AN:/ This is the most fast-paced I have updated for any story in a long time. Mostly because I feel the need to please the people who read this. Which is still surprising to me at how many have read this thing in so little time. Thanks! ^^
Also, I got a review! ^^ Morie, you are very welcome! And thanks for reviewing! I always enjoy any type of feedback! For me, subjects with Original Characters aren't the best type of Fanfics, but they're good if written well-enough. :3 I can't stand easy-love in the beginning, and simple plot still more than halfway through. (Also, thanks for the second one on the second chapter as well. The critique helps me a lot! I'll alter some sentences when I have the time, but right now, I'm working on the 4th chapter.)
This chapter will be shorter, and not as detailed... Maybe. I'll TRY, okay?! -cackles evilly, with a pen in hand-
Disclaimer: Does it say Claimer? NO! So, I do not own Zootopia. As much as I want to, no. -tears up-
Here's the next chapter! :D
All I see are beads and smoke.
Beads, so many beads. Of blue, green, red, and yellow. What is this, the 70's?
Judy pushes through the wall of children's choking hazard, and Nick follows. I lag behind, already knowing what was behind that curtain. I've never been to a place like this. It seems almost, intimidating. I hear Judy speak, and Nick pokes his head through the curtain, and smirks. "Hey, you comin' peach?" I turn to him, and narrow my eyes, a smile on my face. Did I forget to mention, I suck at being mad when it comes to teasing?
"Peach? Why are you calling me a round fuzzy frui-" I stop, then glare at him. His smirk deepened. "There yah' go, peach." He pulls away, and I roll my eyes. I think he just illegitimately made me call myself fat.
"C'mon! Judy's waiting." I hear him call. He seemed almost excited to surprise me with naked animals. Too bad I'm already used to it.
I mutter peach under my breath as I enter the room, and walk up to the dude who hummed. He turned, and sniffed, before opening the doors. And Judy, who I noticed, was hiding her face from the clearly naked animal, uh elk? No. Moose? What is he?
"Nangi's just on the other side of the pleasure pool." The moose/elk/horned beast said. Judy's eyes widen and her jaw drops in horror at the sight of naked animals lying around in a pool. Not a moose. Antelope?
I look around, and see pigs, hippos, bears, and giraffes. Judy covers her mouth and I shrug, putting a hand on my hip. Maybe a gazelle? I look up to the taller animal across from Nick, who stepped outside to guide us further in to see Nangi. "Hey! Mr.!" I call, and casually walk beside him. "What's your name?" I ask, swinging my arms side to side, passing the pleasure pool as Judy comes up beside me, gaping at me.
"Oh! Uh, Yax." He snorts again, answering in a nasal voice. I nod my head, and turn to see Judy, whom looked determined but awkward.
"Hey Carrots. So, tell me, enjoying everything?" I ask, nudging her with my hip. She gently shoves me and I laugh, putting my hands in my pockets. Nick comes up beside me, and he looks disappointed. "What? Did you want some type of disturbed reaction out of me too?" I ask, bumping him with my hip as well, passing by some hippos playing volleyball with giraffes.
Nick only looks further to the side, and doesn't meet my gaze, and I could faintly see his smirk. "Oh, so you did! Well, too bad!" I laugh, and Judy rolls her eyes, she cant hide that she seems uncomfortable at the sight of nudeness. I turn to her, and away from a panther licking his leg, and guide Judy away from the worst.
"Hey, it's alright. I know you're uncomfortable, but we need to do this. For Emmitt and Mrs. Ottertons sake. As well as your career." I say, placing my 'hand' to her back, and she sighs, nodding her head, ears lowered briefly.
"Yeah, some mammals say the naturalist life is weird, but you know what I say is weird? Clothes on animals!" Yax leads us to Nangi, leading a yoga class. Judy winces. I pat her back reassuringly.
"Here we go. As you can see, Nangi's an elephant, so she'll totally remember everything." Yax states, as I giggle, knowing full well how this plays out. Judy steps forward a bit, and I leave my arms at my sides. "Hey, Nangi! These dudes have some questions about Emmitt the Otter." Yax starts, moving over to the elephant, who was in a position I thought would more than likely harm any animal doing them if in the real world.
"Who?" I choke on air, and try to act normal, as Nick looks over at me, as Judy gets out the picture of Emmitt Otterton and his family.
"Uh, Emmitt Otterton. Been coming to your yoga class for, like, six years..." Judy shows the picture Mrs. Otterton gave her while trying to avoid looking at the elephants nudeness. I clear my throat, and tug on Nick's arm, to reach on my tiptoes to whisper in his ear. "I bet the hippie guy will remember everything." I chuckle, and he pulls out of my grip, and crosses his arms, and shrugs, to look back at the elephant.
