Hello there! Again. This is Anadalua (again) here to bring you a brand new chapter of 'Shrek: AVOTF'. But before that I must give a big and fuzzy 'Thank you!' to a particular user here at FanFiction who has the greatest experience when it comes to fan made fics in Shrek's Universe: Pricat.

Thanks to this really faithful Shrek fan I'm even more confident about my OC and her role as a significant character.

Oh. I have decided to give my OC a voice actress, since I believe that at least some of you like to read Shrek's fanfiction with their voices in mind. I chose Daniela Ruah, because she's a great example of a portuguese native who can speak english and portuguese perfectly with no changes in both accents.

I've got a sequel in mind too, so if you like this story until its end, stay alert for any warnings.

I don't own Shrek nor all the other characters, they belong to Dreamworks. I just own Tia Shapclaws.

Enjoy! (Again)

Chapter 2

On the road again.

Ok. For those who may have forgotten, I will clarify you the point of my situation: I was kidna-I meant catnapped, put in a cage, mistaken for Puss in Boots for the 16752431th time, sold by a stinking thug, bought by dumb guards, I also rescued some fairy tale creatures (or so I thought) and went after a donkey to save him too.

"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooo ooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

Oh yes.

From an ogre.

And I'm not even a black cat.

"That doesn't sound good." I said after I heard the ogre's roar and started to go faster. If that was even possible. By each step I took, the stronger the scent would get, which meant I was getting closer.

I stopped by a small river to catch my breath for a brief moment."They were here." I looked to a near by small grassed hill. Behind it was the source of the smell.

And therefore the said monster.

So close and at the same time so far, don't you think ?

As I walked slowly to the top of the hill, I prepared myself to the battle with a paw on one of my daggers. I halted just a few inches from the hedge and took a deep breath. I thought about my family, friends, home, my long journey, the lessons I had learned, the mistakes I had made... Ok, this last one took a while since I'm a dummy. And not perfect. But overall I reflected about everything. My whole future would depend on this fight. Seriously.

"May the Lord be by my side."

Yes. I'm that religious.

Finally, giving a peek over the hill I saw ... the donkey. Alone. "Mas que raio?*" Hey! I wasn't complaining. The thing was that I had gotten ready to face one of most fearful creatures of all times, with a high change of getting myself truly hurt (if not killed) and suddenly it's not there ?!

Tell me about unexpected surprises.

"Well, the source is in that... house-like building so it can't be an ambush." I said as I got to my normal position. Yeah. I'm that serious went it comes to this kind of situation. I mean, you never know if it's a trap or not (like the one I stupidly fell for previously). So, where was I? Oh. Right. Down the hill and in front of the root tree house, the talking animal still hadn't spotted me as I went to his direction passing by some warning signals about an ogre.

He sure didn't seem to have many visits.

The little donkey, however, looked somewhat sad with his head and long hears down. He was even singing some kind of 'lonely song' for himself :

"I'm all alone.

There's no one else here beside me."

"Hey there." I must ask you something. Are these words magical? Because once I said them the animal looked at me and immediately cheered up with this huge grin on his face.

Beware my power of happiness!

"Why, hello! Wait. I know who you are! You're that pussy cat they thought it was Puss in Boots! What are you doing here? And how come you're outside your cage?" He sure looked fine to me. "Well, I was supposed to rescue you from the ogre but it seems that he didn't do anything to you." Or he wasn't so bad at all or he was a vegetarian. I kinda prefered the first one. "Really? All that for me? Oh. How sweet of you to care! No one does anymore, you know?" he said with a hint of sadness at the last sentence. "But I had to. Thanks to you those guards weren't around and I was able to get out of that darned cage and free the others." The donkey gave me an amused look. "Wait a minute. You mean you actually did all that by yourself? Wow. Man! I like your attitude!" I gave a small chuckle.

Come on! Admit it!

You think he's funny too!

"Anyway, I see you're ok, which is my hint to get going. It was a pleasure Mr. Donkey. So, adeus*." I was about to turn around and leave when suddenly he went in front of me pleading: "No! Wait! I kinda wanted to ask you a favor." I arched my furry (and quite non-existing) brow. "What sort of favor ?". With an innocent look he answered "Well, as you can see. I'm here. Outside. All by myself. But I don't like to be alone! And Shrek won't let me get inside." Once again I had to arch my brow. "Shrek? Who's Shrek?". "The ogre of course! Don't worry about him. He might yell and roar a lot - and be rude to you sometimes - but he's a nice guy. He was the one who scared away those guards for me."

