Hey guys TheMitzez here and I want to start by saying I have absolutely no idea what any of the previous authors notes I made mean. It is best you just forget they every existed.


Rocky's eyes shot open in an instant, for a second forgetting where he was. The scent of a pup nuzzled up against him filled his nose as he took a breath. Having not remembered that Zuma leaned into him the previous night, it caught him off guard. He nearly jumped up seeing the small brown pup sleeping so peacefully on him. Hearing the low rumbling of an engine and the waves bumping into the side of the boat he lied in reminded him of everything that happened. He looked around him seeing Shrek standing in the front of the boat turning the wheel. Slowly, he slid away from Zuma trying not to wake him. Rocky managed to make the Chocolate lab lay onto his side without waking up.

"I see someone makes a good bed," Shrek blurted out causing Rocky to jump onto his feet and turned his attention to the large green ogre that towered over him. Shrek was no longer focusing on the wheel and instead leaning on the side of the boat with a smug look.

"Well uh… He kind of… I mean I never ask-"

"Does someone make you nervous?" Shrek teased grinning seeing the slightly panicked and embarrassed pup try to come up with something to say.

"Nervous? Why would I be nervous?" Rocky asked trying to conceal his emotions.

"Come on it is not hard to see young pup. Even I know when someone has an interest in someone else."

"Well an interest can mean a lot of different things," Rocky said making sure that everyone else was still sound asleep. Zuma rolled over onto his other side and yawned while stretching out his legs into the air.

"I think you know what I mean," Shrek hinted.

"Listen, now is not the time to worry about stuff like that," Rocky debated trying to change the subject to something more meaningful.

"Well what do you want to worry about?" Shrek asked standing up at stretching his long ogre arms into the crisp air.

"How about you tell me what all of… This is," Rocky said looking around him, taking a particular notice at the Lorax sword and Shrek.

"Yes, I suppose that I never told you about what is happening here. Although, maybe we should wait until your…" Shrek looked over Rocky at the Chocolate lab in a deep sleep behind him, "Friend wakes up there."

The Lorax sword began to emit a low pitched ringing. It got louder before the pitch lowered once more. The cycle from an upward pitch to a downward pitch continued as the boat breezed through the sea. Both Shrek and Rocky took interest in it the instant it started to make the noise. Cautiously, they inched towards the orange blade that, yet motionless, seemed alive. The glowing orange orb that sat in the middle seemed to follow the same pattern as the noise. It's usually glowing bright light went dim for a second before gleaming once more. Rocky looked up at Shrek, waiting for the ogre to make some sort of move, but he too seemed to be just as dazzled as him.

"Is it supposed to do that?" Rocky silently asked fearing that there was something listening to them, though he didn't know why.

"Honestly, I am not sure," Shrek admitted lowering his great ogre hand down to the mustache. It seemed to be the source of the noise. With one swift move he lifted the mustache to reveal seven empty slots, one of which was flashing with a strange green light.

"Whoa," Rocky gasped, staring into the enthralling light, "Maybe there is a reason it is doing this?"

"I am sure it wouldn't be doing this without reason. I don't even know what these slots are here for. Guess there is more to this thing than I thought." Shrek picked up the sword by the handle, swinging it slightly as he found his grip, "Maybe it is trying to tell us something." Shrek said, joking a little, but also wanting it to be true.

"What is telling us something?" a groggy voice asked from behind them. They both turned around to see the previous sound asleep Lab now awake.

"Oh y-you are awake Zuma," Rocky said surprised to see him.

"You are not that quiet," Zuma yawned. His eyes became fixated on the Lorax sword that Shrek was holding, "What is that?"

"The Lorax sword," Shrek replied admiring it while still trying to figure out what it was doing.

"Dude… There are seven slots there, one of them is glowing green and there is an orange one in the middle… Clearly it is the Paw Patrol!" Zuma exclaimed jokingly.

