The Mystery Machine was driving down the streets to Lititz pass the time, Shaggy and Scooby playing "Sugar Rush Raceway" on the way there.

"You guys are enjoying that game way too much," Velma snarled.

When they put their phone down, they saw two mysterious figures going into Gavin Gates, which was a manor/theater studio until the owner's death in 1969. Fred suggested that they should tell the Klue Queens about it.

XxoxX

Later, they arrived at Roadhouse Fantasia where they saw the Klue Queens serving some meals. "Hey, girls," said Leah, "Mystery, Inc. is here."

After they served their customers of their drinks, they rushed up to Mystery, Inc. and gave them hugs. "It's good to see you guys again," said Leah.

"Good to see you guys too," Fred replied, "but there's something we have to tell you."

"Not yet," Kaylin said as she took off her apron. "First you gotta take a gander at this."

Kaylin wore a pink version of Daphne's outfit. Since Mystery, Inc. was coming, she went crazy with her wardrobe and sewed an outfit similar to Daphne Blake.

"Jeepers," Daphne smiled. "You're dressed like me."

"Where are Shaggy and Scooby?" Estrella asked. "Swinger would love to see them again."

"Take a good guess," Velma answered as she pointed to the buffet.

At the buffet, Shaggy and Scooby started raiding the desserts. LIttle did they know, they unintentionally knocked Tokkori into the chocolate pudding.

"Can't you dunk someone else in chocolate pudding for a change?!" shouted Tokkori. "I'm trying to fix up some grub!"

"Like, sorry," Shaggy said. "We didn't see you there."

"Sorry ain't gonna cut it, whiskers," Tokkori growled. As he was about to slap Shaggy, Alex took him by the hand.

"Shaggy," berated Alex as she came out of the bathroom, "save some food for the customers."

"Sorry, dear," Shaggy said to his wife.

"Why did Coach Cavity have to stay here?" Tokkori asked Leah. "Shouldn't she be with her whoopee cushion friends?"

"Alex is staying here to keep Shaggy and Scooby from eating all the food," Leah explained.

"Unlike the milky white at Gavin Gates' ghost problem," Shaggy replied as Alex and Scooby covered his mouth.

"What is this about Gavin Gates being haunted by ghosts?" asked Tania.

"Like, we saw two mysterious figures entering the house," Shaggy explained. "They were haunting Gavin Gates."

"What in sad hill is Gavin Gates?" asked Tokkori.

"Tokkori," Tania said, "Gavin Gates was a theater/manor that belonged to Phillip Gavin in the 1960s. Originally just a theater until the Great Depression. Gavin Gates sheltered many people who were looking for a job in the theater."

Leah heard a beeper going off on her phone. "That's Mom," she said. "Grandpa is waiting for us to come home."

Everyone except Tania was surprised by this. "We forgot to tell you that Grandma Clarice, Grandpa Wendell, and Uncle Wayne are in town," Leah explained. "Grandpa thought we could have a little family reunion. Aunt Milly, Clark, and Eva couldn't make it due to Eva's junior netball game."

XxoxX

At the McBruce residence, Ms. McBruce was polishing a picture of the Scottish flag when she saw her two daughters come into the house. "Girls," she said, "how are your friends Mystery, Inc.?"

"They're doing great," Tania said, "except the part where Shaggy mentioned that Gavin Gates was haunted."

Grandpa Wendell came in feeling horrified. "Norville Rogers?" he asked. "That mother-"

Leah covered his mouth before he got to finished. "Not in front of Kirby," she said to her grandfather.

"Any word on Gavin Gates?" Tania asked.

"Yeah," Grandpa Wendell replied. "That's where I proposed to your grandma - on the outside, of course."

"Besides that," Tania replied, "we heard that story a thousand times. You took Grandma out for a drive, drove up to the front of Gavin Gates, and proposed to her with a diamond ring from the jewelry store."

"There is," Grandma Clarice answered as she came in. "Mayor Hess has been balancing the budget of the town and realizes that there are more cars now. So she's going to turn it into a parking lot."

"That's not fair," Tania replied. "Animals need to thrive, including pink puffballs and green birds."

