Fiona thought about what Shrek had told her. She wasn't sure what to think of it. The ball was in a few short hours and it almost felt like things were being turned upside down. She thought that she could get use to her father not liking her and Shrek's form but she thought Shrek loved being an ogre.

She knew that he was doing this for her and it was a tough choice. She wouldn't lie. She liked being human. When she was cursed and saw her cursed form for the first time, she was disgusted. She always had been until she found Shrek. Soon, being an ogre didn't matter because she had her True Love and they were together.

She was so deep in thought that Fiona didn't realized that she had walked into the palor where her father was sitting.

"Father," She asked. "Are you okay?"

"Oh, yes sweetheart. Just thinking."

"About what?"

Harold didn't reply. He wasn't sure what to say. He didn't want to admit that having the ball tonight because of the certain circumstances were his doing but he figured his daughter knew that by now. There was an issue he had that he was somewhat reluctant to admit.

"Do you love him?"

Fiona blinked. She didn't expect her father to ask that. He was distant with them, even after becoming human. She wondered if he was feeling guilty.

"What?" Fiona asked.

"Shrek. You love him, right?"

"Yes. Very much."

"As your father, I must ask. You don't really seem happy right now." Harold said.

"I know. I should be. We're human and we're having a ball to celebrate our marriage. But I'm not happy." Fiona told her father.

"Why not?"

"Because we're human." She said.

Harold didn't say anything. He didn't need to. Although he was never thrilled with his daughter's appearance from her husband, he understood. He remembered his past and realized how the situation was almost the same. He supposed he shouldn't hate how his daughter was an ogre. She was happy. That was all that mattered, right?

"You don't want to be?" He asked his daughter.

"All I want is Shrek." She weakly smiled. She didn't want to go to this ball if she and her husband couldn't be themselves.

Making her mind up, Fiona left to find her husband.

Not long after his daughter left, Harold was shocked when a blue light appeared in front of him. He was shocked to see the light turn into the form of a human, or at least a small human with wings. He realized it was a fairy and wondered what she wanted. He felt that he didn't really get a good end the last time he dealt with a fairy and he didn't feel like dealing with this one.

"Hello King Harold." The fairy said. "I am Blue."

"Hello," Harold hesitantly said.

"I am here to talk to you about your situation."

"My situation?" He asked.

"Your daughter and her husband."

"Oh, yes. Them." He said. "What about it?"

"I know that they took a potion to become human but you must be warned. If you truly care about your daughter, you must not let them remain human."

"What? Why not?" Not that Harold was going to let them. After all, if his daughter was happiest being an ogre with her True Love, then fine. But how was he going to change it? Perhaps-

"The potion was given to them by the Dark One."

"Yes I know. I called him here to help me."

"May I ask why? He is not a good person. He only cares about himself and no one else. No one ever ends well when a deal is made with him." Blue said.

"Well, I didn't really make a deal with him." Harold said. "When my daughter arrived as an ogre, I had called on him. I had wanted to get rid of the ogre and turn her back into a human."

"And she will be."

"But she is now. They both are."

"But not for long." Blue said.

"I don't understand."

Blue then explained to the king telling him the same story she had told Shrek. She only hoped that the king would listen too. If she could get the king against the Dark One as well, then she could possibly get rid of him. At least for a while.

"What?!" The king cried.

He quickly left to find Shrek and Rumplestiltskin without another word to the fairy. He had to save his daughter, realizing her being happy was more important than how she looked. He made a mistake and he was going to fix it.

However, before he could get far, he was informed that it was an hour before the ball. As a king, he had to keep things going. He left to prepare for the ball, hoping it would not be a disaster.

Time was going by fast and the ball was only thirty minutes away and Belle and Rumple had made it back to the room. While Belle was excited for the ball, Rumple was indifferent. He didn't think this ball would be different from others. Despite that they were guest, he had no intention of dancing.

"I have to go." He said, having heard his name being yelled.

"What?" Belle said.

"Business." He simply replied.

"Oh." Rumple saw that his maid's face fell a little with his answer. He wondered if it was possible that Belle was wanting him to go with her It wasn't that he was using business as an excuse not to go. Not entirely.

Before he could poof away, Fiona had knocked on the door and entered. He saw that she seemed really distraught and was avoiding all eye contact with him. Ignoring the princess, he made his exit, leaving Belle to deal with the princess.

"Fiona, what's wrong?"

Fiona then went on explaining what she had learned from Shrek, not knowing the maid already knew.

"Do you want to be human?" Belle asked.

"I don't know. Yes, I miss it, but I love Shrek. Very much. Besides, the curse said I would take True Love's form. Shrek is my True Love and all I want is him. Why doesn't he understand?"

"He just wants you to be happy."

"I know, but I want to be happy with the ogre I fell in love with. I don't want him pretending." Fiona frowned.

The queen then walked in to retrieve her daughter.

"You two need to get ready." Lilian smiled. "We will be ready in a few minutes."

"Yes mother, I know."

"Fiona, you should go. Get ready. This ball is for you two. Have fun." Belle smiled. Fiona smiled back and left with her mother to get ready, not sure what tonight would bring.

When Belle turned around after watching the royals leave, she saw a big box laying on her bed. She was sure that it wasn't there a few minutes ago but living in the Dark Castle has gotten her use to magic. It started becoming part of her life. Soon, things magically popping up didn't shock her. Not too much.

Slowly opening the box, Belle gasped as she saw what was inside. It was a gold gown that sparkled when brought into the light. She thought that perhaps it was small diamonds sewn into the fabric. She didn't need to ask where it came from. Belle smiled as she held it up to her, admiring its beauty. She knew exactly who it came from and she was excited to see his face when he saw her in it.

Stupid fairy. lol