Midsummer Madness
By Trish.
 
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon (unfortunately). I don't own the character of Puck - he 
belongs to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. Throughout this 
story will be many quotes from Shakespeare - which I do not own either. I do own the 
rights to this story. No profit is being made.
 A/N Any dialogue which is in quotation marks and italics eg, "pikachu" is the Pokémon's 
speech in English. A word of warning - you MUST read the whole thing in order - 
otherwise it will not make sense. This is a light-hearted fic in which I really mess with the 
characters. A fluffy, slightly loopy fic with AAMRN and much more….
 
Chapter 1: Mischief, thou art afoot!
 
Night time. The forest was quiet and still, except for the soft calls of a few Hoot Hoots 
now and then. The light from the moon pierced here and there through the thick leafy 
canopy. In one small clearing among the ferns, a few Rattata were engaged in a game of 
hide and seek when a small pinprick of light appeared, filling the forest with an 
incandescent glow. The Pokémon stopped and stared as the light grew into a small sphere 
and brightened. When it was at its brightest, a minute object fell from its midst and 
dropped onto the large fern beneath. The light winked out just as quickly as it had come.
The object stirred and stretched into the tiny figure of a dark haired young man dressed in 
a beige shirt and pants. Puck checked himself over, and satisfied that everything was in 
working order, he fluttered his delicate wings, rising into the air to check out his 
surroundings. But no sooner was he in the air when the sprite dropped like a stone back 
onto the fern he had just left, not believing what he saw. He saw large rats staring at him. 
Not just any large rats, but large purple rats at that. Puck knew that rats were not 
supposed to be purple, at least not in the world where he came from.
He bowed his head - he was lost in another world, a world he knew nothing about except 
that it had large purple rats. Just my luck, he groaned to himself. One minute he was 
playing around with spells with his cousin, the next minute, bang, here he was. He must 
have messed the spell up somehow. Which was not unusual for him, Puck thought 
bitterly. He remembered the time Oberon ordered him to play matchmaker between two 
couples - Hermia and Lysander, Helena and Demetrius. He was to use the potion that 
came from the Love-In-Idleness flower. He got them matched up all right - to the wrong 
partner. After many trials and tribulations, he managed to fix things up. Oh well, might as 
well find out where he was…
He flew down to one of the Rattata. "Excuse me, good creature. What world is this?"
The Rattata looked at him. "You're not from around here, are ya? This is the Pokémon 
world."
"Pokémon?"
"Yup. And we Rattata are just one of the many species of Pokémon. Creatures which 
humans can carry in little balls in their pockets."
"How did it happen to be this way?"
The Rattata shrugged. "I dunno. It just happens to be like this. Always has and always 
will, I guess." He eyed the little fairy again. "Say, if you're not doing anything, I can show 
you around if ya like?"
Puck considered the offer. He could easily go back home via magic; but being of a 
curious nature, he wanted to explore this new world further. Something the Rattata said 
came back to his mind and pricked his interest. Humans existed in this world too….why 
not have some fun along the way? There was nothing Puck loved more than playing 
tricks on the mortals, believing all to be foolish and stupid. "That is very kind of you, 
good rat. I will accept your invitation."
"No problem. What's your name?"
"Puck."
"Nice to meet ya. My name is….um…oh just call me Ratty."
"Nice to meet you too, Ratty."
"So, where d'ya wanna go first?"
"Could you take me to where the humans are?"
"Sure. But what for?"
Puck smiled mischievously. "You'll see. You'll see."
An hour later they were standing at the edge of a very large town. "This is Pallet Town," 
Ratty informed his companion. "I'll show you where a cousin of mine lives with his 
trainer."
"Your cousin was captured?"
"Yeah. But he was lucky. His trainer is very good and a nice guy too."
The creature led him to a large house on the outskirts of town. "This is the place."
They entered the garden, and Ratty led Puck up to a small building at the back where he 
jumped onto the window ledge and tapped three times on the glass. A few minutes later, 
another Rattata appeared through a small doggy door. "How you doing cousin?"
"Fine, thanks." The newcomer noticed Puck. "Who's this?"
