"Wait a minute, I have one question," Fred spoke up and pointed to Laura. "Who's that ghost?"

"This is my great-great-great-great grandmother," Dawn introduced. "She was bitter rivals with Sarah Ravencroft."

"Oh yes... It's a very long story..." Laura nodded.

"Do you have time to tell them before you have to go back to where you came from?" Dawn begged her ancestor, it would be right if they ought to know about her family history with the Ravencrofts that no one really knew about before.

Laura giggled. "Yes, I have time."

"Cool." Brianna was eager to hear this story.

"Hey Sister Thorn, think we got time for a story?" Luna asked.

"Hmm..." Thorn thought about it and gave a shrug and smile. "Why not? We'll still rest our voices and will give a killer concert tomorrow for Autumn Fest."

"Yeah..." Dusk agreed. "Let's join them and then hit the hay."

Everyone gathered together to listen to the story of the old times.

"This will surely be a great tale..." Cindy sounded interested in this story now.

"Go ahead, tell us." Dawn requested to her ancestor.

"It was a very, very long time ago before any one of you were possibly born..." Laura started to tell the story.

400 Years Ago...

'It was a much simpler time...' Laura began to narrate. 'But of course, this was the time of the Salem Witch Trials... Anyone who was considered different would be accused of witchcraft and would be questioned by the public... Of course, back then, Sarah was a good friend and we didn't know of her evil... Cindy, I believe your grandmother was also there... Anyway, things were will back in our little town where the sun was always shining... Until something terrible happened that changed our lives forever...'

"Why, what happened?" Ashlyn interrupted to ask her question.

'It all started...' Laura continued to narrate.

Sarah, Laura, and Malovea were all together, just playing and having a good time together with no problems.

There then came another man who was accused of being a wizard and had to be drowned, if he drowned, he wasn't a wizard, but if he were a wizard, he would float and then be burned .

"Thine crime is flying high, is it not?" Laura asked her friends.

"Aye..." Sarah agreed, though she was hiding something from her friends. "Excuse-eth me..." she then wandered off mysteriously.

Malovea and Laura looked to their friend curiously and decided to secretly follow her as she went to her home and had a bowl, carrying a book, she seemed to be making something.

"Has Sarah become a healer?" Malovea thought it was probably medicine.

"I think not..." Laura had a very accusatory look on her face.

"What dost thou mean-eth?" Malovea asked.

Sarah's bowl made an explosion, a stray rat tried to eat the mixture and dropped flat on its back, instantly dead, which made Sarah laugh out loud in victory and evilness. Laura and Malovea looked shocked. Sarah wrote down this recipe into a book and shut it after she was done writing, it wasn't a private journal of a Wiccan healer, it was a spell book.

Laura and Malovea couldn't be friends with Sarah anymore, she was pure evil and they had to tell everyone in their land.

"Thy Sarah is a witch who shall be executed!" a guy threatened.

"Yay varily!" the mayor's ancestor agreed.

Laura and Malovea held each other as the villagers agreed to be rid of the one known as Sarah Ravencroft.

Everyone came to Sarah's house with pitchforks and torches.

"Thy know-eth ye are in there, Sarah!" the Mayor yelled out. "Come out, thou witch!"

Sarah looked out the window and looked rather angry.

"Is this the right thing to do-eth?" Malovea asked Laura.

"I'm afraid we have no choice-eth," Laura sighed, just as upset as she was. "I don't like-eth it anymore than thou do, Malovea."

Malovea hugged Laura as the villagers attacked the Ravencroft house and came to Sarah.

"It is all over, thou must be destroyed!" the Mayor demanded.

"NEVER!" Sarah's eyes flashed an evil green, she then suddenly floated in the air with her hair going wild and she summoned her potions against the villagers to scare them off so she could live.

"She is too strong!" the Mayor cried.

"How do we stop her!?" a guy panicked.

Laura looked sharp and determined. "Thy will stop her..."

The others gasped to her.

"Trust her..." Malovea told the others. "Thy will help her... Thee go back to the land and Sarah will be defeated in a fortnight."

The villagers were worried about the girls, but went off to allow them to do what they needed to do.

"Sarah, how could thou?" Malovea narrowed her eyes to the true witch of Oakhaven. "We art friends!"

Sarah laughed.

"And what is so funny-eth?" Laura demanded firmly.

"Thou cannot defeat me, 'friends'!" Sarah laughed wickedly like a true witch.