Yes, I know.

I will never forget their terrified-like-hell faces.

It was brilliant.

"So, what do you say? Can you stay? Just a little longer?" he lastly asked with true hope filling his eyes. I had to think in my current situation. Out of money? I couldn't even look for a job with this 'fairy tale for sale' thing going on, so that had to wait. No house? Every comfy tree could be my temporary home. Out of food? Around me was a large and healthy forest, there had to be plenty of food. And with this in mind I answered: "Sure, why not? I could use some company myself." Out of joy he wiggled his tail. "Awesome! You don't realise how happy that makes me. We can even get to know each other better. You can call me just Donkey, so you please cut the 'Mister' thingy. I'm not that old. And what about you? What's your name?" I smiled to him. "Tia Shapclaws. But my friends call me Lu.". "Lu, ah? Funny nickname you got there. You know Tia, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!".

I must confess: Donkey sure is a hell of a talker. And I'm not saying this because I found him annoying back then (or nowadays), but simply for the fact that he has always something new on the tip of his tongue to tell you. It's amazing, actually. I had even to warn him about not speaking so loud to not disturb Shrek. I was still a bit restless about him. And believe me when I tell you I wasn't that really interested in what he was doing inside that house. Remember? 'Curiosity killed the cat.'

Hours flew by as I chatted and I only noticed this when it was already dark and the moon had long ago arrived.

"Sorry Donkey, but I really must go now. I have to find shelter for the night.". He looked disappointedly to the night sky. "Oh man, really?". I nodded in response. "Alright then. I understand.". And then an idea came: "Oh! You could sleep here with me!" he pleaded once more. Smiling nervously I said "Thanks for your kindness but there's no need for that. I just have to pick a nice tree that's all." His usual excitement vanished once and for all at that moment.

Poor Donkey.

"So, I guess this is really goodbye." he said as he slowly walked to Shrek's window and looked inside. I presumed he was watching the ogre himself. I could hear some biting and 'silverware-against-plate' sounds, which meant he was having dinner. I wasn't sure what it was, but only its smell was enough for my appetite to disappear. "Hey, don't worry though. I bet we will see each other again." The little animal returned to his original spot in front of the house's door even more wistfully than before. "Yeah. That's what they all say." he finished more to himself than to me as he laid on the ground getting ready to sleep. I felt the situation was getting too bitter, so for a short moment I thought of a reply that could cheer up a bit the mood. But once more I had to be taken from my world, because suddenly the door softly creaked. And soon after I heard a sigh.

From Shrek.

"I thought I told you to stay outside." Running to the window Donkey answered "I am outside." and then left it. Where does he get all that energy anyway? "What have I done wrong?" he asked me. "I don't know bud', but I'm not liking it. I smell mice in this." He looked at me funny. "It's just probably the wind. You don't need to get so alert.". I shook my head as I perked my ears expecting any signs of movement. "No, I'm serious! I really smell mice near by." And then there was this clattering and little voices (the mice, of course), followed by some grunts and yelling. Well, the thing is that I didn't pay that much of attention to this back then, so I don't remember many details. The reason? A little something I had to handle myself.

Three words:

Fairy tale creatures.

That's right. The fellows I saved that day and many more others I didn't see where arriving at the swamp with lots of bags, tents, clothes, personal objects, food and who-knows more.

They looked like refugees from a lost battle.

There were witches, animals like my fellow and me, elves, fairies, magical animated objects,... Well, basically beings from all sorts and colours. "Whoa! Tia, are you seeing what I'm seeing or is this just a dream?". "No, Donkey. I think this is real. Or we are having the same dream." Yup. I was confused. "Hey, look! There is the Bear Family!" But, thanks to Donkey (again) I was going to be clarified. "Mr. Bear! Mrs. Bear! What are you doing here? What's going on?" I asked as I got to their side with Donkey following behind. Mrs. Bear was the one who replied. "Oh! It's you! Hello dear. It's quite a story actually. Little after you were gone into the forest the guards returned. But we were all free already so we thought we could handle them easily by ourselves."."Like taking candy from a human baby!" interrupted her husband. "Yeah, like that. Thanks, honey pot. Anyway, what we didn't expect was that they had reinforcements not far away from the camp. They were too many! We couldn't stand a chance! We had children with us to look for! So in the end we were recaptured.".

