Chapter 1: Is this a Dream?

Since I'm in the process of rewriting my first story "Guardians" some parts of this story may change.


"I'm better now... much better..."

Nick heard Judy's words from the other side of the door. That was it... any hope to reconcile with her is now gone... she had moved on and made it clear she doesn't need him anymore...

"Judy…" Nick spoke despite knowing Judy would just ignore him. "I'm sorry, I left you to suffer alone... I'm sorry, I hurt Shannon... I... I'm leaving now... and you can be sure you'll never see or hear from me again..."

There was no response from the door. Nick lowered his head and began walking away. "Good bye Judy... may your new life be filled with happiness..."


After leaving Judy's apartment building, Nick walked through the cold morning streets of Zootopia into an abandon warehouse area in the far side of the city, the very place where Judy once apologized to him during the Night Howler Incident years ago.

"This place sure brings back memories..." Nick reminisced and smiled a bit. "The place where I first realized that I cared about her... where I first realized I wanted to stay by her side... where I first realized I'd fallen in love with her..."

Nick took a deep breath and pulled out a small pistol from his pocket. "Well, at least... I got the chance to see her face one last time... before I do this..." he loaded the gun and hesitantly aimed it at his head. "My pain and sorrow can finally end..."

Before Nick could pull the trigger, a strange noise caught his attention.

"What the heck was that..." he exclaimed looking around.

He heard the noise again but this time his surroundings changed for a brief second.

"OK, I'm officially freaked out..." Nick said stepping backwards.

Then, a third time and his surroundings changed again, the image longer this time, before blinking back.

A fourth time... the image was clearer... a fifth time... now voices can be heard from somewhere... then, finally... a sixth time... where the changes to his surroundings became permanent.

"What just happen?" he wondered before he noticed something odd. "Wait... why... why am I wearing my police uniform?"

Suddenly, Nick heard a loud bang and felt a burning pain on his back.

"Wha... what?" he fell to the ground and slowly lost consciousness but, not before hearing a familiar voice.

"Nick! Dispatch, we have an officer down... I repeat we have an officer down... send immediate help..."


Nick slowly opened his eyes. "Where... where am I?" he sat up before feeling a slight pain on his back.

He began looking around and realize that he's in a hospital. "How... how did I get here?"

"You got shot you dumb fox..." a voice spoke.

Nick's eyes widen and turned to where the voice originated from. There standing in the room's doorway was a bunny, but not just any bunny... it was her.

"Ju... Judy?!" Nick exclaimed before the bunny rushed to his side and hugged him tightly.

"You idiot... don't you dare scare me like that again..." she said with tears in her eyes. "I... I thought I lost you..."

Nick was confused. how could Judy be worried about him after what happened in her apartment. Things just doesn't add up.

"Judy... where's Shay? is she with you?" Nick asked as they broke the hug. "Cause, I kinda want to apologize to her personally about pushing her."

"Shay? oh, you mean Shannon... that mechanic working for the ZPD?" Judy asked back. "I don't remember you pushing her? when did that happened?"

Nick stared at the bunny. "What is going on here?" he thought to himself.

Just then, he heard a cooing sound on his right side and saw a small mammal comfortably nuzzling against his body. The mammal was unfamiliar to him... it had long ears... a brilliant reddish coat... and kind of a cross between a... He froze when a realization dawned on him. "No, it can't be..."

Judy smiled as she scooped up the little creature. "I couldn't convince her to leave your side after your operation." she said tickling the young mammal making it giggle a bit. "I guess she was just worried that she might never see her father again..."

"Father? Daughter?" Nick's mind raced. "She told me that she went through the procedure, didn't she?"

Judy was noticing Nick was acting weird. "Hey, are you alright? Should Vi and I leave you alone for a while?"

"No..." Nick said with a smile forming on his face. "Plea... Please stay with me..." he didn't know what was going on or if this is just some sort of dream but it's something, he can ponder about later... right now he wants to relish this moment... this moment that made him feel that he was...

BORN TO BE ALIVE


Note: After recently finishing Borba's BORN TO BE ALIVE comic, I felt empty inside cause the story ended in a one sided "Happy Ending". So, I decided to write this AU where Nick is mysteriously transported into a parallel universe where Judy didn't go through her procedure and have the child, who I named, Viola.