Judy was having one of her favorite dreams again. One where she was flying.
The meadows and grasslands were far beneath her as she soared through the midday air. Judy couldn't help but grin; she loved these dreams. Willing herself to accelerate, she flew up and past the clouds, looking at the next layer of clouds far above. Spiraling around, she dove back into the lowest layer of clouds, and saw the spectacular skyline of Zootopia.
Judy paused in midair, beaming. The gorgeous colors and shapes of the buildings popped out from this perspective. All of its splendor represented something she wanted to protect. The city that had first unified predator and prey. The city that had brought understanding. It was her home now, and she had saved it. She placed a paw lightly on her chest, discovering she was still wearing her ZPD uniform.
"Kinda weird, huh?" A cutesy feminine voice off to her right remarked.
Judy turned to her right and saw a similarly airborne bunny fly right up to her and halt. The bunny had golden brown eyes and fur, and was wearing a pilot's uniform that looked just a bit too big for her.
"What's weird?" Judy smirked, folding her arms.
"I mean, all this!" The pilot gestured between herself and Judy. "Bunnies can't fly!"
"Bunnies can do anything they want," Judy remarked with half-closed eyes.
"Oh, I guess you sure showed them, didn't you?" The pilot bunny giggled, gesturing to Zootopia. "You saaaaved the world...!"
"Not the world... just Zootopia," Judy held up a finger. "And- and I had help! I couldn't have done it without Nick."
"But Zootopia... the rest of the world kind of follows its example, hmmm...?" The golden bunny tilted her head. "You reversed the fortune of the entire world!"
"Eh..." Judy began to look a little discouraged. "Well, I had to break it before I could fix it."
"Aw, nonsense, it was all the fault of that eeeevil sheep," the golden bunny wiggled her fingers. "Now c'mon, you should save the city again. From me!"
The golden bunny burst out of her uniform and became gigantic, planting herself on the ground near the city.
"What the-?" Judy's eyes widened.
"Raaaaaawr!" The bunny bellowed in a mostly unchanged voice, stomping through the city. "Um, you're supposed to stop me, Judy."
"I guess this is one of those dreams," Judy rolled her eyes.
"Show me what you got, toots!" The bunny put up her fists, bouncing around the city.
"Okay, here goes...!" Judy put on an adventurous grin and flew straight toward the titanic bunny, swooping down and then straight up into the bunny's chin, driving her fist into her chin with a flying uppercut.
"Whooaaaaaaa ho ho...!" The enormous bunny went flying off comically into the sky.
"And that's that," Judy dusted her hands off.
The golden bunny reappeared in a scientist's coat and a more normal size, her hand to her forehead. "Wow, look at me go."
"Uh!" Judy flinched at her suddenly being there again.
"That force you exerted was massive!" The golden bunny wiggled her finger instructively. "Your 'dream self' is really powerful! You dream big!"
"Thanks... I think?" Judy's eyebrow went up. "I guess I'm having one of those zany dreams that make no sense."
"Only the best kind," the golden bunny replied haughtily, rubbing her paw on her coat.
"So... what are you?" Judy's eyes narrowed. "Some kind of representation of my indomitable spirit?"
"That's right!" The bunny claimed, perking up and trying to look authoritative. "I'm here to tell you to never give up! Trust your instincts!"
"Well, I have given up before," Judy muttered, "and I have trusted my instincts, and that was my mistake..."
The bunny yelped as storm clouds started to move in on the city. "Hey wait, this is supposed to be a fun dream! Get outta here!" The bunny wiggled her arms and the sky cleared.
"Heh, I may have had dreams about flying before, but never with a funny little bunny sprite like you," Judy considered.
"The name's Serendipity!" She flew in a circle and saluted, changing her colors a few times and assuming her Celestial form.
"Well if the flying didn't tip me off, being confronted by a perky, silly goddess sure would be a big hint that I was dreaming," Judy laughed.
"Yeah, ya think?" Serendipity knocked her own head with a fist.
"I wonder how many people dream about you," Judy looked her over. "And are they all bunnies?"
"I can be whatever I want, sister!" Serendipity changed her form rapidly to show a variety of other animals, including a cow, a camel, a pig, even a wolf. She settled back on her bunny form. "Bunnies are the best, though. We're lucky!"
"So the rumor goes," Judy rolled her eyes.
"What, you don't believe in me?" Serendipity pouted.
"If Lady Luck herself existed, she's gotta be very fickle," Judy looked accusingly at her with her hands on her hips.
"Oh, you got that right," Serendipity laughed. "At least I'm fickle and not lazy, like Destiny."
"The Giraffe Reaper is lazy? I don't think I've heard that one before," Judy started to think. "This is really odd... I don't think I have any point of reference for dreaming about the Celestials..."
"Eh, like I said, you're a big dreamer," Serendipity flicked her paw. "And you an' Nick are gonna achieve big things!"
"Bigger than what we've already achieved?" Judy laughed, beginning to float around herself. "Is that written in the lucky stars?"
"Um, don't know! Let's check!" Serendipity snapped her fingers, and the day instantly and rather comically changed into night. Serendipity looked up and Judy followed her gaze.
Judy had to laugh as the stars conspicuously spelled out "NOPE".
"Guess you'll just have to make your own future!" Serendipity shrugged. "Carve it into the stars yourself!"
Judy waved her hands, willing the stars to rearrange to instead read a big "OKAY".
"Wow, you are a powerful dreamer," Serendipity admired. "Okay babe, this one's for you!"
Serendipity flew headlong into the city of gleaming lights and set of numerous colorful fireworks. Judy gasped, then chased after Serendipity.
As the two flew through the air, Judy gained a perspective of the radiant explosions she'd never seen in her life. The stars from the fireworks seemed to burst all around her, and she flew along buildings and through explosions, enchanted and agape at all of the wonder.
When she caught back up to Serendipity, she had paused in midair, and was now wearing an orchestra conductor's formal clothes, waving a baton in the air as she conducted the firework show.
"Is there anything more cool than explosions!?" Serendipity shouted over the din.
"Wow, this is amazing...!" Judy looked truly in awe as the city sky flared with color and light.
Serendipity dropped her arms and baton, and slowly the fireworks came to and end. She giggled and floated up to Judy.
"Know what, though?" Serendipity stopped right next to Judy and touched her nose with her baton. "You deserve it."
Judy flinched at this, and Serendipity flew backwards.
"KABOOM!" Serendipity herself burst into a radiant golden firework, which shimmered with sparkles and light. The sparkles made a lingering simulation of her own face, which winked at Judy.
Judy smiled serenely, feeling some unusual mixture of warm appreciation and fanciful amusement. She hoped she would remember the dream to tell Nick about later.