JOURNEY OF THE WOPPS
Disclaimer: Don't own Zootopia or anything Disney related.
Hey everyone, this would be my first Disney fic, along with dealing with characters that are animals, not ones who are humans with animal features. So bear with me if you could.
Anybody wondering about the name, well, obviously this is a Nick and Judy fic, and when it comes to their last names, felt like combining them instead of deciding which order it goes. Also, the other way would be Hilde, which sounds more like it belongs to something bigger than these two.
If at some points it sounds like I'm referencing some kind of Zootopia fanart, it's not entirely intentional, the problem is that there is so many of them out there, it makes it hard not to.
When it comes to building Nick and Judy's family, which would be quite a while when it starts, feel free to help out. Mainly describe what they look like, their gender, if they are biological or adopted, and if adopted, what species, along with the names, things like that. But please don't suggest the ones from fanart, like Violet, since they are somebody else's property, and would rather have the owners give me the okay, out of respect for them. Before I forget, no Eevee jokes, I seen too many of those as it is.
By the way, this fic well be rated T, but well something M-rated occasionally.
On with the story
On a train bound for Bunnyburrow, from Zootopia, 26 year old Judy Hopps, a grey bunny with black tipped ears, is having a bad case of mixed feelings. While she is happy to be going home to visit her family for a month's worth of vacation time she built up, there is also anxious, nerves, paranoia, so many things going on at once, it would put a therapist in therapy.
After spending a couple of years making something of herself as Zootopia's first bunny cop, a lot of things have happened. From fixing the wedge between predators and prey caused by former mayor Bellwether, to mainly getting to enjoy Zootopia to its fullest thanks to her partner who has had a head start in the real world when compared to her.
"Hey Carrots, are you feeling okay?" A voice snapped her out of head. Looking to her left, she sees her partner, Nick Wilde, a red fox, looking at her with a look of concern on his face.
"I'm fine! Why wouldn't I be fine?" Judy yelled out, trying and failing to appear calm.
"Well for one thing, I'm starting to lose feeling in my tail." Nick said, pointing towards said appendage in her arms, "And when you get like this, it usually means you're expecting the apocalypse to happen".
Looking at the tail that she was hugging in her arms, to where she has a death grip on it, "Sorry." Judy said, loosening it so that she get the blood circulating again. She then smiled because her friend, who became her partner, and is now her boyfriend, is able to read her like an open book. "I'm just worried about how my family would react when they find out that you are my boyfriend."
Yes she told her parents that she was bringing Nick home with her, yet when she tried to tell them he was her boyfriend, her nerves got the best of her. Now her parents are expecting three guests, only to be in for a real shocker. For their relationship has taken a big leap a little over a year ago, from friends to mates, although the last part was a more spontaneous moment. Spontaneous being that they were just boyfriend and girlfriend, to where they shared an apartment, and cuddled in their sleep, but one morning, Judy got the mating itch, and Nick knew better to fight a rabbit on certain things.
Feeling an arm wrap around her, and pulled towards its own, "Relax Judy, take a deep breath." Nick said, with that calm smile, "We'll just take things as they come, like we always do."
Calming herself down, "Yeah, you're right," Judy said, leaning into his body, while enjoying the warm fuzzy feeling her fox gives her, "And I know I'm overthinking things." Giving a small sigh, "Besides, considering how your mother welcomed our relationship, mine might be the same way."
"And if they have your energy, they might make a big ass party out of it." Nick said, giving off a slight chuckle.
Judy had a more horrified look, picturing her parents actually going that far to celebrate her relationship. As if listening to her thoughts, "Hey, anything is better than the alternative, right?" Nick asked.
Thinking about the alternative made her see Nick's point. Deciding that she would rather have the cheering family over the hateful one, Judy just decided to close her eyes for a small nap, with a fox tail for a blanket.
Giving the bunny a small smile, before leaning back to look out the window, Nick gave a small sigh of his own. While he is looking forward to meeting Judy's ginormous family, he is just praying that there won't be a firing squad waiting for him once her family finds out who their family member is dating.
About an hour later, seeing the station appearing on the horizon, as much as he didn't want to, he had to wake his girlfriend up. Giving her a slight shake, "Hey Fluff, wake up, we're almost there." Nick said.
Judy answered in a small yawn, "Don't wanna. Still sleep." Before cuddling more into her mate.
Nick couldn't help but chuckle how the bunny can have her kit moments, before looking to see the station get closer, and decided to pull a fast one. "Did your parents invite the entire burrow?" He asked out loud.
When the word parents reached her ear, Judy was wide awake in a heartbeat, and looking out the same window as Nick. Realizing she has been had, "Not funny, you jerk fox." She said, giving him a slight pout.
After releasing a small laugh, "Sorry Carrots, I just couldn't resist pulling a fast on you." Nick said, with a sincere smile, before giving her a kiss on the head, which put on a smile on her face, "Besides, it was either that, or give you the sleeping beauty treatment, but I would have to move my tail out of the way in order to make that happen."
Judy gave off a bright blush at that thought, even more from that smirk of his, before deciding to wipe it off. With a quick reach of her paws, she grabbed the fox by the shirt collar and pulled him into a kiss on the lips, his eyes popping out. When she separated, "Well here is your kiss Ham Solo." She said with a grin, before reaching for her luggage.
Shaking himself out of that kiss, he gave off a sly smirk, "Clever bunny." Nick said, while reaching for his luggage.
"Sexy fox." Judy said, just as the train came to a complete stop. Grabbing his paw, "Come on, I want to introduce you to my family."
"Yes, yes, let's get ready to throw me in front of the firing squad." Nick said, being mostly funny, but still a bit of caution.
While Judy knew he was joking, even elbowed him to play along, she also picked up the bit of fear that ran down his body. "Don't worry Nick, the worst thing you would probably have to deal with are my younger siblings."
Even though Judy and Nick helped each other overcome their negative feelings towards things that were started in their youth, Nick had the worst of it. Him being a fox, doubling as a carnivore, made him deal with all kinds of stereotypes, even forced to live the part of a scheming hustler to live up to some kind of status quo. Along with having his dreams of becoming a Junior Ranger Scout become smashed by a group of bigot children who held him down and placed a muzzle on him just for being a predator. That is an experience that helped Judy understand how she had it a bit better than her boyfriend.
The ZPD proved to be a big help to both of them, especially when it comes to helping Judy help Nick with some of his past issues. While a small percentage of the members are either anti-fox, or anti-predator all together, the rest showed that they had Nick's back when he needed it. From some of the other predators sharing the times they dealt with prejudice, to the prey, including the big ones, saying that they well protect him, even if it means fighting other prey that intend to do him harm. Even Chief Bogo stepped up and said that he will not tolerate anybody attacking his officers for any reason, especially after Nick impressed him by calling him out on how he was setting Judy up for failure, and not actually trying to get as close to her as he would his larger officers.
Yet even with all of the good things that has been going on in their lives, when it comes to that little bit of darkness that still haunts Nick, all Judy can do is help him deal with it the best she can. And as long as her family is onboard with welcoming a fox into the family, than Nick would have more help with his demons.
After spending about an hour going down the road, Nick and Judy were just talking, while Nick checked out the countryside. The tranquility it provided was different from the craziness that happens in city life.
Once they caught site of the Hopps Family home, the two gave each a comforting squeeze before bracing themselves what is about to come.
Hey everyone, here is the first chapter of my latest story. I know it's not a perfect start, but I just wanted to introduce the happy couple first, and then bring in Nick's future in-laws. Right now I'm doing a lot of firsts with this fic, one of them being that this is based off of a Disney, so bear with me. Read and Review.