Chapter 3

Inside the Circus Fantastique, Professor Fantasmo, the owner of the circus was quite pleased that his young friend named Flim Flam had decided to return to the circus and join up with him; as he entered the circus office with the professor he smiled and began thinking what life would be like as the co-owner of a circus.

"Ooh I can just see it now, Flim Flam and Professor Fantasmo's Circus Fantastique" the young boy remarked.

Flim Flam smiled as he closed his eyes and pictured himself as the head of the great circus, with the Professor as his assistant; he saw himself asking the Professor about the big top's turnout and the professor telling him how good it was, Flim Flam then saw himself telling the professor that if this kept up he would be getting a large raise.

The images in the young boy's mind quickly disappeared as he opened his eyes and came back to the real world; the owner of the circus stood next to the professor as he smiled, preparing to talk to the young child.

"Flim Flam, if you are ready then I have something for you to sign" the professor explained.

"Sure professor what is it?" the young boy replied.

"This" Professor Fantasmo said as a long sheet of paper, which looked to be a scroll and a long old-fashioned quill pen, appeared in the ringmaster's hand.

"What is that Professor?" Flim Flam asked.

"Why it's a contract saying that you agree to work for my circus, and that you agree to do whatever I say" Professor Fantasmo replied.

"Cool, in that case I would be more than happy to sign it" Flim Flam replied.

"Excellent" the professor smiled as he handed the scroll and pen to the young boy.

Flim Flam quickly signed the contract and handed the pen and scroll back to the ringmaster.

"Ah very good, now let's make sure you have the proper outfit" the professor said as he cracked his long black ringmaster's whip in front of the young boy.

Flim Flam discovered that he was now wearing a lavender ringmaster outfit with a gray top hat, a black cane and white pants; the young boy inspected himself wearing these new clothes and smiled with a look of approval on his face.

"Nice duds professor old buddy, very stylish!" Flim Flam declared.

"I'm glad you think so my boy and welcome aboard" the professor replied.

"Thanks professor, I know I'm going to have a fun time here" Flim Flam remarked.

"Yes I'm sure you will, and not only that but this circus will never let you leave" the professor said as he cracked his ringmaster's whip once again, this time however something much more than then Flim Flam's clothes changed; this time he found himself standing still, not speaking and not moving, partly because the professor had just used his whip to brainwash the young boy into serving him.

"I am at your service master," the young boy said in a trance like voice.

"Good, now I want you to go into the big top and wait for me; and while you're in there, make sure that the stands are completely full" the professor explained.

"Yes Professor" Flim Flam said, complying with his request.

With that the now brainwashed Flim Flam walked out of sight back towards the big top; having put Flim Flam under his evil control, Professor Fantasmo began to look for the Chest of Demons in Flim Flam's sweatshirt.

"Now where is that Chest, it has to be here somewhere; I never would have guessed that I would run into Scooby Doo and his ghost-chasing friends in this two-bit town, what a tasty treat they would make for my Circus of Living Evil" the professor said as he finished looking through Flim Flam's shirt.

"Blast it, no Chest of Demons! Flim Flam's meddling friends must have it, just wait till I get my hands on them!" Professor Fantasmo said as his eyes glowed a dark, almost crimson and evil shade of red.

Outside the Fun House, Bogel and Weerd finally managed to escape from underneath the net, which they had used for a trap; well, at least Weerd had escaped, Bogel meanwhile had not as the two ghosts attempted to figure out a new plan.

"Phew, am I glad to be out from under that stupid net!" Weerd remarked.

"Lucky you, I'm still stuck" Bogel replied.

"Yeah and I'm stuck with you; now come on, we've got to find Scooby Doo and those kids" Weerd declared.

With that Bogel and Weerd headed on their way to attempt to capture Scooby and company; they had been looking for a few minutes when they noticed a blue and white striped tent.

"Come on Bogel, let's see if they're in here" Weerd explained.

