Memories
Fiona was still awake in bed. She wondered if her True Love was okay but also wondered why his cousin had decided to show up today. Snowgre was asleep in the kitchen, his head resting on the table. He was snoring peacefully. But Shrek was stil asleep on the sofa. He was curled up in the warm blanket but couldn't sleep.
He coughed slightly as he got off the alligator couch and walked around the room. He smiled sadly at the Christmas stump. For him , the holiday was painful because it brought back memories of what had happened to his parents as a child. He then started touching the Christmas stuff and examining it. He then found a Santa hat and put it on while trying to pour another cup of swamp nog for himself but the keg broke. Suddenly jets of swamp nog squirted everywhere. "Oh great! I try to get a drink of this and the keg breaks messing up the house!" he said raspily to himself. He couldn't shout as normal because the flu was making his throat sore. He then felt dizzy and fell on the floor. Before he did that, he kept his mouth open so he could maybe drink it before the house got more wrecked than before.
Swampnog then sprayed over him as he lay on the floor beside the Christmas stump. Snowgre heard this and woke up at this. He was shocked by the mess but laughed at the fact his cousin was passed out under the Christmas stump covered in swamp nog. "I wonder how this happened? Fiona's not going to like this. She's probably to scream or something or kick butt!" he said as he picked Shrek up and put him back on the couch. The blanket then was pulled over him to keep him warm. He chuckled as he went back to sleep. But in Far, Far Away Charming was angry at Fiona and her husband for foiling him all the time. He'd been spying on Snowgre and smiled evilly. He knew why he was at the swamp. Snowgre wanted to work at the North Pole making toys with St Nick but he was denied this just because he was Ogrese. "If I go there and ruin Christmas, blame it on Snowgre, he'll never get a job there no matter what Fiona and her husband try to do to help!" he cackled. He then pulled out his mother's wand and disappeared.
It was early morning in the swamp and Fiona had gotten out of bed. She was about to make breakfast when she the mess in the living room. She was shocked by this. "WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS ROOM! THERE'S SWAMP NOG EVERYWHERE AND IT MESSED UP THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!" she yelled angrily. Snowgre woke up at this with a start. "Wait Fi! It was an accident! Shrek was trying to make himself a glass of swamp nog but the keg broke and he tried to fix it but didn't want to tell you because he knew you'd be upset!" he told her. She then went over to the couch and gasped. Her husbamd looked worse for wear and more blue mucus and ear wax was coming out. "He's getting very worse! Please tell me there's a way to heal him!" she said, tears forming in her blue eyes. Snowgre then got an idea. " I know of a potion that might help. I'll go make it!" he said as he went outside and brought in a pot and his bag. He pulled out mushrooms , onions, herbs and boiled them together saying an incantation. He just needed to wait until it was cooked. Meanwhile Fiona was doing some Christmas baking. She was making cookies. Donkey was jumping up and down excitedly as she put them in the oven. "Are they ready yet? Are they?" he asked. She smiled at this. "No they're not ready and don't try using it to make it cook faster like last time. You almost destroyed the house with that!" she said to him. What had happened with the oven was that last year Fiona was cooking the turkey but it was taking too long. Donkey then decided to fiddle with the knobs to make it cook faster. Suddenly both Shrek and Fiona heard an explosion from the kitchen. They ran in seeing half of the kitchen on fire and Donkey running around screaming in panic and freaking out. Pieces of the turkey were splattered everywhere. Shrek was less than happy at that. After that incident of explosive proportions, Donkey wasn't allowed near the oven.
Snowgre laughed at that. He could imagine the look on his cousin's face walking in and finding the kitchen on fire. "Yeah he was pretty emotional about that! We had to get food from Mc Duloc's because of that." Fiona told him smiling. He wanted to tell her why he'd came here. He hoped they wouldn't be weird about it. He decided to try it. "Hey Fiona do you think… that an ogre like me would be good at making toys?" he asked quietly. She smiled at this but wondered why he'd asked this. "Sure they'could. Who come you're asking this?" she told him. "I asked it because I want to go work at the North Pole and make toys but St Nick won't let me work there because I'm an ogre! I was hoping Shrek and you could help me in this." He told her. She felt sorry for him not being allowed to work somewhere he wanted to just because he was different but nice inside. "We'll help you as soon as this flu thing's over!" she said. "That's great! Thanks for wanting to help!" he said. Hope shined in his eyes at this. Suddenly they heard an explosion come from the kitchen. "Not again!" she yelled as she went into the kitchen. Snowgre followed her. Donkey had tried to make the cookies go faster but the oven was on fire. He had a fire extinguisher and was trying to put it out but somebody else was lying on the floor. It was Shrek. He'd been sleep walking and wandered into the kitchen following the smell coming from it. There were burns on his face and hands and was groaning in pain. Fiona was very angry. "Donkey what did I tell you? Not to try cooking things faster! Because of this, the oven's on fire and Shrek's badly burned! I hope you're happy!" she yelled in anger. Snowgre then used his ice powers to stop the fire.
He watched as Fiona helped put his cousin on the sofa. She then took off his shirt to check the rest of him for burns. There was a big one on his stomach and it was blistering. It looked sore to touch. Tears ran down her face at this. "It's okay! I'm sure Donkey didn't mean any harm by trying to make the oven cook faster." He said as he rubbed her back gently. "Thanks Snowg for that." She said to him. She then turned her gaze to Donkey. "I think you'd better go spend time with your family. You've done enough damage as it is here." She said to him coldly.
He began to protest but walked out the door silently. He hadn't meant for a repeat of last year but he was trying to cook them faster. Snowgre watched this as he used his hands as an ice pack on his cousin's stomach. He saw Fiona clean up the kitchen. "I'm sorry you got burned like that. It looks really nasty." He said quietly. Fiona then watched him go into the next room where the pot was. The potion was ready. He put it into a beer mug and brought it near Shrek. "What's that?" he asked wearily. "It's a little something to heal you!" he said as he watched him drink it. Some of the colour returned to his face. "That's good!" he said as he fell asleep.