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

As our story opens, the famous mystery solving Great Dane Scooby Doo and his teenage friends have been invited by their warlock acquaintance Vincent Van Ghoul to have dinner with him at his castle; all is going well as Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby Doo sit at a large table enjoying their meal until Flim Flam runs into the room.

"Vince, I think you're television set's picking up something" Flim Flam remarked.

Vincent and the rest of the gang followed Flim Flam into another room; the gang saw what looked like a circular shaped monitor attached to a long narrow stand as Vincent went over to take a look.

"This is more than a television set you know, it's my monitor of activities in the spirit world" Vincent clarified.

"And it looks like you've got witches Mr. Van Ghoul" Velma stated as the gang saw three women on the screen; one of them was somewhat skinny with black hair, one of them was somewhat plump with blonde hair and the other was another was somewhat skinny with red hair, all three of which were attempting to get a broomstick into the air, but the trio were failing miserably.

"It certainly looks that way" Daphne remarked.

"So who are these witches anyway?" Fred asked.

"Oh, those are the Brewsky sisters, they're harmless; heck they can hardly even get their brooms off the ground" Vincent explained.

"So like they're not from the Chest of Demons?" Shaggy wondered nervously.

"No, of course not" Vincent replied.

The gang then noticed a strange mist on the screen, which began knocking down several trees, not to mention enveloping almost everything in sight except for the three women who stood and trembled at the sight of the strange vapor.

"But that is certainly from the Chest of Demons" Vincent commented.

"Zoinks! Like I've seen enough" Shaggy shrieked.

"Reah, ret's ratch some rartoons" Scooby replied.

Scooby reached for a small switch on the bottom of the screen to change the channel, coincidentally the station that the Great Dane happened to switch to was playing Scooby Doo Where Are You!, Fred frowned at the two cowardly sleuths as he went over to switch the monitor back.

"Come on you two, we have to figure out what that demon cloud is up to" Fred remarked.

"Like do we have to?" Shaggy replied.

"Reah, ro re rhave ro?" Scooby added, echoing his master's statement.

"Yes we have to" Fred replied as he sounded somewhat impatient with the cowardly duo.

Meanwhile inside Vincent's spirit monitoring device the large green mist floated in front of the three witch sisters as it began to speak.

"Sisters of the coven!" the mist bellowed.

The three witches continued to stand nervously waiting for something to happen; almost out of nowhere the mist produced a large black book, the strange vapor gave the volume to the three Brewsky sisters and began to speak.

"This is the Black Book of Spells, follow the incantations as written and your powers will grow" the vapor remarked.

"Hey this must be one of those self help books" the blonde haired witch said with a chuckle that sounded like Curly from the Three Stooges before the black haired witch jabbed the blonde one in the arm.

"However, you must do one thing; you must join me at Stonehenge at midnight tonight to recite spell number thirteen" the mist explained.

"Spell number thirteen?" the black haired witch said.

"At midnight?" the red-haired witch added.

"Certainly" the blonde haired witch remarked.

"Together, it will make us the most powerful witches in the world!" the mist declared as it floated into the skies and disappeared.

"Sisters, we're in business!" the black haired witch stated.

The three witches then began to dance and sing as they prepared to head on their journey to cast the incantation to give them the power to rule the planet; meanwhile back in Vincent's castle Scooby and company were in shock as to what they were watching.

"They're going to be the most powerful witches in the world?" Fred asked curiously.

"Like, we're doomed!" Shaggy shrieked.

"Oh will you two cut it out" Velma added.

"Yeah guys, besides we can handle a little thing like witches" Daphne remarked.

"Daphne's right, remember we've handled worse things and we always come out on top" Fred replied.

"There's just one problem Freddie" Daphne replied.

"What's that Daph?" the blond teen asked.

"Not only do we have those witches to worry about, but we also have that weird demon mist to deal with as well" Daphne replied.

"That's true; now the only problem is figuring out what we should start our investigation with?" Fred wondered.

"Very simple, you six start by getting that spell book before those foolish witches destroy the world" Vincent explained.

"Like no way, we're not going to any house with any creepy witches" Shaggy commented.

"Reah, rhe rwithches right rurn us rinto Frogs" Scooby added.

"Like that's right, besides we would rather hang out with Mr. Van Ghoul" Shaggy commented, after which the cowardly teen and his canine companion walked over to the gang's warlock friend; in addition the cowardly Great Dane licked Vincent's face as they realized that there was no way that what Vincent was going to do was going to be half as creepy as what the rest of the gang was going to be doing, but as usual they were wrong.

"Very well Shaggy and Scooby; I'm going to head to the Zone of Eternal Evil, where the deepest darkest spirits of all are trapped to hunt down that Demon Mist" Vincent elucidated.

