One summer’s day, the Fellowship of the Ring, along with Arwen, their 10-year-old son Eldarion, Faramir, Eowyn, and Eomer, were all at the local grocery store. Why, you ask?

A week ago, Eldarion had decided he was bored. “Naneth?” the boy asked Arwen, “I’m bored! I want to play!”

“I-” Arwen began, but was immediately interupted by her son.

“Can we go to Disney World?” he asked.

“Well, I’m not sure,” Arwen began, “it’s very expensive.”

“But you’re the Queen of Gondor!” Eldarion pointed out, “Why can’t we go?” Suddenly, the four Hobbits popped out of nowhere and began to grow excited.

“We want to go to Disney World!” Pippin shouted.

“Yeah!” Merry added, “Can we?”

“Well,” Arwen said, “I guess I could ask Aragorn about it.”

“YAY! DISNEY WORLD!” all five cheered, dancing around in a circle.

Now they were preparing for their trip, stocking up on supplies. The Hobbits were raiding the produce aisle, Legolas was in the cosmetics department, searching high and low for his favorite shampoo, Gimli was riding the plastic pony ride in the front, Aragorn and Arwen were dragging Eldarion around, searching for ‘sensible’ products, Gandalf was looking for upgrades for his staff, Boromir and Faramir were fighting over which Pop Tarts to buy, and Eowyn was looking for ‘Powdered Stew Packets’. And last, Eomer was spying on his sister from his hideout, which was a bucket of ice. He was VERY uncomfortable.

Aragorn looked at his watch. “12:00 p.m.! Time to check out!” he announced. The three headed for the checkout line, where they were greeted by Eowyn, Legolas, Eomer, and Ganndalf. “Alright, everyone, in turn, say what you are INTENDING on purchasing,” Aragorn said. Eowyn started first.

“A fish stew packet, 3 beef stew packet, and ten rabbit stew packets.” Aragorn winced.

“Ummm… that’s good. Put them in the cart.” Arwen shot him a glare that said ‘I’m not eating powdered stew for 2 days”, but Aragorn just gave her a helpless shrug. Faramir and Boromir were next.

“Boromir won’t buy the watermelon Pop Tarts!” Faramir whined.

“BUY BOTH!” Aragorn said, desperate to hit the road. It was Gandalf’s turn now.

“A 2.2 gigahertz upgrade for my staff!” he grinned. Aragorn raised an eyebrow as he checked Gandalf off of the list and motioned toward the cart.

“Legolas, what about you?” Aragorn continued.

“Deodorant, shampoo and conditioner, three bottles of shaving cream, and Axe for unanimous people,” Legolas said, holding a few products up. Aragorn secretly rolled his eye and pointed a finger at the cart.

“Eomer, your turn,” he continued. “Erm, Eomer? Why are you wet?”

“I… uh, slipped on the wet floor,” Eomer lied nervously.

“Uh, well, moving on. Hobbits, your turn,” Aragorn announced. “Hobbits?”

“Oh NO!” Arwen shrieked, “THE HOBBITS ARE GONE! FIND THEM!”
Immediately, as if oncue, four Hobbits came running around a corner, each carrying twice their size in vegetables.

“Dunno why they’re so upset, it’s only a couple of carrots!” Merry said.

“And some cabbages,” Pippin put in.

“And don’t forget about the mushrooms!” Frodo added.

“And the taters!” Sam finished.

“Aragorn!” Pippin cried, “You’ve gotta help us! Those men got mad at us for taking the vegetables! They said something about ‘nosy little kids’, but i don’t see any kids!” Just then, a clerk approached the party.

“Are these yours?” he asked Aragorn.

“Ah… not exactly…” Aragorn hesitated.

“They’re with us,” Arwen cut in. “Alright, but keep a close eye on them,” the clerk said.

“Im mae. Le hannon, navaer,” Arwen said.

The Hobbits tossed their treasures into the cart, and, at last, it was time to check out!

At the end of the line, and after they had checked out, they were headed out the door. Eomer grabbed Gimli off of the pony ride and drug him alonng. They all piled into the RV they were taking to Disney World, Aragorn started the engine, and they were off!

~Coming up next: Burger King and Resort havoc!~