Ch 4
His name was Vathek. He was a friend of the rebels. They wanted Meridian to be the way it was before Phobos messed it up. The leader of the resistance had alerted him that there were new Guardians of the Veil. He'd been hiding in Duloc watching as Phobos and Cedric took the Keeper of the Heart's husband. He then came to a door and opened it a little. It was the door to the throne room. Phobos and Cedric were planning something. He then snuck in. Shrek was tied up to a wall by a few of Phobo's Murmurmers. "Don't worry. I'll get you out of here." He whispered as he broke the vines. Phobos growled as Fiona and the other Guardians of the Veil showed up.
"Wait! I mean no harm." Vathek said as they escaped through a portal back to Far, Far Away. Snow , Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Lillian saw fire blaze in Fiona's eyes as she transformed them back into their normal selves. She then stormed over to the strange ogre that had gotten her husband out of Phobo's clutches. "I don't think so! Unhand my husband now!" she yelled angrily as she assumed a karate stance but fainted. "What did you do to her?" Lillian asked worriedly. "Nothing. She is exhausted. Phobos taking her husband wore her out. I'll take them back to their swamp." He said to her quietly. That shocked the other Guardians. "How do you know where the swamp is?" Lillian told him angrily. "I've been watching them ever since I heard rumours of you guys being the new Guardians. I'm sorry if you're upset but we had to know." Vathek explained to her calmly.
He watched as the other Guardians went their ways. Lillian took one last look and went off back to the castle. She hoped her son and daughter in law would be okay. Vathek sighed as he made his way to the swamp and entered the house. He put both of them in bed and pulled the blankets over them. "Good night. In the morning we'll have much to talk about." He whispered as he left the room. He then sat in Shrek's alligator chair and waited until morning. He hoped that they would understand. It was dawn as Fiona woke up. "How did I get here?" she asked as she got up and walked into the living room. She saw Vathek sitting there and was angry. "What're you still doing here?" she asked him. "Calm down Fiona. I'm Vathek a friend of the Rebels of Meridian. We're on your side. We want Meridian to be the way it was before Phobos messed up everything. We heard you and your friends became the Guardians of the Veil. I know we're in good hands after what you did last night. How is he?" he told her. "I don't know. He hasn't woken up yet. He has a massive bite on his cheek." She said to him.
"Yes I saw that. Cedric did that as torture. You see they wanted him to tell them and Charming where the Guardians of the Veil were but he never told them so they kept torturing him but he kept his tongue. He's very brave." Vathek replied as he watched her cook. She then heard moaning come from the bedroom. "Excuse me. He's woken up and I need to talk to him." Fiona said as she left the room and went into the bedroom. Shrek was just waking up. He wasn't feeling too good. He had bruises and cuts from the torture Phobos inflicyed on him. "Hey honey. I'm sorry." She said to him. "Sorry for what? Protecting me and another world? I know you feel bad about me being hurt by that Phobos creep but it wasn't your fault. Every thing hurts." He said to her. She nodded. "I know but you and the kids… if you got hurt, I'd never forgive myself." She told him quietly. "I know but this thing happened without a warning." he said as they kissed. She then came back into the living room.
Vathek had blue skin, huge but heavyset body, wore a brown coat. "How is he?" he asked her. "He's fine. Just beat up and tired." she told him. "I know. Phobos and Cedric put him under a lot of torture to find out where you and the other Guardians were but he wouldn't tell. He's very loyal." he said. "I know that." Fiona replied. Lillian then showed up. "Ah! I see the Guardian of Air has joined us." Vathek said. "What did you mean by that?" both Fiona and Lillian asked curiously. "You and your friends have powers as Guardians over the elements. Your Mom's is Air. You're the Keeper of the Heart but your powers are unknown." he told them.
"That means Snow controls fire, Sleeping Beauty can control Earth and Cinderella Water? That's awesome!" Fiona said. She then saw Shrek walk into the room slowly but fell. Fiona caught him and sat him at the table. Suddenly a drop of magical energy shot out of the Heart that had appeared in her hand and surrounded him. He hovered in the air on dragon wings and was in a knight's armour. "What element's this?" Lillian asked. "It's a hidden element that the Oracle put in the Heart waiting for someone with a pure heart and now it's found that in your husband. He's the sixth and secret Guardian of the Veil." Vathek said as Fiona transformed her husband back into his normal self. Lillian watched as her daughter helped him back into bed.
"What do you mean he's the secret Guardian?" Fiona told him. "Because there should be only five. If Phobos knew, he'd try to hurt him. Only you and the Guardian of Air can know this." Vathek explained. Fiona understood as she saw Shrek wake up. "I'm so proud that you're a Guardian like us. Now we can fight by each other's side. But nobody else can know." she whispered as she kissed him. He nodded as his eyes closed...