Disclaimer- I do not own anything related to Zootopia

AN- Just to add context to this story before I start this story off it takes place as if the Missing mammal case did not come to transpire in this universe. With that note delivered onto the first chapter.

Chapter 1- Always a Bunny, Always a Fox

At the front reception desk of the ZPD Precinct One officer Benjamin Clawhauser sat starting at his phone as he continued the process of putting the sixth donut in a pack of a dozen into his mouth when the front doors of the ZPD suddenly burst open causing the Cheetah to look up.

The feline watched as a weasel trapped in a large doughnut bounced its way into the building till it bounced of off his desk stopping the large pastries momentum as it and the weasel bounced painfully to a stop. When suddenly the excited form of Judy Hopps jumped in and landed in a triumphant pose.

"I Popped the Weasel!"

There was then silence throughout the halls of the ZPD as everyone started at the sight before them.

"HOPPS!"

Clawhauser turned his head to see Chief Bogo glaring angrily at the rabbit as he pointed towards his office. Judy then looked back to stare at all of the mammals who were looking at her before she game a small smile and wave before running of in the direction of Chief Bogo's office as there was silence in the lobby after she left.

"Are any of you stupid coppers going to get me up or what?" The Weasel shouted as he continues to roll around on the floor a several officers did their best to hide their amusement as they watched the struggling mammal attempt to escape from his makeshift prison.

"I got him." a voice spoke up as Clawhauser turned to watch Officers Wolford and Fangmeyer walking towards them as the pair stopped and looked at the struggling weasel before Wolford bent down and hoisted him up on his feet. "Been a while since I've seen you here Duke. What did you do this time?"

"I ain't answering your questions Wolfboy." Duke spat as Wolford shoved him from behind as the officer turned to his tiger partner "I'm taking this one to interrogation cell one let Bogo know when he is done grilling the bunny." He started as he led the weasel into the center of the ZPD as the tiger and the cheetah watched him until he disappeared before Fang turned to look at Ben.

"So the meter maid brought him in, heard she tore a hole through Little Rodentia in her pursuit against him". Fangmeyer said as she leaned against the desk and grabbed one of the donuts out of the box.

"I'm sure they are exaggerating the report for drama, that being said I do not want to be that rabbit right now. I remember the first time the chief called you up to his office for a discussion." Clawhauser replied as he grabbed another donut out of the box.

"Don't remind me, I had to do parking duty for a whole month." The tiger said as she took a bite out of her donut and chewed it with anger as the memories replayed in her head. "That being said I don't think I have ever seen an officer mess up this badly at the start of their career."

"Oh hush now, I can't understand why everyone is giving her such a hard time. I know she is the newbie but it looks like she wants to be the best officer that she can be, I'm sure she has had a lot of people tell her she would never be able to be a rabbit cop, but here she is trying to do the best that she can, as officers we need to support our own as we are a family-"

"SHIT" the tiger swore interrupting his rant causing Clawhauser to turn to her with a shocked expression.

"Language Samantha!" But he stopped when he noticed that she was not paying attention to him but instead looking forward with a luck of worry. The cheetah then turned his head to follow the direction his fellow office was looking and when his eyes meet the familiar features of the mammal walking through the front door the cheetah's eyes opened wide as one thought entered his mind.

"Oh boy, Chief is going to skin that bunny alive"

"Abandoning your post, disobeying orders from a fellow officer, reckless endangerment, inciting a chase, causing unknown amounts property and emotional damage in the city of Rodentia… Though to be fair you did stop a master criminal from steeling a backpack full of empty DVD cases." Chief Bogo said as he emptied the contents of a backpack onto his desk before looking up and sending the rabbit in front of him the strongest glare he could muster.

"Sir I did my job I caught the bag guy." Judy responded as she looked up and met the glare of the Cape Buffalo who towered over her.

"Your job is putting tickets on parked cars."

"CHIEF, um I have some news for you" Clawhauser's voice rang through the office as Bogo turned and slammed a hove on his desk phone.

"Not now." He responded as turned his attention back to the rabbit in front of him when the phone suddenly went off again.

"Sir you really need to hear-.".

"NOT NOW" Bogo screamed into the phone while Judy suddenly moved to the desk. "Sir I don't want to be a meter maid. I want to be a real cop."

"Do you think the mayor asked what I wanted when he assigned you to me?"

"But sir-".

"Life isn't some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and all of your insipid dreams magically come to true." Bogo said before he leaned in to meet Judy at eye level. "So LET IT GO." Bogo said as he sat back in his chair and continued to glare at the rabbit in front of him when Clawhauser's voice suddenly came though the phone one again.

"Chief, what wanted to say was Duke Weaselton's attorney is waiting for you with him in the interrogation cell." The Cheetah said before the line went quite.

