"Did you know that Chicago is the third largest city in the US?" Velma asked the others.
"Like, I know it has the best pizza." Shaggy smiled.
"Yeah! Pizza!" Scooby added before licking his lips with a chuckle.
"Did you know Chicago has almost 200 art galleries?" Velma continued.
"You really have no idea where my interests lie, do you?" Shaggy asked her.
"I still can't believe that we're in the finals for Talent Star!" Daphne beamed.
"I know, right?!" Brianna replied.
Daphne and Brianna then hugged each other while squealing.
"Have I mentioned it's my favorite show?" Daphne smiled.
"Once or twice." Fred chuckled.
"In this breath." Velma added with a mutter.
"And Brick Pimiento is the greatest host ever," Daphne smiled before pointing to a billboard they passed down the road. "Ooh. There he is. I'm so excited. I really didn't think we were gonna make it through that last round of eliminations."
"I think you guys are gonna win for sure." Trent replied as he played his guitar.
"You and Bri did so awesome in the last round," Daphne said. "I think that you two are gonna win."
"Thanks for the support, Daph." Brianna smiled thankfully.
"Aw, come on, Daph, we have it sewn up, you know the singers have an advantage." Fred replied as he played his own guitar.
"Hey, that's not the song we're doing." Daphne told him.
"Here we go." Brianna whispered.
"This is a little something I wrote myself." Fred said as he kept playing.
"I don't think I've seen you play guitar since middle school, Freddy." Brianna said.
"I'll say," Shaggy added. "Like, that's catchy!"
"Eyes on the road! Eyes on the road!" Fred panicked.
"Right." Shaggy replied.
"Oh, Shaggy, you worry me sometimes." Brianna sighed.
"Fred, that's beautiful. I really like you," Daphne smiled before she realized what she said. "It. I like it. Not you. I mean, I like you but... Heh, I, uh, like your song."
"Thanks." Fred said as he kept playing.
"Y'all are gonna have a tough time beating yours truly." Sugar commented.
"Whatever you say, Sugar." Eddy mumbled to his cousin.
"Too bad Chicken couldn't make it, he plays a pretty good electric guitar." Brianna commented.
"Especially in Music Class," Trent added. "I swear he's made some windows shatter."
"You guys are good, but me and Scooby are gonna beat you," Shaggy replied. "Right, Scoob?"
"You betcha." Scooby smiled.
"Uh, you're not in the competition?" Velma replied.
"We will be, once Brick sees our amazing juggling act." Shaggy smiled.
"You can't just audition the day before the finals." Fred pointed out.
"Like, you can, if you're awesome." Shaggy replied.
"...I don't think that's how that works." Brianna said.
"Okay, we definitely wanna hit the Field Museum," Velma then said. "There's a Picasso exhibit. Oh, oh! The Mineralogical Society has the world-famous soap diamond on display."
Everyone just glared at her. Velma smiled sheepishly and hid behind the book.
"Soap Diamond, huh?" Trent asked. "That's an interesting name though. Can't say I've heard of that before."
"Does the book say anything about the opera house where we are shooting the show?" Daphne asked.
"Yeah. It's almost a hundred years old," Velma replied. "It's been closed since the 70's, and there are rumors that it's haunted."
Shaggy soon let out a gulp, but he was eating a sub sandwich. "Of course it's haunted. Like, when do we ever go to a place that is not haunted?" he then asked.
"Wait a minute... Who's driving?" Trent asked once he saw Shaggy.
"I thought Shaggy was?!" Eddy yelped.
"Uh, green means go, right?" Scooby asked the others as he took the wheel.
"Shaggy!" Everyone else called out.
"Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" Scooby smiled as he began to drive.
"What idiot would let a dog drive?!" Eddy complained.
"Maybe if it was a magic dog?" Brianna replied.
Scooby was swerving the van around, making the gang scream.
At the other van where Henry is driving the Chan Van and in the van is Alexandra, Ella, Nazz, Sky, and Jessie.
"Oh, my gosh, I'm so excited for Talent Star~" Nazz beamed.
"I know you're going to be amazing, Sky." Jessie smiled to her big sister.
"Thank you, Jess, that means a lot to me," Sky smiled back. "After all, you're my good luck charm."
Jessie giggled and hugged her big sister.
"This is gonna be a dream come true for me, just like in a fairy tale." Ella beamed.
"Are you really a princess, Ella?" Mimi asked the teenage girl.
"But of course I am," Ella smiled. "I've always been a princess~"
"Just like Snow White?" Jessie asked.
"Yes." Ella smiled to that comparison.
Nazz turned around to find the Mystery Machine swerving towards them. "Henry, watch out!" he then called out.
"Hang on, everyone, I got this!" Henry said as he was driving.
"I hope so!" Alexandra replied.
