Hey, everyone! After reading quite a few fan fictions of Zootopia, I decided to make one myself! Please tell me what you think of my writing by using the Review feature! I have never ever written a fiction before, so you can give me reviews and criticism about my work! I'm sure I'll learn as I continue, but don't forget to leave a thought on this! Now enjoy this lengthy introductory chapter!

Ken had been born into a wealthy but strict family. He had everything that other people wanted; attending a famous and top notch school, having the latest gadgets, his own apartment, and most of all, money. Although he usually uses them for himself, he had always spared some for charities, which his parents were against. That's why he likes living by himself.

He had always been the silent type. He rarely interacts with anyone, and only talks when someone invites him into a conversation, or better yet, a group project. Other than those times, though, he usually sits in his desk at school, listening to music from his phone, all by himself. No one batted an eye to him, all except one person.

Leina is the exact opposite of Ken. He is outgoing, cheerful, and likes to joke around his friends. But he always found Ken interesting from all the bunch. One day, he asked Ken to go out in a skateboard park. Ken was visibly surprised by the sudden invitation, but deep down he was happy to have someone to talk to. Leina enthusiastically brought Ken to the park, where he would do his usual skateboard routine and with Ken watching him. He even tried to make Ken use his skateboard, but Ken declined as he doesn't know how to ride one, let alone do any outdoor physical activities. From there on out, the two became best of friends. Although Leina never reveals his past to Ken, he was happy enough to have him as a friend. Best friends even.

They were twelve at the time. But now they're seventeen and are ready to move to another school. Before that, though, Ken had asked Leina to accompany him to the beach, where all events will unfold before their eyes.

"It's so beautiful…" said a boy standing on the edge of a pier, staring into the distant sunset, his eyes glimmering with hope. "…yet so far…" he continued.

"Hey, you coming or not? It'll be dark soon, and I don't wanna walk around in this neighborhood at night!" another boy shouted behind him, catching his attention.

"Ah, sorry! I was completely mesmerized by the sunset. I'll be there in just a second!"

The boy at the pier was wearing a blue and white striped shirt with simple black jeans paired with a blue scarf that his grandmother gave it to him when he was ten. He hurried to gather his belongings, and then went to his friend which was just outside the area.

"Boy, you sure love sunsets! I've never met people that likes sunsets as much as you do." Said the other boy wearing a windbreaker with a unique logo etched onto it, paired with knee-length brown trousers.

"Haha, oh Leina, you know that I don't get to see these views as much as other people do, right? You know my family, so strict with their 'rules'." The boy in the shirt replied.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Sorry Ken, I tend to forget things that I shouldn't forget. Ah well, it's my life habit, nothing you can do about it." Leina said, grinning.

Both of them casually talked until they reached their car, which was parked right outside the beach site. Nobody was at the beach that day, which was strange because usually there's always at least a family visiting the beach every day.

"You wanna drive, Ken?"

"Sure, pass me the keys."

Leina passed the key cars to Ken, and then they got into the car. Ken promptly inserted the keys into the key slot and started the car on.

"So where are we heading to? The mall? A place to eat?"

"I prefer the latter. I'm getting hungry from all that sunset gazing." Leina teased.

"Well, at least I always sleep at night." Ken replied with a smirk, seeing how Leina usually sleeps in class during homeroom.

"Hey, I thought you said you were never bringing that up!" Leina exclaimed.

"I lied." Ken said with a giggle.

"Oh, now you're SO going to get it!" Leina said, followed by a punch to Ken's arm.

"Haha, you should've seen the look on your face!" with the giggle turned into laughter, Leina's face visibly red.

Ken finally started driving to their destination, which was a local restaurant near their neighborhood. The drive wasn't too long, it only takes half an hour to go to the beach from Ken and Leina's neighborhood. After they've arrived, they parked outside the restaurant, with a sign that says Moonlight on the front of the building.

"Here we are!" Ken said cheerfully while getting out of the car.

"Whoa, it looks so fancy with all those lights…" Leina remarked in awe while stepping out of the car as well.

Ken took out his phone and read the time there. 7 PM. Not too terribly late, but still late nevertheless. Ken put his phone back in his pocket.

