Part three.
Let's go!
It was mid afternoon and Fiona was walking through the forest. A lot of things were going through her mind as well as feelings in her heart. She wished that her True Love had told her the secret about being abandoned and always feeling that way. She wondered if he ever thought about it at night but she was unaware that he was haunted in his dreams by this. But he was too embarrassed to let her know he needed someone to hold, to love him like his mother had before she passed away. "I wonder if Snowgre even remembers my husband or has he forgotten him like his parents?" she asked herself quietly. Suddenly she entered a forest which was very wintry. Snowflakes filled the sky and fell to the ground. She smiled at this. "I must be getting close to that icy castle the mirror told me about! That's good." She thought as she walked further into the forest.
Later that night she left the wintry forest and saw snowy mountains. She then made camp beside one. She made herself a fire and huddled towards it for warmth as she fell asleep. But in the icy castle there was an evil witch. Her name was Igna. She had scared away the giants that lived there but Snowgre had remained in his den with his wife Snowflake. She realised that one day as she used her magic to make the castle her size. She'd been surprised to find him and Snowflake living there for so long but smiled evilly. She'd turned Snowflake to stone. Snowgre had begged for her to reverse the spell but she refused. After months of begging and pleading, she decided to free her on one condition. It was that Snowgre be her servant and answer her every need but if he didn't obey her, then he'd suffer something worse than being turned to stone. Fiona then woke up in the early morning sun. She hoped Shrek wouldn't find out what she was doing and be mad. She was only trying to help.
The mountains seemed hard to others and would have made them give up, Fiona didn't want to give up. It was the way she was. Determination helped her through the worst times of her life especially being captured by Farquad's ghost but she'd made it through. Igna was watching this through her inner vision. For some reason she knew Fiona but couldn't remember where. This amazed Snowgre as he watched her make it to the top of the mountain. He wondered why someone as beautiful as her wanted to come to the castle for. He didn't know she was his cousin's wife. "Who is she? Maybe she can help me get out of here! But I can't leave Snowflake here. It wouldn't be right just so I can be free from Igna." He thought as he stroked one of his furry arms. He was a cross between a snowman and an ogre. He had blue eyes, ears like others of his kind, fur all over them and his body, strength just like his cousin but didn't have his surliness.
He watched as she was near the pits. They were geysers of hot , boiling water but ogres could bathe in them like humans in normal water. He saw her reaction to one of the geysers exploded and jets of water flew out of sight. Suddenly Igna interrupted his thoughts rudely. She needed silver thorned roses for her enticement spell. They were near the geysers in a hedge of sharp thorns. He was relieved that he would be able to speak to this strange but brave ogress. Fiona was wondering which way to go when she saw him picking roses silently. She looked at him and took the photo out from her dress and looked at it and back at the stranger. She smiled and went over to him. He cursed slightly in Ogrese under his breath because one of the thorns had pricked his finger and had made it bleed.
"Hello. Are you okay? You just cursed in Ogrese!" she told him gently. He looked up at her face but more into her deep blue eyes. He then realized who she was. "You're King Harold and Queen Lillian's daughter! But how are you Ogrese? I thought you were a mortal." He said quietly to her as he looked back and forth to make sure nobody else was around. "Come with me into my den in the castle. I'll tell you everything I know about your husband!" he said as he put bouquets of silver thorned roses into a basket. Fiona then followed him. "He may be totally different but I need to hear how I can help Shrek heal the one wound in his heart that his parents had caused years ago!" she thought as she followed him into the icy castle through a secret passage in the outside wall. "Don't worry. That secret passage has been helping me since those giants lived here." He said to her.
He then opened a door quietly. He and Fiona walked into it. The room was very beautiful. It was full of Snowgre's things as well as a bed for him to sleep in and a wardrobe full of clothes. This amazed Fiona but then she came towards Snowflake's statue form. "What's this?" she asked him pointing to the statue. His blue eyes then were filled with an expression of sadness. "That's my wife. She and I made the mistake of staying here after those family of giants left. We should've just went and found another castle to live in but we wanted to stay here but she got turned to stone for it." He said, tears filling his eyes. Fiona then felt stupid asking that question.
"I'm really sorry about that. I didn't mean to upset you." She said to him. He nodded as he wiped the tears away with his sleeve. "It's okay. You just didn't know, that's all but you'll find out soon enough why she's like that. I wonder what my cousin, your husband is up to?" he told her quietly. Suddenly he heard a bell ring. "SNOWGRE! GET UP HERE AND BRING MY SILVER THORNED ROSES NOW!" a voice yelled from somewhere in the castle. He then shivered with fright and got up. "Where're you going?" she asked him worriedly as he picked up the basket. "Stay here until I come back. I don't want to tell your husband why you got turned to stone because of me! Don't worry, I'll be back soon, I promise. Then we can talk some more." He said as he left his room and went up a stair case.
Something very wrong was happening here and she could feel it. She then went over and touched Snowflake's stone cheek. She sighed as she thought of what Shrek was doing back in their swamp home. "I hope you get turned back to normal soon." She said to it as she fell asleep on the comfy rug near Snowgre's bed.