BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ

The alarm clock went off like it was the end of the world and there was no time to get away. Judy got up with speed, as if she had impatience the size of an elephant. It wasn't that she was already up, just waiting all night for the alarm clock to go off, but it was that she was an early riser and always has been.

She stood still with her paw still on the alarm clock, looking out her window and watching the early morning sun start to rise over the city. She slowly took her paw off the clock and found out too late that it was somewhat clenched in her paw. She dragged it off the window sill and it fell on her hind paw, pulling her out of her mindless staring.

"Ow Ow Ow."

She shuffled backwards, and her opposing hind paw got caught on a rug causing her to tumble backwards onto the floor. She let out puff of exhaustion and proceeded to get up and get dressed for work. Before she left she took one more look out of her window and said, "Today will be different. Today will be better."

She began walking up the steps leading into the ZPD. She was thinking of what job Chief Bogo was going to give her today: meter-maid duty or showing off the current mayor's Mammal Inclusion Initiative Act. It didn't matter to her because in her mind she was going to prove that she can be a real cop.

"It doesn't matter that my coworkers laugh at me." She thought opening the door looking at the front desk to see Clawhauser sitting with a smile on his face. "Well all but one" she thought.

She also noticed the clock above his head saying it was 7:57, and she noted in her head that the bullpen meeting started 8:00. Judy then started to run to the bullpen room.

As she ran past the front desk she greeted Clawhauser, "Hi Clawhauser! Bye Clawhauser!"

He then looked up and began to respond but she was gone as quick as she came. "Hi Judy?"

Judy slipped through the door and got to her assigned spot just as the clock struck eight. The meeting began as usual the much larger mammals pounded on their tables as Bogo made his way to his podium and another officer yelled.

"Ten Hut!"

Signaling the others to be quiet, Bogo started the meeting as usual with telling the other officers that are currently working on cases to get done with them. He reassigned the officers that had finished their case earlier that week. He paused as he was about to leave, and she assumed she was to continue her meter-maid duty.

To everyone's surprise, he said next. "Hopps. A string of robberies have become a problem in Happytown and a lead has turned up. You are to observe and report in." Judy was filled with excitement she finally given an actual assignment to take down some criminals actual criminals. Then Bogo said "Hopps report to my office at nine o'clock." Then the same officer as before yelled, "Dismissed!"

It was only 8:30 and she had time to kill. She decided to properly say good morning to Clawhauser and apologize for somewhat ignoring him this morning when she got here later than normal. She only arrived later because she upset about this morning and thought she was going to be stuck on meter-maid duty again like she almost always had been since joining the ZPD one month ago. In fact, the only time she wasn't placed on it is when the mayor and city council wanted to show off the Mammal Inclusion Initiative Act. Even then she was standing in front of the press just smiling and waving, but that doesn't matter because now she had her chance to prove she was a real cop.

"Hey Judy, heard how you finally got assigned a case, I know you'll do great". Judy didn't even know she was about to walk right past Clawhauser's desk. Judy couldn't resist the ear to ear smile that appeared on her face.

"I finally get to prove I am a real cop". Clawhauser saw the excitement radiate off the bunny in front of him.

"So tell me about the case, what were you assigned". Clawhauser felt like her excitement could drown an elephant.

"I what been assigned to investigate a string of robberies in Happytown area". She said with a careless tone. The next few moments were silent between the two. Judy saw a look of worry on clawhauser's face. " What's wrong Clawhauser?" Judy was concerned for her friend.

"Oh it's ... um ... it's nothing I don't think you can't handle Judy." Judy was curious on what clawhauser was hiding.

"What's wrong? It's obvious you're hiding something" Clawhauser mumbled a little. Judy was getting irritated with not knowing.

"What did you say, Clawhauser?" He now noticed an irritated look on the bunny before him.

"Well Judy lets just say Happytown isn't as happy as it sounds." Noticing the time on the clock above the cheetah in front of her.

