Finally, our heroes arrived at Freddy's house.

"Here we are gang" he said as he reached into his pocket for his key "And it just so happens that Uncle Ricky, Aunt Cassidy and Uncle Perciles are coming for dinner today. They'll love you guys"

"Like, that's good to know, Freddie." Shaggy remarked as Fred unlocked the front door.

The followed the blonde into the house. No one was home.

"Mom and Dad are still at work." Fred said as they walked towards the living room.

"Yeah" Velma said "How unfortunate"

"I was really looking forward to meeting them" Daphne remarked.

"Don't worry." Fred said. "They normally return home in about half an hour."

"So how about a tour of the house, Fred?" Madelyn asked.

"Yeah Fred" said Daphne "I would love a tour of your place"

"Sure gang" said Fred "I'd love to show around my place before my parents, Uncle Ricky, Aunt Cassidy and Uncle Pericles get here"

"Hold on a sec, Fred" said Velma "Ricky and Cassidy? As in Ricky and Cassidy Owens? Founders and owners of Creationex? The company that makes environmentally friendly, fushion-based energy? That Ricky and Cassidy?"

"Indeed they are." Fred nodded.

"Jinkies!" Velma remarked. "That's where my parents works!"

"Wow Velma" said Madelyn "Not only do mother and daddy work at a great company, but we are friends with the son of the owners' friends"

"Jeepers" said Daphne "This keeps getting weirder and weirder"

"I'll say." Shaggy agreed.

Fred took them over to his bedroom.

"So this is my bedroom" Fred said as he showed them his room "Pretty neat, huh?"

"Yeah" said Scooby "It looks pretty organized"

Madelyn bent down and saw a magazine "Yeepers Freddy. I didn't know you read 'Traps Illustrated'"

"Oh, yeah." Fred nodded. "Why?"

"Just curious" Madelyn giggled.

It was then that they heard the door being unlocked.

"Holy cow" Fred said as he heard the door "That must be my mom, dad, aunt and uncles right now. Come on"

The gang followed Fred down the stairs. Sure enough, it was Brad and Judy as they closed the door.

"Mom! Dad!" Fred called them as he raced down the stairs.

"Hey son" said Brad as he closed the door "How was school?"

"It was okay, but we have a situation, Dad." Fred said.

"What happened?" Judy asked before seeing the gang and added, "And who are your friends?"

"Some sort of reaper invaded the school library and abducted the students and librarian" Fred explained "So my friends and I have decided to form a mystery solving club, like you guys did with Uncle Ricky, Aunt Cassidy and Uncle Pericles back in the day"

"And we want you five to be our advisors" Velma added.

Judy and Brad nodded thoughtfully as they conferred with each other.

"What do you think, Jude?" Brad asked Judy "I mean, Fred does want to follow in our footsteps"

"I don't see why not, Brad." Judy replied. "I mean, he did help you out a lot in our work and he's quite happy doing it."

"Well" said Brad "If it's okay with you..."

Fred tapped on Brad's shoulder "So, are you guys gonna be our club advisors?"

Brad and Judy exchanged glances before the former replied, "Why don't we discuss this over dinner while Uncle Ricky, Uncle Pericles and Aunt Cassidy are here?"

"Sounds great, Dad." Fred nodded.

Forty five minutes later while everybody was watching TV, the doorbell rang.

"That must be my aunt and uncles right now" said Fred as he got up from the couch.

"I'll get it." Brad said as he walked over to the front door.

Sure enough, it was Ricky Owens, his wife Cassidy and their parrot, Professor Pericles.

"Guys" said Brad "You made it"

"Sup Brad?" Ricky asked as he and Brad slide fived.

"Not bad, man." Brad replied. "How's life treating you guys?"

"Pretty good, buddy" said Ricky "Stocks and profits at Creationex have gone up by 68% in the past two months"

"That's good to know." Judy smiled after sharing a hug with Cassidy.

"Indubitably" Pericles said as he made a courteous bow.

"Uncle Ricky! Uncle Pericles! Aunt Cassidy" Fred said as he approached them "It's great to see you guys"

"Likewise, Freddie." Pericles shook his hand before noticing the gang and added, "And I see that you've brought your friends here."

During the interaction, the others thought they could hear a German accent in the parrot's voice.

"Zoinks" Shaggy exclaimed "Like, did that bird just talk?"

"Ves, I can talk." Pericles replied before turning to Fred and added, "Vill you be kind enough to introduce your friends to us, Fred?"

