Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Disney ,least of all Zootopia (yet)

Life as a mammal of any kind isn't exactly hard, nor is it really unfair , after all everyone could be anything.

Unless you are prey. Mammals who fall into this category of intelligent lifeforms have a heavy cross to bear in society, as they still get eaten by those who are lucky enough to be a predator.

Not just like that of course. But in this world, life for those who are prey is a little different from that of their fanged counterparts.

Most prey mammals grow up in closed communities where they will be put to work till they are old enough to be culled. These communities were called Farms.

Runa Rabbit happens to be one of these mammals. Her home is a Farm called Burrow 23 which happens to just lie at the foot of a mountain near a river surrounded by the farmland the inhabitants of Burrow 23 cultivate. Life in the Farm is relatively simple.

The rabbits in the burrow get to be kits and fool around till they become 12 years old. As of that day they have to work in the fields till they become 25 years old and get culled.

There are however special rules in place for female rabbits. Females are freed from working in the fields if they are pregnant. And after their third successful litter or during their pregnancy they are responsible for tending to the kits well being instead. So no female was forced to have kits unless there were too few kits to sustain the farm and the demand for fresh meat.

Luckily for Runa enough of her siblings were happily producing litter after litter so she would not have to worry about being forced to mate with some buck another Farm had sent over.

She actually liked working in the fields and disliked the thought of her future children being eaten by some predator when she had already long been eaten herself. It just felt so wrong to her.

And she enjoyed having time off after working in the fields ,mothers never had time off, as watching over their kits was a full time job 24 hours a day 7 days a week. She spent most of her time after work watching TV or reading books from the burrows library.

And so it was that on this chilly summer evening there was one young doe sitting in one of the barns reading a romance novel about two young rabbits while most of the other inhabitants of Burrow 23 had already gone back into the burrow.

As the sun was setting over the horizon a loud noise pierced the silence and startled Runa into falling of the ledge she had been resting upon.

"Dammit ", she cursed as she was getting up again. "What the hell was that ?"

As Runa made her way over to the barns door she could hear screams and see light come through the windows and from under the door , too much light !

Why was there so much light ?

When she finally opened the door her question was answered.

Burrow 23 was in flames. She saw a few of the Farms guards running towards the fire.

They were mostly foxes and wolves and were probably trying to put out the fire.

And so she grabbed a bucket and ran towards the burning burrow as well ,trying to help as much as she could.

The thought to use this chance to escape did not occur to her at all.

After all there was no where to go outside the Farm.

So she had to save her home.

When she had almost reached the burning building she saw something weird.

One lone fox was standing in front of two of the farms guards who had their stun batons ready in their paws.

She knew he was no guard due to the fact that he was not wearing a uniform like the other predators present.

To her surprise upon closer inspection he looked like he was taken straight out of an action movie.

His fur was jet black the only thing that gave him away as a fox was his bushy tail with the white,grayish tip.

He had amber eyes that seemed to glow from the inside ,though that might have just been the reflection of the flames around him in his eyes. He was wearing black cargo pants and a black hoodie with dark gray accents. Over said hoodie he was wearing what seemed to be a military west with lots of pouches. He also had a holster on his right leg in which he carried what she assumed had to be a tranq gun like the rifles the guards on the towers surrounding the fields used, just smaller.

He was calmly watching both of the guards as if daring them to make a move. While Runa just stood there and watched.

Suddenly one of the guards, a wolf wearing the usual blue uniform ,darted towards the fox and the stun baton began to bristle. The black furred fox immediately dodged the stabbing motion and proceeded to grab the wolf by his wrist and pull him forwards while also tripping him with his hindpaw causing the poor wolf to tumble too close to the burning building, resulting in a blood curdling scream as his fur caught fire.

Meanwhile the other guard a regular red fox decided to reach for his taser instead of continuing to use his baton. But the black furred fox was faster and had drawn his gun already while tripping the other guard.

