Hi everyone! This is a little story that is inspired partially by Sly's Birthday Madness by Jmjt and Edwodle (may have spelled this wrong, sorry), and can't get this idea out of my head though this story is definitely not going in that direction, if I continue it. I do not own anything from the Sly Cooper franchise, just this OC.

Chapter 1- the Lamp

It was a cool autumn day in New York. The sun was shining, just the perfect weather for a stroll through central park with a coffee or to have a chat with friends outside. However, one teenager was unable to enjoy it. Evelyn Marianne Cooper, a 16-year old girl was stuck inside, working. Not that she disliked her job, far from it, as the little antiques shop provided her a haven from her rather fast-paced life in high school and take her mind off her troubles.

Many of these problems stemmed merely from her appearance. Evelyn was unique in that she resembled a vixen with some raccoon features. Her fur was amber-colored with a yellow under-side, however, she had a gray mask along with incomplete rings on her bushy tail of the same color. Curiously, the fur on her forearms was also covered in gray fur which ran all the way on to her hands and ended at fingers, forming a sort of natural fingerless glove. Her odd blue hair with silver highlights was long and somehow emphasized her curvy figure and height of five feet and four inches. Evelyn's most arresting feature, however, was her emerald green eyes which she had been told were piercing and very disconcerting when she stared at people. Whether it was her hair or her eyes or fur pattern, she didn't know, but somehow, she had been branded a trouble-maker and, due to her quiet nature, a target.

At any rate, Evelyn was busy at work at her weekend job. She helped man a small antique shop down near Soho which belonged to Mr. Lupus, a wolf who had traveled the world over. Evelyn had gotten lucky with this job. She found it one morning on her way to school and decided she had a few minutes to spare to take a look. Mr. Lupus had found the girl practically drooling over a gold rosary dating back to the Tudor era of England, and, seemingly impressed, offered her a job. Since her parents (and sometimes her other siblings) were away often on weekends, she decided to spend some of her time making some extra money for herself and agreed. The shop boasted items from strange places like Thailand, Mongolia and ancient Arabia, to name a few, and often were key pieces of history. Evelyn was something of a history fan and enjoyed her time in the store. Mr. Lupus himself was on another trip to collect goods to sell, this time having just left Saudi Arabia and planning to go to China for some fine jade.

Today, however, she would much rather have been outside instead of working the store by herself. I wonder if they are still selling apple cider down by Central Park, she mused. But she couldn't focus on that now. She needed to finish sorting through the new shipment of goods Mr. Lupus had brought back from his most recent trip to Saudi Arabia, pricing them and setting them at strategic positions throughout the store where they could capture the attention of potential customers. Hefting, the final box onto the counter, she set about emptying it. Three small rugs, five candle holders and an aged head scarf came out.

Just as she was about to set the box aside, she heard something else sliding around the bottom. Reaching out, she pulled out an Arabian lamp. She almost giggled, how stereotypical. It would be nice to have some wishes though, maybe then she could get outside. As she reached for the lamp, she noticed that the handle was a very peculiar shape, angular and forming a sharp C as it did not reconnect at the lamp's base. Shrugging, she picked up her dust rag and began to polish the lamp to a fine glow.

Blue smoke erupted from the nozzle, accompanied by an eerie sound of chuckling. Evelyn leapt back, trying to hold down a scream of shock. The smoke formed a cloud that reached the 9 foot ceiling and condensed. It then began to glow, forcing Evelyn to shut her eyes. When she opened them, she almost laughed at the absurdity of the sight in front of her. A male raccoon with a white beard and turban standing at almost nine feet tall, peered down at her with his arms crossed.

"Well" snapped the figure grumpily "What do you want?"
"W-What" stammered Evelyn who was terrified, "W-Who are you?"
"Oh, by Aladdin's beard girl, why have you gotten me out of my lamp if not for wishes?" Then, seeing how the girl was frightened softened his tone just a bit. "I am Salim Al-Kupar and that is my lamp that you just rubbed."

Hey everyone, this is a re-vamp of the original version as I wasn't satisfied with my quality of writing the first time around. Aside from Connordavidson's character Drake, the idea for Evelyn to be one of three siblings was inspired by Jennisy Cooper. I tried my best to make Evelyn an original character but there are a lot of Cooper kids out there so let me know if I am accidentally taking someone else's creation. The description of Evelyn is based off of the picture by Mimisia2367 on Deviantart who was kind enough to draw her. I highly recommend that you take a look at her work. Thank you, and as always, please read and review.