"Wait… Seven slots and a fragment already in it…"

"Hold on a fragment is in it? What fragment?" Rocky questioned. Shrek came to the realization that Rocky and Zuma will still unaware of what exactly was going on.

"Right. I guess it is important that I tell you," Shrek sighed as he put the sword down on the ground carefully, "Listen up you two."


Marshall slowly opened his eyes to a bright orange sun shining in the morning sky. The salty smell of the ocean filled his nostrils. Next to him laid two other pups in deep sleep resting from the day before. The clouds were flying past him as the boat he was in zoomed through the ocean. He leisurely stood up and stretched his back into the air. It took him a moment to remember why he was in the middle of the ocean on a boat.

"About time one of you got up," a voice said behind him. Marshall turned to see Ethan still driving the boat. His face showed that he hadn't slept for a long time.

"Have you been awake for this whole time?" questioned Marshall, who looked down at the two sleeping pups. They seemed to be resting well and having good dreams.

"Yep," Ethan admitted not facing away from the ocean in front of him for one second, "Turtle man told me to keep going forward and, since I have never had a turtle give me instructions and have no knowledge on how to get back to my city, I sort of have no choice."

"I mean you don't have to take us back," Marshall claimed hearing Ethan's resentful tone. He knew that Ethan had absolutely no part in this and didn't want any part in it either. Marshall noticed that it was no longer early in the night and rather early in the morning, "How long have we been going for?"

"Ever since you went to sleep," Ethan said yawning and slumping over onto the wheel of the boat. Marshall put his paws on the side of the boat and peaked over. Absolutely nothing but the vast ocean surrounded them. Skye, who Marshall previously thought was in the middle of a deep sleep, stood up panting and looking around herself frantically. She had just awoken from a nightmare and appeared to be bewildered as she figured out where she was. In her moment of panic she also happened to wake Rubble up.

"Skye, are you alright?" Marshall asked helping his friend stay on her feet. Skye recollected herself and took several deep breaths before finally coming back to her senses.

"I'm fine," she stated firmly after a moment. Skye tried to act as if nothing was wrong.

"Well you aren't acting like it," Rubble remarked drowsily, rubbing his head after stood up awoken from his sleep prematurely.

"I think someone was having a bad dream," Ethan suggested mockingly.

"What? No I wasn't!" Skye exclaimed. She marched towards Ethan, who was smirking at his own remark.

"Alright how about everyone just calms down," Marshall proposed trying to break the tension.

"Calm down? Yesterday I met a talking turtle and saw him swing a magic stick in the air and turn a flying man to ash. Then he forced me here and put me on a boat telling me to just keep going forward! You guys are telling me you don't see anything wrong with this?" Ethan shouted in anger. Seeing the shocked yet understanding expressions on the three pups faces caused him to realize how he was acting.

"You're right," Skye admitted as she lied down on the cold and slightly damp metal floor, "Maybe we should just try to collect ourselves. After all, we are all stuck on this boat with each other until we can find land."

"Look I am sorry it's just, I am a little confused on everything that is happening right now," Ethan apologized as he took a deep breath. Everyone went silent for a moment while they all quietly thought to themselves. Rubble was just trying to stay quiet in the corner of the boat while Marshall and Skye tried to figure out what to do next. All of their surroundings suggested that there was absolutely no dry land around them for miles. Both the pups and Ethan were hungry and just as confused as each other. They were all torn on whether to continue heading off into the unknown or turn back to a place where there at least something they could live on. Nobody knew what to say to each other and they decided to stay quiet as they zoomed through the endless ocean.


"Well that was an interesting story," Rocky admitted staring at Shrek with a blank face. Zuma sat next to him completely stunned not saying a word.

"At Least you now understand what is happening," Shrek claimed letting out a breath of exhaustion from his long explanation.

"Hold on…" Rocky thought for a moment about Shrek's story. He made sure that he listened to each and every word very carefully trying to piece together everything that was happening, "You said that Shaggy's only goal here is to kill?" Rocky asked as he pondered on the past few encounters that faced him.

