Believe

Ch 1

It was a normal Saturday and Katya was lying on her bed writing. She had black hair, slender bodied and had a creative gift. She was also a huge Shrek fan and her room was like a shrine. But her parents didn't understand her and thought she was weird. They wouldn't let her out at night unless she was dating but she hated that. But later as her Mom went off to work, it was raining heavily. She also heard someone cackle softly that sounded familiar. "Soon Duloc'll be mine and that pathetic ogre can't do anything about it! Poor little mortal, you want them to understand but they don't. Maybe if we're lucky, you'll be a loser!" she heard it say. It sounded familiar.

It was Charming. He was luring the girl to give into her anger and come to Duloc so he could use her to take care of his enemy. "Hello is anybody out here?" Katya called out in her room. Nobody answered her. Suddenly a huge gust of wind burst in and engulfed her. "W-What's going on?" she yelled over the wind as she vanished. In Duloc Shrek was having a vision. In it he and Fiona were helping some human girl but he didn't feel fear or worry as he stood beside the kid. He felt happiness and Love come from her. He woke up confused. What did it mean? He was about to find out exactly what it meant. Katya then opened her eyes to find herself in another world. She then looked over to the horizon and saw that Farquad's castle was there. "Wow. That was weird. It's… like I'm in Duloc, wait a minute I am in Duloc! Cool!" she exclaimed. But how did she get to Duloc? It was really freaky.

She then got an idea but first she had to change. She couldn't walk into the kingdom looking like herself. It would freak out the peasants and creatures there and she needed to gain their trust. She then found a long cloak and wrapped it around herself so she wouldn't stand out. She then walked into the square. Many peasants stopped and stared at her. She then saw hunters run into the forest. She got worried. She knew what they were about to do and followed them into the forest until they stopped outside a certain swamp. "Let's do it!" she heard the hunters yell. "Those hunters are brutes. Think he and his family are the monsters but they're not! I'm going to stop them so that I can talk to the one person in Duloc I know I can trust." She thought as she prepared to make her move. Shrek then heard hunters scream but he hadn't even opened the door yet. He looked out the window to see them running away from somebody. It was a girl but she seemed familiar. He looked at her in shock. It was the girl from his vision! "Don't worry Shrek. I won't hurt you. I just want to talk to you." She said gently. "Who're you? Y-You were in a vision I had." He told her, his hands in fists to show he was trying to be brave but he was freaked. "I know you because in my world you're a hero to so many people. My name is Katya. I won't hurt you. I'm one of your biggest fans." She explained. The ogre wondered what she meant. "Why're you here in Duloc? I thought humans… hated ogres. It's their nature. They always think I'm going to attack them but I'm not! I just want to live in peace." He said quietly. Katya felt sorry for him.

"I know how you feel but those things about ogres have changed. We no longer think they hurt us." She said looking into his brown eyes. "Really? But how?" he told her. "They changed their minds because of you. Your kindness and good heartedness revealed that some of you are peaceful. I came here by a huge gust of wind. I also heard…" she told him. "Heard what?" Shrek asked curiously. "Before that, I thought I heard Charming's voice." She told him. He saw her shake her head. "Don't worry Katya if it was him, I can take care of him. I always do." He reassured her gently in his soothing voice. He noticed she had nowhere to go that night. "You can stay with us. Fiona won't mind once I explain to her." He said as they walked into the house. Fiona stared at Katya. "Who's this?" she asked him. "It's okay Fiona. Her name is Katya. She took care of the hunters for us. She's new here." He told her calmly. "Okay then. Welcome to our home. I hope you're okay with being in a swamp." She said to the girl. "Nope I'm used to it! I just can't believe I'm here." She replied.

"I hope my parents aren't too upset that I'm gone. Besides they wouldn't believe me if I told them I'm in Duloc with my fave ogres. They'd think I'm making it up but I'm not." She thought as she got ready for dinner. Fiona stared at Katya's baggy jeans and black shirt with purple arm warmers. "What are those you're wearing?" she asked her. "Oh these? They're clothes I like to wear back home in my world. I'm a Goth but I'm friendly." she told her. Shrek watched as the kid ate weed rat stew without freaking out like normal humans. "How come... you're not afraid of us? We're ogres. Aren't you worried that we're gonna hurt ya?" he asked Katya. He roared loudly to try to scare her but she laughed at it. "No I don't think you guys are bad. You two... are the only good ogres known in our world. Besides some of your kind are bad and hurt people and some of them are good hearted like you." she explained. Fiona smiled at Katya's words. "You're right about that." she said to her.

But Charming was watching this disgustedly. He couldn't believe a human kid was friends with ogres. It just wasn't possible. "She's going to be a problem. Maybe I can use this to hurt my enemy. Maybe I should remind him why he used to think humans were dangerous." he said to himself. Later that night Shrek, Fiona and Katya were sitting outside by the fire looking at the stars in the night sky. "What's wrong?" Fiona asked Katya seeing her squint at the dark sky. "It's... just I'm visually impaired and going blind. I lost all my night vision a long time ago. It's part of a genetic thing I have called Bardel-Biedl Syndrome. I also have tunnel vision which means I can't see sides and people suddenly appear in my line of vision. I'm also a diabetic but it's not the serious type which needs needles. I just watch my weight. Back home I have a good diet. I also have a curve in my spine which makes me a hunch back. In my world... I'm just a ..." she explained quietly. "You're what?" Shrek asked her. "A loser like Artie. My parents don't like me. They hate that I'm different. They like my sister way better." she said. He knew how she felt. He'd felt that way ever since he was a teenager and his Dad hated him. "Don't worry. I'm sure they'll come to their senses one day." he told her. He then watched as Katya fell asleep beside him and Fiona near the fire.

But back on planet Earth Katya's parents were freaked. Her mother had came home from work with her father to find their older daughter was gone. Worried they called the police. They were very unaware that their daughter was in another world with her ogre heroes. Katya's Mom was making a cup of coffee when a dragon appeared. "What's wrong?" her husband Terrius asked. "Look! A d-dragon!" she said shivering in fear as it grabbed the two of them and vanished in a haze of magical energy. Charming then cackled as it brought them to him. "This can't be happening! You're that dumb Prince Charming guy Katya hates! What do you want?" Sierra , Katya's mother said angrily. "I'm after your daughter. She's with those ogres, my sworn enemies but using you will put a stop to that!" he said as he locked them in a cage. "You won't get away with this you loser!" Terrius yelled. "I don't think so. You see in our world humans , grown ups are weak and powerless. They've lost their power to dream. But your kid, she has an immense dream power and I want to feed on it! That way both Duloc and Far, Far Away will be mine!" he explained. He then watched as an image of Katya asleep with Shrek and Fiona by the camp fire appeared in his mother's wand.

Both Katya's parents smiled sadly at that. They regretted that night when they'd almost destroyed her faith in her ogre friends but couldn't forget about it. "We're so sorry Katya." her father thought as he fell asleep in the cage. Charming wasn't getting away with this. But the next morning Katya woke up feeling sad. "What's wrong?" Fiona asked gently. "I had a dream. In it Charming sent a dragon to my house, a ferocious one and took my parents. I've a feeling he's after all three of us but mainly me but I don't know why." she told her as she ate some swamp toad oat meal. "Don't worry we can stop him." Shrek told her. "You really wanna help me?" Katya asked him. "Yep. We're friends and we're gonna help ya kick Charming's butt and get your parents back!" he told her. "Let's do it!" she yelled. They agreed and prepared to get ready for a new quest...