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Five years ago

Eddie closed the main door behind Gazette after giving her one last kiss on her cheek. He couldn't even describe how empty he felt as he friend left him alone in the large mansion. Well, not alone per se, and now that he thought about it, Gazette wasn't just a friend anymore. The young human smiled as he walked toward a grand staircase, but stopped when he heard a small, light giggle. He turned and saw his older sister Bea and the head maid, Emilia Otterton standing in one off the side hallways. Beatrice was wearing a white track uniform that contrasted her dark skin, while Emilia wore a simple black dress. Emilia had come to work for the Jackson household for as long as Eddie can remember. One of his favorite memories were of the otter helping him go to sleep when he was a little cub by reading a bedtime story as he held her close like a stuffed animal.

The human female towered over both her brother and the three foot tall otter, making her appear like a giantess as she placed her fists on her hips and continued to giggle. "Looks like our little Prince Charming finally got his princess. Though, I didn't think you'd go for an older female. I guess it's because we have more experience, huh?" she said, giving the otter a playful bump.

The grey furred otter shook her muzzle and said, "Miss Beatrice, please stop teasing Master Edward. Now, Edward," Emilia walked over to her human charge, "You didn't do anything that would… dishonor Gazette did you?"

"Emilia!" Eddie said, his skin reddening as he looked down at the elderly otter, "You know how old I am! It was just a kiss!" Then he said in a small whisper, "Her and my first kiss."

"AWWWWWWW!" Bea squealed as she jumped over and gave her brother a tight hug and swung him around. "My baby brother is all grown up! I knew you and Gazette would be together, no matter what Daddy felt or said."

"Miss Beatrice, put him down!" the otter said, laughing at the sight of the male struggling in his sister's embrace.

"I….can't...breathe...Bea!" Eddie gasped, a smile on his face as he tried to get out of the female's arms. Unlike his other sisters who treated him rather badly, Beatrice was the only one who was affectionate to him. Eddie thought the reason was because Beatrice herself was rather different from her sibling because of her skin color and height, which she inherited from her mother the Second Wife of the Chancellor.

"Excuse me," a soft, but harsh voice said from the same hallway the Beatrice and Emilia came from.

"Yes, Catherine?" Beatrice said, unconsciously holder her brother tighter.

"Father wishes to speak to Edward and has sent me to fetch him," a red haired human said, her arms crossed behind her back as she spoke.

Catherine was the third oldest child, though she was born to the First Wife which made her slightly higher on the social rung of Anthros. Her long red hair was tied and twisted into a bun making her appear to even older to her two siblings. "What does he want, Sister?" Eddie asked after he managed to get out of Beatrice's hold.

The red female shrugged, "He didn't say and I didn't ask. Now come on."

Eddie looked at the two other females and saw the worried looks in their eyes and faces. Despite being portrayed as a family male on the Anthros' media, Father hardly ever interacted with his cubs unless it was at dinner time, something important was about to happen, or they were in big trouble. Eddie really hoped that is was something important.

The young male followed his sibling down the hallway and toward his Father's office. As they arrive, he sees two more females standing on either side of the study's door. On the right stood a female that was the same height as Eddie but had dark black hair and almond shaped eyes. On her hip was a strange and deadly looking sword, with a grey and black scabbard. "Hello, Delphi," Eddie greeted as he walked closer.

Delphi was born to the Third Wife, a female from a Far Eastern country whose family had emigrated to Anthros a century ago along with Beatrice's mother's ancestors. Like her three older sister, Delphi trained in combat and martial skills in order to not rely on bodyguards or to defend her father if said guards failed in their duties. The female took it to a new level when she incorporated the use of blades in her fighting style. She had perfected her swordsmanship so much, that when Father had diplomats and government officials come to visit, he would have her cut solid steel beams as if they were butter.

On the left side stood a female with blonde fur that was groomed in the same style as Catherine's, her dark blue eyes and angular features looked as if they could cut steel. She had no visible weapon like her sister, but there was a dark aura that made most mammals avoid her if possible, especially when they saw the Captain's stripes on her upper arm. "Hello, Aria," the human male said, not looking at the oldest of the Chancellor's children as he stands in front of the door.

