A/N- Here we have the next instalment in Gary's journey.

I think I should mention now that this will be following the movie-verse more so than the book verse, just incase anyone is wondering.

"WAAAAAAARGGGGHHHHH!"

Gary reeled back from the Bloom wannabe, only to crash backward into a tree. Looking around frantically he realized there were more people around him, all who seemed vaguely familiar. Ned Stark, who seemed to die in everything, Magneto wearing a wizard's hat and Elijah Wood in miniature, to name a few.

"Oh, no, no, no , this is not happening." Gary waved his hands in front of his face as if this would dispel the images before him and cause them all to disappear. Skirting around the tree, he backed away, trying to put as much distance between himself and the group of people.

"Now what is this?" Barked a gruff voice behind him, and Gary turned around to find a short, heavily bearded man brandishing a wicked looking ax.

Yelping again as he found his only escape route blocked he began pinching any part of exposed skin he could find. It still did not wake him up.

"This is not real, they're not real!" Gary muttered to himself, a note of hysteria entering his voice. "These people don't exist. They're just characters in a book!"

Despite his relentless pinching the Fellowship of the Ring did not disappear. Gary may not have been much of a reader, but even he could recognize the iconic group of men, hobbits, an elf, a dwarf, and a wizard.

"I want to go home! I want to go back to English! Hamlet's mom wants him to get over his father's death!" He wailed.

The Fellowship watched his outburst with a mix of confusion and apprehension. Swords were half drawn, and weapons ready to be brandished in the event that the person before them proved to be a threat, but for the moment they quietly observed his outburst.

"Do you think perchance she hit her head?" Ned Stark asked aloud.

At the sound of his voice Gary abruptly stopped his pinching and rounded on the Gondorian. In the movement the skirts of the dress he was wearing tangled his legs and he once more found himself sitting in the dirt.

"She?" He raged on the ground, the note of hysteria having now fully taken over his voice. "Her head? I'm a man I tell you a man! Man as in guy, dude, of the opposite sex of females!"

The looks of surprise that crossed the faces of the Fellowship were not lost on Gary. The short, stocky, bearded one, leaned in closer and peered at him intently. "Why he's right," he exclaimed after a moment's scrutiny. "What in the name of Middle Earth are you wearing a dress for lad?"

"Er..." Gary's panic attack was cut short and he stared blankly at the dwarf, no answer coming to mind.

"That is not important at the moment Gimli," said the other man to the dwarf. Turning to Gary he said, "If you be a man tell us your name and purpose in these parts." Gary would have been relieved now that he was saved from explaining his attire, if the man's words were not overshadowed with him fingering his sword hilt threateningly.

"Eh..." Think Gary think! He mentally ordered himself. Your name! Start with your name!

"Gar-" Wait, Gary's too modern. Maybe I should go with something that sounds Middle Earthen.

"Gand-" Gandalf! No! That's the old man's name!

"...er..." What else sounds medieval?

"Gim-" Gary cringed. That was the dwarf's name.

He was all too aware of the growing suspicion of the Fellowship as he stumbled over what should have been an easy answer. Quit while you're behind Gary. Sputtering out the first few syllables that came to mind he ended with, "Lasy."

"Gargandergimlasy?" The man's brows knit heavily together. "Your name is Gargandergimlasy?"

Gary started at him blankly for a moment, before hurriedly nodding. "Uh, yeah, Gargandergimlasy. That's me." Brilliant Gary, simply brilliant.

"Now are you going to explain why you are out here tramping around in the woods, wearing a woman's clothing?" Gimli asked.

Gary glanced down at himself. The green dress, with its lace and frills had been taking a bit of beating from his trekking through the woods and his continuous falling. How was he supposed to explain this?

He wasn't prepared to tell this group of heavily armed men that'd he'd somehow crossed into a fantasy world where they were all fictional characters, and for reasons unknown, he did so in drag. Maybe though, keeping a bit of the truth wouldn't hurt.

"Honestly, I don't know," he began, thinking up a story as he went. "I was asleep in my house, and then the next thing I know I wake up in a clearing back there, wearing this. Now I have no idea where I am, or who you are, and I'm more than a little freaked out."

"You are lost then," Orlando said, and Gary turned to see the elf smiling kindly down at him. "Perhaps we can help you return home."

"Legolas, we do not have time for detours," the dark haired man cut the elf off, his voice firm.

"I only meant if it was not too far," Legolas amended. Tuning back to Gary he asked, "Where is it that you live?"

"Urm," Gary bit his lip. Simple question Gary, he mentally growled, simple question!

"By the sea," Gary came out with the first thing that came to his mind.

"By the sea?" The look of incredulity on the elf's face told Gary that, 'by the sea' was not the best answer.

"In that case you are a far ways from home," the man said. Though the words were for Gary, he was looking at the elf.

"Aragorn, surely we cannot leave him here," the elf countered.

"Yes, let's go with what he said," Gary said earnestly. "Let's not leave me all alone."

Aragorn was about to protest, but the sound of someone clearing their throat cut him short. The wizened old man stepped forward. Peering down at Gary, Gandalf said, "You're a long way from home, aren't you my boy?"

Gulping, Gary nodded. You don't know the half of it buddy.

"Hm, but do you know what you're asking, by requesting we take you with us? Our road is not for the faint of heart." Gary nodded in understanding.

Though the dark haired man had a certain aura about him that signified him as a leader, Gary had the impression that it would be the old man's judgement that was referred to in times of question. He radiated knowledge. He was the one he'd need to convince to take him along.

"Gandalf, we do not even know if we can trust him, and as you yourself said our journey is dangerous," Aragorn cautioned. "Certainly you cannot be considering taking him with us?"

Gandalf looked at the man, and of all things Gary thought he saw a hint of amusement in his eyes. "Why, I most certainly was considering just the thought Aragorn. Don't you think it's curious that he just happens to appear here, so close to us?" He asked thoughtfully.

"Suspicious is more like it," Ned Stark interjected.

"Or fateful," the elf suggested.

Or simple bad luck, Gary grumbled to himself.

"Whatever the reason, and whether he be friend or foe, I believe it would not be wise to leave him here," Gandalf said. "Logically, that only leaves us with one option, to take him with us. At least until we unravel the mystery as to why he is here."

"I do hope you know what you are doing, Gandalf," Aragorn sighed. He relaxed his grip on his sword, and offered his hand to Gary. "If it is your wish to come with us, then you are welcome to Gargandergimlasy."

Cringing mentally at the mouthful of a name he'd created for himself, Gary quickly tried to remember all he knew about the Lord of the Rings. He knew the basic story. A short guy was given an evil ring that he had to drop in a volcano to save the world. In the end the good guys won, but aside from that he couldn't recall any particulars. He'd only ever seen the first film, and part of the second, but even those memories were clouded. In any case, joining their journey seemed the better option than wandering the woods alone and lost.

"Call me Gary for short," Gary said, and gripped the offered hand. As he was pulled to his feet he wondered what exactly he had just gotten himself into.

A/N- Every Sue needs a ridiculous name don't they?

I hope you guys enjoyed reading this a much as I enjoyed writing it! You all know how to let me know ;)

I don't know when the next chapter will be up, I'm not the most consistent writer, but I will try my best to get the next one out before too long :D