"I have no memory of this beaver." She says, now in a different position. I cover my mouth and squint my eyes, holding in my laughter. Judy tried not to notice the way I was acting, and tugged discreetly on the chain.
"He's an otter, actually." She corrects, stepping forward.
"He was here a couple of Wednesdays ago, remember?"
"No."
"Yeah, he was wearing a green cable-knit sweater vest and a new pair of corduroy slacks." I could see Judy begin to take notes. "Oh, and a Paisley tie, sweet Windsor knot. Real tight. Remember that, Nangi?"
"No."
At this point, I had to step away, and I managed to collapse onto the ground a few feet from the back of the pleasure pool. A few mammals gave me looks as I sit up and laugh into my hand. Nick walks over and sits beside me, and stares out at Judy. He was smirking.
"So you wanted to leave her alone, in her discomfort, to pull through and face her fears?" He said, looking to me from the corner of his eyes, as I felt like I couldn't breathe.
"N..No, well... Yeah no. Not really. I just didn't want to pass out from lack of air. I was practically suffocating, trying not to laugh." I sigh, still giggling a little. "What about you? You left her there." I said, glaring at him, accusing him, though I was only playing.
"She told me to come over." Is all he said, and continued to stare out, and from the sudden silence, I could hear the conversation again. I raised an eyebrow, and shrugged, crisscrossing my legs, and Nick leaned against his hands, legs crossed lazily over each other.
"-...0-3. Wow, this is a lot of great info, thank you." The voice of Judy wafted over, and my ears pricked.
"Told you Nangi has a mind like a steel trap. I wish I had a memory like an elephant."
That had me going all over again. And this time, Judy had to drag me out of the place in order for me to breathe properly. That was one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
Though through all the laughter, I didn't see what was coming next.
-(dashes because, yah know, Flash Hundred Dash)-
We were on our way to the DMV. And I sighed.
"Peach, your sitting on my paw"
I yelped, and moved up, grabbing onto his shoulders, trying to raise myself off him, and without hitting Judy, held that spot until he said it was fine.
"Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to. Not sure how I couldn't feel it." I mutter, raising my eyebrows.
We were coming from the Oasis, after Judy hustled Nick for the 2nd time. And Nick at first wasn't exactly the happiest fox, but he eventually managed to give himself a few giggles in his cold stone heart at what he was about to put her through.
By going to the Department of Mammal Vehicles. And what with being on our way to said place, I could only hope my blood pressure won't go through the roof with this part.
"Judy, I'm sorry." I say, with a hunched figure. She looks confused at me, but Nick interrupts any train of thought she had.
"Flash is the fastest guy in there. You need something done, he's on it." Nick says, the smirk on his face screaming at me to run away and hide in a hole. If I was being honest, I would tell you that if I had the chance, I would bring anyone I have even a little grudge against here, just to watch them rip their hair out in agony at how slow these sloths were.
"I hope so. We are really fighting the clock and every minute counts." She notices that all of the workers are sloths. "Wait, they're all sloths?" She exclaims, eyes wide. I sighed, dejected. This is going to be a long afternoon.
The sloths are working slowly, stamping papers, stapling papers, and taking license pictures, irritating the customers. Creating tension in the air, I could feel static work it's way into my hair. I look down at my arm, and raise my eyebrows. Maybe this wont be such a boring day after all.
"You said this was gonna be quick!" Judy says, clenching her fists, as I go over to one of the other sloths, and wait in line. I had time to do what I wanted.
(There is a POV change)
"What, are you saying that because he's a sloth he can't be fast?" Nick asks in mock surprise. "I thought in Zootopia anyone could be anything." He remarks, repeating what Judy believes.
Both Nick and Judy walk up to Flash. "Flash, Flash, hundred yard dash! Buddy, it's nice to see ya." Nick says to the sloth, way too happy for his own good.
"Nice to... see you... too." He says, slowly. The pauses hilariously long and notable, and Judy looks around for Suzanne, the oddly lighter-furred fox not by her side. She couldn't have gone far, so Judy just followed the chain trail. And it met to the fox herself in line just beside her. Judy shook her head in surprise, and raised an eyebrow. She tried to focus on the conversation at hand, as well as the distracted mammal not 4 feet away.
"Hey, Flash, I'd love you to meet my friend... " He directs to Judy, still smirking.
"Uh, darling, I've forgotten your name." Judy gives Nick a look.
"Hmmm. Officer Judy Hopps, ZPD. How are you?" She asks politely, though seemingly in a hurry, and glances over to the line beside her.
"I am... doing... just..." Flash pauses at the supposed near end of his sentence.
"Fine?" She tries, gripping the top of the table.