The pair of ghosts then ran into the tent and wouldn't you know it, they happened to run into their ghostly boss: namely Professor Fantasmo, who naturally looked very displeased to see them.

"Why you ectoplasmic outcasts, what are you doing here?" the professor asked, looking and sounding clearly unhappy at this turn of events.

"Well, uh you see, uh" Weerd explained.

"Quiet! You're presence here is a dead giveaway to the true evil nature of my circus" Professor Fantasmo explained.

"Oh evil, you don't' say?" Bogel remarked.

"So then you must be one of the thirteen ghosts, am I right?" Weerd asked.

"Why don't you just tell the whole world, while you're at it!" Professor Fantasmo growled.

"Okay world listen up!" Bogel said, talking through a megaphone, which had materialized in his hand.

"Silence!" the professor replied.

"We're sorry, please forgive us, oh repulsive one; we'll do anything, we'll even help you steal the Chest of Demons" Weerd pleaded as he and his ghostly partner were now on their knees.

"We will?" Bogel asked, clearly looking confused as usual, until realizing what he was saying.

"Oh yeah, we will, we will" he added.

"Hmm, you groveling ghosts maybe of some use to me after all; here take my magic whip and find Scooby Doo's house, now here's what I want you to do" Professor Fantasmo explained as he handed his ringmaster's whip to Weerd, after doing this he got into a huddle and whispered some instructions to the somewhat dimwitted spirits.

Several minutes later, Bogel and Weerd had found where the gang was and materialized on the roof of Scooby's folk's house; Weerd then held the ringmaster's whip aloft as he and Bogel prepared to take care of Mystery Inc.

"Now, let's get down to business, or should I say up to business" the smarter of the two ghosts remarked as suddenly several dozens of balloons now surrounded the house; Weerd cracked the whip once more and the house now began lifting into the air.

Meanwhile inside the house, the cowardly Great Dane and his friends were attempting to figure out what to do next and also where their younger companion was.

"This just doesn't make any sense, how could Flim Flam just disappear without a trace?" Fred wondered.

"I don't know Freddie, but his disappearance has me totally up in the air" Daphne replied.

"Hey like maybe Vincent knows where he is" Shaggy commented.

"Good thinking Shaggy, let's contact him and see if he can help" Velma replied.

With that Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne gathered around a table in the living room of the Doo house and peered into a Crystal Ball as they attempted to talk to their powerful warlock friend.

"Calling Vincent Van Ghoul, come in Vincent" Velma remarked.

The Crystal Ball began to glow and showed the picture of Vincent Van Ghoul, Mystery Inc.'s warlock and mystic friend and associate; the warlock was curious as to why the gang had contacted him, however Scooby and company knew and Velma decided to ask the great warlock about the group's missing comrade.

"Mr. Van Ghoul, Flim Flam is missing and I have a hunch he's still at that circus" addressed Velma.

"A tingling in my bones tells me you're right Velma and it's not somewhere that I would like to be" Vincent replied.

"Why not Mr. Van Ghoul?" Fred asked.

"Because the calliope music at Professor Fantasmo's circus disguises the true evil purpose and nature of the place, not to mention he's probably now under the professor's evil spell" Vincent replied.

"See, gang what did well tell you about that circus?" Velma explained.

"But the professor seemed so friendly, how can the circus be evil?" Daphne wondered with a confused look on her face.

"Don't be fooled, the professor is in fact one of the thirteen ghosts and his calliope music disguises a midway full of monsters, monsters, monsters!" Vincent explained.

"Like you can say that again" Shaggy replied.

"Ronsters, ronsters, ronsters" Scooby remarked, echoing his companion's statement.

"This is very serious, you must rescue Flim Flam before dawn, if not he'll be trapped in that circus of horrors forever!" Vincent explained.

"Like no way, are we going back to that creepy circus, right Scooby?" Shaggy remarked.

"Rabsoultely not!" Scooby agreed.

