Ch 2
Charming was furious as he stood in his late mother's factory. Fiona's husband was living his dream and he hated that fact. "There must be some way to destroy them." He said bitterly as he drank some wine. Suddenly he saw something open in the wall opposite him. It was a portal. "What is this?" he asked as two strangers came out of it. One was very thin, wore black robes, had silvery hair and smiled evilly but the other one freaked him out. It was a lizard man with green skin and a red mask around his eyes, had a snake like tail. "I'm sorry to scare you." He hissed as magic surrounded him and he transformed into a man. "W…Who're you guys? What do you want?" Charming asked them fearfully. "Don't be alarmed Charming. I'm Phobos Prince of Meridian and this is my servant Cedric who's a snake beast. I know what you desire. The kingdom of Far, Far Away but the leader of the Guardian's husband is always in the way." Phobos told him quietly.
"What do you mean by that?" Charming asked him curiously. Phobos smiled as an image of Fiona and the other princesses in their Guardian forms. "They're the new Guardians of the Veil, the Oracle's pets. They're also my sworn enemies. They want to take away my kingdom from me. Once I saw this, I'd knew you'd want to help." He told him. Charming smiled. "Oh yes! Soon they'll wish they were never Guardians!" he told him. Phobos laughed at that. "I also want the Heart of Candracar for myself but past Keepers never let me take it from them." He told Charming.
"We should attack Fiona and her family athe swamp and then take her precious husband as a hostage." Charming said. "Will this work?" Cedric asked. "Yes. She'll do anything for her True Love even give over the Heart!" Charming told him. Phobos smiled as an image of Fiona with her family appeared in his hand. "But we won't attack now. We must make her think it's safe to tell him her secret and then when she lets her guard down, that's when we'll attack!" he told him. Meanwhile in the swamp Fiona was still up in bed while her husband was asleep. She was looking at the night sky and saw a shooting star. "Should I tell him that I'm the leader of the Guardians of the Veil and that my friends and I have to save the world? But he'd never believe me unless I showed him. I wonder how Mom's doing about this Guardian stuff. I hope Dad's not too freaked." She thought as her eyes closed into sleep. Meanwhile in the palace of Far, Far Away Lillian was in bed with Harold. "I have something to tell you but you may not believe me." she said to him. "Don't worry honey. Nothing you say I don't believe." he told her as he ate some flies.
"Okay here goes." she began but suddenly she closed her eyes. Harold watched as magical energy surrounded her. When she opened them, she was in her Guardian form. He gasped as he saw this and choked on the fly he was eating. "Are you alright!" she asked as she flew near him. This shocked him even more. "W...What happened to you?" he asked terrified. "Your daughter and I along with the other princesses are the Guardians of the Veil. We have to use our powers to defeat evil." Lillian explained to him calmly. She then changed back into her normal self. "Is Fiona like this too?" he asked her. "Yes. Are you worried?" she said to him. "I am. The thought of you and Fiona in dangerous situations like this shocks me. Why did you choose this?" he told her. "We didn't choose to be Guardians. It just happened. There's nothing we can do about it. Besides Fiona and I can handle anything." she reassured him. She watched as he calmed down and she climbed into bed gently as not to crush him. "Besides Fiona's probably telling her husband all this herself." Lillian said.
Shrek then felt himself being woken up by the babies. When he came back into the bedroom, Fiona was up waiting for him. She then closed her eyes as the energy from the Heart transformed her into her Guardian form. Shrek was shocked that he dropped the cup of coffee he had been holding. "Honey there's something I have to tell you." she told him. "Does it have anything to do with why you're like this with wings?" he asked nervously. "My friends, my mother and I are the Guardians of the Veil. We were chosen by the Oracle of Candracar to be this and defend this kingdom and others from dark forces. I'm the Keeper of the Heart of Candracar and the leader of our group. I'm sorry. I should've told you eariler but I was scared." she explained. Suddenly she saw something appear from the wall and grab her husband. "Fiona! Don't worry about me." Shrek told her as the creature vanished with him. This angered her. "I've got to get the others to unite so we can save him!" Fiona thought as she became her normal self and ran out of the swamp towards Far, Far Away...