Chapter One

Blackness

With a small groan, Merry opened his eyes; only to close them again under the glare of the blazing sun. With much effort, he managed to pull himself into the sitting position.

"Ugh…where am I…and why do I have this massive headache?" he moaned out loud. Then it all came back to him in a flash.

FLASHBACK:

Merry and Pippin were on the counter of the green dragon, finishing up one of their favorite drinking songs. Both of them were severely affected.

"Whether like rain or rippling rum…" they sang in chorus. "And the mongo beer to save this Took!" finished Pippin. Then both fainted.

"That's right…we were drunk…Wait, where's Pippin?" Merry asked out loud.

"PIPPIN!" he shouted many times over.

"Up here Merry!" came a weak reply. Merry glanced upward to see Pippin hanging from a small tree above him.

"Look out below!" Pippin cried as he fell of his branch, still half-drunk. He landed on Merry with a thud.

"Thanks for catching Me." Pippin said. Merry muttered under his breath and resumed his annoyed look, after a glare at Pippin. Pippin ignored it. "What do you remember last?" he asked.

"Fainting." Merry replied crossly. Pippin sighed, shaking his head.

"I mean besides fainting." He replied. Merry shrugged.

"I saw Legolas and Aragorn walk into the room…that was right before I fainted." He said.

"Yeah, I remember hearing voices…They were saying that Gandalf was waiting outside." Pippin added. Merry smirked.

"Gandalf the white…or has he changed colors again? Maybe Gandalf the magenta…" he grinned thoughtfully.

"…or Gandalf the rainbow." Pippin added in mischievously. They both broke up into laughter at that comment.

"There you are!" came an excited voice. They looked up to see an elf. "Aragorn, they're over here!" he exclaimed loudly.

"Legolas!" Merry and Pippin cried in unison. They ran over to the elf as best as they could under the influence of their hangover.

"We've been looking for you ALL NIGHT!"Aragorn growled, comming up beside Legolas.

"What happened?" asked Pippin. Legolas shook his head in embarrasment.

"After you fainted, we tried to carry you to Gandalf. However, we were attacked by fangirls." he paused dramatically.

"These fangirls have stolen Frodo!' he continued. Both of the hobbits gasped in shock!

"And we must save them." said a deep voice. They looked up to see Gandalf the White Wizard comming towards them.