Cherry and Atticus on Zombie Island

chapter 6

After a little while, they came up to a beautiful house. When they were parking, they took a look at the porch and saw that it was crawling with cats.

Patch saw this and decided to hold Scooby back. "Down, Scooby!" he scolded the older dog.

Scooby snarled and wanted to chase after the cats. Atticus decided to join in and where it seemed to work.

"Scooby, cut it out!" he glared to the Great Dane.

"Ri rate rats..." Scooby growled.

"Why do some of us dogs hate cats?" Patch asked.

"Instinct?" Mo shrugged. "The only cats I really hate are Aunt Sarah's though."

"Now those cats, I hate." Patch said.

"I think we all do." Cherry had to agree.

Scooby got loose and went after the cats.

"No, Scooby!" Patch bit onto his tail.

This caused Scooby to yelp in pain.

"Sorry, Scooby, but ith's for your own good." Patch muffingly replied.

"Aww! Rine." Scooby frowned.

Patch then let go and spit up a little. "Gah! Don't make me have to do that ever again!"

A woman with short blonde hair who had a very stern look on her face came out.

"That must be her." Atticus whispered.

"Miss Lenoir!" Lena called to the woman who was her employer.

"Hello, ma'am." Atticus greeted with a bow.

Mo then curtsied herself shyly.

"Who brought these... These... Dogs?!" Miss Lenoir glared to Scooby and Patch.

"Rogs?" Scooby looked around. "Rhere?"

"She's referring to us." Patch whispered.

"Roh." Scooby replied.

"I'm terribly sorry," Daphne said to the blonde woman. "We should've hold on to him better. I'm Daphne Blake, of Coast to Coast. You know, the TV show."

"We do not have television on my island." Miss Lenoir replied as she grabbed onto her necklace which looked like a green cat head.

"That's a beautiful necklace, Miss Lenoir." Atticus said, noticing the jewelry.

"Thank you..." Miss Lenoir replied, but she didn't dare crack a smile. "Lena, what are they doing here?"

"It's all my fault, Miss Lenoir," Lena spoke up. "I heard these folks say they wanted to see a real haunted house. So I thought--"

"You might show them mine, I see," Miss Lenoir replied. "Really, Lena."

"Oh, but it's such a unique and beautiful house." Mo said.

"Picture perfect," Fred agreed. "Just how old is it?"

"It has been in my family for many generations," Miss Lenoir explained. "It was a pepper plantation. Some of the hottest peppers in Louisiana grow on this island."

"Wow." Patch smiled.

Shaggy chuckled at the mention of peppers.

"So, um, is this house haunted?" Cherry asked.

"Yes, it is a old house with restless spirits," Miss Lenoir explained. "You're welcome to look around... If you like."

"We would love to." Atticus smiled.