Author's Notes: Scooby Doo and all related characters are copyright 2009 Hanna-Barbera Productions/Warner Brothers/Cartoon Network. No challenge to their ownership is implied; I am not making any money from writing this story, I am just a fan and I am writing this simply for fun.

Chapter 1

Today or rather tonight, Scooby Doo and the rest of his mystery solving friends have decided to take a break from unraveling ghostly mysteries; however they are unaware that they are about to encounter yet another ghost, but not just any average run of the mill spook but rather one of the most dangerous ghosts on the planet.

As we join the gang we find Velma, Shaggy, Scooby and Flim Flam in front of a television set in the front room of the gang's house; the four of them are settling in to watch the Late-Night Spine Tingler Movie: The Son of the Bride of the Ghost of Frankenstein.

"Like this is going to be totally groovy" Shaggy said.

"Yeah, this is one of my favorite movies, I must have seen this movie a hundred times" Flim Flam replied.

"Reah" Scooby said.

"You know you guys may like the Frankenstein monster and all of that scary stuff; but the parts of the movie that I like are when Dr. Frankenstein performs his experiments" Velma noted.

"Like why do you think Dr. Frankenstein is cool Velma?" Shaggy asked.

"Because Shaggy, I always thought it would be kind of interesting to be like him" Velma replied.

"You mean like a mad scientist?" Shaggy asked nervously.

"Roh no!" Scooby added, whimpering at the thought of their bespectacled friend as a mad scientist.

"Well yes and no; it would have been cool to have a laboratory like his but not using it for evil purposes" Velma replied.

"Makes sense to me" Shaggy said.

Meanwhile Fred and Daphne wearing bedroom clothing have each made their way downstairs and into the living room where Velma, Shaggy, Scooby and Flim Flam are sitting.

"What are you guys doing up, its 2 o'clock in the morning" Fred commented with a yawn.

"Yeah you four, Fred and I are dog tired" Daphne remarked.

"Rou ralled?" Scooby remarked.

"Sorry Scooby, it was just a figure of speech" Daphne replied.

"Like we were going to watch the 2 AM Spine Tingler Late Movie, you guys want to join us?" Shaggy asked.

"Well this is going against my better judgment, but all right I guess we could all stay up and watch the movie together" Fred said.

"We're probably going to need some munchies though" Daphne replied.

It was at this time that the gang saw a glowing figure in a chair on the other side of the room, as the figure materialized Scooby and company were very surprised to see a familiar face now sitting in the chair.

"I'll provide the pop" Vincent Van Ghoul said as he materialized in the living room while holding a tray of soft drinks.

"And like I'll provide the popcorn" Shaggy replied.

"Don't forget the butter and salt Shaggy" Velma said.

"Like don't worry I won't; oh and Scooby while I'm making the popcorn can you put the Chest of Demons away for the night" Shaggy remarked as he walked into the kitchen.

"Rokay Raggy" Scooby said.

"Don't forget to set the Security Alarm System for the Chest Scooby" Fred called out from the living room as Scooby was already at the staircase getting ready to put the Chest of Demons away.

"Rokay Reddy" Scooby replied.

As the Great Dane prepared to make sure the large red and gray box was properly hidden where no one would find it, inside the gang's television set or rather inside a television studio several miles away from the group's house an evil being prepared to set a sinister plot into motion.

"Our feature presentation will begin in a few moments, after these messages and station identification" the being remarked as the gang looked on; the strange female creature was outfitted in a dark red colored dress, wild dark red hair and was wearing earrings that looked to be small bones, a crooked smile could be seen on her face as Scooby Doo and the rest of Mystery Inc. were about to get a frightening surprise.

"So Vincent Van Ghoul, Scooby Doo and friends are watching my little special presentation; this is more than I was hoping for, originally I was just going to dispose of those meddlers and Vincent Van Ghoul but now when this night is over Scooby and the rest of his little friends won't be a problem any more" the strange creature said before laughing in a sickening manner.

Back in the kitchen Shaggy was getting ready to make popcorn for he and his friends to enjoy while they watched the film.

"Like let's see, there are seven of us so I'll need seven pounds of popcorn, then I'll just set the microwave for seven million degrees and set the timer for seven minutes; there we go, the popcorn should be ready any minute now" Shaggy remarked.

