Disclaimer: I do not own Zootopia or any of its characters, they all belong to Disney. Rated M for sexual themes.

A Vacation in BunnyBurrow is the prequel to this story.

Down the Rabbit Hole

When Judy awoke she tried to stretch, but she was still enfolded in her Fox's strong arms. She kissed her sleeping Fox and a moment later green eyes met purple ones. He rolled her onto her back and then broke the kiss. Then he hovered over her. Then she heard a noise and looked toward it. It was a rolling sound she'd heard before. Then it came to her, but that was hundreds of miles away! She slipped out from under her Fox and then ran for the mouth of the cave. Her Fox stared after her surprised.

"Nick!"

He froze for a moment and then without thinking ran after her on all fours. The sight before him brought him up short and he stood. He felt his bunny's hand on his arm and he pulled her to him. Waves crashed against base of cliff below them and they both turned in unison looking back at the same cave where they'd spend the night.

"Where are we?"

"Fluff, I have no idea."

They sat on the beach and watched the sunset. The waves came ashore and then rolled back. It was beautiful. He put an arm around his bunny and she laid her head on his shoulder. When it started to get dark they gathered driftwood and lit a fire. Thank God she'd brought that backpack with them! The air had cooled a bit and the warmth felt wonderful. Judy had laid out a picnic blanket and set out the food. Then she looked at him.

"It'll be OK," he said and hugged his bunny. "Old Nick'll find us a way back."

She returned the hug fiercely and then pulled back.

"Nick, I'm …"

Her eyes had turned watery and he put a hand to her face.

"Ok. Oh you bunnies, you're so emotional."

She swatted him lightly and then hugged him again.

"We'd better eat," she said and smiled at her Fox.

"We'll need to keep our strength up for later," he said and winked at her.

She blushed and then he leaned over to kiss the tip of her nose.

As they ate the moon rose and the stars came out. His bunny looked up and studied the sky.

"Well that's not our moon, but the stars are the familiar ones. At least we're in our solar system or one nearby." Her Fox looked at her with raised eyebrows and she smiled at him. "Astronomy is one of my hobbies since I was a kit. When you live on a farm the night sky is very clear and there aren't many lights. Remember the telescope in my room?"

He nodded.

"Too bad we don't have it now."

"Maybe," she said thumping her forehead and then digging around in her backpack. "Yes!"

She came up with a pair of binoculars and smiled.

"You sure you didn't pack the telescope in there?"

She smiled and gave him the finger. He laughed and then started on his sandwich. It was chicken - his favorite.

"Would you have an extra piece of lettuce?"

She handed over a piece and he gave her a wink. She rolled her eyes and smiled. Then his bunny began to scan the sky between nibbles on a piece of lettuce and after ten minutes she put the binoculars down and concentrated on her food. Nick finished his and put some more wood on the fire. Then he noticed there were only a few pieces left and went down the beach to gather more. Later he came running back.

"Judy look!"

He held his shirt like a sack and dumped the contents. Six large dead crabs lay in the sand. Judy made a face.

"At least I'll have some meat if we are here for a while. Now if I only had a pot."

She reached in her backpack pulled out a small pot and handed it to him. He smiled and went back to the cliff several times and eventually returning with three large thin flat rocks. He buried two in them in the sand sticking up facing each other and laid the third on top of them. Then he transferred some fire beneath and put some more wood on it. Then he filled the pot with seawater.

"Would you have some forks?"

"Yes," she said and handed him two.

When the water was boiling and he put the first crab in after removing the legs. He'd put them in afterward and after five minutes he took out a leg and tried it. He put it back in and another three minute tried again. It was perfect! He took out the other legs and eased the meat out of one. He blew on it and popped into his mouth. He sighed with pleasure.

"The great predator devourers his prey," she said and he only smiled at her.

She handed him her canteen. He sipped for it and returned it.

"Would you like to try some?" he asked and received a glare in return. "Maybe we can do a bit of exploring in the morning."

He cooked the rest of the crabs and ate his fill and saved some for breakfast. Then he went and collected more driftwood. Judy walked down the beach away from the fire's glare to do more stargazing. Nick returned and built up the fire and then he walked down the beach to join his bunny.