"Yes," Shrek replied, though he also noticed that something might have been off in his story.

"If that is the case then what is he doing at Adventure Bay and that island. If these fragments are meant to kill him, why is he trying to get them?"

Shrek thought about what Rocky said for a few moments. His view on Shaggy was so clouded by the past that plagued him that he couldn't see any humanity in him. An idea came into his mind, "These fragments, are not necessarily made for the soul purpose of killing Shaggy. They are incredibly powerful, therefore people assume they were made to stop him. It is not proven however. The Shaggy that is currently standing in our way doesn't hold the same power as the original, so is it that hard to assume he also wants the fragments for himself?"

"Maybe we could find a more rational-"

"No listen to me," Shrek contended raising his voice, "Shaggy took away everything that I loved, that I held onto dearly. You think that there is rationalizing someone who has killed millions for no reason?" Shrek's voice caused Rocky and Zuma to tremble. Chase was awoken by the roaring thunder of the Ogre's shout.

"I'm just saying-"

"How would you feel if you lost that which you love? Would you hide away and cower in fear, or seek vengeance for those lost? Would you never accept the fact that they are gone and never move on? Because that is what I did for the longest time."

"Look. I don't have any say in what Shaggy is or what he is trying to do. I was just trying to think of some sort of reason, when he clearly does not have one. I'm sorry," Rocky apologized as he and Zuma cowered below the mighty ogre.

"What is going on here?" Chase inquired from behind them. Rocky and Zuma spun around as Shrek calmed himself down.

"Sorry I got a little carried away there," Shrek admitted taking a few deep breaths, "Anyway we should keep focus on where we are heading," he said facing the front of the boat into the sea. There was still nothing around them as far as the eye could see.

"What about that sword? I think we figure out what it does before we try and use it to our advantage," Rocky advised. The fragment was still pulsing in the blade and the left slot was still flashing green.

"That is probably a good idea," Chase added taking notice of what the sword was doing.

"Let's see here then," Shrek said as he stopped the boat momentarily to test the fragments powers. He raised the sword into the air and inspecting it. The tip of the blade was aimed into the clear blue sky as low rumbling began deep below them. The fragment began to glow brighter than it ever had before.

"Does anyone hear that?" Chase asked picking up on it first. Everyone else started to take notice and looked down at their feet. The rumbling grew louder and more fierce.

"Maybe you should put it down!" Rocky suggested as panic struck all of them. Shrek tried with all his might but something inside of him would not let him lower the blade. The rumbling peaked as the tip of a rock emerged from the ocean a little distance away from them. The rock grew bigger and bigger until eventually it expanded into a mountain. Everyone's jaw dropped and their eyes went wide.

"Dude!" Zuma shouted in excitement. His tail began wagging at ever increasing speeds. Rocky was still captivated by what he was seeing. Chase shook his head to see if he was still in reality. Shrek finally was able to put the sword to his side at which point the mountain ceased in its expansion.

"Did… Did you just raise that from the bottom of the ocean?" Rocky asked staring at the newly formed landmass towering over him. Water poured down its sides causing water to splash onto the side of the boat.

"I think so," Shrek said. He pointed the tip of the blade at the peak of the mountain. More rumbling transpired while more rocky formations emerged from the sea. A pathway to the base of the mountain was created right before their very eyes.

"I thought that was the fragment of life?" Chase commented as he watched more and more landmass surfaced from the depths of the ocean.

"Well that is what I thought. Perhaps there is more to this thing than I thought," Shrek claimed admiring the sword and its newfound power.

"Awesome!" Zuma shrieked as he jumped out of the boat and onto the stone.

"Zuma wait!" Rocky yelled trying to stop him, it was too late. Zuma started to trot along the damp and cold land. Shrek swung the sword in a circle around the pathway creating an arch of stone above it, "That thing seems to be less of the fragment of life and more of creation," Rocky observed as Shrek created several more arches above Zuma, who watched in awe.