Scooby and Shaggy then headed straight for the door, unaware that they were about several hundred feet up in the air; Velma saw her two friends heading for the exit and decided to make sure they wouldn't get into trouble.

"Wait for me guys!" Velma yelled as she ran after her two cowardly friends; eventually she joined the two of them and all together they ran out the door of the house, unfortunately the three of them didn't realized that they had ran into thin air and began descending until they crashed through a circus tent and into a large container of costumes.

"You guys okay?" Velma asked.

"Like yeah we're okay Velma, but it looks like we're back in the big top" Shaggy replied.

"Yeah and I think I hear someone coming, quick guys duck out of sight!" Velma declared as she, the cowardly teen and the canine dived into the costumes hoping they wouldn't be spotted.

"Hey boss, those two goofy ghosts are back" remarked one of Professor Fantasmo's cronies dressed in a clown suit.

"It's about time, I must have that Chest of Demons before dawn" the professor replied as the two of them walked by the costumes.

With the two villains out of sight, Scooby, Shaggy and Velma climbed out of the container of costumes now disguised as clowns and hoping that they would be able to accomplish their task without being captured or seen.

"Jinkies, I j-just hope that we can get out of this before I have to see a therapist" Velma commented nervously.

"Like you mean your clown phobia right Velma?" Shaggy asked.

"Right, although this whole evil circus thing isn't helping things much; I guess if we're ever going to rescue Flim Flam and capture Professor Fantasmo, I'll have to take a deep breath and hope that our clowning around will help us sneak out of here" Velma replied.

"Like yeah, I hope so too; by the way, after this is over Velma, maybe we help you learn to control your fear of clowns" Shaggy explained.

"Reah, rou're rour rfriend and re rant ro relp rou" Scooby said with a smile.

"Thanks guys, I know you guys are afraid of a lot of things too and maybe you two are just the right person and canine to help me deal with my fear; after all, in addition to you guys there are a lot of people out there who are afraid of various things and their fear doesn't control their lives, I just hope I'm able to learn to how to keep things in check while we solve mysteries" Velma replied.

"Don't worry Velma, we'll help you out and we can even teach you some of the tricks that we use to keep our fears in check right Scoob?" Shaggy explained.

"Reah, re rove rou Relma rand re ron't rant ranything to happen to rou" the canine replied before walking over to the bespectacled girl and licking her; after that the Great Dane and then Shaggy each gave her a friendly hug.

"Like yeah, not to mention I love you too Velma and I don't want anything to happen to you either" the cowardly teen added.

"Thanks guys, you're the best friends a girl ever had" the bespectacled teen said with a smile, as a tear ran down her cheek; she then brushed the tear away and realized that if she and her friends didn't get going, they would be joining Flim Flam in being trapped inside the sinister circus for all eternity.

"Now come on guys, let's get out of here" Velma explained as she and her friends attempted to locate Fred and Daphne.

Meanwhile in another part of the circus grounds Bogel and Weerd had returned from completing their evil mission for Professor Fantasmo; the two ghosts then decided to let their boss and his assistant know that they would have visitors very soon and that the professor's scheme was about to reach it's final steps.

"Those kids will be here any second Professor" Bogel explained, while Weerd handed the ringmaster's whip back to the ghostly ringmaster.

A few seconds later the two ghosts would be proven right as Scooby's parents house landed right on them; although being ghosts it didn't really hurt them that much, or maybe it did; it was at that time that Fred and Daphne decided to try and see where their comrades were, as the blond unofficial leader of Mystery Inc. called for them.

"Shaggy, Scooby?" Fred asked; the teen sleuth opened the door only to see Professor Fantasmo and his crony standing there, which naturally caused the investigator to gasp at the two figures who were greeting them outside.

"Oh my gosh" Fred remarked.

"Good evening my friends, I've been waiting for you" Professor Fantasmo said, leaning over to take a closer look at the pair.

"Eureka, we're back at the circus!" Momsy Doo exclaimed.

