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

Chapter Fouteen: Hooded Figures

"Your Auras, it's rare." Melinda commented, still not coming closer to him. Harry smiled.
"Just like yours if I'm not mistaken?" He asked. Melinda nodded.
"Now you know why I was so attracted to you. It's not everyday we meet one of our own."
"How did you know?"
"There were two clues. One, your last name is Cromwell, I assume you come from the all too infamous family line. Two, I could see you pendant. Allora's if I'm correct?" Melinda gave a nervous sigh.
"Yes, both clues are correct. I just have one question for you." She looked back into his eyes.
"Ask away."
"Are you involved with this mystery?"

Fred struggled against his bonds but it was to no avail. He was stuck here whether he wanted to be or not. He thought of what the 'Sir Lawrence' had said about Kylie. He probably suspected the same would happen to his sons. He hung his head. He had to give up. There was no choice, he couldn't escape.

Daphne awoke from her sleep in a dark, strange room. She looked around hoping to find one of the others with her, but no one was in sight. She tried to stand, but was immediantly dizzy and fell back to the hard, stone floor. She heard a door on the far-side of the room open. Inside came a man dressed in dark robes and an old Frenchman's uniform. His face was hidden by the hood of his cloak. In one hand, he held a chain. She followed the chain with her eyes and noticed it held two captors. She also noticed that they were the size of children and that they were both wearing long robes, hiding their faces from sight. She looked back to the man and noticed that he held the other arm beneath his cloak, ask if holding something very dear. He walked his captors over to Daphne and tied the chain to a hook on the wall. He then took his free hand and removed the hoods from the children heads. Daphne couldn't believe her eyes. Standing before her were Danny and James! Once they recognized their mother, they both immediatly fled to her and embraced her in relief. The man, then took his arm from beneath his cloak to reveal a red-headed toddler.
"Kylie!" Daphne exclaimed as she was handed into the safety of her mother's arm. Daphne looked up to thank the man, but he was gone.

Velma waited for the impact, but it never came. She looked up and noticed that the man had frozen in an odd way before falling to ground with a loud thump. She looked up and noticed a strange woman wearing a dark cloak and a uniform of sorts standing in the doorway, her face hidden from sight beneath a hood. She came into the room more and Velma noticed that she had a chain in her hand. She followed the chain and saw that it held four small captors, each wearing hoods. The woman released the chain and took the hoods off of the small figures. Velma immediatly broke into a smile of relief as four of her children came into sight. Mary, Chastain, Anna, and Susie, immediatly ran to their mother and collapsed to the ground around her. Velma took each of them into a large hug and then turned to thank the stranger, but she was gone.

Scooby opened his eyes. He was in a cage. He attempted to stand, but it was clear that the area was too small. He looked around for fellow members, but only found Scarlette in a cage across the room. He was about to call out to her when the door creaked slowly open. Scooby shakily turned his head towards the door and shook even more when he noticed that the woman who walked in was wearing a very scary cloak and that he couldn't see her face beneath the hood. She came over quickly to Scooby and picked the lock of his cage with a strange device she had taken from beneath her cloak. She then took a chain and tied it around Scooby's collar before leading him out of the cage. She then walked across the room with him and did the same for Scarlette.