II - A Second Chance
My Little Sly Cooper: Thievery is Magic
II - A Second Chance
"I'm dead. I'm dead! What the heck do I do!?"
Sly was beginning to stir. His eyelids fluttered weakly as he fought to regain consciousness. All at once, he remembered what happened, and leapt to his feet, his cane raised high to strike if the need arose. It didn't.
He lowered his cane, leaned casually on it, and scratched his chin, "Okay, let me see... I had gotten the diamond, I was almost home free... Then Carmelita spotted me... She shocked me, I fell into the water and then... I drowned."
"Funny... if this is what death is like... it doesn't seem so bad. Bit boring, though..." Sly examined his surroundings, finding nothing but blackness and swirling grey mist, casting an eerie air about the place. Nothing in any direction. Nothing of interest. Sly cradled his face in his hand as the weight of having actually died hit him, and nearly got a heart attack for his trouble. He could see clearly through his own hand.
His whole body was transparent. His eyes were wide as he waved his hand in front of his face in a vain effort to return some opacity to it. No such luck. Looking down, he noted bleakly that his feet were in a similar state; He could see the black surface that passed for the ground in this place through his shoes.
"Man, not only is the Feng Shui here awful, the whole see-through thing is creepy. A bit overused too..." Sly mused.
"Well, well, well..." said a deep, smooth voice that seemed to eminate from nowhere, "What have we here...?"
For the second time in five minutes, Sly's heart almost failed him (Which would have been a neat trick, what with the whole being dead thing) as he whipped around, cane raised for a strike, to see a figure rising from the inky blackness of the "Ground", causing ripples to roll outward as though he were moving through liquid. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the figure stood before Sly, shrouded in black robes and carrying a large, rusty scythe in a single paper-white hand.
Death literally stood before Sly.
There was something ever so slightly off about Death; He wasn't made of bones, for one thing. By all appearances, he was some kind of hairless ape, with skin so pale one could swear he hadn't seen the sun in centuries. His teeth were off-white and unsettlingly sharp as he grinned hungrily at Sly. The feature that drew Sly's gaze the most however, were the holes where the reaper's eyes should have been. Dark, crimson lines that looked suspiciously like blood ran from the sockets, as though the reaper had been weeping blood.
"Hmm, let's see here..." Death's deep voice echoed through the emptiness as he leaned his scythe on one shoulder and gestured with one hand, causing a small clump of mist to converge into a large, black tome. Allowing it to fall open, Death mumbled to himself, "C... C... Cooper, Rioichi... Cooper, Sarah Ann... Ah, here we are, Cooper, Sly... Age, nineteen... Cause of death--" He closed the book with a loud, echoing snap "--Drowning."
"However, dear boy, your case is... Special. You died attempting to prevent a catastrophe. This is a rare occurrance. Only happens once every three decades or so... You should feel honored. Because of these circumstances, you have been granted a... reprieve. A second chance at life."
Sly, whose heart had been sinking with each consecutive word, perked up; A second chance at life? He could barely contain himself! Sly wanted to jump for joy at his good fortune! As it was, he couldn't prevent a large, goofy grin from spreading across his face.
Death, for his part, seemed less amused. "Calm yourself, child. Against my better judgement, you will be reincarnated. You may even choose the world upon which your new life will begin." Without so much as a flourish, Death raised his scythe and swung three times at nothing in particular. With ease that belied the pitted, rusted blade of the scythe, the implement tore through the blackness and mist with a noise reminescent of a knife tearing through canvas.
Death gestured at the slight rips his scythe had opened with a careless flick of his wrist; As though being held open by giant, invisible fingers the tears widened enough that Sly could easily see through them. Through the one on his left, he saw a mustachioed fat man using what appeared to be a water-powered jetpack to jump over tall obstacles and strange looking enemies.
The tear on his right depicted a green-clad dirty blonde creature riding a horse, carrying a shield and sword on his back, a glowing blue fairy buzzing merrily behind him as it attempted to keep up.
Though the tear straight ahead, he saw six bizarrely colorful ponies and a small draconic reptile, all frolicking merrily in a green field.
Sly thought long and hard about his choices. At least, as long and as hard as he could with the wholly terrifying reaper staring at him. In reality, it took roughly two minutes.
"Well," began Sly, surprised that his voice still worked as a ghost, "The one on the left seems to be a bit too dependant on water, and I think I got enough of THAT last time... The one on the right... That guy's got a sword. And a shield... Is that a bow? Way too dangerous. Plus, something about that fairy makes me want to stomp on it." The Reaper nodded. Apparently this was a common reaction.
