Noah's eyes slowly opened to find himself in a tidy bedroom. His clothes had been removed and he was tucked well in. He grabbed his tail for extra comfort enjoying the warmth from the bed.
The door creaked slowly open making him gasp.
"It's okay, sweetie, it's okay."
It was the rabbit who was involved in his arrest.
"It wasn't me!" he said a bit stronger. "Please it wasn't me!"
"We know, sweetheart," said the rabbit coming near to him. She sat down and stroked his head which he found relaxing.
"A rabbit just like me came to the police station and he cleared your name, Walter."
"My name is not Walter," said Noah, confused.
"No?" said Judy also looking confused. "I thought told me. I thought you said Walter Peas."
"I said 'water please'," explained the fox. "My name is Noah. Noah Sly."
"Oh."
The rabbit chuckled. "Well, I'm just a dumb bunny. To think my eras are long enough to listen. My name is Judy Hopps."
"Where am I, Officer Hopps?" asked Noah.
"In mine and Nick's home," she explained. "And there is no need to call me Officer. Just call me Judy."
"Happy voices I hear," said a voice out in the hall and in walked the fox in the office.
"Thank you for taking me in, Mr. Fox," smiled Noah.
"Nick's the name, kid. Nick Wilde."
"What happened to me?"
"You fainted, carrot cake," said Judy. "Me and Nick took you home after you were proven innocent."
"Where did you come from?" asked Nick.
"We'll ask him later, Nick," said Judy. "Right now he needs food and rest. Perhaps a nice, hot bath to go with it."
"I - I can't say anything. I promised," said Noah remembering his promise to Fury.
"Do you have a Mommy or Daddy?" said Judy.
"No. I'm an orphan, Miss Hopps."
They let him sleep as they watched his sweet face.
"He's such an adorable boy," said Judy. "Hasn't let his frame affect him."
"Hmm," said Nick suspiciously.
He left Judy at the door and went to his and her room. He got out an old box, opened it and looked through a suitor of old photos. Then he finally found the one who intended to look for. A picture of long ago; him in green swimming trunks and he had his paw around the shoulder of a beautiful vixen in a pink bikini. He shed a tear remembering how much he loved her - but the reason he retrieved it was because the reflection he caught upon the little fox cub; the tone of his red coat and his green eyes. His former love had the exact same appearance!
After waking up, they ran the child a hot bath which he almost didn't want to leave, gave him a lovely dinner of meat, potatoes and Yorkshire puddings which agreed with his appetite and watched TV for two hours. All they could find for pyjamas was a little elephant costume just Noah's size. He had fun with his trunk but soon he undid it so he could breath.
Judy announced that she was going into the kitchen to have some tea and read a book while the two foxes watched the rest of the programme.
"So, Noah," said Nick. who was wearing light-green pyjamas, "Those boys who framed you, do you know them?"
"No," said Noah quickly. "I never saw them in my life."
"So what were you doing there?"
"I came to Zootopia to seek my fortune."
"Well," said Nick. "You feel into the right paws. We will find out who your Mommy and Daddy are and we will identify your name."
"You won't send me back to the orphanage will you?" asked Noah in fright. "There are mean mammals there. They treat predators like savages."
"Of course not," said Nick. "Well deal with them some time in this case. Especially those boys who framed you."
"Thank you for believing me that I wasn't the robber," Noah smiled.
"Don't sweat it, champ," smiled Nick. He lay down on the couch, picked Noah up and placed him on-top of his belly. "In fact, I was a cheater myself; hustling people out of their money but after I met Judy, I changed my life. I thought that being a hustler was the only way I could live, but in Zootopia, you can be anything, especially an innocent young pup."
They resumed the programme, Nick still lying down with Noah still sitting on him.
After a while, Judy bent the corner of her finished page and closed the book. She went back into the living room, the TV still on and Nick sound asleep as well as Noah sleeping on him like a soft bed and he seemed to have grabbed hold of Nick's tail and used it as a fluffy blanket. Judy placed her paws on her heart at the sweet sight. She went for her phone and took a picture at the two new BFF's.
She went over to them and kissed Nick's cheek and planted a kiss on Noah's little head.
"Sweet dreams," she whispered.