"I think you're right," Shrek said smiling with glee; excited to see that the fragment was so much more than he anticipated, "Why don't you two go join him on there?" he asked as he watched the Chocolate lab jump around in joy.

"Water isn't really my thing, " Rocky began to tell Shrek, "And I am not sure that it is safe."

"I'll check it out," Chase announced jumping out of the boat and onto the stone. Rocky watched helplessly as the German shepherd caught up to Zuma nearing the base of the mountain.

"A pup who doesn't like water? I have never heard of that before," Shrek said pondering why a dog would dislike water.

"More of afraid than dislike in all honesty," Rocky confessed staring down into the water, endless thoughts of his past cycling through his mind.

"Why?" Shrek asked taking a note of Rocky's now blank face.

"Just a… Some things that happened in the past that I never managed to overcome now," Rocky said trying to clear his mind.

"Oh…" Shrek said as he realized what he had brought into Rocky's mind. Shrek began to think of his past and how it affected him. For a second, the two just sat there lost in their own minds.

Rocky shook his head and was brought back to his senses, "Yep there are just some things that can never change I guess. I mean every single one of us pups have experienced something similar to each other. It's kind of the reason that we came together in the first place." Shrek stared down at the pup. He looked sad, but also happy at the same time. He raised his hand attempting to comfort him, but his own thoughts made him need some comforting of his own. The two lost souls just sat there motionless, pondering on their lives.

"Shrek!" a voice called out. They broke away from their thoughts and looked up. Chase and Zuma were standing in front of the mountain staring back at them, "Can you do more with that sword?" Chase asked having no where else to explore.

"Let's see," Shrek said standing back up. He aimed the sword at the mountain and swung it around it. A spiral of rocks started to form around it. Each time Shrek used the sword Zuma became more and more excited. Chase and Rocky couldn't help but become a little excited as well. Seeing things pop into existence from nowhere was extraordinary. Zuma's tail wagged even faster as Shrek stopped creating the spiral around the mountain. He began his ascent to the mountaintop with Chase trailing slowly behind.

"How are you even working that thing?" Rocky asked a proud looking Shrek, who still admired the sword every time he used it.

"I don't really know it just kind of… Works. I don't even know if I have to swing it around to get to work, but it seems to help me focus this thing." Shrek raised the sword into the air once more. He started to swing it around in a circle slicing through the air. He turned around to face away from Chase and Zuma and into the empty ocean. In the sky, a large boulder was forming from thin air. The more Shrek swung the sword the larger it grew. If it weren't for the fact that it hovered a long distance away from them its size would have been large enough to crush both the boat and the mountain.

"Maybe you should stop," Rocky suggested becoming concerned at the ever increasing size of the boulder, "That thing is large enough already."

"Wait, I want to see if this thing has its limits," Shrek stated still continuing the same swinging routine. Rocky's fears only grew as the boulder grew. It appeared to be getting larger than the entirety of the horizon. Shrek started to struggle keeping the sword in the air.

"Alright that is getting concerningly large!" Rocky shouted backing into the side of the boat. Shrek finally stopped lowering the sword to his side, panting heavily and quickly. The boulder fell down into the sea, a massive wave of water coming from underneath it. Shrek and Rocky braced for impact as the wave approached them quickly. It struck the side of the boat with such a force that it nearly flipped it over. A large portion of water drenched the two as they tried to get back on their feet.

"Come on!" Rocky shouted shaking the water off. He looked down at his paw now soaked in water and sighed.

"Sorry, I didn't think it could get that big," Shrek said as he watched his creation sink into the sea. It disappeared from sight rather quickly, "That was a lot harder than it looked, I think if I had more energy that thing could have grown larger than the earth," Shrek claimed. He looked down at the sword once more, the glowing orange fragment within it still shining orange.

Rocky noticed that the glowing green slot seemed to be glowing brighter than before, "Hey, is it just me or is that thing glowing brighter?" he asked Shrek who also caught onto it.

