AN: I OWN NOTHING OF THE SCOOBY DOO FRANCHISE!!!!

Chapter Seven: The Second Warning

Once inside the library, the search began. Melinda looked all over the place, but she just couldn't find anything on Sir Lawrence in the library. After a while, they called it quits and Melinda snuck back into the hotel and into bed. The next morning however, Melinda began to search her thoughts for any mention of the chest. Her mother used to talk about some chest in some other place, but Melinda didn't think she could place it to this chest in Italy. She was about to use the book for a memory spell that would allow her to see into that memory deeper, but it was time to head back to the mansion.

"Alright, Velma, take your kids and go back to the basement, see if you can find anything else. Melinda, you, Shaggy, and Scooby finish your search on this floor, Daphne, you, me, and the kids will go look on the third floor this time. Got it?" Fred began the split up.
"Got it!" Everyone said together.

Daphne came to a locked door at the end of the hallway. When nothing she tried could open it, she called out for Fred. Fred came down the hall and was running to hit the door when it flew open. He crashed into the wall on the other side.
"It's open Daph." He said, putting a hand to his head. The children shrieked and Daphne and Fred looked up. There, hanging from the ceiling in the corner of the room, was a sickening sight. A dead body hung from rope tied to a hook. It was the body of Mr. Harrison.

Nothing was found in the kitchen of the first floor, but Shaggy and scooby sure found clues of their own in the refridgerator.
"Guys, they're not paying us to eat them out of house and home." Melinda scorned as they walked down the hallways of the first floor.
"Like, who said we did it?" Shaggy stated as they walked into a room accross from Harry's.
"Hi." A voice said from behind. Shaggy and Scooby jumped and turned around shakily.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. It's only me." Harry said walking over to them. "Just wanted to know if you've seen my uncle, can't find him anywhere."
"No, sorry." Melinda said. "But, we'll be sure to keep an eye out for him."
"Thank you, I appreciate it." Harry said looking at his watch. "Oh, sorry I've got to run and pick up Scarlette from the groomers, I'll see you later?"
"Sure." Melinda said as he walked off.
"I don't like him." Shaggy said.
"Of course you don't." Melinda said, her voice slightly mocking. "Now come on, we're here to look for clues, now let's find some." Melinda walked accross the baren room and to the closet. When she opened it, she almost wasn't surprised at what she saw. There in the corner of the cloest lay a dead butler with a note attached to it's forehead. Melinda took the note and read it.

We warned you once,
Our most clever friend,
But should you stay,
You'll never leave again.

She read the note aloud.
"Well, I think it's settled. We're out of here!" Shaggy said rushing towards the door.
"Oh no you don't! This is no time to be chicken!" Melinda said taking hold of his shirt and grabbing Scooby by the collar before he could sneak past her. "We promised to solve a mystery, and we're going to solve a mystery."
"Like, can't we sit this one out? I mean the second we get back there's going to be another spooky mystery someplace else!"
"No, now come on." Melinda released them and headed back towards the body. From her red back-pack she pulled her camera. She took pictures of the body from all angles. Next, she took out a conveinient body-bag.
"You brought a body-bag?" Shaggy asked.
"Of course." Melinda said as though it should have been obvious they'd need one.