To the surprise of Runa and sadly for the fox there was no tranq dart flying towards the guard foxes head when he pulled the trigger but instead a bullet proceeded to spray the insides of his head all over the ground.

The black furred fox smirked, "Amateurs!"

He was swiveling his head around scanning his surroundings when suddenly his eyes started to rest on Runa.

And there she stood.

A Castor Rex rabbit in an orange jumpsuit. Paralyzed by fear.

She was positively horrified , as a small part of her mind decided to be impressed by the display of power and death before her molded into this form after millennia upon millennia of evolution.

While her instincts reminded her that this was a predator.

And said predator was now walking towards her.

She knew there would be no escape.

So she did as her instincts demanded and with a high pitched squeak she collapsed herself into a shivering ball of fur waiting for her death.

"I am not going to eat you", his voice was smooth, but she did not dare to open her eyes just because of his words or because she liked his voice , no an irrational fear inside her head dictated her to keep them closed as if that would protect her from whatever harm he might be able to inflict upon her.

"Am I really that scary ?",his question was only answered by a whimper from her.

"Listen all I need from you is some information and you are free.", when there was no reaction from her after a while she heard him picking up her bucket followed by the faint sound of his paws hitting the grass as he started moving.

"Let's hope this will work.", he said before she heard him using the nearby waterpump.

The cogs in her head started turning, why was he using the pump?

She assumed he made the fire. The fire that killed all her family and friends. Why would he try to extinguish it on his own with only a bucket ?

Not that made no sense at all. And because she was mulling over what he might intend to do with the water, she did not notice that he had returned to her side.

And suddenly there everything was wet and cold.

Did he just pour a bucket of water over her ?

She was shocked. And she was even more shocked when she realized that she was not curled up anymore. But instead sitting upright staring into those amber eyes she had seen before as he was now kneeling before her.

"Care to talk to me now fluff ?",came his immediate question.

Pulling herself together she managed to form a sentence.

"Mmmy nnname is Rruna", she stuttered.

He was smiling at her.

"My name is Liska. And I need you to show me where you keep the harvest around here."

Another wave of fear rushed over her. She could see in his eyes that he realized this.

" I promise that if you tell me I won't harm you. I swear on my tail.", he said with a smirk.

"You swear on your tail ?" , the question was out before she even realized it.

"I like my tail", he said. " It is so fluffy and helps me to keep balance. I just would not feel complete without it."

She could not help but laugh. Liska had just done horrible things in front of her. He had killed mammals. But here he was talking about how fluffy and important his tail is instead of ,well eating her.

"So please tell me ? This place is so big and I am running out of time, you moved that place right ?" She took a deep breath. "You promise you won't hurt me? "

" I swore on my tail fluff. It does not get more serious than that." ,he replied.

She closed her eyes and took another deep breath before talking.

"Yes we moved the crops from the burrow into the newly built warehouse at the south end of the property" She had her eyes still closed waiting for the immediate betrayal from the fox.

And a shiver ran through her when she felt his paw on her back but did not dare to move , and then the other one below her legs. And suddenly she realized he had picked her up and was now carrying her around.

"What?!" ,was the only intelligible thing she could get out of her mouth as she stared up at his jaw.

"I am taking you with me in case you lied to me.", came the reply to the question she had almost forgotten she had asked.

And while her heart was pounding like it was trying to get out of her chest.

For the first time that evening she began to wonder why the fox was actually there and what this meant for her.

Authors note:

First of all I hope my grammar as well as my vocabulary is acceptable as English is not my first language.

Second, I have no experience writing stories at all so if you actually made it this far and intend to write a review please be gentle.

Third I just had to get this of my chest ,I had these OCs of mine in the back of my head for almost a year now and never had the courage to use them up until now and if I manage to get this story anywhere at all AU Judy and AU Nick will be in there somewhere but the story will take a few chapters to get there.

I will try to get out another chapter as fast as I can.