"Are you talking about that insult comic Tokkori?" asked Grandpa Wendell. "The town blog has been angry about his rude antics. I like it."

Grandma Clarice turned away. "You're more focused on heckling birds than our wedding anniversary," she growled. "You're more focused on your bowling convention in Erie."

Leah and Tania now had suspects:

Grandpa Wendell - Thinks Shaggy is a baby.

Grandma Clarice - Mad at Grandpa Wendell for forgetting their wedding anniversary.

Mayor Hess - Afraid the town didn't have the money to turn it into a parking lot.

XxoxX

The next day, Leah, Tania, and Grandpa Wendell met Mystery, Inc. and the other Klue Queens at the front of Gavin Gates. This brought back so many memories of Wendell coming here, from seeing theater productions to proposing to Clarice. "Why did you have to bring Grandpa?" asked Tania. "He's still a suspect."

"Sometimes, sis," replied Leah, "people need time apart."

When they got inside, Leah and Estrella saw a glass of ice water on the table, this meant that someone has been there. "Let's split up, gang," Fred said. "We have another mystery on our hands."

Fred, Kirby, and Leah were looking around the foyer when they came across a locked door. Leah took out some gummy worms in case Kirby got hungry. "I can handle this, " Leah said. "Kirby, suck it up."

With a gulp of the gummy bears, Kirby turned into Plasma Kirby. "You knew he could gain powers when he eats something?" Fred asked.

"He did help us when we first met," Leah answered.

In the door were a bunch of fake ghost equipment and a large collection of pranks. "Why would a ghost leave behind prank gear?" Leah asked.

Daphne and Kaylin were checking out the old billiard room when they saw some ghosts. "Jeepers!" Daphne shouted. "Ghost!"

But Kaylin noticed something strange. "These aren't ghosts," Kaylin said. "They're bedsheets."

On the edge of the bedsheet, Daphne could see a little inscription.

Emu Blasts and Catching Fast

"Sounds like something from a sports team," Daphne said.

XxoxX

Velma, Tania, and Tokkori were going around the attic for any clues. "Why can't we just go to the library and rip up old books?" asked Tokkori.

"Because investigating a house haunting is more important," answered Velma.

"Blah, blah, blah," Tokkori said. "If you two stooges are gonna waste your finding clues, then I'm out of here."

Before Tokkori had a chance to fly out, Tania called out, "Tokkori, we need to focus."

"Focus, schomocus," Tokkori called back. At the window, he saw a mysterious figure dressed in Julius Ceaser choir apparel and hid by an old vase. "There's a figure dressed like the Grim Reaper out there."

By the window, Tania and Velma saw the figure go off. "Actually, Tokkori," she said, "that figure is actually a Julius Ceaser choir member. This was just like our very first case in high school, where Principal Deedle was after a rare stamp."

"I remember when Grandpa Wendell collected stamps as a kid," Tania recalled. "His favorites were the ones with bowling balls on them."

XxoxX

In the kitchen were Paige and Grandpa Wendell looking around for clues while Shaggy and Scooby started raiding the 1960s fridge for old food. "Like, you can't eat any food here," Paige said. "That's disgusting."

"And don't be such babies," Grandpa Wendell replied. "You two eat like a bunch of monsters."

"You totally need to stop calling them babies," Paige said. "Leah warned me on how you really feel about them."

Wendell was surprised.

XxoxX

Alex, Rylie, Estrella, and Swinger were investigating the dining room when they saw the mysterious old lady coming in. "SeƱora McBruce," asked Estrella, "what are you doing here?"

"After the whole bowling mystery at The Ramen Noodle," Grandma Clarice said, "I feared that Wendell might go overboard on helping again."

"What?" asked Wendell as he came out of the kitchen. "First you're mad at me for forgetting our wedding anniversary again, then you come to see if I'm okay."

"I had to do it," Grandma Clarice as she peck kissed him. "I don't want you to get hurt."

Suddenly, the ghost of Phillip Gavin appeared and was coming up to them. Fred, Leah, and Kirby came down to see their loved ones in danger. With a glimpse of the cobwebs, Leah got an idea. "Kirby," she shouted, "suck it up!"

