Hey everyone,
So this will be my new update schedule. I will post one chapter per story at the end of every month, but this does not mean that all of my stories will be updated every month, just that I will update any new chapters that are done at the end of the month. So if you don't see your favorite story get an update, just wait till next month.
Hope that's clear,

Venquine1990


Chapter 02
The Documents Found

Bill's POV

When Harry had come to the room I shared with Charlie during the summer that held the Tri-Wizard Tournament, had I wondered what could be on the fourteen year old's mind as it was actually an hour past midnight before he had come, which had proven to me how badly he wanted to be sure that no one overheard us.
He had told us the entire story, even giving an incredible description of how he really looked under what I can only assume is some kind of glamour turned into flesh and how he saw animal parts on people that represented them – and the parts definitely did do so, I had to admit. Then to hear that name had said it all.
Yes, Harry had told me about Slytunkhamen the First and Second, yet I have been hunting in mines and Tombs long enough to have uncovered several hieroglyphs that actually depict the Raccoons themselves and that prove Harry's story. The idea that I now have a chance to explore this creature had been too good to be true.

Yet, after taking Harry's request and hearing a little more about the two along with Sir Galleth Cooper, had I actually been given the same gift as Harry and did I, slowly but surely, start to see these parts on people as well, along with the ability to see Harry for who he really was – and the little foxcoon was definitely adorable.
Because the little critter had looked so adorable had I been double worried over Harry during the Tri-Wizard Tournament, but Harry had proven true, proven that he didn't find this humanoid glamour charm to be a bother and that it, in no way, held him back from using every ability he had in order to survive the dangerous tasks.
Then, before the Third Task, had the little guy asked me to put together Trust Oath Contracts and while I had asked why, had his story of the Third Party searching for more direct Coopers and having trouble with this, due to Harry's current problem, made me understand how Harry had trouble trusting the right people with these tasks.

I had taken my chance to assure him about the Contracts when he was in the Hospital, but when I was there and Sirius Black had shown himself, had Harry not been looking at the man, but at me and the strong look he had shot me had explained everything. Sirius Black was the Third Party and his wanted state was the problem.
I had assured Harry through a wink before I left that I would get him the Trust Oath contracts, yet I had never expected what happened next. I had tried to do so, yet the Goblins had been highly suspicious, seeing how my family usually trusted anyone and everyone and I had been taken to High-Master Rigslow for explaining.
When I had told the High-Master my reasoning and mentioned the name Cooper, however, had the Goblin instantly ordered that I would get help everywhere and from every Goblin and other worker available, before explaining me how the Cooper Line actually was actually responsible for all of their security methods.
The Line had once been in ownership of a huge vault that was located on Kaine Island, quite close to the coast of Miami, and within it had many, many Cooper Ancestors invented all kinds of security measures to prevent anyone not a Cooper from trespassing and getting further in, measures they later shared with Gringotts.

The idea that my best friend might be related to such a – to Gringotts – significant family had struck me as incredible and had, at the same time, inspired me to look even harder. I had been given permission to travel worldwide for the information I wanted and had, when not searching, tried fulfilling Dumbledore's orders.
Yet my mind had been mostly on getting Harry the information he deserved and this had made the negotiations that I know Dumbledore is waiting for very hard as more often than not my discussions with the Goblins would divert to whatever I had been able to find about the Family so strongly heralded by the Goblin Nation.
I had vowed to myself to speak with Harry about this first chance I got, yet two days before he arrived, the day after the Dementor Attack, was there something found by the Goblins that made them give it to me right away, order me to give it to Harry and Harry only and order Fleur to move her parents over to Paris, France.
Neither of us had understood the Goblin's orders, yet when the creature told us that this document had been found by High-Master Rigslow had Fleur instantly contacted her family and Dumbledore and had we both explained why Fleur could no longer help me get the Goblins on our side. Dumbledore had been sad, but had understood.

By now am I just waiting for dinner to be over and while telling dad and Lupin about the little progress I have been able to make with the Goblins, keeping from them my actual plans to get them on our side and while we discuss what could or would drive the Goblins to pick either side, do I listen in on other talks as well.
The laughter coming from my sister and Hermione makes me know that they're sitting with Tonks again, something I appreciate as I know that Tonks is a very high-spirited woman and someone Sirius, Harry and everyone else needs in their life, seeing what is currently hanging over all of our heads like some huge thundercloud.
Mum, on the other hand, seems to think she can again take charge of what is going on at this place as she is telling Sirius about what the group of teenagers will be cleaning tomorrow and the bored way that Sirius replies with makes me know he has already given up on the place, something I wish my mum would do as well.

