The Cursed Werewolves

By,

SWSP

Now listen up my pretties,

I don't own any of these characters; Warner Bros and Hanna Barbara do so don't try anything funny and enjoy the following work:

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He had come to realizing with great shock he had transformed into a full blown werewolf and had destroyed the apartment complex he lived in plus a few parked cars on the side of the street before he found himself laying naked on top of the smashed hood of one of them with blood soaked into his fingernails. Shaggy panicked when he saw all of the blood realizing he had become a killer and the curse Dracula had cast on him years ago to race in his Monster Road Rally had come back and this time it wasn't a little dinky shot from the moon, this time the harvest moon had shot a weird colored ray down from the side of it while he stared at it knocking him to the floor of his bedroom after hitting him in the chest turning him into a savage beast. He rushed into his apartment complex as fast as he could gagging at the various strewn dead bodies still laying in their beds after he had broke in and killed them while they slept.

He tried desperately to wash the blood off his fingernails into his bathroom sink as fast as he could once he got back to his apartment, but it was having little effect on them as if it were taunting him to try to clean off the blood and even when he had used soap, he still could see little caked over blood trails under his nails as he heard sirens approaching from the Newport Beach Chrystal Cove police, fire, and rescue teams. He watched as they came in a line and got out shocked at what they saw before them. "Whatever or whoever did this is definitely not playing around" he heard the police chief say outside his broken window which faced the street below it. "I want all of you guys to search for victims and if we find the person responsible, do not approach, we're going to need SWAT for this one" the police chief commanded making Shaggy panic as he found an old steamer trunk under his bed and started to pack it with as much of his belongings as he could.

He needed to get to Louisiana and he needed to go see Ms. Grimwood to see if she could vanquish this horrible curse once and for all and he remembered that her school, Grimwood Finishing School for Ghouls specialized in magic related courses for monster ghouls and since Ms. Grimwood was a witch, she could most likely counteract the effects the harvest moon was having on his lycanthropy. He needed a place which would understand his plight before he ended up hurting the ones he loved the most in his life in the gang and Scooby Doo, his lifelong best friend and pet he had given over to the gang after his hard breakup with Googie caused him to walk out of Mystery INC because he could never get over the serious relationship she had gotten into with Velma Dinkley, the true mystery solver of the group who was a lesbian and also Mystery Inc's top forensic chemist when she wasn't working at a chemistry lab for a local business. Shaggy was always cool with Freddy, Daphne, and Velma bringing over Scooby if they wanted to go somewhere or do something together, but when he knew Googie was with them, he would shut off and not be his usual cowardly eating machine self and it always worried the gang that Shaggy was dealing with things deep within himself that he couldn't talk to them about because they wouldn't understand the lycanthropy he dealt with went back many generations in his family and that he was the only one in his family whose curse could resurrect itself if the wrong person knew how to use the harvest moon and get ahold of the Grimmnice Book Of Records which listed most of his Great Grandparents as carriers up to his own father who took his life when he found out his son could become a savage beast if he looked at the harvest moon for too long and the spell was recast on the night of the harvest moon and never told Shaggy about it until he had to learn the truth from his Uncle Nat which did not go over well with Shaggy. Since then he was very private about his struggle with lycanthropy which had ultimately led up to his breakup with Googie after she had noticed once they got back from Transylvania that Shaggy had become distant from her and would only hang out with Scooby and the gang instead of her like it was her fault that he had become this freakish monster. It wasn't her fault as much as it was her problem being one of the five people who knew the truth about Shaggy's struggles with lycanthropy.

Only she, Daphne, Ms. Grimwood, Scooby, and Scrappy knew the truth after he told all of them at various times in private about his family history by showing them documented proof of the harvest moon link to the Grimmice Book Of Records and that there was a counter spell to the spell which turned him human again and that was the spell which could only be casted or reversed by a very seasoned witch or warlock who had mastered the Grimmice Book Of Records.

