Hey everyone! Sorry for this HUGE waiting time, but as of lately, life has been pretty busy with me and it hasn't give enough time to work on and think of the story. I'll try to upload the next chapter as soon as possible, besides, I need to organize my work schedule.

With that said, ON WITH THE STORY! Hope you enjoy it!

A month has passed since Bellwether's imprisonment, and Zootopia's city hall was as busy as always. With just a minor change: there was no official mayor in the main office. Who was there was the leader of city council, Charles Grizzelton, a grizzly bear known in Zootopia as the mammal that was once the head of the district of Meadowlands, but promoted to city hall leader after his successful run on governance of his district. And for the past few weeks, he has had it rough. As for now, he has been busy with taking care of things like the opening of a brand new school for all animals, dealing with the poor of the city, the economy and some minor cases of robbery.

While he was looking at the papers on his desk, he was interrupted by the ring of the office phone. He stopped looking at his papers and answered the phone "Hello?"

"Mr. Grizzelton, the Mayor of the town of New of Leaf is on the line. He wants to speak with you" answered his secretary, Tagalong Hare, a young rabbit who was on her late 20's. Ever since Judy Hopps solved the case of the Nighthowlers, Zootopia has become more acceptant to the small mammals, giving them more opportunities and respect on what they want to work. And for Tagalong, being part of city hall was something that she saw as a big honor.

A call from New Leaf? I wonder why the mayor would want to talk to me. Grizzelton said in his mind. "Ok. Pass him over"

"Got it, sir" Said Tagalong as she hung up the call and put the line of the mayor to Nathaniel's line.

"Hello? Is this Mayor Grizzelton?" Nathaniel said through the phone in his office.

"Yes, it's him. And you must be the mayor of New Leaf?" Grizzelton replied.

"Yes, that's right. How are you mayor?"

"I'm fine, thank you. So you wanted to talk to me about something?"

"Yes, actually. Are you related with the case of the former mayor Dawn Bellwether?"

Grizzelton shivered at the mention of her name. He really wasn't fond of the sheep ever since her crimes became known. "Yes, why?"

"Well, you see, both I and my assistant mayor here have heard about the case and we came up with something to help you guys deal with her"

This almost made Grizzelton stand up from his chair with shock, but he controlled himself and got all of his attention focused on the phone. "What do you mean, you want to help Bellwether out? Are you planning to get her out of prison?"

Nathaniel got surprised when he heard this. "Oh, no no no no no. I'm fully aware that Bellwether committed a very serious crime and she MUST pay her sentence. What I mean to say is that we are planning to help her change her attitude."

Grizzelton got confused at what Nathaniel said. "Change her attitude? What do you want to mean with that, mayor?"

Nathaniel answered right away. "You see, both I and my assistant mayor firmly believe that every person has a good nature inside of them. It's just that with some people, they're exposed to some things that makes them have a negative view on the world and, as a result, end up doing bad things. And with Bellwether, we believe that that's exactly what happened to her, so we want to get those bad things off of her mind and bring back the good nature that is deep inside of her. And the way we will be doing it is by making her do community service. Think of it as an extra punishment for her, but one that will actually MAKE her reflect on her bad actions."

Even though Nathaniel made a good point, Grizzelton was still not convinced, and he had his reasons to back it up. "Listen mayor, you and your assistant mayor may want to help Bellwether out, and I respect your desire to do so, but you must also know that there are some people that even though they have some good inside them, they are helpless or incurable regarding their attitude. And what Bellwether did was something really awful to the city. She almost looked like a dictator by trying to expulse or even getting rid of a lot of innocent mammals!"

That last phrase spoke out nothing but truth to Nathaniel. Even though Zootopia had a population that consisted of only about 20% predators, that was still a huge number. But Nathaniel wasn't planning on giving up just yet, for he had a last playing card up his sleeve. "Yes I know, and I can't say that you're wrong. However, my assistant mayor has met with Bellwether before a long time ago, so she knows her. And according to her, she knows that Bellwether has a good heart, but that was blinded with all the bad things going around her head. She knows that she can still be cured. I know that it sounds almost impossible to accomplish such a thing, but you have to trust me when I say that we CAN do this. We just want to make this world a better place for everyone."

Grizzelton was thoughtful on what Nathaniel said. "Can you wait for a moment please?" he asked.

"Sure" Nathaniel said

With that, he put the phone on his desk, got up from his chair, headed over to the window that gave the view to the city and started to think. If he says that his assistant mayor knows Bellwether, and that they know how to deal with her, then he should have no problem as to lend her to them and have them deal with her. But he still had his worries. What if Bellwether actually escapes from them and returns to make crimes? What if she ends up doing something bad to that town? Could they actually be capable of dealing with someone like her? She must be planning a way to get her revenge on us after we just captured her. However, a small part in him said that he still had faith on them. After thinking it for 40 seconds, he headed back to phone. "Alright, I agree with your plan, but-" he was interrupted by Nathaniel who said happily:

"Oh, thank you mayor, thank you for giving us this chance!"

"I'm not finished yet, mayor" Grizzelton said, a bit annoyed.

"Sorry, sorry. Continue" Nathaniel said as he calmed himself down.

"Now, as I was saying, I agree with your plan, but don't think I'm gonna give you this chance THAT easily, there are some things I want to make sure of before we do this"

This got Nathaniel confused "…. ok, and what will that be?"

"I'm planning to visit your town next week to see if it's suitable to send her over there. I must make sure that your town is safe enough for you two to do that. Besides, as she is now, she could still be planning a way to escape if we send her to you at this moment." Grizzelton said firmly.

Nathaniel got a bit nervous, but nonetheless, agreed. "Alright. I'll be waiting for you then. Good bye. And once again, thank you"

"Don't thank me yet mayor, but still, don't worry. Anything to try and make this world a better place. Good bye" And with that, Grizzelton hung up the phone and returned to his papers, with his mind thinking on how could Nathaniel and his assistant mayor actually change her attitude.

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Back in New Leaf, Nathaniel sighed in satisfaction after hearing that Mayor Grizzelton will be giving them the chance to help Bellwether and change her. "Well Isabelle, we have a partial green light to help out Bellwether"

Isabelle was alongside him during the whole call and she heard everything, so she was happy to hear that they can help her old friend. "Yeah, but how are we going to plan the community service for her to do?"

Nathaniel wasted no time in answering that question "Isabelle, you know pretty well that this town has a lot of things that need work to do. Besides, you actually know how to deal with troublemakers around the town."

Isabelle then remembered how she dealt with some villagers from the town when they did something bad like hitting someone else with a bug-catching net, making someone fall through a pitfall seed, or stealing something, although that last one rarely happened. "Oh yeah… man, me and my dumb memory" she said sheepishly. "Also, really mayor? You had to mention me as your 'assistant mayor'?"

Nathaniel blushed at this "Hehe, I just thought it would sound good and formal. Besides, that's how Bellwether was called before she became mayor."

"Ok fine, but next time, just be honest and call me as your secretary. There's nothing wrong with that" Isabelle said in a kind voice

"Ok, whatever you say" Nathaniel responded. And with that, the two started to prepare themselves and the town for next week to receive mayor Grizzelton to hear his thoughts about the town and on what was needed to do for her stay over in New Leaf.

And with that, we finish this chapter! Leave a review of you wish. I shall see you all later! (hopefully sooner)