"One of the kids that was going to be in Judy's play called in sick! Is the show going to be able to go on?", Bonnie asked Stu, a couple of days after Alex had given up howling.
"We'll need to find someone who can replace him!", Stu exclaimed. Alex's ears perked up. He was a very superstitious wolf, one who believed in destiny and things like that. Was this a sign from the great beyond? If he pulled this off, he was sure that he would get some friends.
"I'll do it.", Alex stepped up. Bonnie looked at him in amazement.
"Thank you so much! Judy would be crushed if the play was cancelled!", Bonnie hugged the albino wolf.
"Don't worry, Mrs. and Mr. Hopps. I won't let you down!", Alex promised the two parents.
A few days later...
"But then, prey and predator evolved, giving up their savage ways, and coexisting in peace and harmony. And so, Zootopia came to be, where anyone… can be... ANYTHING!", Judy said. Judy then proceeded to put on a police officer hat.
"I can be a cop!", Judy said.
Alex jumped onstage. "And I can be someone with actual friends. Admired, appreciated.", Alex announced.
Judy looked at him quizzically. When did you get here?, she thought. Then Judy remembered that her parents told her that one of her friends was going to be sick. Some time after the play, Judy was wandering around. She noticed a fox in a Scouting uniform who looked lonely. "Hi. I'm Judy Hopps. You seem sad.", Judy told the fox. It wasn't really a question, but more of an observation.
"I'm Nick. Nick Wilde. I've been thinking about my Scouts meeting coming up in two days. Then, I'll finally be accepted as the only predator member of the Junior Ranger Scouts! But I'm afraid that I won't be able to join.", Nick told her.
"Don't let your dreams be dreams! Reach high for them!", Judy encouraged the fox.
"Thanks, Judy!", Nick replied.
"Hey, cut it out!", a voice said.
"Someone's in trouble! We should go help!", Nick nervously said. The two of them ran over to where the voice came from. It was Gideon Gray, Bunnyburrrow's resident bully.
"What are you gonna do, cry?", Gideon sneered at the sheep.
"You heard her! Cut it out!", Judy told Gideon.
"Nice costume, loser! What kind of crazy world do you think you live in, where a bunny can be a cop?", Gideon mocked Judy.
"Oh yeah?", Nick shouted.
"Huh?", Gideon said, surprised that another fox would be defending a prey animal, especially a bunny.
"Yeah! Um... What kind of crazy world do you think you live in, where a bunny shouldn't be able to become a cop?", Nick argued.
"Kindly return my friend's tickets.", Judy responded.
"Come and get them! But remember, I'm a fox, and we used to eat prey! And we still have those killing instincts, deep down inside of us!", Gideon shouted. He then pushed her to the ground. The rest of Judy's 'friends' cowered behind a tree in fear.
"Scared now?", Gideon slyly asked. "That's enough, Gideon!", someone howled. Alex jumped out of the tree and landed in front of Judy.
"You think you're tough stuff, you little defective runt?", Gideon roared. "Fear is natural, and would be a perfectly natural response to the situation that she's in. Fear is sometimes what keeps you alive. But even if she rejects me, I still will think of her as a friend. And NO ONE calls ME DEFECTIVE!", Alex shouted back at him. Alex threw Gideon into the field of flowers.
"Woah! You're really strong!", Nick complimented the wolf. Gideon started growling.
"I don't care what you look like. I think you're a hero!", Judy told Alex, kissing him on the cheek. Gideon leapt out of the bushes on all fours, and started attacking Alex.
"Judy, get help!", Alex choked.
Judy and Nick ran off towards her house. "Dad! Gideon somehow got in the midnight flowers and attacked Alex!", Judy wailed.
"Don't worry, honey, I'll protect you!", Stu shouted. Stu grabbed the fox taser and zapped Gideon with it. Near him, Alex laid face down in the dirt, blood stained grass around him and a chunk of... something in the grass near him. Mrs. Wilde called 911, and she rode with Nick in the ambulance to the hospital.