A/N: I hope you guys enjoy this short story! I may do these in between the Big Cheese saga stories just to give myself a break. Also, I think the answer to Mrs. Amadillo's math question is 22 minutes, but I'm not 100% sure. I was never good with scenario math.

I based Gideon and Travis' relationship off of Peppermint Patty and Marcie.

Introduction: Welcome to Greenfields Elementary!

Greenfields Elementary is one of the few integrated schools in Bunnyburrow. With millions of bunnies throughout Bunnyburrow, many are segregated primarily to bunnies however, there are several school where predator and prey mix. Greenfields is one such school and back in the year 2001, it had one rabbit that would grow up to be a famous hero of Zootopia.. Let's look at our student lineup.

JUDY HOPPS (Bunny, Age 9&1/2): Judy's mother and father Stu and Bonnie would prefer she went to a segregated school, but Judy wanted to challenge herself and meet other species of mammals. Brave and determined, she has become a model student and loves to hang out with her best friend...

SHARLA (Lamb, Age 10): Sharla puts a lot of pressure on herself as she wants to have the same perfect attendance and perfect grades that her big siblings have. Adding to this pressure is a bit of a love triangle as she has a secret crush on Bobby Catmull and Travis the ferret has a secret crush on her. While she's proud of her grades, she's ashamed to be seen with her idiot brother...

GARETH (Lamb, Age 8&1/2): The pressures Sharla put on herself, Gareth's just slightly smart enough to know he's dumb enough not to worry about it. Gareth tends to get by mostly through dumb luck. He looks up to his big sister and wishes she wouldn't put so much pressure on herself.

JAGUAR (Jaguar, Age 10): A math genius, Jaguar is in with the nerd group known as the "A/V Club". He helps host a school news program on public access television with the help of his two friends. He tends to overthink things.

BOBBY CATMULL (Cougar, Age 9): A young cub who loves music, Bobby Catmull puts most of the music together for the A/V Club. He's also in the school band and can play a wide range of instruments. He's completely unaware of Sharla's crush on him. Like Judy, he helps defend the smaller mammals against the school bullies.

ERNIE (Eagle, Age 9): Out of everyone in the school, Ernie is the one picked on the most. Because of the great war, birds and reptiles are not well liked by mammals in general. Add being a video/tech nerd on top of that, and it's been hard for Ernie to make friends. The A/V Club has let him into their clique but are still suspicious of him and can't bee seen talking directly to him. Judy Hopps want to be friends with him, but peer pressure is forcing her to shun him as well.

TRAVIS (Ferret, Age 9): Travis is Gideon's sniveling, mean and cowardly sidekick. Picked on at a young age, Gideon unknowingly protected him from some lambs picking on him and he's been at Gideon's side ever since. Travis often calls Gideon "Captain" which gets on the fat fox's nerve. Despite his bullying ways, he has a high I.Q. And is a walking dictionary, often using large words in his speech (I kinda stole that from Mead's version of him). He has a secret crush on the black lamb, Sharla and is a bit intimidated by Judy (If you watch the movie, he ends up hiding behind Gideon when Judy shows up).

GIDEON GREY: (Fox, Age 10): The school bully, the menace. Everybody hates Gideon and Gideon hates everyone except Travis. An adversary and pain to Judy, but Judy refuses to be bullied by Gideon even after the now famous "Scratch Incident". Gideon has made it his mission to show everyone what a "stupid bunny" Judy is, but always fails. While Travis is very intelligent, Gideon's as dumb as bricks.

EPISODE ONE: THE SPELLING BEE

Chapter 1: Final Ferret Fantasy

The spotlight bore an intense heat upon Travis, On stage and behind a podium, he was ready. He was poised. His only goal was to win. The crowd in the audience was in hushed silence and all the ferret could see in the darkened room was the silhouettes of the two teachers judging the competition. He could see the whites of their beady eyes through the darkness and those eyes tried to pierce through Travis' soul. But he would have none of that. He awaited their question.

