Needing His Place In the World

A/N Huzzah an new Shrek fic!

I got the idea while watching Shrek 1 a hour ago.

It's about family and helping a distant family member feel part of the family but this first chapter is when Shrek and his cousin Snowgre last saw each other as seven years old.

Prologue

It was a clear, sunny day in a forest in an unknown kingdom and the sound of laughter filled the air as two young ogre children ran through the forest.

One of them had green skin, bald with trumpet shaped ears, chubby with hazel eyes full of innocence and warmth, wearing a small white tunic with a brown alligator vest and belt with small tartan trousers and brown shoes.

His name was Shrek and he was only seven but he was playing with another ogre male the same age as him.

His friend was slender with light blue skin, emerald green eyes, white fur covering his body with furry trumpet shaped ears and wearing make shift armour.

His name was Snowgre and was Shrek's cousin.

They always played together most days wrestling, playing in the mud and pretending to be knights which they hoped they would be when they grew up.

"Come on Snowg!

We have to save the princess from the dragon guarded tower!" Shrek said as he and Snowgre came to a tree house which was a dragon guarded tower in their mind's eye and they were in real armour and not the make shift armour they were actually wearing.

"Yeah I'm coming!" Snowgre said as he roared scaring the dragon off as he climbed up into the tower rescuing the fair maiden.

"Snowgre, Shrek!" a voice called out bringing them back to reality as the tower became the tree house again and they were standing in their make shift armour.

"Aww man!

Do they have to do that?" Snowgre said as his furry trumpet shaped ears drooped sadly.

"Snowg what's wrong?

You look sad." Shrek told his cousin.

"I don't want to go home.

I want to stay and play!

I don't want to go home and be lonely.

You're my only friend Shrek." Snowgre told him.

"Aww you're my friend too Snowg.

Maybe one day you'll come back and be a knight as well as me.

Then we could be a team and go on adventures and not pretend ones." he replied to him.

"You promise?" Snowgre replied.

"Aye Snowgre I promise." Shrek answered as they shook hands......

He watched as his cousin climbed down the ladder as he climbed down after him and found both their mothers there but Shrek watched as Snowgre and his mother left them.

But he saw Snowgre take a long lingering look as they went home......