Chapter Three
A shock to the system
Puss was very worried. First Donkey had tried to spring a trap full of SPAM on him but it ended up catching Shrek instead, then that freaky light came from his sword and now he'd found himself in… Donkey's body! It was a very bad shock. He couldn't go to the Poison Apple Pub like this. He needed to see Shrek about this. "Maybe he knows what happened!" he thought as he entered the swamp.
Meanwhile Shrek was doing some damage control with Donkey in his and Fiona's bedroom. "This can't be happening to me! Maybe it's a bad dream! Yeah that's it!" he said as he closed his eyes for a while. "When I open them, I'll be back in my own body again." He told himself. Shrek shook his head at this. "Donkey it's not a dream! You're in Puss's body and he's in yours okay? A spell did it to the two of you." He said to him gently. Donkey then got mad and broke the mirror with a head butt. He then ran out of there pretty mad. "I'm in trouble! All I'm trying to do is try to get them to be friends and it goes pear shaped." He thought as he picked up the pieces of the broken mirror. Fiona could tell something was wrong but wasn't sure what. Suddenly she heard sounds of struggle coming from the bedroom and was nervous. She ran in and saw somebody carrying her husband over his shoulder. It was Kyle. He used to be the Fairy Godmother's chauffeur and butt whip boy but was out of a job once she'd gone. "What do you think you're doing with him?" she asked angrily. "I'm sorry but it's a private matter Your Highness." He said as he got into the carriage and took off.
She was very afraid of what was going on. She was unaware of what was happening in Far,Far Away. It was her father King Harold had ordered Kyle to do it. He needed to see his son in law about something that Fiona couldn't know about. He hated going behind Fiona's back like this. The witch in the cave was imprisoned in the dungeon. She hoped that Harold wouldn't hurt Shrek. Kyle hoped that Fiona and Shrek would forgive him for this. "Where do you want him?" he asked Harold. "In the dungeon next to the witch. I hate doing this to family but the kingdom must be safe for eternity even if it means hurting family." He said sadly. Lillian had heard this and was angry. This wasn't her brave, noble husband. It was some crazy, power driven maniac and she didn't like it. She needed to tell Fiona this at once.
Donkey saw Fiona crying and wondered what was wrong. He wanted to make her feel happy like in the old mill but he couldn't let her see him in this body. It would be too much for her at the minute but he went into the bedroom anyway. "Hi Fiona what's up?" he said to her in a false Spanish accent. There were tears in her eyes. "Hi Puss. Shrek got kidnapped by Kyle and I don't know why! I asked him and he said it was a private matter." She told him sadly. He felt sorry for her. "Maybe you could go get him back! Kyle could only go to one place… Far, Far Away! If you went there, you might find out what's going on!" he told her.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and she answered it. A woman was standing there in a cloak that she knew. It was her mother Queen Lillian. She looked worried. "I need to tell you something! Your father ordered Kyle to capture your husband and bring him to him and he's in the dungeon. Something's wrong with your father! He isn't the man he was once. Now he's changed for the worse. I need you to come with me." She told her calmly. This shocked Fiona. Her father had done something cruel like this and it scared her. Lillian saw tears in her eyes. "Mom… I can't go. I'm sorry!" she told her. Lillian understood.
"I understand. Think about it and we'll talk about it." She said as she left. Puss had seen this. He wondered what was wrong that she didn't want to go. But inside her, her heart was breaking. She couldn't believe her father, a nice man had turned into a cold hearted person just like that. He then got an idea but was nervous about it seeing as he wasn't in his body. "I've got to try!" he said as he went looking for Donkey.
But Dark magic had affected Harold and threatened to hurt those he cared about unless he took him over. But being warm hearted as he is, Harold gave in and the darkness got it's wish. But Lillian entered the dungeon while Harold was asleep. She then found Shrek awake in the cell near a witch who was asleep. He was surprised to see her. She then bent the bars with incredible ease. "Get out of here! Maybe Harold's being weird for a reason but I don't know why." She said as she broke down the wall. "Let's go to the swamp!" he told her. She agreed and followed him.