Not even the girls, Winnie, Tanis, Phantasma, Sibella, and Elsa Frankenteen knew about his struggles until one night when Winnie smelled a musky wolf scent on him and told her father, Papa Werewolf about it forcing him to tell her to keep it quiet until he could do some research into the Grimmnice Book Of Records and when he found out the truth, he had confronted Shaggy about it one night after he had dropped Winnie off at the school after seeing Shaggy running down a dark trail away from the school. Shaggy insisted nobody but Ms. Grimwood knew about the connection after Papa Werewolf had cornered him on the trail and warned him if news of this got back to Dracula, they'd all be in grave danger and when the day came that Shaggy was face to face with Dracula on parents night, it was a miracle Dracula had let bygones be bygones but still warned Shaggy that if anything happened to his little Sibella that it would be a "bat day" for him making Shaggy shiver as the Count walked out the door with Papa Werewolf following him coming nose to nose with Shaggy reminding him about their little conversation they had on the trail by giving him one of the most intense wolf stare downs and growls Shaggy could remember making him shake all over as he said, "Yes sir, as his eyes went from glowing red to black again as he quickly made his way out the door disappearing into the night.

As Shaggy thought about these memories and shuttered in fear recalling others, he was startled by a loud knock at his door. He walked to the door opening it seeing the platoon of rescuers looking at him:

"Everything okay in here, sir? They asked Shaggy who gulped and said:"Yeah man, like, everything is fine here" as a cold sweat started to form on his forehead as one of the police officers accompanying the rescue team saw the large steamer trunk on his bed prompting him to ask with a raised eyebrow of suspicion:

"Where you headed to, Sir?"

Shaggy could feel the cop looking into his soul so he had to come up with a lie:

"Like, I'm headed to see my relatives in Louisiana until this place gets rebuilt" Shaggy said to the cop who nodded and said:

"I don't blame you son, it looks like a tornado tore through this place and we'll have to have it torn down and rebuilt" the officer said to Shaggy who nodded cautiously.

"Okay, let's move on people, we've got a lot of units left and so far we've already found ten people dead in their beds with massive gash wounds to their throats and we can count this one as accounted for" the police officer said to the rescuers who went on to the next unit as Shaggy who was listening to them tried to stable himself against a wall to prevent himself from fainting while he tried to hold back his vomiting reflex after hearing the officer confirm what he already knew.

Before the officer moved on to the next unit, he gave Shaggy one last word of advice:

"One more thing… Put some fucking clothes on before I run you in for indecency" the officer barked at Shaggy who looked down at his nude form and a sudden bit of cowardice overcame him: "Uhh *gulp*, yeah officer, right away " Shaggy said in awkward tone as he shut the door and ran into his bedroom.

Shaggy sat on the edge of his bed holding the temples of his head as he spoke his thoughts outloud: "What have I done, I'm a killer now and I don't want to hurt The Gang or my buddy, Scoob" Shaggy said in a mournful tone as tears welled up in his eyes making him wipe them away with his arm trying to compose himself as best he could before he went into his closet to get dressed.

Shaggy got up off his bed once he had calmed down as much as he could making his way into the wrecked closet putting on his blue slacks, maroon shirt, black shoes and a pendent bearing his family name "Rogers" on the front of it as he rummaged through it. He made his way into the bathroom taking a few seconds to check himself over as he washed it off. Years of being afflicted with the lycanthropy had caught up to Shaggy who looked more like he was pushing fifty than mid thirties as his goatee was showing little tufts of white hair mixed in the brown. His hair was more darkish brown with the same white tufts and his body had put on some lean muscle from all of his years being chased by fake ghosts and his insanely high metabolism as a result of the lycanthropy.

After a few minutes he quickly walked out of the bathroom and slung the steamer trunk with all of his belongings over his shoulder and carefully making his way out the door. As he passed by some of the apartments in his complex, he saw the blood soaked bedrooms which almost made him throw up as he looked down at the small darkened blood stained trails under his fingernails.

He finally was in the parking garage where he kept the red RV he, Scooby and Scrappy had first travelled to the school in. There was a lot of memories in this RV, some good, some not so good like the field trip to Barren Bog he took the girls on not knowing Revolta had sent one of her spider bats into his bedroom to hypnotize him into taking the trip which almost cost him his neck if it hadn't been for Calloway's brave cadets coming to the rescue. Shaggy took a deep breath trying to repress the memories as he put the steamer trunk in the back of the RV. He opened it up and there were a dozen boxes of Scooby snacks staring back at him as he drooled looking forward to when he could munch on them on his way out of town. Shaggy threw the boxes onto the passenger seat of the RV as he walked around to the driver side. He heard the engine growl to life as he drove out of the wrecked complex onto the city streets with the windows down listening to the hum of the engine.

