Hey everyone, I Just got back from watching Zootopia, and I loved it! So I decided to make my own Zootopia fanfic, or at least give it a shot. Hell, maybe if this does well, I'll write another Zootopia fanfic, LOL. I do not own Zootopia or any of the characters, I only own my characters and this somewhat original story

Chapter 1: A Gathering Storm

I never really liked the big city to be honest, too loud, too smelly, and too crowded for me personally. I was content with living out in the boonies, minding my own business, tending to my own work and such. I grunted as I dug my shovel into the earth beneath me, it was hard work, but it put food on the table. Hell, I would be happy as a clam if I never had to leave my small farming community in western Ohio. I wiped the sweat from my face with the rag I had always kept on me, I could see the sun starting to set in the west. I still had quite a bit of time before the sun went down, still, I had done enough work today, by my standards anyway. I decided to call it quits and head back to the house. I placed the shovel in my shed and made sure to knock the mud off my work boots. We had been getting an unusual amount of rain for this time of year, it was strange, but not concerning.

I walked in through the front door and looked around the small living room that greeted me when I first walked into my home. It wasn't much, but it was home, or at least, my home now. I can't remember what my parents said to me when they left the farm, well I actually take that back, apart from rambling on about how to care for both animals and crops while on the farm, my parents said something that left me scratching my head. Son, you're special, you were meant to do great things. For some reason, that stuck in my head, meant to do great things, what did that mean, all I did was work on the family farm, and there was nothing special about it. It wasn't great, but it was bearable.

I sighed as I sat down on a beat up couch, slowly turning on the TV. It was on the local news, like it usually was, it wasn't like I could actually get any other channels out here in pretty much the middle of nowhere, I glanced over at a small mirror in the corner of the living room, the glass was a little grimy and dirty, but I was content with who I saw in the mirror. I was tall, but not a giant, I was six foot three to be exact. I had been the tallest person in my family, towering over both mom and dad. My long dirty blond hair flowed down from the top of my head, it wasn't super long, but longer than most of the guys I knew. It was one of the only features I took pride in maintaining.

I had a pretty decent build, I was no body builder, I was stronger than most guys in town, I guess it comes with the type of work I do. I turn back to the TV and watch quietly, the news anchors were going on about a strong supercell running roughshod through the western part of the state, I watched as it appeared to be clearing up around the area I called home, interesting, maybe I could do a little bit more farm work before the sun set. I decided that I should probably eat something before I headed back out, I went into the kitchen and pulled a can out of the pantry, canned peaches, awesome.

I groaned, I hated peaches, don't ask me why, I just had never liked the fuzzy fruit. Ever since I was a child, my parents had to pretty much beg me to at least eat something other than chicken fingers and French fries, I guess you could call me stubborn. I placed the can on the automatic can opener and waited a few moments, I noticed that it seemed to be raining even heavier outside, far heavier than when I was out there. Odd, I thought the news said it was supposed to clear up around here. I frowned and looked over at the TV in the living room, the news was on their sports segment, I shrugged to myself and grabbed the now open can of peaches and a spoon, I plopped down on the couch and watched the sports report while cautiously eating the fruit. I sat there for several moments, listening to the storm outside, the rain was really coming down now, I was actually concerned that the house might spring a leak. I finished eating and threw the can in the trash.

I was about to get something else to eat when I heard a thunderous crash outside, like right outside. I jumped a bit and cringed as well, my ears ringing from the sound. "Damn thunder." I muttered as stalked over to the window facing the fields. Nothing wrong over there. I shrugged to myself. I was about to head upstairs but instead turned my attention to a sound outside the house, above the increasing howl of the wind, I could hear the lonely call of one of my cows caught in the storm.

"Dammit" I muttered as I slipped my boots back on again, I thought I put all the cows up before the storm, I guess not. I opened the door and wandered into the storm. The rain was really coming down now. I had to shield myself against the rain, it was stinging, and the air had cooled quite a bit from earlier in the day. I looked around the front yard, no, not out here. I sighed as I made my way around back and noticed one of the younger cows we had on the farm standing there, unsure what to do. "Hm…dumb animal, let's get you back in the barn." I said to the cow as I nudged her closer to the barn where we kept the cows.

She slowly trudged over to the barn. I groaned out loud as she paused a moment before finally walking through the open door of the barn, I didn't have the patience to make sure she didn't knock anything over or screw anything up. I closed the barn door and turned back to the house. As I turned, a bolt of lightning struck less than fifteen away from, resulting in a monstrous boom.

"Ah shit!" The bolt striking that close startled me, the storm was actually getting worse, not better, those clowns on the news were so buried once I found them. I made a mad dash for the house, leapt in through the front door, and waited the storm out.

HA! I wish, I did make a mad dash for the house, I actually got pretty close. As I turned the corner I saw a flash of light and felt a sudden surge of energy throughout my body. I can't really explain the feeling, all I knew was I was struck by a bolt. I was about to scream out in pain before everything went black.

I awoke sometime later, how long was I out, did it matter? I could smell singed clothing and forcefully snapped an eye open. There was actually smoke coming of me, and my clothes were blackened and charred in some parts. I groaned as I slowly stood to my feet. I popped my back and looked up at the sky, it was clear and blue. Hm….guess I was out for a while. The fact that I was relatively unharmed by the strike was amazing. I turned back to where my house and saw an empty field. "What….the….hell" I muttered, what the hell happened to my house, an empty, and very grassy field no stood where my home once stood. I turned around and noticed the barn had vanished as well, what the fuck. I noticed a large hill off to the right, that hadn't been there as well. A sense of unease began to creep into me. Nothing made sense, what happened to the farm? What happened to me?

I crept up the hill, bracing myself for whatever was on the other side, was that storm so bad that it left a literal path of destruction? I reached the top of the hill, and was completely stunned by what I saw. There was a city, a huge city, a city I had never seen before.

"Well….Shit" I muttered, falling to my knees in pure shock.

Alright, there we go, first chapter down, many more to go. Sorry about this chapter being a little dry, things will pick up in the upcoming chapters, I swear. Be sure to like and follow if you enjoyed this. Until next time, stay classy everyone