Once again I was inspired by the great 1tT4k3sTw0. I read their St. Zoo fanfiction and I loved it! So basically this is my version of what the Zootopia characters are like in a school setting and I'll make sure I don't copy St. Zoo. Hope you'll enjoy it!
It had taken Judy Hopps a long time to get into one of Zootopia's prestigious schools. She could remember passing the entrance exam with flying colors and that's what helped get her admitted, but she still needed tuition money and was able to get a scholarship because of her good grades. But because of that, she had to work extra hard to stay in school.
She had been attending there for over a year and managed to gain herself a posse with the most popular girls in school. Fru-Fru was the daughter of the richest mammal around, though why she was rich was a mystery. Giselle was also known as Gazelle by other animals since she was a teen idol, but if someone was to get to know her like Judy had, they would know the singer was just any other mammal. Then there was Dawn Bellwether, whose mother was actually headmistress of the all girls' school, so that made her class president.
That's what the school was called: Zootopia's All-Girls Academy.
Judy was proud to wear her school uniform every time she walked down these halls. It showed how much she had accomplished and it made her happy. Of course, there was one downside to attending the academy and that was because of their neighbor school next to them being Zootopia's All-Boys Academy, where one student by the name of Nicholas Wilde attended. Ever since Judy started school, he was always there by the end of classes, taunting her and the girls whenever they passed by the boys' academy.
Nick had his own posse, consisting of Finnick, Ben Clawhauser, and Gideon Grey. Judy was on good terms with some of them, but Nick Wilde was a different story…
Judy was looking up at the school feeling so excited that she was finally here. It certainly scared her parents when they saw their daughter's acceptance letter, but they did feel proud she accomplished her dream. However, saying goodbye for a whole school year was hard and she had to remind them that she would see them for the holidays.
With her suitcase in both paws, she started walking up to the entrance when a voice said.
"Hey, look at that. A bunny has been admitted into the academy!"
She turned her head to the sound and saw a fox looking over the wall that separated the All-Girls' from the All-Boys'.
"So?" she called out, "I'm sure lots of other bunnies have been here before me!"
"Well, you're the first one I've seen since going to school. Where are you from originally?"
Her instincts that day told her not to tell, but before she could stop herself, she said, "Bunnyburrow."
"Ah… I thought recognized that starry-eyed look on your face. You're a naïve hick with good grades and thinks 'Hey, look at me. I'm going to move to Zootopia where predator and prey live in harmony and sing kumbaya!' But you soon will learn, Carrots, that it's nothing like that here. And before you know it, you'll wish you were back in Bunnyburrow becoming a carrot farmer."
She glared at him and said, "And how would you know that… Mister…?"
"Wilde. Nicholas Wilde. And you are…?"
"Judy Hopps." she stated.
"Yeah, I think I'll stick with Carrots. It suits you better." he smirked.
She felt herself getting more annoyed by this fox by the minute.
"And to answer your question, I know by experience and pretty soon, you will too and forget your dreams."
Having heard enough, she started moving inside without saying a goodbye as she thought, He's wrong and I'm going to prove it.
As time wore on, she made her friends and whenever they hung out after school to go around the city, she had the displeasure of seeing Nicholas Wilde with his own posse, but unlike Nick, she actually liked some of them, being Ben, Gideon, and Finnick. On occasion, they hung out with a sloth name Flash, but he talked so slow it was hard for Judy to hold a conversation with him.
She was starting her second year at the academy and was done with classes for the day as she headed up to her and the girls' dormitory. She put her books on her bed and went to the small balcony to get some fresh air after being cooped in her classes all day. The air reminded her of the wide open spaces in her hometown and how the wind would blow around the fields. She then heard shouting and looked down to see some of the All-Boys were playing football on a field.
Among them was Nick Wilde as he was running to get the ball. Ben was on a bench cheering him on as Bogo was trying to get the ball, too. But the fox's reflexes were faster as he nabbed the ball and started running toward the other side of the field. He then threw the ball to Finnick, who was about to get tackled by a lion name Leodore, who was the son of the headmaster to the school, before the fennec fox quickly made a goal.
There was cheering on Nick's team while Judy begrudgingly had to admit they played a pretty good game.
Nick was giving Finnick a noogie, which the smaller fox didn't like as he forced himself out of Nick's grip.
"Don't ever do that again!" he snarled.
"Aw, but Fin, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have won!"
"Think that'll impress your girlfriend?" Fin cocked his brow.
"Girlfriend? You mean Carrots? She's not my girlfriend, and like she'd want me for a boyfriend anyway. You know she hates me, Fin."
"Then why was she watching you just now?"
"What?!" he turned his head to see an open door on the balcony and for a brief moment, he saw two large gray ears going back inside. He said to Finnick, "Sure it was her?"
