Chapter Ten
Party Down
Fiona had gone off with her friends for the weekend. Ambris and her sister were left with their father for the entire weekend. But Ambris's father had a pretty good idea on how to have some fun while his wife was away. "We're having a party! A really wild, out of control craze fest." He told Ambris. The two were immersed in their plans. Marrina watched as they got into the carriage and went to the store. They bought a lot of food but lots and lots of alcohol. Ambris was laughing at this. "Won't Mom be mad if we drink a lot of beer? I am only thirteen, you know." He said to him. He gave him a look. "Don't worry Am. Your mother won't find out unless she finds out." He told him calmly. Snowgre had seen the stuff in the trolley and was curious. "We're throwing a party seeing as Fiona's away with her friends. You can come if you want." Shrek said to him. He smiled broadly at this. "Thanks. I'll be there." He said to him as he left the store. Ambris saw Icyius waiting for him when he got home. "What's up with you?" he asked him when they were in his bedroom. "Is it true what I heard? Your Dad's throwing a party here seeing your Mom's not here." He told him. Ambris rolled his eyes at this.
"Yes it's true and I can probably tell what you're thinking." He said as he sat on the bed. "What am I thinking then?" Icyius said. "You're thinking about inviting the entire student body here, aren't you?" he said slyly. " You're right about that. I figured that…" he told him quietly. "You're trying to score a lady of your own, aren't you and you thought the party's a perfect time to do that, isn't that right?" Ambris said to him worried. But Icyius had something up his sleeve. He had gotten some ogre drugs from a relative and was planning to spike the punch with them and make his move. "Good plan senor but I'm going to be spiking it too with a little surprise of my own!" Puss told him silently. "Yeah but the cops took away your catnip. How did you get more?" he asked him. Puss smiled at this. "My ex prison buddy Sarmoti sent me some more. But I've been hiding it from the boss in case it gets taken from me again." He explained calmly. Icyius smiled at this. "Smooth, very smooth my feline amigo." He said to him laughing wildly. He then went to get changed and get his Djing decks for the party. He laughed at the thought of how much fun he was going to have once he'd spiked the punch and everybody weren't acting like himself or herself. He grabbed something from under his pillow. It was a bottle of blue liquid. He hid it in his coat pocket so his father wouldn't find it. Puss then went over to the punch bowl and waited until nobody was looking. He then pulled out a package of something from under his cape. He put the contents of it into the punch and mixed it so nobody could tell. "Let the freak out fiesta begin!" he said quietly in an evil tone. Icyius was setting up the DJ stuff for the party. He then went over to the punch bowl and brought out the bottle. Inside it were Wacca Drops. It was an illegal ogre drug. It messed up an ogre teen's head pretty badly when taken. He watched as the punch turned blue. "Perfect! This party's going to rock!" he thought as he got rid of the evidence. Snowgre then noticed something was wrong with the punch. "I think someone spiked the punch!" he told Shrek. He looked worse at this. "With what?" he said. He looked at the punch. "It's been spiked alright with Wacca Drops and something that smells like… catnip! We'd better get rid of it quick!" he said as he drank the entire bowl. Marrina wondered why her father had done that for. "It was the only way to get rid of it before anyone drank it." He told her in a slurred voice. Snowgre laughed at this. He saw him faint on the floor and throw up. Icyius watched this with glee. "Hey Am check out your Dad! He's wasted!" he said happily. Ambris wondered what was going on. He saw Puss stumbling around and realised what had happened. "He and you spiked the punch, didn't you but my Dad stopped it before anyone drank it." He said to him angrily. "Yeah but the party would rock when they drank it!" he told him laughing hysterically. Ambris then went out to get some fresh air. He couldn't take much more of this. He then saw Kara show up and smiled. "Hey Ambris how're you feeling? I heard you talking to your friend a minute ago. That was cool. Do you want to get out of here?" she asked him.
"Sure. It's better than what's happening here." He said to her as they started walking through the forest. They were holding hands. The stars had just come out in the sky and everything was feeling right. He hoped his Mom wouldn't be mad if the place was a mess when she got back. Kara and him were lying under a tree in each other's arms. She kissed him on the lips. "I love you. You are unlike any guy I've ever met." She told him. He blushed. "Thanks. I think you're beautiful too." He told her as he kissed her. They fell into sleep's loving grace knowing they were right for each other.