A Son of his own Chapter 27: Academy stresses
This Chapter will be taken from Nick's point of view, and everything he must face in the academy because he is a Fox.
Rude classmates, an asshole for a teacher and a whole bunch of stressful exercises.
This isn't going to be easy for Nick.
Leave a review if you want to see more and don't forget to follow and favourite as it lets me know you are enjoying the content I publish every now and then!
Bunnyburrow Police Academy, 7:00AM
Nick trudged his way through the sleeping quarters since he had to wake up early every day now, which he hated.
He wasn't a morning mammal, he always liked to sleep in, but he didn't have his son to cuddle with.
He really missed Nathan, he yearned to see him again, but he would have to wait 4 months until he could see his son again.
He also hoped that he and Judy were get along well, and that Judy will take good care of him as she promised.
"Hey! Firefox! Get outside and meet in the front yard with everyone else!" a unfortunately familiar voice Nick would have to get used to.
It was none other than the Polar Bear instructor of the Police Academy, Major Friedkin, oh how the times will be happy with her around.
With that, Nick sped up his walking and walked outside where everyone else was.
He could hear some of his other classmates silently insulting him.
"Hey, look, it's a fox"
"I can't believe they let a fox join the academy"
"He won't last a week here"
"Hey Fox! Go back to your den and con some mammals!"
That brought out some laughter from the circle group in the front yard.
Nick didn't care and acted like as if nothing had ever happened, much to the disappointment of his "friends"
He sat down beside an Artic Wolf who didn't seem so bad, he didn't even make space between him and Nick, he happily let the fox sit beside him with no drama.
"At least someone's friendly" Nick thought to himself.
"Hey there buddy, what's your name?" the Arctic Wolf asked in a rather friendly tone as he looked down at Nick.
"Uh, Wilde, Nick Wilde" Nick said rather nervously.
"My name's Raymond Wolfkins, nice to meet you Nick Wilde" Raymond said as he left his paw out for Nick to shake.
Nick happily shaked paws with the rather tall wolf that sat beside him.
At least he had a friend to talk to so that's a start.
"Listen up you maggots! All of you will be pushed beyond your limits for the next 4 months to see if you have what it takes to become a ZPD Officer! Maybe some of you consider joining the ZBI for all I care! Is that what you all think?!" Major Friedkin yelled which got everyone's attention.
There were 15 cadets bunched up in a circle around Major Friedkin, they let some "Yes sir's" and nodded in response.
"Well let me tell you all something! This ain't the movies where you're dreams come true in the blink of an eye! So if you want to be a Cop, you have to show me you have what it takes!" Major Friedkin yelled at the top of her voice which looked to have made some of the cadets pee their pants.
"I'll show you something that's for sure" Nick mumbled under his breath.
"What was that Tod?!" Major Friedkin yelled, turning her attention to Nick and every cadet stared at him, but his new friend Raymond just smiled at him as he was about to laugh.
"Tod? Cute name, but I didn't say anything Major Friedkin" Nick said like as if nothing had happened.
"Are you saying I'm hearing things? Because I got my hearing checked yesterday and I was fine, so you said something and you're going to tell me what it was!" Major Friedkin yelled.
Nick wasn't affected, if you left out a slight drop of sweat on his right forehead.
"Sigh, I mumbled I'll show you something, is that you wanted to hear Major?" Nick said in a slight grumpy tone.
"That wasn't so hard now was it? And thank you for being honest, but that doesn't mean your entire species is like you! So be nice!" Major Friedkin yelled as loudly as she could at Nick's face, some of her saliva getting into his face.
"Jeez, you could use a breath mint" Raymond mumbled which Nick heard slightly.
"Did you say something Fluffy?" Major Friedkin asked as she pointed her attention to Raymond.
"Don't call me Fluffy please Major, it makes me feel stupid, and I was just whispering my favourite song" Raymond said which got a few laughs from the cadets.
Nick wiped the saliva off his face and grunted with disgust.
"Alright then Snowy, what's your favourite song?" Major Friedkin asked as sincerely as she could.
"Oh no, it's time to get my ass kicked, by a badass Polar Bear, do I need to keep singing?" Raymond said which made more of the cadets giggle.
"You'd make a better comedian than a cop, but this isn't the theatres! This is the Police Academy! So make your mind up on what you want to be!" Major Friedkin yelled in Raymond's face.
Raymond didn't respond to that comment and just grunted in response as if he was slightly angered.
"Anyways, Zootopia is made of 4 individual districts, Sahara Square, Tundratown, Rainforest District and Savannah Central, you will have to master all of them before you hit the streets, or guess what? You'll be dead!" Major Friedkin yelled as she marched around the many cadets, looking them in the eye and probably making them go limp.
"Today, all of you will be facing the 1000 foot fall! Be happy that it's actually not 1000 foot off the ground! Cause if it was! You're street pizza! Now show me what your made of!" Major Friedkin as everyone started running towards the designated course.
Sprinklers raining water down like it was actually the humid and wet Rainforest District, a bunch of monkey bars and ropes were ready to be used by those who dared themselves.
"Don't fall! I won't catch you!" Major Friedkin yelled as the cadets including Nick and Raymond climbed up the ladders to reach the platform where they would have to climb the monkey bars.
"Oh my God, there's no way I'm getting across this!" Nick grumbled to himself angrily as the other cadets started hanging their arms over the bars and started making their way across to the other side of the course.
"Nick, believe in yourself, and you can do anything, if you fall, I'll catch you" Raymond said as he grabbed Nick's chin and made him look right into his eyes which were ocean blue.
Nick thought those words over and over in his head, Raymond was right, he had to believe in himself.
"Okay Raymond, I'll try" Nick said as he stepped foward.
