"Overdramatic, much?", I whisper to Ethan, watching the bunny pretend to bleed out using ketchup. We're the only humans living in Bunnyburrow.
"Yeah.", Ethan whispers back.
"But then, prey and predator evolved, giving up their savage ways, and coexisting in peace and harmony. And so, Zootopia came to be, where anyone… can be... ANYTHING!", the bunny said. The bunny then proceeded to put on a police officer hat. I smiled when she did that, because she looked so cute with it on.
"A bunny cop? That is the most stupidest thing I have ever heard!", a fox's voice rang out.
"Shut up!", I hissed at him. "As if I'm going to listen to a human!", the fox snorted.
"Gideon Gray, shut up, before I break your jaw.", Ethan threatened.
"Oooh, scary.", Gideon teased, before leaving. After the play, I decide to walk up and introduce myself.
"Hi. I'm Ben, and this is my friend, Ethan. We're humans.", I tell her. (Author's note: For the purposes of this fanfiction, humans are about equal height with foxes and rabbits.)
"I've never seen your kind before here. But, if you want, we can be friends.", the rabbit says. We shake.
"Oh! I'm Judy, Judy Hopps.", the rabbit introduces herself. We walk back with her to her parents.
"Hey, Jude the Dude! Who are your friends?", Judy's dad asks us. We introduce ourselves.
"Judy, about you becoming a cop… there's never been a bunny cop before.", Judy's dad tells all of us.
"...So?", I ask. "I'll just have to be the first!", Judy decides.
"You know, me and your mom had dreams. But then, we settled, and we're carrot farmers now! Still making the world a better place!", Judy's dad responds, still trying to sway Judy.
"Stu, Bonnie, stop wasting your words of wisdom on these deaf ears of your child.", I tell them, then catch up with Judy.
"What'cha doing?", Ethan asks her.
"Shh!", Judy whispers. We watch as Gideon hits the sheep's head and takes his tickets.
"What are you gonna do, cry?", Gideon snickers. Judy runs out and steps up to defend her friend.
"You heard her! Cut it out!", she defiantly says.
"Nice costume, loser! What kind of crazy world do you think you live in, where a bunny can be a cop?", Gideon mocks her. I step out and draw a cardboard sword.
"Reality.", I mock Gideon.
"Oooh, the wittle bunny has a knight to protect her!", Gideon teases.
"Kindly return my friend's tickets.", Judy responds.
"Come and get them! But remember, I'm a fox, and we used to eat prey! And we still have those killing instincts, deep down inside of us!", Gideon shouts. He then pushes her to the ground. The rest of Judy's 'friends' cower behind a tree in fear.
"Scared now?", Gideon slyly asks.
"Hey! Fear is natural, and would be a perfectly natural response! Fear is sometimes what keeps you alive!", I yell, trying to distract him. Gideon looks at me for a second, and while he's distracted, Judy kicks him in the face. I then whack him with my cardboard sword. He growls in irritation.
"You really don't know when to quit, do you?", he says, before pinning me to the ground. Instinctively, I raise the cardboard sword in front of my face.
"Hey, bunny cop! Aren't cops supposed to protect? Well, watch how your knight does against me!", he smirks, before exposing his claws and slicing it to pieces. I stare him down, feeling brave and afraid at the same time. He then claws me, before running off.
"Ben!", Judy says. Ethan runs up to me. "You're bleeding!", he cries out.
"Don't worry about us, Judy. We humans are tough. What about you? Are you okay?", I ask Judy. She picks her hat off of the ground.
"Gideon was right about one thing… I don't know when to quit!", she says, with a determined smile on her face.