It was nighttime and somebody was making his way through the forest.
He was an ogre with violet skin, tree like horns, muscle bound and wore brown clothes. There was anger in his eyes as he saw the kingdom of Duloc.
"I've heard about this place. It's the perfect place to unleash my anger." He thought as he skulked into the darkness of a cave. Shrek had been told this by Puss. It was early morning but he was up already.
He didn't mind. It was the only peace and quiet he got because right now everybody was asleep. Later he saw Leah walk into the kitchen as he was cooking eggs for breakfast.
He was feeling bad vibes but wasn't sure where it was coming from.
Carley smiled at her friends as she joined them later that morning for breakfast. She was wearing punk rock clothes along with a Sand Village head band. "Morning guys!" she said to them.
Fiona had to go out and Keah and the others went shopping with her except for Carley. She wanted to stay with Shrek. He waited until they left before going to see the new ogre. "Where're you going?" Carley asked him softly.
"I'm going for a walk, okay? Can you look after the kids until I come back?" he asked her.
"Sure. Go ahead. I don't mind." she replied to him as she watched him go off. He then walked through the forest until he came to the cave in the middle of the forest. He had a feeling the new ogre lived here. He heard growling as he walked in.
"Hello? Is anybody here? I'm Shrek the other only ogre in Duloc until now. Where are you?" he said out loud. He then saw a hand come out from the shadows and grab him by his vest. "Who're you?" Shrek asked nervously.
The bigger ogre cackled as Shrek squirmed in his vice like grip. "My name is Astras. I know all about you Shrek. You're a loser of an ogre. You're pathetic. I get angry very easily and you're it!" he yelled as his claws ripped Shrek's shirt open.
"W-What do you want?" Shrek asked nervously. "I hate everybody in Duloc because all others do when they see me is run away and treat me like a freak! I'll show them that they can't mess with me. Beginning with you. I like to use my strength on others and now you're my new play thing!" he told him beating him but using his claws to scratch his arms and stomach.
"Tell anyone about what I'm doing to you and I... I don't know. I might hurt your friends especially that half blind human you care so much about. I can't wait to play with you tomoreow!" Astras cackled as Shrek stumbled out of Astra's cave. He was badly hurt.
Carley heard a loud sound as Shrek fell onto his and Fiona's bed.
She came into there and was shocked. He was badly injured. His face had cuts and bruises as well as a black eye. His shirt was ripped. There were bad scratches on his arms and chest. He was in agony.
"Are you okay? You look seriously hurt." she told him. He watched her leave and come back into the room with idione and bandages. "How did you get hurt like this?" she told him. He moaned in agony.
"Don't worry. It'll be okay. I'm going to help you. This'll sting a little, okay?" she replied.
Shrek gritted his teeth as the idoine went on his scratches. "Sorry. I hope I didn't hurt you." she told him as she was done cleaning him up amd hugged him gently. "Are you okay? You look like you're about to cry. You can tell me if something's wrong. We are friends, right?
You told me the only way to make things better is by talking about them." she told him. He froze up as he looked into her eyes and heard Astra's words in his head.
He cared too much for his friends especially Carley. "Alright. There's this new ogre but he's a bully. Can you keep a secret? He's started picking on me. Just don't tell the others, okay? I wanna try to handle this on my own." Shrek answered her sadly.
She felt sorry for him. He sounded like he was crying.
"What's this guy's name?" Carley asked him softly. "It's Astra." he answered as he yawned. His eyes closed as he was in his pyjamas. He was shivering with fear, aomething that had never happened to him before.
As he slept, he tossed and turned as he had bad dreams about Astra hutyong his friends. Leah noticed he seemed nervous as they had dinner. "You okay? You seem nervous. Did you meet the new ogre in town? He seems nice." Fiona told him.
He and Carley looked at each other. If they only knew what Astras's true nature was. Then they'd change their minds...