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Here's more and sorry for not updating in a very long while but love writing Shrek stuff.

Artie is at the swamp with Shrek and the gang and about to meet Snowgre but Shrek tells him a secret about his teenage cousin that the story about his parents disappearing were true but nobody told him.

I hope Snowg likes having Artie as a friend.

Artie smiled as they arrived at the swamp as he hadn't seen it or aaet foot in his cousin in law's swamp which he cared so much about and smiled seeing the Keep Out signs that Shrek had painted.

"They're cute Shrek.

Did you make these?" Artie asked.

"Aye.

A lot of intruders stumble onto our land and they're either stupid or drunk." he replied.

Artie laughed at his cousin's humour.

"Come on Sir Farkle!

We have to help the Prince of Snowia save his family from the bad guys!" Felicia said from inside.

Shrek knew that his kids were acting out one of Snowgre's stories about the brave prince of Snowia looking for his parents who'd been stolen from him by hunters when he was little.

It's actually true what happened to Snowg's parents.

But it's a good thing he doesn't know or he would go off searching for them and Pitla would never trust me with Snowg ever again.

But at least for now, it's better this way... Shrek thought.

The sandy brown teenager wondered what was wrong with his ogre friend as he saw sadness on his face but Shrek thought it was better not to tell Artie or Snowgre.

"It's nothing Artie." he said.

"You can trust me.

We're brothers remember?" he said.

The ogre male saw him begging with that puppy dog look in his green eyes which was worse than Puss's big eyes.

Shrek caved in telling him but made him promise not to tell Snowgre about this as it would make him go searching for his parents.

Artie felt bad hearing that as he could relate as he'd lost his mother when he was born but hoped Snowg would like him as like him, he didn't have a lot of friends who liked him for him and not just because he was King.

He then took a deep breath as they went into the swamp house and Artie was liking the calm and cosy aura from here and hoped Snowgre was okay but heard Fiona humming as she was in the kitchen making lunch.

The triplets then hugged him as to them, he was their royal uncle along with Donkey and Puss being their fun uncles but Artie smiled as he hadn't seen them in a while since they were born.

His green eyes then fell on a blue skinned ogre teen with white fur covering most of his body and wearing a punky shirt with guitars on it with fingerless gloves on his hands.

He had skull earrings on his furry trumpet shaped ears but earbuds were also in them as he was listening to pop punk music on his I-Pad which his cousin's human friends had gotten him and he loved it.

But his eyes widened seeing Artie as he had a good feeling about him.

"H-Hey there you must be Snowgre.

I'm Artie Pendragon." Artie said in a soft voice.

"Snowgre P Myerson.

I kind of moved here from Snowia." he said softly.

Artie smiled as he sat beside him.

"Whatcha you listening to Snowg?" he asked.

"Bowling for Soup.

They're pretty cool." he answered putting on the I-Pad speakers.

Fiona was listening as Shrek was ezplaing to her about what he'd told Artie as she heard laughter from the living room as she had a feeling Artie and Snowgre were getting along very well as she was making swamp toad wraps making Shrek smile.

"You have to wait honey like the triplets.

Besides Brogan and his friends are joining us." she told him.

He knew they could help Snowgre be confident as they were pretty tough and mega strong in themselves and knew they could help but knew Brogan's son Logan was kind of a bully and picked on other kids ogre and human at school and wasn't sure he should be around Snowgre but knew Snowgre would like his sister Rose as she was pretty punky.

He then heard knocking on the door as it was them.

Fiona then opened the door as Brogan and the resistance entered sweaty from training along with Brogan and Cookie's kids Logan and Rose but they saw Snowgre stare at them as he was curious.

"I'll tell ya about them over lunch, okay?" Shrek told him.

Snowgre nodded.