Scooby Doo:Hexes and Hijinks

by WolveHulk

AU: You all know how the original movie played out, but how much will the story change when a young rockstar, Selena Ravencroft, joins the Hex girls, falls in love, and discovers her true mystical powers? Will she vanish into obscurity with the Hex Girls, or join the gain in their wacky adventures while spreading her music and magic throughout the world? Find out here!

Ch 1: The Beginning

In all its eerie glory, the full moon hung high in the sky as the night nearly reached its apex. Dark clouds illuminated by its glow warped and drifted across the sky as a cold wind urged them ever onwards.

Below the moon's light was a museum, locked up for the night and empty, save for a single man inside finishing his final paperwork. This man was Dr. Dean, the museum's curator, who had fulfilled his role for over 40 years. And just like every other night, he was locking up his office door and heading home with leftover paperwork that needed some final revisions as he locked his door. As Dr. Dean walked down the museum's dark hallways, he passed a few of his favorite exhibits, the Evolution of Human Civilization and Culture, albeit he was walking in the opposite direction of how a person would typically see the exhibits. It was one of his small morning pleasures when he came in daily, seeing the exhibits in order and marveling at how far humans evolved from mere apes. On the other hand, it saddened the old man to disrespect the knowledge it presented by going backward.

Then again, they were merely exhibits to learn from, not real people. As Dr. Dean passed by an exhibit displaying a rich Roman noble being presented with a bushel of grapes by a beautiful attendant, the attendant statue seemed to move. Once the old man had passed by, the figure was revealed to be a person disguised as part of the exhibit, a young girl with a bob-cut of brown hair, pulling out a pair of glasses and placing them on her face.

This was Vemla Dinkly, the brains of the Mystery Incorporated gang, keeping an eye on the Doctor as he made his way home to protect him from the monsters that haunted him. A week ago, Dr. Dean contacted the gang to help him from a pair of monstrous mummies that haunted the museum and were apparently out for his life. After gathering all the clues and putting together a trap, tonight was when they would put their capture plan into action and unmask the villains.

Elsewhere, the good doctor passed by an exhibit of a bard singing a serenade to a beautiful princess. But the two of them were also members of the gang in disguise, watching over the professor to spring the trap on his attackers: the gang's empath Daphne Blake staring as the princess, while the fearless leader Fred Jones fulfilled the role of the handsome bard who sang to her. Once the doctor had passed, the two broke character and quickly began to redress and prepare for when the two mummies would appear.

As the old curator walked past a minuscule Babalynian exhibit and towards a caveman display, a pair of tomb caskets in the Babalynian exhibit slowly opened with an ominous creak. The old man whipped around, shuttering as he noticed the two coffins slightly ajar when they weren't before. He stepped back, hoping his fears were just playing tricks on him.

Hesitantly, he called out to the darkness of the museum in hopes of a human answer. "Is anyone there?"

Dr. Dean backs away from the coffins, still praying their opening was a trick of his old age. But he accidentally presses the button, which causes the lights to go on as the speaker speaks. He shrieks when the speaker begins the recorded description of the exhibit behind him, dropping his paperwork frightfully. Turning to see it was just the automated voice of the display, the old man sighed in relief at the realization that he was just being jumpy.

"I really must switch to decaf. " He muttered as he cleaned up his mess.

As the doctor picked up his paperwork, the two figures in the caveman display were revealed to be the heart of the Mystery Incorporated group: Shaggy Rogers and his beloved dog, Scooby-Doo. Shaggy was dressed as a caveman wielding a club to defend himself from a saber-toothed tiger, which was just Scooby wearing a fake tiger pelt while he stood in a mid-flight pouncing position. The two looked behind the doctor, noticing with growing fear that the twin tombs were opening, revealing a pair of mummies adorned with armor, helmets, an ax, and spiked mace. They menacingly advanced toward the doctor with their weapons drawn, intending to kill him, while the good Dr. Dean was oblivious to their presence as he kept cleaning up his papers. When he finally stood up again after collecting his things, the two scaredy cats of the gang could no longer maintain their facade as exhibit props. They warned the professor, finally catching his attention as Shaggy pointed his club in fright at the two mummies, hoping the professor would take notice and run for his life.

"P-P-Professor... behind you!" Shaggy whimpered as Scooby hid behind his best friend.

Dr. Dean was shocked to see two of his exhibits come to life to warn him of something but backed away in fright, bumping into the two mummies behind him. He looked up, finally taking notice of the towering monsters that roared upon eye contact and raised their weapons to strike him down. The doctor screamed and made a run for it, narrowly avoiding a painful death as the two mummies nearly missed him, and the old man fled the scene for help. Enraged that their prey had been alerted to them, the two mummies marched towards Shaggy and Scooby, eager for revenge for foiling their attempt to kill the Curator.

"Like... stay right there!" Shaggy cried as he threw his club at the two mummies, while Scooby threw his saber-tooth tiger skin on one of the monsters.

The first mummy quickly sliced the club in two with its ax while the other struggled for a bit to escape the tiger skin until it ripped out of it with a roar.

Now utterly defenseless, Scooby calls for help from his friend. "Raggy!"

Shaggy uses the opportunity to have Scooby activate the trap. "Now, Scoob!"

Getting the signal, Scooby quickly grabbed the rope hidden behind the exhibit and released the hidden net from the ceiling, trapping the two monsters as they growled in surprise.

"YES!" They both shouted in victory.

"The trap worked, Scoob!" Shaggy happily proclaimed to his dog.

"Reah! Ha ha ha hee hee!" Scooby agreed and laughed.

Shaggy held up his hand to Scooby. "Like, give me four, buddy!"

The two jumped up and gave each other a high five, or high four since Scooby only had four digits on his paw. But their celebration was premature; if they had been paying attention to the trapped monsters, they would have noticed that the one with the ax was breaking through the net with his weapon, the two of them approaching their prey again.

Shaggy continued to praise his pall, oblivious to the danger. "You're the man, Scoob!

Not understanding the praise, Scooby-Doo corrected Shaggy: "You're the man! Hee hee hee!"

The two monsters poked their fingers on Shaggy and Scooby's shoulders, garnering their attention. The two pals looked at the fingers and who they belonged to, and the two monsters growled now that they had them in their sights.

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo both cried out, "YIKES!" before running away to escape.

Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you?

We got some work to do now.

Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you?

We need some help from you now.

Shaggy was separated from his pal and running as fast as he could from the monsters. He was dashing around like a maniac. Fred and Daphne saw him running away and were confused: Had the trap not worked? Daphne shrugged as Fred looked to her for an answer. Back with Scooby, both monsters were in hot pursuit of him as he ran for his life, the dog not realizing that he had run up a T. Rex skeleton until he nearly ran off of its skull. The mummy with the mace smashed the leg bone of the skeleton, causing the whole structure to collapse. Scooby screamed as he fell, but his best friend Shaggy caught him. Seeing the two monsters still chasing them, Shaggy made a break for it while carrying his beloved dog.

Come on, Scooby-Doo,

I see you,

pretending you got a sliver.

But you're not fooling me,

'cause I can see,

the way you shake and shiver.

You know we got a mystery to solve,

So Scooby-Doo, be ready for your act.

Don't hold back!

And, Scooby-Doo, if you come through,

you're going to have yourself a Scooby Snack!

That's a fact!

Fred and Daphne ran after their two friends in hopes of saving them. The two changed back into civilian clothes (the same clothes from the Witch's Ghost film, which are the better-updated outfits). They crashed into Velma and fell into a dogpile. They struggled to stand, and the three noticed Shaggy and Scooby still running from the monsters. Shaggy was mounted on Scooby-Doo as he was much faster than Shaggy, but the two were caught in a pincer attack by the monsters, the two narrowly missing getting killed as Scooby dodged, and the two weapons crashed together in a clang of steel but not flesh and bone. Meeting a dead end, Shaggy opened a coffin to try to hide in with his dog, only to reveal inside the coffin that it was an Iron Maiden death machine. Cornered with no way out, both covered their eyes in terror, not wanting to see the monsters that would be their doom.

Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here are you.

You're ready and you're willing.

If we can count on you, Scooby-Doo,

I know we'll catch that villain.

However, as the first monster passed by a tapestry, a foot stuck out right after it ran by, tripping up the other one and causing it to crash into the first. As the two monsters tumbled downwards to the floor, they crashed into the medieval equipment and objects of the Dark Ages section. Once they finally came to a stop, the two monsters were tangled up in the equipment and artifacts, dizzy and dazed, unable to escape.

As Shaggy and Scooby observed in surprise at their luck, the lights came on, and Fred, Velma, Daphne, and Dr. Dean, with a pair of policemen, came walking down the hall towards them.

Fred congratulated the two goofballs on catching the monsters. "Nice going, guys! You caught 'em!"

Shaggy still seemed uncertain about what happened but took the win anyway. "Uh... right. No problem, Freddy." He then pointed to the tapestry as a man emerged from behind it. "Like we had a little help."

The man had a sturdy build, long black hair tied in a ponytail, and a goatee beard/mustache. He wore thin-framed glasses, and his attire consisted of a reddish-brown blazer over a black sweatshirt, matching brown trousers, a black belt, and black shoes.

Daphne was confused but grateful for the stranger's help. "Thank you for your help, sir, but who are you?"

Velma gasped in amazement. "Oh! I don't believe it! You're Ben Ravencroft, the famous horror writer!"

The man, now identified as Ben Ravencraft, smiled at his quick recognition. "That's right." He then walked over to the two monsters, now restrained by the police. "And let's see who they are."

Ben took off the mask of the first monster, revealing a man with glasses, brown hair, and a mustache.

Dr. Dean gasped as he immediately recognized him. "It's Perkins!"

