Hey everyone,
I just want to offer you all my apologies for putting the notification of the poll in every single update last month. The reason I did so was because not everyone who reads Family Traditions also reads A Divine Hogwarts and not everyone who reads Rituals And Reading also reads Yami's and Hikari's, however the poll was important.
Now said poll will be up until the end of the year and after that I will be focusing on two other polls; one about how the KH movies will be put into To Read And To View and the other on the challenges of Venquine's Mind that I came up with myself. Those polls will switch between each other for several months.
Okay enjoy,

Venquine1990
PS. Credits to this story go to Kitty Petro.


One Week Later
Paris Airport, France
Carmelita's POV

The Politician that Sly has decided to name our enemy on this heist leaves in one week, this due to his agenda having suddenly filled up with several high society and charity events – which Bentley arranged for him – and because of that, did Sly manage to get his hands on the politician's ticket as well as those of his crew.
I have to admit pulling a stunt like that was definitely a genius move, yet I am a little less pleased on how this had to make us make another trip to Urmilla as Bentley had made it look to the crew of the airport that the politician only sent his crew, meaning that my family and I needed professional looking disguises.
I really didn't like piling up even more work on Urmilla's shoulders, when she already had her new Summer collection to worry about, yet the giant cobra had been only too happy to serve us and had even played a bit of dress up with my mum, sister and me, something that had made the four of us giggle constantly.

Now we are standing in the airport, waiting to pass through security and I would be a liar if I didn't have a bit of nerves in doing this. Before all of this, all I had to do was show off my Interpol badge and the security would let me pass – be it with hungry eyes roaming my body – yet now I no longer have that luxury.
And while I am well aware that Sly and the gang have done this over a million times – all the places where I formerly chased his ring-tailed ass being the proof of this – can I not help but worry about getting caught, especially because there is still a teeny tiny voice of justice whispering in my mind how wrong this is.
"I'm just playing dress up." I whisper back mentally, yet the voice doesn't seem to believe me anymore than I do, yet while I hold a silent debate with it, does it suddenly get overwhelmed by a gruff male voice saying: "Enjoy your flight." And only then do I realize that I just went by security without issue.

Pretending to be grateful instead of flabbergasted is a little hard, yet I manage it and when meeting up with Sly and Murray, do I whisper: "I know you did this a thousand times, but I was sure we'd be busted, pretending to be someone of this high of a stature." Yet Sly smiles at me with his charming smile and whispers back:
"First of, you know Bentley's talent as well as I, so stop worrying. Second, yes, the guys and I have done this a thousand times over – but we never used the Guru's talent to cast a little Mind Control magic on the cards. Not enough to control him, but more to make him think we're just an average set of colleagues on a business trip."

And while I am flabbergasted again and while the voice is trying to get louder, but failing, do we then pass another gate that worries me; the drop off of large bags of luggage. Personally I feel glad that I have a travel bag that can fit in the compartment above the seats, yet I am also well aware that we have too much to fit in there.
Yet while I worry for us being found out thanks to the canner that scans any luggage put in the plane, do I feel shocked when we just easily pass the tube and moving platform and when I look around, do I see that all of my family and the rest of the gang actually only have the same kind of bags as I do, yet nothing else.
I look around, wondering if someone in the gang is dropping off luggage or if this is another magic trick, but then Murray addresses an attendee of the airport and says: "Yes, Mr. Illegard has requested that the van he desires to auction off in Kathmandu is put into the cargo of the plane without any of the cargo within disturbed."
And instantly I understand how it is possible for the gang to have constantly moved around the world with van and all as the worker nods and says: "I will inform the cargo crew. Could I have keys, please?" Yet Murray shakes his head and says: "There is a pulling hook at the front. Use that and stay outside of the van."

The attendee bows in acknowledgment and when we have passed her, do I whisper: "That was some well done acting there, Murray." Making the Hippo smile at me before he whispers: "Years and years of practice, Carmelita." Making me giggle as that had been a little obvious for the well trained eye and then we pass into the plane.
And here my final concern gets put to rest as I am shocked to see that the entire part of the plane that is set up for first class is empty and then Bentley says: "You can thank our little politician for this. It was one of the reasons we decided to take his place on this plane." This makes me shake my head before I sit down and ask:
"So we'll be safe from being caught until the plane lands?" Yet Bentley shakes his head and says: "We'll be safe all the way until we set up our hide out. When the politician decided to postpone his flight, I arranged for him to have his next flight from another air service as well as another airport, thus full coverage on all stages."

And while I am shocked at how well Bentley has everything covered, especially when it comes to our chances to get caught, does Sly then smile at me and ask: "Were you really that concerned that we could get caught, lovely? Wow, you sound like Murray when we first had to travel by more than just the van. Don't deny it, big guy."
Here the Hippo playfully glares at his leader and then Sly says: "Murray had been adamant for years that we only travel by the van that he purchased shortly after we left the orphanage, yet when we went after the Fiendish Five, we had to get to America and that required a journey across the pond, thus travel by other means.
In the end we got to go by cargo ferry and Murray had been so worried about his van, which had been in the bottom of the ferry, that we had to lock him in our cabin with Bentley working on the door to make it soundproof cause else he would have revealed us and spilled our secrets." Here I cringe and then Murray shrugs as he says:

"Heh, I just wasn't the Murray back then yet. That didn't really come until we heard of how Clockwerk had actually survived the battle at the volcano. The biggest reason I changed that was because I had been tricked into several traps in the first journey and I just felt I had to be able to contribute to the team."
Here I can only nod with a large smile as I really respect the Hippo for his loyalty for the team as well as his determination to be there for his friends and while it reminds me of what I was willing to do for the sake of my beloved, do I share a happy smile before we focus on how the steward is telling us how to prepare for takeoff.