"Let's go in then, we don't wanna stand here all night!" Leina said in glee.

"Okay, okay, calm down. Let's go."

Both of them went into the restaurant and was greeted by….no one. No customers, only staffs. Both of them exchanged a confused look before sighing and sitting on a nearby table.

"Well, I did NOT expect this. This place is practically a ghost town. Or in this case, a ghost restaurant." Ken said, lowering his volume so the staff doesn't get offended by hearing it.

"Hmm…maybe the prices are too high? I mean this is a fancy restaurant and all."

"Maybe."

As they go on their conversation, a waiter approached them and gave them a menu. Ken took a glance and…nothing. Everything is normal. The prices, the actual food, everything is normal, like the ones you'd find in restaurants.

"I'll have one fried salmon, please. With extra sauce. What about you, Leina?"

"Hmm…I'll have pork cutlet with rice, please. That sounds good!"

"So one fried salmon and pork cutlets?" the waiter responded.

"Yes. Oh, and don't overcook the fish, I don't like it." Ken added.

"Okay." the waiter said, walking away to the counter.

After the waiter was off sight, Leina examined his surroundings. Fancy, that's what he gotta say. Lots of paintings were hanged on the wall, there were marble statues on every corner and plants. Don't forget the plants, oh the plants, they were literally everywhere. It quite contradicts the name of the place.

"Is it just me, or are the plants…excessive?"

"I think so too. But the bigger question is why there are no customers here. This is supposed to be a renowned restaurant, but I haven't seen anyone entering the place" Ken scratched his head in confusion.

"Well, I don't think it matters too much anyway."

"Heh, I think you're right. Anyways, tell me what school you want to attend!"

"The same school as you're going to, remember? I'm not going anywhere without you. Well, at least until college, that is. From there I need to start thinking about my life as well.

College. The dreaded word Ken avoided to use. From what Ken know, it means separation. And separating with Leina is the worst possible outcome of a friendship. Of course, you can communicate with a phone, but it's not the same as face to face. But there was no way of avoiding it. Life goes on, whether you like or not.

Ken was spacing out until Leina snapped him out of his trance.

"Hey, what were you thinking about? You were gazing at the ceiling for no reason. Is there something in your head you wanna talk about?"

"No, not really…I was just thinking about how we would go our separate ways after finishing high school…it really never occurred to me that we almost finished high school. Just one more year, and then we graduate."

"So you were thinking about that? Haha, I thought it was something more important!" Leina chuckled.

"But it is important!" he countered, "It means we can never see each other again! And I don't want that…" Ken's eyes started to turn glassy.

Leina sighed, "Ken, listen to me. Even if we're separated, we will still be connected."

"Huh?" Ken raised one of his eyebrows.

"We will be still be connected. Right here." Leina said, pointing at his chest.

"So you're saying is that our hearts will always be connected?

"Yep. If you get into any trouble, you just wait, as I'll come to help you."

"…or, you know, I could just call you by my phone and pretend like none of this ever happened." Ken replied, "I mean, our hearts will always be connected? Man, that is cheesy as hell!" Ken burst out laughing.

"Haha, I know right? Why did I even say that?" Leina laughed as well, scratching the back of his head.

"Oh God, that really cracked me up…" Ken said, holding out tears from all the laughing.

They waited for their meals to come before finishing and leaving the restaurant, heading into the parking lot. Ken took a glance at his phone again. 9 PM.

"Damn, it's getting late." he thought to himself. After fumbling with his keys, he started up the car and began driving to their homes. But another strange thing caught both boys' attention. Nobody was on the road. No cars, no anything. And the surroundings were unusually foggy as well, which was strange too, considering there was no information about getting fog that night. Things were starting to get creepy…

"I'm legit scared now." Leina muttered, "There should be at least some traffic on this road, but there are none right now."

"Don't worry, we're getting close to our home anyway." Ken assured him.

The car approached a 4-way intersection, and Ken continued to drive forward. There was a little vision on the road on the front, as the fog gets thicker by the second. But Ken still drove at normal speed, figuring no one would go out this late, combined with the non-existent traffic from before.

"Hey, slow down, what if there's a car coming? " Leina said with a slight worry on his tone.

