Sorry for the ridiculous wait on this and all my stories. I know you hate me now, but please let me explain. The first reason for my disappearance is great upheaval in my personal life. Life has not been easy on me. And second, Fanfiction is now second to several original work I have been working on and have now submitted to be published. I want to let you know I will not be retiring from fanfiction writing, but I can't focus on it like I used to. I apologize to all my readers for this, but I have come to a new phase in my life, and updating my stories is no longer top priority.

In any case, this is my first update in a long while read, and enjoy. PLEASE REVIEW!

-ariolfo

Judy Hopps-Wilde.

Gray. Warm.

Mother.

This was all Sid had of her. A name and a few feelings. Jude had more of course. Jude had her name and a bunch of crisp sunshiny childhood memories. Sid only remembers the nights after she disappeared.

They had both been in the room. Her and Jude, with their mother, when it happened. The cops had come and reenacted what they knew with finger puppets. Toys were jangled in from of her to coax an answer. The kidnapping had been turned into a fairytale story in an attempt to make the two little witnesses understand.

Sid never remembered anything. She didn't know if she had been napping when the intruders had entered, or if her child's mind had repressed all memories of that night. She had sat staring blankly, uncomprehending.

But Jude remembered. Fuzzy, faint, babyish explanations painted the only picture of the crime that the ZPD had.

Big mammals, and a small one with a weird voice. Old, female, a smaller species. She had picked up Jude and said these words.

"So pretty. You'll be a beauty, my sweet."

Mother had entered. A huge fight. Blood. Toys thrown. Stuff smashed. When little Jude tried to bit one of them, they grabbed her and Sid. They squeezed their necks. Mother was afraid. Mother told them she loved them. That she did not regret having them. That they needed to get far, far away. To tell Daddy. Then, she left, cuffs around her paws.

They never saw her again.

The twins spent the night guarded by crying police officers. They left for Bunnyburrow the next day.

Jude still woke up screaming at night, at a mystery figure grabbing her, fondling her ears and paws, calling her pretty. Weeping for a mother and a bargain that Sid had no recollection of. It was moments like these, when she crawled under Jude's covers to keep her calm, that Sid wondered if she was right shutting out her old life and trying to remake herself as a rabbit. If it was alright to deny who you were, and who your family was, and what happened to you.

The feeling always faded by morning.

Crawling out of Jude's bed, Sidney pulled on her hat, ready for school. Still shaking from nightmares, Jude got up too.

"You're usually a late riser. Get some sleep. Maybe daylight will help."

Jude shook her head. "I'm going to the main burrow. I'm going to call the ZPD."

"He's fine Jude." The word were hollow in her mouth.

"No, he's not." With that, Jude left, screen door slamming. Sid stared after her, before bracing herself and heading across the fields to the bus stop.

oOo

"Please, Uncle Clawhauser! Tell me!"

Sorry kiddo. It's classified.

"Tell me now! I'm his daughter! I deserve to know!"

Oh, okay, okay. Just promise me you won't panic.

He was on a lead for Judy's case. At some seedy place, real bad part of town. He had Officer Tina Otterton with him. They found someone. Some low thug. Nick, he got him to talk. Got information. Something. Whatever it was, it was a real lead on Judy. Otterton was busy radioing us… when the scum got his gun back somehow.

Jude's blood ran cold.

He's alive! Don't worry! He's alive… Barely. Coma. Real bad. But he'll pull through! Problem is, whatever lead he got, we don't have. And with the big fuss with ambulance and all, the creeps know the ZPD is onto them, so they're scattering. Whatever lead he had, it will be cold by the time he wakes up.

Jude's claws curled with determination.

"I'm coming to see him."

No, sweetheart, you can't! You girls were the ones they wanted in the first place! Stay where you are!

"I'm coming to see him! I don't care!"

Jude smashed the end call button and scraped her claws through her fur.

"I'm going to see him…" Her eyes fell on the empty carton of blueberry pie from last night, Gideon grinning on the cover.

"And I know just how…"

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"And then I finished him off with a high kick, bounced across the goal line, and won the game! The does went wild! And..!"

Sid tried desperately to eat up Bucky's story like all the other bunny does were, but she was off her game today. Jude and Dad and Mom were niggling at her mind and she really couldn't put her heart into the act.

"Hey, sweetcheeks. You okay? Can I get you a carrot shake or something?"

What Sid wanted was a bug burger right now, but she couldn't indulge in pred foods when with her bunny friends.

Friends. Huh.

As the other bunnies chattered and gossiped, Sid found her thoughts wandering back to her mother. Scraping her mind for anything that remained of her. She had soft fur. Small paws. Warm brown eyes. Brown eyes? Blue eyes? Sid half growled in frustration.

"Whoa, what was that, darlin'?"

Sid should have responded to that with a flirty remark. But before she could stop herself, the whole table was staring wide eyed into her fierce green glare.

"Whoa, girl." Said one of the bunny bucks. "What's wrong with you? You look like you want to eat us alive, and not in a good way."

Sid went back to stirring her shake. Judy. Judy Hopps. Judy Hopps was barely there. For Sid, it had always been Jude.

"Holy smoking carrits.. what the hell is that thing?"

Jude was dashing across the food court, bouncing over tables, teeth bared, fox tail trailing, sunhat off.

"Sidney!"

The whole food court was silent. Sid stared at her sister and realized something.

She may not know exactly what her mother looked like. Eye color, fur color, smile, all a blur. But she knew who she looked like.

She looked just like Jude.