Preface

Hmm…. If I could describe my life in one word it would be… a challenge. Why a challenge I bet you're wondering. Well, let's just say having parents like mine could make any kids life different.

Who are my parents? My father is none other than one of the greatest thief of all time: Sly Cooper. And then there's my mother who is one of the best cops in all of Paris, and the one who chased my dad back in his heyday: Carmelita Fox.

Bet you're wondering who I'm I, right? The name is Alexa Cooper, age 16, able to drive and about to finish up my second year of high school.

Now, having a parent as a thief and the other as a cop does make things difficult but in the end my dad went to the cop side instead. With years of thieving experience under his belt, he helps out the cops to bust the amateurs.

And of course I have two god parents, both who were in my dad's old gang. There's Bentley, who was the brains of the gang, and then Murray… um, the brawn. But, even though my dad and his gang, including the newer members, have gone to a respectable way of living without thieving, that didn't mean they don't have things from the thieving days. The things that interest me most though were my dad's old stories, his amazing cane, and the Thievius Raccoonus.

It was supposed to be my inherence. Unfortunately, with my mom being a born and raised cop, she won't allow me to have the book. But unknown to her, every once in a while I'm able to sneak into the safe where the book is and snatch it for a little reading. I know the main moves of a Cooper, and I use them every once in a while but I want to learn more…

But hearing about who I am isn't why you're reading. It's to find out what happens to me, my friends, and my family. Believe me, it's an interesting story.

Chapter 1: Our Small Heist

An alarm clock changed to 6:30 in the morning and a blaring siren went off. On a bed was a pile of covers and from the pile came a long slender arm with a petite hand that smashed the alarm off. The hand grabbed the digital clock so the being could see the time and maybe catch a couple more minutes of sleep. But when she saw the time, instead of drifting back to sleep she leapt up from her bed.

"What?" she exclaimed. "I'm so going to be late!"

The half fox-half raccoon ran to her dresser and grabbed her usually pair of blue jeans and a black T-shirt. She then hopped into her closet to get her shoes. But today she had two pairs. One pair was black with soft soles, perfect for sneaking, while the other pair was just some ordinary flip-flops. After quickly pulling on her clothes, she dashed to her mirror and ran a blush through her long tangled hair and then managed to put it up into a pony tail.

"God… Why must this happen today of all days. They're gonna kill me if I'm late today," she grumbled underneath her breath. She then ran to her computer chair, where her back pack waited. She stuffed both pairs of shoes into her bag and then she ran out the room.

She turned a sharp corner and went to the stairs. As she ran down, she nearly tripped causing her to curse under her breath. She threw her bag into a chair and decided to jump the rest of the way from the sixth step up. She jumped then flipped in mid-air, giving her enough distance to land perfectly at the bottom of the stair case.

She sighed, "Why didn't I just do that in the first place." She ran over to her bag to make sure she had everything. "Okay…. I got jacket, tools, and shoes. Oh and of course my camera. I must catch the memories of today," she chuckled to herself. She then zipped up the bag and ran into the kitchen to grab an apple and banana, then ran back to her bag to get her shoes on.

At that same moment, her father (Sly Cooper, of course) came down the stairs yawning. "Ally?" he asked groggily, covering his yawn with one of his hands. "What are you scrambling around about?"

"Oh…. mornin' pop…. uh… I'm gonna meet Jamie and Kenny at the school early today," Alexa managed to get out to explain her actions.

"Oh," he father replied. "But don't you have plenty of time? School doesn't start for about thirty minutes. And it only takes you fifteen minutes if you walk there, ten if you run," he chuckled.

"Yeah, I know, dad. But today is the last day of school. We got stuff to do and believe me I don't want to miss a minute of today," she said with a grin on her face.

Sly put a hand on his daughter's shoulder and muttered, "You grown so much. You almost remind me of myself when I was young. I just hope your not gonna get in the same trouble I did."

Alexa just laughed. Her father has always told her that, mainly because her mother tells him to, but all the same, he cares. "Come on, dad. Give some credit. This me we're talking about here."

"That's what worries me," he replied with the same grin.

"Oh, ha, ha… very funny dad."

"I try," he said as he rubbed his hand through Alexa's hair. "Have a good day, okay."

"Kay."

Sly then walked into the kitchen to get coffee started for him and Carmelita before they have to go to work and deal with their boss and criminals.

