Nick pulled into the basement garage of what he said was his apartment complex. They had already changed at the police department into their casual clothes, with Nick wearing a green shirt and grey slacks, and Judy wearing a grey shirt and blue pants. He parked in between a black truck and an elevator. Apparently in the ZPD, you were allowed to take home the police cruiser as a personal vehicle, so that was the vehicle we were using. That was pretty cool, I thought. I've never heard of that back where I was from. I waited patiently for Nick to open the door since I couldn't open it myself. Y'know, cop cars… Once he opened the door I hopped out onto the ground. Nick and Judy walked on both sides of me. This time however, Instead of holding only Judy's hand, I was holding both their hands. Something about holding hands with cops- or rather, semi-strangers, was weird. Nonetheless, they were an authority figure, so what they said goes.

We walked into the elevator. Nick clicked on the button reading the number 4. The doors closed, and we began to go up the building. No elevator music? Hmm… Oh wait, is that only in malls? It feels like it's been so long since I've been to a mall. The elevator dinged, snapping me out of my thoughts. "Let's go Jin. It's not too far from here," Judy said as she led the way, still holding my hand. This is the most physical contact I've ever received from someone in one day, and it's not even with a human… I sighed mentally. We walked down a hallway, and past a few doors before stopping at a door on the left. The plates on the front read 405. Nick put the key into the lock, unlocked it, and opened the door.

For an apartment, it felt pretty roomy. To the immediate left was a counter, and behind that led into the kitchen. To the right of us was a small closet, filled with mostly jackets and shoes. In front of us was a living room with a couch, a square table in the middle, and a TV against the wall. A little past that was a balcony, and there was a hallway to the right. I noticed that there were a few boxes in the corners, fully packed and taped. "What are those for?" I asked. I imagined they must have just moved in.

However, what Judy said was the opposite of what I thought. "Our lease is running out in a month. We're planning on moving out," She explained.

"Oh. Where are you moving to?"

"We've scouted a very nice house for a reasonable price not too far away from the police station, and near a good school. It's got a lot more room to move around, which I loooooove." Judy responded.

"We're planning on having a kid soon, so we wanted to move to a place where there's more space for them to play, and grow up in a good neighborhood." Nick explained further.

"That makes sense. How are you going to have the kid? And when?" I asked.

"Carrots, you got this," Nick said quickly as he walked towards the living room at a brisk pace.

"Nick no- ugh! Okay, Jin. When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much, the, uh, stork brings them a baby."

"..."

"But, even though Nick and I love each other very much, the stork will not bring us a baby."

I have… SO many questions that maybe I shouldn't ask. I didn't know what to say, so I stood there with a dumbfounded face. I could tell Judy was getting flustered because she started to dart her eyes around the room. "Because the stork won't bring us the baby, we're going to adopt a child from an orphanage. He may not be ours by blood, but we're going to love them all the same."

"... Um… Okay," I finally responded. It never occurred to me just how confusing something like that was for a kid. All she had to say was that they weren't compatible, and I would have easily understood that. Then again, I doubt she knows i'm actually 15.

"A-Anyways, let's show you to your bedroom." She led the way down the hallway. There were 3 doors, one on the left, right, and straight ahead. "This is the bathroom," Judy said as she opened the door to the left. The bathroom seemed relatively small. All it had was a toilet, a sink, and a shower. No bath huh? Judy opened the door on the right side of me. "This is the guest room, where you can sleep until we find a new living arrangement or your parents." She opened the door wider to allow me to look inside. It was rather barren, mostly filled with boxes and a small wooden desk. There was carpet in the room, one of the only places that seemed to have it besides the living room. "If you need anything, you can find us either in the living room or our room, which is right here," She said as Judy pointed at hers and Nick's room down the hallway. "Come out whenever you're ready to. I'm planning on making dinner soon." Judy said as she stepped out of the room.

Now alone, I neatly folded my human pants and shirt and put them on the dresser. I pulled my phone out of the pocket and tried to turn it on. Surprisingly, it did, and after a few moments, booted up. What!? I quickly went to contacts and went to Harry's number. I hovered over it, trying to decide if I should call him. What would I say? 'Hey Harry it's Jin, I need help as i'm in another world?' I noticed the red in the top right of the phone's screen. 4% battery remained. It was now or never, so I clicked on his portrait and began to call him.