Velma took the mask off the other monster, revealing a man with black hair and a chiseled-looking face. "And Griswold! Disgruntled archaeologists from the museum's Babylonian project. They were upset with you for cutting their funding, Dr. Dean."

Dr. Dean's face held a stern and angry glare, and Perkins growled as the police took him and Griswold. "And we would've gotten away with it, too, If it wasn't for this meddling… writer!"

Ben looked stunned as he was called out, and the gang even more so, as for once, the captured bad guy did not call them 'meddling kids.'

Shaggy told his friends what they felt as they were taken away. "Like, that's a twist."

Fred seemed out of sorts since what he was usually prepared to hear never came, even though he was pleased not to have. "At least he didn't call us kids. I hate that."

Daphne chuckled and started up a proper conversation with Ben. "Guess you beat us to the punch, Mr. Ravencroft."

Ben smiled. "Sorry, I didn't mean to upstage you."

Fred was curious as to why a famous writer would be here. "So what were you doing here?"

Ben spoke about his piece to alleviate the kids' interest. "I was researching my latest novel when I saw these archaeologists acting suspiciously and decided to investigate."

Velma could barely contain her joy in meeting one of her greatest idols in novel history. "Mr. Ravencroft, I am a huge fan of your work. I have read all your books, which are the best horror stories ever written."

Ben almost blushed a bit, never expecting a famous ghost hunter to be a fan of his work. "Thanks, Velma."

Velma gasped in amazement, not expecting the writer to know her name. "You know my name?"

Ben went around the room. "And Daphne's and Fred's."

Ben felt something poke his shoulder. Turning, he saw Scooby and Shaggy with hopeful looks, as if the writer had heard of them, too.

He chuckles before answering. "Ha ha ha! And Scooby and Shaggy's, of course."

Scooby-Doo giggled in joy as Shaggy smiled in happiness.

Ben got back to the point of the conversation. "I've admired your work on revealing supernatural mysteries for some time. I mean, we're in the same business of mystery and the occult, right?"

Velma tried to downplay their work to please Ben, earning a few strange looks from her friends. "Oh please, what we do pales in comparison with the sheer ponderable fright of your novels."

Ben smiled, trying to uplift the kids a bit. "I wouldn't say that. Some of your mysteries have even helped me write my books. Take "The Dead Mall," for example. After hearing about your mystery with Dr. Jackal and the Ghost of Hyde, I got the jewelry store owner's complexity as a character perfectly."

Velma gasped again, overjoyed that their mysteries had helped her favorite author write some of his greatest works. "Really?! Our mysteries helped you with your novels? Oh, Mr. Ravencroft, you honor us!"

Ben's smile felt warmer and had a sense of pride to it. "You're very kind. Which is the other reason I've been hoping to meet you kids. I'm going back to my hometown in Massachusetts this weekend to the house where I worked on my early books. I go back every year for the fall color. It's very peaceful and relaxing. I wanted to treat you all for your indirect help with my books."

Velma gasped once again, making her friend concerned that they should get an inhaler so Velma didn't pass out. "Really? Oh, that would be great! Uh, wouldn't it, gang?"

Daphne could not let a vacation that fell into her lap run away from her. "Yeah! We can use a break from all these spooky mysteries."

Ben was pleased to have them all agree but added one last thing to sell them into coming. "And Oakhaven does have one of the best restaurants in New England."

Shaggy and Scooby licked their lips hungrily as if they could smell it already. "Like we're sold! Eh, Scoob?"

Scooby nodded. "Yeah! Hee hee hee!"

The Next day

Ben took the kids on the road, driving his car with Velma to talk to. She was excited to be with Ben and praised his works and how he'd made everything feel real. Ben was pleased to hear her informative feedback, as his usual editors did not have the same in-depth opinions about his works. As they drove, Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby followed behind in the Mystery Machine as they made their way to Old Oakhaven. Once further away from the city, the group came across a beautiful display of color from the autumn trees: vibrant yellows, robust reds, and bright oranges all decorated the forests they drove by.

Upon reaching the town's outskirts, Daphne was amazed by the colors of the trees and beautiful landscape, taking out a camera to capture the moment of beauty. "Wow! This color is spectacular, eh, guys?"

Fred was quick to agree, "Yeah, it's incredible."

Scooby took out his own camera and joined Daphne in taking pictures. "Yeah."

Shaggy then remembered that he needed another happy photo for the scrapbook. "Like, don't forget me, old buddy."

Quickly turning back to Shaggy, Scooby wrapped an arm around his friend and, smiling, took a picture of them as they began their happy, mystery-free getaway (and when has THAT ever happened?).

Ben led the gang further up the road, nearing the more localized section of town as they crossed a covered bridge across a river. Velma was still going on about how excellent Ben's books were, and the author could not stop smiling as he continued hearing Velma's praises for his books, some of which he felt could have been better.

Velma had just gotten to nearing the end of the 7th book she'd loved to read about from Ben. "And that scene at the end where the caretaker's flesh dissolved was so brilliant I-"

To Ben's surprise, he'd enjoyed Velma's company so much that he hadn't realized they'd arrived. "Oh look, we're here. Wow, time does fly when engrossed in good conversation, Velma. We should talk more once we get to the house."

Velma was stunned that she'd talked for so long that they'd made it to Oakhaven, and she STILL wasn't done. "Already? Wow, I guess I had more to say than I expected. Sorry if I was a nuisance during the ride, Ben."

Ben was proud to display his home to his new friend, especially one who loved his work. "Ha ha ha! Don't worry, Velma. It was a treat to hear what you had to say about my books. Now, without further ado, welcome to Oakhaven!

But as he was about to give her the drive-by tour, Ben saw something that threw him for a loop. "What?"

Ahead of them was a massive traffic jam with no end in sight. It was a sight never seen in such a peaceful town. It felt like they'd gone back to the city in an instant.

Velma was rightfully confused. "I thought you said this was a quiet little town, Ben. What happened?"

Ben was just as perplexed and troubled by this new development. "It was, but I have no idea what's going on!"

Fred found a parking spot behind Ben's car for the Mystery Machine. "Wow! This is a pretty popular spot."

As everyone exited their cars, Ben was astonished at the sheer extent of the people seemingly invading his old hometown.

Daphne asked Ben if this was a yearly occurrence. "Do many people come here often?"

Ben walked ahead of the kids, utterly stunned by how chaotic everything had become. "Sure, we always get a few leaf peepers, but never like this. This is a… circus."

Ben then spots a large man in a blue suit shaking hands with people. "Oh, there's the mayor! He'll know what's going on."

As the group walked over to the mayor, Shaggy, and Scooby both wondered if the mayor had any recommendations for eating. "Like, maybe he'll know a place to eat."

Scooby was quick to agree, licking his chops hungrily. "Yeah.

The Mayor shook a welcoming hand and gave a proud and warm welcome to another guest coming into town. He laughed joyously as more people came to enjoy the festival he'd set up. "Welcome to old Oakhaven. Have a wonderful time! Ha ha ha! So glad you can come!"

The mayor then heard a familiar voice calling out to him. "Mayor! Mayor Corey!"

Mayor Corey turned to the sound, and his face split into a wide grin as he spotted his good friend, Ben Ravencroft. "Ben, my boy! I'm glad you can come home to see this." He walked over and eagerly shook Ben's hand. "And I see you brought some friends… and their dog."

Not considering himself an average dog, Scooby needed clarification about who the mayor was talking about as he looked around for another dog. "Dog? Where?"

Mayor Corey laughed, thinking the dog was playing a joke. "Ha ha! Welcome! The more the merrier!"

While pleased to see his friend in high spirits, Ben needed clarification about what was happening to the town. "But what is all this?"

Corey grinned again, his smile near splitting his face with his glee. "It's great, isn't it? Business is booming! Not like a few months ago when it was slower than maple syrup on a cold day."

Another man, an older-looking one in a white doctor's coat, walked up to Ben and the Mayor as they talked, eager to greet the writer. "Hey, Ben! Welcome home!"

Ben turned and smiled to see the town Pharmacist, Mr. McKnight, walk up and greet him. "Hi, Mr. McKnight, and thank you."

Mr. McKnight handed Ben a T-shirt from a box he was carrying. "Here, have a T-shirt before my store sells out. You can wear it to the concert tomorrow."

Ben was unhappy that so many things kept confusing him today, but he masked his minor frustrations by raising a curious eyebrow. "Concert?"

Freddy clarified for them when he spotted a banner hanging on a tree. "The Hex Girls."

Daphne was surprised that Freddy knew about a band she'd never heard of till now. "You've heard of them, Fred?"

Fred pointed to the banner he saw. "Just now."

Daphne spotted the banner Fred pointed at and read it aloud: "Oakhaven Autumn Fest, Featuring the Hex Girls."

Mayor Corey smiled as Daphne read the banner: "A local group. You'll like them. They're kind of spooky. Your niece is president of their local fan club."

Ben's eyes widened as he finally recognized the band. "Oh, right! That rock band that Mr. McKnight's daughter, Sally, leads. Now I remember." He chuckled, "I'm kinda surprised I forgot about them with all of Selena's praise about them."

Velma was curious as to who Ben was referring to. "Wait, your niece? Ben, I wasn't aware that you had a niece."

Ben gives a warm smile. "I don't usually talk about her very often for her privacy. Don't want any diehard fans chasing her down for insider knowledge about my work when she just does her own thing."

He looked to the sky as he reminisced. "Selena Logan RavenCroft, daughter of my late sister, Jessica RavenCroft. When her parents were both lost in a tragic fire that destroyed her house when she was a little girl, I took her in and raised her as my own. My love for horror novels and stories influenced her wildly as she grew up, and she became a goth. While I don't hold anything against her dissection, it pained me to see her bullied at school for it."

