd-degree burn, with Scooby sniffing the smell before turning around and seeing what is happening before yelling in pain and trying to blow it out, but to no avail as Googie noticed.
"Oh, no. Hang on, Scooby.", Googie urged before she then moistened her index finger and thumb with her tongue's saliva before then pressing them together against the fire, putting it out and sparing Scooby from further pain as he sighed in relief.
"There. That better?", Googie asked, earning Scooby's nod.
Then, the Yowie Yahoo began blowing hard again, pushing the Hex Girls back again, only for them to quickly fly back up and push harder through the wind as they grunted.
Meanwhile, Fred was literally blown away by the wind and tried to clutch into a rock for support, only to slip up and then tumble as his shirt wound up coming off of Fred, who was revealed to wear a white tank top inside his shirt and then right into Shaggy, puzzling him before he shouted to Fred.
"Like, the Yowie Yahoo sure is full of hot air!", Shaggy shouted before the wind ceased, giving the Hex Girls some relief.
"Whew! That was some windy night we're having.", Thorn sighed.
"Freddie, are you okay?", asked Daphne.
"Now, I know how my socks feel in the dryer.", Fred replied.
That was when everyone saw the Wildwind Vampires headed right for them before Scooby gulped as Velma gasped before they hugged each other.
"I feel the same way, Scooby.", Velma stated.
Then, to everyone's surprise, the Hex Girls then started surrounding the Wildwind Vampires in a ring of smoke.
"It's the Hex Girls. They're surrounding the Wildwind Vampires.", Ben stated.
"Just so you know, that was for trying to ruin our encore.", Thorn spoke as she and her vampire sisters hovered and circled around the Wildwind Vampires, earning an angry hiss from Dark Skull before they all heard growling and then spotted the dingo dogs from earlier as they growled.
"Wait a minute. Aren't those...?", Dusk began asking.
"It's the dingo dogs!", Shaggy exclaimed as he pointed to them.
"Let's just hope they don't see us as their enemy.", Thorn spoke before the dingo dogs got down before the Hex Girls stopped swarming around the Wildwind Vampires, who quickly ran away from the dingo dogs in pursuit.
"They're getting away!", Daphne shouted.
"Not with the dingos chasing them, that's for sure.", Luna assured.
"They've got to get inside before the sun comes out.", Fred guessed as the Wildwind Vampires climbed up with the dingos catching up.
"Not on my watch.", Googie responded before she then turned into a werewolf again and snarled before going after them as she shouted back to Fred and the others.
"I'll meet up with you guys later!", Googie shouted.
"Well, how about that? A werewolf and a few dingos chasing away those vampires. Now, we've seen everything.", Thorn grinned as before Shaggy grabbed Scooby by the collar and shook him in panic.
"Hey, Scoob. Tell your cousins and/or Googie, 'Don't leave us here with the...Yowie Yahoo!'", Shaggy exclaimed as he pointed to the Yowie Yahoo, who then blew harder again.
"Hang on tight, guys!", Fred urged.
"Like, Fred, do we have a choice?", Shaggy asked before Thorn, Dusk, and Luna noticed the sun rising.
"Looks like the sun's almost up.", Thorn spoke up as Sunrise drew near.
"The Yowie Yahoo has to get inside Vampire Rock, too.", Fred shouted.
"If he doesn't, the sun will destroy him.", Ben added as the Yowie Yahoo got ready to attack.
"We'll keep him busy until that happens.", Thorn spoke up before she, Dusk, and Luna flew up into the air as Scrappy started speaking against it.
"Are you stre about this? Because I don't think Googie would appreciate you turning into dust after your performance last night.", Scrappy warned before he noticed the sunlight shining off of Scooby's tag.
"Huh? Of course! Uncle Scooby, try shining your tag on that vampire.", Scrappy urged, puzzling Scooby at first before he saw it and then quickly understood.
