Feels Like Friendship

Marissa then knelt beside Artie. Tears welled in her eyes at this dirty trick the Fairy Godmother had played.

"What can we do to sabe him?" Donkey asked worriedly.

"I-I think I know what to do. It involves using magic, a very powerful spell." she told them as she focused on saving Artie as she put her hand on his chest.

Suddenly magic surrounded her as memories of her being with Artie flooded through her mind.

It engulfed the two of them.

"What is she doing? She has to stop the Fairy Godmother and save the kingdom!" Merlin said.

"I know but Artie means everything to her.

If that ever happened to Fiona and I had magic, I would do the same." Shrek told him.

The magic then faded as she felt a stronger pulse in Artie.

A smile crossed her face.

"I did it!

Now to take care of the Fairy Godmother so she can never hurt anybody again like that!" Marissa thought as magic surrounded her and she rose into the air as she recited a very powerful spell.

Shrek along with Uni and the others saw a magical fog surround the room but heard the Fairy Godmother scream in agony.

"Mommy!" Charming yelled as the fog lifted and Marissa was caught by Fiona.

"Will she be okay?" Merlin asked scared.

"She'll be fine. She's just tired taking care of the Fairy Godmother like that. It was awesome." Shrek told him.

Artie was in a dark forest where he heard sadness and sorrow and he knew why. It was his heart and all the pain it'd had felt especially at Worchester. But then something made it change.

The darkness seemed to die and became light, the sadness became happiness and laughter.

He saw Marissa in front of him and tried to touch her but his hand went through her.

"Wake up Artie.

Wake up............." a voice told him as bright light surrounded the scene.....

Artie then awoke but was in his bedroom. He wondered what he was doing there and why he felt like there were no scratches on him from the battle with Charming.

He then went downstairs to the dining room.

Shrek and the others stopped talking seeing him enter.

"How're you feeling? You scared us." Fiona asked but he didn't answer.

"Where's Marissa? I need to know she's okay." he told them.

"She's asleep in the room beside yours. She was injured badly from the battle." Shrek replied as Artie left the room and ran upstairs.

His heart was beating fast as he opened the door and walked in. Marissa was lying in bed asleep with bandages over her.

Tears were in Artie's eyes seeing that.

"Marissa please wake up.

It's me Artie.

You were so strong when you were fighting the Fairy Godmother, you inspired bravery in me. You see I jumped in front of the magic blast. I know it was a dumb idea but I couldn't let anybody I care about get hurt.

Especially you.

I-I love you." he said as the tears poured from his eyes.

He then felt a hand stroke his brown hair and looked up seeing Marissa wake up.

"I love you too Artie. I wouldn't leave you." she replied weakly.

Artie wiped the tears away relieved.

He didn't want to leave her but she needed to rest.

"I'll see you later, okay?" he said kissing her on the lips as she fell asleep.....

Artie then saw Shrek by Charming's cell in the dungeon. He was waiting for his friend before they could talk to Charming.

"Let's do this." Artie told him unlocking the cell door softly.

Charming looked up sadly seeing them enter the cell.

"What do you want?

You've probably came here to gloat." he told them angry.

"No we haven't. We came to talk." Artie answered him softly.

"About what?" Charming asked him.

"About many things like why you try to take over the kingdom." Artie told him.

"I was depressed after your ogre friend took Fiona so I thought if I became King and had power, it would make me happy." Charming told them.

"Did it make you happy?" Artie asked him.

"No. It made me feel worse. It made me something I never wanted to be, a monster." Charming answered.

Both Artie and Shrek were shocked by his answer.

Charming watched as they left the cell and locked the door again.....