Ch 4
Snowgre knew Leah was nervous. Puss hadn't came back. "Don't worry. I'm sure she's fine." He reassured her.
"I hope you're right. Who knows… what Charming could be doing to her." Leah told him.
Charming cackled as he watched Leah's friend. She was beginning to change from her normal self. "Good. When she's her true self, I can make her hurt those she calls her friends." He thought as he watched her try to break free of her chains.
"There's no point in that. Just give up. Besides soon you'll be your more out of control self." He sneered at the twenty year old.
"It won't happen Charming. I have better control over her than years ago. I'm not giving up! I… found Leah. We never gave up and good things happened. My friends are coming!" Carley yelled as the guards put her in the dungeon. Puss was in the same cell.
He knew she was no ordinary kid. "Can I ask you something? Your father's not human is he? It's okay. I know. " he replied in his Spanish accent.
There was fear as she froze up.
"My father isn't human, not at all. He's the Lord of Ogres Uzimas. Years ago he fell in love with my Mom. He didn't want to scare her as himself so he used his shape bending magic to become mortal.
They got married and had me a few years later. My Mom found out the truth about him and was scared when I was born like him." She explained to him.
"What does Charming want from you that he's kept you alive?" Puss asked her. "He wants me to be my ogre self and hurt my friends but I won't do it!" she answered as she broke the chains.
Her eyes then closed as everything went black…
Leah had snuck out of Snowgre's place and had made it to Charming's lair. She kicked down the door to the dungeons and ran inside.
Puss smiled as she used her strength to bend the bars. "How is she?" she asked softly. "She'll be okay. She broke free of the chains." He told her. Leah saw her friends ears go pointy and turn violet.
"That's odd. That's never happened to her before. Maybe Snowgre can help when we get back." She thought as they went back to the cave.
Fiona was nervous as she along with Snow and Doris entered the Forest of Snow. She heard roaring. Leah then saw them and ran over to them.
"What're you doing out here?" Snow asked. "We're getting Carley back to Snowgre's place. She was kidnapped by Charming." Leah told them as they followed them. Snowgre was very mad but watched as Shrek was standing guard over Leah's friend.
"Why did you save Shrek when he got sick when we entered the forest?" Donkey asked the sixteen year old.
Snowgre sighed before going on. "I'm his cousin. I know we look different but trust me, we're family. I like your human friend Leah. She... loks so sad, like so much hurt has been caused to her." he answered as Carley softly moaned as she came around. "You're awake! We were so worried about you!" Shrek said gently hugging her.
She smiled sadly at him. "Thanks, that's good to know but Leah should've just left me in the dungeon." she replied. Snowgre gasped as he looked into her blue eyes. "What's wrong? Why did she say that?" Leah heard Fiona ask scared.
"She's the Lord of Ogre's daughter. She is one of us but with special needs. She can transform into her true form but can't control herself." Snowgre told them as he sat beside Carley. "Don't worry. I know you won't hurt us." Leah told her.
"Forget about me. We need to help Shrek before the spell takes over and he's left as a ten year old forever." Carley replied to them sadly.
"It's okay. Snowgre slowed down the spell by placing a seal in me." Shrek replied but clutched his head as he felt another head ache.
"Oh no! The seal has broken. We've gotta fix this before we lose him!" Snowgre said worriedly.
Charming cackled. Shrek's adult self was fading faster now that the seal had broken. "Soon this'll end with me ruling the kingdom!" he yelled victoriously. Another figure joined him. It was the Lord of Ogres.
"Yes. My daughter can't conceal her true self forever. That's when the fun begins!" he replied. Inside Shrek 's adult self felt like he was vanishing. "What can I do?" his ten year old self asked him in his dream afraid.
"You... must go to Charming fast. When the spell's reversed, I'll be fine. But if it doesn't, then I know those I love are in good hands." his adult self answered. Leah saw him wake up startled. Fiona was more freaked about this.
"I need to go find Charming now!" he told her running off. Artie was in Charming's lair. He then saw Charming shoot a blast of magic ar him.
