As the Scooby Doo gang was settling in the middle of a forest to camp for a few days, the Mystery Machine stopped in a place where trees were rare enough to let the vehicle's crew leave the van. Once out, each of them reacted differently: Fred was happy to find some place to rest and started to gather the necessary elements to build a fire. Velma, on the other hand, simply stretched and sat on a flat boulder to keep reading the encyclopedia she had recently tackled. Shaggy and Scooby, for what was about them, were busy listing what food they had left after consuming more of its half during the trip.
Finally, Daphne, carefully left the Mystery Machine, as she had just finished to put on her swimming suit. Fred and Velma had laughed when she told them there would be no where to take a swim and not enough of a good weather for sunbathing. The redhead had simply shrugged, telling them they would be the one regretting their decision once a beautiful lake would show up to the group. Since everyone else was busy minding their own business, Daphne allowed herself to go for a walk, hoping to find find a big enough spot to swim in and make them jealous.
A few minutes later, the young woman thought her wish had been granted when her naked feet stepped in some mud. She grinned and told herself.
"I can't wait to hear them complaining about their sunburns and mosquito bites while I'll be diving into my paradise of fresh water!"
Unfortunately, all what the woman could find was a bunch of puddles, filled with extremely smooth sand and clear water.
"Strange... It looks like... Tiny pools..."
As she walked further to investigate her discovery, her curiosity brutally ceased when she tripped on some sort of branch.
"What the-" the redhead said before barely stabilizing herself, preventing her from sinking into the muddy surface. A quick look on what she thought to be an ordinary stick caught her attention, especially when Daphne noticed its golden grip and sharp tip, as if decorated with a shard from a shattered sapphire.
"Hey, who would throw away something like that? I'd rather bring it to Velma, she always loved to study archeology, maybe that would help her to drop that stupid book of hers."
But as soon as Daphne grabbed the ancient item, which seemed to be a spear, its jewel glew in a powerful flash, momentarily blinding the young woman. Once able to open her eyes again, she was...