Speak for Myself

Ch 12

Shrek confronted Snowgre as they walked into the kitchen. "Good morning Snowg or should I call you the Ice Samurai?" he said to him. Snowgre shivered in fear at that. "How did you know that? I didn't tell you!" he replied nervously.

"I heard it from Fiona. You've got to listen to me. The Dragon Samurais are very bad. They use their powers to hurt those and are using you for your special powers. We've noticed your powers are getting stronger." He answered. He then saw Snowgre's eyes glow with red light as the whole house began to shake and his fists glowed with fiery energy. Shrek then felt weak and fainted to the floor. "Are you okay? What happened?" Snowgre asked freaked as he calmed down.

Fiona then came into the kitchen and saw Snowgre's power fade as he calmed down. "I think we need to get Merlin to examine you. That way if your powers are out of control, we can try to help you." She told him. Snowgre was worried as sweat dripped down his face. "Okay let him do it. I… don't want to hurt others by accident. The reason I became a Dragon Samurai is because the others are meta ogres like me and they don't think I'm a freak. You understand right?" he explained.

Fiona nodded as Merlin appeared. Snowgre lay on the kitchen table. He fell asleep as the magic examined his body. Fiona noticed Merlin looking grave. "What's wrong? Is he getting worse?" she heard Mikaz ask. "Yes. The serum has made his powers advanced so that as well as manifesting snow and ice as well as covering his body in it, he can also transcend his feelings and they become powers but he can't control them. When you were yelling earlier, did he do anything?" he explained.

"Yeah. His eyes glowed with red light and his hands were gathering up balls of fiery energy but he took some of my energy making me weak." Shrek told him after he came around. Snowgre then slammed the front door and ran off from the swamp. He was feeling depressed and his body had become shadow like with glowing green eyes. "I can't believe I'm a bigger freak than before. I should just run away. Shrek and the others don't want to look after a meta ogre with uncontrollable emotional powers." He thought

But then Artie was passed out on the street beside him. He was looking pale and moaning. "Hey Artie you okay?" he said gently as his body returned to normal. Artie woke up and his eyes glowed with purple light. Snowgre was worried by that happening. Artie's body felt weird as he trembled. He then turned into a purple skinned monster with black hair and orange eyes. "Woah! You've got powers." He told him. "What do you mean? I've no powers." Artie replied but when they got to the swamp, he was scared by himself.

"What happened to me? I'm a monster, a freak! I can't be King like this!" Artie told them freaking out. Fiona then saw him turn shadow like and blend in with the darkness with the lights off. "I'm worried for the lad. I need to exanime him." Merlin told Shrek. "We can't get him to come out!" Shrek told him.

"Wait! I've an idea. Snowgre you're a meta ogre and so is Artie. Can you get him to come out so Merlin can check him out." Fiona said. "I'll try. Artie I know you're scared about this. You've changed and have powers, scary ones you can't control but I want to help you and so does Merlin. He can check you out so we can help you control your powers." He told him loudly.

They watched as Artie appeared from the shadows in his monster like form. "You want to help me?" he said softly. "Yeah I do. I'm a meta ogre too and I still can't control my powers. If Merlin checks you out, we can help you control them so you don't hurt others by accident." He told the young King. "Okay I'll try it. Anything to control my powers." Artie replied as he lay on the kitchen table as Merlin checked him out. "What's wrong with him?" Shrek asked him. "He's a meta human alright. He became a monster that has power over shadows and can blend in with the darkness. I'm worried for him. He's the King and a meta human. He feels like a freak." Merlin explained to them.

Snowgre saw tears from Artie's eyes. "Don't worry. I don't think you're a freak Artie. I know how you feel Artie but we've gotta stick together. Maybe this is a good thing." Snowgre reassured him. "How is it?" Artie asked him. "You can help the people understand others like us. You see I have these friends called the Dragon Samurais who're like us but have to do stuff to get their point across." he replied to him. Artie smiled. "Yeah you're right. I can help others." he replied as he turned into a shadow and faded into the night going back to the castle. He was worried about what his Aunt Lillian would say if she saw him now. He was worried himself about that. He snuck into his room through climbing through his window.

Lillian was shocked when Shrek told her what had happened. She noticed that Artie had locked his bedroom door so nobody could enter in. "Please honey I want to talk to you." Lillian said as she kicked down the door. She was shocked to see her nephew was a skinny purple skinned monster... Artie saw her faint and was upset...