The blond female smiled, though that somehow made her appear to be even more scary than she did before. "Father is waiting for you, little brother," Aria said, her voice filled with malice as she said the word 'brother'.

Eddie gulped, opened the study door and walked slowly inside, followed closely by his three sisters. Despite there being a fireplace that was illuminating and warming the small space, the young human felt very cold and like he had walked into a crypt. On the center of the office carpet was emblazoned the national symbol of Anthros: a large, black serpentine dragon with its tail in its mouth encircling a golden crown that appeared to be in flames. Eddie often wondered what the story was behind such heraldry, but no one seemed to know or want to explain it. Despite the image being frightening to some, it calmed and relaxed Eddie as he walked closer to a wooden desk on the other side.

Sitting behind the desk sat an older human male, with blonde fur and blue eyes like Aria but with an almost jovial sense about him as his youngest kit stood in front of him. "Edward," Chancellor Ronald Jackson said with a kind smile at his son, "How are you this evening?"

"Fine, Father," Eddie replied, taken aback by his father's warm welcome.

"I heard from one of the instructors from your school, a Sergeant Alfred Bane, that you are doing well in your studies. You seem to be giving the rest of your classmates quite the workout during Physical Studies, considering you've already been given proper training here since you were a young cub," the Chancellor continued, a small chuckle escaping his lips as he leans back into his chair.

"Well, as you always said Father, 'the body must reflect the mind and the mind reflect the body'," Eddie said, rubbing the back of his head as he chuckled as well.

Despite his age, Chancellor Jackson maintained a strict workout regimen for himself and his children to follow. That regimen required martial arts practice, swordsmanship, and meditation, which Eddie found ironic on the last on since his father was a firm atheist. "And your human classmates? I assume you are treating them with the proper respect they deserve, despite that little mishap on your first day?" the Chancellor asked, an eyebrow raised questioningly.

Eddie stopped rubbing his head and felt his whole body tense at the mention of the Tobias incident. When the young human arrived home on that day, Chancellor had yelled and thrown obscenities at his son for 'embarrassing the Jackson Household' after he had received a email from the Headmaster of St. Francis'. Luckily, when his father found out what a bully Tobias was, he had calmed down enough to simply give Eddie no proper meals for a whole week, just bread and water with no lunches at school. What Chancellor Jackson didn't know was that Emelia Otterton snuck food up to Eddie's room when she woke him up during the week. The young human could never pay the old otter enough back for that.

"Yes," Eddie answered in an uneasy tone, even though he knew that most of the humans steered clear of him once they either found out he was the Chancellor's son or about what he did to Tobias.

Chancellor Jackson simply nodded, appearing to be satisfied with his answer. "Any young human females that you might have taken an interest, hmmm?"

Eddie's blood turned ice cold at the question. "Wh..what, Father?" Eddie stammered, scared at what his father might already know.

Ronald Jackson smiled again, still in the same jovial fashion as before, "Oh come now, Edward, I was a fourteen year old once. I couldn't think of nothing else but females when I was your age. Just curious about any that might have gotten my boy's blood boiling."

The Chancellor's son's blood was still the opposite of boiling when he answered, "Uh, no, Father, I've been too busy studying to notice, unfortunately."

"Hmmm, any nonhuman females then?" the Chancellor asked nonchalantly, his paws crossed as he leaned forward onto his desk, his eyes starting to lose their humorous gleam.

Eddie's whole body tighten, fear gripping him like a python with its meal. "Sir?" he tried to reply in as calm a voice as possible.

"I thought so," the Chancellor said, his voice filled with disappointment as let out a long sigh. "You were telling the truth, Aria. It appears as if our young Edward is a deviant. I am so glad you had caught on."

The human teen turned and stared at the blonde female. 'She told him! How did she know!' Eddie thought, the fear python gripping his heart as Aria let out a soft and harsh giggle. "Anyone with a brain cell could tell you have thing for Gazette, little brother. I just set up a camera in your room and waited for the right moment to present itself. Though I never thought that you'd actually have the courage to go for that bimbo gazelle. Guess what they say about them being 'horny' is true," Aria laughed harder along with Catherine who had joined in on the humiliation by placing her index digits on her head.

