Chapter 1 -- Gandalf's POV
I awoke to the sound of screaming. The future King of Gondor and the Prince of Mirkwood were pointing at each other and yelling as if the other were an orc.
"Pipe down!" I yelled -- in the *Dwarf's* booming voice.
I looked down and saw that I was somewhat shortened, and my grey beard had turned brown. Across the camp, I saw 'myself' still asleep.
It then occurred to me that I had *become* the Dwarf.
I walked, although it was more of a hobble, to my staff and examined it.
*Someone* had toyed with it.
The two screaming idiots finally ran out of breath.
"Gimli," the Elf gasped.
"Gandalf," I corrected.
The Man's jaw dropped.
The Elf started to panic. "But when . . . who . . . how . . . ?"
I tried to calm him down. "Legolas . . ."
His eyes narrowed. "Aragorn."
The other pointed to himself. "*I'm* Legolas!"
I slowly nodded. "Okay." I looked at the Elf. "Well, *Aragorn*, I suspect that sometime during the night, *someone* did *something* with my staff."
"Don't look at *me*!" 'Aragorn' exclaimed. "Why would I want to look like this?"
"And how do you think *I* feel?" 'Legolas' shot back. "I want my body back!"
The yellow-vested Hobbit awoke. "What's going on?"
"Merry?" 'Aragorn' asked.
"Boromir!" He shouted. "How could you confuse me for one of the Halflings?"
"Because you *are* one."
He looked at his hands, and screamed. "I'm the blasted Brandybuck! How did this happen?"
"It's a long story," 'Aragorn' replied.
"Did I hear my name?" 'Boromir' then awoke.
"Meriadoc?" I asked.
"What?" He stopped. "What's wrong with my voice? I sound like Boromir." He touched his face -- and screamed. "I AM Boromir. But how . . ."
"Don't ask," several voices interrupted.
Suddenly, I heard my own voice. "What in the . . . Gandalf!"
"Yes?" I asked.
"I'm you! How did this happen?"
"I'll explain later."
"Stuck in a wizard," he mumbled.
I chose to ignore him.
The Ringbearer suddenly jumped up and looked around. "Mister Frodo, where are you?"
"I'm right here, Sam," his gardener replied.
"Mister Frodo, I'm you."
"I noticed," 'Sam' answered flatly.
'Frodo' looked at Gimli, who was me. "Mister Gandalf, what's going on?"
"That's what I wish to know," 'Merry' said.
Several voices began talking at once.
I held up my hands to silence them. "All right, all right! Quiet down!" No one spoke. I sighed. "Here's what happened: sometime during the night, my staff was touched, switching our minds into each other. Aragorn and Legolas have switched, Frodo is Sam and Sam is Frodo, Merry has switched with Boromir, and Gimli and I are each other."
"There's one missing," 'Boromir' said.
"PIPPIN!"
The groggy Took sat up. "When's breakfast?"
I grabbed onto his collar. "What did you do to my staff?"
"*Your* staff? Gimli . . ."
"I'm Gandalf!"
He went pale. "Uh-oh," he squeaked. "I kind of hit it on the ground. I was hungry and tried to get it to make food . . ."
"FOOD?!" six voices asked at once.
The camp went into an uproar.
"HOLD IT!" I shouted.
Silence.
"That's better. There IS one way to reverse this, but unfortunately I have forgotten it. Also, it is very difficult and I have never tried it before. Since we have almost no choice but to travel like this, I recommend we all shut up and learn to adapt."
"To HIM?"
The bickering started all over again.
The long journey had gotten much longer.
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A/N: I need ideas people! There will be no story unless I get some feedback. Whose POV should be next? What should be included? Slash or slash-free? Help!
Replies to reviews --
Sulwen Undomiel: Thanks! I'll write as much as I can, but I'm limited with ideas.
Kat: Thanks; I love a good body switching too. I'm more into angst and drama myself, but whenever I can read or write humor I can.
sam: The first chapter was just a prologue. If I get enough feedback and ideas, the next chapters will be longer.
fodmonkey: Thanks!
Tallulah: This happened! There will be more chapters to come (hopefully!) :)
There was one other person who reviewed, but for the life of me, I can't remember who it was: First of all, I deeply apologize for forgetting and I will credit you in the next chapter. Secondly, I had these switches thought of when I first started writing this, so I'm sorry that you didn't get what you wanted. I had asked a friend of mine, and she said that these switches were good, so I stuck with them. Sorry, again! :(
I awoke to the sound of screaming. The future King of Gondor and the Prince of Mirkwood were pointing at each other and yelling as if the other were an orc.