"It appears so…" he replied as he started to look around him. He didn't know exactly what he was looking for, but he felt as if there was something else around him.

"What's up!" Zuma shouted from the top of the mountain. Shrek and Rocky turned to face him. When they saw him they both looked at each other with the same face. Chase appeared behind him a few moments later, appearing exhausted. Something caught Chase and Zuma's attention. The two of them turned around into what they thought was an ocean devoid of anything. A small gray object was coming towards them at high speeds. It took them a few moments to realize what it was. The two squinted seeing something moving around inside of it. Three small pups standing next to a larger boy were all looking up at them. The two both looked at each other as they both figured out what was going on.

"What is happening up there you two!" Shrek shouted, his thunderous voice echoed throughout the ocean. The two didn't respond and seemed to be in some sort of daze. They started to descend down the mountain and come back to the boat. Their rapid movements made Shrek and Rocky realize that they must have seen something noteworthy that caused them to run down. Eventually they reached the pathway leading up to the mountain and ran back towards the boat. They arrived exhausted and out of breath.

"What happened, what did you see?" Rocky asked in a panic. Shrek stayed on alert thinking that there was something of trouble coming. The timing of the sword's ever growing sound and the two pups running down the mountain in a panic seemed to conspicuous to not take note of.

Chase took a moment to catch his breath before responding. "Marshall, Skye and Rubble!" Chase exclaimed sounding both shocked and excited.

"What?" Rocky gasped in shock, not believing a word that was said, though he wanted to.

"We saw them!" Zuma shouted in glee. He was filled with joy and didn't understand the confusing circumstances that were taking place. The sound of an engine rumbling started to grow louder from the other side of the mountain. Everyone stopped their chattering and only listened to the sounds in the air. A boat came into sight. Anticipation built up in all of them as it inched closer. The familiar faces of three pups were all hanging over the edge of the boat. A tall boy with glasses was driving it; he looked the most confused out of anyone.

"Who are they?" Shrek asked the three pups that stood next to him.

"Our friends!" Zuma said in delight. The boat stopped right next to them, no one said a word as they all stared at each other. Ethan stepped down from the wheel as he stared in shock at the large green ogre. Everyone was stuck gazing at each other, trying to verify if what they were seeing was real.

"Uh…" Chase mumbled staring down at the wide pink eyes of a cockapoo.

"Chase?" Skye whispered staring back up at him, a smile coming to her face.

"I was so worried-" he declared before being tackled onto his side by several more pups. Every pup jumped onto each other with their tails wagging.

Ethan slowly walked up the mighty ogre that was looking down at the pups smiling, "Uh… Hi there what are… Who are you?" he asked trying to figure out what he was looking at. Though he had his whole world changed the day before, he still was shocked to see something unearthly.

"I'm Shrek. Don't worry, I am an ogre and we ogre's are friendly," Shrek said raising his hand to give Ethan a handshake. Ethan hesitantly raised his and placed it in the large green palm. His hand couldn't managed to even reach around Shrek's. Shrek gently grabbed it and shook it up and down.

"What is happening here?" Ethan asked still keeping his eyes locked on Shrek's face. The pups were all still reuniting with each other. Ethan nearly didn't even notice the mustached sword in Shrek's hands.

"The pups are happy to see each other," Shrek answered giving a soft chuckle.

"No I meant what is happening in this whole situation. I mean you are holding a strange orange sword there, with a glowing orange fragment within it. It sounds like a heart is beating inside of it and-"

"There is a lot of things going on right now," Shrek remarked, "This is the Lorax sword. This orange orb here is a fragment of life… Actually I would say fragment of creation." Shrek pointed the sword at the tip of the mountain. A single tree sprouted from it that Ethan had never seen before.

"It makes trees?" Ethan observed looking at the strange tree. It had white-and-black striped bark and a large pink tuft at the top, which looked like it would be the perfect material for clothing.

"It can do way more than that. It created all that land right there," Shrek claimed admiring the newly formed mass.

