Not this Year
It was early Christmas Eve afternoon. Pricat and her friends Adam, Chris, Ruth and Stacey were hanging out in her room. Shrek posters hung on the walls, books and other things were littered around the room. Pricat's Mom was busy doing shopping for Christmas stuff and her sister had gone with her so they were all alone in the house. Ruth saw that Pricat was sad as she hugged her Shrek plushie. "It's just my cousins are coming round later and some of them especially Ashleigh is a pain." She told her. "Why're they coming here anyway?" Chris asked. "They're coming to get their presents from my parents. It's okay. I'll just stay up here." She answered.
Adam then put on ABC 1. Shrek the Halls had started. Ruth saw her female friend's mood change as they watched. But while they were getting cocoa in the kitchen, Pricat heard a noise come from the garden. It sounded like a dragon's roar. She went outside to find a wooden door standing in the middle of the garden. "Cool." She said as she touched it carefully. Adam and the others had followed her and were amazed by it. "Where do you think it goes?" Stacey asked. "Let's find out. Go through it." Pricat said as she opened it. She then opened it and was pulled in by a strong gust of wind. Chris was worried when the door slammed shut. "We've got to go through there and find her." Adam told them. "I'm not so sure. Who knows what could be in there?" Chris said scared. "We've got to. We can't tell her Mom she's in another world." Stacey retorted. He nodded as Adam opened the door. They then felt the wind pull them in and the door shut. It then vanished. Chris was screaming as they fell into the darkness below. Suddenly they found themselves lying on grass. Adam wasn't sure where they were until he saw Farquaad's castle. "Whoa we're in Duloc, Shrek's world. Cool!" Chris said.
But Ruth and Stacey saw fear in Adam's eyes. He knew that if this was Duloc, he knew where Pricat had gone. He needed to find her before she got hurt or worse. "You guys stay here, okay? I'm going to find Pricat. She went to the swamp." he told them as he ran into the forest. He came to the middle of the forest when he heard roaring and laughter. He followed it until he came to a familiar tree house. The noise was coming from inside. He peeked in through the window and saw his friend with her ogre hero. They were having a roaring contest. He was caught by Fiona. "Hello you must be Pricat's friend. She told us that you guys might drop in." she said to him. "H-Hi I'm Adam." he replied as they came inside. Pricat then saw Shrek stare at Adam. "What's wrong? she asked him. "I hope Charming didn't see them come here or your friends are in serious trouble." he told her gently.
"Why should you guys be worried by Charming? He's a loser. You guys could take care of him easy." Adam told him. "Yes we could but he went to the North Pole to slay Christmas and make it look like Fiona and I did it." he replied sadly, his ears drooping sadly. "Don't worry. My friends and I can help, right Adam?" Pricat said smiling. "Yeah I guess." he answered. "Great! Let's go find them!" Fiona said as they walked out the door. Only Adam had a secret that involved Pricat. He would become her brother. Her Mom would marry his Dad on New Year's Eve. Chri, Ruth and Stacey were in the town square exploring. Chris was taking pictures with his digital camera. Adam watched as Shrek and Fiona put cloaks around themselves. "Why're they doing that for?" he asked. "It's cool. It's so villagers won't get freaked." Pricat told him. Shrek smiled at her. He liked this kid. She seemed to not be afraid of them and understand about Duloc and humankind. But he had a feeling that he'd seen her before but he couldn't remember. But Adam watched as guards were taking his friends somewhere...