Zootopia: Two Worlds, One Family

Chapter One

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The sound of her alarm clock going off awoke 11 year old orphan Ella as she rubbed her eyes and turned off the alarm. She sighed sadly because she had been in the middle of a wonderful dream; a dream she always had since she was little and longed to make come true. She got out of bed and walked over to the large mirror she had in the corner of her room and looked at her reflection.

She stared at her beautiful bright blue eyes and ran her fingers across her long, curly brown hair, her medium toned skin was smooth and shined in the sunlight of bright morning, giving her a warm feeling inside her as she opened the curtains to see the world outside her home; The Red Panda Orphanage.

The Red Panda Orphanage had been her home ever since both her parents died at a young age in her life. Ella never knew them much but she kept some of their things under her bed, as she felt they kept them close to her. She was also a little lonely since no one ever came to adopt her, but never gave up the fact that she'll be adopted some day and when she did it would be the happiest day of her life. Somewhere out there in Willow River Town, there would be a wonderful mom and dad who would come and look for a sweet, carefree and thrifty little girl and she would be the one.

But what could she offer? There were all kinds of children who had talent and skills far better then her. Tika could make anyone laugh with her endless gags and pranks whenever they were feeling down, Franklin was super athletic and could jump higher and father then anyone else alive. And the twins Louie and Celia were dubs heroes when they tricked a mean bully into confessing her school was giving rich kids good grades and everyone else bad ones on live TV and everyone in it, corrupt students, mad teachers and even the principle of the said school went to jail for life and the school shut down.

All Ella had was just one dream; a dream to go to Zootopia.

Zootopia was a place unlike anything Willow River Town, it was a massive city with districts based on different landscapes for all it's inhabitance to enjoy. And the best part? Everyone in Zootopia was an animal who lived lives like everyday humans. Although Zootopia and Willow River Town were almost like neighbors due to their cities being the closest to each other, no human has ever sit foot in Zootopia ever since... the Hunt.

The hunt began a hundred years ago when what was meant to be the most wonderful wedding in the world, had gone horribly wrong when the whole human group donned guns and weapons and began hunting down the animals of Zootopia, using the wedding as a ruse to trick the animals into lowering their guard. The Hunt lasted for several weeks before it was finally stopped by two girls, Amanda and Alyssa, who gathered as much animals as they could and defeated all the hunters, locking them in cages before sending them back home where they would all spend the rest of their lives in jail.

No one knew what ever became of those two girls because on the day they saved Zootopia, they went back to Willow River Town and never returned. Ever since then, Zootopia had banned humans from Zootopia in an attempt to prevent another hunt from ever taking place. However Ella knew that one day it would change and she would be able to walk around in Zootopia and make as much friends as she wanted.

In the meantime, she would stick to making friends and wait for adoption day to come, which would be in a few days from now. She walked out the door, still wearing her key and heart themed pajamas and went to the kitchen for breakfast with the rest of the orphans. Some were still in their pajamas and others were dressed in regular clothes and some were still half asleep as their heads nodded off from side to side with sleepy eyes.

Rosita, the nanny, gave everyone bowls of cereal and a small piece of paper. "Good morning children!" she said happily "I have some exciting news! The mayor has organized a special contest to change history and lift the human band on Zootopia, by sending three lucky children there!"

The children were amazed by the news and Ella was so happy she could burst as she opened her piece of paper to reveal that it was a flyer advertising the contest. Ella read the rules to herself; the rules were simple, write a letter about your favorite animal, what you would do if you meet the animal and how it would benefit both Zootopia and Willow River Town in a way.

The she looked at the deadline... and her heart sunk. The very day the winners would be revealed to the public and travel to Zootopia was on a Thursday... the very same day Adoption day was being held at the orphanage. Which means that if she won the contest, she would have to miss out on being adopted. But if she didn't enter she would never get another chance to go to Zootopia. What would she do?

She felt a hand on her shoulder and realized it was Rosita, who's warm brown eyes and gentle smile always made her and the others feel better the moment they saw her and she said "My dear, you can enter first. After all, it's been your dream, why not seize the chance while it's still there?"

"But... what about adoption day?" Ella asked

"There will be other adoption days," Rosita told her "But this kind of contest will only happen once... so what are you waiting for?"

Ella smiled at the nanny before she said "Hand me a pencil and paper... I know just what to write for the contest."

With that she scarfed down her food and rushed back to her room to snuggle with her beloved toy, a stuffed fox plushy she named Hal, and hugged him before kissing his head and saying "Don't worry Hal, Zootopia won't be so far away now... and I have a feeling that the first fox I meet will be as gentle and kind as you."

Upon kissing her toy once more, Ella went to work on writing her letter, already picturing herself frolicking with various animal friends as she put all her heart into her letter before sending it to the nanny for her to deliver to the post office along with the others' letters. There the letters would be sent and hand picked by the mayor herself, and Ella could hardly wait for the big day to arrive.