"Wow. What a really bad day! But wait. If you were taken again what are you guys doing here free?" asked Donkey. I was thinking about the same question. Then, Mr. Bear was about to end with our doubts when suddenly his baby bear started to complain about his tiredness and coldness.

What was with all these impolite interruptions all of a sudden?

That wasn't an original family comedy animation.

It was a melodramatic afternoon soap opera full of drama where the main character is about to know the reason why his/her lover loves him/her!

"I'm sorry, but we have done a long journey and like our baby here we are exhausted. I hope you don't mind we talk to you later.". "No,no,no! Not at all! You were a great help, believe me." I answered. Nodding thankfully, the Bear Family went to join some other creatures who were around a fire camp.

Wow.

They sure were quick to settle down.

"I don't think Shrek will be happy about them. He kinda likes his privacy." told me Donkey. At that moment, I expected the worse from the green being.

"I live in a swamp." And here it came. "I put up signs. I'm a terrifying ogre!" he said as he brutally opened the door revealing Big Bad Wolf dressed with an old lady's night-dress and hold in the air by it. "What do I have to do to get a little privacy?" he asked as he threw the wolf out. I felt sorry for him, but after Shrek later told me what happened, I had to confess he was somewhat right: never (really) ever invade someone else's warm and comfy bed!

"Oh, no." Oh, yes. "Oh,no." Yeah. It was pretty much the apocalypse. "No!" yelled Shrek before one flying witch almost hit him as she passed by. "No!". This time he threw himself forward hitting his belly on the ground so to miss other two witches. The confused and stressed ogre could only keep looking around at the invasion of his lands: the witches landed using a near by improvised landing field with some welves helping them; a great amount of children together (being two of them in a fight) with a woman putting some clothes drying out; the own Pied Piper of Hamelin playing his well-known instrument to call his rats; for last, Mr. Bear and his son sitting by the said fire camp. And with all this, Shrek reached his limits.

"What are you doing in my swamp!" he yelled as he got up on his feet.

That yell sure got everyone's attention.

It even made echo.

All the refugees looked at the source of the frightening sound and almost immediately froze in their tracks as they gasped at the very same time. Yes, believe me! Some even screamed out of pure horror! I actually saw a midget let his plate fall on the ground, the three fairies from Sleepy Beauty hiding in their tent and two other midgets hugging each other for dear life as they backed away behind a tree root. To resume this all in a few words: they were busted.

"All right, get out of here. All of you, move it! Come on! Let's go! Hapaya! Hapaya! Hey!" kept Shrek ordering as he tried to make them leave while moving his arms. But they only backed away a few inches as he did so. Then, some of them rapidly avoided him and got into the house. "No, no. No, no. Not there. Not there!" he constantly warned them, although it was useless. They closed the door on his face and didn't seem bothered with the fact that Shrek was soon trying to open it. With all that hurry they even left a fairy behind. Who in the end crashed on the door with a small 'Oh' and fell on the ground.

Don't worry, she didn't die.

At least I think so.

The tired ogre eventually gave up and sighed. That wasn't one of his best days. He turned once again to the crowd with his angry and pissed look. Or more specifically to a certain little donkey by my left side. "Hey, don't look at me. I didn't invite them." Donkey said to prove his innocence. "Oh, gosh, no one invited us." told the one and only Pinocchio. Wow. I was getting good in this 'fairy tale identification' thing. "What!?" asked the incredulous Shrek as he went a little to the puppet's direction while opening his arms. "We were forced to come here." Pinocchio added. Ok. Now it was my turn: "What!?"

"By who!?" Shrek and I asked at the same time. I usually don't mind this kind of 'coincidence', but twice in a day? With two different persons? I thought God was trying to send me some sort of signal. "Lord Farquaad." replied one of the Three Little Pigs as his brothers hid behind each other. Everyone soon turned their heads to him. "He huffed and he puffed and he... signed an eviction notice." he finished with his 'arms' behind his back. Shrek's reaction? Sigh, of course.

"All right. Who knows where this Farquaad guy is?" he asked moving his arms once more. And scaring some creatures in the process. Once again. But even so, the crowd only started murmuring. Not really helping. I couldn't say much either since my map was stolen.

