Everyone soon followed Daphne and Shannon into Blake Castle to take a closer look.
"Blake Castle," Daphne smiled. "I've waited my whole life to see this."
"It sure is amazing." Domino said.
"Over 800 years of Blake family history can be told within these walls," Shannon smiled to everyone before showing illustrations of her and Daphne's ancestors. "Of course, there's a history of falling in trapdoors, finding dangerous secret passageways, and getting caught in overly complicated booby traps of our own design. The one thing we Blakes have been known for is being... How should I put this? Danger prone."
"We believe that." Atticus said.
Everyone then instinctively looked toward Daphne.
"What?" Daphne replied in accusatory.
Everyone then muttered innocently, trying not to make a big deal over it.
"Despite all these years of misfortune, no one at Blake Castle has ever had any trouble with the monster." Shannon told the others as she glanced out the window.
"That was until now." Little Dipper said, now with the power of Puppy Power.
"Ay, Little Dipper, ye have spoken like a person!" Shannon gasped.
"That's not gonna be a problem between us, is it?" Little Dipper smiled nervously.
"Well, it'll take some getting used to, but I love ye just the same," Shannon soothed him which made Patch smile as his nephew found a nice human to end up being in the care of. "But how is this possible?"
"It's Puppy Power," Little Dipper told her. "Uncle Patch told me, Domino, and Oddball all about it."
"Puppy Power?" Shannon repeated.
"Yep, it's what gives dogs the ability to talk." Patch smiled.
"Fascinating..." Shannon replied. "That'll take a lot of getting used to. So, all this time, ye could understand me, Little Dipper?"
"Mm-hmm," Little Dipper nodded before hungrily licking his lips. "Also, thanks for the sausages from breakfast... Those were the best ones I've had in a long time."
"No problem." Shannon smiled.
"So, you haven't heard from that monster?" Shaggy asked from relief. "Now, that is what I like to hear."
"That is... Until now..." Shannon replied as she hugged Little Dipper.
"Like, zoinks." Shaggy sighed dully as he felt like he should've seen that coming.
"Was this when you guys met?" Patch asked Shannon and Little Dipper as he felt a story was going to be told.
"Yeah." Little Dipper nodded.
Flashback
"It actually began just a few nights ago," Shannon began to narrate. "I was by myself, down at the boat dock. All of a sudden, something very big, and very fast came cruising into the cove."
Shannon was shown mopping the deck on the boat before feeling the boat move as something under the water zoomed underneath it, and where she soon rushed over to see what it was.
"It disappeared below the surface, and I lost sight of it, but I did find something else." Shannon continued to narrate as she looked into the water, she didn't find what came from the water, but soon saw a floating box and decided to bring it on deck.
"I wonder who would throw away a box?" Shannon wondered.
There was light whimpering heard. Shannon gasped slightly as she felt startled by that, and she soon opened up the box. Little Dipper whimpered and whined before sadly looking up to Shannon.
"Oh, ye poor thing, ye must be so scared," Shannon frowned as she picked him up. "How about I take ye inside?"
Little Dipper sniffled and seemed to nod to her. Shannon took off her coat and wrapped him up in it to keep him warm.
They were soon inside the castle, now as it would be nice and warm inside and Little Dipper looked hungry.
"Ye must be starving, little guy..." Shannon cooed to Little Dipper before she went to get him some food. "Let's get some food in yer system."
Little Dipper smiled to the warmness and looked all around, he wasn't sure where he was, but he really liked it here so far. After a short while, he was soon given food. Little Dipper began to eat right up.
"Oh, ye poor little pooch," Shannon said to the Dalmatian puppy. "Ye must've not eaten in days... I wonder where ye came from?"
Little Dipper soon noticed a globe after eating and went to it to spin it so he could tell her where he was from.
"Hm...?" Shannon looked curious. "Oh, don't play with that, poochy."
Little Dipper didn't knock the globe down, but soon pointed his paw to the country of London, England.
"London, England?" Shannon asked herself before looking down to Little Dipper. "Are ye tellin' me yer from there? No, no, this cannot be... I can't talk to a dog, and they can't talk back to me..."
Little Dipper nodded before yawning.
"Oh, yer sleepy, aren't ye, little fella?" Shannon replied. "I know I'm tired too, what do ye say we both get some rest?"
Little Dipper agreed with her while stretching sleepily.
It began to rain heavily outside as Shannon changed into her pajamas and decided to join the new puppy on the couch for tonight since he was new to her home, and where it felt good to have his company.
