Ch 6
Leah was sitting on the roof. It was nearly ten in the morning. She was thinking about everything that had happened last night. She then went back into the flat. She and Artie were making breakfast when they saw Inogen stumble in. "Hey what're you doing here?" Artie asked.
"I had to see my Dad. He removed this mark on my neck. He said to be safe, I should stay in this world so I thought I'd come here where I'd be safe." She answered softly. Leah understood as she watched the girl rest her head on the kitchen table. Carley then woke up a hour later and walked into the kitchen. "Morning. How're you after last night? How's Snowgre?" Leah asked her. "I'm fine. Just sad. Snowgre's asleep still." She answered quietly. She ate Weetabix with raisins and drank coffee.
She then got dressed in her black top which said Rock Princess on it, her Blacxis necklace, black leggings and sneakers. She put on her leather jacket which made her look like a biker chick. "I don't want to go to class. Those other kids don't want anything to do with me. Maybe I should cut college," she thought as she grabbed her hand bag and went out the front door. Shrek was worried as he came into the kitchen. "I've a feeling she might skip class." he said under his breath. Leah hadn't heard him but Inogen had.
At college it was break time and Carley was drinking coffee at the canteen. She was feeling depressed. Mia and her friends were teasing her but it was worse. They had tried to take her symbol cane and lock her out of the class room. "Stop it!" Carley told them. "What're you going to do it about it? Nothing that's what! You're just a freak with sight problems!" they cackled but Mia ripped the back of her top. Mia laughed as she saw Carley's back. "You're a hunch back! Go back to the tower and ring the bells!" they snickered as they saw her walk off. Outside she let the tears fall. She hated this place where people didn't want to get to know her. She then walked out of the campus and transformed into her dragon form.
She then took off into the sky.. Meanwhile Artie was at the Royal Doctor's in Far, Far Away. Lately he'd been having problems with his sight such as his night vision and not being able to see sides. Fiona and the others were concerned when they noticed this. He noticed the serious look on the doctor's face. "What's wrong with me and can you cure it?" he asked. "You have Retintis Pigmentosa which means you can't see in the dark and you've lost all your night vision. You also have Tnnnel Vision which means you can't see sides but it's seroius because in your later years, you'll lose your sight entirely. I can't cure it, I'm afraid. I'm sorry." he answered. Artie was in shock.
The news was like a bomb shell to his world. He then saw Carley sitting on the Farbucks roof. "She must've cut class again." he thought as he took his time climbing up. "Hey what's up?" he asked softly. "It's just Mia. She and her friends made fun of me in front of the entire student body. Now I'll never have friends. Who'd wanna be friends with a disabled freak like me?" she answered him. "Wow that's rough. I have sight problems. The doctor just diagnosed them. I don't want to tell Leah and the others." he replied.
"Why not? They'd probably want to help you." she said to him. "I have night blindess and tunnel vision like you do but I'll be blind when I'm older. Who'd want to be ruled by a disabled King?" he told her. Carley smiled as she transformed into her dragon form and took off. When she got back to the flat, she noticed Inogen was upset. "What's wrong?" Leah asked her gently. "It's my Dad. He's..." she told her. "He's getting what? Tell us. We can help." Snowgre told her.
"He's getting married. I thought he wouldn't after Mom left but I was wrong. He's marrying the Fairy Godmother. She's gonna be my new step mom and that means Charming's going to be my step brother. What am I going to do?" she answered sadly. "We've gotta stop it from happening, that's what!" Shrek heard Carley say as she joined them.
Inogen smiled at that. "She's a twisted, evil fiend! She uses guile to get her own way. She almost took Fiona away from Shrek! We've got to prevent Merlin from marrying her!" Carley said to her. "But I thought she was dead." Leah told her. "So did I but she must been sent into another world." Artie answered as he ate Ben and Jerry's. That made him feel better when he was depressed. But then ogre cuys in purple suits of armour burst into the flat. They were led by Shrek's father Mariott. They were the Ogre Protection Unit or OPU for short.
They wanted to make sure people and other magical creatures thought they were bad, evil beasts but Mariott's son posed a threat to their work. They carried cross bows, tear gas and swords along with night vision goggles. "Who're you guys? What do you want?" Leah heard Inogen ask them. "We're the Ogre Protection Unit making sure that ogres remain the bad boys in this realm. Only Mariott's Son Shreklenchen poses a threat. I can't believe he's befriended humans! It makes us sick!" one of them answered her. Carley then saw the moom rise and smiled as Leah began to growl. "W-What's up with that human?" some of Mariott's friends asked nervously. Leah smiled as she became her were wolf form. "We won't let you hurt anybody in this flat!" she heard Carley growl in her dragon form. Mariott was worried but kept up his toughness. "You guys take the other losers out. I've got a score to settle with my father!" Shrek told them as he faced his father. They then began hand to hand combat.
The other OPU officers screamed in fear as Carley and Leah made short work out of them. Artie laughed as the officers ran off in fear. "Great work guys! What about Mariott?" he told them. "Shrek's taking care of him." Leah answered as they saw Marioyy crash through the roof and Carley caught him in her long, slender tail. He was out cold with lots of bruises and wounds. They then saw Shrek join them. "It's okay. I took care of him. Now he and the OPU can't hurt anybody." he said as Carley transformed back into her normal self. Leah high fived them. Inogen then used her magic to repair the damage to the flat. "Thanks. Let's stop your father from getting married!" they told her as they climbed onto Snowgre's back after he transformed into his ice dragon form...
But Leah noticed that Artie was very quiet as they flew through the air. "Is everyhing okay? Because we can talk about it if it helps." she told him. He sighed before going on. "I'll tell. I'm visually impaired like Carley. I have night blindess and tunnel vision like her plus my sight will go when I'm older. I was... afraid to tell you." he explained softly.
"But why?" Shrek asked him. "Because you guys would treat me differently.. I know that the kingdom won't want a disabled ruler for it." he answered. "Artie you've got nothing to worry about. I loved you from the moment we met and I still do. It doesn't matter if you're disabled. Besides we're your friends. We wouldn't treat you like a freak just because you're disabled. You're still you just there's some things you can't do." Leah told him as she kissed him. "Thanks for that but I know I'll never be a normal teen again." he replied.
"So what? You're one of a kind Artie. I bet Gwen was gutted to lose you to me. All she hasto be in love with is bone headed jocks like Lancelot who don't really care about her feelings or wants her to speak her mind." she told him as they crossed through the portal that led into Shrek's world. It was connected to Earth. But the Fairy Godmother had knew that this thing would happen as she watched them land and saw Snowgre transform back into his normal form. She had a plan to stop them...