Malovea and Laura got angry as they went to use their powers against Sarah, luckily no one else saw this so they wouldn't be punished to pay the witchcraft price like Sarah eventually had to. Sarah fought against them, but her evil magic was actually weaker than their good witch magic.

"Thou two are witches as well!?" Sarah hissed to them, surprised to find out they also had powers.

"I am actually a moonchild, born from one and more beyond!" Laura revealed.

"What is thine moonchild?" Sarah demanded.

"The spirit of Mother Nature lives in me as it will my descendants!" Laura growled as she drained Sarah, making her fall flat on the floor of her own home.

"And I was blessed with witch powers which will only be in mine use for good!" Malovea added, she then held up the spell book and found the banishing spell to take Sarah with it.

"NOOOOOOO!" Sarah tried to avoid getting sucked into her own book which would be a lot worse than being burned alive and she was being trapped.

'Little did Malovea know that she would eventually grow older, even if over four centuries old, she would still age slower and look like a modern teenager of her time and raise a descendant of the Ravencroft family tree that still grew strong, even without Sarah.' Laura continued to narrate to Malovea who was older, but looked like a teenage girl and dubbed herself as Mary Ruth.

"Whoa..." everyone said once they heard the story.

"So, how did Ben know about Sarah?" Abby wondered. "I didn't think that dummy would know about it."

"Well, you know... Family blood travels far..." Laura said to them. "Usually when family members are blessed with things, they find out about it in their lives from their ancestors' lives and become curious."

"So how did Ben find out?" Cindy asked then, very entranced by this story.

"Well, it happened one night after Mary Ruth decided to become a live-in nanny for the Ravencroft family who were very rich and successful just as Ben would eventually become..." Laura continued to tell the story.

"How long did she live with the Ravencrofts?" Brianna questioned.

"I believe Ben was 12 or 13 by the time Mary Ruth stopped..." Laura tried to remember. "We would have to ask her..."

Cindy frowned and sighed, she then walked away from the group to have a moment.

"Is she okay?" Laura asked.

Dawn looked sadly to Cindy. "Her grandmother died when she was two..."

"Oh my, I'm still sorry to hear that, deary..." Laura cooed.

"It's okay..." Cindy said softly, then looked back to Laura. "Were you guys close?"

"Yes, we were all best friends, even with Sarah before her banishment." Laura smiled to her.

Cindy wiped one of her eyes, coming back. "Sorry... I just wish I could've been older when my grandmother was still alive... I just always wanted to talk with her."

"Don't worry, sweetie," Dawn comforted Cindy, she felt like the younger girl was the little sister she had always wanted. "I'm sure she's watching over you and proud of your accomplishments of all that you have done."

"That's what Mom says..." Cindy said softly as she held herself.

Dawn gave her a small pat on the back and gave her a hug. "It's okay, I miss my mom every day..."

Cindy sniffled and hugged Dawn right back.

"I know how it feels to lose someone very precious to you." Brianna stepped forward.

Cindy looked to Brianna.

"We all lost someone, Cindy..." Trent was just as soft.

Cindy already knew about Trent and how he felt about his grandfather, but turned to Brianna. "Who did you lose?"

"We adopted a little girl named Kayla," Brianna told a story as tears started to form in her eyes and she was about to cry. "She was six-years-old and she had cancer... She only had four months to live."

"Oh my gosh..." Cindy felt bad for Brianna and gave her a hug.

"That's also why I wear this bandanna..." Brianna pointed to the top of her head. "I keep it in her honor and memory."

Scooby came to Brianna with a tissue in his mouth as she was crying.

"Thank you, Scooby..." Brianna whispered to him, she wiped her eyes and then blew her nose.

"Now, now, try to cheer up, everyone," Laura said to them, trying to lighten the mood. "There's a festival tomorrow and we don't have to worry about those Ravencrofts ever again."

"It's okay, baby," Trent hugged Brianna and kissed her for comfort. "It's all right."

Brianna sniffled and calmed down.

"Come on, gang, we better get some rest... It's been a long day." Fred advised.

"He has a point and I know where the bed and breakfast is." Daphne added.

"Like, bed and breakfast?" Shaggy got excited. "Count me in!"

"Reah!" Scooby agreed with a giggle.

"You wanna sleepover?" Taylor asked Ashlyn.

"Sure." Ashlyn laughed, it would be just like old times.

"Is that okay with you, Dad?" Taylor asked.

"Well... Why not?" Mayor Corey smiled. "It'd be nice to see Ashlyn come over again..."

