Author Note: This is my first story. I been a fan of Sly Cooper for a long time and recently got back into it which resulted this story. There will be a prequel story to this. Also I had a friend of mine help me with some characters and the story. Hope you all enjoy. Also hopefully I can keep up with this story updating.


Chapter 1: Family Footsteps

On a dark cold night as snow storm whipped across the icy land of Antarctica, a reddish ring-tailed female figure trembling in frost wondered slowly over the hill soon slipping at the top and stumbled down the hill. Exhausted and cold she curled up as snow blew over covering her, tears tried to flow from her eyes turning to crystal from the cold.

'My name is Shuala, Shuala Cooper. I came from a long line of thieves, in fact thieving was the family business, well on my dad's side of the family, and he was the famous thief Sly Cooper. As for my mother's, being a cop was their family business, greatest cop ever, Inspector Carmelita Fox. Complicated right? My pride to follow in my father's footsteps lead me here to the frozen lands to find my father. Maybe I should explain from the beginning.'


It all started years ago, Shuala, age 7, sneaking around the house, climbing to dangerous heights that tower everything, quickly hiding as her fraternal twin brother, Alaster, more fox then raccoon, carefully wondered around searching for her.

"All right... Where are you...?" He lightly growled seemingly paranoid with her hiding but ears lightly perked to hearing small giggling. "Found you!"

Alastar aimed his toy dart gun towards where Shuala was causing her to yelp and slip off. Carmelita wondered in and became frantic what was going on. Shuala was quickly caught before she hit the ground by her father, Sly.

"Whoa there, really taking to the heights aren't you?" He said raising an eyebrow and received a tight hug around the neck.

"Daddy!"Shuala nodded. "Do we get to hear another one of your stories?"

Alastar's ears back, rolled eyes and turned away.

Carmelita walked over in a relieve of a sigh. "Shuala Maria Cooper... I really should ground you from these stories. You could of really gotten hurt."

Sly placed Shuala down to her feet. "Lighten up, Carmelita. She's fine, I even did some things like this around her age."

Carmelita glared and crossed her arms furious. "And look how you turned out to be..."

"Ouch. Carmelita dear, you still never change much do you?" Sly smirked.

She rolled her eyes and walked off. "Dinner be done soon..."

"That was a close one, right?" Sly smiled at Shuala.

"Yeah." Shuala smiled. "Can we hear a story?"

" All right, all right. Alastar, you want to join us?" Sly asked looking towards the fox boy only to receive no response and watches him follow Carmelita to the other room, and just shrugs it off and looks to the small red raccoon. " Guess its just you and me."

Shuala cheered and followed Sly to a chair, instantly jumping into his lap as he sat down.

'As a young child I've always been so amazed with my father's stories, his travels and heists. I've been told by him by chances I would be the next in the Cooper line since my brother obviously wanted nothing to do with being a thief. I was impatient to learn more-'

"You know what, now I think about it almost turning eight. I never showed you Thievius Raccoonus yet. But when I was around your age I was given the book to learn how to be a thief from our ancestors. There are a lot of techniques to learn, I'm sure I'll teach you soon enough."

"Can you teach me a few things now?" Shuala pouted a bit and received a pet to the head.

"How much I'd like to but some are a little too advance and may take a little while to learn. Plus I hate to be yelled at by your mother about all this if you use them against your brother while you're playing cops n robbers." Sly snickers.

Shuala smiled innocently. "Heheh~ How much longer till I can join you?"

"Hopefully not soon, its really dangerous. Maybe when you're much older." Sly grabbed his cane and showed her. "Around then you'll have the Cooper Cane here. The Ol' thing really is the Cooper's pride and helps with every steal and getting around. And the Cooper Gang isn't going to last forever and hopefully someday you'll have great friends by your side like my friends Bentley and Murray."

"Bentley was the brains of all the work, as Murray was the Brawn. Someday can I meet them?" Shuala asked.

Sly nodded "Well you sorta did before when just a baby. But I'm sure you'll for real meet them someday."

Sly jumped a bit hearing something and took out binocucom leaving Shuala confused. "Yes Bentley?"

"Where on earth are you Sly? Did you forget we're on a highest here..." Bentley wondered angrily.

"Uh... Sorry, Bentley I decided to take a long way around for a brief moment I'll get there don't worry." Sly lowered binocucom and looked to Shuala as her ears backed.

"Do you have to leave already?" She asked and received a smile and a pet.

"Don't worry, I'll come back soon enough tomorrow and tell you another story before a big trip."

Sly kissed her head and placed Shuala to the floor. Shuala watched him sneak out the window like he always has when visiting. leaning out the window she watched her father leaving quickly and skillfully. Her eyes widen as a weird feeling sank in and a smile crossed her face.

Not long after Carmelita casually walked out from the kitchen and looked around. "Sly, Shuala, dinner is-? Huh? Shuala?"

Carmelita became frantic a bit and in realize the front door was lightly open. "Oh no... Sly...Cooper!"