Drew wasn't at all happy to have Madelyn burst into his room as he was preparing for dinner that night. He turned to the shorter girl with a flat, annoyed look. She stalked into his room and Drew just knew, just knew there was something malevolent about her. He hadn't noticed it at first but now, he could tell it was there. Still, it did little to faze him as he met her fiery gaze with one of his own.
"Can I help you?"
"She's dead," Madelyn declared darkly.
"I don't follow,"
"Christina's dead,"
"She can't die," Drew scoffed.
"She will when I'm done with her,"
Malevolent or not Drew didn't care. He still grabbed the girl by her throat as he lifted her to his eye level. The malevolence in her eyes disappeared being replaced by fear.
"If you so much as hurt one hair on her head you, your sister and, your entire family will become my dinner,"
"Y-you don't scare me,"
"I should. I like to play with my food before I eat it, got it?"
"Yes,"
"Good," Drew declared as he dropped Madelyn.
Drew left Madelyn wheezing on the floor as he went to dinner. He was happy to see Christina wasn't sitting with Shaggy that night. He seized this opportunity to sit next to her.
When Whirlen entered Drew just knew things were about to get heated.
"Christina would you do us the honor-"
"Whirlen, I'm not in the mood right now," Christina interjected curtly.
"Please?"
"No,"
"Please,"
"No,"
"Plea-"
"Fine"
"Like, Christina, that isn't-"
"SHUT IT,"
Then Christina began to sing:
I don't like your little games
Don't like your tilted stage
The role you made me play
Of the fool, no, I don't like you
I don't like your perfect crime
How you laugh when you lie
You said the gun was mine
Isn't cool, no, I don't like you
Their surrounds instantly warped Gone was the cheery dining room. They were now standing in a snake-infested castle. The snakes weren't going after Christina, Sterling or, Shaggy (much to Drew's dismay) the snakes all went to Whirlen. Wrapping around his legs and slithering up his body.
"Like, Christina-"
she didn't listen and continued on.
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!
The snakes vanished. However, they couldn't relax for very long because they were transported into the cemetery. Whirlen was now being buried alive by birds. Angry birds. Crows and ravens.
"Christina, Please stop," Shaggy begged while Drew simply watched.
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
I don't like your kingdom keys
They once belonged to me
You asked me for a place to sleep
Locked me out and threw a feast (What?)
Now, Whirlen was trapped in a human-sized birdcage that just so happened to be on fire.
The world moves on, another day, another drama, drama
But not for me, not for me, all I think about is karma
And then the world moves on, but one thing's for sure
Maybe I got mine, but you'll all get yours
But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time
Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time
I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined
I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
"PLEASE, CHRISTINA, PLEASE"
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
I don't trust nobody and nobody trusts me
I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
(Ooh, look what you made me do)
(Look what you made me do)
(Look what you just made me do)
"I'm sorry, the old Christina can't come to the phone right now."
(Look what you just made me do)
(Look what you made me do)
(Look what you made me do)
"Why?"
(Look what you just made me do)
"Oh, 'cause she's dead!" (Oh!)
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me
Ooh, look what you made me do
Look what you made me do
Look what you just made me do
Look what you just made me do
…...
When the song ended Whirlen had been attacked by snakes, buried alive, trapped in a cage of fire, nearly drowned in a black river that reminded Shaggy of The River Styx, dumped into a vat of acid. There was much, much, much more but Shaggy's head was spinning. When they were finally returned to the dining room Christina had disappeared.
Shaggy was worried however, Christina wanted nothing to do with him and so, Shaggy was resigned to being Madelyn's helper for the next several days.
Whenever he had a free moment e tried to spend it with his girlfriend but he could almost never fin her.
He had no idea she was always right there.
…...
Christina and Sterling laid in wait for their chance to strike. They didn't have to wait very long as Fred and Daphne came down the hall.
Perfect.
Christina grinned as she recited a little spell that resulted in horrible acne for Daphne right in the middle of her kiss with Fred. This is what happened when people accused her of being "Horrible and unlike herself". How dare she say that! It was Shaggy's fault really. With all his demands to get her to "open up and tell me what's wrong," Christina wanted to pull her hair out. It had gotten so bad in fact, that she had locked both Shaggy and Scooby out of her room. She really didn't want to deal with them any longer.
"Great, now, let's pull one on Shaggy!" Sterling suggested as Christina flew them down the hall.
"I'd rather not," Christina sighed.