"I need to get to Bogo's office. Lets talk about this later, ok?" Seeing a way out the cheetah quickly took it.

"Ok, Judy!" They both noticed he said that too excitedly. Judy than turned and went to Bogo's office.

"Hopps, get in here!" Judy was was just about to knock on the door when Bogo called her in. How did he know she was here? Judy entered the room quickly.

"You wanted to see me, Chief Bogo?" She said with a wavering confidence.

"Sit down, Hopps" Bogo said in his usual demanding voice. "I want you to understand that the only reason I assigned you to that case this morning is because city hall is down my throat about it and the publicity it will bring for them. If you make one slip up you will be a meter maid till you retire. Do I make myself clear?" he said ending with a snort of frustration.

"Yes sir" Judy replied without hesitation.

"Good. Now the lead we have for the case says the suspect won't show up until midnight, so you can't do anything till tonight."

Judy asked nervously, "What do you want me to do till then sir?"

Bogo looked at her in an irritated manner. "I don't care so as long as you don't mess this up. Dismissed."

Judy then got up and left the room no questions asked.

"WHAT!" Judy was surprised by the crate of reported robberies Clawhauser placed in front of her.

"You see, Judy, the Happytown branch of the downtown district isn't happy at all. In fact, it's the slums of the downtown district. It is now at least."

Judy notice the growing sadness in Clawhauser and couldn't bite her tongue fast enough. "What do you mean it is now?"

Clawhauser remembered Judy was too young, and knew hardly any thing about Zootopia before the war. "Well you see, Judy, before the war broke out it really was happy. There use to be a celebration for just about anything there, so there was always mammals in the streets partying about something, Happytown was so populated at one time, I swear there had to be twice as many mammals as it could hold sometimes." Clawhauser looking down he let out a soft sigh.

"What happened to it, Clawhauser?" Judy was genuinely concerned for her friend. Clawhauser looked up at Judy which was still looking down on her in a physical sense.

"When the war broke out it was fine, but then they started drafting. A lot of mammals felt like there was nothing to celebrate for, so they stopped showing. Everything started to die down and eventually stopped, businesses closed down, and the ones that didn't got robbed and then closed down. Even I don't get how such a great place became so bad." He saw a frustration grow in Judy as she got up and left. "Hey! Where you going Judy?" Judy was so angry she didn't even notice Clawhauser speaking to her as she left.

Judy was now sitting on a bench in what looks like was once a park with a newspaper in her paw. Right across from the park was where the lead was: an old two story house with a warehouse next to it. Judy reviewed the lead in her head. Mammal of unknown species has been spotted around these buildings at night entering through the windows, sometimes bringing and leaving with unknown objects, sometimes bringing unknown objects and leaving with nothing, and sometimes bringing nothing and leaving with unknown objects. She chuckled. "What an amateur criminal." she thought.

"What's so funny? Is it something in the paper?" Judy was so deep in thought she caught off guard by the fact that there was now another mammal sitting on the bench with her, she almost flew off the bench. "I'm sorry did I scare you? I didn't mean to" Judy saw that it was just harmless looking fox in what looked like a military coat.

"He couldn't be, could he?" She thought. She knew she needed to reply, so she said the first thing that can to mind. "No. You just startled me. That's all." The fox looked at her like he was relieved that he didn't scare her.

The fox looked away and continued the conversation with Judy. "So do you come here often?" Judy was caught off guard by this question and almost didn't know how to reply.

"Not as often as I should". The foxes ear raised to her response.

"Can't say I blame you now that I look at this place. The equipment is so rusted that I'm surprised it hasn't fallen apart." The fox looked straight ahead as if Judy wasn't there. The fox continued the conversation, his ears returning to their original lowered position. "I remember when this place was actually nice. It would probably be filled with kids right now. I know it was when I was a kid, but then again that twenty some odd years ago. A lot can change in that time."