"Let's meet up, say around lunch time?" Ashlyn suggested to her other friends as she was going to sleepover with the Coreys.

The others agreed, that sounded good and fair enough. Taylor led Ashlyn back to her home to get some rest, it was a very long day. Abby got up on the roof and howled at the moon.

"Zoinks! What was that?" Shaggy got scared.

"Calm down, Shaggy, it's been a long day..." Velma said to them as they met with Molly to let them stay the night and get a meal out of it so they could celebrate Autumn Fest tomorrow, the right way.

Shaggy hid shivers with Scooby as they went in for the night.

The next night after breakfast and lunch, everyone met up and celebrated, many people were astounded by the giant turkey and it was an even better tourist attraction than the witch's ghost was going to be.

"Hey Duncan, isn't that your girlfriend?" Abby pointed as the Hex Girls were talking with Mr. McKnight, though they had sunglasses on since it was still bright outside and they hated the sun.

"Oh, ha-ha, very funny," Duncan mocked. "Wait 'til we get back home and I'll Jamie all about your secret crush." he then smirked.

Abby growled, though everyone had a laugh then.

"How do you feel today, Cindy?" Velma asked.

"I feel so used..." Cindy looked depressed, not about her grandmother now, but mostly with Ben's true colors being shown to all of them last night.

"It's alright, sweetie, it's okay." Dawn hugged Cindy in a motherly way again to comfort her.

Cindy sighed.

"It'll be okay... We promise..." Velma patted her head.

"I guess..." Cindy drank some of the juice she was given.

Trent was playing with his guitar and then looked to his girlfriend, feeling something wrong with her. "Are you okay, Bri?" he asked softly.

"Yeah, I'll be okay..." Brianna smiled softly. "Cindy just made me think of Kayla."

"I'm sorry, Brianna..." Cindy frowned, feeling guilty.

"It's okay, Cindy," Brianna coaxed to her. "It's not your fault."

"Still friends?" Cindy smiled.

Brianna smiled with a small nod. "Of course..."

They then shared a hug.

"Hey, you guys wanna go on a hay ride?" Taylor offered once she saw the hay ride was coming back to drop people off and bring over more people to go for a round.

"Sure." Cindy, Brianna, and Trent agreed.

"Ladies first." Trent smiled as he let them on before him like a gentleman would.

Cindy and Brianna got on first after the first load of people hopped on. Trent smiled and decided to join them. After everyone was loaded up, the hay ride then started up again and took them off to take a look around the town and the people were excited for the upcoming Hex Girls concert.

Thorn looked at the gang. "Would you guys like to join us at the concert?"

"Do we get to wear capes?" Abby hoped.

"Yeah," Thorn smiled. "Witch's hats too if you want."

"I'll pass on the hat, but I'll totally take a cape!" Duncan agreed.

"Me too!" Abby agreed.

Thorn looked at Trent and Brianna. "Hey guys, I heard you are good singers and I was wondering if you'd want to be our back-up singers?"

"I'm more of a guitar player, but I could give it a shot." Trent shrugged.

"Okay, but I only sound good in the shower." Brianna then said.

Cindy smiled to them, at least they were making use of themselves.

"I'll see you at the concert," Dusk winked to Duncan. "Mr. Bad Boy."

"See you there..." Duncan chuckled back a little.

Thorn and Luna left with her to get ready until sundown.

"He seems... Cool..." Dusk said to her 'sisters'.

"You like him, don't ya, Dusk?" Luna had a sneaking suspicion.

"I think I do..." Dusk rubbed the back of her ear.

"You could use a new boyfriend..." Thorn encouraged.

"Yeah..." Dusk said softly between them.

"Isn't this great, Trent?" Brianna squealed. "We get to sing with the Hex Girls!"

"This has to be the best night I can have with you..." Trent cradled Brianna's face.

Brianna smiled with a small hum, this was indeed going to be a night to remember. After the hay ride, photos with the turkey, it was now time for the concert.

Mayor Corey walked to the stage as it was now dark and everyone gathered together for the show. "Ladies and gentlemen, in honor of our Autumn Fest, our old friends visiting their hometown present to you The Hex Girls!" he announced, making the crowd go wild.

The crowd cheered and Mayor Corey went back to watch with Taylor and her friends as the curtains flew back to show the three main girls and their special guests.

"Hello Oakhaven?" Thorn greeted to the audience. "Are you ready to rock!?"

The crowd cheered, ready for the show to get on the road.

"Hit it, sisters!" Thorn called to her fellow members.