Its...ringing!? My heart began to pick up its pace just thinking about Harry answering his phone. It was still ringing. Finally, someone picked up. I felt myself shaking as he answered the phone.

"Hello?" I heard a voice on the other side.

"H-..." I paused a second, before answering. "Harry?" I asked. I debated speaking in German, since he and I both spoke it pretty well. We decided to learn it in middle school so we could talk in another language without other kids understanding us, or teachers for that matter. Needless to say, we cheated on quite a few tests in high school. The only reason we're taking the starter classes in high school was because we wanted easy A's. I remembered the good times, but I pushed them out of my mind because Harry began to respond.

"Uh...Sorry you have the wrong number. This is Julien," The voice replied.

My hopes crashed into the floor. "I-I see. Sorry." I managed before I hung up. With that my phone died, and I doubt they had any sort of charger for a human phone. I had a bad habit of setting myself up for failure and disappointment. This was one of those moments. I had to hold in my sadness, and resist the urge to cry. I sat down on the ground, leaning my back against the bed. "I'm never going home," I said. Something about saying it out loud made me realize I was never going back. Silent tears fell from my eyes. I managed to keep my crying to a minimum, only occasionally hiccuping. I just wanted to be alone right now and grieve for the life I lost. Sure Nick and Judy were good people, and no doubt good cops, but they shouldn't have to take care of me. I was a 15 year old trapped in a 3 year old's body. Claire's going to get in trouble because I disappeared, and there's nothing I could do about it. It wasn't her fault, she shouldn't have to pay.

Would they take away Mia, Josh, and Billy? That wasn't fair! Just because I screwed up, she was going to pay. I didn't hear Judy announce dinner, or even enter the room. "Jin, dinners- Hey, what's wrong." She asked. Dammit, I hate it when someone sees me cry. She sat down next to me.

"I-I'm never going to get back h-home…" I stuttered. "We're n-not going to find Claire, and she'll get in trouble because I-I'm a foster kid. They'll take away the other kids, and-" I hiccuped, unable to continue further.

Judy pulled me into a hug and rubbed my back in an attempt to calm me down. "Jin, it's okay. We're going to help you find them. No matter what. We're police officers, our job is to help people. We'll find your foster parent, don't worry."

"You don't understand. They're not here. They're not in Zootopia."

"Sweetie, don't worry okay? If we can't find them, we'll find some sort of living arrangement. You have to trust me though, okay? Do you trust me?"

I had to think about it. She wasn't going to understand that they weren't in this world. However, I did trust her. Maybe she couldn't find Claire. However, she could always set me up to live in another foster home, or even get adopted. I wouldn't mind being adopted and having parents, and I was the perfect age for it now. Maybe something good could come out of this if I couldn't get back home. Maybe… I could have real parents this time? It wasn't a 100% chance of it happening, but it could happen…

I nodded. "I trust you Mrs. Wilde. I'm sorry…"

"There's no need to be sorry. Don't worry about it, we'll find something out. I promise, everything will work out in the end. C'mon, let's go eat dinner," She said as she stood up and extended her hand. "I made spaghetti, hope that's alright." I took her hand and stood up. Spaghetti was the last thing I ate together with Claire and Mia. I pushed the thought out of my head. I just finished crying, I'm not about to start again. I nodded. I held Judy's hand as we walked out of the room and into the living room.

We walked out into the living room. I hadn't noticed it before, but they didn't have a dining table. It was probably packed, no doubt. Actually, I noticed that lots of things weren't there, such as no shelves, desks, or paintings/pictures. It was just a wooden floor until you got to the living room, which you took a step down into a slightly lower area which was covered by carpet, and even then there was only a couch and a recliner with a table in the middle, and a TV on the wall.

"Hey Jin, you've never had Judy's spaghetti, have you? It's amazing!" He exclaimed. He was sitting on the couch taking a bite of Judy's spaghetti, so I imagined it was safe to eat on it.

