Promise

A/N Here's more. Harold and Lillian are still deciding on what to do but that night Fiona is made to stay in the castle by her parents just for this one night but she feels lonely.....

Lillian was in bed that night with Harold. She'd cooled down after dinner but Fiona had no clue why her Mom was acting weird and why her Dad acted so sad at dinner but when she asked, they didn't tell her. She'd wanted to go play with Shrek but had a feeling her parents wanted her to stay in the castle tonight. She changed into her night gown and lay on the bed.

She sighed. She missed Shrek. She had a feeling he'd be worried if she didn't show up at the forest. She wondered why her parents were acting funny but heard a stone hit the window. She then opened the window and saw somebody standing outside.

It was her ogre friend.

"What're you doing?

My parents might hear and not understand. They've been acting funny ever since I came back home from making the tree house, I don't know why." she whispered to him.

"I-I was worried when you didn't come to the forest so I thought something was wrong." he told her climbing up the wall. Fiona was amazed as he came into her room through the window.

"That was cool!

Weren't you scared that you were going to fall?" the young princess asked curious as he looked around her room.

He'd never been in a castle before but was nervous in case Fiona's parents saw him.

"It's okay.

Mommy and Daddy won't mind.

They know you're my friend.

Only my Daddy seemed really sad." she reassured him as he came out from hiding.

"Yeah." he said making a shadow puppet of a dragon with his hands. She was amazed by this.

"My Daddy sort of.... showed me how to make them a long time ago." he said sadly, his trumpet shaped ears drooping sadly.

He then felt her hug him. It made him feel good inside. Tears then fell from his eyes as he looked away from her.

"I wonder what's wrong with him?

Maybe I can get him to talk about it." she thought sitting beside him on the floor.

"What's wrong Shrek?

You know it's okay to talk about it. It might make you feel better." she told him softly. She hated seeing people she cared about sad or upset and she wanted to help.

She watched as he wiped the tears away.

"I..... had a bad dream eariler and it kind of freaked me out." he answered softly.

"What was it about?" she asked curious.

But the way he looked at her told her it had been about her. She had a feeling it was about her leaving someday.

He then took a breath before speaking.

"It was about you leaving for a long, long time and by the time you came back, you forgot all about me and our friendship and I... was locked in the dungeon. After that I woke up." he explained.

"That is pretty bad.

Don't worry I'm not going to leave, not yet.

Besides I'm always in your heart." she told him as she hugged him. He smiled seeing that.

"Yeah I feel better. I feel lonely whenever you're not with me because I don't have any other friends beside you." he answered as he began making more shadow puppets. He felt better as he yawned. He knew that Fiona wouldn't leave him but wasn't sure.

When Lillian went to check up on Fiona, she found her with Shrek as they slept on the bed with their arms around each other.

"They look so cute together. I know he makes her happy but what if we decide to send her away to a tower? It would hurt us. Fiona's not like normal girls.

Maybe it's for the best but it hurts to do something like this." she thought as she left her daughter's room. Harold saw sadness in her eyes and wondered what was wrong with his wife. He saw tears in her eyes.

"Lillian what's wrong?" he asked softly.

"...... Maybe it will be a good idea to send her away but...." she answered sadly.

"But what?" Harold asked even though he knew the answer.

"To.... let her go. She's still young and needs us. We'll never be the same if we do this and she'll hate us for this. I don't think I can do it Harold.

Are you sure this is the only way to help her?" she asked Harold.

He wanted to answer that there was another way but remembered the Fairy Godmother's words to him the other day. Fear was in his eyes at that.

"I'm not so sure. I want to help but if I don't go along with the Fairy Godmother's plan, she'll turn me back into a frog king and if Lillian saw..... what she like me if I told her about my true form.

Would she?" he thought as he looked into her eyes and sighed. He had no choice.

"...... Yes." he answered softly.

His answer was barely a whisper.

She sighed sadly as he began to speak.

"Then I guess I have no choice.

We should tell her." Harold replied with tears in his eyes.

Lillian understood as she hugged him as they cried deeply at having to send their daughter away.....