I don't own The Office or A Midsummer Night's Dream. The idea for this story is based off of the Scrubs episode called My Princess. Come to think of it, I don't own Scrubs either.
Five year old Cece waited in her bed eagerly. She had taken a bath, changed into her pajamas, and brushed her teeth with nary a complaint. Now she waited with excitement for the highlight of the night. Daddy was going to tell her a story when he got home.
A few minutes later, a head peeked through the door. "Cece?"
"Daddy!" she cried, happily. He rushed over and sat on the side of the bed.
"Ready for a story?" he asked, with a twinkle in his eye. His question was met with happy squeaks and energetic nodding. "Alright, alright. Now, where to begin?"
"Once upon a time!" Cece blurted.
"That's right. Once upon a time . . ."
Once upon a time, there was a magical kingdom called Scrantonia. In this kingdom lived a beautiful princess named Princess Pam. She was the most beautiful princess in all the land. But she was very unhappy. She had been destined to be married to a heartless, cruel prince named Prince Roy. But Princess Pam did not love Prince Roy. She loved the stable boy, Jim, who took care of her horses. But because Jim wasn't royalty, it was impossible for her to marry him.
Princess Pam remembered a long time ago when someone she knew was faced with a similar problem.
Five year old Pam tiptoed up to one of the doors in the castle and quietly stopped to listen. Two people inside were yelling at each other. Princess Pam knew that the voices belonged to Sir Ryan and Lady Kelly. They were always fighting. Lady Kelly loved Sir Ryan, but Sir Ryan didn't love her back. 'Why can't they just work it out?' Pam thought.
"Why won't you return my love?" Lady Kelly was yelling.
"Why won't you just leave me alone?" Sir Ryan yelled back.
"I can't! I love you too much!" Lady Kelly cried.
"'Do I entice you? Do I speak you fair? Or rather do I not in plainest truth tell you I do not, nor I cannot love you?'"
" . . . What?"
"My lady, the king has offered me a position better than this one. You're going to have to learn how to live without me."
"'Learn to live without you?' Fine. I'll save you the trouble of leaving! I'll go! I'll go on a quest and find a way to make you beg for my love!" At that moment, Princess Pam had to run and hide behind a vase so Lady Kelly, who had stormed out, wouldn't see her.
So, Lady Kelly went on her quest, Sir Ryan became a Duke, and Pam hadn't seen Lady Kelly since then.
One day, Princess Pam visited the stables and told Jim about her problem.
"Well, what do people usually do when faced with a tough decision?"
Remembering Lady Kelly, she said, "I think they go on a quest."
"Brilliant! . . . What's a quest?"
"I don't know."
Even though neither one of them really knew what a quest was, they decided to go on one because they truly loved each other and wanted to be married.
"We'll just figure it out as we go along."
So, that's just what they did.