Ben closed his eyes as he remembered the night Selena moved out. "Despite my best efforts, I could never fill the hole her parents left behind. I'm just glad that we had a strong bond at all. When she turned 18, she moved out on her own to make her way, as she didn't want to, in her own words, 'leech off of me and my success,' despite my protests that it was fine."

Ben focused back on the gang and the Mayor. "Selena will always be my greatest treasure, no matter what anyone else says about her. She's the sole inheritance of everything I've built as an author, and I hope she knows I'm proud of her, wherever she is."

Daphne wiped a tear away from her eye. "Ben, that was beautiful. I hope your niece knows how much you love her."

Shaggy and Scooby were sobbing, blowing their noses in tissues as they agreed with Daphne. Fred and Velma smiled, happy that Ben had a good family life. Mayor Corey also smiled at the fond memories, as Selena may have been a bit of a puppet master at times with money-making schemes; she always had her heart set on the right thing. Corey chuckled to himself at all the times Selena secretly helped with the town budget and festival finances behind Ben's back. Returning to the present, Ben looked at the T-shirt Mr. McKnight gave him, and his excellent mood instantly soured. It depicted a ghostly witch on the front, holding a green fireball in her hand.

He read the words on it aloud. "I met the ghost of Oakhaven and lived?!"

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo were also shaken from their happy crying and replaced with their usual terror and fright. "Ghost!"

Velma was also shocked to hear about a ghost in town. "Jinkies! Looks like you got a ghost in your own backyard, Ben."

Mayor Corey, his mood souring, also warned the group with a whisper. "Not only that. But it's his own ancestor, the ghost of Adera Ravencroft."

Ben was stunned by the Mayor's accusation. "That's ridiculous! I thought we'd got past this "witch" nonsense! But wait, you said Adera, not Sarah. What's going on, Mayor?"

Mayor Corey had a sad look on his face. "All I can say for now is that we were both right, Ben. Ever since we built our Puritan village, her ghost has appeared many times."

Fred crossed his arms with a smug smile. " Don't tell me, you disturbed her spirit with the construction?"

Daphne finished Fred's thought with a smile of her own. "And now, she's haunting the town."

Mayor Corey was stunned at the kids' intuition about the ghost. "H-How did you know?"

Velma raised a hand with a proud smile. "Ghost hunting's our specialty."

Mayor Corey rubbed his chin in thought. "Oh, I see. We might need your help catching this ghost before something awful happens later."

Trying to regain control of the conversation, Ben asked the mayor about this village. "Did you say 'puritan village,' Mayor?"

Corey's smile shined like the sun as he led the gang and Ben to the Puritan village, where dozens of tourists and actors were present. The actors played the roles of Puritan villagers, reenacting life in the 1600s, while tourists were amazed by the perfect reconstruction of the village houses and practices. Turkeys gobbled and flocked around in their pens, candles, and bread makers performed their craft, and a few fake stocks with people pretending to be punished criminals were all present in the village.

Corey proudly presented the masterpiece of Oakhaven tourism. "What you're seeing is a perfect recreation of what life was like back in the 1600s, as reenacted by our locals."

Ben, while impressed, was curious about when this all came about. "When did all of this go up?"

The Mayor smiled as he gave his answer. "About six months ago."

Velma was amazed by how accurately the locks had authenticated the village. "This is amazing, Mayor! You've got a real and true Puritan village nearly perfectly replicated!"

The mayor smiled at the girl's praise for the town's handiwork. As they entered the village, Daphne spotted a tree stump with a bunch of corn husk dolls.

She found them cute, picked one up, and showed it to Freddy. "Oh! Corn husk dolls: Aren't they cute, Fred?"

Fred agreed, thinking that he should get one for Daphne later. "Yeah, charming."

Back with Scooby and Shaggy, the man in question was pretending to be a criminal trapped in the pillory. "Ha ha! Hey, look, Scoob, I've been a ba-a-ad boy!"

Scooby and the other tourists laughed at Shaggy's amusing antics. If there was one thing that Shaggy and Scooby loved doing just as much as eating, it was making people happy with laughter. Once freed from the stock, Shaggy and Scooby went to a small crowd to watch a woman using a butter churn, taking videos and pictures.

The pilgrim woman saw Shaggy and Scooby were closest to her and offered them a chance to churn. "Wouldst thou like to churn?

Scooby was confused by the woman's use of old English, but Shaggy clarified for him with a laugh. "Ha ha! Like it's your turn to churn the butter, old buddy."

Once he understood, Scooby was quick to agree. "Uh-huh! Hee-hee-hee!"

Scooby then takes hold of the stick and begins to churn it, the crowd in awe that a dog was churning butter so well. After a few moments, Scooby felt it was time for some funny antics and grabbed the butter churn in his paws, pretending to use it as a guitar. The crowd erupted into cheerful laughter as Scooby kept rocking out with the churn, bouncing and shaking as if he were on stage performing for millions. But some of the butter slipped out of the top of the churn, causing Scooby to slip onto his back. Once on the ground, the dog gave the crowd an amused smile and a shrug, many laughing with him.

Once collecting himself from the laughter, Shaggy helped Scooby collect the churn before too much butter leaked out the top and gave it back to the woman. "Now, all we need is the popcorn."

Back with the mayor, Ben, and Vemla, she collected information from Corey about this supposed ghost haunting the town. "So you say a ghost has been appearing here?"

Mayor Corey nodded his head. "Ah-yup. That's right, young lady. Apparently, we disturbed the spirit of Ben's ancestor, who was persecuted as a witch way back in 1657."

Ben suddenly lashed at the mayor in a tirade. "Unjustifiably persecuted! Sarah Ravencroft was a medicine woman who practiced natural healing and was unfairly accused because of her eccentric ways!"

Velma was quick to put two and two together. "Just like the Salem witch trials, many men and women who were a bit different or didn't conform to the codes of the colony suffered the same fate."

Ben smiled, grateful for Velma's understanding. "Sarah was a healer. It was said she even kept a journal of all the patients she cured with her herbal remedies." He then turned to the mayor. "Earlier, you said that we were both right, mayor. What did you mean by that?"

The mayor let out a sad sigh as he told Ben his tale. "While building the village, we found a chest holding old documentation that the old colony used. It said that Sarah Ravencroft had a sister, Adera Ravencroft, who was the real witch. She intended to spread a second round of the Black Plague in the Americas to destroy the old colony and force the survivors to be her slaves or die. Sarah used her Wiccan remedies to heal the infected and push back against her evil sister, giving the colonists a chance to fight back and put Adera down."

The mayor put a hand on Ben's shoulder. "Afterwards, Sarah was honored by the colony as a hero, but a few of Adera's surviving fanatics altered the history books to make it seem that Adera was simply an alias that Sarah used to hide her identity while she performed black magic. So, Ben, you were right about Sarah being a Wiccan, but I'm afraid that everyone else was right about there being a witch in your family tree."

Ben's face was a mix of horror and joy as he digested the information. He'd been right, but simultaneously, he'd been so wrong. There WAS a witch in his family, and her sister bravely stood against her to save everyone.

The mayor cleared his throat and continued. "I'm planning on having an official apology and pardoning ceremony tonight for Sarah and properly honoring her for her service to Oakhaven, Ben. I hoped that you and Selena would be present for it."

Ben felt a weight lifted from his shoulders, a single tear falling from his eye as he smiled genuinely in gratitude for the mayor's kindness. "Thank you, Mayor Corey. I'll be sure that we're both there for it."

Velma felt a pang in her heart as she witnessed the happy moment, her idol author getting the closure and recognition he deserved from his hometown. She was delighted as Ben shook hands with the mayor and the Ravencroft name was finally set straight.

Meanwhile

Shaggy and Scooby walked up to the tree stump with the corn husk dolls, as few were left.

"Look, Raggy." Scooby snatched the hat off of one of the dolls and threw it into the air, landing perfectly on his head. "Hee hee hee!"

Shaggy smiled as his friend put the hat on. "It's a perfect fit, Scoob."

Scooby laughed in agreement. "Yeah! Hee hee- oh!"

Scooby's laughter was cut short when a wind blew the hat off his head and back towards the stump. As the hat landed, a mole came out of its burrow and grabbed it, inspecting it briefly before putting it on its head. Scooby knelt to the mole, smiling, seeing that the little guy had a good sense of fashion. Sensing Scooby's good intentions, the mole gently patted him on the nose before diving back into its hole, then quickly reappearing with a shoe buckle in its paws. Scooby smiled and took the gift into his mouth and back to Shaggy.

Shaggy was impressed that a mole had such good manners. "Wow! I didn't know that moles were such cool guys! Like, what'd he give you, old buddy?"

Scooby spat the item out into Shaggy's open hand. "I don't know."

Shaggy looked over the shoe buckle, as he'd never seen such an old one without a shoe; thus, he was uncertain about what he was holding. "Wonder what this is?"

He felt a hand on his shoulder, and Shaggy turned to see a beautiful young woman with long black hair with a few purple and green streaks, sky-blue eyes, a tan headband with a bat symbol, and fair skin. She was dressed in Wiccan robes and had a gold necklace around her neck, with a pendant in the shape of an hourglass hanging in the middle.

The girls spoke up about Shaggy's find. "Your companion just found an old shoe buckle, my friend. It's probably over 400 years old."

Shaggy was thrilled to hold such an old artifact and attached it to his shoe. "Cool! Hey, Scoob, maybe we can give that nice little mole another gift, and he'll trade it for the other so I can have a matching pair!"

Scooby nodded, liking the plan to be nice to the mole for another shoe buckle. "Okay!"

