Ch 10
Charming smiled as he appeared in Worchester Academy. Soon he'd get the very jocks who picked on Artie when he was a loser here to help him. Lancelot was seething with anger as he used one of the role playing kids as his new dummy. Since Artie had discovered he was royalty things had been going down hill in the social order on campus. All those geeks, losers and total misfits stood up to big hulking guys like him and his friends. It made him want to slice open a loser and show him his insides. "I hate that Pendragon kid! Because of him, all those geeks and freaks aren't afraid of my jousting posse and me. Maybe I should go to Far, Far Away and get my revenge!" he thought angrily as he fell onto the ground.
Lancelot then stared as Charming approached him and his jock buddies. He was still wearing his red leotard. "Out of my way loser! I've got major anger!" he said as he pushed past him. "Let me guess you're angry at Artie? Because of him, you and your friends aren't the stars on campus, right?" Charming said and Lancelot stopped in his tracks. "How do you know that? We've never met before." He yelled worriedly.
"I know how you can get your revenge on that royal loser." Charming told him smiling evilly. "How can you? You're a dork in tights." He asked him. "I may be a dork to you but to me I'm a dork who has magic, enough to give you what you want. For Artie to suffer! All you have to do is help me take over the kingdoms of Duloc and Far, Far Away as well as Artie's friends. I also heard they took Guinevere your lady friend." He told him. "They have Gwen? They're going to wish they never did that!" Lancelot yelled in fury. "Good choice. Let's go!" Charming said as they vanished in a haze of magical energy. Meanwhile Fiona saw worry in Gwen's eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked her. "Nothing. It's… just I wish I hadn't gone with the popular crowd back at Worchester.
That way I wouldn't have been so mean to him when everybody was treating him like a loser and he really wanted me. Have you done anything like that? To almost lose somebody you truly love because of other people's views?" she told her sadly. "I have. When I first met Shrek, I thought he wasn't supposed to rescue me but as the day grew on, we bonded especially that night when I heard him talk about other people treating him like dirt but he was really nice. But the next night there was a little misunderstanding about my curse. He thought I was talking about him but I was talking about myself.
But we managed to fix things right before I made the most massive mistake of my life and becoming Queen of Duloc. I think Artie really forgives you. It's like he knew it wasn't your fault." Fiona answered calmly. But there was a bad feeling in her heart and Artie's. Lancelot always thought Gwen was his but she wasn't. She hoped that they could be stopped. Snowgre could feel that his parents were getting worse. "I've got to go find Charming. That way if I can stop him, I can help my parents. But I can't tell Shrek or Fiona this because they wouldn't understand and try to stop me." He thought as he vanished. But Charming saw Gwen with Fiona and growled angrily. He had to deal with that red haired wench somehow. He then got an idea. He saw his mother's wand glow and send a spell into the forest where Gwen was sitting. Fiona was alarmed to see the teen surrounded by magic. When it vanished, Gwen didn't look the same.
Her face was covered in acne, there was dandruff in her hair. Her stomach was really big like Fiona's and her nails were really dirty. "What happened to me?" Gwen said as tears fell down her face. Fiona watched as the girl ran off into the forest. She felt sorry for her but angry at the person who'd done this to Gwen. Artie was worried at Fiona's words. "You mean a spell made her really weird looking. Where did she go?" he asked her worriedly. "She went into the forest. I think she's worried about you seeing her like what the spell did to her." she told him. He then went to find her.
He knew Charming had something to do with it. Gwen was sitting by a lake in a grove of oak trees. She sighed sadly as she looked at herself in the water. "Gwen where are you? It's me Artie. I want to talk to you." he yelled loudly. She then hid behind a large tree so he wouldn't see her. "Please go away Artie. You won't like me the way I am at the minute." she said as he came to the tree. He then saw her come out. He stared at her for a minute but smiled. "Aren't you going to make fun of me and how ugly I look?" Gwen asked through tears. He then saw her sit on the grass and sat beside her. "I don't think so. Magic did this to you but this isn't how you really look like. Normally you look hot. I'm sure Snowgre can break it on you and restore you to your normal self." he told her as he kissed her on the lips. But then he saw Shrek find them. He had a worried look in his brown eyes. "What's wrong?" Artie asked him. "It's Snowgre. He ran off to take care of Charming. Apparently his parents were getting worse. Stay here with Gwen and Fiona while I go find Snowgre." he told him as he ran off. Artie was worried for his friend. He had to help but he knew that if he did, Charming would take over the kingdoms and the vanity spell would be on the people forever.
Fiona saw sadness in Artie's eyes. "I wish we could go help Shrek but if we did, Charming would take over the kingdoms and I'd lose my throne. " he told her sadly. Snowgre hoped that he could do this but was worried in case his magic wasn't strong enough to beat him. Charming then had seen this in the magic wand. He smiled evilly. "Should I take care of him?" Lancelot asked him pumped up for a fight. "No stand down. I'll take care of him. I can use him to get to my enemy." he replied laughing. Snowgre then ran from him but he sent a blast of evil magic at him but he blocked it. "You hurt my friends, diss my cousin and generally being a spoiled brat. You're going down!" he yelled as his eyes glowed with eerie blue light as well as around his furry body. "Ice out!" he yelled as giant waves of ice washed over the lair. Charming was getting freaked. Shrek was impressed but freaked by his cousin at the moment.
He then jumped in after his cousun calmed down. Lancelot and his buddies had ran off in total fear. Charming then watched as Snowgre passed out. He was about to attack him when Shrek grabbed him. He was scared for Snowgre. Fiona then saw him come back hours later with Snowgre in his arms. "What happened to him?" she asked him worried. "He took care of Charming for a little while with his magic. I think he's just passed out." he told her. .He then saw him open his eyes. "Hey man are you okay? You scared me." Shrek said to him. The magic then faded from around Snowgre's body. "What's happening to you?" Artie asked worriedly. "My Ogreix is low. I used most of it stopping Charming." Snowgre told him. Shrek felt sorry and angry at the same time. He wished there was something he could do.
Suddenly fiery light glowed around his body and fire glowed in his brown eyes. He then put a hand on Snowgre's chest. He then felt stronger as his cousin's magic wash over his furry body. "Thanks man. Why did you help me?" Snowgre told him. "I did it because we're family and maybe because I don't wanna see you hurt or in pain." he explained quietly. Snowgre smiled at him. Fiona then saw Artie with Gwen. She was still under a spell. He wanted to help break it but didn't know how. Fiona then got an idea. "Maybe True Love can break it. Like with my curse." she said to him. "Like a kidd?" he asked her. "Yes. You can do it." she replied. He then kissed her. He felt weird but good. Gwen then felt better as the spell broke and she returned to normal. "Thanks Artie. I'm sorry you had to do that." she told him. Artie smiled full of confidence.
Charming was furious but got an idea. He created a monster that could suck confidence out of his foes. "You'll be perfect! Go take care of my foes. Soon they'll be nervous wrecks." he cackled as he set it out on the loose. "Is this really a good idea? Those ogres will help that royal brat to stop it." Snow White told him. He watched as she followed it into the forest. Fiona then saw Snow showed up. "Hey freak I see you're syill hanging out with these losers. Prepare to die!" she yelled as she excuted a karate move...