Dusk hit her drumsticks together and they all played their song with the assistance of Brianna, Trent, Duncan, and Abby. She winked to Duncan as she played the song with the others. Duncan grinned to her as they played the song. Scooby even played his own guitar and joined in the band, making the crowd even happier. This was truly the best Autumn Fest there ever was.

"This is great, isn't it, Cindy?" Daphne cheered.

"Yeah, I've never been to a live concert before!" Cindy smiled as the song was cheering her up instantly.

After the song was over ,the crowd went wild and then Dusk grabbed Duncan and kissed him on the lips. Duncan blushed from the kiss. Dusk smiled and let him go with a small smirk. Duncan smiled back to her, feeling he finally earned himself a girlfriend.

After the show, Mayor Corey came to the visitors. "We'll have a ride for you all to get back home, but get comfortable, this might take a while."

"Thank you, sir." Velma smiled to him, respectfully.

"So, uhh... You wanna talk until we have to leave?" Duncan asked Dusk.

"Whatever..." Dusk shrugged, then went with him.

"You know, I think I'm a little jealous of Duncan." Abby said to Cindy once they were alone.

"Why's that?" Cindy asked as she put her hands in her pockets.

"Well... He has a girl..." Abby explained, then folded her arms. "I never get a boyfriend..." she then scoffed slightly.

"I don't have a boyfriend either..." Cindy pushed her glasses back. "Then again, I'm just a kid."

"I mean Fred got Daphne, Shaggy got Velma, Trent got Brianna, Jo got Justine, Ed got Dee Dee, Double D got June, Eddy got Mike... Sort of, and, I think Jamie has thing for Gwen or that stupid Daria girl, and now Duncan got Dusk." Abby listed.

"Yeah... Being single feels painful..." Cindy could sort of understand how she felt. "Isn't Dawn single too though?"

"Yeah, but I think she's going out with Shirley the Medium's human..." Abby shrugged.

"Well, don't worry... Someone will come for you soon..." Cindy assured.

Abby gave a small smile to her and ruffled up her hair.

"Ow, cut it out!" Cindy flinched, but laughed.

Abby then laughed and chased Cindy around playfully.

Meanwhile, Duncan and Dusk were still talking.

Duncan was telling Dusk about his pranks such as a 'Happy Nude Year' and making one of his father's toupees into a pet which even made his mom laugh.

"No way!" Dusk laughed at some of the stories. "You did not!"

"Way!" Duncan laughed. "And Dad was so mad and he was cursing like a sailor!"

Dusk laughed at that story, now wishing she could have been there. "So... Tell me about your sister Abby."

"We're pretty close, I wouldn't say close like Justine and her brother or Gwen with her brother, but still pretty close," Duncan smiled. "She used to be pretty good and decent enough for Dad, but soon after my pranks on her got a little too far, she decided to get revenge. Though, after that, we decided to prank other people and worked as teammates in it and she started to hang out with me and my friends... I was really impressed."

"That's nice..." Dusk smiled. "I'm really gonna miss you when you leave..."

Duncan then decided to give her his phone number and she did the same.

"Cool, maybe we can visit each other sometime." Dusk suggested.

"That's a good deal..." Duncan smiled, then heard the Mystery Machine horn honk once it was all fixed up by Mr. Willard. "Guess I gotta go..."

"Bye Duncan... Email or call me when you get home." Dusk told him before she let him leave with everyone.

"I will..." Duncan promised. "See ya, Princess." he kissed Dusk on the lips before going off back to where he belonged.

Dusk let him go, she waved a friendly wave as he left, but she then sighed, hoping he would actually call her or email her like he promised. She then put the phone number in her pocket and went to see Thorn and Luna as they were packing up.

The Oakhaven residents waved to the group as they went back to where they came from and Autumn Fest was over.

"Thank goodness that's all over..." Cindy yawned as she got comfortable. "I never wanna hear the word witch or ghost again for a long time..."

Everybody laughed as they rode off to go back home.

There came a girl who wore a light blue long-sleeved shirt with a red jumper, darker blue tights, and black dress shoes with short black hair and brown eyes who stumbled across the barnyard, due to her outfit, one had to wonder how old the girl really could have been. She removed a decaying tree branch and found a pair of shattered eyeglasses, she put them in her jumper pocket and she took out an ash covered book and patted it as it had not been burned up and was still functional. She then looked up to the night's sky as she collected the book and the wind gently breezed through her raven hair.

To Be Continued...