Upstairs Scooby walked up to one of the rooms and placed the Chest of Demons inside a safe, he then set the alarm system and began walking out of the room, but the Great Dane tripped on a laser beam which set the alarm off, Scooby quickly ran out of the room and back downstairs making sure to not let the system mistake him for a burglar or villain.

Back in the living room Scooby had joined the rest of the gang in front of the television set as the movie was moments away from starting.

"Shaggy is the popcorn ready yet?" Velma asked.

Before Shaggy could answer, the microwave in the kitchen began to rattle and shake.

"Like it should be ready just about now" Shaggy replied.

The Microwave opened and thousands of gallons of popcorn poured out of it and spilled into the living room.

Seeing this Velma turned to Shaggy, arms folded and looking clearly annoyed.

"Well Shaggy what have you got to say for yourself this time?" Velma asked with her arms folded.

"Like this popcorn needs butter and salt," he replied taking a handful of popcorn and eating it.

At that moment, the movie came back on and the host of the show spoke; but it wasn't good news for Scooby Doo and the rest of Mystery Inc.

"And now for our feature presentation, presented especially for Scooby Doo and friends!" Zomba remarked.

"How did she know we would be watching?" Vincent wondered.

"Wait that's it, it's a trap!" Daphne shrieked as red eye beams shot out of the villain's eyes.

The beams trapped Scooby and company in oval shaped prisons similar to small mirrors made of glass and the group found themselves leaving the comforts of their living room and were being transported through the air and into the television set.

In a manner of minutes Mystery Inc. had gone from relaxing in their house and getting ready to watch an old movie, to being unwilling participants in the movie; Scooby and company found themselves behind a large headstone in a creepy looking cemetery and tried to make some sense of their present situation.

"Oh brother do I have a whale of a headache, everybody else OK?" Fred asked while holding his forehead.

"I think so, I just wish I knew where we were" Daphne replied.

"By the looks of things I would say we're inside the very movie that were watching" Velma commented.

"Zoinks, like how did that happen?" Shaggy asked.

"Somehow Zomba must have known that we were watching and she must have set this whole trap up" Vincent explained.

"Then she must be from the Chest of Demons" Daphne wondered aloud.

"Unfortunately yes, Zomba is indeed one of the thirteen ghosts from the chest" Vincent replied.

"Like oh great, we're in the movie now what are we going to do?" Shaggy asked.

"There's only one thing we can do, and that's to play along with the movie until we can find a way out of here" Fred replied.

"Terrific, I always wanted to be an actress" Daphne responded with a small amount of happiness in her voice.

"Daph, I don't think now would be a good time to play actress" Velma replied as she attempted to remind her comrade of exactly what kind of situation the gang was in.

"Oh, I guess you're right" Daphne responded with a small amount of disappointment in her voice.

"How exactly is playing along with the movie going to get us out of here?" Shaggy wondered.

"It's pretty simple Shaggy, all we have to do is go along with the movie until it's conclusion; I just hope that there's some way we can escape this ghastly creature feature before something happens to us" Vincent explained.

"There is no hope for you Van Ghoul! For now that you are trapped in the movie I can look for the Chest of Demons and once I find that accursed box I shall set my fellow spirits free, and then destroy it once and for all; after that I shall be free!" Zomba exclaimed now standing in the gang's living room and helping herself to some popcorn.

Back inside the movie Mystery Inc. attempted to piece together the current events that they were experiencing.

"Anybody have any ideas on what we should do next?" Daphne wondered.

"Simple like all we have to do is figure out what part of the movie this is and we can go from there" Shaggy explained.

"Alright Shaggy, you and Scooby are horror movie experts right?" Velma asked.

"Like I guess you could say that, why?" Shaggy replied.

"Well maybe you and Scooby can figure out what part of the film this is" Velma remarked.

"Hmm, like ok I'll try" Shaggy commented.

The beatnik teenage sleuth looked around at the gang's surroundings and smiled as he told the gang of their current situation.

"Like right now we're at the very beginning of the movie" Shaggy explained.

"How can you tell?" Daphne asked.

"Simple, I remember this part quite well actually; this is the part of the movie where the villagers are chasing Dr. Frankenstein and Egad through the cemetery attempting to catch them" Shaggy replied.

"I just hope you're right Shag" Fred remarked.