"When I fell asleep that night, I awoke to the strangest sound I'd ever heard in all me life." Shannon continued to narrate.
The noise startled Shannon as she and Little Dipper woke up. Since Shannon looked worried, Little Dipper began to bark protectively. They soon heard it coming from the window as it opened. Lightning flashed outside which made Little Dipper whimper and hide under the couch while shivering. Shannon saw the flashes and heard the strange noises as it startled her as well, she then rushed to the windows to shut them before gasping as she saw beady red eyes in the darkness which made her scream as she saw a monster out the window. Hearing her scream, caused Little Dipper to get over his fear.
End of Flashback
"And then it was gone," Shannon soon concluded the story as she stared out the window. "Just like that."
They all then heard shaking metal and turned to see Shaggy and Scooby being so scared that they hid in the armor.
"Come on, you two, out of the armor." Fred firmly told the cowardly duo.
"Yeah, besides, you shouldn't be in there." Cherry said.
"Like, ever heard of Scotland the Brave?" Shaggy replied. "Meet Shaggy the Chicken."
"Reah!" Scooby added before clucking like a chicken.
"Are you two ever going to grow spines and courage?" Cherry scoffed to the cowardly duo. "If the Cowardly Lion can get courage, so can you guys."
"Jeepers!" Daphne gasped. "So the monster isn't locked in the loch?"
"Nope." Little Dipper shook his head
"Many people claimed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster on land." Velma educated.
"And where most of those people only say that to get attention." Cherry said.
"I tried to tell meself that it was only a dream, but-" Shannon frowned.
"It was not a dream," A different voice replied. "And last night's shipwreck was no accident."
"Who's there?" Domino barked protectively.
A young woman took out a book and soon spun with the bookshelf like in a typical haunted house before arriving to the ground floor where the others were and had a cup of tea in her grasp. "It was the great beast of the Loch."
This of course scared Shaggy and Scooby as they wondered who this woman was.
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet-" Shannon was about to introduce.
"Professor Fiona Pembrooke!" Velma gasped as she brought out her book while rushing to the woman. "Scotland's most accomplished Loch Ness expert, and author of the book Legend of the Loch."
"Apparently a fan who's does her research." Fiona smiled.
"Give me a break." Cherry muttered as she refused to believe in the Loch Ness Monster.
"I read that you're still trying to prove that the monster exists," Velma smiled back to Fiona. "Even though it has destroyed your career, demolished your scientific credibility, and devastated you financially!"
"Apparently too much research." Little Dipper said.
Later on, everyone sat in the dining hall...
"Wow, Professor!" Velma beamed as she took a look with Annie and Hallie who looked quite curious. "These new pictures of the Loch Ness Monster are amazing."
"When did you take these pictures?" Annie smiled.
"I was out on the Loch by myself one day when all of a sudden there she was," Fiona informed. "Right next to my boat."
"Look, Cherry, actual photographic evidence." Hallie said as she showed some photographs to the nay-saying perky goth.
"Photo Shop." Cherry said.
Hallie and Annie frowned to Cherry.
"Well, after the world sees these, everyone will believe in the monster," Velma decided. "Even you, Cherry."
"Baloney!" Cherry coughed.
"Oh, bless you, Cher Bear." Bud smiled.
"So, when's the food coming?" Patch asked.
"Should be real soon." Fiona replied as she took her photos back.
"Dinner is served," Shannon announced as she came into the dining hall with the others. "I prepared a traditional Scottish dinner for ye, so ye'd all get a good taste of the Highlands."
"What's for dinner?" Darla asked.
"Like, we're ready to start tasting!" Shaggy beamed. "Right, Scoob?"
"Right!" Scooby replied.
"We'll be startin' with haggis." Shannon informed as she showed their first dinner course.
"What's in it?" Annie asked.
"Oh, it's just a boiled sheep's stomach stuffed with diced liver and kidneys." Shannon smiled.
"Pass it over and quick!" Bud beamed while his wife and daughter looked disgusted and horrified.
Shaggy and Scooby didn't object as they passed it over to Bud.
"Well, I'll be!" Darla gasped. "Never thought I'd live to see Shaggy and Scooby turn down food."
Bud smiled as he happily ate the haggis while everyone else didn't look so hungry anymore. That was until there was the sound of a window shattering.
"Incoming!" Cherry yelped before ducking down in a panic.
"Zoinks!" Shaggy cried out. "It's the monster!"