"No, you will" Raymond said.
Nick placed his paws on the bars and started to slowly make his way across the course.
He held his breath everytime he moved his paws to the next set of bars, he didn't have a harness or any safety gear on him, so if he fell, he'd have a fair amount of cleaning to do!
"Don't panic Nick, take the time you need" Raymond said as he was directly behind Nick and was hanging with no problem.
"That's not helping!" Nick said as he looked back which he shouldn't have.
He lost his focus and his paws slipped off the bars, the rain helped to make him loose his grip on the wooden bars.
Nick closed his eyes and waited for himself to fall to Earth and become nothing more than a muddy mess.
But it never happened.
Instead, he felt himself hanging upside down, he opened his eyes and saw that Raymond had caught him by his foot.
"Nick, if you don't focus, you'll fall, and I don't want to see that happen, so hold on!" Raymond shouted as he tossed Nick back into the air.
Nick grabbed the bars since Raymond had tossed him nearly halfway across the course, most of the other cadets made it across while others fell and were met with mud.
"Hustle a bustle George!" Major Friedkin yelled as she hurried the cadets to climb across the bars.
Nick now had complete confidence that he could make his way across the bars and to the other side, the rain kept getting in his eyes and he nearly felt like letting go a few times.
But he couldn't let go, he had to do it, for Raymond.
For Judy.
For his Son Nathan.
When Nick thought of Nathan, he felt his strength boost back fully and he started to quickly make his way across the bars.
"That's it Nick!" Raymond shouted as he made his way across behind Nick.
Nick the quickly made his way across and got to the other side, he felt like he was about to die since his heart was beating like it was about to burst.
But he made it! And that's what matters.
Raymond made it across too, and he patted Nick on the back and congratulated him.
"Well well, I must say, I'm impressed, you saved Foxy from falling Snowy, and that's noble, but from now on, you can't do that" Major Friedkin said as Raymond and Nick climbed down.
Nick was panting over and over as sweat dripped down his face and body while Raymond looked rather laxed and happy.
"Whatever you say Major, you're the one in charge" Raymond said as he lifted his paws up in surrender.
"Major, he saved me from becoming muck, why can't you see the heroism in that?" Nick asked as he gathered his bearings.
"Because Firefox! This is the Academy! There are no friends in war!" Major Friedkin yelled.
"Listen coach, unless you want good cops, I suggest you give us our next objective" Raymond said as he stood tall and stood up to Friedkin.
"Got some guts Snowy, actually, I know something you and Firefox will enjoy, next course is the jogging course! We do 20 laps! But you two, you get to do an extra 20 since you love each other so much!" Major Friedkin yelled at the two canines which got some laughs from the other cadets.
"What the actual heck is wrong with your head? You just had to say that didn't you?" Nick thought angrily to himself since Major Friedkin said he and Raymond were lovers.
In reality, Nick already had a crush on someone else, someone more, important to him.
"Okay, first, really? Secondly, I'm already married, thirdly, isn't it against the rules to be gay here?" Raymond said.
"Yeah really! And I don't care! So do what you're told!" Major Friedkin yelled as all the other cadets made their way to the jogging course.
Nick groaned in annoyance and walked with Raymond to the jogging course.
It wasn't going to be a nice day for him.
12 hours later...
Nick and Raymond and the other cadets sat on the grass, covered in sweat, mud, sand and tears.
"Jeez, we got the special treatment today eh Nick?" Raymond asked as he lightly laughed.
Nick just grumbled in response and stood up.
"Why are you helping me?" Nick asked all of a sudden.
"Huh?" Raymond asked.
"Why are you helping me? A Fox? A creature nearly everyone hates?" Nick asked.
"Well, I don't care if you're a Fox, and it's the right thing to do, to help someone who needs it" Raymond said.
Nick had no answer for that, Raymond was right.
"Just don't get any ideas okay?" Nick said grumpily.
"Nick, Major Friedkin is just being an idiot, I'm sure she didn't mean anything by that" Raymond said.
Nick was just letting her words get to him, he decided to forget all about it just to feel better.
"Alright cadets! Time to hit the showers and pack it in for today! You have an extremely early wake up call at 5:00AM! So get sleepy!" Major Friedkin yelled which got all the cadets attention.
After having a rather cold shower which iced Nick to the bone, he stood outside the sleeping quarters and looked up at the sun which was slowly starting to set.
"Nice day isn't it?" Raymond asked as he appeared from behind.
"Yeah, speaking of which, I've been meaning to ask you, but you look familiar" Nick said.
"I get that a lot, I guess it's because of my son" Raymond said happily.
"What's your son's name?" Nick asked.
"His name is Marcus, he's 7 years old and he's pretty tall for a Wolf of his age, he was a victim of the Nighthowler crisis" Raymond said as his tone deepened.
"Wait, a child wolf as a victim? Was that the Wolf Nathan befriended in a savage state?" Nick thought to himself.
"I have a son too, his name is Nathan and I think he tamed your son when he was savage" Nick said which got Raymond's attention.
"My son did say he remembered taking care of a young fox, maybe that was your son after all" Raymond said, realising the revelation.
"Let's hit the sack, we have a full day ahead of us tomorrow" Nick said as he made his way to the sleeping quarters.
Raymond climbed into the bunk atop Nick's and fell asleep instantly.
Nick couldn't stop thinking about Nathan, the thought of his son made him feel more, happy.
Nick took out his phone and he brought up a picture of him and Nathan sleeping together on the couch.
Nick smiled to himself as he looked at the photo of him and Nathan sleeping.
"I'll make you proud son, I'll do everything I can to be a great father" Nick said.
He soon fell asleep, having peaceful dreams where he played games with his son.