"I am right, look over there" Shaggy said pointing several hundred feet to the right.

Shaggy and the rest of the group saw a man dressed in a white lab coat and medical equipment, as well as a shorter hunchbacked man being chased by an angry group of people with torches, rope and pitchforks.

The two men managed to duck out of sight of the angry mob and decided to hide behind an old headstone; by a remarkable coincidence and by a very interesting piece of fate it was the same place that Scooby Doo and the rest of Mystery Inc. were.

The teenage sleuths noticed this and decided to engage the two men in conversation to figure out who they were.

"Who are the two of you?" Daphne asked.

"Like I know exactly who they are, you're Dr. Frankenstein and his assistant Egad right?" Shaggy asked.

"Yes we are" Dr. Frankenstein replied.

"Jinkies, I've always wanted to meet you Dr. Frankenstein; your work is pretty fascinating" Velma said.

"It's nice to meet at least one fan, although apparently the townspeople don't think so and frankly I'm getting sick of it" Dr. Frankenstein explained.

"Getting sick of what sir?" Fred asked.

"Hundreds of times we've been chased through this dumb movie, hundreds of times we've gone through the same old thing over and over again" Dr. Frankenstein said.

"Yeah and we're done with the whole darn thing, we're through!" Egad added.

"But you can't just quit a movie when you're already in it, can you?" Fred wondered.

"Well we can and we are" Dr. Frankenstein remarked.

"Yeah, let someone else get chased by those dumb villagers hundreds of times" Egad replied.

"So you're just going to get someone to replace you, just like that?" Shaggy said snapping his fingers.

"Yes that's the idea" Dr. Frankenstein commented.

"Who in the world would be dumb enough to want to replace the two of you in this movie anyway?" Shaggy asked.

"Reah, rho?" Scooby added.

Dr. Frankenstein and Egad then looked over at the Great Dane and his teenage companion and smiled wickedly; Shaggy and Scooby happened to notice this and were taken quite aback by this development as they realized what exactly this meant.

"Oh no, like Scooby and I aren't going to be a mad doctor and his assistant" Shaggy said, arms folded and shaking his head.

"Reah, rot a rhance!" Scooby agreed.

"And what exactly is wrong with being a mad doctor and his assistant as you put it young man?" Dr. Frankenstein asked looking annoyed.

"Oh did I say that, I meant to say being a mad doctor and his assistant are noble professions and should be admired, and the two of us are in trouble aren't we?" Shaggy asked.

"Yes you are, but we're not mad at the two of you" Dr. Frankenstein explained.

"We're not?" Shaggy asked looking thoroughly confused.

"Not at all, you two are just going to take our places in the movie forever" Egad replied.

"Oh like is that all, we're just going to replace the two of you" Shaggy remarked, however he stopped speaking after he realized what he had just said.

"Like what I am saying? We can't replace the two of you!" Shaggy exclaimed.

"And what may I ask is wrong with that?" Dr. Frankenstein asked.

"Well for starters, like we're not part of this movie, we're just visitors" Shaggy remarked.

"Well you are now!" Dr. Frankenstein declared as he took his clothes off and dressed Scooby in them.

"Yeah good luck, you'll need it!" Egad remarked with evil laughter as he took his clothes off and dressed Shaggy in them.

Dr. Frankenstein and Egad quickly ran out of sight, making sure that the villagers wouldn't catch recognize them and eventually catch them; Scooby and Shaggy now dressed in the clothes of the doctor and his assistant, bemoaned their current situation and wondered why the two of them had been chosen to replace the strange pair.

"Like it's just our luck Scooby Doo, we get hand picked to become the new Egad and Dr. Frankenstein" Shaggy complained.

"Reah, rhy us Raggy; row rome re rave ro rlay roctor rin a rold rorror rovie?" Scooby asked his companion.

"Beats me old buddy, but I guess for the most part it's just dumb luck" Shaggy remarked.

"Reah, rumb rluck" Scooby replied.

"Well gang, it looks like we're in some pickle" Fred remarked.

"Not only that but I think we're about to get a taste of what Dr. Frankenstein and Igor were talking about" Daphne replied.

"Why's that Daph?" Fred asked.

"Look over there" Daphne said pointing to the same group of people that were chasing the doctor and his assistant.

"Zoinks, like it's that angry mob again!" Shaggy exclaimed.