"Oh stop it Nick, it's not that good," Judy responded. I sat down next to him, and Judy sat down on my other side, putting me in the middle. She handed me a small bowl, and a fork, then grabbed one from the table. She must have made it and set it before she came to get me. I began to slowly eat a bit. "How do you like it?" She asked.

Honestly, it was really good. Dare I say, better than Claire's? I wouldn't go that far, but it was definitely up there. I think if she put a bit more sauce, it would be a 10/10. However, I wasn't about to critique someone who was giving me free food in a foreign world. Maybe I could cook with her at some point? I did enjoy cooking… I returned to Judy's question. "I like it a lot. Nick was right, it's amazing." I said.

"Oh stop it you two. It's just average spaghetti," She said, blushing. I looked at Nick, and he gave me a sly smile. "What are you watching, Nick?" Judy asked.

"Nothing at the moment. Jin, do you want to watch cartoons?" Nick asked me. I thought about it for a second. I was always into animated shows, but judging by the age everyone thought I was, it would probably be early age cartoons teaching me how to dance or teaching my numbers. I was actually more tired than I thought, and I'd rather sleep soon than watch childish cartoons.

"Um… It's up to you," I responded. Nick clicked the remote, changing the channel to 13. Just as I thought, toddler cartoons came onto the T.V. 3 children appeared in a big open field, a tiger, a deer, and a panda. They were trying to figure out which way to go to get to a party. Remembering how some shows in my world were like this, I decided to give it a watch. Maybe, just maybe, I could learn something about this world that I didn't already know.

One of the animals was afraid of going to the party, apparently because a majority of the animals there were "predators." It was the deer, saying she was afraid of predators because she had been bullied by a wolf a long time ago for being "prey." It was at this point that the tiger and panda began to say how she wouldn't have to be afraid because predator and prey co-existed in zootopia, and they were not like their ancestors anymore. The show began to go into detail of what a predator was, and what prey was. Hmm? I've heard them use predator and prey before, but I didn't know what they meant. So, according to this show, animals that don't eat meat are prey, and animals that do are predators? I guess that makes sense. So a long time ago, they used to be like the animals on my world? So that means they must've evolved, or something along those lines. Hmm… I'll have to check out a book or something. But that brings up another question. If they evolved to coexist, can I really be sure that I'm in another world, and not the future? No… That couldn't be right, because I haven't seen anything about humans. I redirected my attention to the show. They were still traveling to the party, but now they began to sing to the deer, who was still scared because she was bullied by the wolf. They began to sing about how bullying is wrong, and we should be friends regardless if someone is a predator or prey.

I was actually getting caught up in the show. This is like drugs for children! My childish brain wouldn't allow me to look away. I was still eating the spaghetti as I watched TV I hadn't been able to eat and watch TV in so long.

Finally, the show ended with them getting to the party, and the wolf who bullied the deer earlier apologizing for how he was acting, and he just said he had a bad day. She accepted the apology, and then they all danced. It was a rather cheesy ending, but heartwarming nonetheless. I couldn't help but to smile at the ending.

"Ready for bed, Jin?" Nick asked. I yawned as I nodded. "Alright, but first let's get you a bath. You're probably dirty from these last couple of days, and I bet a bath would make you feel great."

"A bath? I didn't see any," I remarked.

"There's one in our bathroom. Follow me," Nick said as he stood up. He quickly pulled out his phone and did something before putting it back away. I followed him as he went into his room. As this was my first time being in their room, I noticed that they had a pretty large bed. Had to be queen or king. Other than that, they had a small TV at the wall opposite of the bed, and a dresser. The rest was mostly boxes. There were 2 doors in the room. One was the bathroom, which Nick opened, and the other must have been a closet. I ignored the closet and went into the bathroom.

It was bigger than the other bathroom, but not by much. Nick was right though, they did have a bath in there. He began to turn one of the knobs and water poured out. He put the plug on the bottom so no water would escape. Oh no. He's not going to stay here is he? He is, isn't he. Well, at least he's responsible. He'd make a good father. But damn… This is embarrassing.

