I am very sorry this is so short. I have much more written (on paper) it is just not typed up yet and it is late where I live. I need my sleep. I should be able to post more of this tomorrow. I started this story with an idea in my head but this just went a totally different direction when I put pen to paper. I f you see any mistakes, feel free to point them out. I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Zootopia and no copyright infringement is intended. All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author of this story. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any previously copyrighted material. No copyright infringement is intended. Nor is any money made off of this

A very long time ago, in a land far, far away, there was a city. And this city was called Zootopia. The date? (Wednesday) December 14, 2016. This story starts in the morning, though not to early, mind you, for the heroes of this story are at work when this begins.

"Alright, alright!" Chief Bogo bellowed as he tossed the stack of folders onto the podium. He pulled out his reading glasses and put them on. I have two things on the docket today. I have a special assignment." "It wouldn't happen to be a raise and a day off?" "Shut it Wilde. This is a very hazardous assignment. Those assigned to it may never be the same. And as such, I will only assign my best officers and any officers that have annoyed me recently." Bogo was looking at Nick as he said the last part. He starred calling out the names of those who were assigned to it. Officers whose names were called for up and and grabbed the folder before leaving the bullpen. " … and finally, Officers Hopps and Wilde." I immediately hopped down from the chair to get the folder from Chief Bogo, but Nick managed to get there first. He have me a sly smile as he held it above his head, so that it would be out of my reach. I briefly returned the sky smile before I stomped on his paw. He instinctively bent over to grab his sore paw with both of his front paws, which brought the folder easily into my reach. I snatched it out of his paws as I continued walking past him. I had an extra bounce in my step as I headed out the door. The smile on my face widened as I heard Nick quietly say "you sly bunny." The other officers had a quick laugh at Nick's expense before Bogo silenced them.

~+{}+~

"So that is our assignment?" Nick asked.

"Yup."

We were currently driving on the cruiser to our destination. "Here I thought it would be something along the lines of a gang infiltration, but not this …" Nick continued, "hey, Carrots?"

"Yes."

"We don't have to pay for all of it, do we?" "Nope. Bogo included funds for this assignment along with a strict order to save receipts and to include both the left over money and the receipts in the report," "When you were young and dreamed of becoming a cop, did you ever imagine you would have an assignment like this?"

"Well, I knew I would at one point or another, end up with a P.R. assignment, but I never imagined this as a P.R. assignment."

After this, I found myself no longer listening to her as I was just staring at the cute little bunny sitting next to me. I had fallen in love with her when I had first met her. You could even say it was love at first sight for me. I ended up doing something that day that I had never done before; I gave a cop my real name. As much as I wanted to be with her, I knew that it would never happen. After all, she's a bunny and I'm a fox, which are (if you hadn't figured this out already,) different species. Not only are we different species, but she is a prey animal and I am a predator. And even worse is that in ancient times, foxes used to hunt and eat rabbits.

I knew that Nick had stopped listening to me a long time ago, but I continued to ramble on, because in the state Nick was currently in, he was unable to notice, as far as I could tell, me stealing glances of him while I drove. The red light of the intersection that I was approaching turned green.

~+{}+~

This intersection changed our lives. It was the beginning. It was the many things were the same as they were before and yet, they were totally and irreversibly different. I couldn't remember the sights of the actual event, but I sure did remember the sounds. I could recall what I saw afterwards.

Before I get serious, I hope that you all had a happy and merry holidays.