"That's no monster, it's a man!" Fred told him.
"A man in a dress." Darla commented.
"That's a kilt." Atticus educated her.
"Sorry about that," The man smirked. "Still quite a smashing entrance, don't ye think?"
"Sir Ian, ye've arrived," Shannon smiled. "Welcome to Blake Castle."
"Who?" The girls asked.
"Everyone, it's my honor to introduce the Head Field Judge for this year's Highland Games-" Shannon was about to introduce.
"Sir Ian Locksley!" Velma gasped. "Director of the Scottish Natural History Museum, and author of the book: Monster, My Foot."
"Velma, how many books of your favorite authors do you have?" Patch asked.
"Oh, I couldn't count them all," Velma smiled. "You could say I have a book for every occasion."
"Where did that wood come from anyway?" Cherry asked.
"Please excuse the window," Sir Ian replied. "I found this caber outside, and I couldn't resist giving it a good toss, for old time's sake."
Little Dipper simply sighed as he knew that would cost money.
"No, that'll be fine..." Shannon sighed herself with a small smile.
"So, let me get this straight," Shaggy spoke up. "You're a museum director, and a judge for the games? Now, that's what I call multitasking."
"I'm Atticus," Atticus smiled as he shook Sir Ian's hand. "I'll be in the games."
"Ah, yes, I did hear about an American competitor this year," Sir Ian smiled back. "Nice grip ya got there, sonny."
"Thank you, sir; I make sure to keep myself in shape." Atticus smiled.
"Sir Ian, according to your book, you believe the Loch Ness Monster is all a bunch of hooey." Velma said to the Scottish man as she approached him with her book.
"It is," Cherry droned icily. "I mean, who would believe in a fake monster?"
"Cherry..." Michelle sighed to her daughter.
"Come on, Mom, you can't tell me you believe in this nonsense." Cherry replied.
"I do." Michelle nodded.
"Oh, brother." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"I have to agree with the lass," Sir Ian said to Michelle and the others as he took Velma's book and soon signed it before handing it back to her. "Hooey, nonsense, poppycock, and fiddle-faddle. Now, there ye are, ye've got yerself an autograph." He soon saw Fiona and glared.
"Hello, Ian~" Fiona smirked.
"You two know each other?" Domino asked.
"Ian and I were once colleagues." Fiona replied.
"Colleagues?!" Sir Ian scoffed. "Hardly! She was my research assistant!"
"Aye! Until ye had me fired!" Fiona glared.
"I was tryin' to run a museum!" Sir Ian replied firmly. "I can't have one of my staff spending all their time chasing after imaginary monsters."
"She's not imaginary, Ian," Fiona glared. "We've been through this before!"
"Are they going to get through the first meal?" Darla wondered to the others.
"This would be an interesting dinner." Annie said to Darla.
"I don't think the two of them will make it past the appetizers." Hallie commented.
"This could take a while." Domino agreed.
"Please, both of you, we're all sharing the castle tonight, let's put our differences aside for now," Shannon came to break up the fight between Sir Ian and Fiona. "Have ye seen the field, Sir Ian? It's fantastic."
"Oh, yes, my dear, brilliant," Sir Ian smiled to her. "Reminds me of the Games of '74."
"Um, the Games of '74?" Patch repeated out of confusion.
"Oh, 1974, what a year..." Michelle smiled. "I was just a little girl with Aunt Eglantine~"
"I was probably watching football." Bud shrugged with a small chuckle as he didn't remember much of his life before he had met and married his wife.
"Well, I just know that this year will have a winner from America." Darla smiled.
"Aw, thanks, kiddo." Atticus smiled back to his little sister.
"That man has absolutely no regard for true scientific discovery." Fiona shook her head with a scoff about Sir Ian.
"What scientific discovery?!" Cherry replied. "There is no science proof on the Loch Ness Monster!"
"I believe Katie told me that's what you said when you played Jumanji for the first time." Michelle told her daughter.
"That's different." Cherry said.
"Come on, Cherry, this is the Loch Ness Monster, a famous urban legend, real or not," Atticus replied. "Jumanji was a board game!"
"Thankfully I won't be involved in something like that ever again..." Cherry replied. "Which is why for game night, I suggest Zathura."
"Nice." Atticus said.
"Like, the only discovery I'd be interested in is an all-night pizza joint." Shaggy whispered to Scooby.
"Reah!" Scooby agreed. "Rizza roint!"
"How about after dinner, we hit the hay?" Michelle suggested.
