Chapter One
Frustration.
It was night time at the swamp and Shrek wasn't in a good mood. His and Fiona's child was crying and it was driving him nuts. But something was watching him from the window. It was an owl. But it was a disguise. It was really Jareth the Goblin King of Underground. He smiled at this. "Soon your little babe will be mine and you're going to realise how much you'll miss it." He thought happily. Fiona walked into the room. She saw anger on her husband's face. "Can you make it shut up? It's been bugging me for the last few hours." Shrek said to her. She then stormed off angrily. Puss then came near the crib. But in the wall goblins were listening for him to say the words that would let their master take his child. "Maybe we should tell it a story." He suggested. Shrek shook his head at this. "Whatever. Once there was a father who had to look after his child but the baby was a pain in the father's side and wouldn't stop crying and was driving him crazy. But the King of the Goblins was friends with him and agreed to take the baby away forever but he knew that he would keep it as his own so he kept silent until one night when the baby was being extremely noisy. He said the words that would summon the Goblin King. He came and took the child." He said to the baby.
Puss was a little worried about that. "Senor why did you tell him that?" he asked freaked. "I told him this because I was trying to make it stop crying." He said. But the baby was still crying. Puss and Shrek left the room. "I wish the goblins would come and take you right now." He said under his breath. Puss had pretended he hadn't heard that. Jareth laughed as the goblins handed the baby to him. "Such a pity ogre that you said those words. Now your babe is mine." He said as he faded away. Fiona heard this as she came into the room. She was worried. Tears stung her eyes. Shrek then came into the room. He saw her standing over the baby's crib looking very worried. "Hey honey, what's wrong?" he said to her softly. "Some blond haired stranger came in here and took him." Fiona told him sadly. Suddenly she saw him appear. "What've you done to our baby?" she asked angrily. "Nothing. He's in my castle in the Goblin City in the centre of the Labyrinth. Someone wished him away to me so he must go through my Labyrinth and bring his child back or you'll never see it again. By the way I'm Jareth the Goblin King." He said to her. Fiona then looked at Shrek angrily. "You wished your own child into the clutches of a goblin?" she asked angrily. "Calm down Fi I was kidding when I said them." He told her smiling but the anger on her face wiped the smile off. "You'd better go get our child back or I'll never forgive you." She said through gritted teeth. He understood and walked down a hill. In front of him was a maze. "You have thirteen hours to solve the Labyrinth before your child becomes mine forever. Such a pity!" Jareth said as he vanished. Shrek was very irritated by this as he started walking through the Labyrinth.
But someone was watching him. He had grey skin, tree like antennas, pudgy stomach, was small. He was also very lonely. "Maybe I can help him and he can get me out of here and we could be… be friends." He said to himself as he followed Shrek on his way secretly.
