Ch 5
Fiona came back to the camp fire sad. She wished what had happened when she'd been getting firewood had been a dream but it wasn't. Her husband had ambushed her and tried to hurt her. She didn't want to hurt him because he wasn't himself but when he had scrabbed her, she had no choice but to fight. Tears fell down her face. "I'm sorry honey. When this is all over, I'll make it up to you." She thought as she sat beside Snowgre but it hurt looking at him. He noticed something wasn't right with her and he had to find out. He then got it out of Fiona later what had happened. He felt sorry for her. "Don't worry Fiona. It wasn't his fault. He's just under Charming's spell. He then came across his cousin's sleeping body.
He got an idea as his body glowed with magic. "What're you doing?" she asked worriedly. "I'm trying to break Charming's hold on him." He told her gently. He then closed his eyes and thought hard. Magic shot out of his furry hands and surrounded his cousin's body. "This has to work for Fiona's sake! She feels sad about what happened. I don't want to see what happens to her if my plan doesn't work." He thought as the magic vanished. Fiona watched as her husband opened his brown eyes. "What happened? How did I get out here? The last thing I was doing was going into the house." He said as she hugged him tearfully. He didn't remember being under Charming's control.
Charming was about to explode when he saw this. "How were they able to break my hold on him?" he yelled angrily. "Chill man. We'll take care of them soon once they show up here." Snow told him. He laughed at that. "You're right! Soon I'll have her begging for mercy." He said as his wand glowed with magic. Shrek was confused by what Fiona told him about what Charming was doing but understood. "I'm sorry about what happened." he said to her as he looked away from her. "It wasn't your fault! You... were under Charming's control. He cast a spell on both Duloc and Far, Far Away making people vain and shallow like him. He wants it so that people like us feel bad of ourselves when we're perfect. Snow and the other princess girls are under it too." she told him. He smiled sadly at her. "How did you?" he asked her quietly.
"Break the spell. It was your cousin Snowgre who did it. He used powerful magic to break it but it wasn't easy. When we reach Charming's lair, we've got to do the same for everybody in both kingdoms, okay? It would be horrible if it didn't break. Our friends and family would be shallow forever and there would be nothing we could do!" she replied. Charming then sent an orb of magic into the forest that would erase both Shrek and Fiona's memories but it was disguised as a fruit so they wouldn't be wary of it. He cackled as they came near the tree it was in. "I'm hungry! I haven't had anything to eat since we left home!" Fiona said as she saw the nectarine in the tree and got it down. Snowgre felt bad vibes from it. He watched as Fiona and his cousin ate it. "Do you want some? It's really delicious!" Shrek asked him. "No thanks! I don't think it's safe to eat. I feel bad vibes from it." he told him. "Suit yourself." he said as he ate the last bit of it. But then both he and Fiona felt really weird. Their heads were dizzy and their stomachs were acting odd too.
Snowgre watched as both of them sat by the bottom of the tree. Their eyes were blood shot and wide as spoons. "Are you guys okay? You look terrible!" he said to them. "Everything's dancing. " Fiona told him as her eyes were getting heavy. This worried Snowgre greatly. "Don't go to sleep! Stay awake!" he yelled to the both of them but it was no use. They were asleep in each other's arms. Snowgre then saw Charming appear. "Ah! It worked better than I dreamed." he told him. "What did you do to them?" Snowgre growled angrily. "That nectarine they ate was really an magic orb that will erase their memories. Soon they'll forget why they in this forest and I will rule with my vain kingdom and there's you or your friends can do about it this time. I wouldn't fight me if I was you." he told him, his voice dripping with fake sweetness like his mother.
"Why wouldn't I?" Snowgre retorted angrily. Charming smiled at his anger. "Because I have somebody you care about Snowgre just like your pathetic cousin. Don't you get it?" he told him. Snowgre's mouth dropped in horror. "Snowflake? You wouldn't! She's not like you." he said worried. "I might spare her if ..." he said smiling at Snowgre's pain. "If what? I'll do anything to save her. She means everything to me!" he begged. "If you don't stop me and let me rule, I'll spare her. Agreed?" Charming replied.
Snowgre wasn't sure about this. He knew it wasn't right to leave those people under Charming's spell but he couldn't bear the thought of Snowflake hurt. He knew that if something like this happened to his cousin, he'd risk it to save Fiona. He sighed before speaking. "Alright you can rule. Just don't hurt her, okay?" he said quietly. "Good I knew you would come to an agreement about this." Charming cackled as he vanished. "What have I done?" Snowgre thought as he looked at his cousin and Fiona sleeping peacefully. Snowgre then sank to his knees and sobbed frosty tears of anger. He hoped he hadn't let his cousin down. He then saw somebody approach him in a cloak. "It'll be alright Snowg. I'm sure he'll understand. You did it to save your lady. I know I would do the same thing for Gwen." he told him. Snowgre then watched in shock as he realised who the stranger was. It was Artie! "But sire what are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be running the kingdom?" he asked him. Artie laughed at that sadly.
"I came here because a certain feline assasin told me about what's been messing up my kingdom and making my people into drones. I came here to help your cousin kick a certain prince's butt off my throne and into loserdom where he belongs! I know your cousin because he helped me become King. Fiona is my cousin but I haven't seen her in a long while before she got sent to that tower. Big mistake on Uncle Harold's part." he told him gently. He then saw Shrek and Fiona awake. "Hey guys! You don't look so good. Are you okay to fight?" he said to them but he saw fear in their eyes. "Do you know who we are?" they asked him worried. Artie then backed away a little. "What's up with them? It's they forgot who they are." he asked Snowgre. "It's Charming's fault. He used a spell to erase their memories but I don't know how to break it!" he told him.
"We're in a lot of trouble." Artie said as they walked into the forest further...