The princesses and Fiona went to infiltrate the castle while Puss, Donkey and I went to rescue the other mythical creature.

Right now, we were going to rescue Donkey's children. We saw a gate with a chain and lock and some very sad mutant babies inside.

"Donkey, over there." I pointed towards the gate.

"Come on!" He yelled.

I helped him grab a rock and bash it against the lock. I opened the gate while Donkey yelled, "My babies."

They all flew out and into Donkey's body. They didn't know that their father was in Puss body.

"Ahh! Help!"

"Hey!"

"Come on, we have to save the rest." I said.

"There he is!" Donkey yelled as we ran over to where Pinocchio was being held.

Puss and I pushed the case that held Pinocchio to the floor.

"Finally! Come on, I'll take you to Gingy." He said as we ran after him.

Donkey tried to open the glass that held Gingy with a claw but kept making scraggly lines. Puss just decided to kick it. Gingy jumped into my open palms.

"Thank you, Come on, we have to save the wolf and the three pigs. They're being held in a gate behind the castle."

Just tell us how to get there." I said.

We had everyone out safely and we were running to the front of the castle where the princesses should have already taken down the tress and gone inside.

Puss looked carefully at the gate to see if it was guarded.

"O to the K. The coast is clear." He said as he looked back at us.

"Okay, People," Donkey began. " Let's do this thing. Go team, Dynamite!"

"Wait," I said. "Since when we decided to be Team dynamite." We haven't even discussed team names. We just rescued each other and were to go inside the castle.

"I thought we agreed to go with the name super-cool." Pinocchio added.

"I recall it was Team Awesome!" Gingy said.

What was this? We should be inside the castle fighting the enemy, not each other over a stupid team.

"Uh, guys, we shouldn't be talking about this. We should be inside already!" I said but no one seemed to be paying any attention to me.

"I voted for Team Alpha Wolf Squadron.

"Alright, Alright, Alright!" Donkey said. "From henceforth, we are to be known as Team Alpha Super Awesome Cool Dynamite Wolf Squadron."

Okay, now that was pretty smart to combine all of the names into a super long one.

"Ach de lieb!" One of the pigs yelled in German or whatever their language was. "There is some strange little girl over there staring at us!"

We all turned to follow his gaze to see where the little girl was.

But when I turned it was no girl.

It was a boy.

A boy that I knew all too well.

It was Artie. I stood up and my heart began to flutter.

"Artie." I said but his face was full of hurt and anger. He didn't even answer me. He just walked away.

My heart started to hurt and I felt tears come to my eyes. It was hurtful to know that he didn't even want to talk to me.

Puss ran after him to get his attention.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hey, Hey!" Puss yelled as he stopped in front of him. "Where is the fire, Senor?"

Artie just simply walked around. "Oh please, don't act so innocent. You all knew what was going on the whole time and you kept it yourself."

I ran after him.

"Artie, it's not what it seems." I said with hurt in my voice. He couldn't possibly believe that I knew any of this. I didn't even understand it until after he left. "You have to believe me. I didn't know what was going on until you left. I would never ever to do that. Please Artie, you have to believe me." The tears were in my eyes but I forced myself not to cry.

He just had to understand. But his face was full of anger and hurt.

"Ha! It's not? I think it seems pretty clear to me. He was using me. That's all there is to it." He started to walk away.

"Using you? Man, you really don't get it." Donkey said.

"Artie, please, believe me." I begged as I walked after him.

I grabbed his arm but he pushed it away and I fell. Pain went through my arm as I tried to stop my fall. It was sore from where the guard grabbed me and some bruises were showing up.

"Anya! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." His voice was strained as if he was trying to control his anger.

He came to help me but I pushed him away.

"No! I'm done," I began as I got up and wiped dirt off my arms and legs. "I'm telling the truth, Artie. I didn't know what was going on until later. Shrek only said those things to protect you." I looked him straight in the eye as the tears started to fall. His face was changing into something I didn't recognize.

"Charming's was going to kill you, Artie. Shrek saved your life." I explained.

"You were not the only one who was being used. I was, too. He lied to me, too. But now I understand and now it's my turn to save him. You were the only person he doesn't get it. If it wasn't for him, I would've never met you. You opened my eyes to what I was missing and now I realize that you were the one I was missing. You showed me what love is but you also showed me pain when you left me. You are the warmth to my cold and I love you." I said.

I hugged myself as the breeze lifted my hair to the side. The tears ran and moved my face away from him.

"Anya…"

"No, Artie, I'm done. I've wasted my time trying to make you understand. I need to go save the ogre who saved your life."

I walked away from him and ran towards the castle. My heart was aching for not letting Artie explain but he didn't stop for me, just like everyone else in my life. Now, I truly know that I must be alone.