Bud soon yawned as if on cue which made Michelle giggle. "Good idea, dear." He then told his wife.
"That's a good boy, Bud." Michelle smiled to him.
Cherry looked out the window as night fell. "Oh, man, the night looks so pretty."
Everyone soon went to bed. Little Dipper stayed with Shannon while Patch of course stayed with Atticus and Domino was with Annie and Hallie, and where Scooby's stomach started to growl.
"Scoob, with your stomach growing like that, we'll never get to sleep!" Shaggy complained.
Scooby pouted as he couldn't help it as his stomach continued to growl since they both skipped dinner. The two of them soon left their room to get something to eat. Patch's left ear came up while he was sleeping, he then looked around before shrugging and going back to sleep.
Cherry soon woke up herself and sat up in her bed with a cough. "I'm thirsty..." she told herself while going to get a glass of water while Shaggy and Scooby went to get some food, and where they were going down one hall.
"Like, Cherry, is that you?" Shaggy yelped.
"Hey, Shaggy," Cherry smirked since she had scared him while getting herself a glass of water. "I figured you'd be up for a midnight snack or five."
"Like, me and Scoob are." Shaggy said.
"I'm actually a little hungry too," Cherry shrugged. "Maybe I could get myself a little something to snack on."
"Like, how far is it to the nearest vending machine?" Shaggy asked as he looked around.
"Come on, I think I saw a kitchen downstairs." Cherry told them as she used her own night vision while they used a candle.
"Like, thanks." Shaggy said.
"Now, don't get scared, whatever you're scared of is more afraid of you than you are of-" Cherry told them before yelping once she saw a spider walk off from its cobweb and climbed onto the bridge of her nose. "Shoo! Shoo!" she whispered anxiously to the spider, trying to blow it off.
Unfortunately for her, it wasn't going away.
"Get off!" Cherry begged. "Please, spider, please, just get off of me!"
The spider stayed put.
"Why are you torturing me?!" Cherry cried out. "I feel like I'm on an assignment in Magic School!" She soon began to run off without thinking.
The spider seemed to snicker at her misfortune and fear.
"Okay, unless we're completely lost, the kitchen should be right around the corner," Shaggy told Scooby. "Since Cherry won't help us like she promised."
They soon saw the path was creepy.
"Did I say kitchen?" Shaggy laughed nervously to Scooby. "I mean creepy hallway. Okay, maybe it's this way..."
The two soon backed up against a cobweb and yelped at the wrong turn before turning away yet again, and they began to go down the hallway.
Cherry looked in the mirror as she checked her face before splashing sink water against herself. "Okay, keep it together, Cherry," she then told herself. "It's just a stupid spider... It can't hurt you... It's more afraid of you than you are of it. It's nothing really scary like The Horned King," She then realized that she left Shaggy and Scooby alone. "Aw, man." she said to herself before going off after the cowardly duo.
Scooby whimpered as he continued to follow after Shaggy.
"It's okay Scoob, like, just keep telling yourself there's no such things as monsters." Shaggy comforted his best friend.
A loose curtain soon fell on Scooby.
"Shaggy? Scooby?" Cherry called out before she soon heard a familiar scream of about a ghost. This made her sigh as she went to the direction of the screaming.
"Rhost?" Scooby shivered underneath the curtain.
Cherry took the curtain off to see that it was just Scooby. "Shaggy, you can come out now, it's just Scooby."
"Oh, uh, like, I knew that.'" Shaggy smiled sheepishly.
Cherry rolled her eyes to that.
They were soon outside. Cherry looked up as several pairs of beady red eyes lit up in the darkness before swarming out as they were bats.
"Scream and run," Cherry deadpanned as Shaggy and Scooby soon ran away for their lives. "Of course, I should have seen that coming."
Shaggy and Scooby ran outside while Cherry slowly walked after them and they closed the doors to shut out the bats.
"We did it, guys," Shaggy panted. "Safe and sound."
"And locked outside of the castle!" Cherry glared.
"Oops." Shaggy smiled sheepishly.
"Ruh-roh." Scooby muttered.
"Well, look on the bright side, guys," Shaggy smiled. "At least it's not raining."
"It's Scotland, it rains more times here than in America." Cherry deadpanned as it began to rain right on cue.
Scooby soon brought out an umbrella.
"Good thinking, old pal," Shaggy smiled and pet his Great Dane. "It'll take more than a rainstorm to dampen our spirits."
"Oh, joy," Cherry muttered before turning around and she saw some sort of monster. "Uh, what's that?"
