Ch 11
Fiona was worried. They were on their way to Charming's lair when Snow had shown up and she wanted to fight her. Only she couldn't. She knew that it wasn't her friend's fault. It was the spell that was making her do this like everybody else. "I'm sorry Snow but I don't want to fight you." She told her. "Can't or Won't? You've grown soft since marrying your ugly prince. That's okay. Love always makes people weak. That way it's easier to hurt enemies." She cackled. Shrek saw anger in Fiona's eyes. He knew she wanted to fight but couldn't because Snow was one of their friends. Snowgre then woke up. He then saw two other women approach them while Fiona was busy trying to calm down Snow. They were dressed in biker chick gear and carried really sharp swords. Shrek gasped at them in worry. "What's wrong?" Artie asked him. "It's them! Donna and Charlotte. They're very sick assassins who get hired to hurt magical creatures. They're also big time bullies picking on anyone who doesn't look like their picture of perfection." He whispered nervously. "But if they're bullies, just take them down." He said to him.
"That's a bad idea Artie. They get mad really easy and start hurting with those swords. I don't want this to be my last day." He answered. He understood. "Look sister at that ogre! He seriously needs to go on a diet or a fad one. Look at his loser friends. No wonder why Charming was so worried about them. They're a bunch of losers." Donna said. "Yes sister. Let's have some fun!" Charlotte answered. They then unsheathed their swords. Shrek was nervous as they began to approach them. Artie then unsheathed his own sword. "What is he doing?" Snowgre said worried. "I'm going to take them on. Don't give me that look guys. We've faced things that are worse than these girls. We even kicked Charming's butt so why should two mean girls stop us?" he said confidently as they battled. But he lost his footing and landed on his back with his sword. "Let's get him!" Charlotte said as she and her sister cornered him. "I'm so in trouble! I hope they don't do what I think they want to do." Artie thought worriedly when somebody pounced from a tree. It was Puss. "What're two senoritas like you trying to attack Artie for?" he said. But Artie watched as they bowed before him. "What's going on here?" he asked confused. "Because of you, we wanted to become hunters too. Why do you risk yourself to help losers like them?" Donna told him. Puss growled at her angrily.
"I risk my neck for them because they're my friends. Besides hunting down magical creatures is a waste of time. I gave up the trade long ago once I became amigos with Shrek." He yelled as he pointed his sword at the two of them. "What're you going to do to us?" Charlotte asked. "You're coming with us. You're going to help us defeat Charming and break the vanity spell." Puss told them. "No we're not! We're not giving up our twenty bags of gold to help your loser friends stop our boss so forget it!" they told him. But Shrek grabbed them and put him over his shoulders. "Let go!" they protested. "Nice try ladies but you're helping us or you might end up in a ditch or worse." He said.
Their weapons had been got rid of by Puss. Fiona then joined them. "Who're they?" she asked Artie. "They were hired by Charming to take care of us but now they're going to help us whether they like it or not." He told her. She had some bruises on her face. The two girls had gags over their mouths because they'd been yelling for help so both Shrek and Artie had shut them up. Charming had seen this and smiled. He knew his two new workers wouldn't betray him. Later that night Fiona seemed quiet, very quiet. "Are you okay? You haven't said a word all night." Artie asked her softly. There was doubt in her eyes. "It's just I know Snow can be mean but not like she was today when she confronted us like that. I did fight her but I... sort of kicked her in the chest and it seemed really sore especially when she walked off and I... saw tears in her eyes. I know she and the others are acting like that because of magic but what after the spell's lifted and she remembers what I did. She's gonna hate me for the rest of my days and influence the other princesses to shun me. Charming is hurting everything I care about. Normally I'm stronger than anything but recently I've been weak. What is it? Is it because of my husband that I'm weak or have I lost the will to fight?" she explained.
It hurt Artie to see his cousin this way. Charming may be trying to rule kingdoms but he was ruining friendships and relationships in the process. "I don't think Love has made you weak. It makes you stronger than any woman I've ever known. I'm sure she'll realise you were trying to help her even though you hurt her a little. Everything will be better once Charming's taken care of." he sighed sadly. "What's wrong?" Fiona asked him. "It's... just once all this mess is done with, I can go back to my throne right? But I'll have to choose a queen. All the females will be going insane for me but none of them are what I desire. But Gwen won't be accepted by the kingdom because she's not from a royal back ground. She's the only one. You understand right?" he told her quietly. She nodded in reply. "Maybe you should just tell her you want her to be your Queen. I'm sure she'll say yes." she told him. He smiled at that. "You're right. I'll do it right now! Thanks." he said running off. Gwen was by the lake. She was thinking about who she wanted to be with. Lancelot may be one of the jocks and popular but he lacked brains and the art of a decent talk without being about jousting but Artie did. He seemed like an outcast to the untrained eye but he was everything she'd been looking for and more. "Hey Gwen. I was looking for you." somebody said.
She turned around to see Artie standing there. He had roses in his hand and gave them to her. "Thanks. T-They're really nice." she said nervous. "I need to tell you something. I Arthur Pendragon want you Guinevere Squeeras to be my Queen and my wife. Once all this mess with Charming is sorted out, we'll get married in Far, Far Away. I promise you that." he told her. "I can't believe it! I'm going to be a ruler! I love you Artie." she said as they began to proclaim their love physically. Charming was angry but Lancelot was more furious at this. "I can't believe Gwen's making out with my lady! Oh he's so dead!" he yelled as he stormed out of the room. He was furious than ever. Gwen was supposed to be his. Artie then fell asleep in Gwen's arms. His shirt was off but he still had his trousers on. He couldn't believe Gwen was going to be his once they got to Far, Far Away...