20 hours later

The journey was definitely a hectic one, even if it wasn't because of any turbulence or anything like that. It was more because – now that the team was so much bigger than before – there was more chance for conversation and while we made sure to keep it to political stuff when stewards were around, did we still have fun.
Also, thanks to us having the whole first class section to ourselves, did we get the chance to make it so that, when one of us wanted to rest, they would just go to the very front of the section while the rest of us would just speak in hushed tones for the time the person was resting, me and my sister having done this for most of the trip.
Both of us had been quite worried about the numerous situations in which we had a chance to get caught and – because the flight had been early morning – had the worrying tired us out quite badly and we had whispering our own relief to the other before we had hugged and turned ourselves down for a few hour nap.

By now we have been in India for about two hours and have managed to get the van past the security of the airport before we made for a quick getaway from the city we had landed in and made our way to the one of the highest groups of mountains in the world. I myself am sitting back to back with Sly and feel excited to be here.
"Your first actual foreign heist. Maybe not one against any actual enemies, but it still ought to be a memorable one if the many rumors are true, especially the ones being shared over Thiefnet." Here I nod as I smile at him and he smiles back through the rearview mirror hidden in his sunshade before we spend the rest of the journey quietly.

When we get to the mountains do I feel a new reason for concern coming up as it seems as if Murray has lost sight of regular pathways, which is what Bentley will need to set up camp, yet the big Hippo seems ignorant to this as he asks: "Will that be big enough for all of us, Bentley?" As he looks up the mountain through his front window.
Bentley moves over to the front of the van and seems to examine what Murray has seen and then he says: "It has a good chance to work, Murray. It has a room for our team actions, it seems to have two more large rooms which we can use to sleep in and I think I can spot a simple and small bathroom in there too. Yes, it should do."
This makes Sly smile as he gets out of his car and says: "Great. Okay gang, your first practice drill outside of the hideout. Let's see who of you can get up to that hideout the quickest. I will study you all to see how well you are in both your climbing skills, your speed and – most importantly – your ability to be stealthy."

This makes my family and me look out the window ourselves and the steep height of the mountain we are next to – the tip of the mountain shrouded in layers of ice and several mountains – shocks us not even as much as when we see the small bit of mountain that bends off of the main mountain with a single shack at the tip of this one.
The shack itself is one story with a single room build on top of the middle of the roof and a bit of the building is built into the mountain, while the rest of the cabin is placed onto a structure made of metal plates and wooden bars. The cabin itself looks a little rundown, yet the structure it is standing on looks as if it was build yesterday.
"That will definitely be a challenge." Dad mutters, but then Bentley hums as he says: "It'll be more of a challenge to see about hiding that place. It isn't very well known, but the cave can actually be seen from the windows in the room on the roof. We'll need to see about camouflaging that place before anyone else comes here."

To this Sly snickers and asks: "So, is anyone of you coming up here or do we need to find a different hideout?" And only then do I realize that he is hanging from one of the few trees growing on this side of the mountain, a huge grin on his face and Bentley scoffs before he suddenly activates the rocket boosters under his wheelchair.
The turtle flies his wheelchair a few feet up the mountain, while I then notice Murray taking the Guru on his back before he takes a sturdy part of the mountain and starts to climb. This makes my family and I share a look and while I can't help but compare this to what I used to do when on mission for Interpol, do I start to climb.
Using both my gloved hands as well as the canes on my back to climb up the mountain as well as use the trees and outstretched rocks as either leverage to get up higher in a faster pace as well as platforms to stand on for a few minutes and like this do I climb, land, observe where I can best go next and then repeat the process.
Like this does it actually only take me 8 minutes and 47 seconds to get to the front door of the shack and while Sly and co are already there, am I shocked to realize that I am the only one of my family to have reached the part of the structure that functions as a small front porch, one that is only 4 inches deeper than Bentley's wheelchair.

"Well done, love. Looks like all of the adventures we've had together have definitely paid off. Can I be honest with you, though, I really worried that all of our months of basic training would make your other abilities become rusted." Sly tells me and I smile at him as I say: "To be honest, that worried me too – well, a little."
And while the man happily wraps his arm around my shoulder, do the Guru and Murray leave the cabin while Bentley extends his mechanical arms, do Sly and I wait for my family to come and once they have, does Sly ask: "Helena and Marcus, could you stay out here and help the others cover up the hideout when Murray comes back?"
The two nod and then Sly turns to my brother and mum and says: "Cheren, Sophia, please go inside and decide which room will be for boys and which will be for girls. In the meantime Carmelita and I will turn this place upside down and see if former owners have left anything – interesting – behind for us to find."
And just the way that his fur bristles with glee and the way that his tail flicks around him as he says this makes it easy for me to share in his excitement and the rest of that day is spend finding old goods, getting some dinner done and heading for bed. And as I lie my head down on my pillow, do I feel super excited for this new mission.


Hey everyone,
Well, this chapter might just be the second to last or maybe even the third to last. I can't say for sure, but I can say that the whole mission won't be able to fill up three full chapters, at least not if you don't want chapters of three pages or less. Because of this, do I think I will divide the rest of the mission into two parts.
One part will be a follow up from this chapter and will concern the start of the mission and the good part and the other will be about the mission going wrong as well as the end of the vision. Now there is a chance that this story will get a HP-Cannon like epilogue, but the whole thing will depend on what will happen at the second half.
Okay, have fun,

Venquine1990
PS. Credits to this story go to Kitty Petro.