Hey all, DLW here. A huge thank you to all the readers, follows, fav's and reviews (helps me think more so thank you all)!Disclaimer: Zootopia and its characters are copyright Disney. (I own none of the characters in the story aside from the O/C's.)

A note to all my readers out there. I wanted to try something different with this story and found that... the long story type can be a little intimidating. With some chapters being about... 12-17k words in length, I wanted to try shortening them by a bit. With that being said, the first... 6 chapters are going to be reuploaded pieces of the first two chapters. So starting at chapter 7 is all new content. So I apologize to anyone of my readers that see the first few chapters and are confused as to why I've re-uploaded it with some tweaks. TLDR; slightly shorter chapters to make reading easier, fun, and dramatic.

Prologue

'Home'

[August 17, 'Judy's appartment' 11:21 PM]

'[Breaking News] Giving you an update on the breaking news development in, Little Rodenita, the ZPD have managed to capture the latest in escaped-'

"Long night." Judy said to herself, fitting on her pajamas while she yawned and stretched; catching the last in the line news before bed.

She had recently gotten back to her apartment and taken a much-needed shower. Having pursued a wanted criminal through the night, she wanted none of the days mud on her paws any longer.

It was small studio apartment that she moved into a while back when she became a lieutenant. Though she was skeptical at first, but it was more comfortable than the tiny closet she used to put up with.

Sporting egg-shelled sheetrock and hardwood flooring it wasn't a bad fit for her. While she hadn't had need for much more than a bed now a days, the added space kept her mind at ease from some of the harder times she had.

The most notable part of the apartment was her desk. Riddled with: papers, photos, books and her most prized pen in the shape of a carrot.

Per her routine every night, she walked over to the desk and flipped on her lamp. She then pulled out one of the notebooks she had carefully placed in order.

Her ear twitched as she heard the tv.

'In other news Mayor Swinton's decision for Apex Law and Medical to terminate tame collar keys in favor of a new system has been heavily affected by criminal offender Nicholas Wilde, more on this when we-'

"Dumb fox." she huffed, cutting the tv off and turning back to her notebook.

She carefully turned to a recent page that she had organized for today; picking up her carrot pen, she began to write.

'I chased down that fox again today. Hopefully he's gone for good now.'

Hearing nothing but the constant scribble of the pen and rain hitting her window, she recalled small details about her task that day. It was never anything with too much detail, just what she wanted to remember in general.

'They're still the most difficult pred for me to face, and all I can see is.'

Feeling her ears droop and breathing increase, she reached her ear with her right hand and grit her teeth. She couldn't finish the sentence.

Gazing at the paper and tapping her fingers on the desk, she felt a heaviness about the words that she couldn't complete.

With a slight pause and shake of her head, she continued.

'Still doing my best to keep the city safe, but is it enough I wonder?'

Not able to answer this question, she wrote more.

'Maybe Bogo's right, I might become a hunter.'

Satisfied with her writing and yawning once more, Judy closed her notebook, placed the pen atop it and shut off the lamp.

She got up from her desk and walked over to her bed, practically flopping on it from sheer exhaustion. Knowing full well she'd get up and do something similar the next day.

Feeling sleep hit her in waves, she reached to her only nightstand light.

But before she could cut it off, a solitary picture in a silver frame stood staring back at her.

Her hand never wavering, nor her gaze averted, she took one long look at the people in the frame. The image alone made her eyes sting and her ear started to burn.

"Never again."

She cut off the light quickly in hopes to snuff out the image before her.

As an added measure, she turned away, hoping that she could at least have a few hours of sleep.

"Ever."

With the next few chapters (until 7 which will be posted soon) being re-uploads, I'm truly sorry, but I wanted to do this sooner than later to make it a much lighter load to read. I just wanted it to be something you could pick up and read in a few minutes rather than try to squeeze in time to read.

And I hope you get a chance to read this and the other in your leisure. Also, these stories can be found here as well:

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Also, I'm placing my other stories (non zootopia) on hold (just on hold) until I'm done with a good chunk of these. More info on my profile page.

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Till Next Time DLW.