Feels Like Friendship
Marissa yawned hearing the ship's horn. Artie yawned too. He hadn't had any sleep. He'd stayed up with Shrek in case he had any dreams again.
Uni wondered what was wrong with her brother.
"It's nothing Uni. Let's just help Marissa, okay?" Shrek answered her as they got off the boat at Worchester. Artie tensed up entering the school grounds because of all his memories of being a student.
He then felt somebody grab his hand.
It was Shrek.
He could tell the kid was scared about coming back here because when he was a student here, nobody cared about him or wanted him.
He could relate to how Artie felt.
"Hey it's okay. They can't hurt ya anymore. Besides those jousting jerks are probably working at Fat Boy Friar's while you've made something of your life. You're not the loser anymore Artie, they are." the ogre reassured him.
"T-Thanks Shrek. You rock." he replied crying.
Shrek understood as he hugged him.
"Let's see what this place has became since I left." Artie told them wiping away tears.
Marissa hugged him for support too.
He blushed at that.
He and the others saw students running around late for class, kids learning how to drive, cheer leaders doing routines.
But Marissa along with Puss and Donkey noticed that they were staring at Shrek and laughing.
"Why're they doing that? They barely know you." Donkey asked Shrek.
Artie then approached the girls angrily. He hated anyone picking or annoying his friends or people
"Why're you making fun of Shrek for?" he asked them.
"Don't you know? He ran away from here when he was a student here." the girl said to him.
Artie looked horror struck.
"Shrek..... is it true?" he asked softly. Shrek didn't answer.
"Come on, let's find Merlin." Marissa said to them as she walked on followed by Puss and Donkey.
Merlin was in the middle of teaching his class how to shape shift.
"Somebody's here to see you." a kid with braces said to the elderly wizard.
He nodded and left the class.
The other kids wondered what was going on. Merlin gasped seeing Artie, Shrek, Puss and Donkey.
He looked freaked seeing Marissa.
"Let's go to my quarters." he said leading the way but noticed Shrek wasn't following them.
"Go on, I'll catch up. I've something to take care of." he said leaving them.
He headed for the jousting field where a man of twenty or thirty waiting for him.
"Hello loser. I see you decided to return and show your face around here." he told him.
"Let's just do this Miraz.
Then we'll see who the loser is." Shrek told him suiting up in armour....