Eddie's fists tightened and a growl escaped his lips. He should've known that Aria would pull something like this, just to hurt him. "Don't you dare insult her, you damn bitches!" he shouted, anger warming up his blood as he glared at his oldest sister and not caring that she could do serious damage to his spinal cord if she wanted.

Two of his sisters stared in disbelief, while Delphi stood quietly not seeming to care about what was going on around her. Never has Edward ever raised his voice toward his family members. This prey mammal must really be corrupting him, they thought. "Quiet!" the Chancellor banged a closed fist on his desk, causing several pieces of paper to fly through the air.

The term 'deer in headlights' came to mind when everyone stood as still as Delphi at their father's shout. Everyone knew better than to disobey a command from the old human male.

"Edward, I really didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice," the Chancellor said, once he had a moment to calm down and gathered up the displaced files. "Tomorrow, I am arranging for you to interview for your First Wife."

"Wait what?" Eddie said, confused by what he had just heard.

"I know it maybe a little bit too soon for some, but I met Aria's mother when I was your age and now we have a healthy, normal relationship."

"Hold up," the male teen said, a hand raised like he was stopping someone, "Interview? Normal relationship? What are you talking about?"

"Edward," the Chancellor said in a dangerously calm voice, "The sooner we nip this deviancy in the bud, the better it will be for everyone once you find a nice human wife to tame your urges."

"Better for you maybe, but not me," Edward stated, his arms crossed in defiance.

Even Delphi was shocked at this display, her eyebrows raised like her sisters' in horror. No one, at least to their knowledge, has ever dared to defy the Chancellor and live to tell about it. "What did you say, boy?" Ronald Jackson said in a dangerous tone.

Ignoring the threat in his father's tone, Eddie said, "Don't think that I don't see what's going on, Father. You are just worried that it will leak out that your only son is an 'animal lover' and embarrass the living hell out of you. This isn't about me being in a healthy relationship, it's about saving face and keeping with your damned party's dogma on how non-humans are inferior to the rest of us and how they should never mix with their 'superiors'. Gazette is the first mammal who has ever treated me with love and respect, even after she found out I was your son; and because she isn't human, you want to take that away from me? Well, I won't let you. I will reject my heritage and give my soul to the Devil before I let you keep me from the female I love."

The Chancellor stared unblinking at his son, seeming to be unphased by his outburst. Silence filled the office as the tension became so thick that one could cut it with a knife. Finally, the older human stood up from his chair and turned around as he placed both of his arms behind his back. "Captain Aria," he said in a deep commanding voice, "Arrest him."

"Wha…" Eddie started to say when he heard a crackling sound from behind him and suddenly felt his whole body tense and writhe in pain.

Aria walked around the male's twitching body, smiling sadistically as she watched her brother try to make sense of what had just happened. "That's what you get for calling me a 'bitch', little brother," Aria said, waving a small pink taser in front of Eddie's unfocused eyes before discharging another shot into his upper back as Catherine placed handcuffs around her brother's wrists.

"Don't struggle, it will only make things worse," a small, soft voice spoke into his ear.

Eddie tried to focus on where the sound had come from and saw the business end of a blade that was dangerously close to his right eye. Delphi had stepped forward as well, sword drawn and held close to her brother to encourage him not to resist the arrest, despite Aria's tasing. Catherine placed a knee into Eddie's hip as she locked the cuffs around his wrists, smiling as she saw the fear and confusion in his eyes as he sees Delphi's sword.

"You wish to reject your heritage, Edward?" the Chancellor asked, walking around the desk and watching the scene unfold before him. "You don't even know what that heritage really is. And now you will die, never know what you would have achieved."

The Chancellor snapped a digit, signalling the girls to lift up their captive brother. Eddie glared in anger and hatred for the mammal he had called his father. "So that's it? Just let me die like you did to my mother? Don't think I will go quietly," Eddie spat at the floor near the other male's feet.