As he drove down the street, the Pacific Ocean came into view and he felt tears welling up in his eyes as he thought about the sad reality of leaving his faithful companion Scooby behind, but he also knew he was a danger to anyone who came around him including Scooby who was a few miles down this very road with the gang at a picnic as the road curved and paralleled the ocean for a time before it came to the intersection Shaggy was looking for. He took one last look at the ocean saying to himself how sorry he was about having to abandon the people he loved, but he needed help and he understood news of this would go national and if there were any witnesses, he knew the ending result would not be good and when the gang and Scooby found out, he wanted to be as far away from them as he could be. Shaggy sniffled as he rolled up the windows blocking out the smell of the ocean he had grown so accustomed to seeing everyday he walked along the beach, hung out with the gang, and took Scooby on countless swims and walks alongside. He wanted to cry, he wanted to wake up from this nightmare which was his life. He wanted it to be someone else who wasn't him but that was only wishful thinking as the light turned green and he turned away from the ocean making his way out of town hoping to make Northern Arizona by nightfall.

…..

Fred, Velma, Daphne, Googie, and Scooby all sat on the beach watching the waves roll in and the surfers trying their best to conquer them as they finished up their delicious picnic lunch.

"MMMM, that was sure good, Remind me to thank your Mom the next time we see her for a wonderful picnic lunch" Freddy said as he tanned himself on the beach.

"Rahuh" agreed Scooby who was lying down under the shade tree about to close his eyes for a nap.

"Jeepers Googie, I didn't know your mom made such a groovy sandwich" Daphne, who was Fred's girlfriend, said as she laid on the sand in a purple bikini soaking up the sun.

"Agreed, such a wonderful meal" said Velma who sat under the umbrella with Googie as she looked up from the book she was reading over at Googie smiling.

"I'm glad all of you enjoyed it, Mom really goes all out to make sure we are well fed" Googie said as she was putting the empty picnic basket to the side and about to lay down for a nap. "Speaking of full, I really miss Shaggy, I wish he hadn't walked out on us like he did, I feel like it was my fault we ended up breaking up so bitterly and that it almost took down Mystery Inc with it" Googie said in a sad tone as she looked at Daphne who sat up on her elbows about to give the real truth to the matter:

"Listen Googie, it wasn't you, it was that despicable brat Scrappy who caused all this mess. We're lucky Mystery Inc is still in business" Daphne said as she heard Scooby growl at hearing Scrappy's name.

"Grrr, Rappy, Rif Ri Rver Ree rat rool ragain, r'I'll rill him" Scooby growled as memories of what Scrappy did to Scooby Dee hit him like a brickwall.

"Daphne please, you know Scooby hates it when we talk about… HIM" Freddy said in a sarcastic tone while he gave Daphne a look of annoyance when she continued on instead of dropping it:

"I'm sorry Scooby, I just wish Dee had pulled through it without going to the mental asylum and then passing away after hanging herself in her bedroom" Daphne said only making Scooby get up and walk away growling trying to calm himself down as he kicked up the sand stomping down the beach away from them.

"Enough Daphne, let's try to have a nice picnic without bringing up things we cannot control. The last few years have been tough with Shaggy walking out and all of us trying to keep Mystery Inc afloat and that's not counting the legal woes thanks to Scrappy either" Fred said in an annoyed tone as he looked away from the redhead who suddenly felt some remorse:

"Gee guys, I'm sorry, I really didn't think…" Daphne tried to continue apologizing before she was cut off by Velma:

"Both of you need to stop it or I'm joining Scooby in his walk to cool off" Velma said angrily giving both the blond man and the redhead the stare through her dark rimmed glasses.

"All of you relax, let's enjoy the day, okay? Googie chimed in as another surfer passed by them heading for the water and soon catching a monster wave coming towards the shore making Freddy green with envy.

"Damn it, I should have brought my surfboard" Fred cursed to himself as various people walked by on the beach with some hitting the surf to swim and others trying their hand at catching waves or fishing for unsuspecting fish hiding in the waves.

"I think you'd look funny trying to catch a wave with that bulge you call a man stomach hanging over your shorts.. "Daphne joked as she pat Fred's belly making everyone except Fred laugh.

"Yeah, very funny Daphne" Fred said sarcastically causing his girlfriend to break out in laughter as she got up with him soon chasing her into the surf.