"Why not? Hasn't he been bothering you lately? Trying to get you to rein in your emotions and bury true self?"
It was true he had been bothering her lately but Christina didn't feel like it.
"You know, I'll always let you be yourself, Christina," Sterling reassured her as she dropped him off at his room.
"Thanks, Sterling,"
"No, problem,"
…...
Meanwhile, Shaggy was beside himself with worry. Christina had pretty much shut him out at this point and it scared him. He only wanted to help her but all his attempts to do so fell on deaf ears. Currently, he was in the kitchen trying to make Christina's favorite cookies as a means of apology since words had been failing as of late.
"Shaggy, what's wrong?" Madelyn asked bringing him back to the present.
"Like, Christina's shut me out,"
"I'm so sorry. You know something must be very wrong for her to treat you like this. I would never treat you that way you deserve-whoa,"
Madelyn slipped and Shaggy rushed to catch her.
"Thanks, Shaggy," Madelyn sighed.
"You're welcome,"
Then, Madelyn closed her eyes and leaned in to kiss him. However, mere moments before their lips touched Shaggy abruptly set her down on her feet, ruining the moment.
"Like, sorry Maddie but I can't. I appreciate how much you care, you're a sweet kid but I love Christina and I'll help her no matter what,"
Shaggy then rushed out of the kitchen, completely forgetting about the cookies he had been making in anger, Madelyn ripped the book from her school bag and demanded that it help her fix this mess in response the book showed her a curse she could use to her advantage. This curse would cause the subject to have 'emotional mirror reactions'; if confronted with anger or hostility, they react with equal hostility, but if treated with compassion, care, tenderness, even flirtatiousness or passion then the subject reacts in an equal way to that person.
Just what she needed.
Madelyn then noticed the unfinished cookies on the counter.
Even better.
So, when Shaggy received cookies, later on, he had no idea what was about to happen.
The curse took hold instantly not that Shaggy knew. He had finally caught Christina just outside her room. He was intending to apologize profusely but that isn't what happened.
"Leave me alone, Shaggy," Christina snapped harshly.
"No, not until you tell me what's been going on,"
"Nothing has been going on,"
"Oh, really? Like, you been avoiding me because of nothing?"
Their argument continued to heat up until their yelling could be heard throughout the castle.
"JUST GO AWAY, ALREADY,"
"FINE, YOU'D BETTER FIND A NEW RIDE HOME BECAUSE WE'RE OVER,"
"FINE BY ME,"
It was only after Shaggy stomped away that he realized exactly what he said. However, before he could run to Christina and take everything back Madelyn showed up. Engulfing him in a hug and telling him that he could do better. It was like a cloud of blissful ignorance settled over Shaggy's mind as Madelyn took him by the hand and led him away..
Scooby upon noticing how strange everyone had started acting followed the duo to the practice stage.
Then the lion entered, snarling at Scooby with a glare and sending him racing through the halls in the opposite direction where he crashed into Fluffy and Thunder. Before Thunder could chew Scooby out Fluffy helped him up licking his nose in the process.
"Uh-Uh-uh-ga-ga"
Thunder knocked the stammering great Dane upside the head,,"
"Something's wrong with Shaggy we have to tell the gang. I need your help finding them,"
"Okay,"
…...
At that very moment, Sterling was walking Christina to the Griffins Roost. That argument with Shaggy had been perfect. Sterling was so pleased with himself that he unknowingly passed a hall mirror exposing that he had no reflection. This wouldn't have been a problem had Fred and Daphne not seen,
"Jeepers, Fred did you see that?"
"Come on, we've got to warn the others,"
…...
Velma was seated in Marlon's workshop as he told her the castle legends.
" the Roost was once the home of the castle magician, and when it was discovered that she was delving into dark magic and planned to overthrow the kingdom, she was stopped by a fae the castle lord called upon for help. The court magician turned witch was stripped of all her books and magickal items and equipment, and an enchanted locket locked around her neck which sealed all but the simplest of her powers and was locked at the top of the Griffon's Roost, her own room becoming her prison cell. The merciful lord did grant her a quill, ink, and a tome in which she could write a journal to keep her from going mad."
"The Legends say that many years later, when that Lord's grandson had become lord of the castle, the guard outside her cell heard her laughing maniacally, boasting that it had taken all those years but that now nothing could stop her from returning to take her revenge on day", Marlon said, as they looked in the old book of the castle's history. "He then heard her chanting some strange words, then saw a flash of light from under the door. Hearing and seeing nothing after that, he called for help. When the new Lord arrived with more heavily armed guards, they unlocked the door and entered. But the witch was gone as if she'd disappeared into thin air."