"Scooby, look out!" Brianna yelped as she saw the Chan Van coming towards them.
"Ripes!" Scooby yelped.
Everyone yelped as the vans were dangerously close to crashing into each other. Jessie held on to Sky as Alexandra held on to her boyfriend, but luckily, they stopped the brakes so they wouldn't crash into each other.
"That was, like, so close!" Nazz gasped.
"Tell me about it..." Sky said. "You okay, Jess?"
"I-I think so..." Jessie panted.
"Is everyone okay?" Henry asked the others.
"Could've been worse, I guess..." Anne groaned. "At least that Princess Clara chick didn't see us, otherwise she would blame your driving on our nationality."
"Is the Mystery Machine okay?" Henry asked.
"Yeah, they're okay, except that their driver is a dog," Alexandra replied. "Who lets a dog drive a car?!"
"Apparently Shaggy does." Henry said as he helped Alexandra up to her seat.
Luckily for both vans, they were parked in front of the opera house.
"He's gonna hear it from me now!" Alexandra glared as she rolled up her sleeves as she got out of the van.
"Alexandra, please, remember what Bruce and Betsy said!" Tom reminded his girlfriend.
"Betty." Henry corrected.
"Right, Betty." Tom replied.
"Besides, we're already here." Suzie added.
"Fine." Alexandra just grumbled and folded her arms.
"Calm down, I'm sure it'll get better." Henry told his girlfriend.
"Okay, Henry, I'll try..." Alexandra sighed. "For you."
Everyone got out of both vans and looked at the opera house.
"This place is amazing," Velma commented. "I can't believe it's been closed for so long."
"I'm sorry, sir," A security guard stopped Shaggy at the door. "No animals allowed except seeing-eye dogs."
"Fine," Shaggy replied. "You guys go ahead, we'll catch up with you!"
"No, they won't." The security guard said, crossing his arms.
"Okay, we'll, uh, see you later." Trent said before winking with the cowardly duo and walking away with the others.
The security guard glared at them. Shaggy and Scooby smiled sheepishly, then walked away right by Johnny and Anne Maria.
"Hi, I'm here to see my Aunt Lotte, she is expecting me." Anne Maria told the security guard.
"What about him?" The security guard asked about Johnny.
"He's with me." Anne Maria replied.
"All right, go ahead." The security guard then allowed.
"Come on, Johnny." Anne Maria said.
"No problem." Johnny replied.
"Like, was that Johnny Bravo?" Shaggy asked.
Ruh-huh." Scooby nodded.
"I haven't seen him since that one time with his aunt." Shaggy said.
"He has a girlfriend now?" Scooby then asked.
"I know, I'm shocked too, old buggy." Shaggy replied.
The others came into the building as a man was pushing a stereo.
"Hi, we're supposed to check in with the assistant director?" Sky prompted.
"Dewey? Yeah, good luck with that," The man chuckled before gesturing. "He's in there."
They then walked into the theater room to see a man who was given some smelling salts from a woman to help relax him.
"Where?! What happened?!" The man yelped once he sat up in his chair.
"You know, that guy..." The woman told him.
"The Phantom!" The man yelped before passing out again until the woman gave him some smelling salts to wake him up again.
"Hello, we're supposed to check in?" Brianna called to the woman.
"Yeah, I know, but you'll have to wait." The woman replied as she gave some more smelling salts to the man.
"What?! Where?! The Phantom?!" Dewey cried out before passing out again.
"Ugh! He keeps doing that!" The woman complained.
"You know, overuse of smelling salts can damage the nasal passages." Velma advised.
"His or mine?" The woman asked.
"His." Velma muttered like it was obvious.
Dewey sniffled until he woke up again, freaking out about the Phantom.
"I guess we came at a bad time." Sky said as she held Jessie's hand.
An older man with a clipboard then came in, handing it over to the woman. "Hey, I found that clipboard the Phantom took, and also I quit," he then told her. "I ain't hanging around this place for another second. It's haunted." He then left the theater as the others looked at the clipboard.
"'Christine Must Win'?" Sky read aloud.
"Well, gang, it looks like we've got another mystery on our hands." Fred commented.
"Seven minutes and 26 seconds in, a new record." Brianna commented.
"Awesome!" Fred smiled to that.
Meanwhile, everyone else was going into the theater, carrying violin cases as Shaggy was carrying a bass case.
"Hold it right there." The security guard glared to Shaggy.
"Hey, like, it's just a bass, man." Shaggy told him.
"Sure it is," The security guard replied, dubiously as he opened the case and inside was really a bass guitar, but unknown to him, Scooby was hiding right behind the case. "Oh, uh, well, go on in then." he then said calmly.
"Thank you." Shaggy replied.
Back at the theater, a little blonde girl slammed the door open as her parents were talking on the phone, and there was also another little girl with red hair, wearing glasses, a green shirt, a plaid skirt and red flats. She looked really upset.
