Everyone got to Ben's studio, Thorn went to take a look at the portrait of Sarah, learning about the ancestor herself. Luna was explaining how her father was a dentist and he outfitted the fangs for her, Thorn, and Dusk, showing their fangs were fake like Atticus told them they were. The Mayor then went to apologize for Ben for such trouble he had caused. And where Cherry's mother came in after the mayor.
"Mom!" Cherry rushed over to her mother. "Where were you? I was worried sick!"
"Yeah, where have you been?" Atticus asked.
"I was just trying to search for Sarah's journal." Michelle explained.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Cherry asked.
Ben smirked to Michelle, he looked flattered and crushing on her again.
"I wanted it to be a surprise, but unfortunately, I couldn't find it." Michelle said.
Cherry hugged her mother. "I was worried something must've happened to you..."
Michelle hugged back. "I'm sorry, sweetie..."
"Thank you for trying, Michelle..." Ben sounded extremely grateful.
Mr. McKnight even came in, it looked like the Mayor and him were going to apologize. The Mayor and Mr. McKnight apologized and mentioned how they even dug up Sarah's grave.
"Grave?" Ben asked. "What grave?"
"Yeah, you never mentioned any grave." Atticus said.
"I'm sorry..." Corey gulped slightly. "You see, Ben, I lied to you when you asked me if we found anything of Sarah's while we were building the puritan village."
"We did," Mr. McKnight added in. "It was her grave marker, we bulldozed under a pile of rocks and found it."
"No bones though." Corey said then.
"No book?" Ben sounded upset about that like his heart was going to break, he must have been very upset about that so he could clear his family name.
Atticus could see that this really hurt Ben very dearly.
"Nothing but the grave marker, we swear, Ben." Mr. McKnight confirmed there was nothing else with Sarah's remains.
"We don't even know where her grave is." Corey shrugged.
"Nothing except that stump by Miller's Creek." Michelle added.
This made Atticus and Velma gasp, getting an idea as they now went to the portrait. The others had the same idea. Sarah's portrait was shown with her holding the book of course back in the 17th century.
"I think I might know where Sarah's journal might be." Atticus said.
"I've been around the oak tree plenty of times though." Ben stated.
Velma asked Shaggy for the shoe buckle he found, revealing it was a lock to Sarah's book, and asked Scooby to track it down for them since he was a dog.
"Come on, everyone!" Cherry called, they could solve this mystery now.
"Yeah!" Atticus called.
Scooby led everyone outside as he sniffed the ground. Cherry clung to her mother as they went, she was really close with her mom and was devastated when they couldn't contact each other, she sort of understood why, but wished she would knew so she could stop her worrying. Scooby continued to follow the scent until he got to the exact same spot.
"Rhere." Scooby said as he pointed to the tree stump.
"All these years I was searching the wrong oak tree..." Ben observed, shocked and amazed.
"It was cut down years ago, maybe that's why you couldn't find it." Cherry said to the author.
Michelle smiled. "My daughter's so smart."
"You gotta dig deeper, Scooby." Velma told the Great Dane.
"Ruh-uh," Scooby shook his head. "Ro ray!"
"Can I have a box of Scooby Snacks?" Atticus asked fred.
Fred handed the box over.
"Would you do it for a Scooby Snack?" Velma bribed.
Scooby still refused to do it.
"Would you do it for two Scooby Snacks?" Atticus bribed.
Scooby thought about it for a minute, licked his lips and agreed. "Rokay!"
When Atticus threw the snacks in the air, Scooby jumped up and happily caught the treats in his mouth, being one happy dog. He then quickly dug under the tree stump, eager to find what they were all looking for. Scooby hit something hard.
"What did you find?" Ben asked as he heard Scooby hit something hard.
"Rox!" Scooby replied.
"Rocks?" Ben was confused again.
Scooby came out with a box.
"A box!" Daphne gasped.
"Sarah's journal must be in that box." Atticus said as they made their way to the box.
Ben was eager to get to the box first, he opened the box and found the book he had been looking for. He claimed he was very excited and he opened the book and flipped through it.
"Looks a little devilish to belong to a Wiccan healer..." Cherry remarked.
"Yeah, it looks a little evil." Daphne agreed.
"Ben, this doesn't seem like a journal at all." Velma told the author.
