It was summer and Shrek and Fiona were looking for two people important to them. Their six-year-old daughter Brianna and their four-year-old son Thornas. They saw them playing in the forest with Donkey's kids. "Should I get them or you?" Shrek asked Fiona. "I'll do it. You need to get ready as well as the kids." She said as she went after the kids. She found them playing Tag. "Hi Mommy! How come you're here?" Brianna asked her curiously. Thornas smiled at this as they waited for her to rejoin them. Did you guys forget something? We're going to a party in Far,Far Away held by your grand parents! We've got to go now!" she said gently to them. "Do we gotta go? Can't we stay and play?" both Thornas and Brianna said to her. She laughed at this.
"Yes we've gotta go. Besides if your father and I left you here, something bad would happen to you like hunters capturing you and hurting you!" she explained to them. "Okay we're coming!" Brianna said as Thornas made a face. "Bye guys! We've gotta go!" they said as they walked back home with Fiona. When they got inside the house, Shrek was dressed in the regal clothes that royalty wore in Far, Far Away. He was wearing a fake mole on his face. He was wearing a black jacket with a frilled up white shirt, black trousers and shoes that went with the ensemble. He looked like a French monarch. He didn't want to wear these clothes because they restricted his movement especially if he wanted to scratch his rear end. The last time he wore these, he'd had to ask one of Harold's servants to do it and it didn't go well. Fiona then came out in her regal gear. She was wearing a pink dress with a corset and frills. She was also wearing a wig but it squished down her ears. She was wearing pink shoes that went with it. Brianna was wearing a dark blue dress with sequins and shoes that matched. She was wearing a diamond studded tiara on her head. Thornas was wearing a brown tunic, brown shoes and a brown belt. He had a crown on his head. Fiona smiled at this. "Fiona honey can we go without wearing these clothes?
I'm probably going to need to scratch my butt and I'm not asking any of your Dad's servants to help like last time! Also this wig is making my ears cramp!" he said to her. Thornas and Brianna stared at their Daddy for a minute and held in the urge to laugh. "How come Daddy and you look funny?" Thornas asked her simply. Shrek then chuckled a little. Fiona rolled her eyes at this. "Honey you know we can't simply turn up at a ball in casual clothes! It's regal protocol to wear these! I know they hurt but it's only for one night! Could you please do this for me?" Fiona said to him. He was about to object but saw the look on her face and stopped. "Alright I'll wear them! But just for the ball! Does that make you happy?" he told her. Fiona then smiled at him and kissed him on the lips. The kids giggled at this. "Thanks honey! It means a lot to me. We'd better go now if we're to get to Far,Far Away before dawn!" she told him. The family went out the door. The onion carriage pulled up. Fiona then got in followed by Brianna and Thornas. Shrek was the last one to get in. The door closed and they set off on another adventure!
Shrek couldn't sleep. He was thinking about the last time they'd went to Far,Far Away and how it was nearly a disaster. He was also worried in case the rest of Harold and Lillian's family were mean to his family especially his kids. He also couldn't sleep because the clothes he was wearing made him itch. He looked out at the lands and fields they passed. It was dawn when they entered Far,Far Away. Fiona and the kids had woken up but Shrek had fallen asleep. Fiona decided not to wake him because she knew he got cranky when woken up early so she decided to let him sleep. "How come Daddy went to sleep now?" Brianna asked Fiona curiously. She smiled at that. "He must've been up thinking about things or just couldn't sleep! Let's not wake him!" she told her and Thornas quietly. Meanwhile in the castle Harold had just fallen asleep now too. Lillian was up already getting ready for the ball and greet her daughter. She knew Harold was nervous about the ball considering he was a frog again. Lillian then sat in the royal gardens near the pond. She was thinking quietly to herself. It'd been a long time since Fiona last came to Far,Far Away with Shrek but this time they were bringing their kids with them. She smiled at this. "I hope nothing goes wrong at this ball like last time! At least the Fairy Godmother and her spoiled, prissy son aren't here to ruin things! I hope they enjoy this little shindig." She thought to herself. She then heard carriage wheels pull up near the castle's front door. "They're here!" she said excitedly. She ran out of the front door just in time. Fiona stepped out of the carriage with Thornas and Brianna. "Where's Shrek?" she asked her curiously. A small smile was on Thornas's face. "Daddy'sasleep in the carriage!" he said happily. Lilian then hugged them gently. Brianna had Fiona's lips, her blue eyes. Her body shape. Thornas was the same as Shrek with his brown eyes, his body shape. "Where's Dad?" Fiona asked her curiously.
