Chapter 1: A Bunny's Dream

It all started several years ago when a mammal mysteriously manifested a strange ability which made their body emit a radiant glow. At first, many had disregarded this incident as an isolated case, but, after news of other mammals from all over the planet suddenly exhibited unique abilities of their own, it became apparent that the world was about to enter a new age of evolution.

Countless scientists had done a number of extensive research to explain how this phenomena had occurred and discovered that the primary catalyst for the mutation was an ancient gene which, until recently, had remained dormant and served no purpose so they aptly named this new factor 'Primal'. However, despite their best efforts, the scientists had yet to find out the reason as to why the gene became active all of a sudden.

Today, nearly ninety percent of the mammalian population had either awoken or was born with their 'Primal' abilities. The world basically became a super-powered society with the streets looking like scenes from an old comic book. Of course, this also meant that there were those who would misuse their powers for their own selfish gain which led to the rise of those who use their powers for good and protect those in need against these evildoers. These mammals who had made it their profession to maintain peace and justice for everyone were known as 'Guardians'.

In a field located in the small town of Bunnyburrow, a young gray bunny was bravely standing up against a young plump red fox who was bullying her two sheep friends. The bunny fought with everything she had, but sadly the larger mammal was just too much for her to handle and ended up getting herself beat up badly. However, even with all the injuries she'd sustained from the fight, the gray bunny refused to go down which only made the plump fox growled at her stubbornness.

"You just don't know when to give up, do you Hopps?" the plump fox said as he scowled at the gray bunny. "Well, I'm tired of this so I'm going to let you off easy this time." he retracted his iron claws. "But, if you ever try to act like some Guardian again. Let's just say you'll get more than just a few cuts and bruises from me." he threaten before he turned and walked away.

The two sheep quickly rushed towards the gray bunny's side. "Judy, are you OK?" the male sheep with the white wool asked in concern before the gray bunny nodded. "What were you thinking standing up against Gideon like that?!" he continued. "You knew you had no chance of winning since you don't have a Primal to defend yourself with."

"Gareth!" the female sheep with black wool glared at her brother for saying something that he shouldn't. "You know how she feels when someone brings 'that' up."

The male sheep realized his mistake and apologized to his friend. "I'm sorry, Judy... I didn't mean to offend you."

The bunny sighed as she looked back on the day when she and her mother visited her doctor to asked why her Primal hasn't activated yet since all of her brothers and sisters, who were born at the same time as her, had already have theirs. Her doctor regrettably informed them that she was among the rare ten percent of mammals who were born without the gene needed to manifest a Primal ability. It was truly a devastating blow for her to learn that she may never achieve her dreams of becoming a great Guardian due to her being born without powers, however it was also the fact that she was powerless which strengthen her resolve. One day she will show the world that you don't need a flashy ability to become a Guardian.

"It's alright, Gareth." the gray bunny assured the male sheep. "I've already gotten over the whole Primal-less thing a long time ago, so it doesn't really bother me anymore."

The black sheep soon noticed something and moved one of her hooves over the bunny's cheek revealing three deep scratches hidden slightly under her fur. "Oh, Judy." she frowned. "Gideon, really did a number on your face."

The bunny gently pushed her friend's hoof away. "You don't need to worry yourself about those, Sharla." she said. "See... they don't even hurt... Ouch!" she winced as she suddenly felt a little sting which made her paw to involuntarily move towards her face.

"You sure? Cause I could use my Primal to heal them if you want me to, Judy." the black sheep offered as her hooves began to glow.

The bunny smiled at her friend. "Thanks for the offer, but I don't want you to overexert yourself for me." she declined. "Especially since you fainted the last time you used your power to heal someone and that was just a small wound." she glanced up to the sky and noticed the sun was setting. "I think it's time for me to go home. My parents usually gets a little paranoid when I spend the whole day outside."

"OK, see you tomorrow in school, Judy." the black sheep said her goodbye to the gray bunny. "Thanks for helping us with Gideon, but promise us that you would never do anything like that again."

The gray bunny parted ways with her two friends and headed home.

"My parents is going to have a fit when they see me like this." the gray bunny groaned as she knew how her parents would react.

Just like what the gray bunny predicted, the moment her father and mother saw her current state they became totally upset and scolded her for being so reckless. Her parents were proud that her heart is in the right place since she would never hesitate to help those in need, but they told her to stop picking fights with mammals who could severely hurt her or worst.

"Dear, we are only looking out for you." her mother, an older gray doe, said as she knelt down and placed her paws on her daughter's shoulder. "So please stop with this Guardian dream of yours."

"Your mother is right." her father, an older brown buck, spoke, agreeing with his wife. "Don't get me wrong, it's a great dream that you want grow up to be like them, but it's best if you start thinking what's possible and what's not."

The gray bunny felt sad that her own parents was discouraging her to follow her dream, however there was nothing they can say that can change her mind.

After the long talk with her parents, the gray bunny decided to take a quick bath to wash all the dirt that she'd gotten from her fight with Gideon before finally retiring to her room. She jumped into her bed and looked at two posters on her wall which pictured her two favorite Guardians. One was a male arctic fox wearing an ice-themed armor posing heroically while being surrounded by ice and snow while the other was a female lime hare wearing a pink kimono posing like she was dancing with flames following her every step.

"Archfiend and Archangel." the gray bunny smiled. "Despite their young age, they were the first to graduate their class and later became the two highest ranking Guardians in the world." she said as she slowly drifted off to sleep. "One day I will stand alongside them and help make the world a better place."

This is a Zootopia AU which borrows some elements from the anime/manga series 'My Hero Academia'. I originally uploaded this story as a crossover, but I decided to change it to solely a Zootopia Fic since, during the time I wrote this, no one had written a crossover between the two franchises before.