Hey everyone VickyT36 here with another zootopia fanfic, enjoy!

Chapter 1: Welcome Rita

It had been two weeks since Nick and Judy adopted Rita, and honestly things were going great. Judy told her parents about Rita from the start, and Stu and Bonnie were delighted to be grandparents.

Rita's friends were happy that she finally found a family. And Rita had settled in, in both condos. In her room at Judy's, she had purple curtain with butterflies on them, her bed had a purple bedspread, nightstand, blue rug, and a bookshelf for her new books, and toy box for her new toys.

At Nick's place her room was pretty much the same, except her curtains were pink with dragonflies, her bedspread was pink, and the rug was purple. One Monday morning Rita was sleeping in Judy's condo, when Judy woke her up. "Rita, time to get up for school." She said, slightly nudging her.

Rita opened her eyes, sat up, and stretched. "Morning, Judy." "Good morning, time to get ready for the day." Said Judy, and she left her room. Rita got cleaned up, dressed, and went into the kitchen. Judy had fixed her a bowl of cereal, and was currently eating a doughnut.

After she finished her cereal, Rita grabbed her backpack, and there was a knock at the door. "Rita, can you get that?" asked Judy. Rita did, and saw Nick all dressed in his uniform. "Hi, Nick." said Rita. "Hey, sweet cheeks, you ready for school?" he asked.

"Yep." answered Rita. "Hey, Carrots you almost ready?" asked Nick. "I'm ready." said Judy. They all left, and just as they walked out of the building, Rita's bus came. "Bye, guys." said Rita, as she got on the bus.

"See you this afternoon." said Nick. "Have a nice day." said Judy. When the bus left, Nick and Judy headed to the police station. "Morning, Clawhauser." said Judy, as the two entered. "Hey, guys, how's Rita?" asked Benjamin.

"She's fine, she's really enjoying herself." said Nick. In the bullpen all the officers waited for their assignments, and stood at attention when Chief Bogo came in. "Assignments: Wolfburg, McHorn, Tundratown, Tusk, Jefferson, Winters Sahara Square, Hopps Wilde there's been a string of robberies in the Rain forest District, check it out." said Bogo.

With their assignments having been assigned, all the officers went to work.


At Lionheart Elementary School, Mrs. Claws, (a panther), Rita's teacher was teaching the kids how to add and subtract big numbers. "Now break into your groups, and do the problems." said Mrs. Claws.

Rita got with her friends and started working on the problems. "So how's it going with Judy and Nick, Rita?" asked Millie. "It's great, it feels good to have a family." said Rita. "I still can't believe you had animals trying to kidnap you." said Bobby.

"I couldn't believe it either, but Nick and Judy said they're going away for a long time." Rita assured. "That's a relief." said Harold. Meanwhile, in the Rain forest District, Nick and Judy had split up, and were taking statements from witnesses and owners of the stores that were robbed.

"So you say after you closed up around 8:00, you saw a cat in a trench coat slinking around?" Judy asked an okapi. "Exactly." answered the okapi. "Could you tell what kind of cat it was?" Nick asked a Bengal tiger.

"It looked like it was a bobcat." said the tiger. When they got back together they compared notes. "From what I got a cat in a trench coat's been hanging around." said Judy. "A bobcat to be exact." said Nick.

"We better get this info back to the station." said Judy. As they walked back to their police cruiser, they passed by Otterton's Flowers, and decided to say hi to Mr. and Mrs. Otterton. Emmitt was arranging some flowers, and his wife Octavia was in the back checking the stocks.

They then heard a bell ring, which mean that they had a customer. "Welcome to Otterton's Flowers, oh Nick, Judy." said Emmitt. "Hey, Emmitt my man, great to see you again." said Nick. "You too, Octavia Nick and Judy are here." said Emmitt.

"Hi." said Octavia, coming from the back. "Hey, we were just popping in to say hi. How are you?" said Judy. "We're both doing just fine." said Emmitt. "How're the kids?" asked Nick. "Both Conner and Alex are fine. And speaking of kids, we heard you guys adopted one." said Octavia.

"Yep, a couple weeks ago Judy and I adopted Rita, a young mink." explained Nick. "That's wonderful, raising kids is wonderful, and we'd be glad to meet her." said Octavia. "Well we'll bring her by sometime." said Judy.

"Hey, Carrots we better get going." said Nick. "Right, bye." said Judy, as the two walked out the door. "Bye." said Emmitt and Octavia, waving.


Back at Lionheart Elementary, Rita and her friends were outside enjoying recess. "So Rita have Nick and Judy given you a welcoming party yet?" asked Harold, as he swung on the swings. "Welcoming party?" asked Rita, as she pumped her legs back and forth to swing.

"Yeah, when we got adopted our new families threw us welcoming parties." said Millie, as she and Bobby slid down the slide. "No they haven't." Rita answered. "Well welcoming parties are great, you get to meet your new family, and their friends, and you get gifts." said Bobby.

That made Rita think, she'd love for Nick and Judy to throw her a party, but she didn't want to seem demanding. The day ended with Rita having fun at school, and Nick and Judy caught the robber. Usually Rita got home before Nick and Judy, so when she got off the bus, she just walked into the building.