"Fred is very lucky to have Daphne" Googie said as she observed the two playing in the surf like two young children.

"I don't understand why Fred doesn't just marry her" Velma said as she put her book down "I mean, they've been through everything together including the lawsuits and the saving of Mystery Inc" Velma said wrapping her arms around her ankles looking contently over at Googie as she got a bottle of sun block out lathering the inside of her hands with a few drops.

"Velma, girl to girl here, I don't think Freddy really cares, all he cares about is his image in the mirror and how many girls he can impress which drives Daphne crazy" Googie said as she rubbed the sun block on her legs. "Daphne would love to start a family with Fred, she's told me how many times after they've made love that she goes into the bathroom to do a pregnancy test but always comes up negative" Googie said to Velma who looked at her girlfriend and said: "You know how many times we've made love and you never talk about us starting a family but rather just enjoy me cuddling with you and saying sweet little nothings in your ear and doing other little fun things like kissing you at this moment we have alone" Velma said softly planting a kiss on Googie's lips making the wild light brown haired woman swoon as she broke the light kiss.

"I know Velma, it's just I think you are always too busy with your chemistry job to really think about us settling down" Googie said smiling warmly at her girlfriend as Scooby made his way back to the shade tree and plopped down.

"Well love, you and I will both know when that happens and when it does I'm sure the rest of the gang will say it's about time" Velma cooed as she got a return kiss from the wild light brown haired polka dot bikini wearing Googie.

Fred and Daphne made their way back to their spot on the beach as they watched the two girls kissing: "Did we interrupt something or do you two need a few minutes to yourself" Fred asked as Daphne stared the bulge forming in his swim trunks.

"Oh.. No Freddy, we're okay" Velma said in a startled tone as both she and Googie blushed at Fred's arousal.

"Looks like we started something else that was clearly intentional" Velma said lustfully as she looked at Daphne almost drooling as Fred's bulge got tighter and tighter in his blue swim trunks.

"Umm.. Maybe we should all go take care of a little something, don't you guys think?" Fred suggested. "I know where there are some showers nobody uses on this beach and they are about a mile's walk down the beach from here" Fred suggested.

"I think everyone would be in agreement with that, let me take our things to the Mystery Machine and Velma can help me" Freddy said as he and Velma with Googie's help took the blanket, picnic basket, umbrella, and towels up to the Mystery Machine parked in the parking area on top of the hill.

Scooby woke up from his nap and followed them figuring it was time to go home. Freddy looked back at Scooby suddenly realizing they couldn't just leave Scooby alone so he had another idea:

"Hey gang, I forgot about Scooby so why don't we go pay Shaggy a visit and let him take care of Scooby while we go have our fun" Fred suggested as Daphne and the rest of the gang nodded their approval.

"Groovy idea Fred, Shaggy will be so happy to see Scooby" Daphne said enthusiastically.

"RAGGY!" Scooby barked in excitement as he almost ran over Fred who was opening the Volkswagen Bus's sliding door as he jumped over the backseat into the trunk panting happily.

'Yeah.. Shaggy" Googie said in a down tone causing concern to come across Velma's face as she saw her girlfriend look away with a saddened expression on her face.

"I have a better idea, why don't you and Daphne take Scooby up to Shaggy and we'll wait in the Mystery Machine" Velma suggested cheering Googie up as she smiled at her girlfriend.

Fred took a moment to think about it and Daphne took the opportunity to steal his thought from him: "That's a better idea I think, Shaggy has never really gotten over the fact Googie is in a lesbian relationship with Velma" Daphne said somberly to Fred who drooped his shoulders sighing deeply before he spoke:

"Yeah, I guess you are right, maybe one day Shaggy will come to his senses but then with him going through what he has, I'm not holding out much hope" Fred admitted as they loaded all the beach things in the back of the Mystery Machine and piled into it with Daphne and Fred in the front and Velma and Googie sitting in the back seat holding each other's hands.