"Free games, free rides, free food, free everything!" Dada Doo added as the two Great Danes happily ran out of the house and back into the circus.

"See, they can't resist my circus, now give in and give me the Chest of Demons!" Professor Fantasmo declared as he saw Fred with the Chest standing in the doorway and tried to grab it away from him and Daphne.

"Not a chance you circus creep, and there's nothing you can do to make me give it to you!" Fred remarked.

"Oh really and just what do you mortals intend to do to stop me?" Professor Fantasmo sneered.

"Plenty and for your information I was the captain of my high school's football team; if you even try and take the chest from us I can give you one heck of a tackle" Fred commented.

"Enough of these games, I want that Chest now!" Professor Fantasmo growled.

"Like I said before not a chance you creep, come on Daphne let's run for it!" Fred declared as he took her hand and the pair began to sprint away from him at top speed.

The blond teen and the redhead had been running for several minutes when Daphne started to slow down a bit; Fred attempted to reason with her, trying to get her to run faster while still managing to stay out of the evil ringmaster's clutches.

"I don't think I can keep up Fred" Daphne said trying to catch her breath while she ran.

"Come on Daphne, you have to try; we don't want that circus creep to catch us" Fred replied.

After running for a few minutes Daphne had fallen behind a bit and tried to catch up to him, but alas it was to no avail.

"Keep running Freddie I'm right behind you, oops!" Daphne said as she tripped and fell.

"Hey Weerd we tripped up a good guy!" Bogel remarked.

"Yeah we did, good work Bogel old buddy!" Weerd replied.

"Good work you two, now go find that other kid with the chest; he couldn't have gone far!" the professor explained.

"Yes your ugliness!" Weerd declared as he and Bogel ran off to attempt to capture Fred.

With that the Professor then stood in front of Daphne with whip in hand as one of the professor's cronies dressed in a clown outfit held her in place to make sure she couldn't get away.

"Now my dear" the professor remarked with a sinister grin on his face, "I'm going to make you love my Circus whether you like it or not!" the evil ringmaster continued as he cracked his whip once again putting Daphne under his command.

After running a bit more Fred noticed that Daphne was no longer behind him and called for her to see where she was.

"Daphne, Daphne where are you?" he called hoping that she would hear him.

Fred stood scratching his head as he wondered what was going on; suddenly an arm reached out and grabbed him from behind.

He turned around, and saw three familiar faces sitting in a clown car; after seeing who it was he breathed a huge sigh of relief because it was not any ghosts or ghouls.

"Velma, Shaggy, Scooby; thank goodness it's you guys!" Fred remarked happily.

While the gang was glad to see Fred they happened to notice that Daphne was not with him at the moment.

"Fred, what happened to Daphne?" Velma asked.

"I don't know, she was with me when we escaped from that creepy professor; then after a few minutes I looked behind me and she was gone" replied Fred.

"Hmm, I would bet anything that Professor Fantasmo probably captured Flim Flam and Daphne" Velma remarked.

"Something tells me you're right Velma; come on gang let's find them" replied Fred.

While the professor decided to put the final phase of his plan into action, Fred, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby in a clown car drove continued looking around the circus for Daphne; a few minutes later the gang was driving past the fun house when Fred saw something.

"Pull over Velma, I think I saw Daphne" Fred remarked.

The blond teen was correct in his statement, it was indeed Daphne; however Fred noticed something strange about her, as she was wearing a purple ringmaster's outfit and was standing still as a statue.

Fred then got out of the car and walked over to her trying to get the redhead to come with them.

"Daphne, thank goodness we found you" Fred exclaimed as he went over to her; however Daphne was still not moving a single muscle.

"What's the matter Daphne?" Fred asked.

Fred then wondered why Daphne wasn't moving; he was also quite confused as to why she was wearing a circus outfit, specifically the garb of a ringmaster.