After hearing this, the cowardly pair decided to slowly walk over to the rest of the gang to join them in tracking down the three witches.

"Hey I thought you two were going to help Vincent out?" Fred asked.

"L-like we had a change of heart, besides if we had a choice we would much rather track down those three witches then any creepy demon mist" Shaggy said trembling.

"Good, now come on gang we've got to track down three sorceresses" Fred declared.

With that Scooby and company exited Vincent's castle and prepared to begin their newest supernatural based assignment; meanwhile the great warlock Vincent Van Ghoul prepared to do his own investigating.

Vincent walked over to a nearby table and retrieved a small necklace, which he placed around his neck; the necklace was made of shimmering gold with a small green jewel, which looked to be an emerald surrounded by a gold circle in the middle of it.

"I just hope those kids and Scooby can get that spell book, otherwise there won't be any hope for anyone" Vincent said after placing the necklace around his neck.

The gang's warlock friend and ally placed his hands around the strange necklace, said a brief incantation and prepared to be transported; suddenly a strange glow surrounded the warlock as he disappeared from his castle high in the mountains of Tibet and reappeared in a gray, dark and dismal looking area; there were little to no plants, flowers, trees or buildings to speak of, only darkness, mist and fog, however as he looked around Vincent knew he was in exactly the right place.

"So this is the Zone of Eternal Evil at the present time, it certainly was more cheerful the last time I was here" Vincent thought aloud, trying to make some light out of at least a completely horrible situation.

As Vincent began his search for the strange Demon Mist, the Mystery Machine was driving through a gloomy looking forest with Fred at the wheel; Daphne sat in the passenger seat and was monitoring the van's spectral locator equipment when she noticed the device was emitting a strong beeping signal.

"Looks like we're getting close to the witches house Fred" the redhead explained.

"Yeah, by the looks of things I would say this is the perfect place for witches to live" the blond teen replied looking out the window for a few seconds here and there, all the while managing to keep his hands on the wheel.

After a few more moments the Mystery Machine parked outside the strange dwelling and the gang sat inside the vehicle in conference attempting to figure out a plan to get into their house.

"We need to think of a plan to stop those witches" Fred remarked.

"I have an idea, I just happen to have a book called 101 Ways to Outswitch a Witch with me; and we can use it to outfox those witches" Flim Flam replied.

"Flim Flam are you sure that book can help us?" Daphne asked.

"Sure it can" Flim Flam replied.

"But how?" Daphne wondered.

"You would be surprised Daphne" Flim Flam remarked.

"OK Flim Flam, I hate to say it but we're going to have to trust you on this; besides I don't have the slightest idea for a plan" Fred explained.

"Thanks Fred, you'll never regret this" the young boy replied.

"Yeah, I kind of figured that; now, what's the plan that you have Flim Flam?" Fred asked.

"Well I'm glad you asked Fred because here's my idea: first Shaggy and Scooby will dress up as Encyclopedia Salesmen, now that should get us in the door and into the witches house; while Shaggy and Scooby are distracting those witches, Velma and I will disguise ourselves as salespeople; then the two of us will attempt to grab the spell book, while you and Daphne wait in the Mystery Machine for us, that sound okay?" Flim Flam asked.

"Like you're got to be kidding, that sounds like the dumbest plan I've ever heard!" Shaggy remarked.

"Reah resides re ron't ro it" Scooby added.

"Like yeah I'm with Scoob, there's no way we're going through with this plan" Shaggy replied.

"Well, I kind of figured you would say that Shaggy, so I'm prepared to give you guys a most generous offer" Velma said with a voice that sounded like a used car salesman.

"Like what is it Velma?" the cowardly teen wondered.

"Reah Relma, rhat is it?" Scooby said, echoing his master's thoughts.

"I'm glad you guys asked that, if you'll let me, I'll head to the Mystery Machine and grab a box of Scooby Snacks, and if you guys will help us out you can have it to share, does that sound good to the two of you?" Velma said with a smile.

Shaggy and Scooby decided to have a brief conference to discuss whether or not they wanted to follow through with Flim Flam's plan; after a few minutes the cowardly teen and his master came out of the conference with their answer.

"Like okay Velma, we accept your offer" Shaggy explained.

"Okay you two just wait right here and I'll get you your Scooby Snacks" Velma replied.

With that the bespectacled teenage sleuth walked back over to the crimson and black vehicle which was parked a few feet away; after a few minutes the teenage detective returned from the Mystery Machine with a familiar looking red and white box in her hand.

"Alright guys, here you go" Velma said as she handed the box of snacks to the cowardly pair.

"Like thanks Velma" Shaggy commented.

"Reah, rhank you" Scooby replied as the cowardly duo enjoyed their favorite treats.