Ben grinned darkly. "That's because it isn't... Sarah isn't a Wiccan, she was indeed a witch."
This shocked everyone by this news.
"A real witch?" Thorn shivered slightly.
"Yes," Ben narrowed his eyes at everyone. "Because of Mabeline Youngblood and her granddaughter for also being witches, Sarah was the one accused just for being evil and they never got caught for their powers!"
"Don't talk about my mother that way!" Michelle glared at him. "I knew there had to be a reason why I broke up with you before the prom when we were juniors in high school!"
"Right, because your family bewitched you just like your horrible mother." Ben glared.
"Leave Grandma alone!" Cherry looked just as angry.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Ben shoved her aside, not caring he was harming one of his biggest fans.
"Hey, leave them alone!" Atticus said loudly.
"And since Sarah's blood runs in my veins, that makes me a warlock." Ben grinned darkly to everyone, holding the book close to him.
"Warlock?" Scooby and Shaggy asked in fear.
"Michelle's mother imprisoned Sarah in her own spell book," Ben smirked to them, especially her. "I was angry with you, Michelle, but I'm willing to forgive you... If..."
"If what?" Michelle asked.
Ben pulled her closer. "If you'll be mine after all these years, I've been in love with you ever since I became a new student in eighth grade and we had that writing class together, I let you read my stories before I became a published author! One word, Michelle, that's all it takes!"
Atticus began to tighten his knuckles out of anger with how Ben was acting.
Michelle removed his arm. "Never! I'm already married and I'd never marry someone who would hurt my family!"
Ben glared at her. "Have it your way."
"You lied to us, Ben!" Velma hissed, she didn't like this man anymore.
Ben didn't seem to care what they thought.
"Why would you do this?" Cherry glared, shaking her fists in anger.
"I've been searching for years. Then I read about your exploits, I knew if anyone could help me find the book, it was you and your friends. I orchestrated the whole mummy scheme, paying off the archaeologists and the security guards, just to lure you to the museum so we could meet. Yes, girls, I tricked you into helping me and it worked." Ben explained, looking to Velma, Cherry, and Michelle when he finished.
This made Atticus tighten his knuckles even more out of rage with how Ben tricked them.
"And you were in on Ben's plan too!" Fred pointed sharply to Mayor Corey and Mr. McKnight.
"No, we're just as surprised as you are!" Corey spoke up. "Honest!"
Mr. McKnight nodded in agreement.
"For once, he's telling the truth..." Ben nearly sneered. "That stupid fake ghost was the town's idea!"
'That is just cold.' Atticus thought.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Cherry glared harshly.
"I know why," Velma stepped in. "Because if we knew what that book was, we wouldn't have helped him!"
"But you can't imagine the power of this book, no mere mortal can!" Ben taunted everyone.
"You've been reading too many of your own horror stories, Ravencroft!" Fred snapped.
"Typical mortal response..." Ben scowled with a laugh.
Michelle folded her arms. "You'll never have me."
"Very well, Michelle," Ben looked to her. "I just hope you realize if I can't have you... NOBODY CAN!" he yelled as he threw off his glasses and OPENED the book, ready to read the spell in it to bring Sarah Ravencroft back from the grave.
"Oh, no, he's about to read one of the spells from that spell book." Atticus said.
"Don't do this!" Cherry snapped.
"Shut up, you accidental birth!" Ben snapped back at her.
Michelle gasped that he had called her own daughter that and looked angry. This caused Atticus to glare at Ben and charge at him, wanting to use all his strength, even if it meant hurting Ben. Ben voiced the spell, which made a strong vortex rise over him, shielding himself from Atticus. Cherry ducked down, the wind grew stronger, even the trees shook a lot more than a normal wind. It looked like the end of the world as we know it. Ben ignored everyone telling him to stop as he was getting ready to bring Sarah back from the dead. Atticus continued on, even if there was a vortex shielding him.
Ben kicked Atticus away, making him hit a tree. "Stay away from me, freaky boy!" But when he kicked Atticus away, he suddenly felt pain in his right foot. Ben shrugged it off and saw Corey, Mr. McKnight, and Michelle running off. "Leaving so soon?" he taunted, then raised his hand to summon lasers to trap them with the trees. "The party's just beginning!"
Atticus shook off what he had experienced and gasped at what he saw.
"Daddy!" Thorn rushed to her father.