Nick and Judy had just pulled up, when they saw the school bus leaving. "Rita's home." said Judy. They parked, got out, and went in when they saw Rita by the elevators. "Hey, Rita." said Nick. "Hi, Nick, Judy, how was work?" asked Rita.

"We caught a robber, how was school?" asked Judy. "It was fun, my friends talked about their welcoming parties." said Rita, as they all got in the elevator. "Welcoming parties?" asked Nick. "Yeah, they said when they got adopted their new families gave them a party to welcome them." Rita explained.

That made Nick and Judy look at each other puzzled. A while later, Rita was working on her homework, while the two talked. "We were suppose to throw her a party?" asked Nick. "I don't know, Mrs. Maxwell didn't say anything about it." said Judy.

"Well maybe we should throw her a party, that way everyone could meet her." said Nick. "Well my parents are coming this weekend for a visit, so a party sounds like a good idea." said Judy. That night, they had dinner at Nick's condo, and they told Rita.

"So I'm gonna have a welcoming party on Saturday?" asked Rita excitedly. "Exactly, that way you can meet your new family and our friends." said Judy. "Yay, it's going to be so much fun." Rita squealed.

"Now, write down want you want to eat and what decorations we want, we'll pick them up after work and school tomorrow." said Nick. "I'll get started right away." said Rita, hurrying to her room. "And we better think of who to invite." said Judy.

The next day they had their lists ready. Rita's list called for fried fish and shrimp, fries, fresh fruits and veggies, and chocolate cupcakes for the menu, and wanted purple streamers and pink balloons for the decorations. And for the guest list, Nick and Judy were inviting Judy's parents, Clawhauser, Mr. and Mrs. Otterton, Mr. Big, and Fru Fru.


They decided that the party would be held in Judy's condo, and they spent the next couple of days handing out the invitations, and preparing the food. When Saturday came, Rita wore her nice purple dress with the pink bow.

When 11:30 rolled around, the doorbell rang. Judy opened it, and saw her parents. "Mom, Dad." she said, hugging them. "Hi, sweetheart." said Bonnie. "Jude the Dude." said Stu. "Hey, Bonnie, Stu." Nick greeted.

"Hey there, Nick." said Stu. "And you must be Rita." said Bonnie, when she saw the young mink. "Yeah, it's great to finally meet you Mr. and Mrs. Hopps." said Rita. "No, Mr. and Mrs. Hopps, you call us Nana and Papa." said Stu.

"Okay, Nana and Papa." said Rita. "And we brought this for you." said Bonnie, handing her a green wrapped present. "Thank you." said Rita, taking it. Soon the other guests arrived. Clawhauser came and gave his gift to Rita.

Kevin, the polar bear came in carrying Mr. Big, Fru Fru, and baby Judy, and last Mr. and Mrs. Otterton. Soon the party was in full swing, and everyone was getting to know Rita. "So Rita, you like Gazelle?" asked Clawhauser.

"I've heard she's great, and her songs are awesome, but I've only seen her on TV." Rita answered. "I can see we're gonna get along just fine." he said. When they started eating, Rita talked to her new grandparents.

"So Judy says you live on a farm." said Rita, eating her shrimp. "That's right, we grow just about everything, but our specialty is carrots." said Bonnie, as she snacked on some celery. "I've never been on a farm before." said Rita.

"You haven't, well, you're going to have to come visit sometime." said Stu. "That sounds like a good idea." said Judy. "I have to tell you Rita, you've got the best adopted mother." said Fru Fru. "Yeah, she and Nick saved me." said Rita.

"She saved my life too." "Really." "Really, from a giant doughnut. That's why I named my daughter after her." explained Fru Fru, as she rocked baby Judy. When they finished eating, it was time for the cupcakes.

Rita made a wish, and blew out the candles, and everyone cheered. As they ate the cupcakes, Rita got to know Mr. and Mrs. Otteron. "Judy and Nick says you have kids, Mr. and Mrs. Otterton." said Rita.

"Yes, they don't go to your school, but they're not that much older than you." said Mr. Otterton. "They are?" "Conner's 8, and Alex is 6. They're such nice boys, I think they'd like you." answered Mrs. Otterton.

"Well, I'd love to play with them sometimes." said Rita. "We'll have to arrange that." said Nick. Then it was time for Rita to open her presents. From Bonnie and Stu she got a dark purple dress with light purple flowers on it.

Clawhauser gave her a Gazelle poster, from Mr. and Mrs. Otterton she got paper flowers, Mr. Big gave her a stuffed tiger, and Fru Fru gave her an art kit. When 4:00 rolled around the guests left, but before they did Rita hugged them all.

"I like them." said Rita, when everyone was gone. "And they liked you too." said Judy. That night, Rita was settling down into bed at Nick's condo. "You enjoy your party?" asked Nick. "I did, thanks for it." said Rita, tiredly.

"No problem." said Judy. "Good night." said Rita, closing her eyes. "Good night, Rita." said Judy, and she gave her a little kiss. "Sweet dreams, sweet cheeks." said Nick, who also gave her a kiss. As she slept Rita dreamed about all the fun she'd have in the future with her new family and friends.

That's chapter 1, plz review and comment