Tis the Season

Ch 7

Charming snickered as the shy teenager was put in a cage with Ogre Claus. "Not so tough without your friends, huh?" he said as he closed the door. Rapunzel wondered what Charming was going to do with the mortal girl. "Nothing yet. She's just bait for Snowgre and his friends. Then when they come to rescue her, they're mine!" he cackled.

Ogre Claus was staring at Carley. He could tell she was afraid but trying not to show it. "It's okay. My name is Ogre Claus. That blond haired brute captured me. What's your's?" he said gently. "I'm Carley." She said softly. "That's a nice name." He replied. "You're bigger and way cooler than Santa. You get to change houses with one magical burp and give Christmas gooses to the women of the houses." She told him. He chuckled at that. Suddenly she felt a head ache and her eyes glowed blue. Suddenly a sword appeared in her hands. "Don't worry. I'm cutting you loose from your bonds." She told him as she cut him free from the ropes around his wrist. "How did you do that?" he asked her. "I'm not so sure." She replied softly as a glowing blue crescent moon mark appeared on her head.

"Ogre Child." She whispered softly. Ogre Claus wondered what the teen meant as he saw a blue light bathe her body. When it was gone, she'd changed into a blue skinned, slender bodied warrior with a suit of unvulernable armour. "Yes! I can't believe I did it! Charming is so dead now I'm full of Ogreix." She exclaimed proudly. But as Snowgre and the others pondered over what they were going to do, a golden glowing heart mark appeared on Shrek's fore head. They watched as he was bathed in light. When he stopped glowing, he was in a suit of black armour with a long flowing cape. There was a golden heart on his helmet. "Cool! How did that happen?" Leah asked him. "I'm not sure." He answered.

She turned around to see bright light surround Fiona. When it stopped, she had light blue skin, was in a suit of purple armour and felt more powerful than ever before. "Wow this is cool. How did this happen?" she thought as she heard a voice speak to her in her head. "Fiona, Shrek I need you to come at once to the Swampy North Pole. Bring Leah and Snowgre with you. They can help us take care of Charming and Rapunzel. It's me Carley. I'll explain everything when you get there, okay?" it told them.

"Who were you talking to?" Leah asked curious. "It was Carley. She and Ogre Claus are at the Swampy North Pole." Fiona told her. They then saw Snowgre do something. They vanished in a flash of light… They found themselves outside the Swampy North Pole. "How did you do that?" Shrek asked Snowgre anazed along with Leah, Artie and Fiona. "You know that job I told ya about? I work for Ogre Claus most of the year. I used this snow globe to get here for work." he answered smiling shyly.

They then saw somebody approach them with long black tendril hair. "Hey guys. Don't be afraid. It's me Carley. I just became my Ogreix form, that's all." she told them smiling. Leah and Snowgre along with Artie were in awe at this. "What's Ogreix and how come you're like this?" Shrek asked Carley confused. "Ogreix is the magic that all ogres in Aria have. Aria is my kingdom that I created and Ogreix is the most strongest force of magic there is. I became my Ogreix warrior alter ego Ogre Child, Shrek you became Jen, the Ogarian Knight and Fiona you became Elissa. I bet together we can kick Charming and Rapunzel's butts!" she explained. "What about us? Don't think you're leaving us out of the fun!" Leah told them.

Carley laughed. "Don't worry. We won't." she said as magic shot out of her and surrounded her three other teenage friends transforming them into Ogreix warriors too. Snowgre was now the Artic Knight clad in a suit of undentable sliver blue armour with a snowflake marking on his head. Leah was a half ogre, half were wolf in a unvulernable suit of armour with a wolf mask on her head and Artie became the Excalibur Flash in a suit of blue armour. He had a sword marling on his forehead. "This is so cool! Now we can do anything in these new forms!" Leah said as she high fived Carley. Snowgre kissed her on the lips. She smiled at that. "You're welcome Snowg. Hey Artie you're looking cool." she told them. Shrek smiled as Ogre Claus joined them. "Let me guess you already freed him?" he asked Carley. She nodded in reply. But then she saw Charming and Rapunzel appear as shadow like creatures. "Whoa! What happened to them?" Fiona asked Carley.

"They became Shadow Spirits. They can enter mortals and turn them into soulless, hopeless and emotionless pawns of Evil. Be very careful guys." she warmed them as they lunged...