Ch 13
Charming sighed angrily as he sipped a Fuzzy Navel in the Poison Apple Pub. He was sitting alone at a table wearing a hooded cloak so the others there wouldn't pound him to death.
He then saw somebody approach him. It was an ogre in a suit of purple armour. He looked like Shrek but wasn't like him. It was Mariott, Shrek's father. He was the leader of the Ogre Protection Unit, a group trying to keep the bad image their race got from humans and other fairy tale creatures. "Are you Prince Charming? I want to help you destroy my son." He growled softly so nobody else in the bar could hear.
"Yes I am. But why would you want to destroy him?" Charming answered curious. "It's because of him that ogres aren't feared anymore! They try to befriend us." Mariott explained. Mabel watched as Mariott threw some coins onto the table. "I feel sorry for whoever's with him. Mariott's nothing but bad news." She thought as she cleaned some glasses with a cloth.
Charming watched as Mariott brewed a potion in his lair. He added a drop of dew from a black flower. "What're you gonna do with this?" he asked him. "Once my son drinks it, he'll fall into a sleep which if we're lucky, he might never wake up from!" Mariott cackled as he put it into a vial. He then vanished off into the night with Charming, the vial in hand.
But in his and Fiona's room back at the swamp, Shrek was suffering from nightmares of losing Fiona and the babies but akso of the past. Fiona could tell something was up with him but didn't ask. Marriott cackled as he left the vial on his son's bedside table. "Why did you do that for?" Charming asked worriedly. "You'll see." he answered as they left before getting caught. Shrek woke up with sweat dripping down his face. He saw a vial on the bedside table.
He opened and drank it. Fiona then woke up and saw him convulse in spasms and hit the pillow. She was freaked by that. "Honey are you okay?" she asked scared. She felt his pulse. He was still alive but asleep. "I'd better get help." she thought as she dragged him into the onion carriage and set off for Far, Far Away. Lillian was surprised to see Fiona with Shrek. "Something's wrong with him. He drank something and it made him go into spasms. I'm worried." she told her.
Fiona then handed her the vial. Merlin then appeared. "Artie told me what happened. I wanted to help out." he said to her as he examined the bottle. He sighed gravely. "What's wrong?" Fiona asked him. "It was a sleeper potion. One that sends the drinker into eternal sleep." he answered her softly.
"But how do we reverse it?" Fiona asked him. "I'm not sure." he answered. Mariott laughed as he watched them. "I'm happy they're upset. They're unaware that True Love can reverse it." he said to Charming. "You mean like a kiss?" Charming asked him. "Yes but don't let Fiona know that or my plan will be ruined!" he answered. Charming then watched as Artie put a blanket over Shrek's body. "I hope he gets cured soon." he thought as he joined Fiona. Merlin was consulting a spell book. "I might have something that might be of use to you." he told them. "What do you mean?" Artie asked him.
"The only way to cure it is Love." he answered. Fiona and the others were confused by this. "It means the bond you and Shrek share can do it but it needs a symbol to do it like a kiss." hetold them. Fiona then got it. Charming then saw Mariott break into the room. "I'm afraid I can't let you do that." he said smiling. "Who're you?" Artie asked nervously. "I'm Mariott Shrek's father and leader of the Ogre Protection Unit." he answered. Merlin gasped at that in shock.
"You know him?" Snow asked him. "Yes. He's a leader of a crazed group of ogres who want their kind to have the bad image and be feared by others and humans. He hates Shrek who is his son because he has a good heart. He's the one that planted that sleeper potion in your room." he explained to Fiona. She understood as she struck a karate pose. "I won't let you stop me from helping my husband!" she yelled. Snow then began to fight him and knocked him out with some karate moves. "Thanks." Fiona told her as they kissed. Artie and Merlin were stunned by that. She then knelt down by her husband's side.
"I hope this works. I love you so much." she whispered kissing him. But nothing happened. "What's going on? Why isn't he waking up?" she asked Merlin. "You may be saying that but your heart is feeling for somebody else." he answered. She then looked at Snow. "You must choose between her or your husband, your True Love." he replied. Fiona looked at Snow, then looked at her husband. "I'm sorry Snow but I really love him more than you'll ever know." Fiona said softly. "It's okay Fi. You've gotta do what's right for you." she told her.
They watched as Fiona kissed Shrek on the lips. Suddenly his body glowed and his eyes began to open. "Fiona what's going on? Why are we here?" he asked her. "Your father Mariott put a sleep potion and it put you under it's spell. I had to use True Love to break it." she answered. He smiled as he hugged her.
"Thanks honey. I love you too." he said. Snow smiled sadly as she saw them together. "I guess you got him back. I'm happy for you." she thought as she walked off but Fiona ran after her and kissed her. "I still love you too, Even though Shrek and I are married, you and I can still have a relationship." she told her. Fiona then saw Snow hug her. "Thank you honey." she replied to her. Shrek smiled as he watched them...