As Scooby looked around for something nice for the mole, Shaggy turned to face the woman. "Like, sorry, but I never got your name. I'm Shaggy, and that's my best pal, Scooby-Doo." he pointed to Scooby, who was sniffing around for something cool to give to the mole.

The woman shook his hand. "Selena Logan Ravencroft, modern Wiccan and goth extraordinaire, at your service."

Shaggy's eyes widened. "Hey, your Ben's niece! He told us your story when we first got here!"

Selena's eyes widened with excitement. "Uncle Ben's home?! That's great! I have to find him later. But for right now…" Selena looked past Shaggy towards Scooby-Doo. "Could I please pet your dog?"

Shaggy chuckled and whistled for Scooby, who came running over at the signal. Once he arrived, Selena was on him immediately, scratching the back of Scooby's ear and hugging him.

"Oh, you are so cute! Such a good boy!" Selena whispered sweet talk to Scooby, who wagged his tail and giggled at the affection.

"R'aw, shucks! Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!"

"Like, wow! I haven't met another dog lover in ages!" Shaggy exclaimed as Selena finally stopped coddling Scooby.

"I love all animals, Shaggy. It's just been YEARS since I got to hold a dog. Especially one so well cared for. You should be proud of how well you care for your friend." Selena complimented Shaggy's skills in caring for Scooby.

Both goofballs chuckled at the girl's compliments but were interrupted when they heard a small yelp from below. As they turned to look, Selena was first to see that the friendly Mole from earlier (one she'd dubbed Mr. Chesnut) was thrown from his hole, still clutching his little hat, while a large groundhog was laughing at him. The groundhog had just kicked Mr. Chesnut out of his home, which rubbed them all wrong. As Selena gathered the poor little animal in her arms, Scooby was on the groundhog in seconds, growling and glaring at the homewrecker. The groundhog blew a raspberry at the dog before he went down into the freshly stolen burrow. Scooby reached a paw down the hole, trying to get the little bugger out, but with a sudden pain in his paw, Scooby pulled it out to reveal a shallow bite mark.

Scooby was NOT happy. "R'OOOOWWW! Ooh!" He shook his paw to dull the pain before growling and lunging into the dirt, digging through it to catch the nasty intruder.

Shaggy shielded himself and Selena from the dirt Scooby dug up, as it was flung everywhere in his pursuit of the groundhog. "Easy Scoob! Don't bury us trying to dig him out!"

With the hole now big enough, Scooby thrust his head into it, pulling out the squirming groundhog by the scruff of his neck in his mouth. The dog then growled again and tossed the groundhog away, the little bugger landing on his face near the fence towards the wood. With an angry chitter, the intruding animal fled into the woods. Mr. Chestnut chittered to Scooby, giving him a friendly boop on his nose before retreating back into the hole to begin repairing his home.

Selena grumbled bitterly. "Well, all animals EXCEPT that one. Old Codger the groundhog has been a bully around her for years. I usually have to get into fights with him to shove him off."

Shaggy sighed. "Yikes, he must be a real tough one."

Scooby nodded in agreement as he pushed some of the dirt he dug back into the hole for the mole to use.

"Selena! There you are!" Ben's voice rang out as he called out to his niece.

Selena spun around, and a wide grin graced her lips as she ran to her uncle and jumped into his arms. "UNCLE BEN! YOUR HOME!"

Ben was knocked to the ground with a laugh as he embraced his niece. "Ha ha ha! Careful with the old man, sweetheart! It's good to see you, too."

Ben noticed what Selena was wearing and became confused. "Uh, Selena, what are you wearing?"

Selena helped her uncle and twirled around a bit with her Wiccan robes. "Do you like them? The mayor helped me pick this out to help with the village actors. My remedies and Wiccan herbs that you helped me learn years ago are proving to be a big hit in the village."

Ben smiled proudly as his niece embraced her heritage and used it for the good of others, but he knew her too well and recognized a hidden pain in her eyes. Crossing his arms, Ben asked sternly. "Selena, have you been getting picked on again? I swear if they did anything to you…"

Selena held up her hands in defense. "Uncle Ben, please, I'm fine. None of my former bullies are here for the Autumn Fest this year. Besides, they're probably off getting drunk in a random bar, like every other person uses the celebration as an excuse to drink."

Ben gave her a curious stare before relenting with a sigh. "Fine, but you better tell me if these hooligans show their faces. Selena, I won't stand you getting picked on because of your eccentric ways."

Selena smiled and hugged her uncle again without knocking him down. "I know, Uncle Ben. You have such a big heart."

As Fred and Velma smiled at the happy reunion, Daphne wondered why Scooby was covered in dirt. "What happened, guys? You lose a snack to a gopher?"

"Nuh-uh, rasty roundhog." Scooby said, looking to Shaggy to explain the story.

"Ya see, Daph, it was like this…" Shaggy explained the story of how they met such a friendly mole who gifted them the shoe buckle and how they helped him get his home back from the bully of a groundhog, Old Codger.

Mayor Corey overheard and wanted to mention the other artifacts they found. "A yeah, we found all sorts of items from the old colony when we cleared this area for construction. Handmade nails, horseshoes, farm equipment. Selena's the one who found that old chest with the proof to clear Sarah's name."

Ben, now very proud of his niece, asked the mayor what he wished for out of everything as Selena helped him to his feet. "How about a book?"

Corey turned in confusion. "A book?"

Ben gave the mayor a severe stare. "You know how long I've been searching for Sarah's journal to officially clear our family name. I know the documentation you found was enough proof for the town, but having that journal could mean restoring hundreds of lost Wiccan healing techniques."

Selena, now hearing her uncle talk about the book, was adamant about reclaiming her family legacy. "That's right, Mayor. If I can recreate the healing remedies the journal held, we could advance our medicine by decades by combining it with modern medicine."

The mayor sighed sadly at bearing the bad news. "Sorry, Ben and Selena. Nothing like that. That old chest was the only thing that held any sort of intact documents."

Fred interrupted to inquire about the ghost. "So what makes you think it's Adera's ghost haunting this place, mayor?"

Mayor Corey looked a bit nervous when he revealed the truth. "Because the ghost says so. She said the whole town would pay for siding with her Wiccan sister. Maybe you'll see her tonight."

Fred rolled his eyes, rather tired of all ghosts acting out of vengeance when it was probably some real estate developer who wanted to demolish the town for a golf course. "Oh boy."

Daphne looked to Fred, hoping to calm his nerves. "You never know, Fred. This could be a real one this time."

Then, Shaggy's and Scooby's stomachs growled like lions, making everyone jump. The two looked a bit sheepish but let their hunger be known. "Hey, we'd like to see a Puritan pizza joint. We're starved!"

Scooby agreed, putting on a sad puppy face. "Reah."

Corey laughed at finally something normal he could take care of instead of worrying about ghosts, putting his hands on each of their shoulders. "Ha ha ha! Don't worry, boys. We've got the best restaurant in all of New England. It's back in town. I'll walk you there."

As the two walked away with Corey, Ben, wanting to be a great host, asked the kids what they wanted. "Do you kids wanna go and grab a bite? Or do you want to see my studio?"

The idea of seeing where the magic of Ben's novels was born was something Velma wouldn't miss for the world, and she made it abundantly clear. "Wow, would we ever! Shaggy, we'll meet up with you later!"

Selena hugged her uncle's arm. "I'd love to go with you, Uncle Ben, but I gotta go to work after I finish up here at the village. I'll see you there tonight."

After giving her uncle a peck on the cheek, Selena ran off into the crowd, leaving Ben a bit bewildered. Velma noticed and asked if he was ok. "Ben, are you ok?"

Ben nodded. "Yes, I've just never seen Selena ACTUALLY like any previous jobs she's taken beforehand. This new one must be something special."

Ben turned back to the direction of the Mayor, calling out to him for one last thing. "Mayor! Tell Jack that anything they order is on me!"

Shaggy and Scooby could not believe their luck when Ben made his offer. "Zoinks! Like what a great guy!"

"Reah, reat!"

Daphne laughed a little as she silently prayed for mercy on Ben's wallet. "You're gonna regret that offer, Ben."

Ben looked a bit confused at Daphne's remark. Surely a single man and his dog couldn't eat THAT much… could they?

Back with Selena

After the niece of Ben Ravencroft had finished her work and changed out of her Wiccan outfit, she was heading home to rest a bit. Selena's casual attire included a black skirt and combat shorts, a purple t-shirt with a white skull, and laced knee-high boots. She carried a black purse decorated with red bats and green crescent moons.

As she made her way to her destination, Selena still had to pinch herself each time she went to a rehearsal. She was working WITH the Hex Girls. The band understood her very soul with their gimmicks and the flow of their music. They had accepted her as part of the designer crew not long after she moved out of her uncle's mansion, and she'd found true friends with them. She'd been working odd jobs and other opportunities to make extra money for the band and support their music equipment. Once they figured out that Selena could sing, they practically begged her to join the main band alongside them, which she accepted. The concert at the Autumn Fest tomorrow would be her big Debut, and Selena was beyond nervous about it. But the confidence and practicing she'd been doing alongside the Hex Girls had strengthened her resolve that she could do anything.

Selena went down an alleyway as a shortcut toward her rehearsal with the Hex Girls but was suddenly shoved against the alley's brick wall. After shaking off the dizziness of the impact, Selena glared at a male and female her age standing over her.

"Hey there, Ravencroft. Long time no see. Still making those potions with frog legs and snail slime?" The male, Jeff, said with a smirk.

"All grown-up, I see. Too bad your fashion is still as atrocious as it was years ago." The female, Reva, added with a smirk of her own.

