A/N: Here, we have the 2nd chapter. And this time, things may start a little different, concerning the 3 bears, especially with Goldilocks involved this time around.

Shrek: Tale of the Ogre Princess

Chapter 2: A Flying, Talking Donkey; "What are you doing in my Swamp?!"

The next day, at the forest, fairy tale creatures were put in chains and led into wagons by Duloc Guards right and left.

"All right. This one's full. Take it away!", the guard shouted before the wagon rolled away with the dwarves.

"And not a moment too soon...", Fiona narrated in addition.

By this time, the Captain of the Duloc Guards sat at a table paying a line of people their rewards for turning in the fairytale creatures. Those waiting in line included Peter Pan, who was carrying Tinkerbell in a cage, Geppetto who was carrying Pinocchio, and a farmer carrying the Three Little Pigs.

"Move it along. Come on! Get up!", the guard ordered to the unicorn, pushing it into another wagon.

"Next!", the captain called.

As the witch approached, one guard shouted.

"Give me that!"

He then took the witch's broom and broke it in half.

"Your flying days are over!"

"That's 20 pieces of silver for the witch. Next!", the captain said, handing over the reward to the villager who turned the witch in.

But the villager none too pleased with himself, muttered to himself.

"Lousy 20 pieces.", the villager muttered.

"Get up! Come on!", the guard ordered.

Waiting in line was a donkey on a leash and his owner. He looked in horror at the witch and a group of dwarves being loaded into a wagon.

"Sit down there! Keep quiet!", another guard said as the door to the wagon was closed.

He even noticed Mama Bear and Papa Bear locked inside giant cages with Little Bear in his own cage all while Goldilocks was handcuffed.

"You can't just lock us up! I know my rights!", Goldilocks demanded.

"I just want to go on record to say... this cage is too small for me, mate.", Baby Bear said.

"Please, don't turn me in. I'll never be stubborn again. I can change. Please! Give me another chance!", the donkey pleaded.

"Oh, shut up.", the old woman only retorted, threatening to smack Donkey.

"Next! What have you got?", the captain asked as Geppetto set Pinnochio on the table.

"This little wooden puppet.", Geppetto said.

"I'm not a puppet, I'm a real boy.", Pinocchio said before his nose grew in response to his lying.

"5 shillings for the possessed toy. Take it away.", the captain said.

"Father, please! Don't let them do this! Help me!"

But Geppetto took the money and walked off. The old woman stepped up to the table next.

"Next! What have you got?", the captain asked.

"Well, I've got a talking donkey.", the old woman explained.

"Right. Well, that's good for 10 shillings. If you can prove it.", the captain responded.

"Oh, go ahead, little fella.", the old woman egged as she removed the rope from around his muzzle.

But the donkey stayed silent.

"Well?", the captain asked.

"Oh, oh, he's just...he's just a little nervous. He's really quite a chatterbox.", the old woman assured.

Then, she threatened to smack Donkey again.

"Talk, you boneheaded dolt, talk!"

"That's it. I've heard enough. Guards!", the captain ordered.

"No, no, he talks! He does."

Panicked, she tried moving Donkey's lips.

"I can talk. I love to talk. I'm the talking-est darn thing you ever saw.", the old woman fibbed.

"Get her out of my sight.", the captain only sighed.

"No, no! I swear! Oh! He can talk!", the old woman swore.

The guards grabbed the old woman. As she struggled with them, one of her legs flew out and kicked Tinkerbell's cage out of Peter Pan's hands, and it dropped on Donkey's head. As a result, he got sprinkled with fairy dust and started floating upwards.

"Hey! I can fly!", Donkey spoke in amazement.

"He can fly!", Peter Pan said in surprise.

"He can fly!", the 3 little pigs repeated.

"He can fly!", the 3 bears added.

"He can talk!?", the captain exclaimed in shock.

"Ha, ha! That's right, fool! Now I'm a flying, talking donkey. You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly. Ha, ha!"

But, unfortunately, the pixie dust's effects began to wear off.

"Uh-oh.

He then dropped out of the air and hit the ground with a thud.

"Seize him!"

Donkey hurriedly dodged the guards as they tried to grab him and ran deeper into the forest.

"After him! He's getting away! Get him! This way! Turn!"

