A/N - This Chapter went through several rewrite as i wasn't happy with what it was in the beginning. hopefully that work paid off and you guys enjoy it. let me know what you think and leave a review.

Chapter 8 - Sleep

Sibella met Shaggy, carrying the wooden case, and his wife near the front door hoping she looked relatively calm. Shaggy looked far more relaxed than when he arrived, though his wife looked at her with far more undisguised suspicion than when she arrived. If all went well then her suspicion would be far beyond confirmed, but it would not matter.

She put on a smile, "I'm glad to see that your already looking better."

Shaggy smiled, "Elsa's potion really did the trick."

"As expected," she replied, nodding, "The way forward has been set for the two of you. It's a pretty straight forward route but we will provide you with a map and a means of communication nonetheless."

Shaggy's Wife spoke up, "How soon will we be able to get going?"

Sibella felt a flash of annoyance, his wife seemed eager to to be away from Grimwood's. She quickly tried suppressed her feelings, there was no way his wife knew of what was happening. Nor will she have any idea.

"Tomorrow," Sibella said, glad her voice was free of any anger. "We've already begun preparation for opening the portal you need to enter the Werewolf Kingdom, but it won't be ready until tomorrow night."

Another lie. The portal was already prepared and ready for use, but with new complication they needed the extra time to deal with The Wife. Elsa will most likely object to the idea, though Sibella knew she would eventually see reason.

Shaggy nodded, "Well, with the potion there's, like, no real need to rush anymore." He began looking around, "I haven't seen the others. Are Phanty, Winnie, or Tanis around?"

Sibella quickly looked up at Phanty, "Phanty should be visiting sometime later today, as a matter of is at the castle of the Werewolf King, so you might see her while you are there. Tanis…"

She hesitated. What should she say? After every bit of planning, she had not thought of how to explain Tanis' disappearance.

"Tanis is with her Father, Dear," Ms. Grimwood spoke, "he has been missing her so."

Sibella smiled at Ms. Grimwood, technically she did not lie to Shaggy. Still guilt ran through her mind, Shaggy deserved the truth. He didn't deserve what they were doing to him. The thought of Tanis did not suppress the feelings this time. Shaggy's wife never took her eyes off of Sibella, she saw the guilt and pain clear on her face. Shaggy was looking towards Ms. Grimwood's face, which was clear of any emotion.

"Why don't we get you two some food," Ms. Grimwood said, most likely to divert the conversation away from Tanis. "We've prepared a lovely meal for you."

Shaggy and his wife were led away leaving Sibella to deal with her emotions that tried so hard to break free. Despite the emotions, Sibella still had a job to do; things had gone too far to turn back. She needed to put her plan involving the Wife into action

She slowly walked towards Elsa's lab, going through the things needed for her plan to work. Getting the Wife away from Shaggy would be the most difficult part, but far from impossible. Once she entered the lab, she made her way towards Elsa's books to look for what she needed. Elsa looked up from her work but did not say a word. Her part in the Rogers Plan was finished so she was throwing herself into her personal work to distract from what was happening. More than anything, Elsa wished she could be with the main forces fighting against the enemy.

Finding what she needed, she walked to Elsa to show her the recipe.

"No." Elsa said firmly.

"It's the only way we can guarantee that Shaggy's Wife doesn't interfere." Sibella replied calmly.

"Find another way," Elsa glared at Sibella. "It's bad enough what we're doing to Shaggy but we don't need to go that far for his wife."

"She will not be harmed, Elsa. We need to make sure we eliminate any risks; after coming this far, we can't shy away from hard decisions."

"This isn't a hard decision," Elsa replied, "My decision is no. If you do this Shaggy will find out and everything we've done will have been for nothing. What proof do you have that she is even a threat? She's followed him here, how do you know she won't go all the way?"

"Phanty's assessment of her was enough."

"Phanty's assessment? You're really going to trust her with something like that?" Elsa asked.

"I have to." Sibella spoke softly, "I have to trust that everyone here is doing there best to try and end this."

"Even if by doing so, you give an unpredictable and powerful phantasm exactly what she wants."

"I have to trust her, Elsa. I can not go through all of this looking at the people who are supposed to be my friends suspiciously."

