We will Meet Again

Ch 1

Far, Far Away was in chaos. The people were revolting nearly. Taxes were too high.

Where was the peace, the quiet that had filled the kingdom?

Maybe it was to do with Artie locking himself in his castle and not seeming to care about anything.

The twenty year old King had been more depressed and lonely.

He was missing those close to him, his family.

He looked at a framed photo of him, Shrek and his other friends.

It made him tear up inside.

"Hello Your Majesty. You've been busy since they put you on the throne. You miss them, don't you?" the cloaked stranger told him.

"Yeah I do. They're my friends, my family." Artie told him.

He then felt weird and fainted onto the floor.

"Perfect! This'll all be mine once I put a little magic on him.

Then Artie will be my puppet to control as I see fit!" he thought as he took off his cloak and revealed himself.

It was Charming.

He had pale skin, scars and bruises over it and bruises over his face from when the tower fell.

He was bent on vengeance. He'd made a deal with somebody named Orchimaru to make him alive again but it had cost him his soul using Reanimation jutsu,

He then saw somebody approach him.

It was Rapunzel.

She looked about thirty years old.

"Honey is that you? I've waited for this day. How…. Did you get back?" she said to him.

"That's not important. What is now is taking the throne for ourselves." He replied to her.

Rapunzel agreed.

"You're right and this time Fiona and her friends won't stop us!" she cackled….

They were unaware that Lillian had overheard that and had escaped from the castle.

Shrek and Fiona saw worry in her eyes as she came into the swamp house.

Leah and Carley wondered what was wrong.

"Charming's back. He did something to Artie, a spell that makes him his puppet. We have to stop him." she told them.

Leah was nervous as she saw fear in Shrek's brown eyes. He was worried as Fiona helped Lillian into the chair.

"You're worried about Artie, aren't you?" Carley asked him.

"Yeah I am. He's part of my family and a friend." he answered as he glowed with magic.

She watched as he transformed into the Duloc Knight. He had been given this when the others had tried to save Carley.

He then vanished.

"Come on. We've gotta go after him. Who knows what Charming could do with the powers he has!" Fiona told the others.

Leah then glowed as the chakra inside her activated.

In the throne room Charming cackled at the look of no soul in Artie's eyes as he was under Charming's spell.

"Your friends are coming to try and save you." Charming said to him.

"What did you mean? I don't know what you're talking about." he replied to him.

This made Charming happy.

Artie then transformed into the Worchester Knight and scowled as he saw the Duloc Knight.

"Oh... yeah... him." Artie said. Shrek was sent off his feet by Artie.

This frightened him.

"You... must be destroyed on King Charming's orders." he said in a droning voice.

"Artie it's me Shrek! Don't you remember?" he told him. He blocked as Artie attacked him.

Leah gasped at this as Shrek fell to the ground.

"What's gotten into Artie? He's never like this!" Fiona told him.

"Yeah... I know. Let's go." Shrek said sadly.

There was sadness in his eyes...