It was a few days after the whole Charming taking over Far, Far Away incident. Artie was now the new King of Far, Far Away. Fiona and her husband were back home at the swamp looking after their family. Things couldn't be better…
But later that night Fiona woke up drenched in sweat and her body in agony. This had been happening a lot recently. It was scaring her but mainly her True Love. He woke up worried. He felt her pulse. It was weak. "No! This… This can't happen. She and I were meant to be together forever." He thought as he heard his wife get worse. "Honey… It's not your fault. Maybe this was meant to happen. I'm sorry. Take care of the kids for me but they can't know about this." She told him weakly with the strength in her body. He watched as she died in peace. Sorrow overtook him and numbed him entirely. He couldn't believe this had happened to her...
Donkey walked in through the door, unaware that something majorly bad had happened. "Hey man! What's up? Are... you crying?" he said to him. "Donkey just stay away from me, okay? Someone very precious to me left." he told him wiping the tear away with his sleeve. He then saw the locket around Fiona's neck. He then took it off and put it in his pocket. "W-Why did you take it?" he asked him. Puss then showed up. He noticed something big had happened. They then heard the kids crying. "I need you to do something for me. Take the kids. Take them to Lillian. I can't be a good single father to them." he said to them sadly. "But Shrek they're yours and Fiona's." Donkey told him. "Yeah but she's gone and never coming back so what's the point?" Shrek told him. Puss understood as he picked the babies up. "Sure senor. I'm sorry... she died. I know how much she meant to you. " he said as he left the swamp. Donkey stayed behind. He felt sorry for his amigo and just couldn't leave him alone. He saw sadness in his friend's eyes as he looked at him.
"H-How did she?" he asked quietly. "She was sick and coughing like Dad. I felt her pulse and it was weak. I couldn't save her and it'll haunt me. She'd been feeling like that for a while but it wasn't so serious." he explained. Donkey saw a tear well up in his eye and decided not to talk about it further. He then saw him go outside. He watched as Shrek lit a fire and lay beside it. In his heart, it felt like it'd been ripped out entirely. He then gave in to grief. Tears fell onto his brown vest as he could hear her laugh in his mind and feel even worse...
A/N. This is something I came up with and is in the same vein of plot as my other fic When you're Gone but because it's Fiona, it'll go to darker places than that one... Be prepared.