Jeff and Reva were the biggest bullies Selena dealt with from her high school graduation until then. They were descendants of famous witch hunters who had taken the lives of over 40 people accused of witchcraft, so the odds were against Selena from the start with them on her back all the time. Even after that, they actively kept looking for her to make her life hell, getting her fired from many previous employment options when they spread rumors about her being a descendant of a witch. Selena had hoped that she had finally lost them three years ago, but like a bad penny, they found her again.

Selena got up and maintained her glare. "Long time, happy not to see, assholes. Are you still wasting your time trying to beat me instead of living like normal people? Or are you still clinging to the supposed past glory of 'witch hunting'? All your ancestors did was kill innocent people and Wiccans who wanted the best for-OOF!"

Selena was interrupted when Jeff socked her in the gut, causing her to crumble to the floor, but he grabbed her shirt and pinned her to the wall before she fell.

"Well, well, I see the bitch has claws now, huh?" Reva said with a glare as she poked Selena's breast. "Too many times with the dikes toughen you up? Not to mention you haven't developed anything noteworthy physically, Ravencroft."

Selena blushed in embarrassment, and a single tear fell down her cheek. She hated the remarks about her body not being remarkable or attractive the most out of everything she suffered from these two punks. They still knew how to hurt her badly.

Reva's smile turned wicked as she grabbed Selena's face. "Do you think a witch like you has a place in our world? You kind should all be burning in hell with the rest of the sinners. How your family escaped our ancestors is still a mystery to me, but we will correct it. Right. NOW."

Selena flinched as the two bullies closed in on her, but before anything else could be said or done, two pairs of hands tapped them on the shoulder, and they turned to see the Hex Girls themselves. "Hey, bitches." They said together, showing their fangs with bloodthirsty smiles.

Reva and Jeff screamed in terror before taking off like bats out of hell. Reva was sobbing hysterically while Jeff had the faint scent of urine as they fled. Selena fell to the floor once Jeff let her go but was caught by Luna and Dusk. Once making sure the bullies were long gone, Thorn rushed over to Selena and gently lifted her face to face.

"Selena, are you ok? Did they hurt you? I swear if they so much as left a scratch on you…" Thorn's blood was boiling at the mere thought of those punks laying their hands on Selena.

The girl in question was blushing as she rested her head against Thorn's shoulder, breathing shakily. When Selena was finally brought into the band, she'd been reluctant to reveal her true origins and the trauma to them, but it was part of the induction ceremony when they shared their past with her. Upon hearing Selena's story and her persecution for the 'witch' nonsense, all three members of the Hex Girls swore to support and protect her from them, no matter the adversity.

Selena remembered how much she cried that night, embraced by the first three people who accepted her and wanted to be her friend, at least outside her family. While she saw Dusk and Luna as the sisters she always wanted, Thorn was… Special. Under a year ago, she'd confessed her genuine love to Thorn, expecting to be called a freak and be banished from the group. Instead, Thorn revealed her similar feelings and fears that she'd drive Selena away. While they accepted each other's affections and started dating, they decided to take things slow and respected each other's personal space.

Selena felt special to be dotted on by her friends and girlfriend. "I'm fine now, girls. Thanks for saving my ass."

Thorn smiled at her girlfriend and gave her a peck on her forehead. "We'll always come for you when you need us, Selena. It's our pact to stay strong together. That includes you."

With smiles all around, Dusk and Luna helped Selena to her feet. With Thorn leading the way, they followed Selena back to her apartment so she could get into her costume for rehearsal.

Back with Shaggy and Scooby

Mayor Corey had just arrived at the Oakhaven Restaurant with Shaggy and Scooby in tow. Thanks to the Mayor's standing in tow, he could bypass the line for tables and bring his two guests inside. The inside of the establishment was beautiful, with a rustic atmosphere. A waitress in a pink uniform passed by, carrying a plate of food for another customer. Shaggy and Scooby smelled the food as it passed, giving them relief at the divine scent.

Corey pointed to a rather rotund man at the cash register, taking payment from a pair of satisfied customers. "Jack's gonna take care of you, boys. You're gonna love his cooking."

Shaggy was utterly sold that this place was the best in New England and took the mayor's word as law. "We sure will, your honor."

Needing his attention elsewhere, Corey turned to leave and have Shaggy and Scooby enjoy themselves. "Enjoy your stay at Oakhaven, boys."

Shaggy waved goodbye as the mayor took his leave. "Thanks, your dudeness."

Scooby was then distracted by a man eating his lunch, a plate of fine steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, and broccoli. As the man enjoyed his food, he felt a sudden wetness on his right shoulder, looking up to spot Scooby looming over him in hopes of snatching his meal. Startled, the man used himself as a shield to block the dog from his food, but Scooby was relentless as he tried to find a way to snatch it; the dog could not wait to be seated and resorted to stealing another's meal. Spotting his VIPs, Jack walked to Shaggy and Scooby; the man smelled of good food and had a warm personality.

Jack's laugh echoed like a fog horn but was full of friendly energy, putting a hand on Shaggy's shoulder. "Ha ha ha! Well, boys, are you hungry?"

Shaggy was glad the man knew what they needed when he saw them. "Man, are we ever!"

Jack pointed to the back of the restaurant toward an empty table. "Come over here to the back. I always have a table for V.I.P's."

Shaggy made a mental note to put a five-star review for service already. "Groovy! Come on, Scoob!"

Grabbing the dog's collar, he takes Scooby to the table and away from the man he was harassing, and Jack hands them both menus as they take their seats.

Jack let them know about their options. "You're Mr. Ravencroft's guests so order up anything on the menu, boys. I've got a nice juicy ham bone for your dog. What do ya think?"

Scooby was offended even to be offered a bone for free, let alone pay for it. Especially since Ben was taking their meal on his tab, Scooby wanted to get what he loved, not scraps! "Rone?! Yuck!"

Shaggy chuckled a bit, knowing this usually happens whenever Scooby comes to a restaurant to eat. "Na-heh, eh Scooby's allergic to bones. We'll have whatever that great smell is."

Jack's smile widened considerably when he heard that, pointing out things on the menu to explain his dishes better. "Well, that's our Yankee pot roast, New England clam chowder, maple-baked ham and beans, Roast turkey with chestnut stuffing, and apple cinnamon pie!"

Scooby and Shaggy were so excited for their food that their tongues fell out of their mouths. They quickly retracted them and gulped in anticipation for the feast to come.

Shaggy spoke for both of them when he placed their order. "Sounds great! Like, give us two orders of everything."

Jack's laughter was full of delight as he entered the kitchen. "Hah ha ha! Oh, I love people who love to eat!"

As Jack enters the kitchen, the Mystery Incorporated goofballs tie their napkins around their necks and grab their silverware, preparing to dive into Jack's first cooking course.

At Ben's House

Now, at the RavenCroft Manor, Ben was eager to give the gang a tour of what was the birthplace of his writing career. It was a beautiful place with a design not too dissimilar to old England architecture, painted a gorgeous blue with a large fenced-in yard. The yard itself held a circular driveway with a fountain in the middle, and the pillars of each gate post had a stone dragon sitting at the top of it. All in all, the house was perfect. Inside the house, Ben was giving the kids a tour of his place and his possessions.

Velma was amazed by Ben's sheer complexity and variety of cool things. "Wow! So this is where it all started."

Ben leaned against a bookcase and smiled in pride at how enthusiastic the kids were about his things. "Yes. I wrote all my early novels here. Now, I spend most of my time in Europe, but I come back once a year to recharge my batteries."

He noticed Velma observing his desk and computer as if it were the throne of Zeus himself. He decided to let her have her fun and smirked. "Go ahead, Velma. Sit down."

Velma, slowly nodding and smiling, sat at the computer desk and began typing into the search engine in Ben's documents for his book's early iterations, possibly being the first to observe his writings in their prototype stages. "Jinkies! This is a dream come true!"

"You have some cool things here Ben." Daphne was more impressed by the unique items in Ben's possession: a samurai sword, an African shield and matching pair of spears, a pair of comedy and tragedy masks made of gold, and finally, some old promotional posters for his early books.

"I'll say!" Fred quickly agreed but noticed a large portrait above the fireplace depicting a beautiful woman in Wiccan robes. He walked over to it and asked Ben who it was. 'So, whose portrait is this?"

Ben walked up to the painting and proudly displayed his ancestor to the kids. "This is Sarah Ravencroft. I think a grateful patient painted it."

He began explaining his family history to the gang, happy to have people willing to listen. "Of course, she wasn't very popular with the town's doctors. Sarah was untraditional in her approach to medicine. She was a Wiccan."

Fred was confused, as he'd heard the word Wiccan earlier but forgot to ask what it meant. "I heard you say that with the mayor earlier, but I forgot to ask what it meant. What is a Wiccan?"

Velma jumped in to clarify for Fred. "I've read about them. Wiccans were people intuned with nature's forces and used them for healing. The Wiccan traditions are normally a sort of religious faction that praises and respects nature and the ancient spirits that comprise it in exchange for their healing powers. Still, powerful Wiccans of the past can spread their gifts to their bloodlines, even if those descendants don't follow the same teachings. Sadly, those gifts weaken with each generation that doesn't follow the Wiccan practices until they fizzle out completely."

Ben was impressed by Velma's knowledge. "Exactly, Velma. Selena and I study them quite often, hoping to preserve the gift Sarha gave us. I may occasionally dabble with these practices, but Selena is far more proficient than I am. It's how she got an apprenticeship with Mr. McKnight's pharmacy."

Ben then got back on topic about Sarah. "Sarah believed in using herbs and other natural elements to draw from the Earth's power to heal the sick. She helped many people who could not afford medical treatment and treated her patients under a large oak tree, which she believed to have healing powers.

Velma then looked at the oak tree in the painting, realizing she might have seen it before. "Hey, I saw a huge oak tree like that in the town square."

