A/N- Hey guys it's me Pricat. This fic is a little emo but it was inspired by the song Perfect by Simple Plan. I imagined what Shrek was like as a teen and it clicked in my head. I hope you enjoy it. This is for Inyashanaruto365
It was another lonely night at the cave for Shrek. He was sixteen. His Dad had gone off to the pub with his buddies and had left him alone until dawn again. His Mom… had left after his birthday. His father's ways had finally got to her and she'd ran off with some other guy. "Sometimes I wish I had a different Dad, one who's not ashamed of me for who I am." The teen thought as he read books lying on his bed while listening to punk music.
His father was ashamed of him because he didn't want to hurt people or terrorize a village. He just wanted to live in peace. "But to him if you don't wanna be like him, the whole family shuns ya." He mused as he stopped reading.
He'd tried to end himself after his father started being ashamed of him but failed. His only escape was sweet dreaming. High school didn't help either. The jocks beat the hell out of him and the cheer leaders avoided him. But in his dreams he saw himself as an adult with a family and friends who didn't hate him and a wife with red hair and a long braid who loved him for who he was. He wasn't sure what the dreams meant but they gave him hope that one day he would no longer be the one that ashamed the family.
But he was unaware of what Fate had in store for him. A blond haired teen was shocked after looking into a crystal ball his Fairy Godmommy had shown him revealing his future. "I must stop that ogre before he becomes an adult and stops me from becoming King!" Charming yelled. He was seventeen but was dense and loved wearing leotards and ballet. He had blue eyes. He'd been living with his Fairy Godmother as long as he could remember. He smiled evilly as he looked at Shrek in the crystal ball...
Twenty five years up to the present day...
Shrek woke up in the middle of the night sweating. He'd had a flashback of himself when he was the same age as Artie. "Honey what's wrong?" Fiona asked him sleepily. "Nothing honey. Just a bad dream." he answered but he felt weird as he lay his head back on the pillow. He then glowed and vanished from sight.
He woke up hearing somebody screaming and opened his eyes... to see his teenage self freaking out at him. "W-What's going on? Who're ya? I've got a cross bow and I'm not afraid to use it!" the teen said worriedly. Shrek chuckled at his teenage self. "Yeah right! I know you wouldn't do it. I'm too good hearted to hurt anyone." he told him. "How do you know that?" teenage Shrek asked nervously trying to be brave but the fear was showing on his face. "I know... because I'm you, your adult self." Shrek answered the teen. The ogre teen gasped in shock and fainted. Shrek sighed as he dragged his teenage body into the bed. "Man I've changed a lot since I was sixteen! Maybe I can help my teenage self stand up to Dad and the losers at Duloc High but I've gotta be careful in case I mess up the present." he whispered as he waited for his teenage self to wake up...