"Ah, sorry. I just figured that nobody would drive here at this time. But you're right, I should slow down." The boy replied, slowing down his vehicle.

"Jeez, you should be paying more attention, Ken! Don't just go spacing out while driving!"

"Hehe, sorry. I just like spacing out. It makes my imagination, you know, run wild." The boy said in a sarcastic smile.

"That's cool and all, but now not's the time to do that! You're driving at the moment. What if MY imagination comes true? We would be get wrecked in pieces!" The other boy's tone stood up of intensity.

"Whoa, chill dude. I said I'm sorry. Besides, why are you so worked up for?"

He sighed, trying to calm himself.

"…sorry. I got mad over something so trivial."

"Hey, it's my fault. I shouldn't have spaced out in the first place." Ken said, fixing his scarf.

"Forget about it." Leina turned to the windshield, noticing a familiar house, "Oh look, I can see my house from here. We're close!" Leina said excitingly.

Ken drove to the other side of the lane since there was another car parked right at front of the house. They got out of the car and said their goodbyes.

"Goodnight, Ken. See you tomorrow!" Leina said, waving.

"See ya." Ken replied, watching as Leina walked to his house across the street.

He was staring at Leina for a few seconds before spotting a car down the road with crazy velocity coming to Leina's way. Things had seemed to slow down; Ken's adrenaline immediately rose. He could stay there and let his best friend get hit by a car, or push him out of the way and let him take the hit instead.

It really was a sad day.

"LEINA, WATCH OUT!"

Adrenaline kicked in and Ken was already running towards Leina, not thinking about anything else.

"What?"

Leina turned around and felt a push, landing on the other side of the road, noticing it was Ken who had pushed him. He finally realized the situation. A sedan was still gaining speed on the road, never seemed to slow down.

But Ken.

Ken was still on the road, who seemed to be thrown off balance from pushing him.

"Ken! Take my hand!"

Leina tried to reach his right hand towards Ken, hoping he will be pulled before the vehicle come crashing down on him.

But no.

Leina had been frozen in place, not doing anything. Is this what fear looks like? Or is it shock? Either way, try as he might, his body wouldn't cooperate with his brain. He regretted it. He regretted his self.

In a split second, the car crashed into Ken's body.

Ken's last expression was etched forever into Leina's mind. A smile. The sincerest smile he had ever seen.

"KEN!" Leina' screamed in pure, primal terror. He ran towards Ken, who had been thrown away from the force of the car. Leina leaned down to Ken, "Ken, stay with me! I'll get help!"

Ken's breathing was shallow and was only moments away from the inevitable fate. Leina took out his phone, but it was out of battery.

"Fuck!" he cursed.

"I…I…"

Leina paused a little before realizing that his home was just literally steps away from him. He could've just got help from his family than dialing the emergency number! He stood up and tried to run to his house. But his feet was caught by something.

"Ken!" Leina said when he turned his sight to his leg. Ken had grabbed Leina's leg.

"Lei…na…" Ken's voice was stuttery, "stay…with me…" he begged.

Unable to hold back tears, Leina bursts into tears. "Ken! Hang in there, I'll just get my parents to help you! It'll be fine, okay!? It'll be fine!" Leina assured Ken, which had started crying too.

Not wanting to waste even a second, Leina ran like the wind, heading towards his house. He turned the door handle and burst the door open. Faces of confusion and terror ran through the house before acknowledging the situation. Leina then went back to his friend's side, which was still on a pool of blood. Ken looked absolutely devastated.

"Ken! I got help! Stay with me!"

No response.

"…Ken?" he gulped.

Reality immediately kicked in, and he cried even more. A group of people came running from behind Leina. One which was holding a phone, talking in a distressed manner. Probably to the emergency number's operator. Another which was holding a first aid box, but he knew better. He knew that Ken has gone.

He was gone from this world.

Whew, that was a lot to write! I probably messed up some tenses here and there, and I'm sorry! I'm not a native English speaker, so pardon my lame English skill! The next chapter will be probably out tomorrow, depending on the situation, as I'm currently in Finals week. What a day to be alive. Anywho, if you want to leave a thought, please do so! I appreciate every remark you guys have, so don't be shy on showing it. Good night!