Part One: The Start of it All

Chapter 1

(Get ready holy shit) My name is Jake M. Wolfenstein. I'm the best cop in my squad at Zootopia Police Department, Precinct One, next to Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde. Man, those two were inseparable, and what a good team! I'd like to think I'm pretty good friends with both of them, though Nick and I are closer because of how much we have in common.

Yup, this was the good life.

I earn good money, get to serve justice to criminals, and we even have parties sometimes, which were always arranged by Ben Clawhauser. He talks about them constantly when he finally decides to plan one, claiming that it will be his best one yet, which it usually was.

I thought about tonight's party (which I wasn't attending) as I aimed the barrel of my gun at the target, and fired.

Bullseye.

I looked around, no one seemed to be watching, so I did one of my silly TV cop acts.

"Stop right there, criminal! Do you know who I am? Well you're going to wish you didn't when I'm through with you." I fired the gun and hit my target in the head. "Woah." In all my life I swore to never shoot another animal in the head, only when it was necessary.

I tried to imagine the target as a real animal, and grimaced. Shooting targets was fun and all, but was it really necessary? We never had to shoot our guns, just aim them and yell, "Put your paws up!"

I aimed again, my black paw on the trigger. I squeezed slowly, but was interrupted by an "Officer Wolfenstein!" The voice was deep, but not as deep as usual. I was startled and fired, missing my target. I never missed. I turned around.

"Yes, Captain?" A loud chuckle from a orange fox made me frown. "Nick, don't throw me off like that, you sly dog!" I shouted, a little too angrily.

"Fox. I'm a fox," replied Nick.

"You're still in the Canidae family." I explained.

"Whatever…"

"So, where's Judy? Isn't she, like, always with you?" I asked.

"She's upstairs," he explained, "And Carrots is not always with me."

"Whatever you say, loverboy," I laughed and he punched my arm softly.

"It's not like that. We're just good friends is all. Now stop talking about it and let's get our tails upstairs, we do not want to keep that bunny waiting," he said as he started to walk away.

I followed him up the stairs and we found Judy and Clawhauser watching some PawTube video. Nick walked over to them and lightly brushed Judy's arm. "Hey Carrots, guess who's back?" She looked up at him and smiled.

"It's about time! Did you bring Jake?" She said as she hugged him.

"Yeah, he's right here," Nick pointed towards me.

"What is it you wanted, Hopps?" I asked. Judy looked at me and smiled.

"I was just wondering if you'll be attending the party tonight. I'm in charge of the guest list, so I kind of need to know." She hadn't noticed Clawhauser watching the video by himself now. I shook my head.

Nick looked hurt. "Aww… Why not?" I was a little embarrassed by the way he acted.

I smiled, looking at Nick. "I'm just not really a party animal, that's all."

At this, Ben put his phone down. "Lies! You're one hell of a dancer! Heck, you could probably be one of Gazelle's background dancers if you wanted to." Nick and Judy laughed at this, and it was Judy who spoke next.

"You should come! It'll be really fun, plus you've never been to a party with Nick and I. It's totally different."

Nick faked a sniffle. "Why...doesn't...sniff….my….best friend...want to party? It makes me so sad…."

I glared at him. "You know that doesn't work on me, Wilde."

Nick chuckled. "Worth a shot."

I nodded. "Plus, I have paperwork to do anyway…" I groaned at this. I hated doing paperwork. That was probably the only part of the job I didn't like. I thought for a while, remembering the last party I went to.

But I couldn't remember.

I was always too busy for things like fun. As I thought about a night with my friends, a thought crossed my mind.

Wouldn't a break be nice?

I nodded my head. " You know what? Fuck it. I think a break is well deserved. I'll go."

Nick and Judy smiled from ear to ear.

Judy brought out a notepad. "I'll just add you real quick...and...You are good to go! It starts at 7:00."

Nick patted me on the back. "Don't worry, this is going to be epic!"

I just nodded and said, "See you there."

I turned around and went to resume my training.