It was a warm sunny day at the vermin filled shack in the swamp.

The triplets Farkle, Fergus and Felicia were spending a few days in Far Far Away with their Grandmother Lillian while Shrek and Fiona were enjoying some much needed alone time together.

Donkey, Pinocchio, Gingerbread man, The Three Pigs and Wolfie were having a warlords and scumbags tournament in the newly refurbished village of Duloc while Dragon and the Dronkeys were visiting their friends in Berk.

While Shrek was outside gathering food for the night's dinner, Fiona was just beginning to open her eyes to the rather nasty surprise of a familiar stickiness between her thighs and crippling pain through her lower back and stomach.

She quickly gets up to find the bedsheets bloody and quickly strips the bed.

She heads to the outhouse to quickly freshen herself up and then soaks the sheets in cold water as well as her PJs and undies.

With a heavy sigh, she washes the bedding and makes the bed with clean linens.

She then heats up some water over the fire and once it's boiled, she finds her hot water bottle and fills it.

She then crawls back under the covers with the bottle against her tender abdomen allowing the heat to numb her pain a bit and lulls her to sleep, thankful that the kids are spending a week with her mother Fiona closes her eyes and lets the heat soothe her cramping stomach.

Shrek walks into the shack to find the washing clean and Fiona sleeping, he notices the way her body is hunched in pain and the paleness of her face as she tries to sleep off her cramps.

Not wanting to wake her, Shrek goes into a cupboard and takes out some Advil, Makes Fiona her favourite cup of tea and takes the liberty of getting another hot water bottle out and ready for her.

Fiona wakes up again to Shrek placing a cup of tea on her bedside table where she finds the Advil.

Shrek gives her a piece of toast which Fiona takes graciously and nibbles at it slowly so that there is something in her stomach before she takes the Advil.

She takes small sips of tea, takes some Advil and thanks Shrek for his kindness.

He then hands her the new hot water bottle and crawls in beside Fiona.

She then rests her head on his chest and enjoys the moments of comfort and tranquillity.

Feeling slightly nauseous, Fiona takes a few deep breaths as Shrek tells her tales about the adventures that Shrek and Donkey had and about how Artie talked Merlin into helping them.

Shrek checks to see if his beloved is okay, She stays honest and says that Satan's Waterfall is here but she'll be fine after some rest.

They spend two hours just relaxing in their own company until Puss walks in with some chocolate, some more Advil and some crackers.

He just leaves them in the kitchen with a note and goes to watch the warlords and scumbags tournament.

Fiona after waking from another nap feels much better and allows Shrek to spoil her for the rest of the day.

They spend the day watching the magic mirror while Shrek makes her light meals and they wake up the next morning to Puss curled up on Shrek's favourite chair purring.