To all who have been reading this fanfiction, I just want to say that I'm sorry. Because the story will be discontinued. It was too long. I have summary versions of it still if you'd like to read it.

And before you ask why I decided to call the story off, it is because something happened to me with some other readers. Remember in the first few chapters, I asked if they wanted their OCs to appear. When I was discussing with them, they weren't thrill at all about what would happen to their characters. Before Elias Vulperus' debut in chapter C, there was someone else named Max Volkov. He was suppose to be the dead predator coming back to life. But because the owner didn't like how it turned out, I replaced him with Elias Vulperus instead. Elias belongs to a friend of mine.

Because of this, I made sure I told the owners of their OCs about what would happen to their characters and they weren't happy at all. They would say that their OCs are out of character and all that, which I can understand. But that's the point. All I said was if there is anyone who wants their characters to appear not to be introduced and be told of their own adventure.

They even would start complaining like why is other OCs get to be main characters. Like Aoi for example. I have my reasons. Because Aoi is the first ferret OC that I have encountered and I just have to put him in to show how tough he was for a tiny mammal.

They are other OCs that I was lent to but they all took it back and told me to forget about it. And because of that, I was struggling.

Long story short: People weren't happy how I put their OCs in my story. Some because of their characters were out of character. And some because they didn't like the outcome. As I've mentioned before, I only said I want them to appear. Not to officially put them in the story. And now that I think about it, there's not one prey OC that I've received and it got me thinking because they are afraid that the prey OCs would die and get eaten.

Anyway… First and foremost, thank you all for reading. I'm sorry that I will never write this again. But as I've said, this is my last Zootopia story and I kept my promise. There won't be anymore Max or Sophie and anymore of my story. I really am thankful for you all. Because of that, I'm confident my novel will be approved. My dream is to be a writer after all. So thank you.

There will probably be some grammar and spelling errors because I didn't bother checking them.

Chapter summaries for Zero:

Chapter I (Insufferable Instinct): Elias was ordered to go to a given-coordinate forest by HERD and he heeded them. Flock was also given a new mission. Their mission is to enter a restaurant. The restaurant was rumored to be normal at day time but a feast on night for Hunters. The Flock called Max to help since he was close to one. He and Joanne got in diguise and a jaguar chef showed him a seat but brought Joanne to another room for cooking. While being seated, Max looked at everyone who were eating grilled meat quietly. One of them, a vixen, told him that it was not what they wanted and they would die of regret than to die of hunger. Which got Max to hesitate a bit because he now knew that they were aware of what they did was wrong. While talking with the Hunters, Joanne finds out the jaguar was going to kill her and fought back, bringing the fight to the dining room. The whole Flock broke in after hearing the commotion and began their assault. The jaguar then get the other Hunters to escape while he fights off the Flock and Max but was later killed being boiled alive. After killing the jaguar, they chased the others who were escaping. But they stopped when they found their bodies during the chase. HERD members in suits was there and they revealed what killed the Hunters. A gas that is able to kill anyone who has an intake of red protein, a high ratio of amino acid. HERD announced their new project, Lono. The Lono Project was to spread the gas during the ran, covering the whole island with it and killing off any predators that consumed red meat. Meanwhile Elias make his way to his given destination and meets someone he was very familiar with. His older brother Elliot who was suppose to be dead. Elliot's skin has rotted and they were replaced with carbon fiber to support his movement. Blades were implanted inside his body, making him untouchable from every angle.

Chapter J (Just Business): The Vulperus brothers fought off as they were ordered to the point where Elliot almost cut Elias' head off. But the training was considered complete. The two brothers return. Elias to the Flock and Elliot to HERD. When Elias returned, Max was there as well and everyone was surprise to see how injured he was. He told them that Elliot has been resurrected making everyone but Aoi a bit worried. They explain to Max who Elliot was. Elliot was a Hunter who betrayed them when Elias didn't want to hunt and so the two siblings ran together and seek for HERD to help. Elliot was the first in Flock to die. Max was digusted in HERD's way and warned the them to stop the Lono Project since there will be innocent Hunters dying. The Flock refuses because they think all Hunters should not exist. Max went so far as to give Elliot and Elias as examples which then he thought that Hunters can change. He leaves them, sets on his own again to do it his way. The next day, HERD calls in the Flock for another mission but with the absence of Elias since he was recovering. They were brought to a field where Elliot was standing there and without warning he attacked them, saying this is for the sole purpose for testing his strength. While struggling to avoid fighting, Max appears and fights off Elliot. But he lost with a hole in his stomach and was at the brink of death. HERD immediately ordered Elliot to stop and took the fox to base for an operation fast.