"Positive. She was watching you catch the ball before you threw it to me."
Nick couldn't help but smirk toward the balcony. Carrots - or Hopps as he sometimes called her when the guys were talking about the girls next door - was the only bunny at the girls' academy. When he first saw her the day she arrived, he was intrigued of how a bunny got into a major school. He decided to fish for information and when he found out where she came from, he was impressed, if not sad for her.
Zootopia was bound to harden that sweet starry-eyed rabbit and he wanted to spare her from those hardships by trying to make her quit school last year, but she endured on and needless to say, he was actually quite impressed. It turned out there was more to Carrots then met the eye. Slowly, he gained a crush on her, but he would never tell his friends that and he would never tell the bunny how he felt about her.
"That was so awesome!" Ben came up to him excitedly. "The way you grabbed that ball and then threw it to Fin. It was… Wow!"
"I had cupcakes made for this occasion!" Gideon came up to them with a tray of cupcakes and Ben made a gasp as he grabbed a pawful.
"Typical Gideon would rather spend his day in the kitchen than play ball with us." commented Nick as he took a cupcake.
The fox just rolled his eyes.
Flash looked like he was running in slow-mo to them as he slowly said, "Nice… game… guys…"
Nick smiled to his sloth pal, "Thanks Flash, Flash, hundred yard dash!"
"You… are… welcome…"
The guys just laughed as Gideon gave Flash a cupcake.
Leodore and Bogo then came up to the group.
Bogo said, "Enjoy it while you can, because in two weeks, there's a Sadie Hawkins dance this year and those girls will have a way to pick their partners."
Ben gasped, "Do you think Gazelle is going to pick someone?!"
Leodore stated, "If she does, it'll be one of us." He gestured between him and Bogo.
Nick frowned to the statement and said, "And what makes you so sure?"
Leo proudly puffed his chest, "Well, we are easily the most popular guys on campus. She'll want to take one of us."
"And you don't think Clawhauser could have chance?"
"Well, she is a famous singer. She'll want someone who's cool enough for her dancing partner."
"I'll bet you we can get Gazelle to choose Ben," he said while behind him, his friends gave bewildered expressions.
The large mammals exchanged looks before laughing out loud.
Leo said, "You really think you can do it?"
Nick smirked, "Sure can."
The big mammals laughed again as Leo stuck his paw out, "Alright, it's a bet, but we'll need some stakes."
Bogo grinned, "I know just the thing. If we win, then they have to do anything we say for a whole week."
Nick motioned, "And when we win, you have to do anything we say for a whole month!"
The two scoffed in amusement and said, "Deal." They walked away laughing, figuring this was the easiest bet they made.
"Nick… why did you do that?" Ben questioned in concern.
Finnick angrily said, "Yeah, now thanks to you, we have to obey those two losers for a whole week!"
Gideon gave a questioning look, "Why would you make such a bet? You know it'll be impossible to get Gazelle to choose Ben. What if she's taking someone else?"
"Relax, fellas, if she is taking someone else and it isn't those two, then neither wins the bet. But how awesome would it be to stick it to them that we did get Gazelle to choose Ben? And win the bet at the same time?"
Finnick slowly pondered on this, "Well, when he puts it that way…"
Ben started smiling, "It would be so amazing if I got to go to the dance with her… You how I'm such a big fan to her."
"As your 'I Love Gazelle' mug and the Gazelle posters that cover your half of the dorm states." Nick smirked.
"But how? How are we going to do it?" Gideon wondered, "Clawhauser can't ask her because she has to be the one doing the asking."
"Well, first thing first, we have to find out who Gazelle is planning on taking and then we find some way of making sure that mammal's out of the running. And the way to do that is…" He whispered the rest to them.
It was after sunset as they were in a tree with branches that reached the other side of the wall.
Ben was muttering, "This is a bad idea… very bad idea…"
Gideon was worried too, asking, "What happens if we get caught?"
"We won't." said Nick as he can see the girls' balcony doors was still open. "Okay, Fin. It's up to you."
The fennec scowled as he went to the end of the branch, "How do I let you talk me into these things…" He held the tiny bug in his paw and made a jump onto the balcony. Luckily, no one was around as he carefully walked in the room and put the bug underneath one of the girls' beds. He heard rustling coming from outside the dorm door and he quickly went back to the balcony and jumped toward the tree where Nick grabbed him.
They quickly got out of the tree and went back to their own dorm to listen in on the girls.
Judy was giggling alongside her friends after having a good dinner when they made it back into their room.
"Can you believe we're having a Sadie Hawkins dance in two weeks?!" Fru-Fru exclaimed while she was on Judy's shoulder. Judy then helped her onto a table where a small bed, vanity, and wardrobe were.
