Chapter Ten
Love and Hate
Harold was nervous as he landed in Far, Far Away in the past. He hoped there was a way to stop Fiona's evil twin before it was too late. Meanwhile Shrek, his past self and Donkey were setting up camp for the night. They were headed for Duloc. It amazed Shrek that he was doing this again but if they didn't go, things in the present would change for the worse. Donkey was a little confused but once everything was explained, he was cool about it. Fiona's evil twin was watching the three of them bond and was disgusted. "No matter! I know what to do!" she thought as she disappeared.
In the Dragon's Keep Fiona was trying to bond with her past self but was failing miserably. She wouldn't listen to what she said and this bugged her immensely. "Please let Shrek come soon and True Love's work can begin at once even if she doesn't want it to!" she thought quietly as she looked out the window. Rain was falling and her green skin could feel it. This relieved her. Raindrops always made her feel better when she was trapped here with only her thoughts for company. In Duloc Fiona's twin sister had went into the local tavern where most of the local hunters came and drank beer before a job. She then came over to a table where hunters were sitting, laughing and drinking beer. Their leader was Mounsier Hood. She smiled wickedly at this. He was surprised to see an ogress standing before him asking for him and his friends to help her in her plan. "Are you sure you want to slay one of your own kind? That's very cruel and hunter like. I like you! What is it you wish of us mistress?" he said playfully to her. She smiled showing some of her teeth. They were jagged and rotten to the core. This disgusted his men. "Do we have to help someone like her? We hunt millions like her for sport!" they protested loudly. Hood then shot them a look and they silenced themselves instantly. "Let's go to the Dragon's Keep! That's where my Ogrese prey is headed." She explained quietly. Hood nodded as he and his men followed her out the door of the tavern and into the forest. Meanwhile Shrek and his amigos were walking through an allotment on their way to the Dragon's Keep. "Will the princess care that I'm… an ogre?" Shrek's past self asked him as they kept walking silently.
Shrek sighed deeply at this as he and his past self looked each other in the eye. "At first yes but then she'll see how beautiful you are within as well as your culinary talents. But inside, your heart will be confused as she seems beautiful but really she's… so awesome when you meet the real her, you'll fall head over heels in love and not even barriers such as prejudice can destroy it!" he told him proudly. His past self smiled at this. "I hope so! It's just I want to be alone in my swamp but something's missing and I don't know what! Maybe it's Love but I don't really know." He told him as they kept walking. They didn't know that hunters were watching them from the trees above. "Should I take them out now?" one asked Fiona's twin eagerly. "No let them reach the Dragon's Keep and then we'll ambush them!" she said to them. Mounsier Hood was impressed by her ability as a hunter. His heartbeat was racing fast.
Meanwhile Fiona was hiding from her past self seeing things weren't going as well. "She won't listen to a word I say so what's the use?" she thought as she looked out the window sadly. Her past self had heard this and climbed out a window and ran into the forest. She saw her evil twin and hunters and smiled evilly. "I just got an idea!" she thought as she walked over to them. They were stunned to see her before them. "What're you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in the tower?" they asked confused. "Yeah I know but my future self's been driving me crazy and I need her… taken care of." She said to them. Mounsier Hood then followed her by climbing up the wall into the tower window. Fiona was curled up in a ball singing to herself softly and her eyes were closed. Mounsier Hood felt nervous doing this. Fiona's future self was friends with him as well as her husband even though they were different. He then dropped his sword.
"I'm sorry but this I cannot do! You must face the future unafraid. After you and your husband came along, I promised never to slay any of their kind again." He said to her in his French accent. He then ran into the room. Even if he was a hunter, he had to protect Fiona's future self from her past self. "What's going on?" she asked confused. She saw sadness in his eyes. "You don't want to know mis amis." He said as Fiona's past self entered the room clutching a sword. It's blade was very sharp. "What's wrong with her?" Fiona asked him worried. "She thinks if she slays you… she'll be free but she won't." he told her. Fiona was very worried by this. Why was her past self acting like this for? Suddenly her head ached and she fell to the ground in agony, Her screams made her past self drop the sword.
"What's wrong with her?" Fiona's past self asked worriedly. "I don't know! I wish I could help but I don't know how!" she said as tears ran down her pretty face. She was unaware of what was happening. Shrek could feel Fiona's pain. He then used his Ogrewician powers to get to the Dragon's Keep. This confused his past self. He could tell something was wrong with her. In the tower Fiona was fading. Her past self could see it and was scared. Mounsier Hood then saw Shrek appear. He watched as he ran to his Fiona's side. "WHAT'VE YOU DONE TO HER?"he yelled at Fiona's past self. She was worried. "I know but I'm…sorry, so sorry! I didn't mean for this to happen! I was scared, okay?" she said to him. They watched as he cradled his wife in his arms. She was very weak and pale.