My mind was blank. No thoughts dared to cross it, until…I saw myself getting rammed by a car.

*gasp!*

I jolted out from my sea of unconscious, breathing spastically. I tried to calm myself down, and so far it's working. My breathing gradually gets normal, and I took a deep breath.

Inhale,

Exhale.

I never thought sunlight is this blaring before. I needed to squint my eyes before I could focus on my surroundings. Apparently I'm in some sort of a park. Trees and bushes are all over the place. But I didn't see any people around. Where the heck am I anyway? More questions started filling my mind, but I simply brushed them off, thinking it would hurt my head more.

I stood up and checked my belongings. I then instinctively dug my right pocket.

"Thank God, it's still here."

I thanked my lucking stars that my phone were still intact. I turned it on, and opened Contacts app. I need to call Leina.

My heart sank as I stared into phone's black screen. Nothing. Nothing is in my contacts. Not my parents, not even Leina. Literally no one.

"I guess I really am dead."

I sighed and proceeded to explore the park. Nothing interesting, everything you'd see in an ordinary park is here. I guess this just is an alternate version of my world? I don't care at this point, everything is so bizarre to start making sense. I walked to the only exit of this place. A gate. I couldn't see anything past it, probably because of something plastered over it. It was closed too. I shook my head in confusion before finally opening it.

Creeeeeak!

The first thing I noticed was a looming building in the distance. It looks so tall. Is it a skyscraper? I shrugged and walk down the paved road. A bunch of flowers was scattered on the grassy plains can be seen on the left and right of me. Looks normal enough. After walking a few steps, I turned back to see where I had been. The "park" is literally just a big meadow trapped in with trees encircling it. Can something like that even happen? Whatever works in this world, I suppose.

I continued my trek to the now visible building and halted as soon as I see where the tower's bottom was placed at. In the middle of a city. A huge city.

I should be happy that I found a city, right? No. Instead of happiness, more confusion poured into my mind. The city's layout is unlike anything I've seen before. Same as the buildings. There are so many different shapes and sizes of these buildings and houses. One that can even fit mouse, or an elephant even.

But that's not the reason so many questions befell me. The main reason is there are animals. So many species of animals. The are walking on two legs, wearing human clothing, and doing human activities! Most of all…they are everywhere.

I might be going insane.


After that mind-bending introduction to the city, I thought I need a place to sit and collect my thoughts. Anywhere. Just to grasp on what the fuck is happening right now. Thankfully I spotted a restaurant-like building across the road, which had a sign that reads "Bug-Burga", so I immediately went there while carefully crossing the road. Don't want to make the same mistake twice, huh?

I pushed the door open and took a look at the customers. Sure enough, not a single hint of humans. I then scanned the room. It appears to be a fast-food restaurant. I sighed and went to the nearest table, clutching my head as I sat.

"Okay, okay, calm down. Maybe this is just another "city" where animals live like humans. I've seen plenty of those from the movies, so I just need to calm down. I mean, there should be some human here, right? And they probably know us as well. So I should be fine for the time being…"

I was lost in thought before a small hand, or should I say paw, patted my arm. I turned to see the person who patted me. No one.

"I'm down here!" a voice called which I supposed to be a female.

I looked down to see who's calling me, only to be greeted with a grey-furred rabbit in a…police suit? Well, at least there are law enforcements here.

"Are you okay, sir? You looked…pale. Should I take you to a hospital?" she asked with concern in her tone.

"Ah! No, no I'm okay! I... I was just spacing out! No need to worry, officer!" I replied with a slight stutter in my voice.

Wait, this may be actually my chance to figure out where the heck this is!

"Excuse me, officer, I don't mean to sound weird, but…do you know where we are?"

I saw a glint of confusion coming from her face. Not surprising.

"Are you lost? We're in Bug-Burga, the biggest fast-food chain in Zootopia. Are you sure you're okay, though? Do you need help getting home?"

Zootopia? Is that this city's name? Pretty fitting if you ask me.

"No, I'm fine…" I paused, thinking what to ask next. "Erm, have you seen…" I hesitated for a while. I don't think I should ask her this, but…

"Have you seen another human around here?" I finally spouted the question.

"Human? What's a human?"

I was taken aback with her answer. Certainly there should be another human around here, right? Right? If she really doesn't know what a human is, then...shouldn't she be surprised at me? I mean, to her, I'm probably some alien species that came to this city, but her expression so far seemed…normal. Like any other humans.

"You don't know what a human is!?"

"Err…no. I've never heard of that term before. What makes you think I know a human? Is it some kind of a new species?"

"I mean, I'm a human! So I just assumed you've seen one before. Are you sure you've never met someone that looks like me!?"

Her expression changed to downright confusion.

"Sir, with all due respect, I don't think a fox like you is a 'human'. I honestly don't know what you are talking about right now."

"Wait, what?"

"Did she just say that…I'm a fox?"

I slowly turned my head to the left, aiming for the medium sized mirror at the corner.

What I saw was…a red fox. Sitting on a chair with a rabbit standing beside him, wearing the exact same clothing as I was, and…my scarf. It dawned on me almost immediately that my 'new life' is probably this. So apparently I got turned into an anthropomorphic fox, in a world where anthropomorphic animals replace humans. No wonder I saw some people eyeing me on the way here since foxes are known to be shifty and untrustworthy. Which was also me…

I tried to put as much logic as I could into my assumption. But no matter how much I did, it would always sound bizarre. But if this is the new life for me, then-

I've been staring into the mirror for 2 minutes before my head starts spinning. Pain roared everywhere inside my head, and I almost caught a glimpse of a shadow in the mirror. The most terrifying part was that the shadow resembled a lot like Leina.

My consciousness then was replaced by nothingness.


And that's Zootopia! I don't think I've described it very well, but that may just be the limit of my choice of vocabulary. It's a pretty short update all in all. And yes, Leina will play a major part in this story in a future chapter. Until then, see you on the next chapter, and good night!