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Chapter 8: watched

They were in the family van on the way back to the house, Leo was sitting in the back

Surrounded energetic little bunny's, this didn't bother him since Bethany, the bunny he met earlier, was talking to him whilst a few others sat around him to hear what he was saying, "Mr Fox, where are your parents now" one rabbit ask. Judy overheard the conversation and realised that the question was too much, she quickly got up from her seat and rushed over to Leo comforting him, "ok, i think it's time you should move away from Leo" Judy said trying to shoo them away. They all scrambled precept from one, Bethany. She sat there staring at Leo who was shedding tears, "Judy, what's wrong with him" Bethany asked curiously, "Bethany, what are still doing here, i thou-" Judy was cut off by Leo beginning to speak "Judy, I'll explain the story her, if it's too much for me, I'll stop." Leo said sitting Judy down. "So it was 29 years ago, forest district, small cottage in the for, my father was a Russian domesticated red fox and my mother was a white wolf, which made me somehow. So on that night, 'they' came. They came and just…" Leo was the verge of bursting in tears, the thought of his parents made him upset. Bethany finally understood what he meant and hugged him, he was shocked by this act, he hasn't felt a hug since his interrogation.

They arrived at the barn house which was huge, "so how many are there more in the house Mr Hopps" Leo questioned Stu, "225, you have only met 75" Stu spoke with a smile, Leo eyes widened on hearing the number. "Don't worry about it, I'll take care of the young ones" Nick said coming up behind him patting his back, Nick knew he was injured and seeing him starting to droop. They walked inside and the kids immediately stopped and stared at them, as soon as they seen Judy, they all ran towards her, "Yay! Judy's home!" they all screamed running towards her whilst some of them messed with Nick and climbed him. "Judy, who is that" a young boy bunny said pointing a Leo who was kneeling down to a little bunny ruffling it's head fur, "oh, that's Leo, if you do go near him, be careful ok, he's injured do" Judy exclaimed sending him off "ok Judy" the boy answered before running off towards Leo.

Whilst Nick, Judy and her parents were talking in the Kitchen, they heard a sudden thud that shook the house, "what was that" Judy alerted herself to the sound. They walked into the living room to find Leo lying there, sleeping wrapped up in a ball, "i forgot he was tired" stated Nick trying to make the situation look innocent, they both took his arms and legs and carried him upstairs to a guest room and laying him down on the bed, "i always wonder what's going on inside that head of his" Judy said looking at Leo sleep silently. What Judy didn't realise is that it wasn't dreams, it was nightmares, every night a nightmare came to ruin his night, he can't stop having them and he didn't know why. "Nick, you gonna have to sleep in my room since guest room is taken" Judy explained to Nick whilst going back down stairs, "wouldn't your parents be mad though?" Nick asked, "nah, they will understand anyway" Judy said dragging Nick to the dining room.

Later that evening they were all eating at the table with a army of little rabbits running around the place, Nick and Judy were sitting next to each other whilst her mother and father were sitting at the other side next to each other. "So Judy, how has the city been so far?" her mother asked trying to break the silence between the two, "great actually, even though it's the same in, same out every day" Judy exclaimed with a bit of happiness, "well it's good to know the city is treating you right, you're a hero to them you two" Stu butted in, "well, first time I've heard someone call me a hero" Nick said with a chuckle. Whilst the 4 were talking at the table, Bethany went up stairs to the sleeping Leo and went to wake him. "Leo, it's time to eat" she shook him trying to wake him up, he eventually groaned and opened his eyes lazily "oh, hi Bethany" he said with a croaked voice, "it's time to eat, I've saved a seat for you down in the hall" Bethany spoke getting off him before he got up, Leo sat up out of the bed but realised something, he could feel his feet again, he walked a few steps and walked perfectly, he laughed a bit with happiness, he picked Bethany and spun her round the room, they were both laughing. He put her down and breathed out, "finally good to walk again" Leo said, but he still had a major headache but carried on, Leo put Bethany on his back and he walked down to the hall. "Wait, is that, Leo...walking?" Judy said pointing in disbelief, "there's his biggest fan as well. He got to the table and spoke "So what's been going on in here" Leo said with delight as he sat down with the 4 with Bethany still on his back playing with his ears. "you're...walking" Judy said with disbelief, "well, this little ball of fun here woke me up and i could feel my legs again, but still got a bad headache" he said whilst taking Bethany off his back, "has anyone told you that you would make a good dad" Bonnie said continuing to eat, this made Leo's ear stand up and fur drop darker, this made them laugh at how he reacted. "no, umm, no one has ever told me that, I'm waiting for her to come back into my life" he stated, Judy knew who he was talking about. "Can we know the name of this girl" Stu asked interested in the topic. "Dad i think it's best not to ask" Judy stated trying to stop anything bad happening, "oh, well if it's private, then I won't ask" Stu stated, Leo smiled at the respect Stu gave him and continued to eat what had been served. They had a great dinner, they laughed, talked, shared secrets, even talked about there past, but there was one who did not share his past to Judy's parents...Leo.

later that night, Bonnie woke up to a sudden creak that echoed through the household, going through every hallway, Bonnie got out of bed to go see who it was or what it was, she slowly slipped through the hallway, she came across Judy's door, before she continued on she opened her door revealing Nick cuddling Judy sleeping silently, she closed the door before continuing on through the hallways. She eventually got to the hall and saw a black figure closing the door. Bonnie advanced towards the door, being extra careful, she slowly peeked out of the door and saw the black figure Laying on the hill, looking up. The rabbit grabbed her coat and went outside to investigate. Only the moon and the stars were out, they stood out along the black sky. She made her way towards the black figure, "Hello? Who are you?" Bonnie shouted up, she saw the figures head move and she seen the eyes and realised who it was, Bonnie made her way up to Figure who turned out to be Leo. "Leo, what you doing out here in the cold" Bonnie exclaimed, curious of the young foxes appearance here, "nothing really, just looking at the stars" Leo said trying to look happy. It wasn't until Bonnie noticed something in his hand...it looked like a photo "Leo, can i see the picture please?" Leo sighed before handing over the photo, Bonnie look at the photo, it was a picture of a Grey female wolf with Purple eyes and a Black Fox with Blue eyes arms around each other's Neck. "Is this you and the one you're waiting to be back in your life?" Bonnie asked looking back at him who was now shedding tears. "her name is Clara, Clara Spencer" Leo explained, "i scared her off, and now I regret what I did" Leo spoke again, adding more on "i miss her...i miss her so much" Bonnie sat next to Leo and putting her paw on his shoulder "How did you scare her off?" she asked politely. Leo looked at her with tears sliding down his cheeks, she could tell he wasn't going to tell her so she stopped… "only reason I met her is because I never got to meet my parents properly before they got Killed. Hearing Leo's back story shocked her, "i think it's best if we get some sleep, just come in when you're ready" Bonnie spoke before walking back to the household. Leo took one last look at the picture "I'll find you one day, i promise" he whispered to himself before getting up and walking back...