Chapter Three
Ambris was washing himself as his father was in the forest looking for him. He saw Ambris and ran over to him. "Are you okay? I saw you fall in Love with that Thalia girl. I can't believe you found Love faster than me. I had to wait a long time before Love found me." He told him smiling warmly. "Yeah but I'm worried about Mom. Won't she be lonely in that cell they put you guys in because you came here?" Ambris asked worriedly. He could see worry in his father's eyes at this question. "She seemed fine when I told her about coming here but now I'm not so sure. I've a bad feeling about it." He said. What he felt was true. A lot of guards were beating Fiona up on Charming's orders when she wouldn't tell him where her husband had gone off to. She was feeling really miserable and tired. She hadn't slept in a while since Shrek had left to help Ambris. "Please come back, I need you. Charming knows you left and I need you to keep me strong. I don't know what to do!" she whispered.
Shrek heard it in his mind. Because of their strong love for each other, they had an empathic bond which meant if one was in trouble, the other could see , feel and help. Fiona was very weak because she hadn't had any food in a while. Later that night when he was asleep, Shrek saw and heard it all. He saw what was going on and how his wife was being treated. It made him sick. "No… don't hurt her. She's the most important thing besides Ambris." He said in his sleep. He was tossing and turning really bad and fell into the lake. He was shivering when Ambris found him. "Let her go! It's me you're angry at! Just take me if it means letting them go." He said in his sleep as Ambris shook him awake. He saw fear in his father's eyes. "Dad it'll be okay!" he said calmly. Suddenly he woke up screaming. This freaked out Ambris. He'd never seen his Dad act this way while asleep and was worried.
Ambris then helped his Dad out of the lake and put a towel around him. He was shivering from the cold and the dream he'd had. He then sneezed and his skin turned blue. "I don't feel so good." Shrek told him. He had ogre flu. Ambris then felt his forehead. It was hotter than an volcano. "Dad are you okay? I don't think you should stay. It's not a good idea to go charging into battle like this. Don't worry I won't send you back to the cell you were in. I'll think of something." He told him. He couldn't touch his Dad or he'd catch it too but then he remembered someone who never caught it. He smiled as he used his magic to open a portal. "Where're you going?" Shrek asked him. "I'm going to get help! I'll be back." He told him as he went through it. He then landed in a mountain of ice and snow. It was home to his Dad's cousin Snowgre. He was like Ambris's father but more wilder and adventurous than him. He then saw Ambris and came over to him. "Hey Am I haven't seen you in a while. What's going on?" he said to him. "I need you to come with me." Ambris told him as he opened a portal and they went through it. They were back in the forest in the mortal realm. Snowgre saw Shrek under the influence of ogre flu as he watched him attempt to jump off a rock into the lake. "I need you to look after him for a while. He came here to help me take care of Charming and Veronsa but now he's like this after having a weird dream." He said to him as he grabbed Ambris's father before he seriously hurt himself. "I'll try and see what I can do but he might still be mad at me because of last time. He's pretty delirious. Where's Fi?" he said to him. "My Mom got put in a cell by Charming along with my Dad but he escaped through magic." He told him. Snowgre watched as Ambris's father stroked his furry skin and shook his head. "See you Ambris." He said as he walked through the portal with his father and it closed.
He didn't know that Thalia had seen what had happened but she wasn't freaked. Ambris then heard laughter come from a bush and Thalia fell out from under it. He tried to summon his human disguise but it didn't work. "It's okay Ambris. I like your real form. You look cute for an ogre teen. Don't worry, I'll keep your secret safe. Why didn't you tell me this before we met?" she said to him. "I didn't tell you because if I did, you'd freak seeing as mortals flee when they see me or my parents." He said softly. Thalia nodded as she touched his face. He felt his heart beat race fast but it raced even faster when she kissed him on the lips. "We're more than friends now!" she told him. She saw sadness in his brown eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked worriedly. "I was just thinking about my parents, that's all. They were ruling over a kingdom but Charming came and ruined everything. My Mom's his prisoner and my Dad just caught ogre flu. I want to help them but I don't know how." He said. Thalia then took his hand into hers. "Don't worry, I'll help you stop those slime balls and free your Mom." She said. "Really?" he asked her. "Yes. That's what friends do." She told him as they hugged him. Tears of joy streamed down his face at this as they kissed again.
A/N What do you think of this? Thalia's about to join Ambris in his plans. Snowgre is actually Shrek's cousin only there's no resemblance between the two, I think. Read and review!