"That thing made matter from nothing? I thought that was impossible," Ethan said readjusting his glasses. Despite everything that was happening he still tried to think of the situation logically. Everything was falling apart.

Rocky stepped away from all of the pups chattering with each other, talking about everything that had happened and what they had seen. Rocky was far more interested in how they managed to find the other three pups in what he assumed was the middle of the ocean. He walked up to Ethan, "You are talking to a green ogre who is holding a sword with a mustache that can create rocks, I think that what we thought was impossible is no longer that." He interjected into their conversation.

Ethan nodded in agreement before changing the subject, "You must be Rocky," he said kneeling down onto one knee, "I'm Ethan Humphries, I was kind of thrown into this whole situation in the strangest way," he claimed as he lowered his hand down to Rocky indicating that he was giving a handshake.

Rocky placed his paw into the boy's hand and shook it, "We all were kind of thrown into this whole situation... " he paused for a moment remembering how he even ended up here, "I mean literally thrown into this."

"I guess that explains some things," Ethan joked looking at Marshall and Skye, who were both talking to Chase.

"What do you mean?" Rocky asked noting where Ethan looked to.

"Oh I found them in the middle of a city where I come from. I may have accidentally walked into one of them," he said glancing over at Marshall, who was listening to the conversation.

Marshall broke away from Chase and Skye and walked over to them, "I think it was more of a kick," he added giving a smug grin to Ethan.

"Well it was all just an accident," Ethan assured, "Anyways since we are all here together what is next?" he asked looking up at Shrek, who he assumed was the most knowledgeable of the circumstances.

"Next we go to Adventure Bay and kill Shaggy," Shrek said raising the sword into the air once more and practicing his swing. He didn't try and create anything this time.

"Wait hold on Shaggy was killed though," Ethan replied becoming more confused as thousands of questions filled his mind.

"What?" Shrek asked in bewilderment, "When and where?"

"Back where I came from. It happened last night," he answered wondering why Shrek sounded and appeared so confused.

"Impossible, he attacked us back at Ogre Island last night. Judging by the direction in which you were coming from it would be impossible for him to be at those two locations in one single night," he pointed out.

"Ogre Island? Where is that?" Ethan asked. Everyone had stopped talking to each other and joined in on the conversation. They all looked at each other with the same confused look. Each one of them were wondering who was telling the truth, or if anything that was said was true.

"Way back behind where we are right now. It is where Shaggy had attacked us and for all I know he never left it," Shrek insisted as he started to question what was happening.

"Honestly I am more confused on how we ended up finding each other all the way out here," Rocky declared trying to find some grounding in the conversation.

"Well we were told that if we continued to go straight we would find what we were looking for," Ethan said thinking about what Oogway had told him the night before.

"And who told you that?" Chase asked trying to stay on top of the conversation.

"Um… A strange old talking turtle," Ethan said trying not to laugh at just how silly that sounded. Something about him saying those words made the whole situation a little lighter to him.

"What?" Shrek asked firmly. Everyone stopped to face the Ogre who's face had gone completely blank. His thoughts started to drift away from everything that was happening and he only thought about what Ethan had just said.

"A talking turtle-"

"What was his name?" Shrek asked as he stepped directly in front of Ethan's face. Ethan was taken aback from his actions. Only Rocky had ever seen Shrek act so serious and intimidating.

"His name was Oogway." Marshall said stepping in. Shrek eyes went wide and he nearly fell onto the ground taking a few steps back. Everyone looked at each other trying to figure out if the had said something wrong. Shrek began to process the words in his brain, his surroundings disappeared around him as he fell into his own mind.

"Are you alright?" Skye asked seeing how sick Shrek appeared, as he fell onto the ground nearly fainting. His entire past flashed back in his head, images of what once was replaced what he perceived as reality. Everybody was trying to help and crowding around him, trying to figure out what was going on. After a few more moments of panic Shrek's head finally snapped back into reality. He sat up quickly and breathed heavily, looking around him as if he did not know where he was.