"Pipe down!" I yelled -- in the *Dwarf's* booming voice.
I looked down and saw that I was somewhat shortened, and my grey beard had turned brown. Across the camp, I saw 'myself' still asleep.
It then occurred to me that I had *become* the Dwarf.
I walked, although it was more of a hobble, to my staff and examined it.
*Someone* had toyed with it.
The two screaming idiots finally ran out of breath.
"Gimli," the Elf gasped.
"Gandalf," I corrected.
The Man's jaw dropped.
The Elf started to panic. "But when . . . who . . . how . . . ?"
I tried to calm him down. "Legolas . . ."
His eyes narrowed. "Aragorn."
The other pointed to himself. "*I'm* Legolas!"
I slowly nodded. "Okay." I looked at the Elf. "Well, *Aragorn*, I suspect that sometime during the night, *someone* did *something* with my staff."
"Don't look at *me*!" 'Aragorn' exclaimed. "Why would I want to look like this?"
"And how do you think *I* feel?" 'Legolas' shot back. "I want my body back!"
The yellow-vested Hobbit awoke. "What's going on?"
"Merry?" 'Aragorn' asked.
"Boromir!" He shouted. "How could you confuse me for one of the Halflings?"
"Because you *are* one."
He looked at his hands, and screamed. "I'm the blasted Brandybuck! How did this happen?"
"It's a long story," 'Aragorn' replied.
"Did I hear my name?" 'Boromir' then awoke.
"Meriadoc?" I asked.
"What?" He stopped. "What's wrong with my voice? I sound like Boromir." He touched his face -- and screamed. "I AM Boromir. But how . . ."
"Don't ask," several voices interrupted.
Suddenly, I heard my own voice. "What in the . . . Gandalf!"
"Yes?" I asked.
"I'm you! How did this happen?"
"I'll explain later."
"Stuck in a wizard," he mumbled.
I chose to ignore him.
The Ringbearer suddenly jumped up and looked around. "Mister Frodo, where are you?"
"I'm right here, Sam," his gardener replied.
"Mister Frodo, I'm you."
"I noticed," 'Sam' answered flatly.
'Frodo' looked at Gimli, who was me. "Mister Gandalf, what's going on?"
"That's what I wish to know," 'Merry' said.
Several voices began talking at once.
I held up my hands to silence them. "All right, all right! Quiet down!" No one spoke. I sighed. "Here's what happened: sometime during the night, my staff was touched, switching our minds into each other. Aragorn and Legolas have switched, Frodo is Sam and Sam is Frodo, Merry has switched with Boromir, and Gimli and I are each other."
"There's one missing," 'Boromir' said.
"PIPPIN!"
The groggy Took sat up. "When's breakfast?"
I grabbed onto his collar. "What did you do to my staff?"
"*Your* staff? Gimli . . ."
"I'm Gandalf!"
He went pale. "Uh-oh," he squeaked. "I kind of hit it on the ground. I was hungry and tried to get it to make food . . ."
"FOOD?!" six voices asked at once.
The camp went into an uproar.
"HOLD IT!" I shouted.
Silence.
"That's better. There IS one way to reverse this, but unfortunately I have forgotten it. Also, it is very difficult and I have never tried it before. Since we have almost no choice but to travel like this, I recommend we all shut up and learn to adapt."
"To HIM?"
The bickering started all over again.
The long journey had gotten much longer.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: I need ideas people! There will be no story unless I get some feedback. Whose POV should be next? What should be included? Slash or slash-free? Help!
Replies to reviews --
Sulwen Undomiel: Thanks! I'll write as much as I can, but I'm limited with ideas.
Kat: Thanks; I love a good body switching too. I'm more into angst and drama myself, but whenever I can read or write humor I can.
sam: The first chapter was just a prologue. If I get enough feedback and ideas, the next chapters will be longer.
fodmonkey: Thanks!
Tallulah: This happened! There will be more chapters to come (hopefully!) :)
There was one other person who reviewed, but for the life of me, I can't remember who it was: First of all, I deeply apologize for forgetting and I will credit you in the next chapter. Secondly, I had these switches thought of when I first started writing this, so I'm sorry that you didn't get what you wanted. I had asked a friend of mine, and she said that these switches were good, so I stuck with them. Sorry, again! :(