[elfling]

I fel the Fellowship was marked from the beginning, the loud entrance they made had to be noticed and poor Pippin may have just let them know where they were in the mines. I don't think Gollum alerted anyone, he wanted the Ring too badly to trust a group of orcs and the balrog was way out of his league.
An interesting point was mentioned as to wether Pippin may have some magical tendencies. I thought he might, esp. when i read thwe part where it says in his mind he saw Strider looking to the ground when the three were trying to track Merry and Pippin.
He was also very susceptible to the palantir also. I haven't found any Tolkien words on it but he may be alittle gifted with some sort of awareness or sensitivity ot things around him. Of course his reactions are not always so good and that may be due to his age, ect.