Happy Easter, everyone! I brought you the next chapter for your Easter baskets! Enjoy!

You could have heard a pin drop in the building that night. Everyone stared in shock, confused on what just happened.

"WHERE DID THE CONTESTANTS GO?! THEY'RE GONE!" the announcer screamed into his microphone before he fainted.

The entire audience immediately caught on with his panic and some began screaming.

"Zoinks! Daphne's been kidnapped by a creepy witch lady!" Shaggy wailed.

"Raphne!" Scooby sobbed.

The only people not in shock or despair was Fred and Velma. Fred firmly crossed his arms. "Well, gang. It looks like we've got another mystery on our hands."

"And I think we already found our first suspects before this mystery even began." Velma said.

"We did?" Shaggy questioned.

"Yes, the Jocklin sisters."

"What?! But it can't be them!" Shaggy said. "They said it themselves that they weren't interested in pageants!"

"That's just what they wanted us to think." Fred replied. "But we'll need to split up and look for clues. Velma and I will investigate the stage for anything that witch left behind. Shaggy and Scooby will go to the Grant Mansion and dig up any information about the sisters."

But Scooby and Shaggy were not at all willing. "Why can't we stay here and you guys go to the haunted mansion?" Shaggy asked.

Velma simply shrugged. "Okay, fine. We'll go while you two stay here where just saw the witch, who might come back while we go to a "haunted" house, which there are no such thing as. In fact, that mansion is probably just a normal house like any other one."

When Velma was done speaking, Shaggy and Scooby were already out the door.

Velma smiled proudly. "Works every time."

By taking a taxi, the teen and dog arrived at the wrought iron gates of the Grant Mansion.

"Good luck, Charlie." the driver said before he sped off down the street.

Shaggy gulped. "Like, the place sure looks haunted!"

"Reah! Really raunted!" Scooby agreed. They were already shivering and they haven't even walked through the gate yet!

Then Shaggy's eyebrows lifted with a thought. "Wait, hold on a sec, Scoob." Scooby stopped shivering and turned to Shaggy. "Remember what Velma said? That no matter what kind of creepy place with creepy creatures we run into, they all turn out to be bad guys in a mask because ghosts and monsters aren't real! We've got nothing to be afraid of!"

Scooby smiled wide. "Reah! Rou're right!" So the two friends walked through the gates, up the tall hill and Shaggy knocked on the massive door. "Hello? Anybody home?"

The door CREEEEEKED open, revealing the musty darkness inside. Scooby and Shaggy couldn't help but grit their teeth together.

"Let's look around, Scoob. Maybe we can find some clues." Shaggy said. He and Scooby stepped across the threshold and into the Grant Mansion. The inside was dark and creepy as the outside, as the sleuths looked around this exquisite gloom and grandeur, they were getting more and more creeped out.

"If monsters were real, they would love to live in a place like this." said Shaggy. Scooby couldn't agree more. They decided to head upstairs for clues, they entered into a random room and froze where they stood.

They found themselves inside a huge laboratory. It was like something straight out of a scary movie.

"Does this count as a clue, Scooby Doo?" Shaggy asked Scooby.

Scooby nodded. "Refinitely." They walked into the lab and saw how advanced yet old school the technology was.

"Y'know, Scooby. Maybe the Jocklin sisters are behind this." Shaggy said. "They must have created some sort of crazy special effects with all this tech and have a sinister motive to dress up like a scary hooded witch to kidnap Daphne and all those girls!" Shaggy turned and jutted his thumb at what he saw. "Look! They even made a Frankenstein monster over there too!"

Shaggy paused, as did Scooby. "Ruh, roh..."

The boys quivered as they turned around. Sure enough, a Frankenstein monster stomped towards them, he glared his glowing green eyes and the two big green conductors on his back sparked with green electricity.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Scooby and Shaggy screamed, holding each other. They whimpered as the monster moved closer, his arms reaching out to grab them.

Then Shaggy stopped being scared. "Wait, Scoob! He's not real! Remember?!"

Scooby realized it too. "Reah!"

They let go of each other and stood their ground. Shaggy puffed out his chest. "Nice try, pal. But you can't fool us!"

"Reah!" Scooby marched right over to Frankenstrike and began pulling on his face. The more he pulled, the more angry the monster became.

"Uh, having trouble with the mask, Scooby?" Shaggy asked. He went over to help and began pulling it on the "mask".

Finally fed up, Frankenstrike grabbed Scooby and Shaggy in his massive hands and roared in their terrified faces before throwing them both for a forward pass.

The mystery solvers crumbled off the wall and fell to the floor. They shakily picked themselves up. "Re-Re-Re's real!" Scooby stuttered.

Shaggy wanted to scream in agreement and scold himself for being in denial, but right now, he and Scooby had to escape the approaching Franken-monster!

"LIKE, RUN, SCOOB!" Shaggy screamed at the top of his lungs. He and Scooby zoomed right out the door and through the hall, screaming like the professional cowards they are.

Suddenly, two straps of gauze grabbed them by the ankles and pulled them to the floor. They turned and saw the flashing green eyes of a different monster emerged from the shadows.

"Zoinks! A m-mu-mu-mummy!" Shaggy said in shock.

Snare-oh towered over the defenseless detectives along with Frankenstrike. Scooby and Shaggy felt like fainting any second.

Just when all hope seemed lost, a sweet voice spoke out. "Scooby?! Shaggy?! What are you doing here?!"

"Ruh?!" Scooby and Shaggy looked over and saw Sasha holding the arm of a sickly pale, yet strong looking man in a black and green jumpsuit with a green pointed mask over his eyes. He had the same green eyes as the monsters.

"Who are these two?" asked the pale man in a deep, Transylvanian accent. The boys saw his fanged teeth.

"V-V-V-VAMPIRE!" Shaggy and Scooby screamed. They finally fainted.