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Chapter 23 - Scene 23

INT. THE MAGIC SCHOOLS BOYS' BATHROOM – DAY

Richard "Vegas" Beltran, now bigger and even more confused looking at 16 years old, is hanging out with his fellow magic school delinquents.

With him is JINJY TUSKIONO, a tall Asian boy with long dreadlocks. SCOOBY and ASTRO PALADINO, the werewolves. And KEVIN MARBLES, a short, Beetlejuice-style boy who's sitting inside the bathroom sink.

Buck Kissinger from the demon hunter's school is also hanging with them. He's high as hell, smoking a joint, ever so often singing one of those angelic chants of his.

JINJY

I told you, Vegas, you just need to get between 0.23 and 0.55 spirit points to get Toad out of that God forsaken mirror!

VEGAS

(Whines)

I can't do it! It's too hard!

Astro and Scooby are currently in human form.

SCOOBY

(To Jinjy)

Yo! Pass it, bro!

Jinjy pulls out a bunch of little baggies with glowing pills and tosses one bag to Scooby.

JINJY

I'm not doing it for you, Vegas! You're going to get Toad out of that mirror yourself! He's your familiar!

In response, Vegas starts quivering, then screams, cries out, and collapses to the floor, shaking violently.

KEVIN

Told you if you didn't quit stressing him, he would fake a seizure.

Jinji kicks Vegas hard while he's on the ground.

VEGAS

OW!

ASTRO

How the hell did you get trapped in the mirror anyway, Toad?

The camera pans around, so now we're facing the large bathroom mirror. None of the boy's images are reflected; the only "person" we see in the reflective glass is TOAD DWEEZIL, a green-haired boy/demon with a joint in his mouth. He's absently playing a Nintendo Switch while leaning lazily on the glass.

TOAD

He threw me in here to chase out some kind of clown demon.

VEGAS

(Climbing up off the floor)

That thing keeps showing up in my bedroom at night! It haunts my nightmares!

TOAD

He's your agent. He said you agreed to the 65% commission.

ASTRO

65%? Is that standard nowadays?

KEVIN

(Shivers)

The agent gets 65% of your money?! I'm not even in showbiz, and I'm gonna have nightmares!

The bathroom door begins to squeak and open slowly. The boys inside panic, thinking it's a teacher. Jinjy flings the baggies of drugs into the air, and they disappear in a magical poof.

CHARLES CHEVALIER enters.

VEGAS

Charles!

He runs up excitedly to the new teen.

VEGAS

Did you get it? Did you get it?

CHARLES

Stupid! Of course, I got it! I'm the man! I can get anything!

He fishes inside his book bag and pulls out an old black leather book.

CHARLES

Look at this! And I got it fast, too, right?

He hands Vegas the giant spell book.

JINJY

What is that?

VEGAS

(Twist his lips at him)

My business, Tuskiono. That's what it is!

The Palidino brothers start sniffing the book like dogs.

SCOOBY

This book smells...

He and Astro look at each other.

SCOOBY

Positively E-VIL!

Vegas rolls his eyes and laughs.

VEGAS

Astro, Scooby, I know you guys identify as werewolves and all. But do you hear yourselves?

VEGAS

(Makes a face, mocking them)

The book smells evil, Vegas! Oooh!! You guys are scared of books? That explains your grades last semester.

JINJY

This evil-looking spell book might explain how your grades haven't gotten you kicked out of here yet.

Vegas glares at him and makes another face, mocking Jinjy.

Buck sings a heavenly chant until he starts coughing from inhaling the smoke.

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