Year of the Ogre

Shrek woke up feeling strange. He'd had a strnge dream involving Spirit Dragons and an ogre monk the same age as his sons.

He then felt stronger than normal within and wondered why but Fiona was curious. She saw a marking of a Chinese dragon on his chin.

"Maybe it's a tattoo." she suggested but he wasn't so sure. In the dream he'd had, one of the warriors had that dragon marking on them and they unleashed immense power while fighting somebody.

But Anu was excited entering Duloc. His older sister Nami was with him as an escort by the masters. He could feel Spirit Dragon chi coming from a swamp in the forest but Nami was worried.

She had long blue hair, turquise eyes, slender and wore a red dress.

She knew that soon it would nearly be Chinese New Year and they needed the new Spirit Dragon clan by then.......

Anu headed there with Nami running after him.

She hoped her brother was right.

Lai cackled as he appeared in Duloc. He had longish black hair, cold eyes and powerful dark magic. He was also enchanting with his looks that nobody could resist.

But Snowgre was amazed as he saw his cousin being able to fly while not on a skate board and was curious.

He saw a blue aura around his cousin's body and the Chinese dragon on his chin glow as well.

Anu's rumor was confirmed when he'd seen that.

"Anu wait up!" Nami yelled at him but the twelve year old wasn't listening. Snowgre was curious about the odd things that had been happening to Shrek but Merlin was worried.

"What's wrong with him?" Fiona asked him curiously.

"I'm not sure but it has something to do with that Chinese dragon marking on his chin.

"I know what it is." Anu said as he appeared. They were in awe at the ogre monk boy and wondered what he was doing here. Nami caught up to him.

"Who're you guys and what do you know about the marking on my cousin's chin?" Snowgre asked the boy curious.

I'm Anu and this is my older sister Nami.

We were sent here by our masters. Your cousin is a member of an ancient mystical clan in China called the Spirit Dragon Clan who protected China and the rest of the world from Lai an evil sorceror who wants the Spirit Dragons for himself and take over.

But now a new clan must be born.

The marking is a symbol of a member of the clan but he now has mystical powers.

I sense he has the Spirit Dragon of Inner Courage which makes him the leader of the new clan and help find the other members." Anu explained to them.

Snowgre looked a little jealous at that but didn't mind.

"But I'm not the leader type Anu.

Maybe you're confused." Shrek told him.

"My brother isn't wrong, he can sense Spirit Dragon chi coming from you." Nami replied but Fiona was in awe. She couldn't believe her husband was the leader of an ancient mystical clan that protected the world using their Spirit Dragons and their powers.

"You will learn in time how to be a leader." Anu told Shrek as he scanned the area.

Lai cackled as he followed them to the swamp.

"So they've found the first one but maybe I can convince him to join me." he thought as he glowed with a dark magical aura.

"Where are the others of this clan you speak of?" Snowgre asked Anu and Nami.

"They're everywhere around the world. Some are aware of their powers and wish to seek us out but others who are one of us are unaware and don't want anybody to know but they are reasy targets for Lai." Nami explained to him.

Snowgre then saw somebody appear.

It was a strange warrior but he had an unfriendly aura around him.

He watched as he grabbed Fiona and was angry.

"If you care about her, use your precious Spirit Dragon and your powers!" the warrior told him. Snowgre saw worry in Shrek's eyes at that. But he had to try.

In the dream, it had been easy.....

Suddenly as he focused on saving Fiona, strange surges of power rushed through him. Snowgre gasped in awe as a blue yin/yang sign appeared on his cousin's forehead and his brown eyes became eye slits.

But then he blocked out everything as he was in a trance......

"Come to me....." he heard a voice say as he floated in the darkness.

"Where're you?" Shrek called out to the voice curious to see what will happen.

"I'm here." the voice said as the darkness was filled with blue light and he saw a figure emerge from it as he shielded his eyes. A blue scaled Chinese Dragon was in front of him.

It had light blue whiskers hanging down from it's nose.

"I am the Dragon of Inner Courage.

I have been dormant within you waiting for this day when Destiny would reveal itself to you through me.

I know we can do anything we set our minds to.

We just need to believe." it told him......

He heard the dragon's words echo in his head as power surrounded him.

"I..... do believe in myself and my Spirit Dragon powers so that I can save those I care about!" he thought as he shot a powerful blast of chi power that sent Lai flying but caught Fiona with the speed of a flying bullet. Lai got to his feet in awe.

"So I may have failed this time but there'll be others I can use.

Until next time!" Lai said angrily as he vanished.

Fiona watched as the power faded back into her husband's body. She'd been amazed at what he could with his Spirit Dragon powers.

"So it begins.... huh sis?" Anu asked his sister.

"Yes it does but we must make sure Lai doesn't get to any other of the new clan members.

For now we are safe." she answered as she watched Shrek with his family......