"Oh.", Scooby grinned before he then shine the sunlight on the vampire with a proud smirk just as Thorn, Dusk, and Luna then fired three fireballs, one for each hand, causing a sort of chain reaction, causing the Yowie Yahoo to yelp in pain and then go up in an explosion of flames and smoke.
"And that takes care of that.", Thorn grinned before she, Dusk, and Luna landed on the nearest spot where there was ground just as a ring of smoke went around then again, but this time, with the sunlight entering inside it before the ring dissipated, revealing the Hex Girls now back to normal.
"And just in time, too.", Thorn grinned upon noticing that her human features have returned.
"Well, that didn't take long.", Dusk commented.
"Yeah. No kidding.", Luna agreed.
"You did it, Uncle Scooby! You and the Hex Girls defeated the Yowie Yahoo!", Scrappy congratulated.
"He sure didn't go quietly.", Crystal stated.
Then, it showed Googie and the dingos howling in celebration before Scooby joined in with the howl before Googie giggled.
"Thanks for the help. I'll see you later.", Googie thanked as the dingos then walked away before using her claws to go down the cliff safely and then changing back from werewolf to human form.
"Hey, guys. What'd I miss?", asked Googie.
"Actually, you pretty much missed the part where Uncle Scooby and the Hex Girls took the Yowie Yahoo down.", Scrappy replied.
"That's okay, because I actually saw it from up here, believe it or not.", Googie assured.
"Really? We didn't see you.", Lena puzzled.
"And you didn't see the dingos there until just now, either.", Googie responded.
"Touché.", Lena shrugged.
"How about that, Scooby? You and Googie are honorary dingos.", Velma grinned.
"Dingos? Hooray!", Scooby spoke in joy before he exclaimed.
"But what about the Wildwind Vampires?", asked Thorn.
"Yeah. What's happened to them?", asked Luna before Ben and the rest of the group eventually saw them snarling and emerging from the bottom of the cliff.
"Does that answer your question?", Ben responded before the Wildwind Vampires then started chasing after the whole group.
"Quick! Over the bridge!", Fred urged before he then picked up Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, and Daphne while Googie picked up Scrappy, Crystal, Amber, Ben, Thorn, Dusk, and Luna and both ran over the bridge.
"Don't worry, guys! We've got you covered!", Googie assured.
"As long as you've got us covered and they don't!", Shaggy exclaimed as the Wildwind Vampires were running across the bridge, much to Daphne's puzzlement.
"The sunlight destroyed the Yowie Yahoo. Why isn't it destroying Wildwind?", asked Daphne.
"Because they're not really vampires at all. We'll explain more when we get back. Or would you rather ask them for answers?", Googie responded.
"No thanks.", Daphne responded.
"We've just crossed running water.", Ben exclaimed.
"Like, the vampires shouldn't be able to follow us. Didn't those vampires read the rule book?", Shaggy exclaimed as the Wildwind Vampires crossed the bridge before Shaggy eventually got caught on a tree branch and spun around before landing as Scooby then went back for him and grabbed him by the shirt with his teeth as Googie and the rest of the group followed with the Wildwind Vampires chasing them.
As Scooby and Shaggy ran away from the Wildwind Vampires, Googie and the others decided to move out of their path by going right, leaving the Wildwind Vampires to deal with Scooby and Shaggy as Fred watched from behind a rock before shouting a signal.
"Now!", Fred shouted before Daniel then appeared and then tossed a boomerang towards the snare with the rope on it, causing it to get released before Shaggy wound up stepping into the hole of the rope and then get lifted up into the air, dragging Scooby along for the ride by his tail.
Meanwhile, the Trap was successful in capturing the Wildwind Vampires with Scooby smiling at them before making a taunting face as he moved his hands up and down while pressing them against his cheeks as he stuck out his tongue. Then, the rest of the gang gathered as the Wildwind Vampires has trouble setting themselves free.