Chapter K (Keeping the Promise): After a successful operation, Max ate as much meat as he could that HERD has offered him. While eating, he meets Maria, the one in charge of the Lono Project, to call it off as he has other plans. But she refuses but promised that they will provide safety for him just in case. However she said that she bringing Elliot was a mistake and the other supervisor, Corbett was the one in charge of that plan. She asked him to get rid of Elliot as he was suffering more than his brother, Elias. Because of this he has given up trying to persuade them and decided to remain in his path until the day comes. He meets Flock who was in the waiting room and they said they were worried about him. The group and him still don't see eye to eye and has finally decided to not get involve with each other anymore. But Aoi begged them to stop quarrelling and even paid them each other coins even though he knew it wasn't enough. But Flock accepts it and found a loophole to what they said: The work for money no matter the amount. Because it's still money. While recuperating and healing the wounds in their relationship Ezekiel meet Elias who was walking somewhere. Ezekiel says that deep inside, Elias was still alive after all because he didn't straight up kill him. Ezekiel follows Elias which they soon meet up with Elliot who was hunting down any known Hunters. Elias then remembers his promise that he made with Elliot, which was to put him down if he is beyond from saving. The two predators lost, due to Elliot's improved fighting coordination. Max and Flock then arrives and prepared themselves to kill the long-gone predator. They were that desperate that they even allowed Ezekiel to help them. Due to fighting for too long, Elliot was exhausted and his muscles could not hold it anymore. Aoi delivered the finishing blow by ripping off his spine, causing Elliot's brain to stop functioning. Before Elliot was silent, he thanked the Flock and died with a smile, proving that there was indeed signs of life within him. The reanimation project was finally cancelled and HERD has dispose of every information of it after Elliot's failure to fight forever. The Flock and Max went their separate ways after they finally came into good terms. As everyone in Flock enjoyed their dinner, Aoi noticed that there was something wrong with his usual chicken bruger. Daniel Rodriguez took a bit and tasted it and said nothing was wrong. Realizing that it was not the food, Aoi remembers about the time in the Hunter restaurant. It was at that time where Aoi ate prey meat for the first time. And his taste buds began changing.

Chapter L (Lono Project Begins): With the upcoming rain being forecasted, HERD has prepared the gas and drones to spread it through the entire island. But before that, Flock was given one last mission before the project begins. A Hunter was seen in the sewers and HERD suspects that there could be Hunters hiding from the gas. When arriving to their location, the team was split up. Max was also called in to help. But his real intention was different. Rodriguez was on camera watch, Joanne and Wright were together and Stephen and Aoi were together while Max went off his own. Max found the group of Hunters and realized one of them was the vixen he met at the restaurant the other day. He told them to hide somewhere else because Flock is trying to get them out. Stephen and Aoi then encountered a berserk Hunter but failed to take it down. They began chasing him but Aoi was too weak because he hasn't eaten for so long. And all of a sudden, Aoi attacked Stephen and began biting his limbs off. Rodriguez saw this through the camera and rushed down there. As the group of Hunters got out of the sewers to find some other place to hide, the berserk Hunter also escaped from the sewers and this time attacking its own. Max fended it off, helping the group to escape before Flock could find them. Rodriguez arrived at the scene to find Stephen on the ground with Aoi eating a part of Stephen's arm in front of him. The wolf raised his gun up, going for the kill but Stephen stopped him, begging him to not kill Aoi. Aoi, realizing what he has done, ran away in fear and escaped the sewer. Joanne and Wright regrouped with the other two and quickly make their way out as well to get Stephen help. The time of the Hunters begins and Aoi purposely sat outside in the open to get himself killed so that he may never do what he did to Stephen again. After Max killed the berserk Hunter, he went to look for the remaining Hunters that has escaped but instead found Aoi sitting in an alley. Aoi told Max what had happen and Max hesitated to killing him. Ezekiel then appears, hitting Max from behind, knocking him out cold. He then offered Aoi a choice to continue living but as a Hunter now. Aoi accepted reluctantly with one condition, that is to not kill any members of Flock.

Chapter M (Mother): After Aoi's disappearance and the completion of the Lono Project, Max decided to go back to Zootopia after no signs of Hunter traces. He promised the Flock that he will find Aoi just as he promised Maria that he would watch over him after he returns to Vulper Island. After finally going back home, he meets Angel who happened to be in his house and Sophie who was in pain, lying down on the couch. Surprised to see his sister, he asked what happened to Sophie. The pain didn't last long as she finally calmed down. And as night approaches, a guest visited the Zero household. An old vixen in a knitted cloak appeared by the door, claiming to be Max's mother.

That's the first half of the story. I will post the second one tomorrow. Again, I apologize.