Still, it's not just with Tonks that I hear laughter, it's elsewhere on the table as well as the twins seem to have found a seat near Dung and the man is telling them about one of his schemes, something that makes me look at Harry as I have no doubt that schemes like this will anger someone who comes from a line of Master Thieves.
Harry is definitely watching Mundungus and just by the look in his eyes do I know that the Thief will soon find himself short of some of his valuables, which to me is only further proof that the Potter-Cooper child is not willing to let his human form get in the way of his actual Cooper abilities, a fact that makes me smile in pride.

Then dinner's over and while the atmosphere has become quite pleasant, while Ginny is playing with Hermione's cat, while dad is now leaning back and while Tonks is yawning, do I feel that now is the best time I could get to give Harry the papers Rigslow send me two days ago and to hand out the contracts I collected.
Then mum gives me the opening I had been waiting for as she says: "Nearly time for bed, I think." Which to me is utterly ridiculous as the clock of nine hasn't even passed and while Sirius wants to open his mouth, do I beat the old dog to it and say: "Not before I do some business here, mum, orders of Gringotts."
The woman looks shocked, while Sirius closes his mouth again looking intrigued, yet it's the excited look on Harry's face that makes me excited for what is to come and mum asks: "Bill, what business could you have that involves your siblings? This isn't –." But I interrupt her and say: "This very much involves them all, mum.
Harry especially." This changes the entire atmosphere, some of the adults around me now tense in worry, others interested and intrigued like Sirius and I say: "First order of business –." But then mum tries again and I stand up, not about to be held back and say: "Mum, this comes from High-Master Rigslow himself.
It's the whole reason Fleur is no longer in England and why she and her family were ordered to move from Genève in the South East to Paris in the far North. I have the papers and everything to prove it, so please stop before I lose my job because I'm unable to follow direct orders." The woman looks shocked and sits down.

I then take a deep breath to calm myself, my excitement over what the High-Master could have found and my need to see this task to the end having been the cause that I snapped at my mum like I did and when I have regained my composure, do I reopen my closed eyes and say: "Right, like I said, first order of business."
And with that do I hand out the twelve Trust Oath Contracts as I say: "These are Trust Oath Contracts. The Task High-Master Rigslow ordered me to perform is of the same high-importance and secrecy as the Order of the Phoenix and their Headquarters. It revolves around a family highly-respected by the Goblin Nation."
At this many people look impressed and intrigued, while my mum still seems uneasy with the idea to include people like Harry, Hermione and Ron in on this, but while the documents go round, do Harry and Sirius make sure that everyone bar they themselves have a contract and when mum notices this, does she bristle and ask:
"Sirius, why did you pass on having this contract?" And Harry calmly answers: "Because Bill's orders may come from High-Master Rigslow, but the request that made him get the orders comes from me and I contacted Sirius about all this before I did your son, Mrs. Weasley. Sirius already knows everything, so –."

Everyone looks at this in shock and Ron asks: "Blimey mate, when did you do that?" And Harry answers: "When Hermione and I saved him from his cell in the Charms Class tower. I asked him while Hermione tended to Buckbeak, just before he flew off. I contacted your brothers after the Quidditch World Cup."
"Wait –." One of the twins then says and the other asks: "Brothers?" And I nod as I say: "Charlie's in on this too and he already signed his contract. Now will all of you please sign yours, I can't continue if Gringotts doesn't have evidence of these contracts having been signed." And to everyone's shock is Ron the first to sign.

He then looks at Harry strongly and shocks both the black-haired teen and myself as he asks: "This is about how you really look, isn't it?" And while everyone looks at the boy in complete confusion, do the eyes of Sirius, Harry and myself widen and Ron says: "I started seeing it after the mirror. You could have told me, you know."
At this Harry trembles and asks: "So you – you can – you can –." And the way that Ron's gaze turns halfway down, to where I know Harry's real face is actually hidden under the glamour proves everything before he jokes and says: "I seriously thought I was going crazy, you know. Just never said anything, because – well –."
The boy then ends with a shrug and the tears that now gleam in Harry's eyes are those of pure joy, making Sirius send my youngest brother a very proud smile as he says: "Thanks for keeping this secret, Ron. Harry's had a lot of trouble getting to the bottom of how he really looks and so he didn't dare share things he couldn't explain."

Ron nods and then Hermione asks: "What are you two talking about?" To which I answer: "Sign the contract, Hermione. If you don't, I could lose my job and neither of the four of us will be allowed to speak of this any further." And while the girl sends me a disbelieving look, does she still put her signature on the contract.
The others then follow her, Ginny using the cupboard she is leaning against as a background and when all twelve contracts have been signed, does the magic of Gringotts make them light up, rise and disappear as if touched by a Portkey, making me know that they're probably on their way to High-Master Rigslow.

