Yay! Chapter 10, where things get interesting. So, I asked a few of you for your help on this chapter ( you know who you are,) and I combined your ideas. So this chapter is gonna be awesome! Wheeee!

Thank you to my 1st reviewer on chapter 9: SkyDragon02

...And ever faithful supporters, Wolves silver wind, cristallina,

AND bpheadhunter!

The day went buy quickly for Natsu and Wendy. No one seemed to notice that those two seemed really anctiouse for some reason. They withstood their regular beatings, repaired the stupid barbed wire, and stuff like that, but really, they were planing their escape. Natsu and Wendy told Andrew in the morning that floor two should escape tonight, if not the whole orphanage. Andrew said that floor two would be enough, but Natsu told him to at least spread the news, because the other floors could help and maybe, just maybe, escape too. So by breakfast, every kid in the orphanage knew that floor two was gonna break out.

Natsu, currently working on fixing a fence, actually was badly messing it up. The hags gave them tools, so taking advantage of that, Natsu cut a door shaped flap that camoflauged with the fence, so if you ram yourself at it, it should open. Natsu quietly admired his work. He nudged Zach, who was working next to him, to pass on the news. Zach nodded.

When all the kids gathered for dinner, they were met with an unexpected, not exactly good, okay, bad, surprise.

"No dinner tonight!" The lead hag screeched happily. "No food! Our cook is sick! Tat means no dinner! Hahahahahaaaa!"

There was a murmur of uneasiness, then like a spark erupting to flame, the hall erupted in protest. There was screaming, shouting, and even throwing plates/bowls. In other words, it was a party of radical rambunctiousness. Sort of...fun. Until the lead hag ruined it.

"SILENCE!" She screeched. "You brats are impossible! Do you think we were going to give you food? YES! But now, NO! So next time, Shut the fuck up!"

A few of the younger children gasped at the harsh words, for (surprisingly) the hags didn't curse a lot, and everyone knows innocent little kids aren't used to profanity, therefore they think it is bad.

"Deal with it you brats, no food." said the hag. "Dissmised!" She screeched.

Tonight, after the hags left them to bed, Andrew hosted the usual circle.

"Alright everyone. We all know we are escaping tonight at midnight, so let's wish us all the best luck. The other floors will help, and maybe they will escape too. We don't know. Let us hope that the hags have an alcohol stash and felt like drinking today. Let's... Just hope for good luck."

Everyone, shuttering, seemed to respond to Andrew's speech. They were all nervous, obviously. No food didn't help either.

"So," Continued Andrew. "We should pack our stuff, as much as we could take, but try not to pack too heavy. That is not good either. If someone has a super light load, maybe they could carry some one's stuff that maybe doesn't fit or makes their back pack too heavy. Let us also watch out for creaks in the floor so the hags don't get too suspicious. "

"Um...Andrew?" Said Natsu.

"Yes?"

Natsu glanced at Wendy, and she nodded.

"Me and Wendy..."

"Wendy and I..." Natsu heard someone whisper.

"...have some thing to say."

Andrew nodded, encouraging him to go on.

"You all have heard of...magic, right?" There was a murmur of stuff, Natsu wondered if they were going to accept the fact that him and Wendy were mages.

Luckly for Natsu, Wendy picked it up.

"Natsu and I are mages. I use Sky Dragon Slayer Magic and Narsu uses Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. This could help us bust out of this hellhole and escape."

Those murmurs turned into conversations of ecitement. Everyone seemed to be really happy, and Natsu could feel the hope go up.

"This way, not only we could escape, but even the whole orphanage!" Zach exclaimed, as quietly but loudly as he could. "Hey, Jake, do you mind telling the other floors?" A/N: Jake is the sly fox of floor two, even the whole orphanage. He could walk the floors and run up and down the stairs without making a sound! Cool! Jake, who was a shy, timid, and quiet boy, nodded. He got up to go, but...

"Jake, wait." Andrew said. "Since we have a new 'power', we need a new plan. So, any ideas?"

Jasmine raised her hand. "We could sneak to that door/ hole thing Natsu made, and...Natsu, can you melt off the metal that you cut-wired, so it will be as silent as possible, wile we wait in the shadows, and try to silently push it away?" Natsu nodded. "Okay. Because if we push it away, just like that, it will make a lot of noise. Then, one by one, we could make a silent run for that bush patch straight ahead and regroup there. The other floors could wait for the signal that we are regrouped then they can start coming out. And while we escape, the other floors could keep look out, then so on... And since floor five has most of the older kids, they could easily go last."

Everyone nodded. It seemed like a good plan.

"What if something goes wrong?" Asked Jeremy. "What if the hags spot us, or hear us?"

"Then we fight." Natsu said, slamming his fists tougether.

"Or we can make a run for it..." Wendy offered. "If we're far enough..."

"Let us remain OPTIMISTIC about this..." Andrew said.

"We sould also dress in black..." Added Zach. "Like ninjas!"

Andrew rolled his eyes. "Yes, Zach, that is a good idea."

"So, Jake, you know what to do." Jake nodded and left. "Floor five already established proper lookout stations. They will be keeping lookout for any stray hags. A red light means hags. No one, luckily, has a night punishment today. And floor four's twins are taking care of the lookout hags. So.. Let's get packing! We are gonna escape for sure!"

