Adventures of Dr. Whooves: Missing in Zootopia
A/N: Sunrise Blossom here again. Good news is that Dede42 is no longer chasing Rainbow Dash around, but she's so worn out that she's taking a nap. (She nods to Dede42, who is sleeping on the couch) And Rainbow Dash is currently in time out. (She nods to the blue pegasus, who is tied to a chair in the corner) So, things are calm for the moment.
Rainbow Dash: (struggles against the ropes) Is this really necessary, Sunrise?
Sunrise Blossom: Given that buzzer could've killed Dede42? Then yes, yes it is.
Nick: (pops up) Hey, you did that right.
Sunrise Blossom: Thanks, and shouldn't you be at work, Nick?
Nick: (sweat drops) Um…
Judy: (enters the writers studio and grabs Nick by his arm) Come on, Nick, we're going to be late for work!
Nick: Later! (And they both leave.)
Sunrise Blossom: It's amazing how many Disney characters keep popping up around here. Oh, and hopefully Dr. Hooves, Derpy, Basil, and Dawson will be showing up to help find Tigger, Timon, and Pumbaa in that strange hole. And if they haven't solved the mystery, then Dede42 will when she writes the Jungle Adventure story after she finishes up the current story she's writing that involves our favorite mouse detective.
Read, review, and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER ONE: A NORMAL BATHHOUSE, RIGHT?
It was nighttime in Zootopia, a city full of walking, talking animals, and most of them were asleep after a hard day's work. The only inhabitants awake at this time were the police officers on night duty, and the folks who were working night shifts at their respective jobs. Unknown to any of them, something was coming to the city, and it had an evil plan.
In one of the alleyways of Savanna Central, there was a quiet trumpeting sound as a dark shape appeared, taking on the shape of a dark blue dumpster. When the sound faded, the top of the dumpster opened and a dark figure hopped out, closing the lid quietly before moving to the opening of the alleyway.
The figure was wearing a black hood cloak, but through the opening, one could see flashes of green skin and red clothing. Grey eyes peered out of the shadow of the hood at the nearly empty streets, fixing on an empty building that was for rent according to the sign in the window. 'Perfect,' the figure thought, moving back into the alleyway. 'This place will be perfect for my needs.'
It was a bright sunny day in Ponyville and Dr. Hooves was enjoying it have having lunch with his friend, Derpy, at one of the cafés, where he was regaling her about some of his adventures without letting on to the ponies around them where the adventures actually took place or that he was, in fact, a Time Lord from a planet called Gallifrey.
"So, to buy some time, I built a time flow analogue," Dr. Hooves explained while sipping his lemonade through a curly straw to give it more fizz. "I hadn't built one since I was in the Academy, where we built them to spoil each other's time experiments. So, I built one and when I activated it, it messed with his plans for a few minutes until he figured out what I was doing and pushed the power on his own machine just enough to ruin it." (A/N: If you want the full story, look up the Classic Doctor Who Episode The Time Monster.)
"But you were able to stop him in the end, Doc?" Derpy asked while sipping her own strawberry/orange drink while listening with an awe expression on her face. She really did love hearing all about the Time Lord's many adventures.
"Oh yes, I was able to, Miss Derpy," Dr. Hooves confirmed. "It wasn't easy, but it worked out in the end." He sipped his drink again, enjoying the fizzy that his straw made. "So, after we have lunch, where would you like to go next?"
Derpy's ears perked up since when she was asked a question like that, it usually meant a trip in the TARDIS, and she'd been wanting to go on one since their outing to the Pride Lands last month. "Maybe a place with a big city?" she suggested eagerly. "I've been to Manehatten plenty of times, but it'd be fun to visit somewhere new with other animals other then just ponies."
"Then I know just the place," said Dr. Hooves, beaming as the waiter brought their veggie burgers. "It's a truly remarkable city filled with all kinds of animals, and I've been meaning to visit it for some time now."
"Ooh, that's wonderful!" Derpy squealed. "I can't wait!"
After finishing their lunch and stopping by Sugarcube Corner to pick up some muffins for the trip, where they found Pinkie Pie gushing to the Cakes about the dress that Rarity was going to be making for her to wear at the Grand Galloping Gala, they were soon in the TARDIS, and the Time Lord was programming their destination in the computer.
"So where is this city?" Derpy asked eagerly. After their trip to the Pride Lands and taking part in the Running of the Leaves, she'd been pleasantly surprised when Dr. Hooves had told her that she could choose a room in the time machine to be her own room when they were traveling through time and space. She'd chosen a room that hadn't been too far from the console room and had decorated it with lava lamps of various colors, color bubble patterned wallpaper, and a collection of gemstones that'd been a gift from the Lion Guard after helping them save the Pride Lands.
"It's on an Earth-like world and the city itself is called Zootopia," Dr. Whooves answered as he got the TARDIS going. "Just imagine, a city full with all kinds of animals ranging from predators to prey, living together, working regular day-to-day jobs, and zero conflict."
"It sounds wonderful," Derpy commented. "I can't wait to visit Zootopia."
"Same here, my friend," the Time Lord agreed.
The sun was just starting to rise over the nearby mountains to signal the start of a new day in Zootopia, and in her apartment bedroom at the Juniper Arms Apartments, a slender gray rabbit with purple eyes woke up just as her alarm went off. Turning it off, Judy Hopps sat up and stretched, looking forward to another day of work as a police officer for the ZPD.