It surrounded him making him young... back to a thirteen year old. "You'd better be lucky. I'll let you go but soon you and your ogre friend are dead!" Charming yelled. Artie was scared as he ran into Snowgre's cave.
"Artie you okay?" Leah asked him softly. "Just don't be scared when I show you okay?" he told her as he came out. Shrek, Puss, Donkey and Leah were shocked to see this.
"Charming used magic and made me thirteen years again. Just like with Shrek." Artie replied nervous.
Leah then heard soft growling as Carley opened her eyes. She was in her full ogre form. She had violet skin, pointed ears, tiny fangs and slender. "A-Are you going to run away like everyone else does?" she said nervously.
"No we're not. You may look like an ogre on the outside but inside you're my best friend and a part of our family. Never forget that." Leah answered as she touched her and hugged. Shrek and the others joined in.
"Thanks guys. You're the best!" Carley replied as they broke the embrace.
Happiness shone in her eyes. Nobody had ever said that to her before. "Let's go stop Charming now! That way we can help Shrek and Artie. We can do this. I know we can!" she told them.
"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Leah asked her. "Yes I do. Out friends need our help. Friends don't abandon each other or run away, right?" Carley replied smiling showing her fangs.
"Let's go!" Shrek said as he, Snowgre and the others followed them. Charming smiled as he saw them approach his castle.
Uzimas smiled as he saw his daughter use her Ogreix to help her friends get in. "It's nearly time!" he yelled. Snowgre watched as Artie led them into the throne room. Charming and Uzimas were hiding in the shadows as Artie found something.
"They're Ogreix runes. I think Charming used them to cast the spell. I can use them to reverse the spell but it'll take some time. Go stop Charming." Carley told them.
Shrek stayed with her but then heard something and saw her shiver as Uzimas appeared. "Hello daughter. You've brought the good hearted ogre loser to me to be destroyed!" he cackled as he grabbed Shrek by the throat but it wasn't him...
Shrek heard sounds of struggle as Leah and Snowgre along with Artie were fighting Charming. He put the runes on the floor. "I can figure this out. It doesn't look too hard." he thought as he watched his friend fight. He heard Uzimas roar in pain as his friend bit him in the chest and he fell to the floor. Carley then summoned her strength.
Suddenly the runes glowed but as they surrounded Shrek, Uzimas lunged at him but Carley stopped him. Magic surrounded her too. Shrek was nervous as it faded. She was lying on the floor out cold. "Are you okay?" he asked with tears in his eyes as she opened her eyes. She had been changed by the magic. She was thirteen years old again but still was slender and herself within. "Aren't you mad? You'll never vw an adult again." Shrek said helping her up and gave her the symbol cane. She was still half blind and couldn't see in the dark or see sides and still had a little hump on her back.
"It's worth it. Don't you remember? I was thirteen when we first became friends. It was worth it to save you." she replied as they hugged.
But he was now sixteen years old... "I'm sorry. If I hadn't jumped to save you, you would be your normal self again." Carley told him sadly.
"The runes say the spell has been reversed when somebody you care about uses Love to save them. You did help me. I'll be my adult self soon. At least I'll get to relive puberty again. But I'm more worried about you." he replied chuckling. "I'm okay. I'm still my twenty year old self but stuck in a teenage body." she told him as they walked out of there holding hands.
Artie was sixteen again too. Leah smiled at that. He was cute at that age. "I think Shrek fixed it!" he said as they kissed.
"Yes but it was Carley. She gave herself to save us. We'll be our proper selves soon once we get to that age." Shrek answered as Carley fainted. Leah was worried. Snowgre then saw something appear out of her. It was her kanji mark.
Magic surrounded her as she became her twenty year old self again.
"How come it won't do it for us?" Artie pouted. Shrek heard Leah laugh at that. "It's because she gave some of her love to break the spell but it'll take a while for you guys to age." Snowgre explained.
Teenagers especially his cousin gave him a head ache...
He hoped they would age quickly...