"It's OK Daphne, I'm glad to see you; by the way that's a great disguise you're wearing, it's no wonder you didn't get caught" Fred remarked.

"No, but you will, seize them and the Chest!" Daphne commanded in an almost monotone voice; suddenly Weerd and Bogel emerged and made an attempt to grab the rest of the gang.

"Zoinks, let's get out of here!" Shaggy shrieked.

The clown car then drove off with Velma, Shaggy, Scooby and Fred inside it.

"Like poor Daphne, it looks like she's had a big-top brainwashing" Shaggy remarked.

"Now we really have to find that Professor Fantasmo and capture him so we can undo his spell on Daphne and Flim Flam" Fred replied.

After escaping the now hypnotized Daphne, the clown car drove on back towards the big top.

"Gang we have to figure out a plan to rescue Flim Flam and Daphne; and I think I have an idea on how to do it" Fred remarked.

"Go ahead Fred, what is it?" Velma asked.

"Okay here's my plan; Velma, you Shaggy and Scooby try and distract the professor's attention meanwhile I'll try and get close enough to him so that I can rescue Daphne and Flim Flam, OK?" Fred explained.

"Like that sounds fine to me, except for one thing" Shaggy replied.

"What's that Shaggy?" Velma asked.

"I just wish we had some other plan" Shaggy replied.

"Oh don't be such a scaredy cat, now come on let's get inside that tent and stop Professor Fantasmo" the bespectacled girl explained as she, Shaggy and Scooby dropped off Fred, while the three of them stayed in the clown car and drove on towards the big top, which they did, but unfortunately for them the car went out of control heading right through the tent.

Meanwhile inside the big top the professor chuckled menacingly as his plan was nearing the finish line.

"Chest of Demons, or no Chest of Demons, in one more minute my circus of living evil will depart with a whole new crowd of victims" Professor Fantasmo chuckled evilly; meanwhile the clown car with Shaggy, Scooby and Velma inside crashed through the tent and drove right by the evil ringmaster.

"What? I didn't say send in the clowns!" Professor Fantasmo remarked.

The Professor growled as he wondered what was going on, meanwhile Fred walked behind him on his tippie toes; however Fred was unaware that one of the Professor's cronies, in fact the same one that held Daphne while he hypnotized her was slowly walking up to him; he grabbed Fred from behind and tried to keep him from escaping, but no matter what the professor's assistant did Fred was able to escape the clown's grasp.

After Fred escaped, his tippie toe walk turned into an all out run; seeing this, the professor's clown assistant then yelled over to his boss to inform him of what was going on.

"Professor, another one of those nosy kids is behind you!" he exclaimed.

Professor Fantasmo then turned around and saw Fred attempting to capture him and decided to turn the tables on the blond teenager.

"Ah, so there is; thank you for telling me assistant" Professor Fantasmo said.

The Professor then turned around and aimed his whip directly at Fred; a yellow streak of what looked like lightning then shot out of the whip, surrounding him and keeping him frozen in place.

"So, you thought you could stop me: Professor Fantasmo? Well, my meddling mortal friend you will not defeat me; as soon as I deal with those phony clowns I will deal with you and I promise you this: the consequences will not be pleasant!" Professor Fantasmo declared.

The professor then decided to turn his attention towards Shaggy, Scooby and Velma who were driving towards him and tried to stop his uninvited guests.

"You meddlers will pay for your interference!" The professor growled as he commanded for the various monsters that were now in the big top to go after the three sleuths.

"Zoinks! Like those creeps are coming after us!" Shaggy exclaimed.

"Ripes!" Scooby added.

"Come on you two we have to figure out a way to escape those monsters" Velma remarked.

The trio of investigators decided to hide in a corner of the big top as they looked around the tent trying to formulate a plan to escape the professor's frightening crew of ghouls and ghosts; suddenly a proverbial light bulb went off over Velma's head.

"Jinkies, I've got it; guys I have an idea but we're going to have to go back down into the big top" the bespectacled sleuth explained.