"Mother made me swear to secrecy, but it was hard keeping it from all of you!" said Dawn.
Judy asked, "So who do think you'll take?"
Gazelle smirked and pointed to the rabbit, "Who do you think you'll take?"
Judy was blushing, "I don't know. Who?"
Fru smirked then, "Maybe a fox whose name starts with an N and ends with Wilde…?"
She scowled and shouted out, "Nicholas Wilde? Are you kidding me?!"
They giggled as Dawn said, "Don't worry, we are since we know how much you hate him."
Meanwhile, Nick was giving Finnick an 'I told you so' look.
Judy's face softened, "I don't hate him… He just gets on my nerves because he doesn't think I'm going to succeed in Zootopia. Once I've graduated, I'm determined to show him he was wrong."
Nick saw the guys giving him sly looks.
"Hey, you heard her. She's just wants to prove me wrong." But he secretly thought, Though her singling me out like that is quite touching…
Fru spoke up, "I'm sure you will, but in the meantime, we need to find dates."
Judy turned to the gazelle, "It's you, Giselle, we need to worry about the most. I mean every guy next door will want to be your date."
Clawhauser held his paws to his face, trying to contain his excitement. Finnick rolled his eyes knowing how true that was.
"No duh." said Gideon.
Giselle said, "Well, I know I have many admirers, but it would be nice for one of them to see the real me and not the singer."
Ben lowered his paws and frowned, "Gosh… I never thought about that…"
Judy said, "I get that. Because remember when I first came here, I was in awe that you were attending here?"
Giselle said, "I remember, but over time, you got over that and saw the mammal that I was."
Fru-Fru said, "We all did."
Dawn motioned, "I got an idea. I'll do interviews around the boys' school and find out what kind of personalities they have. You look over the results and decide who you like."
The girls around her agreed while Nick was smirking evilly.
"It's too perfect." he said.
Ben timidly said, "I don't know… I mean knowing now she wants to be like everyone else, it makes me think we should drop the whole thing…"
Finnick said, "That would be great except big mouth here already made a bet with the most arrogant jerks in the school. We can't back out now."
Gideon frowned, "I hate to say this, but he's right. We have no choice but to go through it."
Nick said to Ben, "Besides, chances are Giselle won't choose you anyway if she weighing all her options, but on the plus side, we know she's not going to want to chose Buffalo Butt and Lionfart."
Ben slowly said, "Well… I still would like to be her pick because I would treat her like anyone else when no one else will."
"See? You're doing this for the greater good!"
Finnick mentioned, "Except listening in on a girl's private conversation isn't considered a greater good."
Gideon nodded, "Right, we should turn this off now." He reached for the device when Nick heard something that peaked his interest.
"Wait a second."
"Judy, just who are you going to ask?" said Fru-Fru on the tape. "If Dawn is chaperoning with her mother, and Giselle and I are looking over prospects, just who are you going to take to the dance?"
"Well… I don't think I'll ask anyone. I was thinking of staying in our room and do schoolwork. I have to keep my grades up, you know."
Nick commented, "Seriously, Carrots?"
The girls ended up repeating what he said, "Seriously?"
"Yeah, I mean, you know I wouldn't take out Nicholas Wilde even if you dared me, so why bother going?"
There was a pause before Fru said slyly, "Then why don't we dare you?"
Giselle said, "You need to come. It wouldn't be fun without you."
Dawn said, "Besides, Mother is giving us the day off after the dance so we can rest and do our homework. You should come, Judy. We get to do this only every four years."
"But who would I…?"
There was another pause before her voice said in fear, "Oh no… please no…"
Fru-Fru said, "Just imagine the look on his face if you ask him!"
Dawn grinned, "Really stick it to him!"
Giselle added, "He'd be completely taken aback. After all, look at all the times he tried to mess with you. Now it's your turn to mess with him."
There was silence that for a moment, the guys thought the bug died until Judy's voice came back on with a mischievous tone underlining it, "Alright, you guys convinced me. I'm going to ask Nicholas Wilde to the dance."
The guys' jaws dropped on cue and Nick turned off the machine and got up to look out the window that faced the girls' school. He slowly said with amusement.
"Well… well… Carrots is actually going to ask me to the dance…"
Finnick questioned, "But you're going to refuse, right?"
"Oh, no, Fin. I'm going to accept." he looked back at them with a smirk.
"What?!" they all said.
"Think about it. Carrots is going to expect me to say "no", but imagine the look on her face when I actually accept…"
"Ooh…" they said, knowing that was a very good point.
"So, why don't we hit the sack now so I can see Carrots' gawking face tomorrow when she realizes she's stuck with me for a date."