"Of course" said Fred "Where are my manners? Uncle Ricky, Aunt Cassidy, Uncle Perciles...these are my friends; Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby and Madelyn. Guys, this is my Uncle Ricky, my Aunt Cassidy and my Uncle Professor Pericles"

"Nice to meet you" Cassidy said as she shook Velma's hand.

"The pleasure is all yours" Pericles said as he made a courteous bow to Scooby.

"Pleased to meet you" Ricky said as he shook Scooby's hand.

"So, what brings you guys here?" Cassidy asked them.

The kids wasted no time explaining the disappearances at their school library and the reaper and their desire to form a mystery-solving club.

"So you guys wanna form a mystery solving club like we had back in day?" Cassidy asked them "And you want us to be your club advisors"

"That's right" Fred nodded "So will you do it?"

Ricky, Cassidy and Pericles turned to Brad and Judy.

"Well, what do you think?" Cassidy asked the two.

"I think we should" said Ricky "I mean, it's great that there are some kids who want to follow in our footsteps"

"And plus, they've got a talking dog" Pericles added "I thought I was the only animal capable of speaking human language. It looks like I have found a kindred spirit"

"So you guys will do it?" Fred asked. "That's great!"

"Thanks" said Judy "We sure would love some successors"

"So all we need is a name for your club" Ricky said "We can't use Mysteries Five, for obvious reasons"

"Right." Madelyn nodded. "We've got to think of a name."

Everybody thought for a while to think of a name. Finally, Daphne came to an idea.

"I've got an idea" she said as she snapped her fingers "We could be Mystery Inc!"

"Mystery Inc.?" Shaggy asked. "Now that sounds catchy, Daph. Works with me!"

"Me too!" Scooby agreed.

"Yeah, Mystery Inc" said Judy "A mystery solving club, whose members are five mischievous kids and a talking dog. I like it"

"Make that six mischievous kids and a talking dog" someone said from outside.

"That voice!" Velma said. "I recognize it! She's one of the students that was in the library when the reaper attacked!"

"And she's that girl who sits between me and Velma in class" Madelyn added.

"Glad you noticed" said the girl as she let herself in "Name's Marcie. Marcie Fleach"

"Nice to meet you, Marcie" Velma said as she shook Marcie's hand "So, how long have you been outside Freddy's house?"

"About five minutes." Marcie explained.

"Oh" said Fred "Well what makes you think you're qualified to be part of the team, Marcie?"

"You guys are going to need someone who can do serious computer work." Marcie explained. "Someone who can hack into computer systems."

"And you can do that?" Velma asked her.

"Yep" Marcie nodded.

The gang turned to one another before nodding.

"Very well, then." Madelyn said. "You can join us."

"Thanks guys" Marcie smiled "You won't regret this at all. You'll be lucky to have me on the team"

"Now all we need is a club leader" Scooby said "I mean, we can't function without a leader"

"I think Fred should be leader" suggested Daphne "He is the oldest of the bunch and this was his idea"

"Yeah." Velma agreed. "His previous experience with sleuthing will work out well for us under his leadership."

"I have to go with that" Scooby said "He could be a great leader"

"Yeah" said Marcie "He will be a great leader, since he's learned from the best"

Fred turned to his parents "Mom? Dad?"

Brad and Judy both nodded.

"You can do it, Frederick." Brad encouraged his son.

"Accept son" Judy said to Fred "Accept"

Fred turned to look at Daphne, who was making an encouraging smile at him.

"Very well, then." Fred nodded and accepted.

"Alright then" Velma said "Now that we have a leader, all we need to complete our team is a team cheer"

There was some silence as the gang thought of a team cheer.

"Like dudes, I have an idea" said Shaggy "You know how in sports teams they put their hands on top of each other's and say like 'Go team'? Well, why don't we do that? Only instead of 'Go team', we say 'Go Mystery Inc'?"

The gang looked at each other before Daphne replied, "You know, that's not really a bad idea, Shag."

"Yeah!" Scooby nodded in agreement.

"So come on" Shaggy said as he held out his hand "Hands, paws and wings in there, team"

Everyone else nodded as they held out their hands and placed them on top of each others.

"Go Mystery Inc!" they said together.

Author's Note:

Hooray! Mystery Inc has finally been started and now, they have to do what the club is for...solving mysteries. Looks like Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Madelyn and Marcie are going to solve the Mystery of the Missing Librarians and Students! With help from their new advisors, of course.