"Like you've got to be kidding Velma, we wouldn't go back down there for a million dollars" Shaggy replied.

"Reah, rot reven ror rwo rillion reither" Scooby added.

"OK, but would do it for a couple of Scooby Snacks a piece?" Velma asked.

"Like that we'll do it for" Shaggy replied.

"Reah, ri rove Rooby Racks" the Great Dane added.

"Good, because I just happen to have a couple with me right now, so here you go" Velma said, tossing two of the brown cookie shaped treats to each of her two friends; the cowardly pair quickly gobbled the snacks up as the trio walked out from where they were hiding.

"OK you two, let's put out plan into action; hey Professor, Daphne, Flim Flam, nah nah bet you can't catch us!" Velma yelled over to the evil ringmaster and to her now hypnotized friends.

"Well we'll certainly see about that now won't we; go on and get the chest for me Flim Flam" the professor declared, as he sent the young boy now carrying the evil ringmaster's whip and the redhead sleuth after the gang.

The young boy cracked the whip several times sending a barrage of fireballs towards the trio of sleuths, which they managed to avoid; Velma decided to tell her friends the rest of her plan as they listened intently, the trio of detectives then began slowly walking again but once the professor and his slaves looked up to see what was going on they gave chase.

"Those meddlers are headed for the exit, stop them!" Professor Fantasmo declared.

Daphne and Flim Flam on command from the professor ran after Shaggy, Scooby and Velma once again; this time the trio was headed not for the exit but for the calliope, the trio of sleuths headed towards the large musical instrument at top speed and as Flim Flam's ringmaster's whip shot another large fireball towards the gang, Velma decided that this was now the right time to put the final phase of her plan into action.

"Zoinks! Like it looks like we're going to get fried and shiskabobbed all at once!" Shaggy yelled.

"Not yet we aren't, okay you two on the count of three duck underneath the calliope" Velma replied.

"What? Are you crazy Velma, we won't be able to make it under there!" Shaggy said with a frightened and surprised look on his face.

"Of course we can, just trust me ok?" the bespectacled girl remarked.

"Like ok, I just hope this works" Shaggy replied.

"Ready guys?" Velma asked.

"Like I-I guess" Shaggy said with some apprehension in his voice.

"Re roo" Scooby added.

"Alright, one, two, three!" Velma declared.

As soon as their bespectacled companion finished counting, the trio of investigators quickly ducked underneath the calliope; right as the three jumped underneath the large musical instrument, the fireball that the hypnotized Flim Flam shot from his whip hit the great calliope and shattered it to pieces which caused the professor to grimace and shriek at this event.

"No, not the Calliope! Without it my power is lost forever!" Professor Fantasmo yelled as he slowly changed from a younger man into an older gentleman and his true ghostly form.

At that moment his spell on Daphne and Flim Flam was broken; the redheaded teenager held her head wondering what been happening; meanwhile the professor slowly walked over to Daphne to attempt to put her back under his spell.

"It's all right my dear, we can rebuild the calliope, we can make it better and soon my circus will be better than ever" Professor Fantasmo said in a raspy voice as he advanced on Daphne.

"Help, somebody help!" Daphne shrieked as she slowly walked backwards.

"Huh? What's going on?" Flim Flam thought aloud.

"Flim Flam! You're free of that spell" Velma remarked.

"What spell?" Flim Flam replied.

"You mean you don't remember?" Fred remarked.

"No I don't remember anything, why do you ask?" Flim Flam replied.

"Professor Fantasmo had you under a trance and when the calliope was destroyed the spell was broken" Velma explained.

"That must explain why I'm holding this ringmaster's whip" Flim Flam replied.

Meanwhile, the ghostly ring master had slowly walked over to the young boy.

Flim Flam gasped as the Professor approached him, and the young boy finally got to see the Professor's true self up close and personal.