"I know where we are," she said and pointed to a small bluish oval. "That's our world and its moon." She handed her Fox the binoculars. "This is the other planet which is closest to ours. I've read that scientists suspected that this world had life since they knew it had liquid water and an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere like ours. This world's orbit is a bit closer in and five million miles behind ours."

"And how did we get here to Judy's World?"

"Judy's World!" she said and laughed.

"Well then, how about Hopps' World?"

She looked thoughtful for a moment and smiled.

"I Judith Laverne Hopps and …"

She motioned to her Fox.

"Nicholas Piberius Wilde …"

"hereby claim WildeHopps World for Zootopia."

They both giggled and then hugged each other.

"You put my name first."

"You always put the person you love first."

The hug turned into a kiss and a few moments later they lay next to each other on the blanket. After a few minutes their clothes mysteriously disappeared and her Fox pulled her close. One hand cupped a breast and other made lazy circles in the creamy white fur on her belly. Then she felt her Fox's tongue on the back of her neck and she shivered. The hand on her belly slid lower and touched her sex.

"Nick!" she cried.

A moment later his erection slipped inside her. She felt the intrusion and then they slowly and gently made love. Time drifted away and at some point she felt his jaw tighten on her neck. Then her muscles tighten on him and she felt him swell.

"Oh Fluff!"

A few seconds later she felt her Fox's warmth spreading inside her and heard and felt his panting breath.

"Nick?"

She heard him chuckle and felt him kiss the back of her neck.

"Maybe we could try that again."

"Practice makes perfect."

Somewhat later they felt asleep in each others' arms still in a passionate embrace.

Judy woke and was able slip away from her Fox without waking him. The fire had burned down to coals and she put on some more wood to rekindle it. Then she walked up slope to take care of a pressing issue and returned after a few minutes. The Sun hadn't been up long and there still was a bit of a chill in the air. She huddled near the fire to warm up.

"Beautiful."

She jumped literally and her fox chuckled. Only then did she remember that she was still naked from last night. She blushed and felt her Fox envelope her in his arms. Then he pulled her onto his lap.

"Nick," she said, "I want to get cleaned up."

He turned her around and smiled.

"Can I at least have a kiss?"

"Always."

The kiss grew more passionate and she pulled away.

"Nick, we can't make love all day."

"No, but I wouldn't mind giving it a try."

"Me too, but," she began and put a finger on the tip of his nose, "I really want to clean up. Let's walk down the beach as see if we can find fresh water stream."

"OK, but we are taking these," he said and handed a spear to his bunny. "I made these yesterday just in case."

"But…"

"What if we meet a savage predator," he said and looked her in the eye. "Remember Manchas. What if we met something like him? We were just lucky we got away from him!"

"But…"

"I'd rather have these and not need them, then need them and not have them."

Judy sighed and put on her clothes. Then she started walking down the beach and her Fox followed.

After a few miles they found a good size stream flowing in the ocean and followed it inland. The stream was fairly shallow, but wide. As they walked they heard noises from the trees.

"I guess they are birds like the chickens and turkeys we have back home," Nick said shading his eyes. "They sure are a lot smaller. You couldn't even make a good meal out any of them."

His bunny looked at him and made a face. He shrugged and kept walking. After another mile they felt a vibration in the ground and a little further on a noise started which got louder as they went. As they went around a bent in the stream it widened out and the noise became a roar.

"I've never seen a waterfall before!" Nick yelled. "Now we can have a shower! Come on!"

Nick put the backpack down and Judy reached in and got a bottle of soap. She stripped, stood under the water for a few seconds, stepped back, and soaped up. Nick washed her back and then she rinsed off. Then Judy did the same thing for her Fox. They climbed the bank to the top of the waterfall and sat in the sun to dry. After dressing they walked further upstream until they could hear each other.

"So do you want to keep going?" Nick asked. "We need to be back before it gets dark."

"Let's go on a bit more."

"Judy Hopps the great explorer!" he said and smiled.

"Come on."

They walked for another hour and the land became flat with tall grass on both sides of the stream.

"Want to stop for a rest?"

"Sure."

They stopped and Judy put her feet in the water and lay back on the shore. Nick sat next to her to keep watch. Just as they were getting ready to move on Judy heard the grass rustle. They both turned toward the sound and raised their spears. Nick looked over at Judy and grinned. She growled.

