After a little while, they came up to a beautiful house. When they were parking, they took a look at the porch and saw that it was crawling with cats.
Patch saw this and decided to hold Scooby back. "Down, Scooby!" he scolded the older dog.
Scooby snarled and wanted to chase after the cats. Atticus decided to join in and where it seemed to work.
"Scooby, cut it out!" he glared to the Great Dane.
"Ri rate rats..." Scooby growled.
"Why do some of us dogs hate cats?" Patch asked.
"Instinct?" Mo shrugged. "The only cats I really hate are Aunt Sarah's though."
"Now those cats, I hate." Patch said.
"I think we all do." Cherry had to agree.
Scooby got loose and went after the cats.
"No, Scooby!" Patch bit onto his tail.
This caused Scooby to yelp in pain.
"Sorry, Scooby, but ith's for your own good." Patch muffingly replied.
"Aww! Rine." Scooby frowned.
Patch then let go and spit up a little. "Gah! Don't make me have to do that ever again!"
A woman with short blonde hair who had a very stern look on her face came out.
"That must be her." Atticus whispered.
"Miss Lenoir!" Lena called to the woman who was her employer.
"Hello, ma'am." Atticus greeted with a bow.
Mo then curtsied herself shyly.
"Who brought these... These... Dogs?!" Miss Lenoir glared to Scooby and Patch.
"Rogs?" Scooby looked around. "Rhere?"
"She's referring to us." Patch whispered.
"Roh." Scooby replied.
"I'm terribly sorry," Daphne said to the blonde woman. "We should've hold on to him better. I'm Daphne Blake, of Coast to Coast. You know, the TV show."
"We do not have television on my island." Miss Lenoir replied as she grabbed onto her necklace which looked like a green cat head.
"That's a beautiful necklace, Miss Lenoir." Atticus said, noticing the jewelry.
"Thank you..." Miss Lenoir replied, but she didn't dare crack a smile. "Lena, what are they doing here?"
"It's all my fault, Miss Lenoir," Lena spoke up. "I heard these folks say they wanted to see a real haunted house. So I thought-"
"You might show them mine, I see," Miss Lenoir replied. "Really, Lena."
"Oh, but it's such a unique and beautiful house." Mo said.
"Picture perfect," Fred agreed. "Just how old is it?"
"It has been in my family for many generations," Miss Lenoir explained. "It was a pepper plantation. Some of the hottest peppers in Louisiana grow on this island."
"Wow." Patch smiled.
Shaggy chuckled at the mention of peppers.
"So, um, is this house haunted?" Cherry asked.
"Yes, it is a old house with restless spirits," Miss Lenoir explained. "You're welcome to look around... If you like."
"We would love to." Atticus smiled.
"Do you mind us taping?" Daphne asked.
"No, of course not," Miss Lenoir replied. "In fact, I'll be most flattered."
The group was then on the way up to the porch, but the woman stopped them with a glare to the canines.
"But, you have to do something about your... Dogs."
"Patch, you don't have anything to be worried about him; he's good with cats as for Scooby, well, we'll make sure he doesn't chase any of your cats." Atticus said.
"Put him in the kitchen for a while." Cherry suggested.
"Yeah, that always keeps him under control." Patch said.
"If it will keep him from chasing my cats, you're welcome to my kitchen." Miss Lenoir allowed.
"Groovy!" Shaggy exclaimed excitedly. "C'mon, Scoob!"
The two then excitedly went inside the house to find the kitchen. Patch soon joined them to see what was in the kitchen.
"Of course your'e going to..." Cherry deadpanned to Patch.
"He's a dog, what are ya gonna do?" Atticus shrugged.
"Yeah... Yeah..." Cherry nearly scoffed.
They all soon went inside, except for Mo who seemed suspicious about the gardener.
"You coming, Mo?" Darla called.
"Coming!" Mo called back and kept an eye on the gardener almost as though she didn't trust him somehow.
"Oh, you must be suspicious about our gardener, right?" Lena asked Mo.
Mo yelped slightly and looked over to Lena. "Um... I..."
"It's okay, that's just Beau." Lena said.
"Beau?" Mo replied.
"Come on, let's get you inside." Lena took her inside the house.
"Well, okay." Mo said.
Scooby, Shaggy, and Patch entered the kitchen.
"Ugh... Nothing here but cat food... "Patch stuck his tongue out. He then looked inside a cupboard. "Hmm..." he then stopped and sniffed a pot and turned to the stove. "Is that Gumbo, I smell?" he then asked, dangling his tongue out.
"Why, yes it is, Patch." Lena smiled.
"I thought so," Patch smiled back. "You must have a very special recipe... May I recommend some Tabasco?"
"Um, sure." Lena said before getting the spice.
Patch smiled as he watched her put in the spice.
"Mind if we have a taste?" Shaggy asked as Lena stirred in the Tabasco.
"Trust me, if you ever need any taste testers for any food, Shaggy and Scooby are the ones for the job." Patch said.
"Be my guests," Lena smiled to Shaggy and Scooby as she carried a tray of lemonade. "Let me know how you like it."
"You heard her, guys." Patch smiled.
