Ch 6
Artie felt himself being shook awake and opened his eyes. He saw Fiona by his side. "What's going on? It's four in the morning." He said yawning. "I have something to tell you. It's Merlin." She told him. Artie woke up at once at that.
"What about him? Is he okay?" the teen asked scared. Fiona looked into his green eyes before going on. "He's not in good shape. The doctors came and decided to put him… in a home." She replied softly. Artie was finding this hard to take. "But why put him in a home?" he asked her quietly. "He has liver problems and Diabetes, the bad kind. I know it's hard to take but he'll be fine there. He won't be alone." She answered gently.
He watched as she left the room. He was feeling angry and upset as he saw the Wish Globe on the bedside table. There was only a little dust left in it. "I know there's only some left but I have to do this. Fiona and the others may be angry later at me but Merlin was the only one who understood me. He was like a friend and a father to me. This has to be done." He thought as he looked at it.
"I wish… that Merlin wasn't seriously ill and not in an old person's home left to rot." He said softly as a small tear fell down his face. It shimmered for the last time and a final blast of magic shot out of it and faded. The room then filled with light as Merlin appeared. "Artie what did you do? I feel… really good!" he told him hugging him. "I used this." He replied showing the elderly wizard the Wish Globe. He smiled at Artie.
"You used a Wish Globe to do it, didn't you? Very clever. But how did all the dust get used up so fast?" Merlin replied smiling. "I used it twice, once to have Shrek and Fiona's house rebuilt after it was destroyed by a blizzard and the second time to heal you. Fiona used it to bring back her father King Harold." Artie explained. "I see that you used it for unselfish reasons. Many people misuse Wish Globes for their own selfish gains but many use it to make people they care about happy or help them like you did. I see I taught you well in my classes" Merlin told him. Fiona woke up later to see Artie sitting by the Christmas tree with Merlin.
"How did he get here and how is he better than eariler?" she asked confused. "I used the last of the Wish Globe's magic to do it. I couldn't let somebody like him rot in a home." Artie told her. . She understood. But Charming was watching. He knew how to refill it and could use it to make his dream of being King come true.
"All I need to do is to take the Wish Globe and then fill it with magic. Then I can rule and make Shrek's life a misery!" he thought as he watched then together. He then snuck in and grabbed the Wish Globe when nobody especially Artie was looking. He laughed evilly as he ran into the forest away from the swamp.
"Soon I'll charge it and then the fun will start!" he told himself as he got back to his mother's factory. It'd been abandoned after she'd left but Charming had nowhere to go so he called it home. He then pulled out his late mother's wand and brought it towards the Wish Globe. The star then glowed with magic and it went inside of the globe. Charming watched with glee but knew he had to wait. "Ruling the kingdom and bringing pain to Fiona and her family is the best Christmas present ever!" he yelled to himself. Meanwhile in the swamp Fiona was cooking the turkey for the Christmas feast. Artie was trying to learn how to skate board outside but was having trouble. "Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it." Shrek said helping him up. The triplets were dressed in hockey gear playing some sort of hockey with rocks. "What're they playing and won't they get hurt?" Artie asked curiously.
"They're playing Ogre Ball which is like hockey only with a little fighting. Snowgre and I sort of taught the triplets how to play. They won't get hurt much because they're wearing safety stuff." he answered but ducked as a rock puck came shooting their way but missed it. Shrek stared at his two sons. "Just be careful when doing slap shots like that. You nearly hurt Daddy." he told them. "Sorry Dada." they replied hugging him. Artie smiled at that. It was cute to see him like that "I've got an idea. I'll make him and Fiona not in Love. That would hurt him more than trying to slay him!" Charming thought as he watched Shrek and his family together. "I wish that Shrek and Fiona were broken up." he said softly to the Wish Globe. It shimmered and a blast of magic shot out. "Mama!" Shrek heard the triplets scream as Fiona vanished in a haze of magical energy. "Fiona! No!" he yelled.
Artie then felt all memories of Fiona ever being married to Shrek fading from his mind. "Artie don't you remember where Fiona went?" he asked the teen. "No dude. She's in the tower remember?" Artie answered. Shrek was freaked by that. "Something isn't right." he thought but Merlin could tell what had happened and he didn't think Charming messing with True Love was funny. "I'll take care of him myself and get the Wish Globe back, then I'll use it to get Fiona back for you." he thought... .