Hopping out of bed, she smiled at a collection of photos on the wall of her bedroom: they were a mixture of her immense rabbit family from Bunnyburrow, which was growing bigger and some of her siblings were voicing interest in becoming cops, too, her partner and best friend Nick Wilde, her other co-workers at the Zootopia Police Department, and her god-daughter, also named Judy, with her grandfather Mr. Big and her mother Fru Fru.
'Time for another day of work,' Judy thought as she pulled on her police uniform. It'd been a year since she first moved to Zootopia to pursue her dream of being a cop, and in that time, she'd proven herself by solving a crime involving a number of predators going missing after being driven savage by a toxin with the help of Nick, who'd been a con artist at the time, and proving to everyone that even a rabbit could be a cop.
Since then, Judy had moved from her first apartment in the Grand Pangolin Arms and her arguing neighbors, a pair of kudu brothers named Bucky and Pronk, to her new apartment, where her current neighbors consisted of an arguing husband-wife couple of antelopes named Mr. and Mrs Grassroots. And it was clear that they were already arguing about whose turn it was to take out the garbage.
Once she was dressed, Judy fixed herself a quick breakfast of carrots and blueberries, both were from her parents' farm, before heading out to go to work. When she left the apartment building, she was greeted by Nick Wilde, a slender red fox with green eyes, as he pulled up in his flashy red car and was already wearing his police uniform.
"Morning, Carrots," he said, greeting his partner with his favorite nickname for the rabbit as she buckled herself in. "So, what's your neighbors arguing about this fine morning?" he inquired as he got them going.
"Oh, just whose turn it is to take out the garbage," Judy answered with a smile. "Ready for work, rookie?"
Nick good-naturally grumbled at her calling him a "rookie" even after a year of being on the police force since his own graduation from the Police Academy after helping solving the case of the missing predators and stopping Dawn Bellwether, who had been responsible for making predators become savage in order to become mayor and take control of the city.
"One of these days, you'll have to stop calling me rookie, Judy."
"Never going to happen."
After parking in the parking lot, Judy and Nick entered Zootopia Police Department, where some of their co-workers were already busy with taking over things from their night duty counter-parts, and they were immediately greeted by Officer Clawhauser, who was already working his way through a box of Lucky Chomps cereal.
"Morning, Hopps, Wilde!"
"Morning, Clawhauser," Judy responded with a wave as she and Nick headed to the briefing room to their morning assignments from Chief Bogo.
"All right, sit down and shut up," Chief Bogo, a gruff Cape buffalo with dark grey fur and brown eyes, snapped and the officers all settled down in their seats with Judy and Nick in the front row so that they could see as they were the smallest members of the police force. "Here are your assignments," he continued, putting on his reading glasses. "Mayor Lionheart is going to be giving a speech at the grand reopening of the Natural History Museum later today and wants a police presence incase there are protestors, so Snarlov, Grizzoli, and Fangmeyer, you will be on patrol duty."
And when the three officers nodded, Chief Bogo continued. "Delgato, Higgins, and Wolfard – Tundratown SWAT. Hopps and Wilde, a new bath house has opened up just off Savannah Central for the miners, and City Hall wants to make sure that the owner has the right paperwork. After that, make sure nobody is tearing through the streets."
The officers all saluted and headed out with three of the officers pulling on their SWAT vests.
"Talk about a soft assignment," Nick remarked as he drove the police car that he and Judy had been assigned from the car pool, one of many that had been modified for them to use since the cars were normally drove by larger animals. "Making sure a bath house has the proper paperwork."
"Whenever a new business opens up in Zootopia, they are required to have the proper permits and paperwork," Judy reminded him. "Just like you had when you were selling pawpsicles."
Nick had to concede on that one. "True. So what do we have on the owner?"
Judy opened the folder that they'd gotten from Clawhauser earlier to read the contents. "The Red Queen bath house is run by a Ruby Silver-hoof, who just recently moved to Zootopia from Zoo York City, and is renting out a four-story building on Cottonwood Lane."
"Strange to have a bathhouse in the pharmaceutical district," Nick commented. "Normally they be with the other spas near the Jungle District."
"Well, we can ask her when we get there," Judy suggested.
Agreeing, Nick returned his attention to the road.
It didn't take them long to reach Cottonwood Lane and parked a block from the building that housed the bathhouse, which was painted a pale red color with gold trimming, and a gold sign above the doors: Red Queen.
Getting out of the car and locking it, the two cops put on their hats and went up to the doors, entering to find that the interior was a tasteful pale yellow that made the room look bigger, and there was a scattering of brown furniture and potted plants. They went to the front desk, where an elderly grey horse with white hair and grey eyes was seated, dressed in a simple-looking light grey dress with a black shawl, and she looked at them inquiringly with reading glasses perched on her nose.
"May I help you?" she asked with a faint accent.
"Miss Silver-hoof, I am Officer Hopps and this is Officer Wilde," Judy said, introducing them both. "We are here on behalf of City Hall to make sure that your paperwork is in order."
"Oh… of course," said the elderly horse and she hobbled out from behind the desk, leaning heavily on a black/gold cane that had a red ruby as the handle. "This way, please." And she lead them into the back, where there was a series of tubs set up with towels and bathing supplies on shelves and tables, past a tall cabinet with Indian painting on it, and into her office, which was already filled with all kinds of items. "Here you both go."
Judy accepted the file that Ruby Silver-hoof had given her and flipped through it. "Ok, it looks to be in order."
"Thank you for your time," Nick added and they left.
The moment that both officers were gone, the elderly horse straightened up with a smirk. 'Yes, it's all in order for what I have planned for this city.'
A/N: Who is Ruby Silver-hoof and what does she really have planned for Zootopia? Post your guesses in the reviews. R&R everyone!