"So I guess that leaves the one in the middle... It looks safe... And colorful. I think my only danger there will be diabetes." Sly said with a helpless shrug, "Guess that's where I'm going."
"Are you sure?" asked Death, one of his empty eye sockets opening wider as he cocked an eyebrow. "This is the last chance to change your mind. Once you're in, you can't come back." Sly nodded in recognition. The Reaper continued, "Moreover, you may not like what happens when you arrive."
For a moment, Sly hesitated, second guessing his choice. It didn't take him long to reaffirm his decision, however. What point was there in going to a world of traps and danger? He'd lived that life last time, and all it got him was orphaned, shot at, and ultimately drowned.
Sly swallowed any further second thoughts, his muscles tensing as he braced himself for the purge, "I'm sure."
"If that is your decision..." The reaper snapped the fingers of his free hand, and the unchosen tears slowly closed and disappeared noiselessly. Stepping back from the remaining portal, Death gave a little bow and gestured with his free hand, "Onward to glory, my dear boy."
"Thanks," the master thief said. Not knowing what to expect, Sly took a couple careful steps backward, then dashed towards the portal and leapt through.
"Whoo-wee!" Puffed Applejack, after bucking her twentieth apple tree of the day. Sweat was pouring down her face but, undeterred, she bucked yet another tree. The force of her hooves shook the tree violently and sent the fruit that it bore plummeting into the buckets. "If Ah keep this up, th' orchard'll be cleared in no time!"
"Eeyup," said Big Macintosh as he pulled a cart full of apples behind him. Their pet dog, Winona, was trotting happily along with them, giving them moral support and, every once in a while, pulling out bad apples as she saw them.
Applejack had raised her hooves to buck the next tree when something stole her attention, causing her to absentmindedly lower them back to the ground.
A navy blue and gray... blur… was tearing through the air, soaring towards the barn at a speed that would have made Rainbow Dash proud.
"What'n tarnation? What the hay was that thing?" The cowpony wondered as it crashed through the barn's roof with the sickening sound of splintering wood. With her barn's roof sufficiently destroyed, she decided she could put her work aside for a bit and investigate.
"C'mon, Winona, Big Mac!" shouted the farmer as she galloped towards the barn.
"Eeyup," responded the stoic stallion, untethering himself from the apple cart and racing after his sister.
"Arf! Arf!" Winona yapped as she ran after them, panting furiously.
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You have no idea how long I had this fic in my head. Still, none the less, good luck with it. Gotta read it when I get the chance.
The only thing that bothers me is... well, there are plenty of connections that you could use between the Sly Cooper Universe and the MLP universe (For Example: Doctor Whooves, and Bently's Time Machine) to transport them there. Instead, you used the cliche "You Die- You Go To Equestria" Theme. I dunno, that's my opinion. Do the story right though, and... DIS IS GUNNA B GUD!
Oh.
Mah.
GAWRSH.
Sly Cooper was Assassin's Creed for kids. I played these games until they broke. (Then I bought them again.)
Five moustaches for you, sire. Also, Mario Sunshine sucked. Legend of Zelda was awesome.
Hmmm. Any critiques?
Nope. Can't think of any.
You said 'to the left' twice, instead of ' in the middle.' Even so, nice job referencing Mario and Legend of Zelda in one paragraph.
Faved, thumbs uped, and tracked.
I will read this just because I'm a sucker for the Sly games......
YES
YEEEEEEEEEEEEES.
FAVORITE.
DUDE
THIS BETTER BE EQUESTRIA DAILY
SO.... MUCH... WIN!!!!!!!!
Awesome story tracking this
My favorite childhood game and ponies? Be careful, should you deviate from the games only a subtle amount I shall rage. Will read when I have the time and maybe even track if I like it. Be very careful however, you are treading on dangerous territory. Sly better have all his moves. I'll be keeping track.
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i know.GYY6HYUPO9I6YTUIY6T5
thats me banging my head on the keyboard on how awesome it is.
ITS SO MUCH FIUPALJBDFNKLJASDBFNAKDJLSBFKAHJSDVBFASHKLJBVFJSAKHLHB
Read it. I shall track it :)
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IT HAPPENED!
Sir, you just made my day. Bringing back my childhood, tracking!
Nappa: Vegeta! What does the scanner say about the author's awesome level?
Vegeta: It's over NINE THOUUUSAAAAAND!
Oh, me and my boasting.
I don't know... I still would've chosen Link's storyline... But that's just me.
BUT!