"Okay Travis..." said the one teacher. "If you get this right, you'll win the world spelling bee championships and be considered the greatest speller on earth and supreme grammar king. The word is..."

Everyone sitting in the theater rose to their feet and leaned in to hear the final word.

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

Travis was shocked. It was the biggest word he ever heard and even the sound of it was something quite atrocious. But still, he didn't break a sweat. "Can you use it in a sentence?"

"Not...really." The teacher replied.

Travis was a bit unsure, but deep down, he knew he could do it. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. S...U...P...E...R...C...A...L...ummmm...I...F...R...A..G...I...L...I...S...T...I...C..ummm.."

He gave a pause the crowd whispered to themselves. Would this be where he loses everything?

"E...X...P...ummm...ooohh."

You could cut the tension in the room with a knife. The pressure was getting to the ferret.

"I...A...L...I...D...O..C...I...O.U.S. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

There was a long, long pause. Finally, one of the teachers spoke up. "That is...CORRECT! You Travis Hunchedover are the world spelling bee champion!"

The crowd roared louder than any crowd had ever roared before. Sharla, the black lamb ran upon the stage and hugged Travis tightly. "Travis! You did it! You're so intelligent. I...I never said this before but...I like, like you!"

Travis smiled as a swell of pride and love swelled his heart. "I like, like you too Sharla!"

The audience chanted his name and lifted the ferret into the air. "Tra-vis! Tra-vis! Tra-vis!"

Travis pumped his fists in the air as he let the admiration of the crowd carry him. "Tra-vis! Tra-vis! Tra-vis!"

"Tra-vis! Tra-vis! Tra-vis!"

"Travis, what the heck are you doing?" said the skunk putting up a poster in the school hall.

Reality had hit Travis and his daydream was finally over. "Just finish putting up the sign-up poster for the spelling bee you odorous oaf! I wish to be the first put my John Hancock upon it!"

The skunk shouted down the hall. "Teacher! Travis said a dirty word!"

"No I didn't!" Travis argued. "Trust me my foul-odored friend, if I was to use a colorful metaphor, I would do so in a way that would go completely over your imbecilic head! Now give me that pen!"

Travis took the pen hanging off a string that was pinned with the sheet and signed his name at the top. "There! Now the three-time spelling-bee champion shall return for his fourth trophy!"

"Whatever." The skunk replied as he walked away.

Travis was incredibly excited. While he may be a fellow bully along with his friend Gideon, he excelled at grammar and spelling. He reveled in the fact that he was grammatically superior to his fellow students and despite many kids looking down on him, the spelling bee was the one time he could rise up and show his verbal superiority to the world. It was the one thing he looked forward to the most every year.

As Travis stared at the sheet, Sharla the lamb along with Judy Hopps approached. Travis' heart skipped a beat. He ignored every other lamb in the school, but there was something about Sharla's dark complexion that drove him wild. His infatuation with her was strong, if not borderline creepy.

"H-Hello Sharla! Lovely day isn't it?"

"Go away Travis!" Sharla shouted "You and Gideon Grey are nothing more than a bunch of bullies!"

"I am only vicious to those mammals smaller than my own frame or who would dare stand up to me. I would never bully you Sharla. You are an exotic ebony ewe."

"You and Gideon bullied me out of my tickets at the fair!"

"Incorrect! Gideon did the bullying. I was merely an observer."

Sharla was getting tired of the ferret. "Don't you have some lunch money to steal?"

"Not at this particular moment in time. Your wool smells exquisite today. Are you using a new conditioner?"

It was then that Judy got in Travis' face. "Back off Travis! Sharla wants nothing to do with you!"

The bunny gave Travis a slight shove which scared him. "EEP!" He started to leave, but gave a threat to Judy. "You shall rue the day you crossed me you...you lagomorph loser! Rue I say!" With that, Travis took off.