Judy watched at the cape buffalo in front of her rolled his eyes before he moved his hoof to the phone to respond when Judy watched as it froze right before it was about to hit the call button. She looked at her bosses face and was shocked to see that his eyes were now wide open in a fearful expression. Judy watched as Bogo took a gulp before pressing the button. "Benjamin, when you say attorney you don't mean who I think you mean right?"

There was silence for a moment before the Cheetah responded.

"Yes sir, and um he is not happy that he and his client has not spoken to you yet." Clawhauser responded as Judy watched as Bogo closed his eyes and took a deep breath before turning back to the phone. "I will be on my way down in one minute." He responded as he rose from his desk and stomped toward the door and opened it before turning back to Judy.

"Coming Hopps?"

"Sorry sir what do you mean?" The rabbit officer asked as she meet the death glare of her chief who in turn let out a sigh.

"It is because of you we are in this mess so you better be right behind me or I promise you will have parking duty for the remainder of the year." He said before turning and leaving his office as Judy stood there for a moment before she quickly jumped out of the chair and scurried after her boss and down the stairs to the main lobby.

Judy caught up to with Chief Bogo as he walked towards the interrogation cells as they made their way to their destinations she noticed her fellow officers doing their best to stay clear of their way as they were all looking down at work or doing their best to look busy. "Who is this attorney we are meeting what about this mammal has Bogo so mad." Judy thought to herself as she followed her chief into a side hallway as they both walked in silence before Chief Bogo stopped in front of a door.

Judy watched a Bogo open the door and stepped in. "FINALLY… I have been sitting here waiting for five minutes." She hear a male voice on the other side shout as she slowly made her way into the room as well. As she stepped inside her eyes scanned the room and once she saw the mammals seated at the table she froze in her place.

Sitting on the left was Duke Weaselton still trapped in the large donut, her focus however was not on him but the mammal sitting to his right. His features stood out to het immediately red fur, pointed ears, large bushy tail. Piercing Emerald green eyes, and a muzzle full of sharped pointed teeth which clear as daylight with the smile that adorned his face. All these details led Judy to think one word.

"FOX…"

Judy stared at the smirking fox in front of her as her thoughts went to the can of fox repellent on her hip as she watched the fox slowly stand up and glared at the both of them. She took note of his apparel as he wore a dark blue dress shirt with a black red and blue striped tie and to top it off, he wore dark emerald green suit that was a near match to his eyes.

"Glad to see that you finally made it down here Chief Buffalo Butt, now that you are here we can talk about the unlawful treatment and arrest of my client due to the actions meter maid Fluffbutt over there." The Fox said as a sly smile made its way across his muzzle.

"Now Wilde."

"Don't Wilde me Bogo… now I believe we were in the process of releasing my client, Since I am sure this has been a fair lesson for him not to run from the police when he has been accused of something." The fox said.

"This criminal stole property and then fled from the scene." Judy responded as she glared at the fox who turned his attention towards her as the smirk on his lips grew wider.

"Well fluff that's how you claim it happened… What I make is my client running scared after a large Rhino accused him of theft in a threatening manner and then to add to his confusion he starts being chased by a little meter maid bunny who thinks she has the authority to arrest mammals." The fox spoke as he started to walk closer to Judy and bent down to meet her at eye level. "But then guess what! Said rabbit chases him into the heavily busy and populated area of Little Rodentia where she helped cause mass panic and chaos before assaulting him with a giant donut."

Judy opened her mouth to respond but Wilde quickly turned to Bogo before she could get a word in he opened his mouth.

"I can see the headlines now FAKE BUNNY COP GOES ON RAMPAGE IN RODENTIA!" The fox shouted enthusiastically as he started making exaggerated gestures with his paws. "I'm also sure that mayor Lionheart would probably have a lot to say to you Chief Buffalo Butt if this whole incident were to leak fully to the press to show what his Mammal Inclusion Initiative is paying off with how ZPD's first rabbit officer was behaving and that the chief of police who allowed it to happen."

Judy watched the fox as she struggled to form a response while Bogo rubbed his temples and let out a deep breath.

"Fine."

Judy turned to Bogo in shock "Sir!"

"Zip it Hoops… Wilde if you can keep this from reaching the mayors ears and out of the major media then your client will be free to go." Bogo responded with a glare as the fox gave a smug smile and nodded his head in agreement.

"Well Chief I am pleased we could come to an agreement." Wilde said as he grabbed he brief case and headed toward the door. "Duke I expect a check of the usual amount on my receptionists desk tomorrow… and it was nice meeting you officer fluff I'm sure we will be seeing each other again."

Judy watched in a mixture of shock and anger as the fox swung the interrogation door open and walked out in a brisk pace as the watch the door slowly closed shut. She looked up at Bogo with a glare and noticed he had a similar expression plastered on his face. Judy started at the door in front of her as her eyes narrowed and burst into a sprint throwing it open and dashing through ignoring Bogo shouting her name as she ran after the fox.

Nickolas Wilde walked down the hallways of Precinct one looking at his phone as he made his way back to the main lobby. "I really should start charging Duke extra this is the third time this month I have had to pull him out of the oven" Nick thought to himself as he keep walking.