"Nice work, Daniel.", Fred congratulated before Scooby then landed in Fred's arms and licked him while Velma was scrambling to catch Shaggy, only for Googie to successfully catch Shaggy instead, earning smiles and chuckles from each other before the trap that caught the Wildwind Vampires was released, landing them back on the ground.
"I didn't think anything would stop those vampires.", Shaggy spoke.
"That's because it's just like Googie said. They're not real vampires. If they were, they wouldn't have been captured on film.", Velma stated as it then showed a picture of the Wildwind Vampires' attempt to abduct the Hex Girls with Googie still singing in the photo.
"In contrast to the fact that we didn't see Thorn's reflection in the hand mirror Shaggy gave her when she and the others were turned into temporary vampires just a few hours ago.", Scrappy added as it then went to a flashback of when Thorn noticed that she didn't have a reflection before flashing back to the present with Jasper walking up to the others.
"Jolly good work. You've snared the vampires.", Jasper congratulated.
"Well, all it took was a dog and three vampires to take down the Yowie Yahoo and the rest of us to catch the rest.", Googie grinned.
"You could say that again.", Ben grinned.
"Now, we can find out what happened to the bands.", Daniel spoke up.
"At first, we thought the Bad Omens were behind all this, but when they disappeared, we had to search for new suspects.", Velma stated as Fred got out a water hose and then sprayed it at the Wildwind Vampires, revealing two of them to be Two Skinny Dudes.
"Well, I'll be. Two Skinny Dudes.", Daniel spoke up.
"Well, that explains how the scents from those vampires and Two Skinny Dudes are similar.", Googie guessed.
"That's two vampires. Who's the third?", Daniel asked before Dark Skull stood up, revealed to be Russell, much to Daniel and the others' shock.
"Russell?!", Scrappy, Googie, Scooby, and Shaggy exclaimed.
"Whoa.", Dusk spoke up.
"That's trippy.", Luna added.
"But why?", Thorn wondered.
"Russell, you were my partner. This doesn't make any sense.", Daniel spoke up before Shaggy pitched in.
"Like, I'm with Daniel.", Shaggy agreed as Scooby popped up as well.
"Nobody say anything.", Russell urged.
"That actually works just as well. We'll do all the talking ourselves and still crack that mystery wide open.", Ben responded.
"It took us a while to put all the pieces together. When we saw Jasper getting chummy with the Two Skinny Dudes, we thought he might be the third vampire.", Velma stated.
"Me? I could never wear all that makeup. I've got very sensitive skin.", Jasper added before Googie then sniffed Jasper all around for any traces of makeup on his face.
"Well, that part checks out.", Googie assured.
"Still, that doesn't change the fact that you managed the Bad Omens to begin with, Jasper.", Scrappy stated.
"That's right. We thought you took some of their makeup so that you and the Two Skinny Dudes could copy Wildwind's glam-rock look.", Velma stated.
"We also paid a visit to your trailer when you said you'd be there. You were nowhere to be found.", Ben added.
"That's not a crime.", Jasper retorted.
"No one said it is. If you weren't in your trailer, where were you then?", asked Googie as Velma lowered her glasses a bit in suspicion.
"Okay. Confession time. I wasn't in my trailer because I was meeting with the Hex Girls about being their alternative manager. I didn't want the Bad Omens to find out what I was doing.", Jasper replied.
"But that doesn't explain why you have costumes like the ones Wildwind wore.", Daphne stated.
"Wildwind was the greatest band I ever managed. I had those costumes made to remind me of all the good times we had together. I wish I knew what happened to them,", Jasper replied.
"Why don't you ask them yourself?", Lena asked as Daphne, Fred, Nd Velma unmasked Russell and the Two Skinny Dudes, revealing them to be a bald man, a black-haired man, and a brown-haired man, puzzling Jasper.
"What the..?", Jasper exclaimed.
"Okay. Like, now I'm really confused.", Shaggy admitted.
"Me, too.", Scooby agreed.