Sensing the badge that makes me a Gringotts employee heat up against my skin with a warmth of approval, do I take a deep breath and say: "What Ron is talking about is something that I myself, Sirius and apparently Ron have been able to see for the last year now. Something that has become clear to us over time.
You see, when Harry came to Charlie and me last summer he had a request. A request for us both to look up any and every bit of information we could find on a family named Cooper. I already knew some parts of that family as I had seen hieroglyphs depict one of its members, but Harry had a valid reason for asking us.
He had been able to see something about himself that Charlie and I believe is hidden by some kind of Glamour turned into flesh. Because you see, when Ron, Sirius or I want to look Harry in the face – well, we feel like looking at where his glamour waist is located, cause that's where his real face is. His Cooper Face."

This makes everyone look from Harry to me and Harry says: "I have always been able to see this. Mirrors that hang in bathroom stalls are just too high stationed, because my real height reaches just above the sinks. I just learned to merge my mind with this glamour a long time ago, only I don't always do it.
I don't know how this humanoid body moves when I don't have my mind linked with the spell, but I know that Bill is right. There is some kind of magic going on and it keeps people from seeing me for who I am unless they know of my actual relation to the Cooper Line. And that relation is why I asked for Sirius, Bill and Charlie's help."

At this point some people still look shocked and mum even disbelieving, but Harry goes on and says: "When I first gazed into the Mirror of Erised, I saw what Dumbledore thought I saw, but not the way he thought. It's true that I saw my family, but unlike what he thought, did I not see Lily and James Potter standing there.
I saw an orange-brown furred fox with chocolate brown eyes, cobalt black hair with blue highlights and a single mole under her left eye, standing next to a grey furred raccoon who has amber brown eyes, charcoal grey eyebrows and who wore a blue shirt with golden belt, blue gloves with yellow trim and blue boots.
I saw them all 3 days that I visited and when I finally left the mirror on the 3rd night, did the Raccoon I saw speak the word Cooper, which made me try and find info on this family. Only, I never did and so I used the little extra bit I had been able to discover during the end of my first year, when I discovered the two creatures' names."

Everyone looks at the boy, all of them with intrigue and amazement showing on their faces and Harry has his head low as he says: "Look, I know this sounds completely mad, but it's the truth, just as much as Voldemort's return is. I saw those two when facing Voldemort and asked them silently for their names.
Only the whole thing with the Chamber in Second Year and with how everyone was trying to protect me from Sirius in Third made it near impossible for me to find little more than the name Cooper being referenced. Referenced, but never fully explained and so I decided to seek my info elsewhere and Sirius was the perfect opportunity.
He was able to go places others wouldn't dare go because they wouldn't seek him there. He had to stay hidden, yes, but he could go beyond Hogwarts, Diagon Alley and Privet Drive and that's what I needed. That and people who already lived and worked in other countries and that's where Bill and Charlie came in.
I asked them to help me and when Sirius became too worried for me during the Tournament to keep searching did he and I agree that I would find a way to expand the search party. Only he wanted Lupin involved and I didn't trust that man. Cause let's face facts, saying you're sure we'll meet again soon and not writing afterwards?"

And while mum looks at the man in shock, while Lupin turns red in embarrassed shame and while Sirius turns his eyes skyward before gazing at his friend, do I take my chance and say: "Harry asked me for the Trust Oath Contracts the morning of the Third Task and when I told this to Gringotts, did I meet High-Master Rigslow.
Apparently the Coopers are responsible for the creation of all the security measures around Gringotts. They used to have this really huge vault that they protected with various methods of security that, supposedly, only a Cooper could pass through and after putting these methods in the vault, did they distribute them to Gringotts."
Now I smile at Harry and say: "The Goblins really hold the Cooper Line in High-Regard and if I tell them that you're of Cooper Blood and that you saw Voldemort return, I might just get them to agree on joining our cause. I haven't done so yet, because I felt getting you the information you wanted was a little more important."

Harry smiles at me and I say: "Which brings me to the reason Fleur was send back to France two days ago. High-Master Rigslow had found some kind of document that he said I was not allowed to read and that I had to hand to you post-haste. He also said that once you read it, his reasons for sending Fleur away would become clear."
And with that do I hand him the small set of documents, of which the top one has a picture of a Raccoon apparently flying some kind of Muggle contraption and while the eyes of everyone in the room are now locked onto the documents, does Harry make sure to keep the whole set covered up while he reads.
Amazement, joy and pride cross the face of the young lad and while everyone else sees this on the face of a fifteen year old boy, do I love seeing how the foxcoon's fur bristles with the emotions going through his hazel-brown eyes as he reads, but when he finishes with the last page, does his entire body tense in shock.