"His name is Puck, and he's lost. I'm just showing him around." Ratty then turned to 
Puck. "So what are you going to do, now that you're here?"
"I'm going to have some fun. Play a few tricks with all the humans here."
Ratty's cousin looked rather nervous. "You're not going to do anything too bad are you?" 
Puck noticed that Ratty was nervous as well.
"Why not?"
"Well, you see, my trainer is rather special and very important to all Pokémon. He is 
known as 'The Chosen One'. He's already saved the world once - and I'd rather not have 
anything bad happen to him. Plus he's my friend and the nicest guy I know. The same 
goes for the rest of the household."
Puck saw the sincerity in the Rattata's eyes and nodded. "Okay, I promise I won't do 
anything that bad to him. But you'll have to come with me and point him out."
The cousin nodded. "Follow me" it ordered and led the sprite through another doggy door 
into the main house. The Pokémon scurried up some stairs to the second floor and 
stopped outside a partially opened door before slipping inside. Puck had no problems 
seeing inside the room, having excellent night vision. A young man in his mid twenties 
lay asleep in the bed, his short black hair contrasting sharply with the whiteness of the 
pillow. The only other occupant in the room was a tiny yellow mouse which slept in a 
small doll's bed placed at the foot of the big bed.
"This is my trainer, Ash Ketchum - Pokémon Grand Master and The Chosen One. The 
Pokémon there is his first and strongest one - Pikachu. She's one of the reasons why you 
shouldn't mess around too much with Ash. If anything bad happens to him, you'll have to 
answer to her. Believe me when I tell you that she can shock the living daylights out of 
anything." 
Ratty's cousin then took him on a tour of the other bedrooms, pointing out Ash's mother 
Delia, and his best friends Misty and Brock. At the conclusion, the Pokémon left Puck 
alone and went off to wait with his cousin outside. Puck flew into the room where Misty 
lay asleep. He remembered what the Pokémon had told him, that she was in love with 
Ash, but too afraid to admit it. So, why don't I just help things along a bit, he thought. He 
hovered close to the sleeping girl's head, and admired the luxurious long red hair that 
flowed from her head. "Maiden of Water, with hair of Fire. May this spell give you what 
your heart desires. Let every wish of yours be fulfilled. Everyone shall do what you have 
willed." When he finished the incantation, he held out his hand and sparkles shot forth 
and surrounded the girl before disappearing. 
He then flew into the next room, grinning when he saw Brock sprawled across the bed. 
The breeder, he knew, had a miserable record when it came to girls, always being 
rejected, especially when it came to his favourite women Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny. 
Puck was going to fix that - he decided that Brock needed to find someone who would 
have time for him. He noticed two framed photographs on the desk, and he could see one 
of them was of a female. That'll do, he decided, not bothering to check it out any further. 
He flew down to near Brock's head, "Master of Rock, with squinty eyes. The lady in the 
photo there is where your true love lies. Keep her image close to your heart. Vow to be 
with her until death do you part." He repeated the same procedure as he did with Misty.
The sprite yawned and stretched. He was tired and needed to go to bed - that was enough 
magic for tonight. He would come back in the morning, and play tricks on the two 
remaining humans - Ash and his mother. He flew out the open window and down to 
where the two Pokémon were waiting. Ratty bade farewell to his cousin and started to 
lead his guest back to the forest to sleep. Just before the house disappeared from his sight, 
Puck turned around and laughed out loud, "Oh Lord, What fools these mortals be!"
 
To be continued…..
 
Author's Note: I know there's no romance in this chapter - but I'm just setting the scene. 
The real fun and games begin in the next chapter! If there are any would-be flamers out 
there - don't bother. It's summer in Oz and bushfire season - so any flames will be doused 
immediately in the interests of the environment. Or I shall feed you to the Tassie Devils at 
the zoo. They are nothing like the cartoon character - real nasty little critters.
I would just like to give a big round of applause to Mewberries and Vickie211. 
Mewberries was one of my very first reviewers and she has reviewed my stories ever 
since, bar one. Same with Vickie - plus she's been kind enough to preview all of them - 
plus listen to my rants and raves. Thanks Vickie - you're a real friend! Take a bow you 
two! ^_^