"My boy, don't be alarmed; we can rebuild my calliope bigger and better than ever, things will be just like the way they once were" the Professor said in his now raspy voice.

"No way Professor, you're a gross out and I'm breaking my friends out of this bogus big top!" Flim Flam replied.

Flim Flam still holding the ringmaster's whip motioned for Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby to move behind him.

"I'm getting tired of this ringmaster thing; hang on everybody I'm going to end this once and for all!" Flim Flam remarked as he aimed the whip towards Professor Fantasmo, the whip shot a streak of white lightning towards the ghost as he became trapped inside a whirlwind and rose into the air.

"Come on gang, let's get the Chest so we can capture the professor" Fred explained.

The rest of the gang complied with this request as Flim Flam cracked the ringmaster's whip once more and the whirlwind descended towards the ground, and into the Chest of Demons; Flim Flam and Velma then closed the lid shut as the ghostly ringmaster entered his final resting place, where he would stay for good, while the town of Dooville cheered the entire thing.

Later in a large grassy area which was once the grounds of Professor Fantasmo's sinister circus, Scooby Doo, his parents, the town of Dooville and the rest of Mystery Inc. celebrated outside the temporarily relocated house belonging to the Great Dane's parents; the canine's parents were finally getting ready to have a real homecoming celebration for Scooby Doo, except for one thing.

"Welcome home son" Dada Doo said as he raised a glass in a toast.

"Yes, welcome home Scooby" Momsy Doo added as she gave her son a big kiss on the cheek.

"I guess what they say is true, there's no place like home" Velma said as a tear ran down her cheek.

"True, but how are the Doos going to get their home back?" Fred wondered.

The gang's young companion then figured out the perfect idea and walked up to the Doo house with the Professor's whip in hand.

"That's no problem gang, when you're as smart as a whip" Flim Flam said as he aimed the whip towards Scooby's parents' house.

The whip produced a bright light and suddenly the house was magically transported not back to where it originally was, but to a place with blizzard conditions because the house and surrounding area were covered in snow.

"Flim Flam!" the gang said in unison, a little perturbed at the young boy because the spell went somewhat wrong.

"Hey what do you want from me? It's a defective whip" Flim Flam replied, trying to figure a way out of this situation, which needless to say was quite difficult.

Eventually Flim Flam figured out the inner workings of the ringmaster's whip and the Doo house was transported back to Dooville; after the Doo family reunion was finished, along with the gang's visit to Scooby's parents, Mystery Inc. left Dooville and headed back to solving mysteries and tracking down the other ghosts from the Demon Chest.

Even though Scooby's parents were disappointed they knew that their son had a job to do and that was to continue capturing ghosts, ghouls, monsters and other villains; later on Mr. and Mrs. Doo said their goodbyes to their son and the gang with Scooby in tow left Dooville and continued on their worldwide journey which hopefully would lead to all of the 13 Ghosts being captured once and for all, and after that the world would hopefully finally be safe, but until then Mystery Inc. had to continue their ghost chasing exploits, knowing that if they failed the world would never be the same again, not to mention being controlled by evil spirits; deep down Scooby and company knew they could complete their assignment and were quite confident that they could take care of the spirits from the sinister box, and they would get their chance to prove that, while trying to avoid whatever was in store for them in the future.

Author's Notes: Hopefully everyone is enjoying each of my stories that I have written so far; also as always I greatly appreciate everyone's reviews and I thank everyone for giving me them. By the way even though it was mentioned during What's New Scooby Doo?, and the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo was aired in 1985, I decided to include a reference to Velma's clown phobia in this chapter and in this story; I think it was a perfect subplot for this particular story because the gang encounters an evil circus ringmaster and I figured it was a good story plot for Velma to have to face her fear of clowns in order to help Shaggy and Scooby. Also Shaggy may seem a bit OOC, but it makes sense when the plot of the story is considered, basically Shaggy acts more like a boyfriend in order to comfort Velma and keep her calm in the face of the terror that she is facing.