"Oh, I do. I know where he is."

See? The little donkey knows everything!

"Does anyone else know where to find him?" the ogre insisted. Baby Bear actually raised his paw, but quickly his dad put it down afraid of what could happen to his cub if he continued doing so. "Anyone at all?" asked Shrek. Big Bad Wolf decided to point to the man on his side, although he did the same with the wolf itself. "Me! Me!" kept saying Donkey. "Anyone?" "Oh! Oh, pick me!" The green being was obviously avoiding him. Because anyone would miss a jumping talking donkey which would get right in front of you every single time you looked somewhere else, right? "Oh, I know! I know! Me, me!" he repeated. The whole situation was quite amusing to me, I even gave some small chuckles. You already saw it coming, though: Shrek gave up.

With yet another sigh.

"Okay, fine. Attention all fairy tale things." And here came the 'hero-like' speech. "Do not get comfortable. Your welcome is officially worn out." Or so you thought. And almost everyone there with a shocked expression on their faces. "In fact, I'm gonna see this guy Farquaad right now and get you all off my land and back where you came from!" he lastly said pointing to some random direction.

For a moment, they all remained silent looking at Shrek, but soon after came loads of cheering and clapping. They didn't really got the message. Some birds appeared and dropped a cape made out of pink flowers on his back. He took it off right away complaining. "You." he said pointing to Donkey who immediately looked back. "You're comin' with me." he added as he started to walk away from the crowd. "All right, that's what I like to hear, man. Shrek and Donkey, two stalwart friends, off on a whirlwind big-city adventure. I love it!" he cheered happily as the little birds from before dropped a flower crown on his head. He soon after went to catch up Shrek.

Wait a minute.

What about me?

I ran as fast as I could to get in front of the ogre, who was just taking a torchlight from an unlucky midget. Violently. "Wait! Mr. Shrek!" I yelled with my paws in the air to make him stop. "What is it now?" he questioned obviously annoyed. Not a good sigh. "Can I go with you, please?". He gave me the 'you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me' look. "What? Why?". I took a deep breath for the moment. "Why? Because what happened to these 'fairy tale things' could had happened to me or even to you. I could had lost my house, my family, my friends, my land and birthplace, my very own home - and you your adored tree house and swamp - if we were one of them. They don't deserve this. No one does. Not even you. That's why I want to have a little chat with this 'Farquaad-scum' and make him undo what he did. No matter what it takes.". He looked at me somewhat surprised, probably not expecting someone (much less one so small) who actually cared for those 'invaders'.

Even if it meant to face him.

"Who are you anyway?". Well, at least he didn't say I was Puss in Boots. Please, give him a medal! "She's Tia Sharpclaws! My new badass friend! Didn't you notice her while you were inside?" asked Donkey. "Oh no! I'm so sorry, I didn't notice her. Maybe, just maybe, because - I don't know - I was inside?" he snaped with obvious sarcasm to him. "Anyway, I don't think so. I want to finish this as quick as possible and one more person can only slow us down." Shrek confessed as he returned his attention to me. "I beg you and promise that I won't. And you also have my word that as soon as we end with this issue, I will leave you and never bother you ever again. So what do you say?" Still, he didn't seem convinced. "C'mon, Shrek! I know we can trust her. Please, please, please? With cherries on top?" tried the friendly animal.

You can always count with him, no matter what it may be!

"Ok. Fine." sighed the green ogre. "But if you get hurt or something I won't take any responsibility. You chose, you suffer." And he let me in. "Yes, sir! Thanks a lot, sir!" I replied doing the military salute as I let him pass me to get ahead. We were walking on a log over the swamp water. Thankfully. "All right! Now it's Shrek, Tia and Donkey into the cold, tough world! On the road again. Sing it with me Shrek! I can't wait to get on the road again..." The ogre suddendly turned. "What did I say about singing?" he warned. "Can I whistle?" begged Donkey. "No." was the quick reply. "Can I hum it?" he asked again. "All right, hum it." Shrek said. And so did the music lover.

He hummed.

And I lightly laughed.

Mas que raio? = What the hell?

Adeus = Goodbye

Finally, c'est finit. This one took a while to complete. I just hope no character has OOC. I hate it when that happens. Also tell me your constructive opinion, please! Forgive me for any spelling/grammar mistake you may find.

See you next time! (Again XD)