The gang decided to follow Ben as they were going to oakhaven as Fred drove the mystery machine while daphne, shaggy, and Scooby were looking at the map and Dakota looking around with joy on his face

Daphne: Wow this color is spectacular guys

Fred: Amazing

Scooby: Reah

Shaggy: Like don't forget me old buddy

As both shaggy and Scooby took a selfie Dakota was still distracted by the area

Daphne: You okay Dakota?

Dakota: Are you kidding me I'm fantastic I'm finally going home after two years

Fred: That's right you did join us at 14

As Dakota kept talking about oakhaven they noticed they were here

Dakota: Ladies and gentlemen I give you my home town Oakhaven. Wait what?

Dakota was confused by how many people were here as ben found a parking spot

Fred: Wow this is a pretty popular spot

Ben: Sure we get a few leaf peepers, but nothing like this

Dakota: This is a circus

Ben: There's the mayor he can tell us what's going on

Shaggy: Like maybe he'll know a place to eat

Dakota: Come on you two

The group walked up to the mayor as he was greeting others for visiting

Ben: Mayor, Mayor Cory

Dakota: Hi mayor

Cory: Ben my boy and Dakota long time no see, I'm glad you both could visit and I see you've brought some friends and their dog

Scooby: Rog Rhere

Mayor: Welcome the more the merrier

Dakota: What is all of this though

Mayor: It's great huh business is booming not like a few months ago it was slower then maple syrup on a cold day

Mr.McKnight: Hey Ben and hi Dakota

Ben: Hi Mr.McKnight

Dakota: Hey McKnight

Mr.McKnight: Here have T-Shirt before my store sells out you could wear it to the concert tomorrow

Ben: Concert

Fred and Dakota: The Hex Girls

Daphne: You heard of them guys

Fred: Just now

Dakota: I've known then since I was thirteen

Then the rest of the gang looked at a banner saying the following

Daphne: Oakhaven's Autumn Fest featuring the Hex Girls

Mayor: A local group you like them kinda spooky

Ben the looked at the shirt as Dakota read what was on it

Dakota: I met the ghost of oakhaven and lived?

Shaggy and Scooby: Ghost?!

Velma: Jinkies looks like there's a ghost in your own backyard you guys

Mayor: Not only that, but it's their own ancestor the ghost of Sarah Ravencroft

Ben: That's ridiculous

Dakota: Yeah I thought we already passed this ghost nonsense

Mayor: What can I say boys ever since we built our Puritan village her ghost has appeared many times

Fred: Don't tell me you disturbed her spirit with the construction

Daphne: And now she's haunting the town

Mayor: How did you know

Velma: Oh ghost hunting's our specialty

Mayor: Oh I see

Ben: Did you say...

Dakota: Puritan Village

As the gang followed the mayor he was giving a tour on their "Puritan Village"

Mayor: What your seeing is a perfect recreation of what life looked like way back in the 1600's by our locals

Shaggy: Haha look scoob and Dakota I've been a bad boy

Scooby: Rehehehe

Dakota: Okay now how are you going to get out of there

Shaggy: I didn't think that far ahead

Dakota: Ugh give me a hand would you scoob

Scooby: Rokay

As Dakota and Scooby helped shaggy out they then so a woman turning butter and Dakota noticed Mr.McKnight again and decided to talk

Dakota: Hi again McKnight

McKnight: Hi Dakota

Dakota: So how's sally doing

McKnight: Heh she's doing good actually and she'll be happy to see you most likely

Dakota then slicked his hair back trying to be both cool and funny

Dakota: What can I say she couldn't keep her hands off me

After he said that he saw Scooby slip on the butter while playing the turner like a guitar

Dakota: Welp gotta go cya later

Dakota then walked with the others while the mayor was giving more of a tour

Ben: When did all this go out

Mayor: About six months ago

Velma: This is amazing mayor

Daphne: Oh corn husk dolls aren't they cute Fred

Fred: Yeah charming

The mayor, Ben, Velma, and Dakota were then discussing over the ghost

Velma: So you say a ghost has been haunting this place

Mayor: Uh huh that's right young lady we disturbed the spirit of ben's and Dakota's ancestor who was persecuted as a witch way back in 1657

Needless to say both Ben and Dakota were very upset

Ben: I'm justly pressecuted

Dakota: Yeah Sarah Ravencroft was a medicine woman who practiced natural healing and was unfairly accused because of her eccentric ways

Velma: Just like the Salem Witch Trials many man and women who were a bit different or didn't conform to the codes of the colony suffered the same faith

Ben: Sarah was a healer it was said she even kept a journal of all her patience she cured with her herbal remitties

Dakota: Not to mention a lot of ways on how she made them too right uncle

Ben: Exactly

As they tried to say Sarah wasn't a witch shaggy found what looked like a shoe buckle

Mayor: We found all kinds of things from the old colony hand made nails, horse shoes, farm equipment

Ben: How bout a book

Mayor: A book?

Ben: You know how long I've been searching for Sarah's journal

Dakota: Not to mention I've been really wanting to get those herbal medicines a shot, so we can clear our family name

Mayor: Sorry boys nothing like that

Dakota: Oh well

Fred: How do you know it's Sarah's ghost

Mayor: Because the ghost said so maybe you'll see her tonight

Fred: Oh boy

Daphne: You never know Fred

As soon as the discussion ended both shaggy and Scooby's stomach growled

Shaggy: Hey we'd like to see a Puritan pizza joint we're starved

Dakota: No problem guys mayor go take them to jack

Mayor: Alrighty then

Ben: Do you want to go or would you like to see my studio

Velma: Would we ever

Dakota: Sure besides I want to check my old room

Velma: Shaggy we'll meet up with you later

Ben: Mayor tell jack that anything they order is on me

Shaggy: Zoinks like what a great guy

Daphne: Hah you're going to regret that offer Ben

Dakota: Big time

As they split up Dakota went with his uncle

Velma: Wow so this is where it all started

Dakota: HAHA FOUND IT

Dakota shouted from his room getting everyone's attention

Daphne: What you find Dakota?

Dakota: This

Dakota then showed the others a necklace with bat wings on the side and a ruby gem in the middle

Fred: Where'd you get that

Dakota: It was actually a gift from someone

Velma: Who's that?

Dakota: That mystery will be solved on the night of the concert

Ben: I did write all my early novels here, but now I spend most of my time in Europe though I do come back to recharge my batteries. Go ahead Velma take a seat

Velma: Jinkies this a dream come true

Daphne: You have some pretty cool things here Ben

Fred: I'll say

Fred then turned around to see a giant painting of someone

Fred: So who's portrait is this

Dakota: This is Sarah Ravencroft we think it was painted by a grateful patient

Ben: Of course she wasn't very popular with the towns doctors

Dakota: She was untraditional in her approach with medicine. She was a wicken

Fred: Say what

Velma: I read about them wicken's were people who were tuned with the forces of nature and used them for healing purposes

Dakota: Exactly she believed in using herbs and other natural elements to draw from the earth's powerhouse to heal the sick

Ben: Sarah helped many others who couldn't afford medical treatment

Dakota: She treated her patients under a huge oak tree which she believed to have healing powers

Velma: Hey I saw a giant oak tree like that in the town square

Dakota: Hate to break it to you Velma, but we already checked there. Come on we should see how shaggy and Scooby are doing

Fred: Good idea

With that they all left to get shaggy and Scooby

Hi everyone sorry for the late update I've busy thinking of other ideas plus CTC so as a sorry I'll finish this book today and possibly tomorrow I hope you enjoyed this chapter until then by