Ch 3
Fiona was with Artie but was lost in thought. She then saw something on the bedside table in Artie's room. It looked like a snow globe but was very special. It was a Wish Globe. Inside it was wishing dust. If anybody made a wish on it, it would come true.
"I know what to use it for. I can give Mom what she misses most, Dad. I hope it can bring him back. It's worth a shot." She thought as she held it in her hand.
"I wish that my father King Harold was alive again and immortal." She told it softly. She watched as it shimmered and a blast of magic shot out of it. It filled the room with light. "What's going on?" Artie yelled as he shielded his eyes but put his hand down as the light vanished.
He gasped as he saw his uncle in his frog form. Fiona smiled happily. "I did it! Mom's going to be surprised when she sees you're alive!" she told him as he ate some flies. "Yes I'm happy to see you too honey but how did I get back here?" Harold asked her gently. "I made a wish on a Wish Globe to bring you back to life. Mom was really upset after the last time you visited as a ghost." Fiona explained. Harold smiled as he hopped into her arms. "Fiona I'm sorry for all the mistakes I've made with you. It wasn't easy dealing with your daughter under a curse and trying to keep it from the kingdom at the same time. I'm also sorry about dealing with the Fairy Godmother. I just wanted to remain a human so your mother would still love me but she loves me as I am." he told her softly. Artie was a little freaked out. "Uncle Harold how're you a frog?" he asked but Fiona shot him a look. Harold chuckled at that.
"It's okay honey. I had to explain to your mother after the ball. I was born a frog but was a prince. But that was until I saw Lillian that day by the lily pond. I was in Love, True Love but I knew she a queen in waiting would never love a frog but that's when the Fairy Godmother showed up. She made me into a human but I didn't know what the catch was until Fiona was born." he explained gently. He smiled gently as they went downstairs into the dining room. Lillian was drinking her twelfth bottle of wine. She then stopped when she saw Harold in Fiona's arms. "Harold is that you? Not a trick?" she asked softly. "Yes Lillian it's me. Your daughter used a Wish Globe to bring me back. I missed you. I thought I would never see you again." he replied. She hugged him gently. "Merry Christmas Mom." Fiona said to her. "Thank you honey. You don't know how much this means to me." Lillian told her hugging her.
Shrek then came in holding the triplets. "What's going on? Is that Harold?" he asked. Fiona smiled as the triplets reached out for Harold. "Are these my grand children? They're adorable. I can't believe I missed their birth." he said to Fiona. Lillian saw that one of them was going to attempt to blow Harold up like a balloon but Shrek stopped him. "No blowing up Grandpa." he scolded. The triplet then crawled after it's siblings on the floor.
Later that night Lillian was in bed and Harold was sitting on the pillow beside her. She felt happy that her husband was beside her again and she wasn't alone anymore. "I felt awful that day when we buried you in the pond. I wanted to break down but had to remain strong for my family. After that I felt miserable like I could never be happy again." Lillian told him gently. "I know but don't think about it ever again. I'm here alive once more so there should be no more tears about that. What happened to the swamp?" Harold told her softly croaking a little. She laughed at that. "You're right about that. Their house was destroyed by a blizzard. Shrek went to try to fix it but it's a lost cause. They're worried about what'll happen after the holidays because they've nowhere to go and they can't live in the village because humans would be buggting them all hours of the day and night." Lillian explained to him. Artie then looked at the Wish Globe. "If Fiona brought back Uncle Harold, then I have an idea. I wish Shrek and Fiona's house was fixed better than new and able to withstand any storm or blizzard!" he said. Suddenly it shimmered and a blast of magic shot out of it and vanished.
"I hope it works. I don't want my best friend and his family without a home after Christmas." he whispered as he climbed into bed that night in his pyjamas...