"So did you guys enjoy your snack?" Velma asked.

"We sure did Vel, like I guess it's time for us to head inside right?" Shaggy replied with a question of his own and a gulp.

"Don't worry Shaggy, this place isn't that scary" Velma said.

"Yeah it reminds me of one of those places in Old Salem, it's kind of quaint when you think about it" Daphne added.

"Like I'm still not too sure about this, especially with Flim Flam thinking of the plan" Shaggy replied.

"Have you two got a better idea?" Fred asked.

"Like sure we do; we have hundreds of good ideas, right Scoob?" Shaggy commented.

"Reah" Scooby added.

"Sure you guys do, now come on let's get inside and get that book" Fred declared.

Meanwhile inside the witches house, the sister sorceresses were taking a look inside the unusual volume and were checking to see what specific ingredients they needed for their spell.

"Let's see, spell number thirteen" the black haired witch said, leafing through the book.

"Ooh, ooh let me read it Wanda, what's it say?" the blonde haired woman asked.

"Keep your warts on and let me read it will you?" the black haired witch said.

"Ooh, ooh sure" the blonde haired witch replied.

"Now for spell thirteen you follow this recipe: you sauté five pounds of pickled dodo bird feathers" the black haired witch started while the red haired witch reached over to a nearby shelf and took a container.

"Check" the red haired witch said.

"You add ten pounds of powdered moon rocks" the black haired witch remarked.

"Double check" the red haired witch replied as she began climbing up a nearby set of shelves.

"Then you season with golden cobra rattle from the Pharaoh's tomb" the black haired witch continued.

"Golden Cobra Rattle?" the red haired witch asked.

"Then you simmer until dawn in a generous amount of Paris sewer water" the black haired witch finished.

"Paris sewer water? Icky poo" the red haired witch remarked with some displeasure as she climbed to the top of the shelf, but unfortunately for her the shelf began falling and as a result it landed on top of the other two witches with a loud crash.

After the trio of sorceresses crawled out of the mess they had made which included every bottle and container on the shelf, the black haired witch decided to give the red haired witch a piece of her mind, which was somewhat difficult considering the black haired witch had a glass container stuck on her head.

"You bat brain! Why I oughta" the black haired witch said with a look of anger on her face.

"But Wanda, like I was trying to tell you, we're fresh out of golden cobra rattles and Paris Sewer Water" the red haired witch replied.

Now the black haired witch became somewhat perturbed yet again as this time she decided to turn her wrath upon the blonde haired witch.

"I told you not to drink that sewer water!" the black haired witch remarked, still sounding somewhat angry.

"Ooh, ooh but I was thirsty" the blonde haired witch replied.

"Oh well, we'll just have to go find the last two ingredients; prepare for flight" the black haired witch declared; however as she and her associates were just about to leave they heard a knock on the front door of their house; the leader of the three witches, not expecting any visitors was quite displeased and unhappy about this turn of events, but seeing as she didn't have any options she did the only hospitable thing she could: she invited her visitors into the house.

"Now who could that be?" the black haired witch wondered; a few seconds later the blonde haired witch decided to head over to the front door and checked to see who was visiting the trio of witches; as the blonde haired witch opened the door she saw Shaggy and Scooby standing in the doorway, wearing very strange looking clothing and glasses in addition to carrying briefcases.

"Good day madam, crazy Shaggy here, your crazy traveling salesman with the craziest buys in the universe and this is my associate crazy Scooby" the cowardly teen said, trying his best to sound like a late night TV commercial.

"Rello ri'm razy" Scooby replied, sounding equally like a late night TV advertisement.

"That's right we're both crazy and we're here to sell you anything, that's right anything and you'll never have to pay a dime ever; now you may be asking, how can we sell anything without paying anything, well since you asked, we're completely nuts! Now what can we sell you?" Shaggy asked.

"Ooh, do you have golden cobra rattles and Paris sewer water?" the blonde haired witch replied with a question of her own.

"Of course we do, why? Because we're crazy and it's all in this magnificent twenty seven volume set: the Encyclopedia Scoobitianica, a welcome addition to any home" Shaggy explained, while his Great Dane companion took a series of books out of a suitcase and was throwing them literally all over the place.

"These volumes have educated thousands of foolish people, some as crazy as we are, so don't be left in the dark" the teen sleuth said as he turned on a nearby lamp, a few seconds later the teenager noticed a familiar looking black book on a pedestal and smiled.

"Like things are looking brighter already" Shaggy commented.

"We want cobra rattles and Paris sewer water!" the black haired witch said angrily as she and her comrades were still attempting to leave the house; but naturally the trio was unable to do was unable to do so because a few moments later there was yet another knock at their front door.