"That's right," the Chancellor said with a soft, fake sympathetic voice, "I never did tell you who your mother was. I just let you think that she was some whore I bedded years ago, and that you were a product of that union."

Eddie growled and tried to get free before he felt the sharp steel of the blade across the side of his neck. "The truth is so much more interesting," Ronald said, smiling as he watched his 'son', "But since you've renounced your heritage, I guess I will leave you with this much: your mother wasn't some harlot and I was never your father."

The truth made Eddie feel like he was hit with a hundred of Aria's taser. "What did you say?"

The Chancellor smiled again, "I...am...not...your...father. And you will never know who is once Aria and her subordinates are done with you."

Not caring about the blade to his neck and still unsure on how to take this startling revelation, Eddie shouted, "I won't go quietly, I will fight you tooth and nail!"

"If you don't," Aria whispered in his ear, "I will make sure that your precious little prey will be joining you in whatever afterlife you believe in."

The human teen's eyes widen in fear, "Don't! She has nothing to do with this!"

"Oh?" Aria chuckled, "She is the cause of all this. What do you say, Father? If Eddie were to let Gazette go in his place for his 'punishment', would all be forgiven and we'd all put this silliness behind us?"

The Chancellor's dark smile widened as he answered, "Yes, all would be forgiven. So what will it be, 'Son'? Your freak perverted life or the female's? Which will your sister take?"

Eddie stared back into the Chancellor's eyes as he said, "If I go, will you promise not to harm on fur on her body?"

"You have my word, Edward. I swear by the Crown of Anthros, I will not harm her directly in anyway."

Even though he wasn't a religious mammal, Eddie knew that despite Ronald being an evil bastard, he would not make such an oath in front of witnesses if he did not intend to keep it. The human teen let out one final sigh before making his decision. "I will go then," he said, his shoulder relaxing and his back straightening as he resigned to his fate.

"Excellent," Aria said, upping the voltage before tasing Eddie in the side of his neck, causing him to pass out, darkness overcoming his senses as he hears the words, "About time you let me take out the trash."

Today

"...the next thing I know, I'm being put into a van by a fox in a Pawaiian shirt while being half naked in the middle of Tundratown as he drove me to the hospital," Eddie concluded, his face turned to the ground as he told the story to Gazelle.

"Why did Nick Wilde take you to hospital?" the singer asked, fear gripping her own heart as she waited for an answer.

Eddie's eyes were closed as he mumbled a reply. "What was that?" Gazelle said, dreading what she was about to hear.

Instead of speaking, the human his back toward her and started to pull up his shirt. When Gazelle saw what was being revealed, she gasped, "Is that…?"

"The Mark? Yes, yes it is," Eddie said, pulling his shirt down but not turning around as he continued to speak, "I don't know how I got from Anthros to Zootopia, but I do know that it took almost a whole week for me to get to that point and I don't know how."

Gazelle gaped in horror at her friend's back as she knew the significance of the scars running across the human's back. "That means you can never go back home to human who sees it or knows will kill you for being a traitor."

Eddie scoffed, "Anthros is where I am from, Gazette, but it was never my home. I rejected whatever inheritance I might have had when I made my choice. Even before the Chancellor marked me, I was an outcast." He looked over his shoulder to look at his friend and gave a small, kind and genuine smile. "Until, I met you."

"Eddie," Gazelle felt a lump form in her throat as she pulled herself closer to him and wrapped her arms around him. "You chose me. All these years, and I didn't know that you chose me."

The human felt his face redden as he said, "I chose to let you live, yes." Then he noticed the paperback that Gazelle had hidden earlier. "No way!" he shouted, causing the popstar to let go. "That weasel actually did it."

"What?"

"You got the book! I paid a weasel named Duke fifty bucks to sneak it into your room. Finnick said that I just lost both the money and the book, but I always hoped…"

Gazelle stared in utter disbelief. "You sent me this book?" she said as she picked it up and showed it to the human. "This book, right here?"

Eddie nodded and said, "Like the old poet said, 'Be true to yourself.'"

