The Witch's Ghost: chapter 4

Cherry stood with Ben, she felt nervous and awkward.

"Cherry, where is your mother?" Ben sounded obsessed with the woman for a moment.

"Uh, probably working... Why?" Cherry looked up to him.

"Just wondering... She must be a lovely wife to your father..." Ben grinned.

"Oh, yeah," Cherry smiled. "Mom's the best... Daddy drives her crazy sometimes with his childishness, but she's happily married to him."

This made Ben want her mother all to himself even more, but didn't show it. Fred, Daphne, and Velma caught up.

"Where's Atticus?" Cherry asked them.

"He wanted to get himself some food." Velma replied, then smiled shyly. "Hi, Ben...."

"Hello, Velma..." Ben smiled back to her with a smile that seemed to make all girls weak in the knees.

"Well, let's hope they don't miss meeting Sarah's ghost." Ben said.

"Yeah..." Cherry smiled, holding her arms.

Michelle came by. "Sorry for not messaging, honey, but I've heard a lot about this ghost and I thought I'd come see her for myself."

"Mom..." Cherry smiled, hugging her mother once she saw her.

Michelle smiled down, hugging her daughter back. Ben smiled at Michelle and was happy to see her in more ways then one that no one could imagine.

"So, this ghost...?" Michelle looked around.

"Ben's great-grandmother..." Cherry replied, looking back anxiously. "Sarah..."

"Oh, her," Michelle smiled, then looked to Ben. "I think Cherry found out about her, she did a report on her for Halloween in school."

Cherry blushed a bit. "I-It was a requirement, really..."

Ben smiled understandingly, he was only angry at the teacher that made her do it or so he made them think.

"Cherry reads your books all the time, she got interested because she noticed your books were locked away in her school library," Michelle continued with a smile.

"Mom, please stop talking..." Cherry was getting embarrassed now.

"I read some myself, you scared me with that vampire clown story, it sounded silly at first, but I loved it, though it gave me nightmares." Michelle giggled.

"I'm glad I could have one of my friends as one of my readers." Ben said with a smile.

Michelle giggled, then checked the time. "Getting late..."

Cherry sighed, it's been a while and still no ghost.

"Come on, we've been waiting an hour." one of the men said.

"This ghost is a no-show." another man said.

"Maybe she'll show up at the concert tomorrow?" a woman suggested as they walked off.

"Too bad, I was really looking forward to meeting the ghost of my ancestor, I was hoping she would tell me where she hid her journal." Ben said.

Michelle looked to see Ben was sad. "Cherry, stay with the others, I think I should talk with him." she said, then walked off to comfort Ben.

"Okay, Mom..." Cherry nodded, then looked back to Fred, Daphne, and Velma. "Is it me or does he seem attached to that book?"

"I'll say." Daphne agreed with her.

"It's his family heirloom, what do you expect?" Velma said, defending Ben.

Michelle came to her old friend with a smile. "You alright, Ben?"

"I'm just disappointed that I couldn't meet Sarah." Ben said.

Michelle gently patted his back. "It's okay... Maybe you'll see her at the Hex Girls' concert? You never know..." she smiled sympathetically.

"Yeah, I guess you do have a good point there." Ben said to her.

Michelle smiled to him softly.

Meanwhile back with Shaggy, Scooby, and Atticus.

"Thanks for everything, Jake," Shaggy smiled as he, Scooby and Atticus left with full bellies. "Especially those last twelve pies."

Jake sighed as he had a lot of dishes to clean tonight. "Glad you liked them."

"Boy, was that good eatin' or what, guys?" Shaggy looked to Scooby and Atticus.

"Reah!" Scooby agreed.

"Yeah," Atticus agreed, rubbing his stomach. "I haven't eaten that much at all."

They then noticed people leaving the puritan village. They wondered if the ghost showed up. Shaggy, Scooby, and Atticus kept walking until three Gothic girls were walking down the streets then. One had blonde pigtails with hints of green, one had poofy orange hair with hints of purple and the middle one had black hair with hints of red.