Donkey escaped deeper into the forest and ran head first into Shrek's backside as he was hanging up his sign. Shrek turned around to see who bumped into him and glared down at Donkey. He looked scared of Shrek for a moment, but he quickly hid behind him rather than from him, after seeing that the guards have caught up to him. Fortunately, when they arrived, they stopped as soon as they saw Shrek.

"You there! Ogre!", the Captain called.

"Aye?"

Shrek slowly approached the group of guards, who became visibly frightened of him as he stepped forward.

"By the order of Lord Farquaad, I am authorized to place you both under arrest and... transport you to... a designated...resettlement...facility?

"Oh, really? You and what army?", Shrek smirked.

The Captain looked behind himself and saw that all the other guards have fled in understandable fear of Shrek as Donkey peeped out from behind his leg with a grin, impressed. The Captain tucked his tail and ran off. Shrek shook his head and started walking back to his swamp as Donkey followed him.

"Can I say something to you? Listen, you was really, really, really somethin' back here. Incredible!", Donkey congratulated.

"Are you talking to..."

He turned around and Donkey was gone.

"me?"

As soon as he turned back around, Donkey was now right in front of him.

"Whoa!"

"Yes. I was talking to you. Can I tell you that you that you was great back there? Man, those guards! They thought they was all of that. Then you showed up and bam! They was tripping over themselves like babes in the woods. That really made me feel good to see that.", Donkey stated.

"Oh, that's great. Really.", Shrek said annoyedly with sarcasm.

"Man, it's good to be free."

"Now, why don't you go celebrate your freedom with your own friends? Hmm?", Shrek suggested before leaving.

"But, uh, I don't have any friends. And I'm not goin' out there by myself. Hey, wait a minute! I got a great idea! I'll stick with you. You're a mean, green, fighting machine. Together we'll scare the spit out of anybody that crosses us.", Donkey suggested,

But Shrek, not keen on the idea, turned toward Donkey and roared loudly in the face.

"Oh, wow! That was really scary. If you don't mind me saying, if that don't work, your breath certainly will get the job done, 'cause you definitely need some Tic Tac or something, 'cause your breath stinks!"

Annoyed that it didn't work, Shrek walked off only for Donkey to reappear ahead of him, dangling from a felled log.

"Man, you almost burned the hair outta my nose, just like the time..."

Shrek covered his mouth, but Donkey continued to talk in muffles before Shrek removed his hand.

"...then I ate some rotten berries. I had strong gases leaking out of my butt that day."

"Why are you following me?", Shrek asked.

"I'll tell you why.", Donkey replied, dropping from the log.

But rather than explaining, he sang.

Donkey: 'Cause I'm all alone,

There's no one here beside me,

My problems have all gone,

There's no one to deride me,

But you gotta have friends...

"STOP! SINGING!", Shrek shouted before he picked up Donkey by his ears and tail. "Well, it's no wonder you don't have any friends!"

Shrek dropped him.

"Wow. Only a true friend would be that truly honest.", Donkey grinned.

"Listen, little donkey. Take a look at me. What am I?", Shrek asked.

Donkey looked all the way up at Shrek, who looked as though he is, if he doesn't currently have an angry face, ready to give a friendly hug.

"Uh...really tall?"

"NO! I'm an ogre! You know, 'Grab your torch and pitchforks!'. Doesn't that bother you?", Shrek asked.

Donkey shook his head.

"Nope."

The ogre was surprised by his casual response.

"Really?"

"Really, really.", Donkey replied.

The ogre was taken aback by the response.

"Oh."

"Man, I like you. What's your name?", Donkey asked.

"Uh, Shrek.", Shrek then started off on his way.

"Shrek? Well, you know what I like about you, Shrek? You got that kind of 'I-don't-care-what-nobody-thinks-of-me' thing. I like that. I respect that, Shrek. You're all right.

Eventually, they came over a hill overlooking Shrek's swamp.

"Woo, look at that! Who'd want to live in place like that?"

Shrek was annoyed.

"That would be my home.", Shrek said.

"Oh! And it is lovely! Just beautiful. You know you are quite a decorator. It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget. I like that boulder. That is a nice boulder."

Donkey then caught up and looked at Shrek's "keep out" signs.

"I guess you don't, uh, entertain much, do you?", Donkey guessed.

"I like my privacy.", Shrek said.

"You know, I do too. That's another thing we have in common. Like I hate it when you got somebody in your face. You're trying to give them a hint and they won't leave. And there's that big awkward silence you know?", Donkey asked.

