Hello Everybody!

Welcome to my story, To Love a Savage! This is my first fanfiction, so it will probably seem a bit sloppy compared to others you've read. But give it time, and I'm sure I'll become more comfortable with it! Thank you for giving me and my story a chance. Without any further ado, I present to you the first chapter.

Enjoy!


"A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good." – Bhumibol Adulyadej


12:00

Midnight.

Thousands of years ago, it would be the time when meek prey hid in the depths of the shadows and away from the revealing glow of the moonlight. It would be the time when vicious predators were in search of their next meal, their claws itching to slash at the throat of their victim. Back then, the world was filled with darkness and fear and bloodlust. It was a world where prey were scared of predators; and predators had a savage instinct to hunt and maul.

But now, millennia later, the world has evolved and moved beyond its primitive ways.

There's a city that stands tall and refined with twelve surrounding districts. They call it Zootopia. It's said that mammals from all over the world can live in unity and peace—that everyone gets along and anyone can be anything. However, those who travel to the city learn that this is nothing more than a mere lie. They're told that they can't be just anything; they can only be what they are and nothing more.

But an unlikely pair of friends—a fox and a bunny—proved that yes, anyone can be anything.

Friends come in many different shapes, sizes, colors, and even species. We don't necessarily get to choose the people that come into our lives, but we can choose who we let stay and who we let go. And when we do find those who we can trust, we sometimes have to fight for that friendship. Society will always disrupt our lives, whether it be in the form of prejudice, discrimination, racism, etc. That's why we have to fight our way through all the negatives that the world has to throw at us.


Judy Hopps worked her entire life to rise above what was expected of a female bunny in her society. She witnessed, firsthand, how cruel the world could be toward change. She refused to let that stop her from reaching her ultimate goal and dream. Because for the past fifteen years—since she was nine years old—she'd wanted to become a police officer. Everyone, even her own parents, told her that it was an impossible dream. They told her that she was in over her head and that because she was a bunny, she didn't have what it took to be a cop.

Nick Wilde spent his time being exactly what everybody expected of a fox. He was a con-artist that hustled people out on the streets. He'd been hustling pawpsicles since he was twelve years old—for about twenty years. Everyone who saw him walking the streets would think down on him for one reason or another. Some judged him because he was a predator, but most did so simply because he was a fox. Since no one was ever going to see a fox as anything but shifty and untrustworthy, he didn't waste his time trying to be anything else.

After graduating from the police academy as valedictorian of her class, Judy was assigned to Precinct One where she would face more discrimination and cruel opinions on how she wasn't a real cop. Because she was a bunny, she was assigned meter-maid duty. And it was just another day of hustling when Nick walked into an elephant ice cream parlor and was refused service. The elephant running the place stated that he didn't want any trouble, plainly accusing Nick of being a troublemaker just because he was a fox.

The fox and bunny never imagined that they would be forced to work together to solve a police case, but little did they know that it would be their partnership that changed Zootopia as a whole. When the two came face to face in such a situation, they had no choice but to set aside their differences. The case was a dangerous one and they both witnessed many near-death experiences during the journey to solve it. After it was all said and done, the two found themselves as the first of their kind to be working together as police officers at the ZPD; and they found themselves as best friends.

So now, seven months after the biggest threat to the city had been resolved, the world had become a slightly better place. Because in a world where a bunny could trust a fox and a fox can befriend a bunny, there was hope to be found in everything society had to offer. And with hope comes change.

But what could it change? The world was still a dark, prejudice place that seemed to judge everything with a deep amount of thought. Unfortunately, the world wasn't going to become a happy, impartiality just because one bunny and one fox found it in themselves to forgive and forget their differences. But change starts with just one person; and that person can be anyone. Together, the fox and bunny might be able to initiate the changes in society.