Chapter 12

CHAPTER 12 FRANKY, WOLFY, AND VAMPYRA TURNED to Cleo and said, "W! The letter w is what you find at the end of a rainbow!" Cleo smiled. "Meow!" she said. That meant "correct"! "Wow," said Neveen. "You didn't even need a clue, or to use your lucky scarabs. You're riddle-solving champions!" "Good enough to have earned your Riddle Merit Badges," said Dracula, suddenly appearing behind them in a thick cloud of mist.

"But how did you know we solved all those riddles?" asked Wolfy. Wolfy's dad, Wolf Man, entered the front hall. "A wolf has excellent hearing," he said. "I heard each riddle and heard you solve them. They were difficult! Even Doctor Frankenstein had a tough time with some of them, and he's a supersmart scientist!" Franky's grandfather, Doctor Frankenstein, and Franky's dad, Frankenstein, came down the winding stone steps from the laboratory tower. "That's true," said Doctor Frankenstein. "They were very clever riddles." "But you've all earned another patch," said Frankenstein. "Even you, Neveen." "Even me?" she asked. "Yes," said Frankenstein. "You each get a Scout Exchange Merit Badge." He handed each of the Junior Monster Scouts and Little Junior Monster Scouts a yellow patch with a

pyramid on it. He gave Neveen and Cleo a blue badge with a castle on it. "That's for sharing your culture with one another," said Wolf Man. "Speaking of culture," said Dracula, "it's probably about time that Cleo returned everyone to normal." "Meow," said Cleo. That meant "I'm sorry" and "You're right." Cleo got down low on the ground, and Neveen climbed onto her back. "Everyone, climb on!" she said.

Wolfy, Franky, Vampyra, Fern, and the rest of the Little Junior Monster Scouts clambered onto Cleo's back. Cleo sprang into the air, and with three quick flaps of her wings, they soared out of Castle Dracula.

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"The castle looks so small," said Franky. "Wheeeee!" said Fern. Neveen pointed to the village, and Cleo flew toward the cheese factory, and all the people she had turned to stone. "Look, there's the mayor!" said Vampyra. "And Baron Von Grump," said Wolfy. "And his cousin Baroness Von Grumpier," said Franky. "She looks grumpy enough to crack stone!" "Okay, Cleo," said Neveen. "Reverse your magic!" Cleo swept around the construction site and around the village. Wherever her tail swished, sparkles of golden lights settled on whoever had been turned to stone. One second they were a statue, and the next second they were back to normal. It was like nothing had happened. Nothing at all. No one even had any idea that