At this everyone looks at either the teenager or the foxcoon hidden underneath his looks in worry, but while the human's black hair hides his face from view, do I take confidence and assurance from the fact that the pointed ears that are black at the base yet turn golden-orange at the tips have yet to twist to the back of Harry's head.
I then take a closer look at Harry's foxcoon face and the watery smile I see growing there together with how his eyes are now shining with unshed tears make me realize with great relief that whatever Harry just read is probably both the reason the High-Master had behind his actions as well as a very good thing for Harry himself.
"Li-listen to this." Harry then says and the way his voice wavered at the start shocks some of us, while others nod with intrigue and Harry takes a deep breath, Sirius quickly filling a glass with water and handing it to him, Harry accepting it with a grateful smile at the man before he drinks and starts to read from the pages.

As a last request, did Otto Van Cooper, upon his deathbed, get the Hideout in which he hid himself during the War as his own to spend his afterlife in, the people of France building a large stage room in the hallway underground to represent his greatness. This hideout is again in use. Sly Cooper, 1973 August

"Those – those last – those last eight words. Those two sentences. That – that date. It's – it's all written in a different handwriting. This – this is the reason High-Master Rigslow send Fleur to Paris. The Hideout of Otto and Sly Cooper is in Paris and High-Master Rigslow wants Fleur to find him. He wants Fleur to find Sly Cooper."
Harry almost screams in the end, his hands almost tearing the paper in his exuberant grip and his hazel-brown eyes shining like freshly baked nuts as he looks at the paper, everyone else shocked, while at the same time there are huge grins on the faces of myself, Sirius and Ron and I instantly jump into action upon hearing this.

I grab my Gringotts communication device and say: "Employee 2875444 calling Employee 3164899. Do you copy, 3164899? I repeat, do you copy?" And while Hermione looks at me amused, making me wonder what I said that she must recognize from the Muggle world, does Fleur answer me from the device and say:
"This is Employee 3164899. I indeed copy you, Employee 2875444. What is your comment?" And I answer: "I have uncovered the business High-Master Rigslow send you to Paris for, Employee 3164899. You are to uncover and retrieve the hideout previously owned by Otto Van Cooper, currently housed by Sly Cooper."
At this, while Harry sends me a look that practically screams that I have just given him his parents back alive, loving and happy, do others look at me shocked, Moody glaring at the device in my hand in what I can only assume is his inbred paranoia and Fleur answers: "Copy that. Any hints as to the whereabouts or description."

And Harry instantly rereads what he read earlier before he says: "Look in the South East. Somewhere close to those fighting Justice and with so much view, you would never expect those of the darker nature to live there. Expect the unexpected would be the best description. Also, keep the Eiffel Tower to your back when gazing at it."
And while I wonder what the place will look like and while many look at Harry shocked, some of them looking at either him or the papers a little warily, does Fleur easily answer: "Copy that. Employee 3164899 out." And while others now look between Harry and myself, do I snap the device close, cutting off the call.
Then Harry makes me laugh and makes everyone get shocked one last time as he asks: "So, will we be expecting some new peeps tomorrow, Bill?" And while I know that Harry is downplaying this in order to keep his own hopes down, do I smile at the lad and say: "I know we will, Harry. Fleur will make sure we will."
And the smile that is now showing on not just the human's face, but that of the foxcoon as well makes me very, very happy that I asked for those Trust Oath contracts as all the worry and need for answers that I have seen on Harry's face since he came into my room seems to have gone from him, leaving one very happy teenage boy.


That was NOT easy!
And with not easy, do I mean the part that was supposedly written by Otto Van Cooper. Also, before any of you start, the Thievius Raccoonus has a magical link with Gringotts and when the book was split so was the one inside Gringotts, only they never went after the missing pages until Bill told them about Harry's request.
Hope that clears it. Anyway, next chapter will be Sly's POV and I just want to let everyone know a little something. 1972; Sly is 16 and moves into the Hideout. 1975; Sly has retrieved the entire Thievius Raccoonus. 1978; Sly is 21 and fakes the Amnesia. 1979; Sly gets freed from Egypt and marries Carmelita.
This is the Sly Cooper timeline as it is in my story and before anyone says "There was no technology like Bentley has in the seventies" remember that this is FANFICTION! If I want ultramodern technology in the seventies, then there will be ultramodern technology in the seventies. WHO EVEN CARES?
Sorry for the shouts,

Venquine1990