Freddy turned on the van and the engine croaked to life as they drove out of the beach area onto city streets. As they made their way over to Shaggy's apartment complex, Freddy turned on the radio to listen to some tunes. He turned on one of his favorite stations when a disturbing news bulletin went across the radio catching them all off guard:

Newsflash: Terrorist attack reported at Newport Apartment Complex early this afternoon. Police say it looks like a tornado went through here with several dozen cars in the side parking area either damaged or destroyed. Fifty people are dead and the public is urged to not approach the perpetrator and the area is on lockdown as well as the adjacent businesses and school. If you have any information, please speak with Police Chief Norbert Jones who will immediately dispatch the SWAT to your location.. Please stay tuned to News Channel 11 and all of the radio stations of Newport Beach for further updates"

Freddy shut off the radio and pulled the van over to the nearest parking area as soon as he could. Once they came to a complete stop and Freddy put the van in park, he put his hands in his face with Daphne comforting him and Velma, Googie, and Scooby sitting in the backseat in complete shock:

"Raggy…No Raggy" Scooby cried as tears came down his eyes.

"What are we going to do, Freddy..?" Velma asked. "Freddy?" She asked again with more urgency.

"I don't know, damn it, I don't know.. One thing is for sure, we gotta make sure Shaggy is okay before we go overthere to investigate" Freddy said as he tried to keep it together.

He took out his smart phone and dialed Shaggy's apartment number.. No response. Then he dialed Shaggy's cell phone.. No response making him panic as worry set in about Shaggy's whereabouts.

"Look gang, both me and Daphne are going to have to look into this because the entire city is going to want answers and if something happened to Shaggy, we need to talk to the police and get some kind of search party going in case Shaggy was taken hostage or was taken to the hospital" Freddy said as he and Daphne both looked at Googie and Velma who said:

"Listen Freddy, I have a bad feeling about this and I think we all need to go together as a group not only for support, but just in case we're all wrong and Shaggy is one of the victims, if so, at that point, we need to notify his Uncle Nat and any of his other family and Shaggy would want us to make sure Scooby was well taken care of so me and Googie would take care of him while you two sorted out the rest"

Freddy felt a painful lump in his throat as he tried to keep it together and collect his thoughts before he spoke:

"Both me and Daphne work for Channel 11 so I'm sure with our combined resources and that of Mystery Inc, we can solve this case and find out Shaggy is okay and I hope to God above he is"

Velma looked over at Googie who sat there stone faced with a gone expression in her face which Daphne silently noted too as she spoke to her:

"Googie, do you think you can handle going over to a scene like this? In our job, this is what we do regularly since I am a reporter and Freddy is my stringer cameraman"

Googie couldn't find the words because she felt something sinister deep within her which scared her to death. She knew this might not be a terrorist attack at all, but rather an animal attack from a certain person who had been avoiding her since she broke up with him and she didn't want to believe he could be capable of such a heinous act like this so she lied and some of what she really was thinking accidently slipped out:

"Yeah Daphne, I'm okay, just a little shocked and trying to process all of this is surreal and I'm glad you and Fred care about my safety, but I think I can handle this after what I went through after we got back from Transylvania, I just hope to God it isn't what I'm thinking it is".

"What do you think it is, Googie?" Freddy asked as Velma rubbed her shoulders and Daphne quickly changed the subject when she realized herself what Googie meant by she hoped it wasn't what she was thinking it was:

"Freddy, don't push her, She's brave by even wanting to do this with us let alone possibly having to face a death in our family so let's figure out what we are going to do from here"

Freddy, not wanting to push the issue took a minute to let everyone collect themselves before he suggested:

"One thing we need to do is get out of these bathing suits and into our regular clothes, we can do it here and then we'll head overthere" He said in a leadership tone.

The gang slipped into their regular clothes within a few minutes not bothering to take off their bikinis in the girls case. Fred threw on his dark blue slacks, blue button down shirt and light grey adventurers vest and brown shoes while the girls threw on their clothes: Daphne put on her purple skirt, green shirt, and purple blazer. Velma dawned her usual orange turtleneck and red short skirt with orange socks and red shoes while Googie put on her purple tanktop and she wore her greenish colored short skirt with high top shoes.

Fred pulled out of the parking area and within a few minutes Shaggy's apartment complex came into view.. They were shocked by what they saw as they came to stop at the intersection directly across from it:

The entire place looked like a bomb had gone off and the amount of destruction to the cars, building, and surrounding area made it look like the work of a terrorist until a bad feeling came across all of them especially Googie and Daphne when they saw claw marks dug into the brick siding of the building.

"Gang… I don't think we're dealing with a terrorist.. I think we're dealing with some kind of animal and if that animal is still on the loose, we need to locate who or what it is that did this" Freddy said in a scared tone as the gravity of the situation hit him as he tried to reason with himself that real animals could not do this kind of damage unless they were someone dressed up as one to cover their tracks.

