Chapter 3: Names Sly, Sly Cooper

Since Sly was new here, and I was the only person he saw, they agreed to let me go in first. Ty was practically beside me though with Metal and Solas right behind.

As I step inside, Sly already looked better. The blood that was clinging to his fur earlier was gone, and there was a brightness in his eyes that wasn't there before. He was still laying in the bed, his mask , gloves, boots and hat having been removed and his cane at the other side of the room. To me, he looked unpredictable, like a Sonic personality with a dash of Shadow's.

He looked at me as we entered, but he also watched the others as they entered the room. He was careful, and from the way he looked at everyone, he was sizing us up in case he needed to fight. So, I took the liberty to calm him.

"It's alright." I told him, making him look at me again. "We're not here to fight. My names' Emily Bridgestone. And these are my friends; Ty, Metal, Riku, Roxas and Solas."

Sly blinked and nodded. "Nice to meet you guys. I'm Sly, Sly-"

"Cooper." I finished. "You told me right before you passed out."

Sly blinked a moment, slowly remembering. "That's right, I did. Sorry, I was hit pretty hard before landing… where you found me."

"You were pretty beat up." Ty said. "What happened to ya?"

"Before I answer that…" Sly said, holding up a hand. "Where am I?… And When am I?"

"Well…" I said. "I'm not sure about the when part. But you're in Disney."

"In Florida?" Sly asked.

I laughed. "That was my first question too. No, the real Disney. It's.. kinda hard to explain, since I'm still new at it."

"Alright," Sly said. "And what are you guys?"

Ty and I looked at each other before looking back at him and answering him at the same time. "Yep."

"But," Sly said. "Humans don't exist."

Ty grinned. "I thought the same thing about dragons until a couple days ago, when I was riding on one."

"And I thought the same about other people," I added. "Until they were in my dad's workshop."

Sly soon smiled. "I guess I've seen stranger. But humans have abilities right?"

I blushed. "Abilities?"

"No." Ty answered.

"Then, how did you heal me so fast?" Sly asked, looking right at me. "I did have a stab wound when I passed out."

I looked down. "It's complicated. I'll have to explain later. For now, how did you get into the Gummi Ship?"

"I was about to ask the same thing." Roxas said.

Sly looked at him but nodded. "Only fair I guess. My friends and I were rescuing my… Hopefully not ex-girlfriend, from a family enemy of mine. His name is Le Paradox, a skunk thief."

"So you're a cop?" I asked.

Sly grinned, the smile reminding me of Sonic when he was thinking of trouble. "No. I'm a Master thief, from a long line of Master thieves dating back to the stone ages. My girlfriend is a cop though. Our relationship is complicated… and a little hazardous. I'll have to explain it better later."

"I can imagine that." Riku said with a slight smile.

Sly looked at each of us again. "Think you can help me get home? I'm sure the guys are worried."

I look at Ty. "I don't see why we can't."

"Neither do I." Ty replied with a smile.

"Hold it!" Roxas said. "One; We don't know where in the Galaxy he lives. And Two; We have bigger fish to fry with the Heartless and the Door of Darkness. We can't just stop for any hitchhiker that happens into the Gummi Ship."

"You said yourself it's rare to nonexistent for other to just appear on the Gummies." I said.

"Heartless?" I heard Sly ask.

"Living shadows." I explained. "We're helping to fight against them"

"But I think we can make a detour to help someone out." Ty said, looking back at Sly. "Where do you live?"

"Earth, Paris." Sly replied.

"Not our earth then…" I said. "That narrows it down a bit… We just need a world that looks like home with people that look like Sly."

Roxas rolled his eyes but said nothing.

Sly smiled. "Thanks guys. I owe ya one."

"You don't owe us a thing." I said. It's our pleasure to help someone."

It wasn't until a couple weeks later that Sly was back on his feet. But We took that time to look for him home (Which wasn't all that hard to find since I recognized since I recognized him when I saw the dragons world in trouble) And to train. Ty was working on strengthening his abilities to command the Keyblades magic, while I worked out, fenced and trained Solas.

Since I didn't know the first thing about teaching a dragon how to fly or breathe fire, I was glad that Merlin helped. I had to work hard not to have another fangirl moment. Thankfully I was able to distracted myself with how he trained Solas. I let Merlin take over on the fire breathing (Which he told me wouldn't be until he was older) while I helped with the flying and speech. He was maybe a week and a half old, but he was a fast learner and quickly caught onto by gliding to me off of bookshelves in the library. As for the speech, I used easy words like the names of our team and other words that made up rough sentences. Within a day or two, he knew who everyone in the team was.

Soon Sly was back on his feet and got to watch him train to get back into shape. I was really thankful that he showed me an easier move called the rail slide, which I could do easily with my jet shoes.