Shaggy then poured the gumbo into a huge pot before taking a sip from the ladle. "Like, not bad, but I think it needs a little more spice, do you think so, guys?" he then asked the dogs.
"Ruh-huh." Scooby agreed after sipping some of the gumbo.
"Hmm... I guess a pepper would do." Patch said.
Shaggy and Scooby then opened the pantry and found a jar of pickled peppers.
"These poppies ought to do the trick." Shaggy suggested.
Everyone else came into the living room by the fireplace.
"Wow, what a fireplace." Atticus smiled.
"Yeah, that's totally exciting..." Cherry deadpanned at his observation.
Scooby and Shaggy were then suddenly heard screaming and they ran into the living room to chug down the lemonade and water from a container.
"I told you guys to take it easy on the peppers!" Patch said.
"Like, sorry, dude." Shaggy said.
"Those were Moonscar Island peppers." Lena replied.
"I wasn't exaggerating when I said there were the hottest peppers in Louisiana." Miss Lenoir spoke up.
"I warned them to take it easy on the peppers, ma'am, but they didn't listen." Patch said.
"Please, call me Simone," the blonde woman replied. "Call we continue our tour of the house?"
"I'll be with you all in a minute, Simone." Patch smiled.
"Take your time." Simone replied.
"You guys really should stay away from those peppers..." Darla folded her arms at Shaggy and Scooby.
"I told them to take it easy but would they listen? Nooooo..." Patch said.
"Oh, poor Patch." Amber giggled and gently pet him.
"Like, Patch, why don't you catch up with them?" Shaggy asked.
'Okay, but stay away from the peppers!" Patch said, putting much emphasis.
"We will, we will." Shaggy said.
Patch nodded firmly and came to Atticus's side as the boy held the large fish bowl with his new pet inside.
"Why, did you catch Big Mona?" Simone asked. "That's impossible!"
"Anything's possible for a Poss-Erm... Fudo." Atticus replied with confidence.
"You must be incredibly strong then." Simone said.
"Oh, he sure is, Miss Lenior." Lena smiled, feeling Atticus muscles.
Atticus smiled bashfully. Mo looked slightly angry to that.
"On with the tour then." Simone said, going to show them around while Shaggy and Scooby went back into the kitchen to look for more food.
Lena seemed to be attached to Atticus more than the others. Cherry was walking with the others until Mo suddenly grabbed her and made her fall upside down on the floor.
"Can I talk with you about Atticus?" Mo asked. "You know him better than anyone else."
"Uh, sure, Mo, whatever you want..." Cherry sounded nervous.
"Has he ever used his strength or muscles to attract other woman?" Mo asked.
"Uh, not to my knowledge..." Cherry replied. "I've never really seen interested in finding a mate in his life until he had met you." She then saw that look in Mo's eyes and then looked to Atticus who had Lena holding onto his arm which caused the perky goth to smirk.
"What's so funny?" Mo asked her.
"You jelly~..." Cherry teased.
"I-I am not!" Mo blushed.
Cherry laughed. "You sooo are!"
"It's not funny, Cherry!" Mo glared.
Cherry just kept laughing. "Ooh, Monique Brown's gone green-eyed!"
"So?" Mo pouted. "I've always had green eyes!"
"From envy?" Cherry smirked.
"Touche." Mo pouted.
Cherry then hopped up in front of Mo. "Relax, it's not like Atticus is gonna cheat on you with a girl he just met..."
"True." Mo nodded back.
"By the way, stop doing that to me, I know you're tough, but you wouldn't hurt your boyfriend's best friend..." Cherry narrowed her eyes.
"Sorry." Mo said.
"You better be, cuz I'm tough too!" Cherry glared and did karate moves. "Ha! Yeeeah! Whooo! BAM!" she then punched the wall with her fist before letting out a strained whimper in pain.
"I'll go get some ice." Mo sighed.
"Man, you guys almost sounded like you saw one of those ghosts." Cherry commented about Shaggy and Scooby screaming.
"Like, sorry but those peppers are really the hottest peppers in the world." Shaggy smiled.
"Remind me to never have a pepper..." Darla said to Atticus.
"I'll remember." Atticus said.
Darla nodded to him then.
"Shall we continue the tour then?" Simone suggested.
"Yes, please." Daphne smiled.
They were being shown around until they heard screaming again.
"Scooby, Shaggy!" Patch called in a scolding tone of voice.
"Riting." Scooby told him.
"Writing?" Atticus asked.
"What writing?" Velma added.
"L-L-Like, ghost writing!" Shaggy exclaimed. He pointed at the wall, where they see a writing that said "GET OUT". "See? This place IS haunted!"
"Whoa!" Mo said, surprised.
"Fred, get a shot of that!" Daphne told her cameraman boyfriend. "Simone, could you come stand next to me please?" she then asked before doing up her hair quickly.
"Can Atticus be in the shot too?" Darla smiled.
"Darla!" Atticus gaped at her.
"That sounds perfect, Darla!" Daphne smiled.
Atticus smiled shyly. "Well, okay, just this once."
Atticus soon came over to Simone and Daphne as Fred got the camera started. Simone stood next to Daphne while Fred worked with the camera. Fred was soon counting down before turning on the camera.