Elsa shook her head, "I'm sorry to say this but Phanty can't be trusted when it comes to Shaggy. That's why we sent you instead of her to preform the spell. Please, don't do this."

"This is happening with or without you, Elsa." Sibella replied coldly, "Shaggy's Wife is too much a risk for us."

Elsa stared silently at her for a moment, "Then you do it without me."

Sibella stood there for a moment, seething at the woman in front of her. Why did she not understand? Her plan needed to happen, she was not going to let that woman ruin their plans. Phanty could be trusted to do what Sibella needed done

Phanty floated above Sibella and Elsa, smiling down at the two of them. Elsa wasn't completely wrong about her, but she would still do what was needed to finish the job. If she managed to pull some strings along the way so that when it was all over she was in a better position with Shaggy then all the better for her.

She looked over Sibella's shoulder at the book the two women were fighting over. What she saw made her smile grow into a malicious grin. Perfect. It was far better than anything she had thought Sibella would do. After Sibella finished the preparations she would find Phanty for the next phase of her latest plan, and then that woman wouldn't be a problem for her anymore.

Phanty left the room before she began laughing, now that that woman was out of the picture she needed to figure out how to make Shaggy look at her. It shouldn't be too hard, he was in a vulnerable place and after it was all said and done he will be broken. Without his wife there to comfort him he won't know where to go or what to do, but Phanty will be there for him. She will always be there for him.

She drifted into the bedroom where Shaggy and his wife now slept. Despite the potion , he tossed and turned as he dreamt his wolfy dreams. His wife was trying her best to calm him. Phanty didn't bother to suppress the jealousy at the way his wife held him, but didn't bother to do anything. It didn't matter. Not one Sibella dealt with her.

Later that night, Daphne lay in bed next to her husband as he struggled in his sleep. After an interesting dinner, in which they had been served various rotten foods, they had been shown to a spare bedroom to rest for the next day. Shaggy began to toss and turn as soon as he fell asleep, nightmares about wolves and monsters plagued him. Daphne was surprised that he was able to sleep after everything that had happened.

Once Shaggy had calmed down, she quietly slipped off the bed and left the room. Shaggy couldn't see what was right in front of him, and it was clear that the monsters weren't expecting Daphne to be there. She was going to get to the bottom of whatever it was. They weren't going to get away with whatever their plan was. Once she found out what that was, she could find out how to stop it.

Quietly moving through the hallway of the school, she made her way towards Elsa Frankenteen's lab. Hopefully The books in her lab will have some answers to what was happening to Shaggy. Arriving at the door to the lab, she pressed her ear to the door to see if she could hear anyone inside. Hearing nothing she slowly opened the door to fins the lab truly was empty.

Closing the door behind her, she began to look through the lab for any clue that might help.

"What exactly do you think you'll find?"

Daphne wasn't surprised to her the Voice. She knew that it hadn't left her since it first appeared to her. "Answers to what you did to Shaggy."

"Do you really think you'll find anything you can use?" The Voice asked, "Do you really think you'll understand the complex procedures we used?"

"It doesn't matter," Daphne answered the disembodied voice. "I'm going to save Shaggy from whatever plans you have for him."

"That's what we thought you might try to do. Isn't that right Sibella." The Voice said slyly.

As if on cue, a faded purple mist began to fill the room before coalescing into the vampire woman with a small predatory smile.

"Hello, Mrs. Rogers," Sibella stepped towards Daphne, "You really should not be digging into things you do not understand."

"It's my job to dig," Daphne answered, in a way she hoped came off confidently. "What did you do to Shaggy?"

"You do not have to worry about that, Mrs. Rogers," Sibella spoke softly. "Shaggy will be in good hands from now on."

"Do you really think I'll let you get away with whatever it is you're planning?" Daphne hoped she sounded confident.

"Do you really think you have much of a choice?" Sibella's eyes took on a strange glow. "We ask that you calm yourself."

Daphne felt the tension leave her body, she didn't need to worry about anything.

"Everything will be alright," Sibella voice echoed throughout the room. Somewhere in the background Daphne heard a high pitched laughter. "You do not have to worry about anything anymore. Do you understand?"

Daphne nodded; she didn't know what she was so worried about before. Clearly everything was going to be okay.

"Good," Sibella continued. "Now sleep."