Broken Promises.
Shrek was very worried. He hadn't seen Fiona since this morning. He hoped she wasn't in any danger. Donkey had seen him searching the entire swamp for Fiona and was nervous. He'd promised Fiona that he wouldn't tell Shrek what she was doing but now it was getting hard to keep it. He was back home in the Dragon's Keep. Dragon had gone off flying but the kids hadn't gone with her so they were being hyper while he was trying to think about the problem he was in. He didn't want to know how Shrek would react if he told him what was going on.
Meanwhile Snowgre was with Igna in her room. He watched as she threw the roses into the cauldron without the thorns. He was nervous. He hoped that his mistress didn't know Fiona was in his room asleep or he'd be in serious trouble. She laughed evilly as she recited a spell. Suddenly the thorns turned into a silk chain for a necklace. She then turned the rose petals into a locket. Fear rushed through his body at this. "What is it?" he asked her curiously. "This locket has an enticement spell in it. When Fiona comes, give it to her no matter what feelings run through that uncold heart of yours! Understand?" she told him sternly.
He nodded but protested against this as usual. She then hit him in the face with the back of her hand. It hurt but left a bruise on his cheek. To igna, al ogres were stupid no matter what they told her. But to her Snowgre was dumb because he cared for others and didn't like to see his friends hurt. He then took the locket from her and left immediately. He couldn't give this to Fiona because an enticement spell would take away her free will and make her stay here and never leave. He then got an idea as he entered his room quietly.
Meanwhile Shrek was fraught with worry because Fiona wasn't here in the swamp. "Something must be wrong and she went to help I hope. But Donkey was the last one to see her before she slipped off to wherever it is out there. I'll go to the Dragon's Keep and ask him." He said and walked out of his swamp. It took him all night to make the journey but by dawn's first light, he reached the Dragon's Keep. The bridge to it had ben destroyed but then he got an idea. Lava , fire or other extremely hot things couldn't burn ogre skin so he jumped into the lava and swam to the other side and climbed up the rock that the Dragon's Keep was rested on. He smiled as he entered the place. The Dronkeys were first up before their parents. They saw him and smiled. "Hi uncle Shrek! Why are you here?" they asked curiously. "I need to speak to your Dad. Fiona's gone off somewhere and I need to know where." He explained simply.
Donkey was woken up by the Dronkeys playing and came out of his and Dragon's bedroom. He saw Shrek standing there and was nervous. He remembered what Fiona had told him and had to keep the promise or she'd be mad. "Please Donkey tell me where Fiona is! She could be in serious trouble or hurt! How would you feel if she was hurt right now and I couldn't do anything to help her because you're being stubborn at 9 in the morning and not telling me where she is!" he said to him. He looked into his friend's brown eyes. He saw sadness , anger but mainly worry. He then softened up and decided to tell him where Fiona had went. "Okay I'll bite! She went to some icy castle to find some dude called Snowgre to help you get over something." He told him calmly. "Thanks Donkey. You don't know how much Fiona means to me! That's why I get so worried when she goes off like this." Shrek told him gently.
Donkey then followed him. But Shrek swam back over through the lava but Donkey flew over to the other end by using Dragon. Shrek wondered where he was going. "I'm coming too! I don't see why you should have all the fun when I'm stuck at home with my hyper active kids and my frustrated wife!" he told him. Shrek smiled at this. "Okay, okay! You can come! Just don't do that again my jabbering jackass. " he said to him. They walked onwards happy to be on another quest. Meanwhile Snowgre was watching Fiona sleep. He was contemplating giving her the enchanted locket or not. "I can't do this, not to my cousin's wife. It wouldn't be right! But I can take her place instead." He thought. A while later Fiona woke up. Snowgre had red rims around his eyes.
He'd been crying because seeing Fiona made him think of when Snowflake wasn't a statue and they shared their undying love for each other. "Are you okay?" she asked him quietly. He looked into those blue eyes. They were so trusting and accepting. "Maybe she enchanted Shrek with her eyes!" he thought before he spoke. "No I'm not alright. My mistress gave me this." He said as he pulled the locket out of his pocket. "She put an enticement spell on it. When you put it on, you'll never want to leave here and be her servant. But I'm not doing that! Instead I'm going to put it on and save you from being lonely like before you and Shrek met." he told her sadly. "Don't do it! What about Snowflake?" she said defiantly to him.
He then had a sad look in his eyes. "There's nothing I can do for her now. At least you and Shrek can be together without Igna yelling at you or hitting you! This is the way it's meant to be sadly." He said as he tied it around his neck. Fiona watched as a purple haze of magic surrounded him. He sank to his knees in pain. Fiona then ran over to him but stopped. Dark magic from long ago was flooding into his body and he felt like going mad. He didn't want to hurt her or do something he'd regret. "I'm… sorry Fi for not helping you… hopefully Shrek will come and maybe save us both." He rasped quietly as he closed his eyes and vanished from sight.
Igna had exiled him into the Nether world for his betrayal by taking the enticement spell instead of Fiona. She felt tears sting her eyes. How could someone be so cruel just because someone had performed a noble act? Igna thought like humans that ogres were meant to be messed with but she was wrong and now Snowgre was gone. She decided not to tell Shrek this because it would hurt him more than words could describe. Igna watched as Fiona mourned for Snowgre and laughed. "Doesn't she know that nobody mourns the stupid! But I can use this to my upper hand. Make her feel like it's her fault, then put her out of her misery!" she said as she disappeared. She then appeared in Snowgre's room. Fiona wondered who she was. "I'm your worst nightmare Your Highness!" she simply said.