A/N- I was inspired to write a fic like this about Artie after listening to my fave Aly and AJ song called Sticks and Stones and it reminded me of Artie because of Worchester. There's also some Shrek/Artie fluff so don't get angry if you're easily offended.
Ch 1
Fiona was worried. Her cousin Arthur Pendragon or Artie as he liked to be called hadn't came to the swamp in a while. He normally visited every day.
"I think something's wrong with him but I'm not sure. Maybe he's busy doing royal stuff but he never has been before to visit." She thought. In the castle, Artie was in the bathroom cleaning up some bruises. Two people who seemed to know him had started picking on him wearing hooded cloaks.
He was scared to go out into the kingdom because that was when they attacked him. He'd locked himself in his room. Lillian could hear him crying from behind his door. She was worried. When he'd gotten back, he had bruises on his face. She then opened the door a crack. She heard him talking to himself and was scared.
That night Artie couldn't sleep because he was having horrible nightmares about what was happening to him. The next morning he felt like going to the swamp but was worried in case those guys showed up. After leaving the castle, Artie kept looking over his shoulder. But as he came to the forest, he was brought to his knees by someone in a cloak. It was the guy from before. "Hello King of Loserville! You thought you were safe after leaving Worchester? You're so wrong!" the guy said as he beat up Artie. Artie felt pain throb through his entire body. "S-Show yourself! The guy behind the cloak!" Artie said afraid. He was shocked when he saw who it was. It was Lancelot. This made Artie more afraid. He then saw Lancelot's friend show up and laughed. "He's on his way to see his freaky friends! I've got an idea." he said as he revealed himself.
It was Charming. "Surprised? I'm not. Tell anyone, especially your ogre friends or it'll get worse. Trust me, it will." he told him as Lancelot knocked Artie out. He felt scared as everything went black... Lancelot then dragged Artie's limp form to the swamp. Charming ordered him to leave Artie at the doorstep and knocked the door. Charming and Lancelot then ran off as Shrek answered it but gasped in shock as he found his teenage friend lying there beaten up and out cold. "Fiona come help me! It's Artie. Something happened to him!" he yelled. Fiona then joined him and was shocked as they brought him in quietly. "What happened to him? My Mom's gonna freak if she sees him like this." Fiona told him as they cleaned Artie up. After that, Artie began to wake up. "Lancelot... Charming." he whispered. "Speak up! We can't hear what you're saying. You're safe now. Whoever did this to you can't hurt ya here." Shrek told him soothingly. Artie seemed to calm down at his voice. Artie remember Charming and Lancelot's threat and shivered in fear. He wanted to tell them but was scared about what would happen to him if he did...