"I think it would be best if we get out of here" Vincent replied.

"Right, come on gang!" Fred explained.

With that Fred, Daphne, Velma, Flim Flam and Vincent Van Ghoul began to run away from the villagers at top speed and as fast as their feet and paws could carry them; Scooby and company's young friend decided to bring out a megaphone and had decided to start wearing a director's hat as well as beginning to act like a younger version of Steven Spielberg.

"OK everybody; head this way aaand roll 'em!" Flim Flam declared as he ran behind Fred, Daphne, Velma and Vincent Van Ghoul.

Scooby and Shaggy meanwhile found themselves attempting to escape the angry mob that were not only brandishing pitchforks and torches, but had also been chasing the titular character of the movie and his assistant.

"Rikes, rhat are re roing to ro Raggy, rhat rangry rob ris right on rop of rus!" Scooby shrieked.

"Like don't worry Scooby, your best friend has a plan to escape from those villagers" Shaggy replied.

"Rhat's rhat Raggy?" the Great Dane asked.

"Simple, like if I remember the movie correctly, there's a secret tunnel somewhere in the graveyard" Shaggy explained.

"A tunnel? Do you know where exactly the tunnel is located Shaggy?" Velma asked as she, Daphne, Fred, Flim Flam and Vincent had caught up to the cowardly pair.

"Hmm, if I remember right the tunnel should be around here somewhere" Shaggy explained as he walked around the area that he and the rest of the gang were standing in.

"Okay Shaggy, since you and Scooby are the horror movie experts, we trust you" Fred replied.

"Like sounds good to me, now let me see; if I were a tunnel that led into a mad scientist's laboratory, where would I be? Wait I know!" Shaggy thought aloud.

The cowardly teen walked over to a nearby headstone with Scooby, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Flim Flam and Vincent Van Ghoul following closely in tow; Shaggy saw a gray lever on the side of the headstone and decided to let the rest of the gang know of his find.

"Here it is, this is the lever that when pulled will open the tunnel which leads to Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory" Shaggy explained.

"Shaggy, are you entirely sure about this?" Velma asked.

"What makes you say that Velma?" Shaggy wondered.

"Well, we are in a cemetery, not to mention we're standing right next to a headstone, at night, in an old horror movie" the bespectacled sleuth explained.

"Come on Velma don't start acting like Scooby and I, believe me as long as we play along with the exact plot of the movie we'll be fine" Shaggy remarked.

"Well I guess we'll be alright, especially with you leading the way Shaggy" the petite teen detective said with a smile.

"Thank you Velma, now gang stand back and I'll open the entrance to the tunnel" the cowardly teen explained.

Scooby and Velma decided to stay close to Shaggy, while Fred, Daphne, Flim Flam and Vincent Van Ghoul stood behind them watching the proceedings carefully; the cowardly teen walked over to the gray lever which he had pointed out to the rest of the group earlier and pulled it down.

"So what are we supposed to do know?" Fred asked.

"Just wait a few seconds, the tunnel should open up, right about noooow!" Shaggy cried out as he, Scooby, Velma and the rest of Mystery Inc. found themselves sliding down a long, twisting slide which led into a dark tunnel, which led into Dr. Frankenstein, err Dr. Frankenscoob's lab.

Scooby and company landed with a soft thud inside the strange mad scientist's laboratory as the Great Dane and his friends attempted to figure out their next plan of action; the cowardly teen and his canine companion stood up and brushed themselves off as they prepared to act out Igor and Dr. Frankenstein's movie roles.

While Shaggy and Scooby got ready to play doctor and assistant, Flim Flam instructed Fred and Daphne in the roles that they were going to play in the movie; while the young boy turned movie director was doing all of this, Vincent Van Ghoul and Velma had made their way into another room nearby; the gang's warlock friend and ally set up a crystal ball and a few miscellaneous instruments as the bespectacled female sleuth looked on and wondered what the sorcerer was up to.

"It looks like I'm ready to begin my experiment with the crystal ball" Vincent said.

"I'm curious Mr. Van Ghoul, what are you going to do with all that equipment and the crystal?" asked Velma.