"T-The Loch Ness Monster!" Shaggy yelped.
"But it's not real!" Cherry's eyes widened.
"Does that look real to you?!" Shaggy asked out of fear.
"Okay, I have an idea." Cherry smirked calmly.
"Like, yeah?" Shaggy replied.
"RUN!" Cherry then yelled out before beginning the chase with Shaggy and Scooby.
And where the Loch Ness Monster didn't stop chasing them.
"That has to be a very convincing costume!" Cherry called out as she ran with Shaggy and Scooby.
"Like, Cherry, that's no costume, that's the Loch Ness Monster!" Shaggy told her.
"B-But it's not real!" Cherry yelped.
They all yelled out and kept running as the bridge seemed to be falling down behind them with the Loch Ness Monster chasing them. The bridge soon gave out and they all hung for dear life before climbing up and running into the castle for cover.
"Get away from me!" Cherry told the monster as she ran up the stairs with Shaggy and Scooby.
Unfortunately, the monster wouldn't leave them. Cherry grunted and panted as she ran with Shaggy and Scooby while getting dizzy due to running in a spiral staircase. The monster even caught them at the top as lightning flashed which made them run back down.
"Could this get any worse?!" Cherry yelped.
The monster soon began to attack the castle.
"Of course it can!" Cherry cried out.
The tower began to fall over. Cherry, Shaggy, and Scooby held onto each other as they began to slide down, and where they ended up in the sports field. The tower soon smashed one tent and crushed the others by falling on top of them. Shaggy, Scooby, and Cherry got out of the tower to catch their breath only for the Loch Ness Monster to crash after them.
"What is this?!" Cherry cried out. "Some sort of Fantasia short?!"
"Like, I don't care!" Shaggy screamed. "Just run!"
The three soon ran all around as the Loch Ness Monster continued to chase after them. Not even hiding in the tents could help them out.
Meanwhile, the others came outside to see what all of the commotion was while Cherry, Shaggy, and Scooby looked scared about dealing with the Loch Ness Monster any further, and where they saw a shadow coming to them.
"It's Shaggy, Scooby, and Cherry!" Fred exclaimed as he uncovered the tent with the others. "Guys, what happened?"
"Scooby... Stomach... Bats... Kitchen... Rainstorm... Chase... Monster!" Shaggy stammered.
"Reah!" Scooby added. "Ronster!"
"Come again?" Annie asked.
"And I thought ve Scottish spoke funny." Shannon commented while Little Dipper had to nod in agreement.
"They were searching for a late night snack and were chased down here by the monster." Daphne told her cousin.
"And I can't believe I'm saying this, but it it was real." Cherry gulped.
"Something made these foot prints..." Velma said as she snapped a photo on the ground with her camera.
Little Dipper came from beside Shannon and sniffed the giant foot print. Fiona was even outside with them as she took pictures.
"Ugh, curse me kilt!" Sir Ian grunted as he came outside to see all the ruckus. "Can't a man get a decent night's rest without-" he then gasped at the sight. "Dear, me!"
"Yeah, the Games Field is trashed." Bud told him.
"This is an outrage!" Sir Ian snapped with a sharp glare. "Look what you've done!"
"Hey, we didn't do anything!" Cherry glared back.
"Yeah, they were being chased!" Little Dipper barked.
"We're lucky we survived!" Shaggy shivered with Scooby.
"And what chased and tried to eat you?" Sir Ian glared at the perky goth and the cowardly duo.
"The Loch Ness Monster and it's real!" Cherry glared back.
"Oh, so now you believe in the Loch Ness Monster." Atticus said to Cherry.
"For the last time, there is no such as THE LOCH NESS MONSTER!" Sir Ian argued as he yelled so loud that his voice echoed all throughout the United Kingdom.
"Then explain how the Games Field was destroyed?" Michelle asked.
"She's right, Ian, look, the proof is all around us." Fiona added.
"Miss Blake, I do not wish to spend more moment at Blake Castle!" Sir Ian glared to Shannon as Little Dipper growled protectively.
"Hey, like, us neither," Shaggy smiled nervously as he stood with Scooby. "We'll call a cab. Hit it, Scoob!"
"Raxi!" Scooby called out, waving his paw.
"Oh, come on, like a taxi would come here at this time of night." Cherry scoffed. Suddenly a taxi rode over which made Cherry plop onto the windshield before falling flat on the ground.
"CHERRY!" Bud and Michelle yelped and came to their fallen daughter.
