Ch 3
Zac walked down the halls of Duloc High on his own. After what had happened yesterday, the ogre kids had branded him a traitor and decided to shun him and pick on him. But he wasn't truly alone. Mir was still his friend but more so his girl friend. She too was getting backlash from the other human kids especially Lexi and her crew of snobby cheer leaders. Zac sighed happily as the final bell rang and he walked out of the building making sure the coast was clear. All the other kids had gone home by now but he was waiting for somebody. He was nervous but smiled when Mir eventually came out of the building. "Hey what's wrong with you?" he said but then he saw the bruise on her face and was worried.
"Who did this? I swear that whoever did this to you, I'll rip them limb from limb while their friends watch!" he said angrily. Mir then sighed as they walked down the side walk. "It doesn't matter any way. If you did that to her, you'd get in massive trouble and I don't want that to happen to you." She said as she kissed him. When they kissed, it made Zac feel good like being an ogre didn't matter. He sighed as they came to her house. "I'll see you tomorrow I guess." Mir said to him. "Sure. You're the only one who makes high school better." He told her smiling sadly as he watched her go into her house. He sighed as he came to his swamp house. His grandparents were there talking to his Mom. "Hey Grampa S! What's going on?" Zac said to his grandfather. "Nothing much. Fiona and I just dropped by. We heard that you met someone very special at school." He told him.
Zac was nervous at that as his mother left the room. "You're probably mad too, right?" he asked the elder ogre. Shrek smiled at his grandson. "No I'm not mad at ya. I'm actually proud of you finding Love. Besides that segregation thing is stupid any way. Besides your grand mother used to be mortal so I don't see what the problem is. Don't listen to your father if he tells you to stay away from her. Love is more important and special than the law." He told him. Zac smiled broadly at his words. "Maybe he's got a point. We've got to change the law. That way guys like me can be with girls like Mir and not get in trouble." He thought as he ate dinner. Zac's father saw a glint of hope in his son's eyes and was worried. "What has my father been telling him? That it's okay to break the law just for some girl? I hope he didn't take his advice." He mused mentally.
The next day at high school Zac saw a notice on the wall about the Prom. He just turned his nose up at that. "Just another way to put us down in public. If they only knew that we're not vicious, destructive creatures like they think but they won't change their minds because that's what the Man wants them to think. At least they haven't gotten to Mir." He thought as he went to the lunch room. As he looked for a table, all the other ogre and human kids were staring at him with angry, hateful eyes. "Zac over here!" somebody yelled. It was Mir and she was sitting at an empty table since the kids who'd been sitting there got up at her standing there. He smiled as he sat down beside her but hoped none of the teachers would see.
"Hey are you okay? I thought… we could go to the Prom together. What do you think?" she said to him. "Are you kidding? It's not a good idea. They'll make you dance with some human jock who barely knows you or cares and I'd be sitting at a table watching you be unhappy." He told her. "Oh I didn't know. How about if we go somewhere else?" she said looking into his eyes. "Hmm… interesting. What do you have in mind?" he asked curious. "I was thinking we could go out for a meal or something and then hang out or something. But how would we make it work?" Mir explained quietly so nobody would hear them. "We could pretend we were going to the Prom and then once we get away from home, we don't go to the Prom." Zac suggested. "That's perfect! You rock!" she said as they French kissed. "Ew!" somebody said disgusted. It was Lexi. Zac growled as he and Mir broke their kiss.
"I can't believe you let him kiss you with his unwashed teeth! You're so an ogre's wench! Your life here at Duloc High is history!" she screamed. Mir rolled her eyes at this dramatic cheer leader. "I'm not the one with the problem Lexi, you are. At least Zac is smart and cares about others but you and your father, you two are the most densest people in the kingdom." Mir told her sharply. "Oh Lexi by the way my teeth smell like cinnamon swirls if you must know." Zac said watching the cheer leader run off crying. "That was good man! We taught her a lesson in not messing with us!" Mir told him as they kissed but she had to go to class.
"Man that was good! We took care of Lexi. She's such a lying, dumb ditz. Maybe with what happened, the other ogre kids might talk to me again and maybe the human kids will too with the exception of Lexi and her crew but that's okay. My grand father was so right." Zac thought as he walked to Gym class. The other ogre kids were amazed by seeing Lexi get shot down like that. " Maybe we were wrong about Zac hanging out with that human girl if they take care of losers like Lexi." Joc said. The others agreed.
"Good. Let's talk to him when he comes out of Gym, okay? The coach will yell at us again and I can't get into more trouble." Joc told them as they walked off to Art…
But Lexi wasn't happy. She was furious as she stood in front of a mirror in the Girl's Room. "I won't let that ogre and his pathetic pet Mir mix up things around here. They're about to learn that you don't mess with a cheer leader!" she thought as she walked out of there seething. Zac then saw the other ogre kids with Joc. "Let me guess. You guys like beating me up?" he said wearily. "No that's not it. Eariler when you and Mir made fun of Lexi, we realised we want things to change around here. We're tired of being kept away from the human kids. Just because our ancestors were brutes doesn't mean we are that today." Joc told him. Zac smiled at that. "Cool." he replied. "So you're sorry about the other day?" Zac asked them. They nodded.
But at her home Lexi was telling her father Prince Charming about what was happening at high school. He didn't seem happy about it. "Don't worry honey. Daddy will make sure that ogre jock Zac and his little friends don't make us intergreate with those disgusting beasts. I'll make sure of it." he said as she left to get ready for the Prom. Doris saw an evil smile cross his face and it worried her. "What're you up to?" she asked him. "Nothing honey, nothing at all!" he said cackling like a witch as he left the house...