Chapter Nine
What will Be
Shrek watched as his past self came round. He looked terrified as they looked into each other's eyes. "It's okay! I'm not gonna hurt you!" He told him calmly. "Who're you and how come you look like me?" the past self asked curiously. The first time he'd seen himself, he'd fainted but now he was calm, he was very curious. "I'm you from the future. An evil being used a spell that sent my wife and I back to the past so she could mess it up on us. I'm sorry about freaking you like that." He explained to him gently.
His past self looked at him strangely at him after that. "You mean I got married? But who would ever love such a hideous beast as me?" he said to him confused. Shrek smiled at him as he thought about that. "You'd be surprised how Love works. You got married to Fiona who's princess of the kingdom Far, Far Away. She's just like you in more ways than you think. Let's just say soon a certain ruler of Duloc is going to change everything for you. If it wasn't for that tiny lord, Fiona and I would've never met." He told him. He looked at the expression of shock on his past self's face and laughed. "Are you sure she's my wife? Maybe you're the one confused but I don't need Love! Everything I need is right here in my swamp!" he told him stubbornly. Shrek smiled at this. "Aye you think that now but once you meet Fiona and find out how amazing she is, this place won't matter to ya anymore." He said quietly. He forgot what a jerk he was before he met Fiona or Donkey. He knew that sometimes he can be a pain but he didn't mean it most of the time.
Meanwhile in the Dragon's Keep Fiona was doing the same thing as Shrek explaining where she came from and about being married to Shrek. Only her past self wasn't so happy about that. "I thought I was supposed to be married to a prince, not some creature that doesn't know what Love is!" she yelled angrily. Fiona was a little steamed by that remark. But she forgot how prissy and uncaring she was before Love granted her wish. "He may be different on the outside but inside he's a prince and more. He cares more about my happiness and who I am over appearance and you wanna know something? That prince your parents said was coming is nothing more than a preening, self centred mama's boy who wants the kingdom and doesn't care about anyone else!" she said to her. Her past self was stunned by her outburst. "How do you know that?" she asked quietly. "I know that because I had to face him and his back stabbing, evil. Twisted mother the Fairy Godmother! Your father's also hiding something from you that he doesn't want you to know! He's really a frog but he'd disguised himself as a mortal to hide it from you and Mom so you wouldn't be ashamed of him. I wish I could show you my memories of that but I don't want to scare you." She said to her. But then as she stroked her past self's hair, their minds connected. Her past self began seeing her memories especially the ones of her father's true form. After they parted, her past self fell to the floor. This worried Fiona as she knelt down beside her. Her past self was crying softly. She felt sorry for her. "It's okay. I didn't know that would happen!" she said softly as she tried to help her onto her feet but she backed away from her.
"Stay back! You're lying! You're not me and what I saw was just a bad dream! My prince is coming and there's nothing you can say or do to stop him or me!" she yelled as she hid under the bed. Fiona was slightly discouraged by this a bit. "I'm sorry." She whispered as she came closer to the window and looked out. The stars were just coming out in the night sky and were beautiful. "I hope Shrek's doing better with his past self than I am. The two of them are probably getting on like a log on mud and then on fire!" she thought to herself. Her twin was watching this and smiled eagerly. "That's good! Her past self doesn't trust her and refuses to listen to her! This is more easier than I thought it would be!" she told herself quietly. In Far, Far Away Puss was with Harold and Lillian. He was still in Donkey's body but didn't have to explain why. They were watching what had happened and were worried immensely. "Someone has to go there and talk to her!" Lillian said sternly. Harold then got an idea. "I'll go!" he said bravely. This shocked Lillian. "You certainly will not be going there especially since you're not yourself! You could get hurt or worse!" she said worriedly. He shot her a look. "Lillian dearest it's the only way! If I don't go, Fiona mightn't be able to reach her past self and convince her not to listen to her twin. It may be dangerous but I'll risk it for her." He said quietly. Lillian understood and watched as he disappeared into a smaller black vortex.
"Don't worry Your Highness! I'm sure he'll be alright on his own. Besides if anything happens, the boss and Fiona can help him." Puss told her reassuringly. She understood and calmed down.
"You're right but I'm just worried for him. When you've been with someone for that long, you don't want to see them hurt or worried." She said to him. She wondered if there was a way to reverse what had happened to him and Donkey. She hoped that they would be able to make things right as always.