Judy noticed how sincere the fox looked and was how backwards her parents were towards foxes, and how she had to take a can of repellent just to make them happy. A can she had in her pocket right now, having it made her feel bad.

"This place sounds like it was beautiful." The foxes ears had risen to her reply. The fox had gotten up and turned to walk away but stopped.

"Well it was nice speaking to you miss, but it seems I must be going. Goodbye." He looked at her with a smile. Judy smiled back.

"Goodbye to you too." The fox left in what seamed in quite a hurry. It was starting to get dark. He probably knew how dangerous it could get at night around here and wanted to be gone before nightfall. "What a nice mammal" she thought "but I didn't even get his name."

Night had fallen and Judy had moved into some bushes at the edge of the park to get a closer view of the buildings and to not look suspicious. The bench was near the middle of the park in the open. Judy looked at the time on her phone 12:58. "It's past midnight. The suspect is late, or isn't coming." she thought. She started scanning the street and almost didn't notice a figure walking in the shadows. "This could be him." she thought. She watched the suspect as best as she could. Because she was a bunny she didn't have night vision, so she was out of her element. She noticed the suspect turn at the corner of the lot and start walking toward the center to the warehouse. She noticed the suspect went straight for a window, opened it up, and climbed in, shutting the window behind themselves. Judy turned around and pulled out her radio and called in.

"This is officer Judy Hopps in Happytown, requesting assistance. I've spotted the suspect and am going into make an arrest." Judy was a little caught off guard be the mammal who replied, she forgot Clawhauser got off nearly four hours ago.

"Officers Delgato and Fangmire are on their way. You are to wait until they get there, understood?"

She looked back and noticed the suspect had opened one of the bay doors. it looked like the suspect was preparing to move a lot of unknown objects at one time. She turned to her radio.

"Officer Hopps do you read?"

Judy pressed the button on her radio. "There is no time to wait. The suspect may be gone when backup arrives. I'm moving in." Judy released the button and turn down the volume as the officer on the other side of the line started to speak so it wouldn't give her away.

Judy ran across the street and as silently as possible stopped right next to the open bay door. The suspect walked a little ways out of the open door and looked down the road in both directions. "Was he waiting for someone?" she thought. Thankfully he didn't walk out far enough to notice her but she couldn't get glimpse of what the mammal was. "Maybe an ocelot." she thought. Judy moved into the open door way and saw the mammal moved back into the shadows of the warehouse to where their features could not be made out.

Judy said the first thing a cop always says, "Freeze!"

Now noticing the suspect was not alone, they turned around. They still couldn't be seen in the shadows, but it was obvious the suspect was facing her. The suspect chuckled.

"You shouldn't be here. Now leave". Judy was infuriated by his response.

"No. You shouldn't be here. Now get down on the ground and place your paws behind your head." The suspect took a step forward.

"And if I don't?" Judy wasn't surprised by his reaction, but wasn't hoping that would be his reaction.

"Than I'll have to use force." The suspect chuckled and started to walk forward.

"I would like to see you try." Judy lunged at the suspect, her speed catching him off guard, but he recovered and pushed her away.

She noted that he had fighting skill and the his voice was familiar. She lunged at him again but this time she was able to get behind him and and climb on his back. Then, hidden further inside the warehouse, a vehicle's lights turned on blinding Judy. She may not have night vision, but her eyes had adjusted and the sudden change caught her off guard. The suspect then grabbed her off his back and threw her at an extremely large stack of boxes with an incredible amount of force. Judy tried to get back up, but the stack of boxes toppled over and she was looking right at them as they were coming down on her. She heard the suspect yell "Carrots!" and was pushed over.

Everything went black.

Authors Notes:

So here's my first chapter, and truth be told I jumped into this not getting any prereveiws so please leave a review and tell me what you think. I made this chapter all about Judy and the next one will be about Nick. The next few chapters will slowly blend both of their points of view together with the occasional single point of view chapter. The