Ben was glad Velma was eager to help but bore terrible news. "I've already searched the area around that tree but never found anything. That book can finally prove Sarah's innocence and that she was a Wiccan, not an evil witch."

Velma nodded as she explained further to her friends. "Wiccans have been misunderstood and accused of sorcery. The word "witch" even comes from "Wicca" even though they are nearly complete opposites in terms of their morality and how they derived their magic."

Ben was even more impressed by Velma's knowledge of the occult. "I'm impressed, Velma. You know, doing research on Sarah and the Wiccans, led me to read almost everything about the world of superstition. That's how I started writing stories to frighten people."

Meanwhile, with Selena

As Selena was getting dressed for her rehearsal with the Hex Girls, Luna became a bit amused about what happened earlier. "Hahahahaha! Did you see the looks on their faces? They ran away like little bitches with their tails between their legs."

"They sure did. I smelled the piss coming off that one guy. Ugh, such a baby, Hahahahaha!" Thorn added with both amusement and disgust.

Dusk then got serious as she spoke up. "Nobody messes with one of our own, not the angels above or whatever hellspawn below." Dusk added with a chuckle. "So, Selena, I heard your uncle Ben's come home, right?"

Selena smiled as she straightened her hair. "He has. I saw him earlier today, and he brought some people with him, too—four people and a very great-looking Great Dane dog."

"Really? What did the dog look like?" Throne asked with interest, knowing her girlfriend's love for animals.

"Well, he had brown fur and black spots, complete with a blue collar and an S for the name Scooby on his tag. And the weird thing is, he actually talks." Selena answered, describing Scooby.

"He talks? Damn, I never thought that a dog would actually be capable of speech." Luna said with interest in the dog.

"Yeah. But he kinda uses the letter R in his speech. But his caretaker, Shaggy, perfectly understands him." Selena added.

"And where are they now?" Dusk asked.

"You won't believe it, but they're at Jack's. It turns out that Shaggy and Scooby have a real passion for food, almost like their lives revolve around it." Selena answered, fully dressed now. "Say, maybe we could greet them when they leave Jack's, be a little…mischievous, and give them a little…scare?"

"That's actually a great idea, babe. Who knows, it'll probably make them run off their food. That would be really funny, too." Throne agreed. "How about you girls?"

"Count us in." Luna and Dusk said with eagerness.

The bedroom door opened as they agreed to scare Shaggy and Scooby, and Selena stepped out in costume. She wore a dark, royal purple dress with red cold shoulder accents and matching sash belt, a green cauldron-shaped pendant around her neck, raven-black hair with purple and green streaks, purple eye paint, green lipstick, and black fingernails. Her fake fangs glistened in the room's light, and a pair of phony bat wings were folded on her back. Selena took great pride in them; they were mechanical, and she could open them up to create a more dramatic effect.

Dusk was in awe. "Wow, Selena, you look incredible!"

Luna whistled and winked. "Damn, girl, you're rockin' out with that!"

Selena smiled and flicked her wrist like it wasn't a big deal. "Ah, Nothing special. So, Thorn, what do you think?"

Thorn stood there, stunned and blushing, as she'd never seen Selena look so beautiful. Coughing into her hand, Thorn collected herself and embraced her girlfriend. "You look phenomenal, Selena. It's like you've been with us from the start."

Selena smiled and hugged back but then had an Idea. "Guys, don't call me by name while I'm in costume. I got the perfect stage name! Call me… Jinx."

Luna and Duck gasped in awe while Thorn made her approval more vocal. "Perfect! Now we have a full band ready for scarin'!"

Just as they all cheered, Selena got a text on her phone. Taking a look, it was from her Uncle Ben. He needed her at the Puritan village later tonight, an hour or so before rehearsal. "Aw, man. Sorry, guys, but I'll have to catch up with you later about the scare. My uncle wants me to meet him at the village later tonight. I'll still be able to make it for rehearsal, but I'll be out a bit longer."

The three girls pouted but nodded. Luna spoke up. "It's okay. We'll meet you for the scare after you're done."

Selena, now known as Jinx on stage, nodded back. Thanks, girls. See you soon."

With that, the girls split up, with Jinx heading to meet her uncle while the rest of the Hex Girls headed to the spot for the scare, eagerly awaiting Shaggy and Scooby.

Back with Shaggy and Scooby

Speaking of those two goofballs, a woman gasps in horror at the sight before her, along with the rest of the restaurant, as they all observe in disgust and awe at Shaggy and Scooby as they consume practically EVERYTHING before them, like a pair of bottomless pits. As Shaggy devoured a large sourdough loaf in a few bites, Scooby had just finished his sixth cob of corn and butter and three drumsticks. Shaggy lifted a whole plate of baked potatoes with bacon and butter and let its contents fall into his mouth, and not a single one lost to his gaping jaws. Scooby then grabbed a hunk of ham on a bone, devouring it so he had a window in the middle before swallowing the rest. Shaggy stuffed his face with french fries, then took a glass of orange juice and chugged it down while Scooby devoured a large turkey breast. Finally, Jack returned from the kitchen with another roasted Turkey with Chestnut stuffing and a bowl of clam chowder.

The second the two gluttons spotted the new food, they lunged for it like a pair of starved hyenas. Jack could not believe what he was seeing, and while his wallet would thank him later, he was nervous that he'd be unable to satisfy his new top customers.

Laughing Nervously, Jack asked if the two were enjoying his food. "Ha ha ha! I've never seen anything like this! Are you at least tasting my food?"

The two of them nodded and swallowed the food in their stuffed mouths, the enormous bulges sliding down their throats like a snake swallowing its prey whole.

Shaggy let out a dreamy sigh as he answered the chef. "Like, it's the best food we've ever had."

Scooby licked his chops to clean his face. "Rericious!"

Scooby then notices a large bowl of tomato soup, but before lifting it and drinking its contents, Shaggy slaps his paw and hands him a bowl and soup spoon. "Scoob, the least we can do for Jack is not make more of a mess than we already have, right?"

Scooby nodded, now feeling quite ashamed for the mess they made. In the blink of an eye, Scoby and Shaggy whirled around their table, collecting all their dirty dishes and cups and putting them in a neat pile so Jack could take them back to the kitchen without a hassle. "Right, rorry, Rack."

Jack smiled at their apology and laughed. "Ha ha ha! No problem, boys. Thanks for the help. I just gotta run to the market for a bit so I can fix up the rest of your order. I'll be back in less than ten minutes, so try to relax until I get back."

"Sounds good, Jack, thanks," Shaggy called after the happier man as he got his coat and left the restaurant for the market.

The crown that had been looking as the two all smiled at their kindness to Jack and returned to their food. Scooby then got himself a small bowl of tomato soup and dipped his grilled cheese with bacon and basil before biting into it. At that moment, the gang finally arrived at the restaurant and was surprised at how well-mannered Shaggy and Scooby were, usually expecting something like a warzone of dishes and scraps around them.

Daphne had her hands on her hips, still watching Shaggy and Scooby devour their meal. "So, how's the food?"

Shaggy let out a dreamy sigh as he swallowed another mouthful. "Pretty darn good."

Velma joked about the kitchen now being out of stock because of them. "Is there anything left in the kitchen?"

Shaggy shook his head. "Jack had to run to the market for extra supplies, but he'll be back in about ten minutes."

Freddy pointed outside to the setting sun. "It's getting dark, guys. Let's go see if that "ghost" is gonna make an appearance."

Shaggy and his dog looked at each other in fright, quickly coming up with an excuse NOT to go with them. "Like, we'd loved to, but we haven't had our dessert yet."

Scooby-Doo gave a puppy-eye stare as he also begged not to go. "Reah, reah!"

Daphne chuckled and relented as the gang left the two to their food. "Okay, but after you're finished, meet us at the Puritan village."

Velma called back to them. "Ben's already gone ahead, and Selena is going to meet us there, too."

Shaggy waved his chicken leg goodbye as they left. "Great! Like, if the ghost gets there, just start screaming without us."

As the two waved goodbye, Scooby tried to eat the chicken leg from Shaggy's hand, but the man dodged Scooby's bite of the chicken.

Shaggy whined in disbelief that his buddy would even try to steal his food. "Hey!"

At Night, at the Puritan village

A large crowd had gathered in the village that night, hoping to catch a glimpse of the ghost with their cameras ready. Ben and the Gang had also been waiting, expecting something, but not so much as a chill in the air to mark the ghost's arrival. It had been nearly an hour of waiting, but as people were about to call it quits and go home for the night, Mayor Corey pulled out a megaphone and spoke to the crowd.

"Everyone, everyone! Thank you all for coming to this year's Oakhaven Autumn Fest! Now, I know a lot of you folks want to go home, given that the ghost is a no-show, and that's fine, but before you do, I'd ask you all to stay just a few more minutes to witness this history in the making."

The tourists looked at the mayor, wondering what he could mean. Corey continued. "Firstly, allow me to introduce our resident Horror Writer and good samaritan, Ben Ravencroft!"

Ben waved to the crowd as he shook hands with the mayor, and the tourists clapped out of respect since they had no idea what was happening. Corey kept it up. "Ya see folks, in 1657, Ben's ancestor, Sarah Ravencroft, was falsely accused of being a witch and hanged for it. At least, that's what the history books tell us. It was a recent discovery while constructing this village we discovered that Sarha was innocent of the crimes she was accused of and was a Wiccan, not a witch. In fact, her actions actually STOPPED an evil witch from destroying Oakhaven before it could even get off the ground. I'm ashamed to admit that history fumbled the ball on that one, folks. So, as Mayor of Oakhaven, I now bestow a full pardon to Sarah and her family and an apology for the ridicule and harassment they have received for this deception."

