Zootopia: The Hunt
Chapter One
It had been about one whole year since the night howler incident that had been caused by Bellwether and Jefferson and when Nick became part of the ZPD police force and had adopted Ella as his daughter. Judy had moved into Nick and Ella's new house to help Nick out with taking care of Ella since the human girl had also became part of the rabbit's life. Several humans had decided to move to Zootopia and had been welcomed with open arms by every animal in the city. Jason and Isabella were among those humans and they made some animal friends of their own since the first week that they began their new lives. Jason had befriended a young male wolf named Chris who loved everything about soccer while Isabella befriended a female snow leopard named Susan who had a taste for fashion. Life in Zootopia was great as everyone got along with each other and shared their dreams of what they wanted to do for the future. Ella couldn't ask for anything else in the world as she was happy to have a father who loved her and a dream to finally live up to, yet today she was facing a small dilemma; oversleeping during the last day of school.
"Ella, wake up!" shouted Nick from downstairs "You're going to be late for school!"
Upon hearing that she was going to be late for school, Ella bolted up from bed with a fearful look on her face.
"Oh no!" shouted Ella as she ran around her room, gathering her day clothes as fast as she could "I can't believe I forgot to set my alarm clock last night!
Quickly she showered, brushed her teeth and combed her hair before tying it up in a ponytail. She quickly ran down stairs wearing a light blue short sleeve shirt, brown shorts and white socks. Ella soon came to the kitchen where she saw her dad Nick Wilde in his police officer uniform along with Judy, who had a piece of toast with jam sitting on a plate that she placed on the kitchen, along with a glass of orange juice, before she started making a lunch for Ella to take to school.
"Sorry!" Ella exclaimed as she sat herself at the kitchen table with her dad "I forgot to set my alarm clock last night."
Nick let out a sigh before offering an amused smile at his adopted daughter.
"You really got to get your head in the game Ella," Nick said as he took a sip of his coffee "It might be the last day of school before summer comes around, but that doesn't mean you get to slack off."
"This coming from a fox who is so lazy all the time when it comes down to paperwork at the ZPD." Judy said with a smirk.
Nick gave Judy a glare before childishly sticking out his tongue at Judy. Ella let out a giggle at the scene in front of her before she quickly ate her toast and downed her juice in one gulp before she stood up from the table and took off with the lunch box that Judy handed to her.
"Thanks Judy," Ella said as she made her way towards the door "I'll see you guys later!"
"You backpack's hanging by the front door as usual." Nick said, reminding his daughter where she left her backpack "Also, Judy and I will be a little late getting home, what with all the police work that Chief Bogo will give us today."
"I know daddy," Ella said as she gave her dad a smile before racing towards the door "I gotta go now, bye!"
Nick shook his head as he jumped off the chair and walked up to Judy who smiled at him.
"I swear Judy, she's becoming more like you each and every day." Nick said with a smirk.
"Huh, that's funny." Judy said with a smirk of her own "Because it seems to me that she's becoming more like you each day."
Nick was about to give her a smart remark but was interrupted when Ella came running back into the kitchen wearing white runners on her feet.
"You forgot something?" Nick asked with a chuckle.
"Yeah," Ella said before she gave Nick and Judy a hug, that they returned happily "I love you guys."
Ella gave Nick and Judy a good bye kiss on their cheeks before heading towards the door again.
"Love you too!" Judy called after as soon as the front door closed.
Nick smiled before he gently nudged his partner and friend in the shoulder.
"Come on Carrots, we better get ourselves to work before we end up in detention." Nick joked.
Judy only chuckled before she grabbed the keys to their car and followed Nick out the door
Ella ran as fast as her legs could carry her as she quickly made her way to the school bus stop. Luckily she made it on time before it started to leave. The bus driver, who was an antelope, looked at Ella with a small smile on his face.
"Almost cutting it a little close there missy," said the driver.
"Sorry," said Ella with a shrug before she heard someone calling out her name.
"Ella, over here!"
Ella turned to see where the voice had come from and saw Jason, Isabella, Chris, Susan and a male golden retriever sitting at the back of the bus.
Jason was wearing a dark blue shirt with white sleeves, blue jeans and red runners. Isabella was wearing a pink summer dress with flower patterns on it and white sandals, while her hair hung freely down to her shoulder.
Chris had gray fur with a dark gray patch on his snout and light brown eyes. He was wearing a light green soccer jersey with the number 16 on it and black shorts. Chris was energetic and outgoing, but he also likes to make friends with people and animals outside of his soccer team. Chris and Jason met one another when they accidently ran into each other in the hallways on their first day of school. Since then the two have been hanging out with Chris showing Jason a few of his soccer moves while Jason helped up by coming up with soccer strategies for Chris' team to use in their game.
Susan was a beautiful white snow leopard with bright blue eyes and she was wearing a light pink shirt and a blue jean skirt. Susan was a fashion diva that quickly made friends with Isabella and since then the two of them always hung out with each other as much as they could but despite her being a fashion artist Susan is considerate towards others and has a love for music. Susan is also a big Gazelle fan and longs to become a pop singer like her one day.
The last animal friend within Ella's circle of friends was Stan, a golden retriever with a heart of gold. Stan was wearing a red T-Shirt and grey pants. His eyes were an almond brown with a few flecks of green in them. Stan was known to be a little shy around people he really hadn't gotten to know in school but he soon became friends with Ella when he helped her find her class. Since then he became part of Ella's circle of friends and has known to be brave when it came to standing up against bullies who would try to hurt his friends.
"Hey guys," Ella greeted as she walked up to the group.
"You were nearly late for the bus." Chris said as Stan moved aside so Ella could sit between him and Isabella.
"Yeah," Ella said with an embarrassed giggle as she sat down on the seat before the bus started moving "I forgot to set my clock last night and I overslept."
"Almost happened to me," Jason said "But I got a very rude awakening from my older brother."
"What did he do?" Susan asked
"He dumped a cold bucket of water on me," Jason said.
The group laughed at what Jason had told them before they got down to talking about what they were going to do for their summer vacation.