Ch. 83 - Dragon's Keep (1)

[For those who are expecting much in the Dragon. Sorry to disappoint you but she wouldn't be included in the fanfic as part of Jin's harem or somewhat, she would only serve as a stepping stone for Jin and his women.]

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At this point, the citizens of Duloc town have long disappeared and ran away from the town. They have long disappeared the moment they saw Tigress decimating the knights.

"So it is a town! I thought it was some kind of Kingdom or something." Rapunzel said after reading a nearby promotion type of poster that is plastered on a wall.

"Told you. It is impossible to build a Kingdom just by yourself. You need connections to other royal families." Jin said while stretching himself. To be honest, he finally remembered this town after massacring the so-called 'King'.

'I think it was Donkey's girlfriend who was supposed to be the one to kill Farquaad.' Jin said to himself while walking outside the walls of Duloc town and climbed on top of their carriage's driver's seat.

"So, where are we going next?" Rapunzel was on the tip of her toes as she was getting excited in this adventure of theirs.

"Well, first of all. It looks like our big and talking friend won't be joining us anymore. Right Shrek?" Jin said first while asking Shrek who was walking back to his swamp followed by Donkey.

"Oh god! Please don't kill us! I'll be a good Donkey?" Donkey, who has been wary and scared of Jin because of watching his feats, immediately panicked, thinking that they would be Jin's next victim.

"Calm down, Donkey! He's just asking a question!" Shrek explained to Donkey, who gulped his saliva in fear and slowly stood up while watching Jin's every movement. If Jin does anything, he'll definitely run away from here without looking back!

'How can you be scared of me when you even faced and charmed a Dragon on your own?' Jin's face twitched at Donkey's unnecessary fear towards him.

"Well, Farquaad's gone then that means the fairies would leave my swamp and I'll have it back again for myself." Shrek shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Are you sure? We're planning on invading a Dragon's Keep and rescuing the princess. I heard she marries anyone who rescues her." Jin offered the sweets, hoping that Shrek would take it.

"No thanks. I'm fine by my swamp. A woman would only disturb the peace I have." Shrek waved his hand, not wanting to have a woman. However, Donkey has seen Shrek's life. Sure, Shrek is at peace but Donkey could tell that Shrek needs a companion for life, someone that will accompany him for the rest of his life until he dies.

"Hey Shrek. Rescuing this princess could be your chance to prove you're not just an ogre. Plus, think of the rewards. Fame, fortune, and maybe even a cozy swamp for two! I mean, it's a princess right? Marrying a princess has its perks and you would even be the new king of a Kingdom and...." Donkey was convincing Shrek as Shrek stopped in his tracks and seemed to think about something.

"So? Are you guys coming or what?" Jin asked aloud.

"We're coming! Let's go, Shrek. No time to waste!" Donkey quickly raised his head and answered.

"Wait what! I didn't say anything?" However, it was too late for Shrek as Donkey was already using his head to bump him towards the carriage.

Thankfully, the carriage is very big, considering that it is one of the royal carriages of Arendelle.

Without further ado, Shrek was forced by Donkey to come along while Donkey excitedly jumped inside and made himself cozy.

After seeing that they're fine in the carriage, Jin snapped the reins of the carriage, making the horse start moving.

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"Are we there yet?" Donkey boredly asked while staring at the grassy blurring ground outside the window of the carriage.

"Not yet. Donkey, can I ask you a question?" Rapunzel answered his question while at the same time, asking hers.

"What? If you're asking if I'm talking then yes, I am." Donkey answered curtly.

"No no, I was not going to ask that. I just want to ask how are you capable of talking? I mean, are your parents also talking like you?" Rapunzel tucked her hair behind her ear as she was interested in hearing Donkey's story.

"Oh no." Shrek muttered as he quickly placed his two fingers on both of his ears, preparing to the storm that is to come.

"If I'm gonna be honest with you, I learned how to talk after years of listening to that old woman and her husband's rant everyday. Like, seriously there's no day that they won't start a fight about very simple things. I mean, who in their right mind would fight someone just because he breathes the same air as you? Thank God, I left that old woman." Donkey's mouth started rambling and rambling as he narrated his story. This is one of Donkey's perks. He just can't keep his mouth shut and now that an opportunity was presented to him, Donkey would never shut his mouth off again.

"If I see that old woman one more time, I would definitely stick my hoof up on her little hole behind her. I think I remember it is where her feces are coming out. Oh god, now I remember her defecating beside me when she used to give me walks outside. Until I started talking though, she never took me on a walk anymore."

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"You know If I have a dream, then my dream would be to become a horse. A royal horse to be exact. I want to feel the air rushing over my face as I run across the large field!"