The circle broke as everyone went to their beds. Natsu took out his well hidden sleeping bag and stuffed it in the compression sac. Then he compressed it as mush as it would go, to save space. It was a good thing he had a large black back pack, because he could fit a lot of stuff and it camoflauges well. His water bottle was half full, so he left that out, maybe he could fill it. He but his photo album in the bottom of his back pack, for it fit there perfectly. Next, he stuffed in his sheep, then clothes, sleeping bag and travel pillow. On top of that, what was left of his candy/food/fig/cliff bar stash. He could survive 2 weeks on that stuff. He also took in a ziplock bag a few survival tools and his whole stash of matches. He could light a fire and eat it with the matches. Life Hacks! In the medium pocket, he put in his toys. The small one held his notebook and art suplies. He lifted up his back pack, not heavy. He put all his board games in one box and put that in the laptop sleve. He stuck his swiss army knife in the sunglasses pocket of the left strap. Lastly, he put his fat wallet of money in a secret pocket. Attaching his mom's key chain to a zipper, he felt ready.

Flash light in hand, he saw that most kids were still packing. They have developed good night vision, all of them. He saw some kids were making makeshift back packs out of the sheets. Some were packing the sheets. Natsu decided that that is a good idea, it could be used as a tent, and he had a poncho that was super big that could servers a rain tarp. He had to leave behind his suitcase. He looked towards Jake's bed, and sure enough, Jake was there, packing. No one noticed him come in, Jake the sly fox.

Wendy was done packing already. Natsu saw that she also stuffed her sheets in her bunny backpack.

"Ready?" He asked. Wendy nodded.

He and Wendy also decided that they were to head towards the forest passage to Fiore, so they could find Fairy Tail.

"It is time, everyone." Andrew said. Natsu and Wendy crept down the stairs first, so that Natsu could get started on the door to freedom and Wendy to keep a lookout for hag signals. As soon as they got down, they saw the lookout hags' booth had been duckt taped. Obviously the work of the twins.

Natsu nodded to Wendy to tell her he was ready. She gave a light signal to the lookout people to let them know they were starting.

Taking a deep breath, Natsu started melting the top part of the door and started to curve it upward. There was a sharp creak. Natsu imeadierly stopped, and they waited for something terrible to happen. Nothing did. Natsu resumed. The door to freedom was half way there. He worked faster...there! Fully open! Wendy gave two flickers with her flash light to signalise the opening of the door of freedom. A figure ran from the door of the orphanage and to the hole in the fence. It passed Natsu and Wendy and ran for the bush patch. Then another, and another. The great escape has begun.

"That's all of floor two." Wendy whispered. She gave the signal to floor three, who were already waiting by the wall, ready to run to the door.

"Wendy, wait..." Natsu whispered. "Is that..."

"A hag signal." Wendy finished.

Floor three began to come, not knowing of the hag signal. Wendy and Natsu started waving for them to come like crazy. Natsu saw a red alert signal. There was nothing left to loose.

"Run for it! EVERYONE!" He screamed.

He saw people coming from their posts, fleeing. But from the other side, out came an army of hags.

"Run, minna!" Souted Wendy.

But the hags were closing in. They were incredibly fast for their age.

Huge groups of kids were running to the door-sized hole in the fence, and when Natsu looked back, he saw they were running to the forest in the distance. The kids were making good progress, but the hags were do close to the farthest group, a mix of floor four and floor five, just exiting the building.

"Well, Wendy, there is one option left." Said Natsu. He couldn't wait to test out his magic against people.

Wendy, looking scared, said, "OK. But Natsu... I don't think I'll be much help!"

"It's alright, Wendy. We just have to free everyone. And, I'm sure you will do fine."

The hags started grabbing at the kids, trying to hold them back. Some started crying, so close to freedom, yet so far. The hags split up, and a larger group went for the hole in the fence.

"Wendy! Run to those kids! Free them from the hags! Then run towards the forest! Well met up there! And... I'll go deal with those old ladies."

"Right!"

Natsu and Wendy ran their separate ways, ready to lead their first battle of magic.

Natsu, getting close to the large group of hags, slowly catching up to a few slower children that didn't make it to the forest yet.

"Iorn Fist...OF THE FIRE DRAGON!" Screamed Natsu, lighting his fist on fire, then plowing though the mob of surprised looking hags, punching, kicking, and screaming.

"I...Will repay you...for what...you have done...to ALL of US!" Natsu felt magical power course through his body...

"ROAR OF THE FIRE DRAGON!" That was the biggest, most powerful roar Natsu ever did. Among the hags rose panic, and most in the line on fire (literally) were severely injured. In other words, toasted.

Natsu continued beating the living crap out of the hags. Recalling what the hags did to him, his nakama, and all the kids here, those thoughts fueled him, and he wouldn't have stopped if Wendy hadn't called out to him.

"Natsu!" She called out. "Overdid it again, huh?"

Natsu, getting out of his rampage mode, looked around. All the hags were unconscious, most with bloody wounds, burnt hair, clothes and flesh, and even a few...looked dead. A/N: That was for all you who suggested killing the hags in the beginning.

"I don't feel sad. They should. But they didn't. So we got our revenge." Natsu paused. Kids were gathered around the splat of hags.

"Well, everyone? We escaped!"

A rousing cheer went up.

It seems all kids felt happy, for the first time in eternity. They have escaped, they have won, they got revenge.

Wiew! The longest chapter so far! I'm so happy!

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Comment with what you want to happen next, what adventures you want Natsu and Wendy to face on their journey to Fiore and to Fairy Tail!

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Dun dun duuuun!

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