"Why don't we let Daphne and Googie clear this up?", Crystal suggested.
"Great idea.", Daphne grinned as she got out two makeup panels and gave one to Googie, who began applying makeup as well.
"Okay, and a little off the top, here.", Googie spoke before she hummed as she and Daphne then applied the necessary makeup on the perpetrators.
"So, what do you think?", asked Googie.
"Recognize them now?", asked Daphne before Jasper then saw the one band he thought he'd never see again.
"I don't believe it. Wildwind, you're alive!", Jasper exclaimed.
"But why would you do all this?", asked Thorn.
"We should have won that contest last year. When we didn't, we decided to disappear.", Lightning Strikes replied as it then showed the Wildwind members without makeup climbing Vampire Rock before looking up from the highest point and then enter a cave as the door closed before a showing a swarm of bats flying away and then Wildwind playing a song before flashing back to the present as Stormy Weathers, Dark Skull, And Lightning Strikes spoke up next.
"We thought disappearing mysteriously would help our careers.", Stormy Weathers stated.
"Then, we remembered the rules of the contest meant we couldn't enter again.", Dark Skull added.
"We planned on making a triumphant return at this year's unsigned band contest.", Lightning Strikes added.
"And that was when you came up with a way to get around those rules and make sure you'd win this year's contest, wasn't it?", Ben asked.
"That's right. With Dark Skull already posing as Russell, Stormy Weathers and Lightning Strikes became the Two Skinny Dudes: an unsigned band in the contest.", Daphne added as it then showed Dark Skull and the others putting on fake masks and put on makeup with Russell applying black paint on his eyes, Harry applying makeup to his cheeks, and Lightning Strikes applying blue lip stick to his lips before hissing with Dark Skull, Stormy Weathers, Lightning Strikes hissing as they walked alongside each other as Velma spoke up next.
"The three of them took advantage of the local legend surrounding them and disguised themselves as vampires. They planned to kidnap all the other bands in the contest. Then, Two Skinny Dudes would be declared the winner.", Velma stated before it then showed Wildwind playing again, but this time in vampire disguises before Fred spoke up.
"But the crowed wouldn't see the Two Skinny Dudes close out the festival. Instead, Wildwind would come on stage and perform.", Fred added before it then flashed back to the present.
"They hoped all the attention from closing the show at Vampire Rock would make their careers take off.", Velma guessed.
"I'm starting to get it.", Daniel began to realize.
"But, like, if they're not vampires, how did they fly?", asked Shaggy as Scooby then comically floated in the air.
"Easy, Shaggy. They're mountain-climbing equipment.", Fred replied before Scooby then crashed back into the ground and rubbed his butt to soothe the pain before it then showed a flash back of Dark Skull hammering the nail just enough for it to hold before latching the rope on and then gave a thumbs-up before jumping off and then soaring up and then stopping when near the ground before Lightning Strikes gave a Thumbs-up and Dark Skull then chuckled as Fred explained before it flashed back to the present.
"They rigged it to the stage so they could swoop down and kidnap the acts.", Fred explained.
"This is all very interesting, almost as interesting as the show with the Hex Girls last night. But will somebody please tell where the Bad Omens are?", Jasper asked.
"That's one answer we don't have.", Fred replied.
"We sent them and Matt Marvelous on diving trips to the Great Barrier Reef.", Lightning Strikes assured.
"All expenses paid. They were thrilled.", Stormy Weathers added before Shaggy and Scooby grew excited and then switched into Scuba outfits.
"Like, you should have just asked us. I've been wanting to leave since I got here.", Shaggy assured with a grin.
"Uh-huh.", Scooby agreed.
"We didn't really kidnap anybody.", Dark Skull assured.
"Then why did you go after us?", Thorn asked.
"Yeah. We weren't your competition.", Dusk added.
"But they were.", Stormy Weathers replied.
"We knew they'd come after you, giving us the chance to send them on their way as well.", Dark Skull added.