"Well Velma I'm glad you asked; you see what I'm going to try and do is use the Crystal Ball to try and make contact with the real world in hopes of seeing if I can figure a way out of here" Vincent explained as he and Velma looked into the Crystal which sat on a wooden table, the crystal's reception was quite hazy for a few minutes but very soon it would clear up, however in this case the great warlock wished that he didn't see the real world through the crystal ball.

"Velma, I do believe my experiment is working, I can see the real world; but I don't like what I see at all" Vincent said with a gasp.

"Why's that Mr. Van Ghoul?" the bespectacled girl asked.

"Because I see one of the ghosts from the Demon Chest in the crystal" Vincent explained.

"Jinkies, you mean Zomba?" Velma asked.

"Right" Vincent replied.

The crimson colored demon known as Zomba was standing in the front room of Scooby and the gang's house back in Coolsville and had already dispatched with the security system that had protected the Chest of Demons; Vincent and Velma saw this and were quite displeased as the warlock spoke up.

"What do you want from us Zomba?" Vincent asked.

"I already have what I want Van Ghoul and friend, the Chest of Demons! Now I shall set my fellow spirits free, then once I've done that I shall destroy the chest, and there's nothing that you can do about it, because you are trapped in that old movie!" Zomba explained as a crooked smile crossed her face.

"Now to set my fellow spirits free, so they can roam the Earth causing terror in the hearts of mortals everywhere!" Zomba exclaimed as she opened the sinister box.

The demonic creature was pleased that her spirits would be joining her in causing chaos around the world, or she would be had she opened the real Chest of Demons; however as she would discover Scooby and company had decided to play a little trick on her.

"No, it's a fake!" Zomba lamented as she had opened the box only to find a Made in Taiwan sign inside the box.

"Sorry Zomba, but if you really want the Chest of Demons, you're going to have to come in here and take it from us" Vincent explained as he took it out from behind his back.

"Way to go Mr. Van Ghoul, you sure pulled a fast one on that creepy Zomba" addressed Velma with a smile on her face.

"Thank you Velma, now maybe she'll leave us alone for a while" Vincent replied.

Suddenly the crystal ball began glowing and a familiar demonic figure clad in red materialized in the same room as Vincent Van Ghoul and Velma; seeing who the figure was caused the pair to slowly step backwards and also caused the great warlock to gasp in terror.

"Think again Vincent Van Ghoul!" the figure declared as she stepped towards Vincent and Velma.

"Zomba!" Vincent and Velma both shrieked as the evil spirit smiled back menacingly at the pair.

"You thought you could escape me so easily, but you were both wrong; for no one escapes Zomba!" she growled.

"Well we're sure going to try, run Mr. Van Ghoul!" Velma said to the powerful sorcerer as he ran up a set of nearby stairs with the bespectacled sleuth in tow and the demonic Zomba close behind, nipping at their heels.

Meanwhile back downstairs in Dr. Frankenscoob's lab, Scooby and Shaggy were attempting to give their own interpretations of the mad doctor and his assistant; their performances weren't necessarily Academy Award winning, but they were still able to get the job done.

"Well Dr. Frankenscoob, here we are and now we are ready to begin your great experiment" Shaggy explained.

"Ruh? Rhat experiment Rhaggy?" Scooby replied with a curious look on his face.

"Why Dr. Frankenscoob, you don't remember do you?" Shaggy said.

"Remember rhat Rhaggy?" Scooby asked.

"Tonight, in fact this very night is the night that you will begin your great experiment: to bring your great creation to life!" Shaggy remarked with some vigor in his voice.

"Res, res ring ry reation to rife!" Scooby remarked.

Meanwhile in another portion of Dr. Frankenscoob's castle, Velma and Vincent Van Ghoul had been running from the demonic Zomba who had still been trying to take the chest from the bespectacled sleuth and the warlock, but thus far had been unsuccessful in her plans.

Having escaped the clutches of the demonic Zomba, albeit temporarily; Velma and Vincent Van Ghoul walked behind yet another staircase in Dr. Frankenstein's lab, hoping to hide from the latest of the thirteen ghosts; the sinister red clad figure, who coincidentally looked like something out of a horror movie, was looking high and low for the bespectacled detective and her sorcerer friend and the Chest of Demons.

"I will find you Vincent Van Ghoul and your meddling mortal friend as well; I know you're in this old black and white movie somewhere and in living color too!" Zomba snarled as she walked away, looking clearly upset that she was unable to find Vincent and Velma.