Once the bath was a suitable level of height and warmth, Nick turned the water off. "Alright, let's get you out of those clothes and into the bath," He said. I slowly began to undress myself, putting the clothes to the side. Once I was fully undressed, Nick helped me into the bathtub. I made sure to cover myself with my hands and, to my surprise, my tail. I still wasn't sure how to control my tail, but I had a faint idea. At the very least, it wasn't as hard to control as making my claws come out.

"I-I can bathe myself, you know," I stuttered, embarrassed.

"Nice try, but you're only around 3. Last I checked, children under 6 should never be left unsupervised in the bathtub," Nick replied factually.

"Ok…"

Nick began to put shampoo on my head. "Close your eyes, I'm going to wash your fur," He said. My ears instinctively went back as Nick began to scrub my head, attempting to get any and all dirt out of my head. Considering I slept on the ground last night, It probably was good I was getting a bath, although I did much prefer showers. It didn't matter though, because as long as I was a young snow leopard, I wasn't going to be very independent. Nick finished with my head and began to work on my shoulders and neck. Apparently, washing yourself when you had fur took much more work than if you just had skin. As soon as Nick's hand left my head, my ears perked up. There's another thing I don't know how to control.

Nick began to scrub my back. I still kept my eyes clothes in order to not get any soap in them. He finished with my back and then cleaned my arms. "Hold on, keep your eyes closed," He said as he grabbed something from the bath. I felt water being poured on my head, cleaning away all the dirt and the soap. I still kept my eyes closed while he continued to wash me off. I heard the door open. "Huh? Oh, thanks Judy!" Nick thanked as the door closed again. "Alright, we're almost done, let's just get your legs. Stand up real quick."

I did as he said and he began to clean my legs and my lower back. This was as uncomfortable as you'd expect, but thankfully he only did it briefly. He cleaned my tail as well, and I gave a small yelp. I didn't like people touching it, I could tell that much for sure. Nick apologized, cleaned it more gently, and washed it off.I was allowed to sit back down as Nick finished cleaning me. He poured water on me a few more times, just making sure all the soap was gone. "We're good to go, you're all clean now," Nick proclaimed as he pulled the plug, letting the water slowly drain. By this point I was struggling to stay awake, and Nick had to help me get out of the bath. He grabbed a towel and began to dry me off. I had to say, I did feel very clean afterwards, and I would have thanked Nick for bathing me if I was more awake.

With myself mostly dry, I was looking for my clothes. "Don't worry, we got pajamas for you. Lift your arms," Nick commanded. I did as he said, lifting my arms. He put a shirt over me, and helped me put my pants on. At this point, I was leaning on the wall, trying to stay awake. "Hold on little guy, I got you."

Nick lifted me up and put me over his shoulder. I closed my eyes. I normally wouldn't feel comfortable being picked up and carried, but I was barely conscious. These pajamas fit well. Whatever they were made out of, they were comfortable. More comfortable than the pajamas I had back home. Nick left the bathroom and walked out. I heard Judy's voice momentarily before Nick gave a quiet "Shhh." Judy let out an "Awww" before we went into what I presumed was the hallway. Shortly after, Nick put me down on something and covered me with a blanket.

"Goodnight, Jin," He whispered as he turned the light off. At this point, I was already pretty far away consciously, but I managed to give a response, although I wasn't sure what I really meant.

"Night...Dad."

Real quick author note. You probably don't know, but I freeball updates, deciding to update whenever I feel like. Usually, I like to update once a week or once every two weeks. This is not set in stone, do not expect it to be.

Also, any reviews are greatly appreciated. If you notice anything or just give me an idea, go ahead and review it. I read all of them, and enjoy reading them. Seriously, tell me what I could change. Maybe you want to say my story's good, or maybe you want to say it's shit. Whatever it is, I will read it and take it to heart, especially constructive criticism and ideas.

Also, there will be more action soon, hopefully within the next few chapters. Next chapter will most likely be a small time skip, by a few weeks. Hopefully after that and one more, we can get into more drama/action. If you're against it, just let me know in the reviews. Or don't, I don't own you.

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Special thanks to Dochnasty for helping me edit this chapter.