It was late at night at the swamp but Shrek couldn't sleep. Fiona and the triplets were asleep. Memories were flooding through his mind as he willed his eyes to close. They then closed as he entered the realm of dreams.
He found himself in the theatre where Charming had tried to slay him. He heard Fiona crying and wondered what was wrong. He saw sadness on Artie's face. "What's wrong guys? Can't you see me?" he said. Suddenly everything went black. He then saw that a body lying in an open grave. "Please don't let it be what I think." He said under his breath.
But his skin turned cold when he saw it was his body in the grave. He then heard Charming laugh as he found himself falling into darkness. He woke up in a cold sweat. It was dawn but Fiona had gone to help the babies. "It was just a dream, a bad dream." He said wearily as he got out of bed. Fiona wondered what was wrong with him. "Are you okay? You look worried about something." she asked him as she fed the babies. He brewed himself a cup of coffee and walked past her. He felt embarrassed about telling her about his nightmare. Puss then saw him walk off. "Hey senor where's the fire?" he asked him worried. "I'm going to see Artie, okay?" Shrek said to him.
Artie was surprised to see his ogre friend arrive at the castle. "What're you doing here? Is something wrong?" he asked him. "I needed to talk to you. I had a weird dream about... when Charming tried to get rid of me and in the dream, you and Fiona were really sad. I couldn't tell Fiona in case she'd freak out." he explained to him. Artie understood but was worried for him. Charming was inside his enemiy's mind waiting for him to sleep so he could turn his dreams into nightmares forever. Merlin then appeared. "I sense something wrong with him but to see what, I need him to fall asleep." he told Artie. Shrek was worried at this. He was worried about going to sleep in case another nightmare happened. "Don't worry man. I'm right behind you." Artie told him. Shrek then lay on the couch and relaxed...
Fiona was worried. Her husband hadn't been home for a while. But she then saw Artie walk into the living room. "What's wrong? Is Shrek okay?" Fiona asked him nervously as she followed him. When they got to the throne room, she found her husband moaning and woke up. She saw fear in his brown eyes. "Are you okay honey? You don't look so good." she asked but he didn't answer. Artie was worried. Whatever dream his friend had, it must've been really bad that he couldn't answer... "Maybe we should calm him down. Then we can get him to talk." Merlin told them...