Chapter Two
Fiona woke up in bed the next night. It was early morning and the babies were crying. It was driving Shrek mad. "Should I get it or do you want to do it?" he said wearily to her. "I'll do it. It seems our children are in need of attention especially from their mother." She told him calmly. "Go back to sleep honey. I'll be back soon." She said as she went out of the room. She then went into the babies room. Their daughter Xan was crying but the two boys Mik and Likaz were playing, throwing things around and being out of control. She picked up her infant daughter from her crib. She watched as her sons were fighting over each other for her attention. She laughed at this. "Guys don't be like that! Your playing woke your sister up. You two are so like your father." Fiona told them calmly. They babbled happily at this. She then watched as Xan fell asleep again in her arms. She put her back in her crib. "Come on with me guys, let's go into the kitchen." She said to them. They then crawled after her excitedly. She then put them in separate high chairs. She then started tickling them. They then starting laughing uncontrollably. Shrek heard this as he came into the kitchen.
"Morning honey. Are the kids okay?" he said to her. "Yes they're fine. Your two mischievous sons woke their sister up by their play, that's all." She told him. She watched as the boys tried reaching for their Daddy. He laughed at this. Only worry was in his mind for another reason. He was worried in case the village mob decided to pay them a visit and try to take their kids. That part worried him most of all. Fiona was worried about the same thing. She needed to teach the kids how to defend themselves but they were still young. She was feeding the boys some strange oatmeal that she'd made. Shrek then went to get Xan up but she was already crawling into the kitchen. He picked her up gently in his arms. He watched as she hugged him gently. He smiled at this. Fiona then let the two boys down onto the floor. They started crawling but their father put them in a play pen. "That should calm them down for a while." He thought as he watched them play with some toys. Fiona then decided to go into Duloc but she couldn't leave the babies alone. "Honey will you look after them for me?" she told him calmly. Shrek nodded. But Puss showed up. He wanted to help his friend. She then left the house. But Mik and Likaz had gotten out of the play pen and had crawled outside the door. Shrek then heard crying. Puss then got angry at what was going on. A pack of hunters were outside. They had Mik and his brother in their hands. "Leave them alone! They're only babies and can't defend themselves!" Shrek yelled at them as he attacked them. But there was a cut above Mik's left eye. Puss then joined him and they managed to drive them off. Likaz was crying but Mik was very silent. Their father then rubbed them gently. "It's okay. They're gone. I won't let them hurt you two or your sister." He said soothingly. Mik perked up at this and was babbling happily again. He put some water over his son's left eyelid to cool it off. But it left a giant scar there. He wasn't that worried by this. Fiona noticed this when she came back. "Did something happen while I was gone? Was it something bad that explains the scar above Likaz's left eye?" she asked quietly. Shrek sighed sadly before speaking. "Yes something did happen. A group of hunters came here and tried to take the boys away. Puss and I managed to get them out of here but they hurt Likaz before that." He told her. She then saw sadness in his eyes and rubbed his back gently. "It's okay. It wasn't your fault. At least they didn't take them. Where are they?" she told him gently. "Mik's in the playpen but Likaz and Xan are asleep." He said quietly as he looked away from her. He watched as she held Mik in her arms. He knew that they needed to learn some defence in case that happened again. This time they were lucky but it wouldn't be like that next time.
Fiona agreed with him. She knew that hunters would always be trying to hurt them so they needed to protect themselves. She wondered if Likaz was sad because of what had happened. She hoped it wouldn't affect him or his confidence because it seemed like he had her fiery spirit…
Later that night, she heard soft crying come from the babies room. She went to check it out. Likaz was upset. It must be because of what had happened to him and his brother earlier. "I won't let them or anyone like them hurt you or scare you like that. I know inside you have my fiery spirit and bravery but you just don't know it yet until you're older and use it to help your brother and sister when they need it." She told him gently. He perked up at this. She then watched as he fell asleep happily…