Then, there was a moment of said awkward silence.

"Can I stay with you?"

"Uh, what?", Shrek puzzled.

"Can I stay with you, please?", Donkey asked.

"Of course.", Shrek said sarcastically.

"Really?",Donkey asked.

"No.", Shrek only said before leaving.

"Please! I don't wanna go back there! You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak."

Donkey pushed Shrek up against the door.

"Well, maybe you do. But that's why we gotta stick together. You gotta let me stay! Please! Please!"

"Okay! Okay. But one night only.", Shrek said.

"Ah! Thank you!"

Donkey ran inside the hut, much to Shrek's annoyance as he hopped onto a chair.

"Ah! What are you...no! No!"

"This is gonna be fun! We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning... I'm making waffles."

Shrek growled in frustration.

"Where do, uh, I sleep?", Donkey asked.

"Outside!", Shrek spoke irritatedly.

"Oh, well, I guess that's cool. I mean, I don't know you, and you don't know me, so I guess outside is best, you know. Here I go. Good night.

As soon as DOnkey had sadly walked outside, Shrek slammed the door, shutting Donkey outside.

"I mean, I do like the outdoors. I'm a donkey. I was born outside.", Donkey said before Shrek sighed and just proceeded to his quarters.

"I'll just be sitting by myself outside, I guess, you know. By myself, outside. I'm all alone...there's no one here beside me..."

Meanwhile in the Tower at sunset, Fiona had just finished her activity and sighed at the sunset.

"Another day done.", She said as she grew to the average female ogre's height.

With her body swelling in size and weight, she sat to her bed.

"Someday, this curse will be nothing but a distant memory."

Fiona's skin became sickly green, her ears shooting out into ogre ear stocks, and finally, her nose swelling in size.

"Until then, I'll just keep waiting." The ogress said before laying down to sleep.

"While I was waiting for something to change my life, I didn't know that at the same time, Shrek found one change in his life he was NOT so eager for.", Fiona narrated.

Back at the swamp, Shrek was getting ready for dinner. He sat down, lit a candle made out of his own earwax, and began eating. Donkey looked inside from a window and then laid down by the front door. Shrek was about to take a bite when he heard a creaking noise. Annoyed, he stood up with a huff.

"I thought I told you to stay outside!", Shrek said.

"I am outside!", Donkey responded from outside.

Shrek heard a noise from inside and turned to find the source. Below the cracks of the door, he saw several shadows moving and looked around. Before he knew it, he saw the 3 Blind Mice on his table, wearing small pairs of glasses.

"Well, gents, it's a far cry from the farm, but what choice do we have?", the 1st mouse said.

"It's not home, but it'll do just fine.", the 2nd added as the 3rd mouse, named Gorder, was bouncing on a slug.

"What a lovely bed.", Gorder said.

"Got ya."

Shrek grabbed Gorder, but he escaped and landed on his shoulder.

"I found some cheese."

Unaware that it was anything but, he bit into Shrek's ear.

"OW!"

Shrek tried to grab him but failed.

"Blah! Awful stuff.", Gorder complained, jumping down to the table.

"Is that you, Gorder?", one of the other two blind mouse asked.

"How did you know?", Gorder asked.

"Enough!", Shrek shouted as he grabbed all 3 mice.

"What are you doing in my house?

Suddenly, he got bumped from behind and dropped the mice.

"Hey!"

Shrek turned around and saw that the 7 Dwarves have put Snow White, sleeping in her glass coffin, on the table.

"Oh, no, no, no. Dead girl off the table!", Shrek demanded as he pushed the coffin away.

"Where are we supposed to put her? The bed's taken.", one of the dwarves retorted, pushing the coffin back.

"Huh?"

Confused, Shrek walked over to the bedroom and threw back the curtain. To his shock, he found the Big Bad Wolf laying in the bed, disguised as Red's grandmother.

"What?"

Moments later, Shrek now had the Big Bad Wolf by the collar and was dragging him to the front door.

"I live in a swamp. I put up signs. I'm a terrifying ogre! What do I have to do to get a little privacy?!", Shrek shouted as he opened the front door and threw Big Bad Wolf out.

But the moment he did that, he saw that a horde of fairytale creatures have already set up camp in his swamp.

"Oh, no. Oh, no. No! No!"

