Chapter 3: Another... Cooper?

'Ello! AnimeHopeLove here with another chapter of The Midnight Jewel! So last time we found out a bit more about Jasmine, and Sly found something... So, heres the next chapter. ENJOY! :3 I am also basing the ages around the fact that the second game came out in 2004 XP. And yes, the Jasmine part of this chapter is to make sure you can see she is NOT the victim in the situation, but they are all equally to blame.

Sly tiled his head as he read the information on the blue screen of the laptop.

Name: Jasmine 'Jewel' Cooper

Ethnicity: Raccoon

Place of Birth: Unknown

Date of Birth: 7/14/1989

Parents: Kelly Cooper, Grendgion Cooper

When came to Freiren House: 1983

How came to Freiren House: Found in apartment as child with parents dead.

Sly couldn't believe it. That girl... her year of birth... If he calculated correctly, she was about 15. Only 4 years younger than him. "Another... Cooper?"

Bentley nodded. "It seems so. Want me to look in deeper? I might be able to find more information to see if it really is." Sly nodded, then got up, slowly walking back to his desk.

Another Cooper? His father had never said he was an only child, but in all his years with his father he had never once heard of or seen any other family members. Only him, his father, and his mother. He sighed, his hand against his forehead as he thought about that strange girl.

Jasmine... It was a smooth, nice name. He shook his head with a sigh, as if trying to shake that thought out of his mind. He had to stay focused on trying to make sense of the facts he had been presented with. She was brought to that orphanage in the same year he had as a child, and her parents had been killed, the exact same as Sly's. But it had to be a coincidence. Didn't it? His father might have at least told him that he had a sibling, whether it be sister or brother.

Unless...

Jasmine trekked down the path, the path around her filled by 15 other kids from the orphanage as they walked to school. They were split into groups, mostly into threes or fours, but there where people who weren't in any groups.

Jasmine, for one.

She didn't want to make friends with the other orphanage goers, they hated her, and she hated them. It was - gladly, - a mutual feeling spread throughout the orphanage. She didn't talk to them, they didn't talk to her, and everyone was happy.

Basically.

They still talked every once and a while, exchanging hateful comments. Sometimes Jasmine started it, sometimes the others did. She wouldn't call herself the 'victim' of the situation, everyone was at fault here, even herself. On the topic of the once in a lifetime contact, today was a day when they decided to start it.

"Hey loser." The lion who had pushed her earlier this morning stated, walking up next to Jasmine.

"Ditto, idiot." She hissed back as the lions friends surrounded her.

"That isn't a nice way to talk, Jazzy." The she lion smirked. "You should be more careful with your words."

"Hah, says the one who started this whole conversation." Jasmine smirked, shoving the lion.

"You're the one who was even born. No one cares about you." The lioness retorted, shoving Jasmine back. Jasmine contemplated wht the lion had said for a second, before replying.

"At least I wasn't dropped off at the door!" She growled back. Jasmine winced a bit inside. She knew she had hit a weak spot in the lionesses ego. She didn't want to have to hurt people like this, but she was forced to if she wanted to survive in this orphanage and not be broken down, like the few kinder children who came here. She had to stay strong.

The female lion opened her mouth as if to say something, but closed it. The lioness looked truly hurt, but the look vanished almost as soon as it appeared. "At least my parents weren't killed because they were druggies! Why else would they be attacked by a gang then if they owed money?"

Jasmine felt that. That comment hurt her. They were getting int dangerous territory here, and she was ready to finish the conversation. "Whatever." She replied, walking faster as she tried to escape the lionesses glare. The lioness chuckled behind her. "Wimp!" She exclaimed, a small smirk on her face.

Jasmine didn't reply, instead just walking with the rest of the group. She adjusted her gloves, as they had been wrinkled as she walked due to her hands gripping her backpack tightly.

'I can't wait to get to school.' She thought sarcastically. 'It's always the best part of the day.'

Here is the third chapter! Sorry not much is happening guys, as these are just the supporting beginning chapters, but as we move forward, the chapters will slowly get more intense! :D

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