Magic, Spells, and Fairy-Tales
A Shrek-self insert fanfic by Cacaxa
Author's Note: This is my first real fanfic, so please bear with me!
Prologue: The Book
Long ago (or rather, once upon a time), there were 2 brothers, by the names of Jacob and William Grimm. They grew up immersed in fairy tales and reading books, and so, when they grew up, they decided to gather as many fairy-tales and stories as possible. Jacob, the older of the 2, would collect the information and write the stories, and William, the younger, and being a great artist, would draw the illustrations. Through this method, they collected thousands of stories. They eventually compiled the stories in an enormous library; called Grimm's Book Emporium, and all the people in the land came to see them. But although they were happy, they wished that somehow they could live within their stories, instead of just writing them down.
One night, while rain ran down in sheets outside the library, an old beggar woman came to their door. She asked for shelter from the storm, and, being the good, compassionate people they were, allowed her inside. She transformed into a beautiful Enchantress, and for their hospitality and kind hearts, she granted them their wish. She enchanted all the books so that anyone who opened one would be transported into the book's pages, and become a character within the story. The only drawback was that the person couldn't leave until the story was finished.
She then created another book, one that had no title. She told them that no one would ever be able to enter it and finish it, save one girl. The enchantress did not tell them the name of this girl or say anything else about her, but she did give them a clue:
" The girl whose has a golden heart
Will enter the story and take a part
She's not like the others, and has no fear
An ogre and donkey will become her friends dear."
She then enchanted them so that they would be able to live long enough to find the girl and get her to enter the book. And then the enchantress disappeared.
Years passed, and the times changed from 1781 to 2007. They had begun to lose hope, as no one of the enchantress's description ever came inside. But little did they know that the girl they needed was right around the corner...