He dodged out the way of a group of witches flying on broomsticks before noticing a few more vexing things. First off, he saw some Elvis directing flight traffic so that the fairies and witches can land. Next, he saw Jack and Jill pushing and shoving each other near a lady who was hanging up laundry.

"Quit it.", Jack demanded.

"Don't push.", Jill retorted.

the Pied Piper playing his pipe and luring the rats over to him. And finally, he saw Goldilocks, Mama Bear, Papa Bear, and Little Bear sitting around the fire. This was much more than Shrek could take as he seemed ready to roar again.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP?!"

Shrek's voice echoed throughout the camp and everyone that was blown away, literally, fell silent. Gasps were heard all around before the 3 Good Fairies hid inside a tent while 2 dwarves hid behind a tree trunk.

"All right, get out of here. All of you, move it! Come on! Let's go! Hapaya! Hapaya! Hey!"

Shrek tried to shoot most of the fairytale creatures away, but some saw an opportunity.

"Quickly. Come on!", the dwarves shouted.

More dwarves ran inside the house and shut the door behind them.

"No, no! No, no. Not there! Not there!", Shrek shouted.

He fiddled with the door handle, unable to open the door. After failing, he gave Donkey an annoyed look.

"Hey, don't look at me. I didn't invite them.", Donkey said.

"Well gosh, no one invited us.", Pinocchio explained.

"What?!", Shrek puzzled.

"We were forced to come here!", Pinnochio answered.

"By who?!"

"Lord Farquaad. He huffed and he puffed and he...signed an eviction notice.", one of the little pigs replied.

Shrek sighed.

"All right. Who knows where this... 'Farquaad' guy is?", Shrek asked.

The crowd gasped at the mention of Lord Farquaad. Naturally, no one answered because of how scared they are of him.

"Oh, I do. I know where he is!", Donkey said.

But Shrek was not looking to him for the answer.

"Does anyone else know where to find him?"

Baby Bear raised his hand but Papa Bear quickly put his hand down.

"Maybe you should sit this one out, dear.", Mama suggested.

"Mama makes an excellent point, son.", Papa agreed.

Big Bad Wolf and a wizard pointed at each other.

"Anyone at all?", Shrek asked.

"Me! Me!", Donkey called.

"Anyone?", Shrek asked.

Donkey jumped up and down.

"Oh! Oh, pick me! Oh, I know! I know! Me, me! Me!", Donkey shouted, hopping and even going so far as to flip backwards.

Annoyed, Shrek sighed for a moment.

"Okay, fine. Attention all...fairy tale things. Do not get comfortable! Your welcome is officially worn out! In fact, I'm gonna see this guy Farquaad right now and get you all off my land and back where you came from!"

After a brief silence, the crowd erupted into cheering and applause. Even Goldilocks cheered for him.

"You go kick his mangy butt, ogre!"

That was not Shrek's intention as a group of birds draped a cloak made of flowers around Shrek's shoulders, much to his annoyance.

"Oh! You! You're coming with me.", Shrek spoke before he brushed the cloak onto the ground while the birds came back to place a wreath of flowers on Donkey's head.

They made their through the crowd and walked away.

"All right, that's what I like to hear, man. Shrek and Donkey, 2 stalwart friends, off on a whirlwind big-city adventure. I love it!"

Donkey sang as Shrek grabbed a torch from a dwarf cheering them on, who refused to let go. In response, Shrek shook the torch until the dwarf fell into a pond.

"'On the road again...', sing it with me, Shrek! 'I can't wait to get on the road again.'"

"What did I say about singing?", Shrek slightly snapped as he yanked the wreath off Donkey's head.

"Can I whistle?", Donkey asked.

"No."

"Well, can I hum it?"

"All right, hum it.", Shrek said, annoyed.

Donkey began to hum 'On the Road Again' as the pair walked off into the night with Shrek's torch lighting the way.

"He was able to like Donkey's singing… eventually.", Fiona narrated.

A/N: And now, Shrek and Donkey had set off on their adventure. Also, this time, the 3 bears that were trapped in a cage were the 3 bears from "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish", especially with Goldilocks included as well. And as you know, the cast for the 4 are...

Florence Pugh - Goldilocks

Olivia Colmon - Mama Bear

Ray Winstone - Papa Bear

Samson Kayo - Baby Bear

Fair warning, in the next chapter, apart from possible additional scenes, especially those from Fiona's point of view, nothing different changes much.