Light in the Darkness
Ch 2
Leah smiled as they arrived at the swamp. It'd been a while since they'd last been here.
Shrek smiled as they came inside. He hugged them.
"I'm glad you guys are back. We missed you. " he told them.
"Sorry about that. What was it you wanted, the mission you said you had for me?" Carley replied.
A smile crossed his face at that.
"Follow me." Shrek answered her as they went outside.
Leah wondered what they were talking about.
Snow hugged her as she and the other princesses showed up.
"Where have you been these last few months? We were worried!" Doris told Leah.
"Carley and I… have been busy since last time. We haven't forgotten you guys.
You're like family." Leah answered them.
In Snow's eyes she saw coldness.
That made Leah nervous.
"Why come back Leah after promising you'd come back and then never showing up until now!
What did we do? Answer me that." Snow thought as she ran off.
"What's her problem?" Leah asked the others.
"We don't know. She's been like that for a while.
She gets moody and then takes off like that.
I think she thinks you abandoned us but we know that's not true. You and Carley would never do that." Fiona told her.
"Duh! Of vourse we'd never leave you guys.
You're like family especially to Carley." Leah replied. They laughed at that.
Snow then saw somebody in a cloak approach her. It was Morgan.
She then used magic to knock Snow out and vanish….
Merlin felt something bad was going on.
Shrek smiled as he and Carley were sitting on branches of a tall tree.
"What was it you wanted to talk to me about?" Carley asked him.
"Huh? Oh yeah. The mission.
It's Merlin. He needs your help." The ogre told her.
"Why? What help does he need?" Carley asked her friend curious.
He looked at the symbol cane in her left hand.
"He has become visually impaired like you.
He was casting a spell in class when it back fired. He has Night Blindess and tunnel vusion like you.
He's hurting inside and feeling alone like you in your world when Leah isn't around you.
He needs your help. You understand how it feels to be different because of being half blind.
You up for it?" he explained to her softly.
She nodded.
He saw worry in her eyes and felt sadness in her.
She was wearing a Sand Village head band around her head and Sand Village gloves.
He knew she was not confident and had low self esteem. He knew what other mortals were like around somebody like her.
"You may have changed on the outside but inside you're still hurting, sad from what others think of you.
I know you're worried and feel like a freak but there are those who care about you like a family." He thought as he saw her go off to Far, Far Away where Merlin was at the castle with Artie.
She had to persuade him to come with her.
Morgan cackled as Snow woke up.
"Who're you? What do you want?" she retorted scared.
"I know how you feel. Your so called friends abandoned you for a while and come back expecting things to be alright." She told her as she cast a spell.
It darkened Snow's soul.
"Soon Merlin and the entire kingdom will see what I can do! The darkness has made me stronger.
More powerful than when he taught me." Morgan said.
Carley was nervous as she and Shrek arrived at Far, Far Away. She wished Leah was here too. That would make things better if Merlin was stubborn by using her were wolf form.
Merlin was in his room. He was meditating trying to feel more at peace but was depressed.
There was a pentagram marking on his fore head. It was the symbol of his demon.
He'd became a demon host a few days ago. His was Chiyo the Sorceroress of Confidence.
He hadn't told anybody about it. Artie watched as his friends entered Merlin's room. He was asleep.
Shrek smiled evilly as he grabbed the elderly wizard and they went off. He then hoped Merlin wouldn't be angry as they arrived at the swamp.
They'd grabbed his symbol cane and herbal stuff.
Leah watched as her friends returned later with Merlin. "What's he doing here?" Fiona asked him.
"We have to help him, remember?" Shrek said as they laid him on the couch.
Fiona remembered when she saw Merlin's symbol cane.
Carley sat down at the table in the kitchen. They were having dinner. They were eating pizza.
"What's Merlin doing here?" Leah whispered to her. The older girl smiled at her.
"I'll tell you later, okay? Not here." she replied. Leah saw sadness in her eyes. She knew her friend had trouble with confidence but maybe they could help her.
Only later Fiona was worried. She and the other princesses had went out into the village. She hadn't seen Snow for a long while, not since this morning.
"Maybe we should look for her." Leah said to her.
They then saw somebody turn up in Goth like clothes. It was Snow.
"Snow? You okay?" Fiona asked hugging her. But she didn't feel the usual warmth in her when they hugged.
She looked into Snow's eyes. They were cold and full of darkness.
"What happened to you?" Cinderella asked worried.
Snow cackled as she glowed with magic.
"You're going down! Morgan will rule!" she hissed as the black seal glowed with purple light. It was a cross.
Something surrounded her. It was dark chakra as a black phoenix surrounded her.
Fiona was worried at this.
"Snow please! We're your friends and girl friend." Fiona said looking into her eyes.
The others looked at Fiona.
Merlin looked freaked as he woke up.
"You okay?" Carley asked him.
"No. They're in danger." he said.
Shrek didn't know what he meant.
They saw his face begin to crack like a mirror.
"He has a demon inside him like Gaara." Carley told Shrek.
He understood. He watched as Merlin fell to his knees...
Morgan cackled as she watched the battle in the forest.
She knew Snow was the perfect pawn in her game. The princess was tough but had seemed colder since she became a powerful woman.
Leah was nervous as she saw Fiona trying to calm Snow down. "Please listen to me! I don't know what happened to you but you've gotta stop!" she said to Snow.
Snow then hit Leah against a tree and tied her to it with chakra.
"Leah!" Fiona heard somebody yell as they showed up.
It was Carley along with Shrek and Merlin.
Rage boiled in her when the others told her what had happened with Snow.
"I'll make sure she won't hurt my friends!" she yelled as she glowed with chakra as her face cracked.
Shrek and Fiona were worried at that. They knew Carley would do anything for them especially Leah.
"Carley... don't... She's too powerful!" Leah said weakly as she was trapped.
"Don't worry Leah. I'll get you out of there!" Carley repiled...