"HEY!" a loud female voice shouted behind him.

"Just keep walking Wilde." Nick thought as he continued his path down the hall.

"Hey I'm talking to you." the voice once again rang through his ears as he kept his pace down the hall.

Nick was only a few more steps to the end when the bunny from the earlier jumped on front of him stopping him in his tracks.

"Hello there fluff, how can I help you today." Nick stated as he looked down at the rabbit in front of him who was meeting his gaze with a look of anger.

"You're going to want to refrain from calling me fluff." Judy responded as she pointed her carrot pen at the fox in front of her as she watched the foxes muzzle grown into a smirk. "As you wish Miss Judy Hopps… I think instead of fluff I'll call you Carrots from now on."

Judy paused for a moment as she soon felt a wave of annoyance and anger take over here as she stared up at the well-dressed fox. "Who do you think you are?" She shouted as the fox started right back at her before he slowly put his paw into his suit's pocket and pulled out a business card and handed it to her.

Judy snatched the card from his paw and looked at it intently

Nicholas P. Wilde

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Judy Stared at the card noticing that it also contained a phone number and an address for an office in Tundra Town. "Well Mr. Wilde I still have som-." Judy said as she looked back up at the fox only to see he was no longer standing in front of her. Judy's ears shot up as she heard the door behind her close and she spun around to see the outline of the fox as he walked away from the now closed door as she quickly threw the door open and bounded after him.

"Hey I'm talking to you." Judy announced as she caught up behind nick as he turned to face her with a look of pure annoyance. "Well carrots I'll humor you what do you want." Nick responded as a look of fake interest spread across his face.

"What was that back there?"

"You're going to have to be more specific there." Nick responded as he looked down at Judy.

"Back there in the interrogation room you blackmailed and threatened my boss so that weasel I caught could walk."

"One… I'm a lawyer, and two it's not blackmail I'd call it more of a beneficial hustle… sweetheart. You see I and Bogo both get what we want, I get paid for helping out my idiot client and Bogo gets me and the mess you caused out of his thick skin and away from the press. So in the end everyone wins Carrots"

"Can you stop calling me Carrots!" Judy shouted as other officers turned their heads to the source of the outburst.

"Oh my bad I thought you came from some carrot-choked Powdunk" Nick said with a sly smirk as he watched the rabbits face well up in anger.

"No Powdunk is in Deerbrooke County and I'm from Bunnyburrow" Judy responded as she took a step closer to the fox in front of her who in turn let out a sigh as he looked down at her as he opened his mouth to speak.

"Okay Carrots, tell me if this story sound familiar. Naïve little hick with good grades and big ideas decides hey, look at me! I'm gonna move to Zootopia where Predators and Prey live in harmony. Only to find, whoopsie… we don't all get along, and the dream of becoming a big city cop… Double whoopsie. She's a meter maid. And finally triple whoopsie not one cares about her or her dreams and soon enough those drams die and out bunny sinks into emotional and literal squalor living in a box under a bridge. Until finally she has no choice but to go back home with that cute fuzzy-wuzzy tail between her legs and become… You're from Bunnyburrow that's what you said? So how about a carrot farmer. That sound about right?" Nick ranted as took in a long breath as Judy stared at him with a hurt and shocked expression before her eyes narrowed in anger.

"No one tells me what I can or can't be. Especially not some jerk lawyer who never had the guts to try to be anything other than a sly fox." Judy responded to Nick as she watched his eyes suddenly narrow in anger as he looked right at her.

"Alright look, everyone comes to Zootopia thinking they can be anything they want. Well you can't you can only be what you are… Sly Fox… Dumb Bunny." Nick said as he gestured to himself and then Judy with a smug smirk plastered on his face.

"I am not a dumb bunny."

"We will see Carrots, we will see. Now you have taken up enough of my time and I have other clients to go see" Nick said as he started to walk away. "You'll never be a real cop." He whispers as he past her and continued to walk towards the exit before suddenly turning to face her as we walked backwards.

"You do make a cute meter maid though… maybe even a great supervisor one day." He said with a smile and a wave before truing around and walking out the ZPD's front doors.

Judy watched as Nick walked out the door as a variety of emotions hit as she tried her best to deal with the anger, sadness, and determination that suddenly washed over as she looked around and noticed almost of her fellow officers were looking at her. Embarrassment suddenly swept over her as she quickly walked off to find a quiet place to calm down.

"Who cares what that stupid fox thinks, I'll show him… I'll show everything, I don't quit, I will become the best and most loyal ZPD officer this city has ever seen" Judy thought to herself as a new determination washed over her.

A/N Well there we have it chapter one. This is both the longest chapter I have ever written and the first time I have written in quite some time so I want to thank the Zootopia fandom and everyone it in for being such an inspiration. I will try my best to have each new chapter out in a week or two week update period depending how busy I get.