The prey mammal sobbed and threw her arms around her friend. "Eddie, that book helped me out a lot. All of those poems and sonnets helped remind me of all our times together. They helped me out so much throughout my whole career. Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Before Eddie could even respond, the gazelle kissed him straight on the lips, surprising him along with all of the eavesdroppers surrounding them. "Oh, I am so sorry!" Gazelle said as she tried to push herself away. "I don't know what came over me."

"I didn't mind it, if you want me to be honest," Eddie said, his face a bright ruby red.

Behind one bush, Aziza, Biyu, and Jill looked on with mixed emotions. Jill wished she had brought her celery pen to record Eddie's story with; Biyu was filled with sympathy and sadness for Eddie's situation; while Aziza felt herself filled with even more love and jealousy as she watched the display. Across the way, Nika and Lina were struggling to hold back tears, Lina doing a better job than her tigress friend. "Well," Nika whispered through her sniffles and somehow still managing a smile, "Do you like him now?"

The hyena nodded her head, not trusting herself to speak and conceding to the loss of the bet. Hiding herself in a tree overlooking the young couple, Skye's eyes watered as she felt something knot in her chest and she held her ring close to her chest. "Oh, Jack," she said, "How I miss you so much. Eddie is so much like you, my little tiger bunny. I wish you didn't make that same choice too."

Something else clicked in the back of the vixen's mind as remembered something her mate had told her a long time ago. "Crown of Anthros," she murmured as she silently made her way down the tree.

A seventh pair of eyes watched as the gazelle and human recovered from the spur of emotion. The tanuki smiled as a few tear drops made their way down her whiskers. Edward's story made Oba's heart break in half as she overheard the conversation. Her Walter would have loved the human and have moved mountains to defend him from such arrogant mammals. If she and her fox were able to have cubs, they would have prayed for a son like Eddie and loved him unconditionally. A thought struck Oba as wiped the last of the tears. This is what her purpose was, the reason for bringing the young mammal into her home: to give him a family he deserves.

Another thought caused the corners of her muzzle to turn into a devilish grin. If Eddie's father, the Chancellor, wanted him to have a First Wife, whatever that was, then by the Maker she will help Eddie get one like a true mother would for her cub. Her matchmaker gears turned as she snuck back into the mansion to set in motion a plan to accomplish her goal.

Back with the human and gazelle, both of whom were still blushing from embarrassment at the passionate kiss, a thought crossed across both of their minds. Even though the tabloids loved to create stories about Gazelle as some sort of party mammal, she never seriously dated anyone since she started her career. So the kiss that she shared with Eddie was her second real kiss.

Eddie was thinking almost the same thing. Sure, he received affectionate pecks on the cheek since he came to Zootopia, but no female has ever kissed him the same way that the gazelle had done both times. He was surprised that he wasn't permanently turning into a ruby red shade from all embarrassing scenes he had experienced today.

The diva coughed into her paw in order to break the awkward silence. "Um, perhaps we should head inside? I'm sure everyone is wondering what we are doing out here," Eddie said quietly as he stood up from his spot on the lounge chair.

"Yes," Gazelle said as she got up as well, picking up her book and placing it close to her chest.

Suddenly, the two heard a patter of feet running away and toward the mansion. "Never mind. I think they know what we were doing," Eddie said, laughing and smiling as he shook his head.

Gazelle smiled as she walked side by side with her friend. 'Maybe we can become more than friends again,' she thought as moved closer to Eddie, another smile forming on his face as they walked back toward their home.

Later in the evening

Everyone sat down at the same table from last night, a full course meal prepared for all the residents of Oba's boarding home. The food was prepared by a small black Japanese bear named Moto and his staff of mice and rats who also served as the cleaning staff as well. The menu included fish and avian meats for the predators and exotic vegetables and fruits for the prey mammals, which resulted in a perfect selection for the human.

The plate in front of Eddie held mashed potatoes and grilled chicken with a side of steamed carrots. The human breathed in the smells from his food, his eyes as his is allowing his senses to filled with spices and freshness that he had not experienced in a long time. Suddenly, Eddie felt as if he was being stared at and opened his eyes to see that he indeed was. Nika was sitting to his left and Gazelle on his right, with the rest of the tenants, minus Skye, sitting on the opposite side of the long table and Oba sitting at the head. "What?" Eddie asked, confused at why most of them were looking at him.

