Chapter Three
Confusion
Izz woke up as dawn broke over the realm. He saw the fruit beside him and watched as his friend woke up. "Good morning! Did you sleep well?" he said to him. "Yeah I did but I'm starving!" he told him. Izz had wrapped himself around his neck again. He saw the apple and picked it up. "Where did this come from? No matter." Shrek thought as he brought it to his mouth. Izz saw that the apple was tainted but didn't bring himself to say it. Jareth was watching this in his castle with the baby in his lap. "Yes that's right! Eat it and forget why you ever came here!" he cackled gently. He saw the baby laugh as some goblins were chasing a black chicken and clap his hands. "You like this, don't you? You could stay here if you want. Besides your father will have forgotten you and there's little time left!" he said to it calmly. Izz then watched as his friend took a bite of the apple. He then saw him fall to the ground in agony. He unwrapped himself from his friend's neck. "Everything's spinning. Izz what's going on?" he asked sleepily. Jareth laughed at this as he appeared. He was angry at the king for doing this to his friend. He lunged and took a bite out of the Goblin King's hand. "You little…" Jareth said angrily as he clutched his hand in pain. Izz watched as guards appeared and took them to the castle. Izz wrapped himself around his friend's neck. He hoped that he would recover so they could save his baby. Meanwhile Shrek found himself in an elegant ball room. Many people were dancing around him until he saw the one he wanted most in the world. It was Fiona but she was with someone else. She was dancing with a blond haired man in a long flowing black cloak. She seemed happy but this was tearing him apart. It was Jareth she was with. He saw anger in his brown eyes and laughed. "Take one last look at her because this is all you'll ever see of her again. You're never going to solve my Labyrinth and get your child back so I'll just breeze on in and make her mine." He told him. This enraged Shrek. "Leave her alone! She's got nothing to do with this. It's just you and me." He yelled as he punched the wall. Suddenly it smashed into a thousand pieces and he fell through it. He heard Fiona scream at this. He then landed in his body and was confused. Jareth laughed at this. "I can't believe it worked!" he cackled as he left the dungeon. Izz then saw tears run down his friend's face at this. It pained him to see him like this. His eyes opened slowly. "Hey Izz what's going on? Where're we? I feel so light headed…" he said quietly. Izz looked in his eyes and saw nothing. "He used a spell on him to make him forget why he came here! But I can help him if I wish." He thought as he smiled deviously. He then blew himself out and his friend's body glowed. Memories of the last few hours returned to his brain. He also remembered what had happened in the ball room. He then woke up. "Thanks for doing that Izz but I thought you couldn't grant wishes anymore." Shrek said to him. Izz smiled evilly. "Yeah I can't but I kept one of them in case I or a friend needed it. Besides Jareth was in foul play using that spell to make you forget everything." He explained calmly. "So that explains the ballroom! It was a ruse to make me forget!" he said. "Let's get that king's butt and show it who's boss!" he told Izz as he wrapped himself around his neck once more. "But how are you going to do it?" he asked curiously. "You'd be amazed at what I can do." He said as he bent the bars with his strength. This impressed Izz as they got out of there.
Jareth then smiled as he watched them climb the staircase. He let the baby loose and watched as it climbed up many sets of upside down stairs. But he also enlisted the Fire Gang's help. "What do you want us to do?" one of them asked as it's arm popped off. "I need you to slow them down for me. Confuse them the way you confused Sarah…" he ordered them. "Yes sir! Anything you say boss!" they said hyped up at the chance to play with some new people who'd entered the Labyrinth…