Friend Like You
A/N Another Artie fic. Huzzah! It's about him feeling lonely and a little down until he meets somebody who makes him feel better and understands him. Inspired after watching Bridge to Terabithia last night. I hope people enjoyeth.
Artie was feeling a little..... lonely. Even though he was now King, he still felt alone like he had at Worchester and the pain hurt. Sure he had Shrek and the others now but they were busy or on adventures. He wished he could have a friend, somebody who understood him.
"Where're you going?" Lillian asked him.
"Just out and around Lillian." Artie replied sadly. He hated being so short with her but she understood. She knew he was a little lonely and was frustrated at being in the castle a lot.
"I hope he finds what he's looking for. Maybe finding somebody will make him happy again like he was when he first was crowned." she thought sighing.
Artie walked through the streets of the kingdom and was sad seeing a group of kids aged sixteen. He sighed sadly.
"Look at the dork!
Where's your friends, loser?" they said crowding around him. Artie was nervous and tried to run away but was frozen in fear.
This reminded him of Worchester when Lance and the others picked on him.
"Hey leave him alone!" a voice yelled. A kid stood in their way. The kid wore a black bandanna around their neck, goggles on their brown hair, punk clothes and had their ears pierced.
The person was slender.
The kids ran off at this strange kid.
Artie felt fear as the kid helped him up.
But he realised it was a girl. She'd taken care of those kids using karate.
"You okay?
You look really scared." she told him.
He nodded in reply.
"I-I'm Artie.
Thanks for helping me." he said softly to her lost in her blue eyes.
"You're welcome.
I'm Aoia.
I moved here a week ago. Those kids were mean to me too and took my goggles until I used karate on them." she told him.
Artie smiled broadly at her.
She reminded him of Fiona.
"You're seventeen, right?" Aoia asked him.
He nodded.
"Yeah. My birthday's in the Fall." he said hearing a royal page call him.
"Who's that Artie and why is he calling you?" she asked him.
"Umm..... I've got to go.
It's my Aunt." he told her.
"Bummer.
See you tomorrow then?" she replied.
He nodded.
"You know it, goodbye!" he replied running off.......
Artie was very quiet as he sat at the table in the dining room that night. He'd really enjoyed Aoia's company but was worried because if she found out he was royalty, she would be weird around him and treat him differently like others in the kingdom did because he was King.
"You okay Artie?" Lillian asked her nephew.
"Yeah I'm fine." he answered her.
The page had told her that Artie had been with some strange looking kid and was curious but happy that Artie had a friend. She wondered why he hadn't mentioned anything.
Aoia sighed sadly as she made camp in the forest. She wanted to tell Artie her secret but knew he would treat her differently if he found out she had no home and that her father had died.
But she was also a princess but hid it from other kids.
She hoped that Artie would be her friend.....