Growing Up Ogre

A/N- I decided to write a fic about what Shrek was like growing up after reading about Shrek Goes Fourth.

Ch 1

Shrek was feeling depressed as he sat under a tree at Duloc Elementary in the playground. He hated being alone. He was a bit big for seven years old. He was an ogre but was nice. The other kids and their parents were always mean to him and his parents. He was in third grade because he was smarter than the other kids but they rgought he was dumb. He was sitting on a swing under the tree.

"Go back to where you came from freak!, You never should've been born! and I hope you were adopted!" the other kids jeered as they threw stones at him and hit him over his body. He had pea green skin with trumpet shaped ears. He was wearing a tartan vest with tartan trousers.

"I wish the other kids would stop bugging me and leave me alone. I'm an ogre but I'm not evil. Mom always said that people wouldn't understand that I'm good hearted." He thought as he swung taking his mind off the mean things the kids said when somebody jumped out from begind him. "W-Who's there?" he asked nervously. It was a girl the same age as him. She had red hair and a braid that ran down her back. She was wearing a green dress and green shoes and a tiara.

"Hiya! I'm Fiona. I started here today. You're pretty nice for what the other kids say about you. I'm Fiona. What's yours?" she told him. He laughed at her. "I'm Shreklenchen or Shrek for short. Aren't you afraid of me or think I'm a monster?" he told her. "Nope. You may be an ogre but you seem nice and I know what it's like. I become one at night when the sun goes down." she told him. "Oh man the new kid's talking to the beast!" one of the kids said as they threw a huge stone at him.

"Who did that? That was mean!" Fiona yelled. The other kids in the playground were amazed to hear Fiona say that. "We did." most of the kids from their class answered. "But why? Shrek's done nothing to you that you've gotta pick on him for!" Fiona told them. Shrek was impressed and shocked. None of the other kids had dared stand up for him like that. Normally he was all alone. "You're weird!" one of their class mates said as they pushed Shrek onto the ground. Fiona then helped him up to his feet. "Thanks. Nobody's ever stood up for me before." he said. "Maybe they should be the monsters the way they treat you. Besides I always help my friends." she told him. His ears pricked up at that.

"Really? You wanna be my friend? Sure!" he replied grinning broadly. They then walked into school as the bell rang. He was unaware on how she would change his life when he was older...

His parents noticed he seemed happier when he came home to their cave. "Somebody's in a good mood." his Mom Brianna asked him. "I made a new friend! Her name is Fiona. She only started school today. The other kids were being mean again, leaving me out of their games and she helped me especially when they started throwing rocks at me." Shrek told her. "That's really good honey. Your father... isn't coming home." she replied. The ogre youngster was worried. "Did hunters get him?" he asked worried. Brianna sighed as she looked into her son's brown eyes. "You know the wat your Daddy and I have been fighting for a while? He decided to leave us because it would be best for us. We had a really big fight so he decided to leave." she explained softly as he ran off into his room. She could hear him crying as she put her ear to his door...

He was lying on his bed and his pet alligator Morrick was beside him. "Hey Morrick. Dad left Mom and me and it's my fault. He wouldn't have left if I had started acting the way he wanted." he said sobbing. Broanna sighed as she cooked dinner. "I love you just for being you." she whispered as she stirred the swamp toad soup... . .