"He's asleep like your husband! I daren't wake him up. You know what men are like when they're woken up early!" she told her. She understood as footmen dragged her husband's sleeping form out of the carriage and to the suite that would be theirs for the next couple of days. She couldn't help laughing as they did this. "I'm really sorry about that!" she told her mother. "It's quite alright honey. I'm glad you're here with us." She told her happily. Fiona was nervous about the ball. She knew that the denizens of the kingdom would be there along with the other princesses and their families. She hoped they wouldn't be weird to her, Shrek or their children. She then followed them to the suite that was theirs for the next couple of days.
Later on in the dining room Harold joined everybody for breakfast. He was glad that Fiona and her family had made it safely. He was eating eggs, sausages and bacon slowly. Everyone else was eating pancakes. Thornas and Brianna were looking at him strangely. "How come Grandpa's a frog? Did he do something bad and got punished for it?" they asked Lillian simply. She smiled at this but Harold looked nervous. "That's what your Grandpa looked like originally but he made a deal with a mean Fairy Godmother but when we destroyed her, the spell got broken and he turned back into this." A voice said as someone walked into the room. It was Shrek. He'd been awoken by the smell of cooking. He'd decided to have some breakfast. Brianna then ran into his arms. "Hi Daddy! Want some breakfast?" she said to him. "Aye I do honey." He said as he sat down at the table near Fiona. He kissed her on the lips. "Hi honey! Did you sleep good?" she said to him. "I slept good! Can I have some eggs fried not scrambled with weed rats, pancakes with mud on the side?" he said to her. Thornas laughed at him. Lillian watched as he went into the kitchen. Fiona saw the look on his face and smiled. "Where's he going? Doesn't he know that we've got servants to do the cooking?" she asked her. Fiona then sipped coffee from a goblet before answering. "He knows that but prefers to cook himself. He doesn't want others to cook for him just because we're in a royal setting!" she said to her. Harold nodded as he ate some flies. He then smelt something good coming from the kitchen but it wasn't ready yet. Lillian then walked into the kitchen to see what her son in law was up to. The cooks had hidden because of this.
She saw eggs in a frying pan sizzling. She saw her son in law using a BBQ grill. There was weed rat stew cooking on it. He'd put 500 gallons of mud in another pan beside the one with the pancakes in it melting so it would be hot mud on the pancakes. "Hey Mom! What's up?" he asked her. "Nothing. I just came in to see what you were up to. Something smells good!" she told him. She smiled at his clothing. He had a chef's hat on and was wearing an apron over his regal shirt. "Kiss the ogre chef!" it said on it. She then went into the dining room laughing. "What's so funny?" Fiona asked her curiously. "Your husband's a wonderful chef! I didn't know he likes to BBQ things on a grill!" she said to her. Suddenly he came in with a tray full of dishes. He then put his plate onto the table near Fiona. She had some of it as well. They then began to eat. Lillian couldn't believe how good it was. After finishing it, Shrek belched loudly along with Fiona and the kids. "Better out than in, I always say!" he told them. He remembered Harold and Lillian were still there and stopped laughing. "Sorry about that! That always happens when I have a good meal or two!" he told them. "It's alright son, we know you can't help it but do it more often!" Harold told him. Shrek smiled at this as they left the dining room. He and Fiona then decided to go into Far,Far Away but the kids stayed behind.
Lillian saw them playing and felt sorry but suddenly they heard a loud something enter and land in the gardens. It was Brianna and Thornas's best friends considering they weren't ogres. They ran over to them and started playing Tag.