A/N: I do not own Lord of the Rings. If I did, I'd probably be the richest 13-year-old in the world. No, it belongs to the genius J.R.R. Tolkien. And I don't own Jack Sparrow, either. I am sad now. I'd like to thank Chaos-CAT1 for helping me write this first chapter. She also helped me write some other bits of this story, so I'll give her credit where credit is due. Look for this: "CAT" to signify when a bit from her is starting. Thank you and enjoy the story.

-DaydreamingTurtle-

Chapter 1- "How They Met"

It all started in the Mines of Moria. Gandalf has gotten the Company completely lost. "I have no memory of this place," Gandalf whispers to himself.

Gandalf sits on a rock, all by himself, smoking a pipe in deep concentration. The rest of the Company is sprawled about, waiting for Gandalf's decision. Too bad Pippin can't stay quiet for long.

"Merry, are we lost?" Pippin whispers to Merry.

"No," Merry whispers back, sounding annoyed.

"I think we are,"

"Shh! Let Gandalf think!"

There was a slight pause to add to the suffocating silence. Pippin shattered it (yet again...).

"Merry..."

"What?!"

"I'm hungry."

Frodo, too was deep in thought, on a rock, until his thoughts were interrupted by a speck of light in the distance. His eyes grew wide as he slid off the rock and ran to Gandalf.. "There's something down there!" Frodo informed Gandalf. Gandalf looks at Frodo, and then over his shoulder to see a slinking thing climbing up a cliff. "It's Gollum," Gandalf explains, and points to show Frodo. Frodo searches to try and see Gollum, but he is not the speck of light.

"No! Not that! Don't you see that speck of light waaaaaaaaay over there? Do you know what it is?" Frodo asked, annoyed. Gandalf shrugs, "Hmm, I don't know. Why don't you go down and see what it is?" "Why not YOU?! You're supposed to protect me!" Frodo was yelling at this point.

Gandalf stood up on the rock, so he appeared to be about three feet taller, and very scary looking to a three-and-a-half-foot tall Hobbit. "You think this whole thing is about you! Don't you?! YOU were the one who agreed to take the Ring to Mordor, anyway!" By now, the whole Company was staring. No one of them had fought on this trip, except Legolas and Gimli, but that comes with the territory.

Frodo's face falls as he holds out the Ring to Gandalf. "Would you destroy it, Gandalf?"

An evil look passes over Gandalf. His eyes shone like fire, and snatches the Ring out of Frodo's hand. He jumps off of his rock, and starts running in the direction of the speck of light. All the way, shouts of "It's MINE!", "MINE!", and "Not YOURS!" echoed through Moria.

Gandalf ran, and ran, and ran, and ran until he got to the speck of light. It was a torch, and was being held up by an oddly decorated hand. A voice came from where a head supposedly was. It was male, and sounded slightly drunk. "Is it really yours?" it asked Gandalf. He grew shy. "Uh, well... no. But it's MINE now."

The head emerged from the black abyss of Moria, when it turned out to be none other than...CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW!!!? He leans toward Gandalf with a face the cross between wisdom and sheer annoyance. "It's not nice to take what is not yours," he said quietly. Gandalf becomes enraged. He shoves Jack, but was a little too close to a ledge; he falls off, cursing Jack all the way. Then, a long shout of "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" could be heard echoing down the cliff side. Jack bends over, and picks up a small ring of cold metal.

The brawl had attracted all of the (remaining) Company's attention, so Jack walked up to them. "W-who are you?" Frodo asked. "Name be Jack Sparrow. Would this be yours?" Jack asked as he held out the Ring in his hand. Frodo's face turns to shock and terror as he stares at the Ring. Suddenly, he bursts out: "Why?! Why did you have to take that cursed Ring from Gandalf?!" Jack looked surprised. "Fine, if you don't want it, I'll take it for meself!" Jack yelled at Frodo. The Company yells in unison at him, "NO!!!!"

Yay!!! End of first chappie! Once again, I'd like to thank Chaos-CAT1 for helping me write this chapter, and I'd like four reviews (no flames!) before you get the next chapter. Thank you for reading, and good-bye for now.

-DaydreamingTurtle-