Alexa laughed softly to herself, muttering, "And people wonder where I get my great sense of sarcasm. Oh, no," she murmured angrily, "I have no time to think about that." She shoved everything in her backpack once again and ran out the door, trying her best to eat and jog at the same time.

After fifteen minutes she reached the front of the school. People had already started to gather in and out of the building in shorts and short sleeves waiting to get the last day over with. Alexa looked around for her two friends in the numbers of students.

"Excuse me," she pushed past a beaver, "Oops, sorry," she stepped on a dalmatian's foot. "Where are those two…" she whispered. She went into the building and finally saw them up by the stairway: a lovely gray female fox, with straight black hair, and blue eyes in a black mini skirt and sleeveless white T; and next to her a brown furred, muscular, male wolf, with darker brown spiked hair and eyes, in blue-jeans and a tight, black short sleeved shirt that really showed off how hard he worked out.

Alexa smiled and ran up to them, and panted, "I know… I'm late. My stupid alarm…" she panted again, "… went off late."

The wolf just gave her his usually kind smile, "No prob. We just got here ourselves."

The fox laughed softly, "But you know this is odd. We're usually late, and you're the one who's on time. And now it's the opposite." She giggled again and then the wolf joined her with a chuckle.

Alexa went a bit red out of anger, "Oh, shut it, Jamie. And you too, Ken. What happened to 'No prob,' huh?"

Ken replied, "Relax, Ally. So did you bring everything for today?"

Alexa stood up straight and proudly announced, "Of course. Although I am late, I didn't forget anything. What about you guys? Is everything in place?"

Ken nodded, "I've got everyone needed monitored. And I've got the perfect distraction for the principal. All we need is our 'higher eye.'"

Ken and Alexa then turned to Jamie. She sighed and said, "Yes, the cameras are ready for the job. You know that, that's one of the easiest things that I could do."

"Yeah, I know. Just making sure though. I mean," Alexa looked down at her watch, "it's 6:55, and class starts in five." She looked at them both and said with a serious expression, "I want to make sure everything is ready. I don't want anything to go wrong. I want to make sure we won't get caught."

"Ahem," Jamie proclaimed, "That's what I'm here for. We did say I'm the brains."

"Of course," said Ken with one of his brilliant smiles to Jamie. "You are the smartest." Alexa was the one who noticed that Jamie's cheeks turned red under her white fur. "Then I'm the brawn," continued Ken not paying attention to the redness gathering on Jamie's cheeks.

"Right," Alexa answered. "Okay, now that's settled, let's—"

"Hey, Alexa," came a high shrill voice.

Alexa sighed, knowing fully who it was. She turned around to see a French poodle with blonde fluffy hair, and really white fur. She wearing a blue jean mini skirt and a hot pink shirt and was approaching with her little freshmen followers right behind her.

"Hey…. Margot," Alexa said, trying her best not to start anything. If there's anything she's learned from her father's book, it was to let your enemy make the first move, so you can come in and make them pay for their mistake.

Margot began to laugh, "What is with you Alexa? You look like you're about ready to and steal some gems like that two-bit thief you call a father." Her followers stayed behind her laughing just as high.

Alexa's fur on the back of her neck was standing up on end and her fangs were getting close to baring themselves as a threat. She smiled, keeping her composure by biting the inside of her cheeks, "You know… you're really lucky that we're in a school, otherwise I wouldn't let you go insulting my father like that."

The freshmen looked at each other nervously, knowing quite well that Alexa was serious. Margot just laughed again, saying, "Please like you have the guts."

"Wanna bet?" Alexa took a step forward.

Ken grabbed Alexa's shoulder, "Calm down," then he whispered, "We need you out of the office for the job."

Alexa growled and said, "Hey, Margot. You better watch your back for next year. Otherwise you may end up in the nurse's office if you ever insult my family again."

Margot shook at little from the hard and cold look Alexa threw her. But she just walked off saying, "Whatever," and right behind her were her cowering freshmen.

Jamie sighed with relief once Margot was out of sight down the hall in the sea of students, "God, I thought you going to rip her throat out and then use it as jump rope."

"I was thinking of doing that, but again we're in school. And…" she smiled to friends, returning to her normal self, "… she'll get it soon enough."

That's when the bell rung, telling students to go to class. Alexa grinned her father's grin, and asked her two friends, "You remember the plan?"

Jamie nodded, "Of course."

"During sixth period, right?" asked Ken for conformation.

"Yeah," replied Alexa, "We strike."

Ahh, the plan is unfolding. Please review and I'll have the next chapter up soon. Thanks so much for reading!