"Well, hello there," Daphne smiled to the blonde girl, bending down to her height. "Are you-"
"Are you trying to psych her out?!" The black-haired man glared.
"Is this some kind of mind game?!" The redheaded woman added.
"I was just saying hi...?" Daphne replied.
"Well, don't." The man glared.
"You can't just talk to Chrissy." The woman added.
"She's very sensitive," The man replied. "You have to talk to her before you talk to her to let her know you're going to talk to her."
"Isn't that right, sweetie?" The woman cooed to her blonde daughter.
"Whatever." The blonde girl scoffed, taking out her mirror.
"You see?!" The adults glared at Daphne.
"You guys don't have to be rude." Sky commented.
"Well, nobody asked you!" The woman replied. "Kasey, why are you still standing around for?! You good for nothing kid, get your sister's bags or do you want to sleep outside again?!"
"Yes, Mom." The redheaded girl whispered.
Sky frowned as she saw how poorly treated this girl was, but she didn't say anything.
"Um... A check-in for Barb and Lance Damon?" Kasey said to the woman as she took her sister's luggage.
"Uh, Mr. Ottoman's kind of unconscious right now?" The woman replied to her.
"Kasey, can't you do anything right?!" Lance complained. "Why can't you be more like your sister?!"
"Sorry, Dad." Kasey replied.
"Hey, why are they treating her like that?" Anne complained. "It's not right!"
"They're pretty much like that all the time." A brown-haired girl said, coming behind them.
"Hey, you're Emma, right?" Fred smiled to her. "The violinist?"
"Yeah. And you're Fred and Daphne," The girl replied. "I saw your audition tape, you guys were great. Though probably not as great as Brianna and Trent. And I'm not just saying that because of the cameras."
"What cameras?" Nazz asked.
"Those cameras," Emma pointed out. "You know, they're catching all the backstage drama."
"That's the best part of the show," Daphne smiled. "All the who likes who, who hates who stuff."
"Hello, everyone, and welcome to Talent Star," A famous man soon appeared with a whimsical smile. "Hey, I'm your host, Brick Pimiento. I just wanted to reassure you all that everything is fantastic, just fantastic. There isn't a problem, nothing happened, and there's definitely no ghost."
"Ghost?!" Barb and Lance looked to each other.
"Ghost? I didn't say ghost," Brick chuckled to them. "Why would I say ghost when there's no ghost, heh? Fantastic."
"Well, if there was a ghost, it can eat Kasey for all I care, because she is no sister of mine, right, Kasey?" Chrissy replied.
"Yes, Chrissy." Kasey sighed.
Sky narrowed her eyes as she didn't like seeing how Kasey was treated by her family.
"There he is!" Shaggy gasped backstage with Scooby.
"Reah! Rhere re ris!" Scooby replied.
"You're okay there, right, Dewey, heh?" Brick asked the assistant director as he walked away after ruffling up his hair. "Fantastic. Well, carry on."
Shaggy and Scooby then followed after him.
Dewey sniffed something and then woke up. "I smell dog!"
"But I already took a bath last night." Stanley said.
"Not you. Scooby!" Henry told his brother.
"Oh." Stanley replied.
"Uh, Mr. Ottoman, are you all right?" The woman asked the assistant director.
"Dogs are nothing but big furry sacks of germs. Did you know that?" Dewey replied.
"I don't think that-" The woman replied.
"I'm going to find that dog if it takes me all night," Dewey told her before swiping her clipboard and storming off. "Give me that."
"Kasey, go back to the car and get our luggage!" Barb demanded.
"But what about my luggage?" Kasey replied.
"You can get it after you get everyone else's, you're not the only one in this family, you know." Barb told her.
"Yes, Mom." Kasey sighed.
"So, what are you waiting for, a festival? Go do it!" Lance demanded.
"Yes, Dad." Kasey replied.
"Hey, do you need any help?" Anne offered to the redheaded girl.
"I'm not allowed to have anyone help me," Kasey said to her. "Then I would be lazy like my parents say I am."
"That doesn't make any sense." Johnny commented.
"It's the rules." Kasey said as she walked off.
"Come on, Johnny, let's go see Aunt Lotte." Anne Maria said to her boyfriend.
"Coming, Annie." Johnny replied before following his girlfriend.
"Congratulations, by the way." Brianna smiled to them.
"Thanks, Brianna, I really appreciate it." Anne Maria smiled back as she went with Johnny.
"Pfft! Phantom, Schmantom," Sugar scoffed. "I'm going to my room to practice." she then walked away, dragging Eddy with her.
Eddy mouthed out 'help me' to the others before he was forced to go along with his cousin. Henry gave a small nod to assure Eddy that he would come help out eventually.