"Jinkies, one thing is for sure, those claw marks are a clue to possibly what we are dealing with and we need to get in there and search the apartment complex from top to bottom to make sure whatever this thing did, it didn't involve Shaggy" Velma reasoned as she immediately went into case mode.

"Go see if you can find a place to park inside the complex Freddy" Daphne suggested as they got rolling looking for a spot in or near the complex to park.

Before they could even get near the place, a stocky tall figure in a police uniform stopped them before they could enter: "This is a restricted area and unless you live here and are with the press, I suggest you turn around before I put you in cuffs" the officer said as he stared intensely into the Mystery Machine checking everyone out.

Daphne reached into her purse and pulled out her and Freddy's Mystery Inc and Channel 11 Press Pass ID badges giving them to the officer along with the rest of the gang's Mystery Inc ID badges. Satisfied with what he saw, the officer smiled at Daphne and gave her specific instructions before he let them through:

"Okay Ms. Blake and Mr. Jones, please be careful, we haven't caught this guy yet and he may want to come back here so be on your guard" The cop warned.

Daphne pulled out some pepper spray bottles from her purse to show the cop:

"We've dealt with criminals before and we might be able to catch this one if we get lucky" Daphne said with confidence.

Her confidence dropped when a body was rolled out in a body bag which went right by the police officer who said: "Not a criminal like this, we've been finding bodies with gash marks on their necks, one couple barely had their heads attached to their shoulders" the cop said grimly pointing at the body bag as it was loaded in the couriers hearse to be sent for autopsy. "I'm warning you guys to be careful for a reason, if this perpetrator can do this to normal people and their vehicles, what do you think he'll do to you guys? He's dangerous and if you see him, let our Chief of Police, Norbert Jones know because we're going to need a SWAT and probably the Armed National Guard if this guy really puts up a fight" the officer continued never once breaking his gaze at Daphne and Freddy.

"I think your friend in the backseat looks a little sick to her stomach and she needs to be, this perp went so far as to murder not only men, but women and children too. I hope the bastard gets what is coming to him and too bad it won't be me who does it" the officer boasted as he walked away and Freddy put the Mystery Machine in park when he saw the concerned look on Velma's and Daphne's faces as they tried their best to calm Googie down.

Instead of barf all over the backseat, Googie slid open the side door of the Mystery Machine and booked it for the woods on the edge of the parking area where she let go of the vomit she could not hold back anymore.

Fred, Velma, and Daphne got out of the Mystery Machine and went after Googie with Scooby hot on their tail as they ran as fast as they could through the parking lot of the apartment complex to the edge of it where the woods met the parking lot. There they saw Googie sitting on the ground rocking frantically as she could not hold back the secret she had kept from the gang anymore as she spoke in a cracked tone as tears flowed down her cheeks and Velma sat down to comfort her as best she could by wrapping her arms around her shoulders as she spoke:

"It's him, it's Shaggy, the curse has come back" Googie cried as everyone but Daphne looked at her with shock in their face.

"What are you talking about Googie? For all we know, Shaggy is probably one of the people who is dead thanks to this evil twisted perp" Freddy said angrily as he vowed to go after whoever did this by pumping his fist towards the sky.

"No Freddy, she's right, it is Shaggy and I think this time we are dealing with a different kind of werewolf" Daphne admitted as she looked at Freddy who had a bewildered look on his face.

"Werewolf, are you fucking kidding me Daph? You and I know they are just fantasy horror creations made in books and movies" Freddy protested as he tried to deny the reality of the situation.

"No Freddy, it's true and I have proof because Googie showed me one night after she trusted I wouldn't tell anyone of the real reason why Shaggy left Mystery INC" Daphne said looking away as she closed her eyes and took a deep sigh before she continued.

"Everything is at our house in the basement, we have a lot to go over because I don't think Shaggy did this on his own, someone would have to know how to read from the Grimnice Book Of Records to enhance the curse already put on Shaggy and then be able to know how to use the harvest moon to cast it on the night when the moon is closest to earth" Daphne said to Freddy who only shook his head in disbelief at her revelation.

Velma who hadn't said a word the whole time spoke up: "Daphne, what happens if we find him and he is the person or creature responsible for all this carnage?"