Ty and I also got close. We walked through the villages of Disney (Which is pretty accurate to the theme parks) and even had a couple lunches together. This earned us a few odd looks from Riku and Roxas, but what did it matter? We were friends.

Soon everything was ready for the trip to Paris. It was funny how I became attached to places, because Disney Castle was becoming more and more like home to me. Like Angel Island did. It was almost hard to back up for a second time.

Solas sat on my bed and watched. "Were Team goin?" He asked. Guess his grammar still needs work.

"We're taking Sly home." Metal answered, packing his own bag.

"Why he no stay?" Solas asked.

"He says his team will be worried." I replied. "Just like if you were missing, we'd be worried about you."

Solas seemed to let this info sink in before standing and walking over to my bag. "Help pack?"

"Actually," I said, closing the flap to my pack. "We're ready to go. Metal?"

Metal was already at the door with his duffel bag on his shoulder. "Ready Em."

I smile and pick up my bag. "Lets get going then."

Solas trilled and followed us as we walked down the halls to where the Gummi Ship was waiting. Ty was also waiting there with Sly. They were talking about something but stopped when I came up. Ty smiled and waved. "Hey Em! Metal!"

"Hey Ty!" I said. "Hey Sly. Riku and Roxas running late?"

Ty nodded, kneeling to say hi to Solas. "They always are. Hey Solas! How are ya buddy?"

"Hi Ty!" Solas replied as Ty rubbed his head. "Hi Sly!"

Sly chuckled and knelt. "Hey little guy." he said and pet Solas' soft coppery mane.

"Glad you're back on your feet Sly." Metal said.

Sly grinned. "You can't keep a Cooper down for long. Too much action to see and trouble to get into."

I laughed. "You sound a lot like a friend of mine," I told him. "Even if he has a sprained ankle, you can't keep him on a couch for long."

Sly laughed as Riku and Roxas came up.

Solas was the first to see them and trilled. "Hi Riku!" He said running over to great them. "Hi Rockus."

Roxas blinked. "What did you call me?"

Solas blinked back. "Rockus."

I couldn't help but laugh. So Solas had a little trouble pronouncing Roxas' name. But I thought it was funny and decided that he'd grow out of it. Roxas grinned and knelt to the dragons height.

"Solas," he said. "It's pronounced 'R-O-X-A-S'."

Solas scrunched up his face and mimicked Roxas. "R-O-K-U-S…. Ruckus?

"No," Roxas said. "You hiss the middle."

So Solas tried again, but it didn't come out as we expected… "R-O-C-sssssucks."

That sent Ty and me to our knees laughing while Sly and Metal leaned against the Gummi ship. Metal had his hand on a knee while Sly held his middle laughing. Riku (Who was already on his knees) Was laughing so hard he could barely breathe. Poor Roxas had gone red, but he was also chuckling. because, like a kid learning how to talk, you can't help but laugh when they get it wrong and get something else.

"What I say?" Solas asked, hearing us laughing.

"Just…" Roxas said. "Stick with Rockus for now kid." He then stood and walked over, though I could tell he was trying not to laugh. "Come on! Paris is waiting."

"Eye eye Rockus." I said, getting my bag and climbing in with the rest of the team.

Sly seemed pretty impressed with the ship. I couldn't blame him, it looked like the Millennium Falcon once you step inside. Only much smaller. More like something from Firefly maybe…

There were only three rooms, so Ty and Sly were sharing a room while mMetal and I shared and Riku and Roxas shared. But Paris wasn't that far off, we'd be there by the afternoon Disney Time.

Riku took the controls and started up the ship. "Okay," he said. "Sly's Earth looks like an outskirt world, so we'll use a warp tunnel to get there."

"What's a warp tunnel?" Metal asked.

"A rough ride." Roxas said as he sat in the co-pilot seat. "So for when we get to the tunnel, I suggest you all head for your rooms and buckle down."

I gulp. I never had to deal with a warp tunnel before. I wondered if it would hurt my senses lilt the heartless did.

With that, Riku started the engine and took off. Solas trilled excitedly as he felt the lift. Sly laughed and pet him. "Bentley is going to flip meeting you guys."

"How so?" I asked.

"He's the brains of the gang." Sly explained. "He's an expert in most sciences, and seeing that humans and dragons are fantasy creatures in our world; he might be excited to meet you."

I was a little worried at this. Due to my unique genes, I was usually careful about scientists. But Bentley sounded nice, so it can't be too bad.

"What about your other friend?" Ty asked. "Murray?"

Sly smiled. "Good ol' Murray… You guys may need to convince him not to hug me too tightly."

I laughed. "I can't wait to meet them."

"You guys will be soon." Riku said. "There's the Warp Tunnel."

I look up and it looked like the top of a hurricane with a black middle. I gulped. From the looks of that thing, it was going to be a rough ride.