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"Oh right, there was this one time when I saw two guys going at it! And when I say 'at it' I literally mean at it! They were unstoppable. Who knew men are capable of those things."

"Shut up, Donkey!" Shrek tried to yell at Donkey, however the was ignored and continued his rant for the rest of the journey.

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"I've never seen a kind human like you guys. Except for him." After hours of long gruesome rumbling, Donkey was finally finished and thought that Rapunzel and Tigress were very kind to him for listening to his ramblings. Unlike Shrek who always yelled at him for rambling his mouth, Rapunzel and Tigress actually listened to him.

"Should we tell him that we fell asleep while he's staring outside as he rambled earlier?" Rapunzel whispered to Tigress after hearing Donkey's compliment on them.

"You shouldn't have asked him that question earlier. Two questions are enough to make him babble his mouth nonstop for 8 hours." Tigress yawned slightly as she answered Rapunzel's question.

"You're right." Rapunzel smiled awkwardly.

"It's a miracle how you guys can fall asleep despite that ranting." Shrek muttered to himself. Unlike Rapunzel and Tigress, he was forced to listen to every rant of Donkey.

"We're near." Jin suddenly said to them outside the carriage. To be honest, he was interested in everything that Donkey said for the last 8 hours. Unlike Rapunzel and Tigress who slept throughout the session, Jin listened attentively as he was interested in Donkey's past.

Although his adventures in life were great, unfortunately, he didn't fully mention if his parents were like him.

"Oh finally!" Rapunzel stretched her arms out before jumping out of the carriage but because stepping on a small pebble, she accidentally sprained her ankle.

"Kyaah!" Falling forward, Rapunzel closed her eyes, bracing for the incoming impact.

However, instead of feeling the hot and spiky ground, she only felt warm arms enveloping her body.

"Are you okay? You should be more careful." Opening her eyes, Rapunzel's eyes met with Jin's clear black eyes like the night sky.

Gulping her saliva, Rapunzel pushed her head forward and planted a kiss on Jin's lips.

"Thanks, my prince charming." Rapunzel beautifully smiled as Jin smirked and kissed her back before helping her stand up and slowly walked towards the carriage so she could have something to lean on, so she could assess the sprain on her ankles.

"That looks bad." Donkey said as he saw the purple mark on Rapunzel's ankles.

"You should probably sing that." Tigress said while pointing at the sprain.

"Yeah, you're right." Rapunzel said before grabbing a handful of her hair from its braided position and wrapping it around her ankle.

"Sing? Why would she sing her ankle?" Donkey asked in confusion, before gasping in realization.

*Gasp!*

"Did I just affiliate myself with a bunch of crazy people? Oh Shrek, we gotta get out of here!" Donkey looked away and whispered to himself as he stared at Shrek, wanting to ask for some answers. However, Shrek shares the same confusion as him.

"~Flower, gleam and glow

Let your power shine

Make the clock reverse

Bring back what once was mine

Heal what has been hurt

Change the Fates' design

Save what has been lost

Bring back what once was mine

What once was mine~"

After she finished her healing incantation and her hair glows, much to Donkey and Shrek's shock.

"I'm definitely affiliated with crazy people." This time, Donkey unconsciously said it out loud as he was mesmerized and stared at Rapunzel's glowing hair.

While Shrek was the same, however he didn't say anything out loud, he just wondered in surprise that there are such awesome things that can be found outside his swamp.

'Maybe, it's for my betterment to come along in this adventure.' Shrek said to himself.

Meanwhile, Tigress just rolled her eyes at Donkey's comment. Though she could understand that seeing Rapunzel's powers for the first time is indeed quite shocking.

Suddenly, her nose and ears picked up a scent and sound from afar.

Looking on her side, she squinted her eyes and that's when she saw a hooded figure riding a white horse that doesn't look like something that can be found or bought from an average stable.

Having enough of the stalking from an unknown individual, Tigress decided to confront the stalker.

*Fwooossh!*

"Ah!" Yelping in surprise, Elsa suddenly found Tigress standing in front of her while her eyes were looking at her with a raised eye brow.

"Elsa? Why are you here? Wait, you're the one who's been following us this whole time?" Tigress asked several questions one by one.

"W-wait, please let me explain first." Elsa was muddled from being barraged with questions so she put her palm out in front of her so she could take a deep breath and explain.

Tigress stopped asking questions and waited for Elsa to explain her side.

"You see...." Elsa then proceeds to explain the reason why she followed them.

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[Gimme stones! Anyways, I was thinking of playing an RTS game and can't decided if should I go to Age of Empires or Command and Conquer Red Alert.]

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