Out of the grass came a rabbit and followed by a bobcat a moment later. The cat stopped, looked at them, and hissed. Nick thrust his spear forward and the cat backed up. Then Judy did the same thing and yelled. The bobcat jumped straight up a foot in the air and then ran off.

"Well, I'm impressed."

"And so you should be."

She felt something touch her leg and looked down to see a small brown rabbit. She immediately dropped to all fours and faced it. The rabbit stood on its hind legs and scented her. Judy did the same thing and it licked her mussel. Carefully she held out her hand the smaller rabbit sniffed it and then she began to gently pet it.

"Nick, slowly reach in the back pack and give me a piece of lettuce," she whispered. "It's on top."

He did as she asked and put the lettuce in her hand. She slowly sat back and held out her hand. The rabbit looked at her and then sniffed the lettuce. Then it hopped in her lap and began to eat. She slowly stroked it and felt its heartbeat slow.

"Nick, this is a fully grown rabbit," she said in a calm voice. "When you talk don't raise your voice or move very fast and don't come any closer."

"How do you know it's fully grown?"

"Because this doe is pregnant and it will deliver in a few days."

"And how do you know that?"

"My mother has been pregnant enough times that I know the scent and I've also helped deliver her kits several times."

"So what do want to do now?"

"Just give me time for her to get use to me and then we'll head back."

Nick carefully stood and walk slowly away from his bunny. That rabbit Judy held was simply an animal with only instinct to guide it as was the bobcat which had been chasing it. How could intelligence develop in animals on his planet while not on this one? He stopped a few hundred feet away so he could keep an eye on his bunny, but then walked to the tall grass which was up to his waist and circled back around. After five minutes he smelled blood and found a dead male rabbit which must have been killed by the bobcat judging be the claw marks and bites. After that he held his spear ahead of him pushing grass aside as he went. When he came out of the grass he was few hundred feet back the way they'd came and waved at his bunny.

Judy saw her Fox and stood to follow as he started back the way they'd come. After ten minutes she only walked a dozen paces behind him.

"It kinda like having your on kit, isn't it?"

"Yes, I suppose it is. I'd like to keep her safe, but…"

"She'll be safer with us."

They got back to the beach in the late afternoon. Nick went to gather some more driftwood and she lit the fire. As soon as the little rabbit saw the fire it hid behind Judy. She turned and hopped into her lap. She calmed it and held it close. God, it was like having a kit! Nick returned and smiled at the scene.

"I think you'll make a good mother," he said quietly.

She smiled and he slowly held out a hand. The little rabbit sniffed it and drew back. Then it sniffed it again and gave it a little lick. Then it snuggled back to Judy.

"Well that's a start," she said and smiled. "Yesterday you asked how we got here. Well, there can only be one answer."

"The cave," they said in unison.

"So we spend the night there and see what happens," Nick said. "All three of us."

They climbed back to the cave and spread out the blanket. They had a quiet supper and finished off everything Judy brought. If this didn't work they'd have to start foraging for food for all of them. They went out to the ledge and took a few more pictures with their phones. They'd almost filled the memories on both phones with pictures.

Judy had taken many detailed pictures of this planet's moon, their world, and the stars. Since Judy knew more a plants she had take pictures, gathered specimens, seeds of plants she didn't recognize. They'd also filled the canteen with seawater hoping to bring back the tiny sea life from this world. With all the exercise of the day they soon grew drowsy and felt asleep.

When Judy woke she still heard the surf and shook Nick awake.

"We're still here!" she cried.

He held his bunny and rocked her. Then a low hum began and grew. Ten seconds later three things happened simultaneously: the sound of the surf vanished, the light changed, and their ears popped. They ran to the entrance, looked out, and hugged each other. They were back!

They gathered everything up and hurried back to truck. She gave Nick the keys and he raised an eyebrow.

"Just drive!"

Twenty minutes later they pulled at the Hopps Burrow and as soon as they got out of the car Judy's parents and half the Hopps clan poured out of the place.

Stu opened his mouth and Judy put a finger to her lips.

"Wait," she said and reached back into the truck.

She put the little bunny in the crook of her arm and turned. Her parent's eyes grew wide.

"This is a full grown rabbit and she is going to deliver soon."

"Bring her to the birthing room," Bonnie said being practical. "Come on."

Nick smiled as he watched them go.

"Where have you two been for the last two and half days?"

"Down the rabbit hole and to another world."