If I had a choice between Mario, Link, and Ponies... I choose Ponies...
By the way... The only 'main' character of this story would be Sly, and maybe Applejack. You can't have a successful story with 8 different perspectives...
And dat Prologue...
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I know. However, I'm going to make sure I get the aforemention characters into the story.
371373 No no, you misunderstand me, the character list is ONLY for MAIN CHARACTERS, not every single character in the story.
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*Poker Face*
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Precisely what I was aiming for.
371413 Also, wouldn't Death have Sly's name under C?
Considering that his family is Cooper?
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Death has decided to sort his list of souls via first name. Don't ask: Death just rolls like that.
371453 But that is silly! Death is not Silly!
All of Sly's family have Cooper as their last name! Add effect by making death list some of his relatives, the last one before him being his dad. Add effect, Effect, EFFECT!
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Ahhh! OK, OK, OK!
Fantastic story can't wait for the next chapter
Hmm...possibilities...
thanks for the wall of nostalgia that just fell on top of me. now when i find my way out of the rubble, not only am i gonna have to take a break from loz: skyward sword but im also gonna need to hook up the ps2 and find my goddamn sly games.
sigh... here take a moustache of approval.
MLPxSC FTELW!
371494 Ahahah! so we meet again! On an awesome story containing my favorite childhood game! HAHA!
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I'm glad to see that You appreciate the story, Sorren. I really liked that Fan Fic about Nico Bellic. I found it both hilarious and true.
372601 I did not think you had seen it. And yes. Sly was my favorite video game charecter when i was a kid.
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You'd be surprised: I find it rather comical that Nico gives Rainbow whiskey, while she's under the impression that it's just some hard apple juice.
You have a bit to go to get a hoof-up from me.
left portal= mario sunshine. middle portal= legend of zelda. right portal= mlp fim .
Just two complaints. First, Sly doesn't even seem concerned about returning to his own world. He would at least ask if it was possible. Second, he'd probably choose a world that looked more interesting/challenging rather than the easy option.
HA!
1342230 Well he said he couldn't keep up with the one on the left, and he said he wasn't really sure about the one in the middle and he thought the fairy was annoying. So by process of elmination he picked the one on the right.
By the way are Bently and Murray going to freak out when Sly doesn't return to the van and they assume the worst, because I can see it now:
Sly do you read me?! SLY ANSWER ME! Oh my gosh Murray I think Sly might be dead!
What that can't be true! Sly's been in near death situations before and he's always pulled through.
I'm afraid this time he may not have been so lucky, he's not even answering his bonuicom.
I never played those games, but I always thought the commercials looked awesome. Is there anywhere I can still find it maybe?
oh god, mario and zelda *-_-
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gamestop still sells past gen games, failing that, ebay or amazon might still have copies.
I find that Carmelita was a little out of character.
Yes she has a very black and white view of crime. Yes she wants Cooper behind bars. but you ignore that she cares enough about Sly (and is also quite fair in general) TO STOP HIM FROM DROWNING.
but that's just my opinion. Also if you found a different set up you could have had the even more entertaining notion of the whole gang ending up in Equestria (plus maybe Carmelita).
371125 One complaint: second to last line, you put "her sister". It should be "his sister".
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Whoa. I can't believe you found that age-old mistake. Good on you, man. Have some mustaches for your effort.
NO ONE CHUCKLES AT LE SPY!!!
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As cool as this is probably going to turn out to be...Sly isn't the least bit concerned with the fact that his two best friends are likely going to lose their sh
at the fact that he's dead? Or that he can never return to that world to see them or possibly even never continue his trek of thieving? I mean, accepting death, okay, but Sly is very clearly very close with Bentley and Murray and to just suddenly go "Okay, new world time" is a bit...out of character, in my opinion.
But, considering there's a lot of story to go, I'm confident something like that will be addressed later on. Sly just seemed a bit TOO non-chalant about the whole affair, which would be a first for him.
*grin* I am reminded of the Archer and Thief costume in Thieves in Time.
Took me a while to realize this was Super Mario Sunshine. Damn, I wish they'd make a sequel, it's literally been a decade since it came out. SMS was by far the best Mario game (in my opinion at least).
Hopefully there's some truth to the rumors that a sequel is being planned for the WiiU, eh? Not that I have one... although with both a new Zelda and the next Super Smash Bros. currently in the works, plus a new game by the guys who did Xenoblade Chronicles (which could be a sequel), I'm definitely getting one eventually. A SMS2 release just might mean I fork my money over to Nintendo sooner... as if they haven't taken enough of it over the years...