The mystery of the mysterious Fagin

by artful dodger forever

When Wendy Darling escapes a fire that destroyed her family , she goes to a workhouse and runs away ending up living with the one and only Artful Dodger and Fagin . What will happen when Fagin suddenly goes missing and its up to Wendy, Charlie and Dodger to find him*I do not own any of the charectors except my OC Dawn all credit goes to the work of Charles Dickens and J.rrie*

7. The Note

Wendy lay in her bed that night listening to Dodger tossing and turning " Need..Fagin " He murmured. Wendy got up at sat on the edge of his bed " Dodge " she said softly moving his foot " huh wot! oh it's ya Wendy" " Are you okay? I heard you saying things" Dodger sighed " I had this 'orrible dream where we found Fagin but 'e was dead and I.." but he stopped because he had started crying and sobbed " wot if we never find 'im Wendy 'es like a father ta me if I lost 'im..." he said Wendy embraced him hugging tightly " We will Dodge I swear on my grave" " 'e taught me most o' my morals and 'es oh..." Wendy felt tears brim at her eyes she hated to see him so hurt and worried " Oh Dodge" she whispered softly letting him sob into her shoulder.

" Mornin' love birds" Charlie said grinning Wendy sat up and looked around Dodger was beneath her sleeping peacefully " ughh Charlie it's not like that " Wendy said disgusted " Sure..." he said with a wink and went to make biscuits. One of the boys opened the front door " 'ey I stole some eggs and wots this" Charlie took it " its a note of sorts but I can't read it" turning it upside down " It 'as writing on it does anyone read?" he asked waving it above his head. " I can " Wendy said taking it from him. She looked at it " Well wots it say then" Wendy gave a look of fear. " It says Fagin won't ever be found unless we pay a ransom of 100 pounds " Charlie grew white " 100 pounds! who does this person think we are we ain't rich and if we was we wouldn't be here" " should we tell Dodge" one of the younger boys piped up. Wendy glanced back at Dodger who had started tossing and turning again. " We have to he's our leader after all ... right?" Charlie nodded.

After breakfast Wendy went to wake up Dodger " No no no don't kill 'im please NOOO" Dodger screamed as he jolted up sweat pouring down his face. "Dodge... " Wendy asked. Dodger turned his head " I I Fagy and 'e died" he said shaking " We have some hope, we found a note " Wendy said " Wot did it say" Dodger asked going still. Wendy turned her face away " It said Fagin will be returned if we pay a ransom of 100 pounds" Dodger gulped " but we ain't got no pounds and it would take months to save up an' we don't knows where 'e is 'ow are we gonna find 'im"Wendy shrugged " That's all the note says, it was stapled to the door" Dodger looked her in the eye " So the person is here in London wit us" Wendy brightened " yeah yeah we still have a chance to find him" " So wot do we do now?" Dodger asked

" How about we split the boys up, how many boys do we have?" Wendy suggested " there are 20 boys why" Wendy smiled " here's my plan we split them up 10 go searching for Fagin and the other 10 go stealing " Dodger grinned " that's a plan and a half "