Ben laughed, then tied up the Hex Girls. "Can I spin a yarn or what?" He looked down to Cherry. "Now... What do I do with you? Your mother didn't want me, your father isn't here for me to waste away... Decisions, decisions..."
"Just let me go..." Cherry whispered. "Please..."
"I don't think so, young lady..." Ben picked her up, he threw her far off.
Cherry screamed as she was thrown, then her hood was caught against a high tree branch and she had no way of getting down.
"Hey, leave them alone!" Atticus exclaimed as he got up and began to ran towards ben once more and was going to make sure that Ben felt the power of his strength no matter what.
Ben put his hand down on Atticus's forehead when the boy ran toward him. "I suggest you leave now..." he growld darkly as he kept the book secure in his grasp. But he felt himself getting pushed back this time.
"I will not give up so easily!" Atticus yelled. He then grabbed Ben's arm and threw him across the area, crashing into the ground injured, but still able to continue the spells.
Ben had to question how Atticus could do that, but he grinned as he still had the book. He was ready to summon Sarah once he got back up on his feet.
"You won't get away with this, Ben Ravencroft!" Cherry SNAPPED as she still dangled high above from the ground.
"Why?" Ben continue to taunt. "Because of those meddling kids?"
"Hey, we're not kids!" Fred yelled, defensively.
Atticus then rushed to Shaggy and Scooby and told them his plan of how they were going to stop the summoning of Sarah Ravencroft. Scooby and Shaggy of course didn't want to do it at first, but they had to. They listened to what Atticus had to say. Atticus began to bring them both to the Mystery Machine so then Shaggy can drive it while they all would save the gang and Cherry and later on Atticus would get the book away from Ben.
"Ooh, I wanna get down, but at the same time, I do not..." Cherry was very scared of the height she was trapped onto.
Ben made fire appear everywhere to scare and slow everyone down, he then flipped the pages to find the awakening spell to bring Sarah back from the dead. Shaggy, Scooby, and Atticus began to do his plan drove off to rescue Cherry and the gang. Cherry wiggled, the branch snapped and she was about to fall and get seriously hurt, she covered her eyes and screamed, expecting to be killed. But she didn't feel death, she felt like someone had saved her and where it was Atticus who was on top of the Mystery Machine which also put out the fire Ben started.
Cherry opened one eye. "I don't know whether to be relieved or angry..." she mumbled because she didn't die.
"You're welcome." Atticus said as he got her down and into the Mystery Machine as the rest of the gang got inside as well.
"Like, all right!" Shaggy cheered. "Away from Witchville!"
Scooby had the book with him and handed it to Cherry to keep.
Ben was nowhere to be seen so far, it made everyone nervous.
"Keep your eyes open, you never know of where he will appear." Atticus said while keeping a look out for Ben.
Cherry nodded, keeping the book closer. Ben landed onto the hood of the Mystery Machine, making everyone scream suddenly. He even smashed the top so he could break into the window and get the book.
Velma had an idea. "Cherry, your great-grandmother and grandmother were witches, you can read the book and send Ben and his spells away!"
"Uhh... I-I can't..." Cherry said as she grasped the book, yes, that was true, but she couldn't do it for a different reason.
"What?" Atticus asked. "What do you mean you can't?"
"You have witch bloodline in you, don't you?" Velma asked.
Cherry rubbed her arm nervously. "My mother was sort of adopted..."
"Like, now you tell us!" Shaggy groaned.
"Reah!" Scooby agreed.
Ben reached in, snatched the book and hopped up again, getting away from them.
"Dang it, should have grabbed it," Atticus said, slamming down his fist on the vehicle, leaving a dent. "I'll fix that later."
"Like, I hope you do, buddy..." Shaggy was startled by that.
Scooby rushed to get the book from Ben. The rest of the gang, Cherry, and Atticus followed Scooby.
The Mystery Machine accidentally crashed into the gift shop, but luckily, no one was hurt. Ben had been shooting fireballs to make the tires pop to get them to crash and get killed. He even made them crash to the turkey farm, but Shaggy did his best to avoid injury to them all. Ben finally kept the book and he was able to open it up yet again, but this time, he actually had the chance to summon Sarah like he had been trying before he was 'rudely interrupted'.
"Oh, no." Atticus said wide eyed as the real ghost of Sarah Ravencroft was summoned.