"I can't believe he's scared of you." Sharla replied. "He's twice as big!"

"Most bullies are cowards Sharla. If you show you're not afraid of them, they tend to back off." Judy then looked at the spelling bee sign-up sheet. "Y'know Sharla? You're smart and you get good grades in grammar. It also counts as extra credit. You should sign up for this!"

"Ooooh I don't know." Sharla replied with a bit of dread. "All my relatives would attend. I can't take that kind of pressure! What if I screw up if front of them and make a fool of myself? I'll be shunned by my parents! I don't wanna be the black sheep of the family!"

"Sharla...you literally ARE the black sheep of your family. Don't worry! It'll be great! Besides, I'll sign up with you and we can support each other."

With that, Judy and Sharla signed their names on the sheet. It was then that Sharla's little brother Gareth approached. "Hey thar, big sister! What ch'yall doin'? Signin' yer names?"

Sharla rolled her eyes. "Yes Gareth."

"Oooh I bet'cha I can sign mah name real good now without misspellin' it!" He took the pen and signed his name to the sign-up sheet.

Sharla was surprised. "Gareth! You just signed up for the spelling bee!"

"Thar's bees whut can cast spells?! Awesome! I can't wait ta see that!" The dumb sheep then ran off to his class.

Judy patted Sharla on the shoulder. "This is actually good news Sharla! We both know Gareth won't get too far in the spelling bee and you'll come off looking like a genius compared to him!"

"Not really. My whole family already knows his head's full'a bricks. Mah momma always says 'Ignorance is bliss and Gareth is the most blissful of us all.' "

Moments later, Sharla and Judy made it to their classroom. Bobby Catmull was there along with Jaquar, Ernie, Travis, Gideon and some other students.

The teacher, Mrs. Amadillo (pronounced Ah-Ma-Dee-Yo) came in and started roll call. "Okay class. you know the drill. Sharla Shearson?"

"Here." Sharla replied.

"Judy Hopps?"

"Here!"

"Jaguar Jaguar?"

"Here! And the first name is pronounced 'hog-u-are'."

"Alright. Alright. Ernie Talon?"

"Here!"

"Billy Goatberg?"

"Her-r-r-e!"

"Molly Mink?"

"Here!"

"Travis Hunchedover?"

"Present and accounted for!"

"Just say 'here' Travis. Bobby Catmull?"

"Here!

"Gideon Grey?...GIDEON GREY!"

"What?!" the fat fox huffed.

"You're supposed to say 'here'!"

"Ah am here! Ain't it obvious?! Y'all blind er somethin'?"

Some of the kids laughed. Mrs. Amadillo was not amused, "Watch your mouth Gideon or you'll be sent to the principal's office...AGAIN!"

"Yes teacher." Gideon Grunted.

The teacher moved around her desk. "Alright class, I want you to bring last night's homework to the front desk please."

The children all came and dropped off their paperwork to the desk with the exception of Billy Goatberg who sat at his desk and fiddled his hooves nervously.

The teacher knew what was up. "Billy?"

"...Y-Yes Mrs. Amadillo?"

"Did you eat your homework again?"

"No!...Yes ma'am. It's not my fault! I just finished it and then my stupid brother went and spilled Tabasco sauce on it! Do you know how good that homework tastes with a hint of Tabasco? Especially with that new printer ink they're using now! I couldn't help myself!"

"You are going to re-do that homework tonight along with your other homework or else you'll get a big fat 'F'. Understand?"

"Yes m-a-a-a'am." Billy said with his head hung low.

Gideon laughed. "HA! Ya'll should have just copied off Travis, like I did. Guaranteed 'A'!"

"GIDEON!" The teacher shouted. "Go to the principal's office immediately!"

"Aww dag-nabbit!" Gideon grunted as he left for the principal's office.

The teacher turned her attention back to the class. "Okay children. We'll be starting off today with math."