So naturally the blonde haired witch decided to go over to the door and let their new visitors inside; when the blonde haired witch opened the door however she saw Flim Flam and Velma with mustaches, dressed in sales person's outfits, and carrying bottles of perfume.

"Why settle for sewer water when you could have the finest toilet water in all of France" the young boy said while spritzing a bottle of fragrance throughout the room.

"Toilet water salesman, icky poo!" the red haired witch said.

"No, no, not icky poo madam, but the essence of perfume, just take a whiff" the young boy replied as he continued to spray the fragrance, which caused a cloud of pink to spread throughout the room.

"Ah, what an aroma, we call it eau de polecat" Velma added as she sprayed the fragrance all over the room in addition to the young boy.

"We don't want books or perfume or anything, just get out of here, and that goes for all of you!" the black haired witch said with a somewhat irritated tone in her voice, while coughing all the while.

But naturally this didn't deter the gang as Flim Flam and Velma walked over to the black haired witch and continued spritzing; while this was going on Scooby and Shaggy, now out of their crazy salespeople clothing were walking over to the pedestal where the black book of spells was and unbeknownst to the witches, at least for the moment were replacing it with an edition of the Encyclopedia Scoobritanica.

"Like we've got the spell book, let's get out of here" Shaggy commented as the Great Dane held the black book in his mouth while the cowardly pair began to slowly walk away.

Naturally the three witches, who were attempting to walk through the fragrance filled room, were quite unhappy with Velma and Flim Flam, so they decided to do what witches usually do or did to intruders or meddlers.

"That's it, I've had enough! Let's turn these peddling pests into toads! Give me the book of spells" the black haired witch said to her blonde haired colleague.

"Ooh, ooh certainly!" the blonde haired witch said, not knowing that she and the other witches were about to get a big surprise.

"The Duck-Billed Platypus is a furry egg bearing mammal who... wait a minute!" the black haired witch angrily said as she closed the book and looked at its front cover; naturally it wasn't the book of spells, but it was an edition of the Encyclopedia Scoobitanica, specifically the P volume.

"We're been tricked, they stole our book; stop them!" the black haired witch said, fuming at this development.

A few seconds later the black haired witch noticed that the cowardly teen and his Great Dane were slowly stepping away and carrying the black book of spells, which meant that Shaggy and Scooby were faced with one and only one choice: running and hiding from the witches, so they did so.

"So long sports fans!" Flim Flam declared as he and Velma quickly dashed off to join Shaggy and Scooby as the four sleuths headed straight for the door.

Meanwhile the blonde haired witch picked up a canister from the now broken shelf and lifted the container's lid.

"Ooh, ooh, bat wings, sic em!" the blonde haired witch declared as the three black bats headed for the door; however at that moment Shaggy, Scooby, Velma and Flim Flam were already out the door and were running back towards the Mystery Machine where Fred and Daphne were waiting.

The bat wings then headed out the door following closely behind Scooby and company; a few moments the later the bats attempted to grab the black book with the cowardly Great Dane still holding it; the frightening bats then lifted Scooby Doo up into the air, while Velma, Flim Flam and Shaggy had made it to the back door of the van.

"Raggy, Relma, Rlim Rlam, relp!" Scooby called out while whimpering.

The perpetually cowardly and hungry canine hung onto the mysterious black book as best he could, not to mention for dear life; a few seconds later the dog's cowardly best friend began running towards him and attempted to give some aid to his cowardly pet.

"Like hang on Scoob!" Shaggy said as he grabbed onto one of the Great Dane's paws attempting to pull him back down to earth.

Unfortunately after a few seconds and a valiant effort, Scooby failed to hold the book as one of the bats grabbed and began flying off towards the witches' house while the cowardly Great Dane and his teen companion began flying back towards the Mystery Machine, which the pair landed in with a loud crash.

The blond teenage leader of Mystery Inc. and his red haired girlfriend decided to ask the cowardly pair if they had accomplished their mission.

"So did you guys get the book?" Fred wondered.

"No, but they almost got us!" Shaggy commented.

Meanwhile with a crash of thunder the three witches flew out of the window on their broomsticks, having retained the black book of spells; the trio of sorceresses then flew out of sight as they began their quest to obtain the ingredients for spell 13 while Scooby and company looked on from the Mystery Machine.

"Jinkies, I hope Mr. Van Ghoul is having better luck than we are" Velma commented.

However, the bespectacled teenager would soon be proven wrong because at that same time unbeknownst to the gang's powerful warlock friend and ally, Vincent Van Ghoul would encounter something that frightened him as much as anything ever frightened him in his life, which considering his past and his occupation was somewhat impossible, although as Scooby and company had learned since they began their journey to track down the 13 ghosts from the Demon Chest, nothing was impossible, even real ghosts, ghouls and monsters.