"Shrek what happened?" Chase asked making sure that Shrek was stabilized once more. He patted the Ogre's leg with his paw which seemed to help him calm down. Shrek didn't respond, he appeared as if he was in some sort of trance-like state.

"That was… Not normal," Shrek finally responded. Before anyone could inquire on anything else he continued, "Something is wrong, where is Oogway?" he asked standing up and picking the Lorax sword that he dropped on the ground. Nobody took notice that it had stopped making the noise, which actually stopped quite a while ago.

"Oogway is back that way," Ethan responded pointing in the direction that they came from. A sudden realization came to him when he remembered that he only came from where Oogway left him, not the actual city itself. He did not want to make things more problematic and said nothing more.

"We must go there, now," Shrek stated turning the boat on once more. Everyone started looking at each other wondering what was going on.

"Hold on," Chase declared trying to keep everything organized, "What happened to getting back to Adventure Bay?" he asked as he knew that something in Shrek had caused him to change the plan.

"This is more important," Shrek answered as he pressed a few buttons and got the boat ready. He was not letting anyone intervene with what he was doing and ignored what everyone was trying to say.

"Wait!" Rocky shouted bringing all the attention onto him, "We have two boats, how about we go back to Adventure Bay and you can go do what you need to do, then come back to us."

"I need to go get back to my home anyway. And also I need to get my book," Ethan noted remembering how he left outside of the store. At least what he thought was just a store. He also noted that his book had probably been stolen.

"Wasn't Shaggy at Adventure Bay? Won't he still be there?" Rubble asked barely understanding anything that was happening. All he wanted was to get back home safely and forget everything that happened.

"From everything we know he shouldn't be. If he is we just keep our heads down," Rocky suggested, though he was unsure what would be safer. Heading to a well populated city, or back to Adventure Bay where Shaggy was still potentially lurking. Everyone's story contradicted each other, no one knew where anything was.

Zuma stepped up next to him, "I just wanna get home," he said, the previous day and night had taken a toll on his mind.

"None of you pups have to come with me," Shrek said hopping into the other boat and preparing it.

"No, I will come with you," Chase claimed joining him in the other boat. All of the pups were surprised to hear this, "I need to see what Shrek is talking about, and I can't rest knowing that Shaggy is still out there."

"I'm coming with you," Skye said stepping into the other boat, "Someone needs to stop you from getting into any trouble."

"What trouble? W-wait hold on you-"

"I'm coming with you," she insisted not taking no for an answer. Chase knew not to try and argue against it and decided it would be best to just let her come.

"Alright fine. Anyone else?" Chase asked looking at the rest of the pups. Marshall let out a sigh and joined them in the boat, not saying anything but not wanting to have the constant worry of them not coming back.

"Is that all?" Shrek asked impatient waiting for everyone to be settled on what they want. No one said anything more and he continued, "Alright, we should not be long. Return to Adventure Bay and remember, if you see Shaggy do not engage with him, and definitely avoid him at all costs," Shrek recommended, ready to get going as soon as possible.

Before he could press the button Rocky had one last question, "How does this boat work and where are we going?"

Shrek sighed and got back into his boat. He pressed a few buttons and then pointed at one of them, "Press this button and it will take you to where you need to go." He got back into the boat and after pressing one final thing the boat took off down the ocean. Rocky, Zuma and Rubble were left to ponder what they had just experienced.

"Alright… I hope what he said was true," Rocky muttered under his breath. He pushed the button that Shrek had indicated to and the boat suddenly began to move and turn on it's own. Rocky was surprised to see something like it, though he had no idea if it was actually heading in the direction they needed to go.

"Are we going home?" Rubble asked as the entire encounter had gone over his head.

"I think so," Zuma said with his tail wagging happily once more. All of them laid down trying to get as much rest as they could before they arrived at wherever they were going. The ocean was still vast and endless around them, it was oddly peaceful being in the middle of the sea without anything around you. With one final sigh they all laid in anticipation on what would happen next.