Chapter Eleven
Changes
Ambris was acting really strange at the minute. He had white foundation on his face, black lipstick on his lips and wore dark clothes. He also was listening to a lot of rock and heavy metal recently. Fiona was worried for him because he was skipping his meals and stuff. He had become a semi ogre Goth but wasn't evil. He just really liked the style. He wasn't eating much because his adult teeth were coming up and it hurt to eat a lot. Shrek understood that but was worried for his son because he locked himself in his room and listened to music or played the electric guitar and came out for dinner. He hoped Icyius wasn't like this. He sighed as Ambris came back from school. He then went to get his bag with his wallet in it. "Where're you going?" he said to him worriedly but he tried not to let the worry show. "Icyius and I are going to the mall for a while. Is that okay?" he told him in a drawl. He sighed at this. "Yes go if you must. You know Am, we miss you." He told him sadly. "What do you mean by that?" Ambris asked him. "Nothing. Go have fun with your friends." He said to the teen. But Ambris had heard a tone of sadness in his Dad's voice. He shook the thoughts out of his mind as he and Icyius drove to the mall.
They then came to a Goth jewellery store. They smiled as they went in. Icyius got a few leather straps for his arms but he saw his friend looking at the earrings with passion in his brown eyes. "You like them, don't you? Do you have your ears pierced?" he said to him calmly. "Yes I like them and no I haven't got them pierced." He said. They got a crazy idea as they looked at other ones. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Icyius asked him curiously. "Oh yeah! Let's do it!" Ambris told him excitedly. Later they walked out of there with their ears and navels pierced. Ambris had guitar studs in his ears and a skull one in his navel. He couldn't wait for high school the next day. But they didn't count on their parents. Ambris knew his Dad would understand. But when he came home, his Mom was freaked. "Ambris why? We told you that it wasn't good to get your navel pierced. I don't want to be around when your father sees this. He'll be really disappointed. He's been really sad because you changed into somebody we don't know." She said to him firmly. Marrina was in her room on the computer. She knew Ambris got his ears pierced because she'd heard him and Icyius talk about it at lunch. She hoped their father wouldn't be that mad at him. He was out working on something important to him. Fiona then sighed as Icyius showed up at the swamp. She noticed he'd gotten his ears pierced as well as his navel. "Did your father get mad because you did this?" she said to him. "No. He liked them. He's getting his done. Besides it's like freedom of speech only it's for your body." He told her. Ambris laughed at this. They went up to his room. Fiona knew Icyius's father was liberal about what his son could and couldn't do but she and her husband… weren't like that. They needed to keep Ambris safe until he was mature enough to have his own life. She heard guitar music come from Ambris's room and shook her head. She wondered if high school was the reason for the changes in him. Maybe he shouldn't go there for a while. But she needed to talk about it with Shrek. She hoped it wouldn't come to that. She knew how much he liked it there. She then saw her husband come in. He seemed in a good mood. "Where's Ambris? I need to talk to him." He said to her. She sighed before going on. "He's in his room with Icyius. I need to talk with you about Ambris. He…. Got his ears and navel pierced. I'm worried for him. He's drifting away from us every day." She told him. He was very upset about this. He decided the three of them needed to talk alone later about this stuff and what Fiona was thinking about doing. He hoped himself they wouldn't have to do it but if it would bring him back, then he'd do it. He watched as Icyius left and they set the table for dinner. Ambris only ate a little because of his teeth problem. He got up to leave. "Ambris we need to talk. Your Mom told me about the piercing thing. I'm very worried for you as well as your mother. We don't know why you're being like this. I understand the eating thing because of your adult teeth but the Goth thing and this, it's freaking me out." He told him. " It's the style so deal with it. Besides Icyius got it done too and his Dad doesn't care about it. He thinks it's cool." Ambris told him coolly. Fiona watched as the blood vessels on her husbands's head popped. "I think you… shouldn't go to high school for a while." Fiona said to him. Suddenly Ambris took off to his room and locked the door. He was furious at them for doing this. He then got an idea but it was risky. He got his back pack and filled it with his personal stuff. He then climbed out the window and snuck off into the forest. He'd decided to run away seeing as his parents were being like this. He then found an empty cave and went into it. He lit a small fire in it for himself but made sure nobody would see it. Fiona saw her husband in Ambris's room. He seemed upset about something as he sat on his son's bed. "What's wrong?" she asked him calmly. "He's gone and it's… it's my fault. I yelled at him and now… he ran off somewhere where we can't find him. What if he's in danger or hurt? Could we live with that?" he said to her. There was an essence of fear in his voice. She then sat down beside him. "Don't worry honey, I'm sure he's fine. He is like you, you know. He's just angry at us. When he calms down, he'll come back." She said soothingly. He walked out of the room silently. He hoped she was right. Out of the two, Ambris was his fave but recently things had been strained between them and it was like he didn't know him anymore. Icyius had overheard his uncle tell his Dad about Ambris. He wanted to go search for him but maybe it wasn't a good idea in case his friend wanted to stay hidden.
He wondered why Ambris's parents were angry at him. Snowgre had explained to him that they'd just had a fight and Ambris needed some time to cool off but Icyius didn't believe that…