"Girls!" Shaggy sounded thrilled.

"Reah, rirls!" Scooby giggled.

"Quick, suck in your guts." Atticus said as he did the same not to impress the girls, but to not seem like he was a little fat.

Scooby and Shaggy did that, Shaggy even tucked in his shirt and slicked his hair back as the girls came closer.

"Like, hi, girls." Shaggy greeted coolly.

The girls smiled, showing fangs and nearly hissed at them. "Hi..."

Shaggy and Scooby saw the fangs and ran off, screaming. The girls just laughed, they didn't want to scare them, but it was kind of funny.

"Nice fangs," Atticus said. "Well, I better catch up with my friends." he began to run in the same direction of Scooby and Shaggy, not scared, but knew that if he didn't catch up with them soon, he would possibly lose their trail.

The girls then waved him off.

"Thorn, you okay?" the blonde named Dusk asked the black-haired one.

"He seemed familiar to me somehow..." the black-haired one, Thorn, replied.

"Maybe another fan." the red-head, Luna, shrugged.

"Maybe, but I think he's more then just a fan." Thorn said.

Atticus was now keeping up with Scooby and Shaggy, as all three of them were now losing the weight they gained from the food and where Atticus was now passing and then all three of them stopped. Scooby, Shaggy, and Atticus stopped running and panted as they lost the food fat they EARNED from the diner.

"I think we lost 'em, guys," Shaggy smiled. "And I thought there was only one ghost witch."

"Reah!" Scooby agreed, panting from the running.

"Guys, those weren't ghost witches, I think those were the Hex Girls." Atticus said, panting.

"Either way, all that running worked off that big meal, but you know, I'm hungry again." Shaggy replied, seeing his thin body.

"Re roo!" Scooby agreed.

"I'm not, I'll WAIT until morning to eat again." Atticus said politely.

There was a wicked laughter then heard.

"Uh, Atticus, was that you?" Shaggy got nervous.

"No." Atticus answered.

"Scoob?" Shaggy looked to his best friend.

"Ruh-uh." Scooby shook his head.

The boys turned around and saw a pale-faced ghost with green clothes and even a pointed hat, looking menacing. It must had been Sarah's ghost. "This town shall pay for what it did to me!"

"Like, it's every coward for himself, old buddy!" Shaggy called before he started to run with Scooby again.

"Well, what that defiantly proves my point about those two," Atticus said, joining them. "But how can that be Sarah Ravencroft's ghost?!"

Scooby, Shaggy, and Atticus kept running from the ghost, but it seemed to disappear once they met up with the others, accidentally knocking into each other.

"What's all of this then?" Cherry asked, her hands buried into her pockets.

"A rhost!" Scooby cried.

"A roast?" Ben sounded confused.

"A ritch's rhost." Scooby added in.

"You guys saw the witch's ghost?" Fred asked.

"Yeah, only she seemed more creepy than I had expected." Atticus said.

"Can you show us where?" Velma asked.

"Why, do we have to?" Shaggy was still in shock. "She throws fireballs, man!"

"I'll show you where," Atticus volunteered before asking, "Um, where's Daphne?"

Daphne was shown to be knocked down with Fred, but the two got themselves sorted out and on the street like the others.

"Oh, it's kinda late..." Cherry said. "We should meet Mom first..."

"You're not scared, are you?" Velma asked her.

"No, it's just really late at night for someone my age and physique to be out like this," Cherry folded her arms. "I should meet my mother... Nothing can make me stay."

"Would you like to see where the ghost was seen chasing us,  Mr. Ravencroft?" Atticus asked Ben.

"That sounds very interesting," Ben said with a smile. "That would be very good indeed."

Cherry twinged slightly. "Then again, the night is young..."

"I guess follow us then." Shaggy said before they went to go to the scene of the 'crime'.

Atticus lead the entire group to the street where he Shaggy and Scooby were chased by the ghost.