The entire class groaned. "Quit complaining!" The teacher shouted and she started writing on the chalkboard. "Now then! There are two trains that are forty miles apart. Both are traveling at 25 miles an hour. How long until they pass by each other?"

"That's impossible to say!" said Jaguar. "There are too many variables! What about traffic? Accidents?! Weather conditions?!"

The armadillo rolled her eyes. "Jaguar, there's no traffic and the weather's clear. It's just two trains going at 25mph on their respective tracks. There's no traffic at all! No people even!"

"So in your scenario, it's the apocalypse?! Gosh Mrs. Amadillo, you tell very dark stories."

"WHAT?! No! Its...okay, it's on a testing facility. Okay?!"

"Oooh! Are they on the same track?!" Ernie asked.

"Wha...I don't know! All that matters is when they meet!"

"It would be cool if they were on the same track!" Jaguar said. "Then when they meet up...KABOOM!"

The teacher had enough. "Fine! Fine! The trains are on a testing facility and on the same track. They're...testing the durability of the trains and the effect that happens when they crash, okay?! They are forty miles apart and are going exactly 25 miles an hour. How soon until they crash?"

Jaguar was about to ask another question. "But what about..."

"They are synchronized to start going at the exact same time okay? OKAY?!"

"Okay" Jaguar replied. "Bullet train or locomotive? You have to calculate wind factor."

"AAAAAHHHH!"

Hours later, it was recess. The children were either playing on the playground or eating their lunch in the cafeteria. Gideon was stalking his latest prey with his sniveling sidekick Travis behind him.

Billy Goatberg had just got his sack of lunch out when Gideon grabbed him by the hairs of his chin. "Gimmie that lunch!"

With a defiant look in his eye, Billy took his lunch sack, opened his mouth and swallowed the whole sack all at once. He then took his can of soda and instead of popping open the can, just put it in his mouth and chewed it. Foamy liquid flying everywhere.

Gideon was furious. "You little jerk! Yer lucky ah'm in trouble with the principle or ah'd pound you right now!" Gideon then walked away.

"Fear not my captain!" Travis told his friend. "For I have illegally and forcefully apprehended enough monetary goods for us both!"

"First off..."Gideon said. "...Fer the last time, don't call me 'Captain'. Second, what are y'all talkin' about?"

"I stole enough lunch money for both of us."

Gideon smiled as he patted his friend on the back. "HA-HA! That's great buddy! Ah knew there was a reason ah kept yew around!"

They got their meal from the cafeteria and sat down. They had some small talk as they were eating. Travis started talking first. "Did you see captain? The spelling bee championships is next week! I already signed my name at the top of the list."

"Y'all mean ta say they got bees whut can spell?"

"No captain!"

"Stop callin' me captain!"

"Yes captain."

"SIGH!"

"Anyway, The spelling bee is a contest of grammar and who can spell the most words correctly. So get this, I strolled by the list on the way here to see who else would dare challenge my verbal knowledge and do you know who put themselves on the list?"

'Course not! Ah aint psycho!"

"Uhhh..I think you meant 'psychic' captain."

"That's whut ah said!"

"Anyway, it's that rotten rabbit, Judy Hopps!"

"That stupid bunny? Let's make her look dumb!"

"Not a problem captain! I have won the past three years in a row and this will be my fourth trophy! She won't stand a chance against me! Sadly, my dear Sharla has entered as well. I hate to humiliate her."

"Well ah love ta humiliate everybody! Ah'm in!"

Travis was shocked at the news. "Wh-what?! Captain please! Let me handle this!"

"Ah been wantin' ta humiliate that bunny fer some time now. Besides how hard can it be?"

"Y-You'll have to spell some very difficult words!"

"So whut? Ah'll Just have ya teach me some o' them more tricky words and we'll crush that stupid bunny and lamb together. It'll be a cinch! Watch this! Cat. K-A-T, Cat!"

Travis face-pawed himself. "It's going to be a looonnng week!"