"Cherry, are you still alive?" Michelle cooed.
"Unfortunately..." Cherry muttered.
Scooby soon rushed to the taxi cab and opened the door for Shaggy so they could leave Scotland, and where Sir Ian was being included.
"Boy, vacations never seem to last, do they?" Shaggy smiled as he took his luggage. "Don't forget to write."
"Get off of me..." Cherry told her parents before standing up and dusting herself clean as she walked away from the taxi.
The taxi soon drove off for a little while with Shaggy, Scooby, and Sir Ian only to stop.
"Are we there yet?" Shaggy asked.
Suddenly, they were all kicked out of the taxi cab with their luggage.
"Wow, quick trip." Shaggy muttered.
"Sir Ian, wait!" Shannon cried out as she rushed over to the taxi cab with Little Dipper. "Please!"
"Young lady, ye see that ye have the game filled in order by opening day, or I see to it that Blake Castle never hosts anything larger than a miniature GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT MUFFY KILLIGAN WOULD BE ASHAMED OF!" Sir Ian glared at Shannon. "Driver!"
The cab then drove off with the man as he didn't wish to spend the night in Blake Castle.
"Muffy..." Annie muttered at the name as she seemed to know that name.
"Who?" Darla asked.
"Are you okay, Annie?" Hallie asked her twin sister as she looked shallow and weak now.
"Muffy..." Annie repeated. "That was Grandmother's nickname... Her real name was Mackenzie Aileen, but everyone called her 'Muffy', especially her brother she called 'Duff'."
"Whoa." Hallie said.
"Did she like golf?" Darla asked.
"Yeah, but not as much as her brother..." Annie replied.
"Wait... Brother named Duff... Muffy Killigan... Your uncle is one of Kim Possible's greatest enemies?!" Cherry asked.
"I don't really remember Uncle Duff, but... I guess he could be..." Annie shrugged. "Oh, how horrible for Grandmother to have a villain for a brother."
"I can relate to having a villain for a relative." Atticus said.
Annie and Hallie looked over to Atticus.
"Yeah..." Cherry had to agree. "He even wants me dead..."
"Just because he thinks my friendship with you is holding me back..." Atticus sighed about that.
'Wow..." Annie and Hallie said.
"I'll tell you later, it's late right now." Atticus told the girls.
Shannon looked miserable about Sir Ian leaving and Little Dipper nuzzled up to her in comfort. Velma soon noticed where the foot prints went to.
"Come on, Velma, I'm tired now." Cherry walked off once she was now bored of standing around.
"Jinkies!" Velma exclaimed once she saw where the foot prints led.
"What did you find?" Cherry groaned once she heard that.
"The foot prints," Velma pointed out. "They don't lead to the loch, they lead into town!"
"That's strange." Annie said.
"I guess we have some of our own detective work to do." Hallie suggested bravely.
"Yep." Domino nodded.
Annie looked nervous while Hallie and Domino looked determined.
"You look like Merida right now, Hallie." Darla commented.
"Thank you, Darla!" Hallie smiled.
"We'll have to solve this mystery after some good night's sleep." Atticus said.
"Sounds good to me, Atticus." Fred agreed.
"Same here." Patch yawned.
Shaggy and Scooby of course didn't like the idea of a mystery as everyone else went off to bed, however, Annie seemed to be just as worried and scared as they were, and where luckily, she would no longer be scared at some point in the adventure.
"Are you sure you think you can help solve this mystery, Atticus?" Patch asked his owner. "I mean, nobody's solved this one for over 1,500 years."
"I'm sure there's something I can do," Atticus replied. "I am a detective... Well, not exactly now, but I will be someday."
"What makes you so interested about being a detective anyway?" Patch asked. "You'd think your parents would be detectives too or something."
"No, I'm just so interested." Atticus said.
"Just thought I'd ask." Patch replied.
"My biggest influence was Nancy Drew," Atticus shrugged. "Especially after that time I got to meet her from that contest before you became my pet dog and I reunited with my family."
"Was Sherlock Holmes a real person or just a book?" Patch wondered.
Atticus yawned. "A fictional character as far as I know... Cherry told me that she once met Basil of Baker Street who was The Great Mouse Detective."
"Wow." Patch said.
They soon all went to bed, though thanks to the talk with Patch, Atticus dreamed about being a famous detective for when he would grow up while Patch dreamed about meeting Sherlock Holmes himself, but for some reason, he saw Tom and Jerry in his dream.