Feels Like Friendship

Artie noticed Marissa was very quiet as she was curled up into a ball. He knew it wasn't her fault this happened. He searched for something he could say to make her happy again but couldn't.

"Maybe she needs time to cool off. She needs you." his heart told him as he sat beside her.

"...... You okay? Look this isn't your fault. Charming forced you to do this. It's like when he tried to kill me.

I know we can do this, defeat Charming's Mom and send him running, wishing he'd never taken us on.

Please....." he told her.

She looked at him with red rims around her eyes. She then collasped into his arms sobbing.

"It's okay. Once we get out of here, we'll fix everything." he reassured her holding her close to him.

It made him feel better along with her too.

But then Uni began to tremble as power rose within her. Shrek was worried for her as he saw Ogreix surround her body.

"Stand.... back." she said as it blasted out of her hand blowing open the cell door.

They waited until the smoke cleared and left the place with Uni on his back.

Artie was nervous. Charming and the Fairy Godmother were gone and there wasn't a trace of where they were headed.

Marissa's eyes glowed as she used the magic within her.

"Where're they?" Shrek asked her.

"They're headed..... to Far, Far Away. They plan to overthrow Artie. We need to get a boat fast and I know how!" she answered as magic shot out of her hands after reciting a spell.

Suddenly a ship appeared.

Artie saw her smile sadly at that as they were about to go aboard but saw somebody run up to them.

It was Merlin.

"What's wrong?" Artie asked him. He wondered what Merlin wanted.

"I'm coming with you. I can help you. Maybe the Fairy Godmother will reason with me." he answered as he came aboard.

He saw sadness in Marissa's eyes at that.

"It's okay. I can see now how much you care for Artie, even willing to give up your life for him." he told his daughter.

"Thanks Dad but why am I still alive?" Marissa replied.

"Because you poured your love for Artie into the spell which prevented it from killing you, making you immortal like me after I kissed the Fairy Godmother." he answered.

The others stared at him hearing that.

Artie sighed later that night. He couldn't sleep because he was worried about what Charming and his mother were doing to his kingdom. He then felt a hand on his shoulder seeing Marissa beside him.

"Couldn't sleep huh?" she asked softly seeing the hurt that filled his emerald eyes at the moment.

"Yeah I couldn't. Charming makes me so angry. He hurts everybody I care about especially you.

It's funny that I was meant to be king." he told her seeing a shooting star.

"I wish that we'll be able to stop Charming. The kingdom in his hands will be messed up and have no laws except for his own crazy rules." he told her yawning.

"Goodnight Marissa." he said kissing her on the forehead.

"Goodnight Your Highness." she replied.......

But a depressed feeling grew in her heart. She knew that Artie was king and would have to marry a queen or lady in waiting, not some girl like her with powers.

"That's not true Marissa." a voice told her as she turned around seeing Fiona there.

"It's not?" she asked her.

"No it's not. Besides I can tell the two of you are in love, true love. Why risk it because of some dumb marriage rules that Artie doesn't follow?

Just trust your heart." she said leaving.

Marissa then thought about it as the ship kept sailing through the seas.....