Ch 25
Fiona was feeling odd as she got up and went into the living room. Her husband was still asleep and it hurt. She'd had a weird dream. She and Shrek were in the swamp but suddenly a black fog overcast them and her brave husband vanished. A creature then appeared with glowing red eyes and blackened eyes. It had blue lips and sharp finger nails. A drop of blood fell from her mouth revealing sharp fangs. This made her shudder as she woke up. But her brave knight was now in the spirit world and could never wake up. She felt sadness as she touched his face. It hurt her.
Harold could see how much this was hurting her. He came to see her. He could feel something stirring in his daughter's heart. It would bring something bad upon the family. "I'm sorry. I know how much you loved him. I'm sure he'll remember you in the spirit world. " he told her but she just hugged her one true love's body and felt that weird feeling. Harold then got nervous. He disappeared back to the spirit world. Fiona then felt her head ache and clutched it in her hands. "You can help him you know. All you have to do is let me out Fiona, then I can make you feel so much better." A woman's voice said to her. "What do you mean? I… don't know who you are." Fiona told her. "I'm a part of you. I've been inside you ever since you were born Fiona. Your father thinks you'll heal because your dear , precious husband left. He's wrong, so very wrong. It's just hurting you inside and out. Isn't it? " it told her quietly.
Suddenly Fiona felt pain throb as she began to change. Her eyes glowed with the red of fury and her skin became paler than ever. Her teeth became fangs, sharp enough to bite into flesh. After it was done, she felt different. "How do you feel Fiona?" she heard the voice ask her. "Better. I feel good." She told it. "Excellent! Now we must go!" it replied to her. "G…Go where?" Fiona asked curiously. "To the darkness of the spirit world, that's all." It explained. She perked up at this. She then looked at her shoulders and saw bat like wings sprout from them. She was amazed as she took off into the air and vanished through a portal.
But in the Cloudy Kingdom, Shrek was lost in thought of his home but more so of Fiona. He knew she would be feeling bad because of this but he'd told her not to worry. He then saw his mother approach him. "You're thinking about them, especially your wife, aren't you?" she said to him. He nodded quietly as she sat down beside him. "It must hurt having to leave her and the family behind but I'm sure you'll be together again here." She told him. He shook his head at that. "I don't know. I… feel that something's happening to her, something bad that's telling her to do wrong and I'm afraid. She means the world to me, you know." He said. "Yes honey I know." She replied.
But she saw tears run down his face at the thought of his wife being a force of evil. "Please don't let what I'm thinking be true. I couldn't bear to see her doing wrong just to heal. But I hope.. I'm wrong." He thought as he stared into space. His mother then walked off. He then smiled at the memory of how his wife had helped save his skin from being slayed by Charming. "Oh Fiona. If only you know how much I miss you. I wish you were here with me. That way my heart wouldn't hurt so much." He thought as he closed his eyes… Suddenly he saw Fiona appear before him. His heart leaped with joy at this.
"I'm so glad you're here! I haven't felt the same since we were parted. Y... You look a little different. Did you lose weight?" he said to her as he kissed her. He winced as his tongue rubbed against her new fangs. "What happened to you?" he asked her worriedly. "What do you mean honey? I'm still me." she said to him. He looked in her eyes. They glowed red at him. This worried him deeply. She hissed as she came towards him. But she was hit by a club that his father was holding. "Get away from her son!" he said to him. "I can't! I've got to help her!" Shrek told him. His mother looked at him gravely. "She isn't the same any more." she told him. "What do you mean Mom? Of course she's still her." he said. "She's not honey. The Darkness is ontrolling her and changing her. " she explained to him. "Into what? Please Mom, I've got to know!" he told her. She sighed deeply before going on. "Into a fearsome queen of evil." she replied sadly. He watched as his father was fighting her but couldn't believe this was happening. He then ran into the fray. "Fiona stop! It's me your True Love. I know you're angry at me for leaving but it wasn't my fault. My Mom says something called the Darkness is controlling ya, turning you into a queen of unspeakable evil but I can't let ya. It would hurt me too much. I know you don't want to hurt me or my parents. I know it. Please get rid of the Darkness or it'll destroy everything we built." he told her bravely. A tear ran down her cheek. "What're you doing? Finish him!" the voice hissed at her. "No! I won't let you harm him! I... I want to be happy and heal. Too many times I've hurt because those I loved were taken away from me but now I can preserve them within me and there's nothing you can do about it!" she said.
Suddenly she changed back to normal. Shrek hugged her warmly. He was relieved to have the woman he cared about back with him. She then saw his parents approach her and was nervous. "Look I'm sorry if I hurt anyone or anything." she said to them. But they smiled warmly at her. "It's alright. We knew it wasn't your fault. But you managed to save yourself. You have something to decide. You can go back to the swamp and live the rest of your life... or you could stay here and be with your beloved forever." they told her. She kissed Shrek at that. Hehoped she'd choose what was right for her...