High School Isn't Easy
Artie sighed walking into Far, Far Away High.
He hoped Shrek was feeling better than yesterday.
He found Snowgre in the lunch room sitting with some cheer leaders at a table.
"Who was that other ogre kid who was with you yesterday?
He was kind of a loser.
Are you guys related?" one of them said.
"We're not related.
His name is Shrek.
I only hang with him so no jocks kick his butt.
He's not very confident." Snowgre told them.
"I can't believe he just did that!
He disowned his own cousin.
I hope he realises his mistake." He thought leaving the area.
He went into home room waiting for Shrek.
But he never showed up.
"Maybe he's late or something.
He was depressed yesterday.
Maybe what he said was true." He thought in Math class.
At lunch he watched as Naki teased Snowgre, making him feel small.
"He deserves this even though I should stop him.
Now he knows how Shrek feels around him." He muttered as he left.
He had a few hours until his next class which was English.
He then went to his friend's cave home.
"You okay?" Artie asked as they sat outside.
Shrek nodded as they sat there for a moment.
He then saw a letter beside him with some dried tears on it.
He began to read it.
Dear cousin
I changed a little, okay?
It's part of growing up.
You should just stay in Duloc High.
That's where you belong.
You're weak, not a proper ogre like I will be.
You will never change.
That's why I'm disowning you as family.
Snowgre
It read.
It made Artie's blood boil reading that.
"Shrek..... you okay?" he asked softly.
"No.
I knew it, he does hate me.
Just like everybody else does just because I'm alive." he said, tears falling from his eyes.
It hurt Artie to see him like this.
He watched as his ogre friend took off.
Artie then left.
He growled seeing Snowgre with more popular kids around him.
"I'll talk to him after class." he thought.
Snowgre was surprised as Artie stopped him.
"W-What do you want?" he asked scared.
"I know what you're doing.
It's a game to you.
But it's not to Shrek.
You really hurt him especially with disowning him.
So he's not like other ogres?
I'd rather be his friend than to a jerk like you!
You're never around when he wants you." he told him leaving.
Snowgre sighed.
He had a feeling something was wrong.
He then went to the tree house where he and Shrek had spent countless hours as kids.
But his cousin wasn't there.
He was getting scared.
"W-Where are you?
This isn't..... funny!
Please!" he roared as thundrer began to crash.
Artie found Shrek in an alley way in Far, Far Away.
He looked very scared and alone.
"It'll be okay.
I talked to Snowgre.
Let's go to my place." he said taking the ogre teen's hand as they walked through the streets coming to the castle.
"Y-You live here?
Are you royal or something?" Shrek said softly.
Artie blushed.
"Yes I am.
But none of the other kids can know, okay?
If they knew, they wouldn't treat me the same as they do now.
They'd think I'm all stuck up but I'm not." Artie explained to him going inside.
"Don't worry Artie I won't tell." Shrek said falling asleep on the floor by the warm fire.
"So he doesn't want anybody to know eh?" Naki said leaving the castle.
Snowgre had fallen asleep in the tree house.
He hoped Shrek would forgive him when he found him.
The next morning Snowgre found him with Artie at school.
"What do you want?
I'm not letting you near him." Artie said coldly.
Snowgre's furry trumpet shaped ears drooped hearing that.
"i-i wanted to say I'm sorry okay?
I never meant to hurt you Shrek.
It's just I liked being popular and I forgot those who mattered to me.
Forgive me?" he told them sadly.
He then felt Shrek hug him.
"I forgive ya." he replied.
"Just don't do it again!" Artie told him breaking the hug.
"I won't, I promise." Snowgre replied to them.
But then there was a look of fear in Artie's eyes seeing the notice board.....