The power within.
Shrek was very nervous. He had seen this woman before but she couldn't be his mother… could it? She stared into his brown eyes kindly. Something inside him told him it was her. "Mom is it really you? I thought you died from an illness!" he said to her calmly. She then touched his face gently. "Yes honey it's me. I came to tell you something. Your wife is in danger from a cruel witch named Igna. She lives in the icy castle Snowgre lived in. But there's a way to save her!" she told him calmly. "Great but what is it?" he asked curiously.
"You remember your father wore that strange necklace for a while but after a while he didn't wear it? It was was his Ogrewician gemstone. Inside each one of us is very powerful magic but it lies inside yourself and can only be unlocked by one thing. Afterwards your father's powers lay within his heart but only used them when he needed to but when that brute of a step wife came along, she destroyed it completely. You need to be loving and have a heart of gold to keep your powers alive. I have something for you." She told him. "What is it?" he asked her. She then had something in her hand and opened it. It was a gemstone necklace like the one his father wore. "It's your gemstone. I was planning to give it to you but I got sick and died. Do you want it? It can help you save Fiona." She said as she held her hand out to her only son.
"Yes I want it!" Shrek told her. She smiled as she put it around his neck. "After two nights , it'll disappear and your Ogrewician powers will be inside your heart but to use them, you must find the key to unlock them." She said as she vanished as well as the swamp. Suddenly he woke up. He wondered what the dream meant. He then saw something. It was the gemstone necklace his mother had given him. "It wasn't a dream. I can help Fiona but first I've got to find the key to unleashing my powers!" he said excitedly to himself as he ate an onion for breakfast. Donkey was already awake. He wondered what Shrek was on about. He then told Donkey about it. He was stunned but wondered how it happened. "Can I ask you something?" he told him. "Sure. What is it?" he said to him as they walked onwards. "If you found out you had powers but had to unlock them, what key would you use to unleash them?" Shrek told him calmly. Donkey then thought about it for a minute.
"Maybe some words might do the trick. It always works for witches! Words like "Hocus Pocus or something like that." He told him. Shrek then did that. "Am I doing anything like glowing or something like that?" he asked Donkey. "Nope. Sorry about that!" he said to him. "Aye it's okay but I guess magic words aren't the key. I'd better think of something else." He said sadly as they left the forest. Suddenly they entered another one but it was filled with snow and snowflakes falling from the sky. "We must be getting close. I wish I'd something warmer on than what I'm wearing." He told Donkey as they kept walking. Fiona was sitting in her cage singing to herself and looking inside her locket. In it was a picture of her and Shrek on their honeymoon. That then made her think happy thoughts about that holiday. Snowgre then appeared once again to her. " Hey Fiona what's up?" he asked her curiously. "Nothing much. I was just looking at this photo in my locket and thinking about that certain holiday." She told him happily. She saw a playful expression in his eyes. "Your husband just entered the Snowy Forest. He'll be here soon. Just hang on until he gets here and don't let Igna get to you. True Love prevails against anything so it can help stop Igna." He told her. Suddenly Igna came up the stairs. "I've got to go! I'll be back soon!" he said as he faded away from sight.
"I see you're longing for your husband aren't you?" she said to her. Fiona felt anger well up inside of her but now wasn't the time to unleash it. "Why does that make you happy? Aren't you happy by hurting me? As soon as my husband comes here, you're toast just like Farquad!" she retorted. Igna laughed manically at this as she came nearer the cage. "Yes your suffering does make me happy but why stop there when I could do the same to your husband? Once he gets here, I'm going to feed him the most delicious food he's ever tasted which will make him want to stay and forget about you!" she cackled as she hit her in the face but her long nails scrabbed her cheek as well. Igna then left the room happily. Snowgre was worried for Fiona. He then popped back from where he'd been hiding. "Don't worry Fi. I know your husband. He won't eat anything like candy even if that foul witch makes tempting food, he's not going to eat it." He told her.
That relieved her but tears filled her eyes. " She hurt me pretty bad on the face. " she said quietly. He then put a frozen hand on the bleeding cut and it glowed with blue magic. He then took it away. She felt her face. The cut was gone completely! "How did you do that?" she asked curiously. "I used my Ogrewician powers to heal you. Every ogre has them inside but you need a certain key to unleash them and it's not magic words!" he told her quietly.
Suddenly hope flooded her body. "Does Shrek have them?" she asked curiously. "Yeah he probably does but he doesn't like to use them in front of people." He told her. A smile crossed her face at this. If he did have them, they could fight fire with fire when facing Igna. She then fell asleep, exhausted. Snowgre smiled at this and came into the cage with her for a minute. His presence seemed to calm Fiona down while imprisoned here. "Goodnight Fi. I hope he'll come and save us from Igna's wrath." He said softly as he faded away once more.