A.N. - This is my first Fanfiction so be gentle and please review so I can find out where I could improve. Takes place in Paris before Sly got "amnesia", but after recruiting the new gang members.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sly Cooper. All rights go to Sucker Punch and Sanzaru Games.

Discovery

It was a nice Summer day in Paris, but still, Bentley was inside, working in his lab, as usual. He was trying to discover the unknown effects of a magic potion Sir Galleth had found back in 1301 AD.

"Hmmm," he said "Since this potion is so old; its effect will not work now. However, if I mix it with a specific chemical, this one will do, it should work. The effects will not be the same as the original, but I can run some tests to find out what that original effect was."

Yet when he mixed the two liquids he discovered, due to the new colour, the unique fumes, and that awful stench, that this new mixture was poisonous!

"Oh No!" he exclaimed, "I have to find a way to fix this!' and so he did.

Using a syringe, he inserted this new potion into the bottom of a closed, empty pop can, and sealed that tiny hole in a sciencey way you wouldn't understand.

"That should do the trick," he said, "the exposure to aluminum and limitation to outside air will extract the mixture of its poisonous properties." So after his success, he decided to take a break before testing for the effects of the original potion.

A short while after he left, Sly came in. "Hey Bentley," he yelled, "Bentley? Guess he's not here. Whatever, I'll just leave a note telling him I'm going out for a rooftop stroll/pickpocketing spree/mini-heist, whichever I feel like." Then he noticed the pop can, "Ooooh, soda, I could sure use some on a hot day like this, Bentley won't mind if I take a sip, I'll just add that on the note." So Sly drank some of the "soda" and headed outside.

After a few emptied pockets, Sly started to feel a slight stomach ache, so he sat down on the roof of Dimitri's new nightclub, leaning against the sign.

Meanwhile, Bentley had just come back into his lab, ready to test the mixture. But when he went back to where he left it, he was shocked to find the can open and half empty /full (depends whether you like to look on the bright side of things)! He searched frantically for clues as to what happened, and found Sly's note:

"Gone on a rooftop stroll/pickpocketing spree/mini-heist, whichever I feel like doing.

-Sly

P.S. I drank some of your soda."

"Oh No!" yelled Bentley, "The effects of that mixture were unknown! I was going to test it to discover the effects of the magic potion it originated from! Sly, wherever you are, I hope you're okay!" and as started to do tests to find out what had happened to his friend, Sly's aching spreading to other parts of his body, and then stopped.

"Well, now that that's over," Sly said with a voice higher than usual, and then cleared his throat, "I think I'll go rob that new skunk guy's museum. I've heard he's been dealing in the black market." So he headed off to pull that heist.

Later, while coming out of the museum the way he came in, Sly heard a familiar voice, "Freeze, criminal!"

"Inspector Fox!" exclaimed Sly, "What a coincidence!"

"I don't know who you are, but you're going to jail!" Carmelita said.

"WHAT?!" said Sly shocked, "It's me, Sly Coop…"

"SLY?!" yelled Carmelita, cutting him off,"You stay away from MY ringtail!" and with that she started blasting at Sly while he ran away, trying to get to Dimitri's nightclub, since he knew every centimetre of that place, inside and out.

He quickly hid at the back, right in front of where Dimitri practiced his diving. When Carmelita left, Sly crawled out of his hiding spot, "That was strange, well anyways; I better get back to the hideout." But as he was going back, Sly took a peek in the water and saw the raccoon reflection.

Well that concludes chapter 1. Please review and tell me what you think. It may be a while before I update it because I don't have enough ideas for chapter 2, so if you have any ideas please share them with me through reviews.