"But then that hard-core Sheila had to mess everything up by dragging them back on stage, chasing us as a werewolf, and turning you three into vampires, all in the last two days.", Lightning Strikes spoke up next.
"Well, what can I say? I am a Wiccan.", Googie giggled slightly.
"A Wiccan?!", Wildwind exclaimed altogether.
"I though they were witches. No, myths!", Dark Skull exclaimed in surprise.
"You know, if you read about the Witch's Ghost Mystery a few months back, you'd know all about that sort of thing.", Ben advised.
"A living, breathing Wiccan. Now, I've seen everything.", Malcolm spoke up as everyone turned around to notice him.
"Malcolm. Glad to see you.", Ben greeted.
"The feeling's mutual, Ben. Although, I must admit I was surprised to see a few vampires fighting back against the Yowie Yahoo in broad daylight.", Malcolm admitted.
"There are no vampires, Grandfather.", Daniel assured.
"Daniel's right, Mr. Illiwara. Wildwind is definitely human.", Fred agreed.
"They used smoke when they flew, so that no one could see their climbing ropes.", Crystal stated.
"You helped us figure that part out, sir.", Velma added.
"They burned wood from the red gum tree, making sweet smoke like your signals.", Daphne stated.
"And like, that's why we also found a boot print made from red gum on stage.", Shaggy added.
"What about the Yowie Yahoo?", asked Malcolm.
"Well, we've got an explanation for that, too.", Luna spoke up as it then showed a flashback of Wildwind setting up equipment as Dark Skull found the right holographic disk and placed it on the disk holder before the light and fan turned on, as the light then turned into the Yowie Yahoo in a swirl of smoke before one of the Wildwind members then pushed down on the TNT, eventually showing a vampire behind the Yowie Yahoo, who then roared as he flew forwards.
"I'm sure you do.", Daniel guessed.
"Wildwind spent a lot of time perfecting their act. They're masters of special effects.", Velma stated.
"They used pictures of the Yowie Yahoo to help pull off their hoax and placed the pictures on holographic disks.", Ben added.
"And when the light was shined through the disks, the Yowie Yahoo's three-dimensional images were created.", Googie added.
"Those kinda of images could be heated from almost anywhere to help Wildwind with their plan.", Scrappy added.
"To make the Yowie Yahoo even more realistic, they added fire, wind, and explosions.", Fred added.
"So, like, because he was just a projection, the sunlight reflecting off Scooby's tag, and a few fireballs from Thorn, Dusk, and Luna, made the Yowie Yahoo disappear.", Shaggy guessed.
"Bingo, Shaggy.", Fred grinned.
"So, in a sense, thanks to Scooby over here, we were able to solve the mystery.", Googie grinned as she then hugged him.
"Uh-Huh.", Scooby agreed before licking Googie by the cheek, making her and Velma laugh before Malcolm then turned to Daniel.
"I'm sorry, Daniel, for letting my belief in the vampire legend get in the way of your show.", Malcolm apologized.
"Wildwind has us all fooled, Grandfather.", Daniel assured.
"And we would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids and that manager.", Dark Skull spoke up.
"Actually, guys, there's still a way for you guys to close out the festival, since no one else heard about your triumphant return and all.", Googie assured,
"And what do you mean?", Stormy Weathers pondered.
"Well, I am a new music manager. I could manage to pull a few strings for your return.", Ben assured.
"Really?", Dark Skull wondered with hope.
"Absolutely.", Ben nodded.
"Hey. Not a bad idea. And since all the other bands in the contest are eliminated, that makes you guys the winner.", Daniel grinned.
"Does that mean what I think it means?", Velma asked.
"Mm-Hmm.", Googie nodded.
"Still, you're too kind. I can't thank you enough for giving us a chance for our triumphant return, Ms. uh...", Dark Skull spoke up.
"Googie. Googie Neville. But you can call me Crush.", Googie grinned.