It was a normal day at the swamp and Fiona had woken up early. Shrek had slept outside and was still asleep. She then heard him moan in his sleep and wondered what was wrong but shook her head. Donkey was with her and talking away as usual but something he said shocked her. "What do you mean he couldn't see the stars in the night sky? He always sees them!" Fiona said to him.
"Yeah I know. He was pretty upset but fell asleep after." He said to her. He saw a look in her eyes. "I think something's up but he's hiding it!" she told him. She then started to cook eggs but thought about it. Donkey then tried to wake Shrek up but it was no use because he was still asleep. Suddenly the smell of cooking woke him up. "Hey sleep well?" he said to him. "I slept okay but I'm still upset about last night." Shrek told him yawning. Fiona then saw the two amigos walk into the house but to Shrek the grill appeared in front of him and he tripped over it and into the house on his face. Fiona then ran over to him. "Are you okay?" she asked him worriedly. "Yeah I'm fine but the grill sort of appeared and I couldn't get out of the way." He told her as he got to his feet.
She noticed his eyes weren't following her properly and was worried. "Maybe we should get you checked out just to be sure." She said to him. There was a look of worry on his face at this. Later on the doctor showed up. He did a blood test and an eye drop test on Shrek. He then left promising to come back with the results in the morning. Worry was flowing through his body but shook it off. But later that night he was having trouble sleeping. He kept tossing and turning in bed. Fiona could tell something was wrong. She needed to talk to him about it.
She then sat up in bed fully awake and turned the lamp on. "Honey can we talk?" she told him quietly. He then sat up at this. "Sure since I'm having trouble sleeping, go ahead!" he told her. She then touched his cheek before talking. "You seem worried about something. I think it's something to do with this afternoon, isn't it? Please tell me what's wrong!" she said gently. Shrek noticed that her voice was quavering after she said this. He then sighed as he looked around the room and at Fiona. "Okay it does have something to do with earlier. I'm just worried about the results. What if it's something bad? Something like losing your sight would be the end of us because how can I protect you and my kids from hunters if I can't see!" he told her sadly, fear in his eyes. This worried her. A lot of emotions always run through her husband but never fear. "Don't worry. Whatever happens you're still you and nothing can change that, even if… that happens. We'll find a way. I promise!" she said to him. She then kissed him and fell asleep. But he was still awake. Nerves and worry filled him. Later dawn broke. Fiona then woke up.
He was cooking breakfast on the grill. She saw a look of tiredness on his face and sighed. But Donkey was hanging about with Puss and being hyper as usual. This made her nervous. She needed to talk to him before he made her husband angry. She came over to them. Puss was watching Shrek cook while ignoring Donkey's jabbering. "Hi Fiona what's up?" Donkey asked her. "I need to tell you something. Shrek didn't sleep very well last night so he's in a cranky mood." She said to him. Puss was listening to this. "Why didn't he sleep last night? Was there something wrong?" he said to her. "He's meant to be getting his results from the doctor for the tests so he's very nervous. I told him that I'll always love him no matter what they say but he's not so sure." She told him. Puss watched as the doctor's carriage showed up. She saw Shrek tense up at this. They then went inside. "I'm afraid that your husband has Bardel Biedl Syndrome. It's a rare genetic one. I wasn't so sure until you explained what was going on. It involves night blindess or as we call it Retinis Pigmentosa , Tunnel vision and other things but later on it involves going blind." He told them. Fiona saw a tear form in her husband's eye but faded.
Shrek watched as the two of them went outside. For some strange reason the doctor wanted to talk to Fiona alone. He watched them through the window. She had a sad expression on her face as they spoke. He saw tears in her eyes as the doctor left. He wondered what was wrong. She then came in silently. Shrek was having a nap to make up for the lost sleep last night in the chair. She watched him sleep peacefully but saw a small tear run down his face. "How can I tell him that he's …. Diabetic as well and has to watch what he eats and stuff on top of the Syndrome thing? That would destroy him! He can't know until he's ready to talk about it. But he'll probably find out anyway." She thought as she went for a shower.
Fear ran through her being at this. She knew he was always different but this might make him upset and unequal because nobody else has these affecting them.
But inside her husband's heart , trouble was brewing because of Daiken. He was her husband's inner darkness as well as his self doubt and feelings he hid but he'd been trapped by the heart of gold and wanted to be free. This disability thing allowed him to fuel on his darkness and be free. "But first he must learn about it and all the things he won't be able to do because of it!" he thought as he bided his time. He realised Shrek was asleep and smiled evilly, his fangs showing under his purple tongue. He then slipped into the dream as black sludge. He then fixed himself before making himself known. He saw his prey with Fiona playing in the snow and cackled.
Shrek laughed as snowballs hit Fiona and began to brace himself for a wave of snowballs from her but they didn't come. Time had stopped and he was the only one moving. "What's going on?" he asked confused. He heard evil laughter as Daiken appeared. "Hello my old friend! Remember me?" he hissed to him. This filled him with anger and dread. "What do you want?" Shrek asked angrily. Daiken smiled at this. "I just want to help you seeing you're… becoming disabled! Do you realise what's going to happen because of this syndrome running in you? It's going to make you blind and useless especially with your back problems. I know about your brace you wear under your shirt. But it'll make you more different since nobody you care about has it. Also your wife's hiding another bombshell from you. I heard her speak about it.
But I can help… just join me and I can make you normal once more. Your wife says she'll still love you no matter what but she's hiding her feelings about it especially today. She doesn't know how to help you deal with it but she'll find it too hard to cope with and leave you!" he told him. Sadness over powered him at this but shook it away. Daiken saw this and smiled. "There's no use hiding. I am a part of you and you can't erase me no matter how you try. We'll talk once you've had time to think about it!" he said as he faded. Shrek then woke up, sweat running down his face. He wasn't letting Daiken out. He needed to talk to Fiona soon.