Disclaimer: None of this is mine. Give Tolkein the credit. Except maybe the coffee. (oops, I lied. Nothing is mine).

One day the Fellowship was wandering around Middle Earth in complete and total randomness. Every one was very bored. Except for merry and pippin, who were trying to invent a computer.

Gandalf walks over to merry and pip. "what are you guys doing?"

"nothing much" answered merry.

"oh shut up, merry, you don't know anything. I'm obviously the brains in this project. We're inventing a computer, gandalf. Not that its any of your business"

merry shoots dark look at pippin.

Gandalf raises his eyebrows. "how can u invent something if u already know what it is?"

"good question.Pippin?"

"I see how it is, merry. Just lay all the blame on poor old pippin. This is obviously your mistake. I never should have let u be in charge of this."

Merry raises his eyebrows (I know, I know, there is a lot of eyebrow raising going on), in a manner that shows this is nothing new to him.

"you know, guys, I just may be able to help you with this one" said gandalf helpfully. He turns away from merry and pippin, and mutters something. There is a burst of light, and sparks fly. "there you go. Have fun!" gandalf walked off to the rest of the company, leaving merry and pippin in the clearing by themselves.

"nice going, smart one. How are we supposed to make money if any old wizard can whip up a computer in a matter of seconds" complained pippin

"I don't know. I never really thought any farther than making the computer" responded merry miserably.

"where did you get the idea for a 'computer' anyways?"

"uuuuuuuuuuuh.."

Legolas bursts into the clearing. "thank goodness! These things work so much faster than waiting for elf-post" he cried as he runs to the computer, and starts clicking away rapidly.

"hey, how did you know about our computer!" exclaims merry suspiciously.

"uuuuuuuuuuuuh..you know, word travels quickly when there's only nine of us" said Legolas.

"I see" said pippin.

Merry pippin walk to the far corner of the clearing, muttering to eachother, and occasionally shooting dark glances at Legolas. Meanwhile, Legolas is oblivious to all his he checks his fan mail.

"good old Lorry, always one to keep in touch! I do love to hear from her, *scans down the page*, ah, Bernard. Never did like him that much, but he certainly is a loyal fan."

This sort of never ending commentary streams continually from legolas as he reads, rereads, and reads again his millions of fan mails.

*Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, the rest of the fellowship has gathered. Unfortunately, gollum has joined them*

Aragorn, as he slips on a pair of pink fluffy earmuffs: "goodbye, world of pain. If anybody needs me, just tap on my shoulder."

Gollum is continually wailing in pain and agony about how he wants his precious.

"you know, we probably don't want frodo to end up like this, do we? Maybe I should hang onto the one ring for safekeeping. What do you think, aragorn?" screams gandalf over the racket gollum is making. He turns to Aragorn, but alas, Aragorn is humming and smiling, and looking generally like his new best friend is the peace pipe. How much peace can you handle?. (sorry, I had to include that).

"good idea, Gandalf. But you know that even now, he gets very angry if you take it away from him" said boromir.

"we need something else to get him addicted to, and gollum too. But what would be powerful enough to draw them away from the ring...

Dun-dun-dun..

Will gandalf be able to save frodo and gollum? Will the rest of the Fellowship go insane before Gandalf thinks of something? And most important of all.will Merry and Pippin ever get their computer back? Next chapter will have all the answers. Please R&R. I need 3 reviews before I can put up the next chapter. This is my 1st fanfic, so I'm sorry if it isn't all that great.