"Jinkies! There was no trace of her at all?"
"According to the legend, the only thing in the room was the book the witch had spent years writing in", Marlon replied. "The strange thing, though, was that the fae locket that had been shackled around her neck was now a lock securing the book. The Lord suspected that the witch spent all her years filling the book with her knowledge while slowly gathering enough magic for one final spell so she could escape. He placed the book on the shelf among the many others, locked and sealed the door once more and commanded that no one ever again approach the top of the tower. Some legends claim that he was the one who set a Griffon to guard it forevermore, which gave it it's named 'the Griffon's Roost'."
"And after the castle was moved here, along with all the contents, were all the books from the Roost included?"
"Well, you've been up there the same as just about everyone the last time you visited; so you saw all the old furniture and books that were there."
"JINKIES! I've seen my sister walking around with large, old looking leather-bound book!", Velma exclaimed. "She keeps it with her all the time, she won't let anyone else touch it! I first saw her with it the morning after we arrived. It had a lock on it, but the lock was OPEN! I think I've figured out what's happening!"
"What do you mean, Velma?", Marlon asked. "I mean, these are only legends, ghost stories told around the castle fireplace, right?"
"And there's no such thing as fairies, too, right", Velma deadpanned.
"Touche", he said sheepishly.
Right then, Fluffy, Thunder, and Scooby barged in followed by Daphne and Fred. Out of the rambling Marlon and Velma were only able to understand one thing.
Christina and Shaggy were in trouble.
Velma ran after the others as they led her to where her sister and Shaggy were. Fred kicked the door open just as Madelyn was mere inches from kissing Shaggy.
"Shaggy, Christina's in trouble!" Daphne cried.
"Didn't you hear?" Madelyn snarled "They broke up,"
"Sterling is a VAMPIRE " Fred added.
Then the wheels in Shaggy's head started to turn completely dispelling the haze that he had been in.
Sterling=vampire.
Vampire fixated on Christina= Drew.
DREW ALONE WITH CHRISTINA.
Shaggy in his anger transformed and led the charge to the Griffon's Roost. Velma stayed behind to confront her sister but what happened next made her wish she hadn't.
"He was MINE. MINE! MINE FOR THE TAKING!" Madelyn cried as windows shattered and lights went out.
Madelyn erupted into flames and what Velma saw when they dissolved was terrifying.
…...
Sterling was about to get what he'd always wanted. Christina had him pinned against the wall as she leaned in to kiss him...
"Like, get your hands off MY GHOUL!", werewolf Shaggy snarled as the gang burst in.
"What are you doing here, Shaggy?", Christina huffed, annoyed.
"Get lost, flea-bag", 'Sterling smirked. "She's trading up!"
Growling, Shaggy rushed forward to grab Christina away from him and pull her toward a mirror, despite the protests of the conniving vampire-in-disguise.
"Like, LOOK at yourself, Christina! LOOK at what you've been turning into! Is this the REAL YOU?",
Shaggy urged. Despite her anger and annoyance, she looked...and was shocked by what she saw! The dark fog of her negative emotions began to clear.
"And, like, look at what you DON'T see: Sterling's reflection! He's, like, no human stage magician!"
"Then who...?"
"Like, who's been obsessed with you for years?", Shaggy growled. Her eyes widened in realization.
Oh, No
"So you figured it out", 'Sterling' sneered, as the illusion fell away to reveal Drew Easton; Christina's long-time psycho-stalker! "What gave me away?"
"Daph and I were walking by as you and Christina passed a large mirror", Fred told him. "We saw her reflection, but not yours!"
"What did you do to me, Drew?!", Christina demanded.
"Nothing serious, my love", he smirked. "Just gave you trace amounts of human blood in your food and drinks to awaken your true nature. And how beautiful it was! The darkness inside you rivals my own!"
Christina gagged, suddenly feeling very sick and disgusted with herself. She would have fainted had Shaggy not grabbed her arm to hold her steady.
"How could you?", she whispered darkly as she glared at him with hate and hurt.
"IT DOESN'T MATTER!", a dark, distorted female voice screeched from outside the window to the tower room, just as Velma came running in looking very disheveled.
"Look out!", she yelled, just before the window-wall exploded! In floated Madelyn with a maniacal look in her eyes, dressed in the revealing robes and tight dress of a dark sorceress, dark magick flaring off her in bolts!