A/N- I know that some of you noticed I put Princess Giselle from Enchanted in my fic but I was watching a preview for it and she reminded me of Snow when she started singing and the animals came to her. But she'll learn from Fiona and the other princesses that being a damsel in distress isn't cool anymore. Enjoy!
Ch 4
Fiona had snuck out of the castle in the early morning for some fresh air. She was on her own thinking when she came across a girl in a white dress and had red hair. She looked lost.
"Are you okay?" Fiona asked shaking her awake gently. "I'm lost. You're… an ogre!" she told her. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you. I'm one of the nice ones like my husband Shrek. I'm Fiona. You look like you don't belong here." She said to the girl.
"I'm sorry. My name is Princess Giselle of Andalasia. I'm waiting for True Love's Kiss." She replied softly. "She seems nice but she needs to be toughed up a little. Maybe I can help her the way I did with my princess friends. I should bring her back to the castle before anything happens to her." Fiona thought as she led Giselle to the castle. Giselle was amazed by how huge the castle was.
Snow, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Doris saw Fiona come into the dining room with Giselle. "Hey Fi how's your friend?" Doris asked Fiona. Snow then heard her sing and birds come to her. "Hey red head I'm the only one who sings to animals here, get it?" she told Giselle, giving the girl a cold stare. Giselle nodded nervously at Snow. "Where're all your princes?" Giselle asked them quietly. Snow and the other princesses laughed at that hard. "We decided not to have anything to do with guys." Cinderella replied. "But what about your happily ever afters? Don't you want True Love?" Giselle asked confused. "We learned we can make them happen on our own with or without a man. Fiona taught us that we're more than just damsels in distress, that we're powerful warriors. Let me guess in your land, you still think being a damsel in distress is cool?" Snow explained as the others struck karate stances.
"This isn't right! We're princesses, not boy warriors. Don't you like being pretty and having any guy you want?" Giselle told them. Fiona could see Giselle wasn't understanding. "We do but that's only one part of us. Besides most guys aren't what we're looking for. Sometimes Prince Charming isn't right for you. I know. I've been there." she said gently but the girl ran off and out of the castle.
"Good riddance to her! She's not one of us. She'll change her tune once bandits kidnap her or something like that happens." Snow said sipping tea. Artie was with Shrek and the triplets getting Christmas stuff. He wondered if the wish he'd made on the Wish Globe came true. They were walking through the forest when he heard Shrek yell. "What's wrong?" he asked him. "It's the swamp. It's fixed! But how?" he told him. Artie smiled. "It must've been magic." he replied. Shrek then ran with the triplets to the castle. Fiona saw him run into the room out of breath. "Mama!" the triplets said. "What's up?" she asked him. "It's the house. It's fixed!" Shrek said smiling. Fiona then got excited at that. "But how did it get fixed? Artie must've done it." she replied to him smiling. Shrek was confused by that. "He used the Wish Globe to fix the house because he felt sorry that we were homeless!" she explained to him. .
Fiona then saw Snow, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Doris arrive at the swamp. "We came to help." Snow told Fiona as she opened her mouth and began to sing. The triplets giggled as Snow's animal friends came to her. "I guess they like that." Fiona told Shrek as they got to work cleaning the house. They were actually getting ready for Christmas Eve tomorrow but they were having the party tomorrow night. Donkey then came over later as Shrek, Fiona and the princesses were drinking cocoa along with Artie. "The place doesn't look too bad! You guys ready for tomorrow? It should be a night to remember like last year." he told them. Both Shrek and Fiona smiled at the memory of last year's Christmas Eve. "We're getting there Donkey." Shrek answered. Fiona saw Artie on his own and joined him. He looked sad. "Are you okay You look like Santa put coal in your stocking." she joked trying to make him crack a smile. "It's just... this is my first Christmas where people actually wanna spend it with me." he told her sadly.
"What do you mean Artie?" she asked worriedly. "When I was at Worchester, nobody wanted to spend Christmas with me, or send me presents or Christmas cards. Now that I have a family, I'm worried in case it happens again." he explained softly. She understood how he was feeling. "Don't worry Artie. It won't. Christmas is about family and you're part of it now. Besides Shrek knows how you feel because it was his first Christmas last year." Fiona reassured him. He smiled at her. "Thanks for making me feel... loved. Nobody ever did that at Worchester." he replied. She then joined Shrek and the others. Donkey was telling Snow and the others about last Christmas Eve. Fiona could hear them laugh out lod at the story.
"Yes that's what it's all about even if the family does drive you crazy." she thought as she listened and joined in with the laughter...