"...as well... as... I can... be." Flash eventually finishes.
"Hmm." Judy hums, and stands on her tiptoes.
"What..." Flash begins. "Hang in there." Nick tells Judy, smirk growing. "...can I... do..." Judy thinks he had finished, "Well, I was hoping you could run a plate..." Flash interrupts, by continuing his sentence."...For you..."
"Well, I was hoping you could..." Judy starts again, thinking it was okay to ask once more.
"...today?" He actually ends.
The female fox beside them, now in the front of the line she was in, smiled as her picture was slowly taken.
-(I can't. I tried. I tried so hard... )-
I walked over, back to Judy and Nick, looking down at the photo in my hands, to overhear her excited voice.
"It's registered to... Tundratown Limo Service! A limo took Otterton! And the limo's in Tundratown! I blink, and stare after Judy, as she quickly runs out of the building. "It's in Tundratown!"
I walk up to Nick. "Way to hustle, bud. I love ya! I owe ya!"
I end up jogging alongside Nick as he exits with Judy. "Do you think he's still comprehending what you just said?" I ask him. He rolls his eyes.
"Guys, hurry! We gotta beat the rush hour and..." Judy looks around, shocked.
"It's night?!" Crickets chirped.
As we walk to the car, Judy looks over to me, and finally gets time to ask her question.
"Where were you?" She asks, looking up at me.
I smile down at her, and hold out my hand, showing her what I had got.
"In the line next to you guys, silly." I heard Nick scoff. "I got my picture taken. Since I hadn't had the chance to see myself in any mirror or reflection, not to mention your phone is tiny, I didn't want to break it." I say, showing her my picture. "I thought I'd look a little fuzzed out."
That and I'm not really a fox and haven't see myself, ever. "I look weird." I admit, chuckling. Judy smiles and shrugs. "Nah, I think you look fine. Now, let's get going!" She says, energetically running the rest of the way to the car, and hopping in, revved it up. But, because of her bounding, and my current leash, I was pulled forward half the way.
"Woah! Ah, hey!" I yelp, going to pull at the chain, trying to calm the bunny down. "Carrots, calm yourself." I order, grimacing. She rolled her eyes from the rear-view mirror, and backed up. I huffed.
(Hey look, more extra! :D It's shorter too, don't fret. ^^)
I stare out at the stars, and hum. Yeah it was night alright. And everything was about to go down hill from here. At least we won't actually get iced, right?
Judy blared her siren again, mostly for me to snap out of my trance. "Come on!"
Turning to Nick, I stare him down. Or, that's what I had wanted. He only smirks, and ruffles my head. I hiss and swat his 'hand' away. He stares at something in his paw, and as I go to look at it, Judy tugs me along. This time, I run after her as quickly as possible, and sit in the seat beside her before Nick can.
I sigh in relief, at finally being able to relax in a cushioned seat, and only when Nick as slowly as he can make a walk casual, and taps the hood of the car, do I realize just how stupid I really am.
"So, peach. Where am I going to sit?" He asks, raising an eyebrow, smirking.
The side of my mouth twitches, and I look at Judy. "Can I drive?" She looks thoughtful for a moment, but before my gaze gets too hopeful, she crushes it all with a simple,
"No."
I couldn't actually drive, so I was pretty happy not killing anyone tonight.
So that's where we ended up, Judy driving, Nick squashed up against her in the small joke mobile, and then finally me.
Face as red as Nick's fur, trying not to say anything that would make sitting in a foxes lap any more awkward than it already was.
"Are we there yet?"
You cant really blame a girl for trying.
AN:/ Ahhaaaa! Lookie! Another Chapter! Yaayy!
I pulled this through in 2 hours, I think? Maybe? All I know is that it isn't my best, nor my longest, or shortest. And if this seems to be dragging on, sorry. I have trouble pacing in the beginning of my stories. And, I have never really wrote a fanfic on a movie before.. So, there's that.
The sloth scene seriously had me climbing up a virtual wall. I tried, so hard, to write it. The script helped, but writing the actions grew so repetitive, that I had to end it where I had.
I'm slowly running out of ways to worm my way further into the group. It's getting a little difficult to make myself seem part of the team, and I think the main reason why is lack of conversation.
If I want to drag out a chapter, or the whole story, then I should insert at least 4 good heart-to-heart chats with Judy and Nick. I can't really do that now that I'm in as far as I am in the movie. There is no time, and I'm hesitant on altering the time in order to give my OC and the main characters bonding time.
But those convo's might come in later, where something might happen, to someone or some people. ;3
Ah, sorry for my rambling. I just wanted to let you guys know, so that if you get any idea's, just tell me!
Thanks for reading, and have a good rest of the day/morning/afternoon/night! :D