The crowd erupted in cheers. Ben received a gold plaque with the official pardon and apology from the mayor for all the harassment and cruelty his family had endured for the past 400 years. He was ecstatic but felt a little down since Selena was running late. He wondered where she could be, only for a scream to ring out from the crowd. Everyone turns to see Selena, now on the ground in her costume, being kicked like a stray dog by Reeva and Jeff, their faces red with outrage.

Reva screams for all to hear as she kicks Selena in the head. "NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL! THIS IS BULLSHIT! YOU DID SOMETHING TO THE MAYOR, DIDN'T YOU, BITCH?!"

Jeff kicked her in the stomach, and the downed girl nearly vomited from the pain. "YOU'RE A WITCH, YOUR FAMILY ARE WITCHES, AND YOU ALL DESERVE TO BURN! ALONG WITH EVERYONE WHO SIDES WITH YOU AS HERETICS OF GOD!"

Everyone was in shock at the display of violence against the girl, but none more so than Ben. The same punks practically drove Selena away from him in the first place. He'd put it together after she left when those two also left Oakhaven a few days after she moved away. He felt an uncontrollable anger in his heart boil his blood, but before he could act on it, Mayor Corey shouted orders to the policemen watching the crowd.

"Police! Arrest those animals! Call an ambulance!" Corey was red in the face at the barbarity of those two.

The police were on them in seconds, pulling them away and cuffing them as Ben rushed over and helped his niece to her feet. The crowd booed and jeered at the two bullies as they were shoved into a patrol car and driven away. Ben held his crying niece in his arms while the mayor spoke to the policemen about getting those two delinquents exactly what they deserved. An ambulance later showed up to check on Selena, and luckily, she was saved before the bullies could do more than give her a few bruises.

Once she'd calmed down and the crowd was at ease, Selena spoke up. "I-I'm sorry I'm late, Uncle Ben. I had to help my friends earlier, and then I got here to listen to the mayor's speech, and then they-"

Ben stopped her with another hug, letting her cry on his shoulder. "Shh, shh, it's ok, sweetheart. I've got you. I'm right here."

The mayor smiled at them as he turned back to the crowd. "As you can see, folks, this is what they've had to put up with. I hope you can all give them some space for now. Thank you for coming for the ceremony, and I apologize for the sour ending."

The crowd understood, murmurs of how the ceremony was grand and they deserved it, but others were very sour about Reva and Jeff ruining the moment and attacking Selena.

As they dispersed, Selena calmed herself down and looked to her uncle. "Thank you, Uncle Ben, but I got to rehearsal with my friends. Will you come to watch? It's at the festival grounds past the village."

Ben nodded. "Of course I will, Selena. I wouldn't miss it for the world, even if I were given Sarah's journal for skipping it."

While happy that Ben was a good parent for Selena, Daphne felt a bit disturbed about his desire for the book. "Boy, Ben seems to be pretty obsessed with that book."

Fred agreed, not understanding why he'd want the book so badly after getting the pardon and apology from the town. "I'll say. Wasn't that pardon enough, or does that book have something that nothing else has?"

After waving goodbye to his niece, promising to meet later, Ben turned to face the gang. "We should all leave, too. You'll love to see what Selena has in store for you kids."

Daphne wanted to keep looking for the ghost longer but didn't want to keep his niece waiting for them. "Alright then, let's go. I don't wanna keep Selena waiting after she suffered something like that."

Fred was furious just thinking about it. "Yeah, where do those punks get off doing that to her?"

Ben shook his head in disgust. "Those were Jeff Longstock and his cousin Reva Crowsdale. They are descendants of witch hunters who persecuted a sizable number of people back in the 1600s. When they learned about Selena's and my connection to Sarah, they made her life hell throughout her childhood. It got so bad that she moved away after graduation just to get away from them, but they followed her and kept trying to ruin her life."

Fred gritted his teeth. "Punks and bullies, both of them. Hope they don't see daylight for a while."

Velma agreed but wanted to calm the group's nerves. "Let's not think about them now and go see Selena's rehearsal. It'll clear our heads."

Fred agreed but then made a joke to lighten the mood. "Yeah, we should. Besides, I bet the witch's ghost is probably just a hokey bedsheet with a wire or something."

Everybody laughed as they went to the rehearsal site, eager to see Selena in action.

Back to the Oakhaven Restaurant

Darkness filled the sky, and the stars twinkled in its great expanse as stuffed Shaggy and Scooby left the restaurant, their bellies truly full for the first time in a while. Scooby's stuffed gut was so big it nearly dragged across the ground as we walked awkwardly, while Shaggy would have been mistaken for having a beach ball full of jello under his shirt.

Shaggy shuffled out the door, thanking Jack for his service. "Thanks for everything, Jack. It was great. Especially those last twelve pies."

The exhausted chef sighed tiredly but with glee as he counted the earnings he made from their order. "Uh, glad you liked them. Have a good night, boys."

Sweating and huffing, Jack was counting his money, which piled so high that it nearly overloaded the family-sized table he was resting at. Behind him was the pile of dirty dishes and scraps from the two's meal, twice as high as the pile of money, almost hitting the ceiling. Walking back to the village to meet the others, Shaggy and Scooby were genuinely content with their meal.

Shaggy asked his buddy how he felt about it. "Boy, was that good eating or what, Scoob?"

Scooby-Doo burped in agreement. "Reah. (burps) Excuse me."

As the two walked, they saw the army of cars leaving town for the night to whatever hotel or living accommodation they had.

Shaggy was curious about the ghost that showed up, and for once, they weren't there to get scared. "Gee, looks like everybody's leaving. Wonder if the ghost showed up."

As they continued walking, their current surroundings' darkness and deserted nature seemed almost… spooky.

Shaggy, praying for a miracle that it wouldn't be like every other time they go on vacation and there is a ghost, laughed nervously to try and hide his fear. "Like, with no one here, this place is almost spooky, Scoob. Ha ha… ha ha ha…"

Scooby knew what Shaggy was doing but jumped on his bandwagon hoping not to be the first to be scared, laughing with Shaggy. "Yeah. Heh heh… hee hee hee…"

As they passed by a nearby alleyway, Scooby suddenly heard footsteps. Turning down the alley, he spotted something and called for Shaggy. "Raggy."

Shaggy turned to see what Scooby was pointing at and saw four shadows that looked like beautiful ladies. One seemed familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

Shaggy was amazed by their luck. "Girls!"

"Reah, girls!"

In hopes of getting them to talk to the approaching women, Shaggy and Scooby grabbed their guts and lifted them to their chests, giving the illusion that they packed on serious muscle. Scooby made his face look narrower and more professional while Shaggy tucked in his shirt and combed back his hair with a lick to his hand applied to his head.

With their handsome disguises set, Shaggy and Scooby took confident poses and greeted the girls. "Like, hi, girls."

The four girls, now revealed to be the Hex Girls (including Selena), greeted the two with scary smiles that showed off their fangs and hid their faces in the darkness. "Hi."

Confidence gone and fear overriding all reasons, Shaggy's and Scooby's disguises failed them as they went to their fat selves and screamed in terror. Just as they are about to take off, Scooby freezes, sniffing the air, before looking at Selena with a scrutinizing face that quickly breaks into a grin as he recognizes her immediately.

"Relena!" Scooby cried out and pounced on her, licking her face.

Selena's scary bravado broke as she went down, laughing and giggling as Scooby licked her, and she hugged the Great Dane. Shaggy was initially confused, but upon realizing it was Selena, he got an unamused look as he crossed his arms.

"Oh, hardy, har, har, Selena! You got us with that! If Scooby's nose weren't as good as it was, we'd have run all the way back to Coolsville!" Shaggy bemoaned.

Selena smiled as Scooby got off her. "Well, you needed a way to burn off all that blubber, and fear is a good way to get the adrenaline pumping! Hahahaha!"

"Well, congratulations, Selena. You could've made us run off our meal and made us hungry again." Shaggy said with sarcasm.

"Well, Shaggy, there is such a thing as gluttony, ya know." Throne said with a smirk as she stood beside Selena, poking his large gut with a finger.

Shaggy gently batted away her finger and looked at the other three girls, figuring they were with Selena. "Hey, Selena, are they with you?"

Luna and Dusk stood beside them as Selena introduced them. "Meet Luna and Dusk and my girlfriend, Throne. They're the local band called the Hex Girls. Of which I am a part of."

Scooby looked at Throne, Luna, and Dusk before giggling. "Hihihihihihihi. Rhey're really Reautiful. Rike rou, Relena."

"Ah, so you're Scooby Doo, huh?" Throne asked while rubbing his head. "Selena told us about you and Shaggy here. Particularly you and your extreme passion for food, like your lives revolve around it."

Shaggy and Scooby chuckled. "Well, everybody's got a passion. Ours is food. So, where are you girls heading this late at night?"

Selena smiled and pointed to the woods. "We are heading to our stage and getting ready for our rehearsal. Wanna come with us? Having a small audience to watch and give opinions will help us."

Scooby saluted in a goofy manner. "Ra'am, res, ra'am! re'll relp, right Raggy?"

Shaggy nodded. "Like, we sure will, old buddy! Lead the way, girls."

Luna and Dusk gave high fives to the two while Thorn led the way to the stage, Selena at her side as they walked. After a few minutes, they felt a sudden wind chill, unsettling them all.

"Uh, girls? Is that normal around here?" Shaggy nervously asked, Scooby also starting to tremble in fear.

Selena felt uneasy, clinging to Thorn out of fear while her girlfriend kept her head on a swivel for something coming. Dusk and Luna looked ready for a fight if they were about to be jumped. As they all felt a sudden dread, they looked up to the full moon, its cold, bright light bearing down on them and erupting from behind the treeline…was the Witch's Ghost!