"We're going to have to…"Daphne paused sniffling as tears flowed down her cheeks and she wiped them away with her hands "If the curse has gotten really bad.. We're going to have to let a wizard or warlock try to reverse the curse and if they cannot, they'll have to use deadly force on him in order to banish the curse once and for all" Daphne admitted as Velma lost her cool and stood up as she reasoned with Daphne:

"Daphne, I never expected you to believe in such hoaxed fairytales. If Shaggy really did this, I want to hear it from him and right now we need to go inside this building and its garage to see if the red RV he drives is still parked there and if it is, he's not going to make it very far on foot or just might be held hostage or like Freddy said earlier.. Dead"

"I'm with Velma, Daphne, I want to see proof for myself to even start grasping such things about Shaggy" Fred said building his confidence up to hope for the best.

"Velma, I need you to take Googie home because if anyone spots us and sees her like this, they'll think she is the terrorist and we cannot risk anything at this point" Fred said to Velma who protested:

"Do you know how many cases we've done together? I'm not some nanny who is going to let my lifelong friend hang in the breeze especially when his life is at stake! I want closure to this too and like it or not, I'm staying with you guys"

"Velma, this is serious stuff and our employer and the general public are going to want answers and it would be a disservice to us if you two and Scooby were here. We know what kind of an asset you are to Mystery Inc, but right now it isn't about Mystery Inc, it's about finding answers that even we are not equipped to solve" Fred said in a stern tone. "We don't want Channel 11 all over our asses and yours if you stay here with her in that condition especially if we are trying to rule out Shaggy as the main suspect" Fred continued only angering Velma more:

"Look Freddy, I understand you want to be this high and mighty egotistical jerk but at the end of the day.. You're only flapping your wings at the true mystery solver here" Velma hissed at Freddy as Daphne got between them and tried to restore order:

"Shut up the both of you and listen, Freddy is right, you and Googie don't need to be here now and I know in my heart this troubles you both but at the end of the day, the general public doesn't want clues, they want answers that none of us have so you, Googie and Scooby can take the Mystery Machine to our house and we'll be back by later tonight and we can figure out what to do next" Daphne said in a leadership tone which surprised even her.

"Okay.. Freddy, I'll do as you say only because I'm looking over at Googie and she needs me more than I need my own ego" Velma admitted as she walked over to Googie getting her up and grabbing the keys from Freddy aggressively as she walked back to the Mystery Machine with her arm around Googie's shoulders.

"You look after them Scooby, okay?" Fred said to Scooby who looked at him with sad eyes as he said: "Raggy, Rhy Raggy?"

"I don't know Scooby, all I can tell you is I'm scared to death about what we're going to find and learn as we go along" Freddy said as he pat Scooby on the head and he joined Velma and Googie in the Mystery Machine as it screeched off out of sight.

….

Scrappy Doo sat across from Dracula, Vanna Pyra, Brunch and Crunch who sat in office chairs watching the dog methodically cast the full blown harvest moon werewolf spell on Shaggy by saying the magic words "Oogly Boogly He-aby why.. A fierce werewolf beast now am I, I don't want to be a normal guy!" He shouted as the magic rays came out of his paws and shot directly towards the full harvest moon in the sky outside the open office window destined for Shaggy's chest. With one final hyme with words only Dracula himself could understand, he closed the book and left it sitting on the mahogany desk as he sat back in the huge bat shaped office chair with his paws behind his head, satisfied that his end of the bargain with Dracula was over:

"You know Drac, if it wasn't for me, you'd have never gotten this book back and I do thank you for letting me master it" Scrappy said as one of his eyes twitched.

"No Scra-pee, if it wasn't for me, you'd still be in prison lifting weights hoping someone didn't kill you" Dracula reminded Scrappy who scoffed at the Count as he put his feet up on the desk:

"Yeah well Drac, I don't see it that way because you let me become the Master Warlock I always wanted to be" Scrappy pontificated only making Dracula scowl as he looked him square in the eye and Scrappy immediately froze when Dracula's eyes went from yellowish red to completely red as the vampire's power immediately rose Scrappy from the chair he sat in to his knees as his kissed Dracula's feet.

