Before the End

Chapter 2: New recruits

After unpacking Nick headed to the main building, building A for his first day of training. It was a large lecture room with a whiteboard and a projector at the front of the room. There were already some other recruits in the room so Nick took a seat down in front so he would be able to see. A young male leopard who was a bit scrawny for a leopard spotted Nick from across the room and walked up to him.

"Hi I'm Tristan," The leopard said kindly.

Nick turned to the friendly leopard. "Nick, nice to meet you."

"Wow you must be the first fox to join the academy," Tristan boasted.

"That I am," Nick smiled.

"I heard about you but I didn't think we'd be in the same class," Tristan went on.

Before they could say anything else major Friedkin walked in the room as everyone in the room took a seat as fast as they could. Friedkin introduced herself and started giving her standard introduction speech which went hand and hand with a slideshow she made showing the different areas in Zootopia and everything the academy had to offer. After the lecture Friedkin announced that the next day they would be working outside on the different obstacles. After beening dismissed Nick planned to go back to his dorm to read up on some textbooks he was assigned when a grey wolf stopped him.

"Hey fox, you have some nerve being here," The wolf taunted.

"Oh do I," Nick questioned.

"What good would you be to the ZPD... a small fox like you no wonder there has never been one on the force before," The wolf growled.

Just as Nick was going to say something Tristan spoke out. "Who are you to judge him, you don't know what he's capable of... I mean a bunny just graduated from here and is working at the ZPD!"

The wolf just bared his teeth before walking off and as he did Nick called out. "You should think about flossing, it does wonders for that plaque!"

Tristan let out a chuckle before looking down at Nick.

"Sorry about him, that's just Adrian... he has always been like that," Tristan informed.

"Is that so," Nick muttered.

"Yeah... I've had to deal with him since first grade," Tristan complained.

"Well thanks for standing up for me... not many animals do that," Nick said greatfully.

"No problem, you seem like a nice male and when it comes to Adrian I'm always willing to lend a helping paw," Tristan said happily.

After Nick and Tristan said their goodbyes Nick went back to his dorm room. He studied for a while then relaxed waiting for Judy to get off work. Finally Nick got a text from Judy that said, "Hey slick how was your first day?" Nick sent a reply that said, "It went alright, nothing I didn't really expect." Not a minute later Nick got another text, "Don't worry you'll be graduating before you know it!"

Nick couldn't help but smile, Judy could somehow even make him happy through a text message. He quickly replied back, "Whatever you say carrots." Judy came back with, "I'll come visit you tomorrow alright." Nick didn't have to think long about what to say next, "Well then how about lunch?" Judy replied quicker than Nick expected, "Alright but you're buying." Nick shot back, "This is me we're talking about, I'm nothing if not a gentleman."

With that Judy replied, "As always, see you tomorrow slick." Nick replied back, "See ya tomorrow carrots." Excitement filled Nick's eyes as he thought about have lunch with Judy, it would be the first time they got the chance to after the night-howler case. Deciding to join the ZPD and getting accepted into the academy all went so fast Nick bearly had the chance to reflect on how much his life has changed since a little bunny broke into it. Nick got ready for bed and set a alarm on his phone unsure if he would even be able to sleep, he knew it wasn't like he was going to dinner with her or anything but lunch was better than nothing.

A/N: Hey everyone, here with chapter 2 I hope you enjoyed it... sorry it's a bit short next chapter will be longer and probably won't be uploaded for a few days. Sorry if the plot seems a bit boring now but don't worry I don't know exactly how long this story will be but I have some interesting things planned, chapter 3 will be about Nick's first day with the obstacle course and Nick's lunch with Judy. Please RR to let me know what you think of the story and I'm open to suggestions, if you have anything in mind feel free to PM me. Thanks so much for reading!