"HA HA HA HA HA!"

Everyone screamed at the sight of the hideous and emaciated-looking ghost, her skin a pale green with a mouth full of rotting fangs, adorned in a witch's hat and robes, long claws, pale hair, a long nose, and burning hellfire orange eyes. Wasting no time, Shaggy and Scooby scooped up the girls, Shaggy carrying Luna and Dusk and Scooby having Thorn and Selena on his back, and ran for their lives.

The Witch's Ghost flew through the air in hot pursuit of the group, laughing and screeching like a banshee. "THIS TOWN SHALL PAY FOR WHAT IT DID TO ME! ALL WILL SUFFER FOR DEFYING THE POWER OF ADERA RAVENCROFT!"

As they ran from the horrifying spirit, the witch's ghost threw fireballs at them, nearly taking off Selena's head as Thorn pulled her down to duck, causing the fireball to land right behind Shaggy. He lept in fright as he jumped out of the way and kept running. As the witch kept up her onslaught, Shaggy grabbed Scooby by his collar and shoved him forward, hoping to give his buddy a bit of extra headway to escape. Scooby was thinking the same thing about Shaggy as he bit down on the man's shirt and yanked him ahead of him. It was a struggle between the two best friends as they tried to save the other, but it was just a loop of them tugging and pulling each other.

Selena, meanwhile, was scared out of her mind, tears of terror waterfalling down her cheeks as the laughing witch continued to chase them. "YOU SHALL SUFFER MOST OF ALL, BLOODLINE OF MY TREACHEROUS SISTER! I SHALL SWALLOW YOUR HEART WHOLE!"

Selena screamed and clung to Thorn like a lifeline, screaming. "SHAGGY, SCOOBY! PLEASE GO FASTER!"

Shaggy nodded and yelled to Scooby. "LIKE, NO COWARD LEFT BEHIND, OLD BUDDY! HIT THE TURBO, SCOOB!"

Shaggy and Scooby sped off like bats out of hell, turning the corner to escape the witch as they carried their new friends out of danger. Unbeknownst to them, the rest of the gang and Ben were about to turn that same corner as they made their way to the rehearsal stage, and they all crashed into a huge dogpile of disarray.

Velma was the first to regain her senses. 'W-What's going on, guys?! Did you see the ghost?!"

Scooby nodded fearfully. "Reah! Roodthirsty Rhost!"

Ben was confused by Scooby's answer but was caught off guard when his sobbing niece lept into his arms. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Selena, what happened?"

She didn't answer, a sobbing, blubbering mess as Selena clung to Ben for safety as if she were a child again when she still had nightmares about her parents' deaths. Scooby quickly gets off of Velma and motions everyone to look at him. "Rike Ris!"

Scooby then grabbed his snout and the back of his head and stretched them cartoonishly, making his ears look like the tip of a witch's hat and his snout like the gnarled pointy nose, and proceeded to dance around as if he was flying and waving his arms like he was throwing fireballs. "Hee hee hee hee hee! Ooooooohhh! Rie Relena, Rie!"

Ben's eyes widened as the dog played out what had happened, and he tightened his grip on Selena, who was still crying. Thorn came from behind and hugged her tight, and Dusk and Luna joined in to comfort her.

Ben whispered to his niece. "I'm here now. I'm not gonna let that ghost get you, sweetie. I promise you, I will keep you safe."

The other Hex girls said nothing, but they did nod with Ben, agreeing to keep Selena safe. Slowly, the sobbing girl calmed down and, with a shaky breath, collected herself but refused to let go of her uncle. "T-t-thanks, g-guys."

Fred quickly asked where they saw the ghost. Shaggy, where did you see the ghost? We are definitely going the other way."

Shaggy nodded to Fred. "Like, thanks, Freddy. We can't let that ghost find Selena. SHE THROWS FIREBALLS, MAN, AND SHE WAS AIMING FOR HER HEAD!"

Daphne was very concerned for her new friend but tired of being squashed. "Oh, can you at least get off me first, Freddy?"

Freddy quickly sprung to his feet when he realized he was on top of Daphne and helped her. "Gee, uh... sorry, Daph."

Shaggy then stickers out his arm so he doesn't let himself see the whole street and points down it. "Like, down this street."

The gang looked down the road, but nothing was in the street.

"There's no one here now," Daphne said.

Shaggy explained what happened, emphasizing the importance of his story as much as possible. "We ran into Selena and the Hex Girls as they tried to scare us for fun, but Scoob saw through their trick. When they offered to let us see their rehearsal, we agreed and walked down this street to the stage grounds when this ghost chased us from down there. She was out for Selena's blood, man!"

Scooby then noticed something in both of them. "Raggy, look!"

Shaggy looked at himself for the first time since the ghost attack and saw he and Scooby were thin again. "Anyway, with all that running, we'd worked off that big meal from Jack's. But you know, even after all that, I'm hungry again."

Scooby was the same. "Me too."

Selena, Thorn, Dusk, and Luna all had their jaws hit the floor, collectively asking. "HOW?"

The goofballs shrug and laugh together.

Velma found some sort of powder on the ground and took a pinch of it in her fingers, smelling it.

It was gunpowder. "Hmm... you said she threw fireballs, right?"

Shaggy pointed to one of Mr. McKnight's t-shirts in a display window. "It was like this, Velma. But a thousand times worse."

Freddy pointed down the street. "Is this the street she chased you down?"

Shaggy trembled as he held Scooby in his arms. "Like, don't remind us."

Fred then notices the branches that all littered the street. "Hey, check out these branches. They were all broken from the tops of these trees."

Daphne made another observation about Fred's discovery. "And in a perfectly straight line."

Velma adjusted her glasses to get a better view. "This is getting interesting, Ben. Whatever this ghost is, it's very vengeful to the point of wishing to murder you and your niece! We need to solve this mystery TONIGHT, gang!"

"Right. Then we'll just have to speed things up this time." Fred agreed.

Thron then embraced Selena. "You alright, Selena?"

Selena, calming down from her panic as her girlfriend comforted her, answered while hugging her. "Almost."

Dusk then got an idea to make her new bandmate and sister-in-arms feel better. "Selena, maybe we could do what we planned on doing and rehearse for the festival. That'll distract you from this crazy witch junk."

"That actually sounds like a great idea, Dusk." Luna agreed

But Ben disagreed. "I don't think that's a good idea. This ghost is after my niece and me, and I don't think we should give it an easy target if it decides to show up again."

But Thorne had a plan. "If that snot ball of a ghost shows up again, she can have a taste of flashpaper fireworks! It'll either knock her out of the sky or at least drive her off."

Ben thought hard about it, taking a few minutes to make his decision, but finally relented. "Okay, fine. But the second I feel like Selena isn't safe, we're leaving."

The Hex girls nodded, and Selena hugged her uncle. "Thanks for giving us a chance, Uncle Ben. You'll love it."

The group goes to the forest, taking a shortcut to the stage grounds. Upon arriving at the impressive stage, which displays the Hex Girls logo on the screen, the girls have the gang and Ben wait below.

Thorn was giddy about showing them what Selena could do. "Ooh, you guys will be blown away by how well Selena does! Remember, guys, when on stage, her Hex Girl name is Jinx."

With that info given, the Hex Girls vanished backstage. After a minute or two, smoke and fog covered the stage as the Hexgirls set the creepy mood for their song, the mist turning a haunting yellow tint. Slowly, it began parting, revealing the girls again as they stood by their instruments that seemingly materialized out of thin air: Luna on the Electric Keyboard, Dusk on Drums, and Thorn and Selena, lead singers and guitarists. The base of Thorn's guitar looked like a bat, while Jinx/Selena's was modeled after a spider.

Thorn signaled to her friends to begin the song, hissing like a vampire for added effect. "Hit it, sisters!"

And the song took off like a nocturnal predator in the dark of night, eager for a fresh kill.

[Thorn]

I'm gonna cast a spell on you.

You're gonna do what I want you to.

Mix it up here in my little bowl, say a few words, and you'll lose control.

[Hex Girls]

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

Put a spell on you!

[Jinx/Selena]

You've let the Shadows in your soul

There's no hope for you to change your role

Once you truly embrace night, forevermore, you'll curse the light!

[Hex Girls]

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

Put a spell on you!

[Thorn]

You'll feel the fog as I cloud your mind.

You'll get dizzy when I make a sign.

You'll wake up in the dead of night, missing me when I'm out of sight.

[Hex Girls]

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

Put a spell on you!

[Jinx/Selena]

If you come now, looking for me

I'll show you what it means to be free

You should hold me good and tight, Crowning you my dearest knight

[Hex Girls]

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

Oh yeah!

[Thorn]

With this little cobweb potion, you'll fall into dark devotion.

If you ever lose affection, I can change your whole direction.

[Hex Girls]

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

Oh yeah!

[Jinx/Selena]

Let our magic pull you deeper, I'll become your darkest teacher

With the power I have mastered, I can make your fears all shatter

[Hex Girls]

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm gonna put a spell on you.

I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you.

We're gonna put a spell on all of you!

As the girls finished their final lyric, they smashed flashbang bombs at their feet, the smoke that came out of them matching their costume colors: Thorn was red, Dusk was Turquoise, Luna was purple, and Jinx was green. The gang and Ben all clapped and cheered at the performance. Selena felt genuinely empowered and proud at that moment. Everyone she cared about and cared about her was here to cheer her on and let her know how amazing she truly was.

Hello, my dear friends. I've had this idea for a long while, and thanks to my good friend, Zerzenkul0981, finally got it posted. Me and him have big plans for this story, but I won't spoil any surprises. Be sure to thank Zerzenkul0981 for his help with this. Rate and review and I'll see you all next time, my dear friends.