"No, you see Scra-pee, I only made you what you are because I want revenge, not your sniveling excuse for pontification" Dracula hissed as he punted Scrappy in the head making the dog cower and whine like a puppy as he ran over and laid at Vanna Pyra's feet panting as she gently pet his aching head:

"Now Drac-ee, be gentle with him, you and I both know he's nothing more than a dog fit to be trained by any master that can keep him out of jail" Vanna reminded her husband who sat back down grumbling to himself.

"Ahh yes Master, she is right you know, this simpleton is too stupid to understand the real plan" Brunch said as he pulled a collar out of his pocket and put it around Scrappy's neck with a click.

"Blaa sththhhhhhhhhhhehehe" Crunch laughed sending his spit everywhere making Dracula dry heave as he got some of it on his all grey suit and purple vest as Crunch pulled out a leash and connected it to Scrappy's collar.

"DAHHHH, Vhy can't Ve find a filter for his flush? Dracula barked as he stood up trying to clean himself off as he hissed another command:

"Listen you two, I vant you to follow Shag-ee in the bat copter and keep tabs on where he is going. By now, he vill have realized vhat the curse has done to him and he vill panic" Dracula instructed Brunch and Crunch who nodded in agreement.

"Very good Master! Where do you want us to start looking?" Brunch asked Dracula as he took his seat in his big office chair and took hold of the Grimmice Book of Records opening it again.

"I vant you to go to Southern California and go east from there, I think Shag-ee is going to try to find Ms. Grimwood to reverse the curse and ve need to stop him before that happens because I do not vant my daughter, Sibella finding out what ve're up to" Dracula said in a serious tone as he flipped through the book stopping on the werewolf harvest moon curse.

"And what will you have us do with Scrappy here?" Brunch asked Dracula who looked up from the book with a scowl on his fanged green face:

"I have a bad feeling Shag-ee's friends will try to go after him when they find out he is a killer verevolf and ve have to somehow keep them distracted and on a vild goosechase" Dracula said in a tense tone as Vanna Pyra walked over to rub his shoulders.

"My suggestion is very simple Sire, why don't we drop off Scrappy in Southern California to rid us of his friends. We should use the same curse he put on Shaggy on him while the harvest moon is still high. That way his friends will think he is controlling Shaggy and we swoop in unobstructed to capture Shaggy and bring him back to the castle. By that time, Scrappy will have caused so much mayhem, by the time they figure it out if they even can survive an encounter with an enraged werewolf, Shaggy will be safely here in the castle dungeon fast asleep on moon dust and you, Sire, can do what you want with him!" Brunch said as he laughed manically making Dracula's face glow and his fangs grow:

"Of course! Dhat's it! Vhy didn't I think of it before" Dracula beamed with excitement.

"You two take dhat ridiculous hound with you and once you have located his friends I vill beam over from the castle and put the harvest moon verevolf spell on him after you drop him off in their city somevhere near vhere they live and vonce dhat is done, you two go after Shag-ee and bring him back here to the castle unharmed" Dracula instructed.

"Dhis time Shag-ee, you vill not escape Dracula and by the time your friends realize what has happened if they survive, you will be mine!" Dracula said triumphantly as the whole room erupted in evil laughter.

"Now go, ve must not fail!" Dracula commanded to the Hunch Bunch who led Scrappy on a leash out of the office.

"I love your plan Drac-ee, I just hope nothing happens to Scrappy, I really kind of think he's cute" Vanna said to her husband as he scoffed the whole "cute" idea:

"Bah, that imbecile is nothing to me, I only did him a favor and vhen he dies, I vill personally drain all his blood and drink it as a fine sherry while my zombies and creatures of my dark forest feast on his remains" Dracula said as he leaned back in his chair and put his feet on the desk.

Brunch and Crunch led Scrappy by a leash to the jet way in the castle where their purple bat copter with green fanged vampire bat symbol sat. They loaded Scrappy into the back of it by sliding its side door open revealing a caged compartment for him to stay in.

"Get up in there you mongrel, I'll be glad when we are rid of you" Brunch hissed at Scrappy as he adjusted his eyeglass watching Scrappy be loaded into the cage by Crunch who slammed the door making the big dane yelp and growl at them both.

"Crunch, I do think you need to use more common sense my boy, because if we piss him off, we go down and we get boiled in oil!" Brunch reminded Crunch who threw a bone into the cage for Scrappy to eat.

"SSSSSSSSOOORRRYY" Crunch flushed as he got into the copter cockpit with Brunch.

Soon they were up in the air as the bat wings of the copter started to go into flight.