"Nothing," Jill said as she nibbled on a baked radish, "It's just that a few of us thought that humans were predators."

"Oh," Eddie said with a chuckle. "We are actually omnivores. Though some humans like to live an entirely vegetarian lifestyle, we still need protein in our diet."

"Really?" Biyu said as she ate into plate of grilled bamboo shafts.

"Really," the human replied after swallowing his potatoes. "For our meat, we raise and breed reptiles, insects, fish and some birds. I haven't had crocodile in a long time, but I remember it tasting like a really spicy chicken. I'm told some like amphibian, but most mammals eat insects at fast food places like Kentucky Fried Crickets and such."

"Wow," Aziza said after wiping a napkin across her muzzle, "I haven't eaten at one of those in a long time. Do they still make fried tarantula like they used to?"

"I don't know for sure," Eddie said with a thoughtful grin as he remembered the fast food place near St. Francis'.

"By the way, Eddie," Oba said, "I have your licence and registration come in today."

"Already?" Lina said through a mouthful of turkey, which made it sound like "Awwedy."

"Nick has all kinds of connections at the DMV," Eddie explained, "Though I am surprised that Flash got it done so quickly. That sloth must have been working on it since late last night to get it here."

Jill let out a giggle as she remembers the story her sister told about how Nick tricked her at the Department of Mammalian Vehicles. Then she thought back to the conversation she listened to earlier that day. The lupine's ears fell down the back of her head, because for some reason she was starting to feel guilty for what she intruded on. Jill didn't know why though, since the first thing she learned in journalism is that sometimes you had to be willing to get as dirty as the criminals and corruptions you wished to expose.

Biyu continued to chew on her bamboo in a delicate manner as she reflected on what she learned about Eddie and his past. She sympathized with the human male and understood what it was like to forced away from your home because you were different. The red panda's ears twitched as she thought about how she could make Edward feel more welcome here.

"Anyway," the tanuki said, "Since our young Edward has completed his education requirements and has his authorization to work, it is time to assign him to one of you."

"Assign?" Eddie asked, a confused look across his face.

"Yes," Oba explained, "I can't expect you to drive all over Zootopia with seven mammals who have completely different errands to run and places to go. So, every week, you will be the personal chauffeur to one of the girls. That way you won't run yourself ragged by trying to take care of everyone."

"But how will one of us be selected then?" Gazelle said, Nika nodding her head in agreement to her friend's question.

The tanuki let out a sly smile as she clapped her paws together. Into the room came Moto the bear chef, along with a multicolored spinning wheel apparatus that he was pushing next to his employer. The circle of the wheel was divided into seven sections, each with their own number as well. "Under each of your plates," Oba explained as she gets down from her chair, "Is a number to corresponds with the wheel of fate. Whatever number that Eddie's arrow lands on means that he will be your driver for the next seven days. At the end of the week, we will spin again but take off the previous winner's number to be fair to the rest of you."

Eddie let out a scared chuckle, "What am I, some kind of prize on a gameshow?"

Unbeknownst to the human, the other females at the table were silently praying that they'd win for their own reasons. The tanuki smiled again as she jumps up and spins the colorful wheel. 'You might not be the prize, my dear,' Oba thought as she lands back on the floor.

The human starred in horror as he watches the flamboyant device spin. He didn't know who he should hope to be stuck with this week, but he also thought that the whole process was ridiculous. 'What have I gotten myself into?' Eddie thought to himself for the hundredth time that day.

There you have it folks, my latest chapter but with a subtle twist. You see, I am having trouble deciding which of the girls will our hero spend his first week as a chauffeur with, so I need my devoted readers help. On the day after I publish this chapter, I will have a poll created on my profile page to where you the readers and fans decide. Except for Gazelle, I have a special chapter planned for those two. After one week, I will take the results and create the next chapter. So please, share this story with fellow Zootopia fans, harem fanatics, and fellow furry lovers so I can create a better story for you. Thank you my lovelies and good day/night!