With a gulp of the cobwebs, Kirby turned into Spider Kirby. Kirby shot down the ghostly figure with numerous cobwebs.

Fred declaed, "Now let's untangle this ghost and find out who it is."

XxoxX

Later, everyone else came down to see what was going on. After they untangled the ghost from the cobweb, Velma revealed the ghost's mask, revealing to be Ms. McBruce. "Ms. McBruce?" asked Kaylin, Estrella, Rylie, and Paige.

"Lorraine?" asked Grandma Clarice and Grandpa Wendell.

"MOM?!" Leah and Tania asked.

"Lorraine Caroline McBruce," Grandpa Wendell demanded, "what in the name of bowling pins is going on?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Lorraine said. "Wayne and I are saving the place where you proposed to Mom."

"Uncle Wayne is here?" asked Tania.

"You bet," Lorraine answered as Uncle Wayne came out of the shadows. "And I got our little scared faces all on film."

"It reminded me of the pranks we pulled as kids," Uncle Wayne explained. "This is why I couldn't go to Eva's junior netball game, but I did order a banana cake for her for doing her best."

"It makes sense now. Uncle Wayne told Mom that they have SPECIAL reasons," Tania explained. "And remember when we first came in here? There was a glass of ice water, meaning that someone was in the place. Then we noticed the ghost sheets where actually bedsheets by the small inscriptions on the side that said, 'Emu blasts and catching fast', which is also the cheer for Cousin Eva's netball team."

"Plus in the lounge," Fred recalled.

"We didn't want the place destroyed," Ms. McBruce explained. "We were trying to save your romance. Now we gotta face up Mayor Hess about what we did."

"Not so fast!" shouted the masked figure.

With the removal from the Julius Ceaser mask, the figure revealed to be Mayor Hess. "Mayor," Uncle Wayne said, "we can explain."

"No need," Mayor Hess replied. "After going through some letter complaints about the old Gavin Gates being torn down into a parking lot, especially from Mr. Wayne McBruce, I decided not to tear it down."

"Wayne," Ms. McBruce said, "did you overdo it on helping again?"

"You're the one who helped me find a job," Uncle Wayne replied.

"So your not pressing charges?" asked Ms. McBruce.

"Not at all," Mayor Hess replied. "We're going to make this into a landmark and reopen it this spring." Everyone cheered.

"Can we talk," Ms. McBruce asked Wayne, "brother to sister?"

"Anything," Uncle Wayne answered. "I hope we'll talk about the laxative prank I gave the principal on April Fool's Day."

"Not that," Ms. McBruce replied. "You got a month of detention for that."

Outside, Ms. McBruce took them to a tree. On the tree, she saw the carving she did between her and her old sweetheart from college: "L+L". "You had to leave the man you love, did you?" asked Wayne.

"I had no choice," replied Lorraine. "His father couldn't take being a grandpa seriously. He felt like he was going through an aging crisis. So I had to leave him."

"Did your ex know that you were pregnant with Leah around then?" asked Wayne.

"He did," replied Lorraine tearfully. "But he was more focused on keeping his father from doing dangerous things, so we had to break up. It's for the best if Leah doesn't know her father's real identity yet."

"We're not gonna speak of your ex anymore," Uncle Wayne asked, "not until the girls know on their own."

"That's right," Ms. McBruce answered.

XxoxX

The next day at Roadhouse Fantasia, Cristina, Rusty, and Mr. Hayato were setting up for an eating contest: Shaggy and Scooby vs Wayne and Kirby. The Klue Queens were at school, so they couldn't come.

"Clarice," said Wendell, "I know you're mad at me because I forgot our wedding anniversary last month, but don't you think you oughta lighten up?"

Grandma Clarice took a deep breath. "You're right," she said. "You've been so pumped for the whole bowling convention in Erie, it looks like you couldn't give up your hobbies."

"Exactly," Wendell replied. "And I did save a little something if I forgot our wedding anniversary again."

In his bag, Grandpa Wendell got out a snowglobe of Erie. He remembered how much Grandma Clarice loved collecting snow globes. Grandma Clarice was delighted that her husband had still got it.

The End.