As I was watching Land of the Dead with Fiona, Shrek, and Carley who brought us the mini pizzas, Snow White tapped me on the shoulder.

"Oh, hey, Snow. What's up" I asked drinking me orange soda.

"Uh, hey, Leah. Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure." I get up and followed her outside of the swamp door. "So, what's up?" I wondered with my hands behind my head.

"I wanted to apologize for what I said earlier. I thought you and Carley left us because I thought you guys were starting to think that we were too old for you guys," Snow White said.

"What made you think that?" I blinked.

"I don't know. Since you and Carley left without saying a word to us, I began to think that after Charming took over the kingdom. I thought you abandoned us."

"We would never abandon you or not hang out with you guys. I've been a Shrek fan since I was 11, and Carley, too since she was 13. What makes you think we'd stop loving you guys? We'll be Shrek fans for the rest of our darn lives!" I proclaimed as Snow White smiled.

"I'm glad to hear that. I'm sorry for doubting you guys and punching you in the face."

"It's okay. Everything was hecktic. But now, the only thing we have to worry about it is rest up for a bit. Then me and Carley can help you rebuild half of the castle I demolished."

"You're lucky Lillian wasn't mad at you for what you did. She would've sued you!" Snow White laughed.

"Shut-up! That's not funny!" I pouted with my arms crossed.

"Hey, guys, I found the uncut ending for the Naruto movie! You wanna see it?" Shrek called out.

"I gotta see the uncut ending!" I said running back in as Snow White followed behind.

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After watching the uncut part of Naruto, me and Carley were in a spare bedroom of Shrek's where we played video games throughout the night until it was almost 1 a.m.

That night, me and Carley shared a bed since it was big enough for both of us to sleep. But as I was laying in bed asleep since tonight was a full moon, Carley was still awake, thinking of what happened when we were fighting Prince Charming.

"Leah……" She quietly said lightly running her fingers through my hair, "During the time we were gone, I didn't get any stronger. But you…...you were able to fight Charming off and win. I wish I was strong like you."

"What are you talking about?" I said as I sat up sorely, "You have gotten strong since we left Far, Far Away. You threw that kunai at that Mama's Boy and fought him for me when I was wounded. What makes you thing you're weak?"

"My leg was wounded. And I didn't help you when you needed it when Charming pushed you into that broken branch. You almost died because of me," Carley sadly said.

"You almost died, too, ya know. When you felt woozy from loss of blood. At any rate, it wasn't your fault. It was Charming's for almost killing you because around you upper thigh lies a huge vital vain that could kill you in a matter of minutes. Besides, I'm still here." I smiled as Carley looked at her bandaged leg.

To me, it wasn't such a big deal what happened as long as Carley was safe. But for her, she felt like when I was doing all that fighting, she wasn't doing a thing except watch. She felt weak and helpless. And hated that as tears began to run down her face.

"……I'm just…..a burden to you," She said tightly gripping the covers of the blanket.

"What? You're not a burden."

"Yes, I am! Every time I try and fight with you, I find myself falling behind because of my stupid disability! I hate it! I wish I wasn't a disabled freak! I wish I was normal….Like you, Leah. No on seems to pick on you or call you names and you always seem to be happy. Nothing bothers you."

As Carley continued to cry, I looked down with my hair covering my eyes. "…..You shouldn't wish for something if you don't know what normal is." Carley stops crying as I gave her a soft hug. "I like you for how you are. Disabled or not, I still love you."

Carley was surprised and speechless to hear me say that. She can see that I didn't care she was normal or not. To me, she is normal as tears ran down her face again and started to cry with her head buried in my furry chest. I could see that no one has ever told her, 'I love you' before. I understood how she felt as I continued to hold her.

Hours Later!!!

Fiona got up to get a drink of water as she saw the spare room door was open and wanted to see how me and Carley were doing. When she took a peek through the door, she saw Carley with her arms wrapped around my waist and head against my chest as tears ran down her cheeks from crying while I was sleeping peacefully.

"Aww," Fiona said as she walked back to her room and went back to bed. She overheard what Carley and I were saying last night. And thought what Carley said about being a weak burden was wrong. Carley and I were training for years and saw a great improvement when she fought Prince Charming in her dragon form, 'Carley…..every though you don't see it, but you have become strong. Just like Leah has, too.'