"Hey Judy, wanna come over for a movie?" Nick asked, as the bell rang for the end of school.
"Yeah, sure, why not?" the doe replied, as she picked up her small bag and placed it on top of her shoulder.
The pair skipped down the hall, as the crowd of small cubs and kits ran out into the playground, where their parents waited to pick them up. Nick and Judy scanned the crowd from the top of the stairs, trying to seek out their parents. Well, truthfully Nick was trying to find his parents, Judy was just trying to find her older sister, who was usually the one to pick her up as her parents were busy tending to her brothers and sisters.
"Hey look, there's ma!" Nick cried, and raced down the stairs to the vixen, who waited for him calmly. Beside her, Judy saw Talia, her older sister, and the doe proceeded to follow her friend.
"Ma, can Judy come over to watch a movie?" Nick questioned, almost as soon as he greeted his mother.
"Well, that's if Talia will allow her too," the older fox said gently, patting her kit on the head as she looked to her right, questioning said bunny.
"Please?" Judy begged, staring up at her big sister with an innocent stare.
"Well, as long as you do as Mrs Wilde says, and come back home before five," Talia reasoned slowly, and with a gleeful skip, the two kits ran down to the gate, the older mammals following slower, as they started to talk.
"I hope you don't mind, Mrs Wilde,"
"Oh, that's alright, Talia. Your parents must be very busy, and I'm more than happy to help them by looking after Judy for a little,"
"I better ring them," Talia smiled, as she looked at the two friends chat and walk happily down the road, towards Nick's house.
"Alright. I'll take care of her, don't worry," Nick's mum said, as Talia stopped and rang her parents, not before saying goodbye to her sister.
"Bye Judy, have fun and be careful!"
"I will, Tal, don't worry. Goodbye!" Judy cried cheerfully, and with that, she turned around and sprinted towards her best friend, who happily raced her yet again.
"So, what movie do you want to watch?" Nick asked, as they threw their bags down in the corridor and made their way to the living room.
"Well, which ones do you have again?" the doe asked, as she scrambled up on to the old couch.
"Um, not many," Nick said, wincing as he looked into their cupboard under the television. Because of how Nick's family wasn't exactly very wealthy, they didn't have many movies, as they couldn't afford it.
"Really? Then how did you afford that pool last summer?" Judy questioned, tilting her head as she stared down at her friend.
"Carrots, that was a blow-up pool, and it was a Christmas present from my aunt from the Christmas before," Nick reasoned, as he held the cupboard door.
"Oh… Well, the question remains the same. Which movies do you have?" the young doe quickly recovered, changing the subject. Nick looked back down at the movie selections.
"Well, we have Pig Hero 6, How to Train Your Bearded Dragon, or Robin Hood," Nick ended flatly, after listing all the movies they had, which really wasn't a lot. Judy stared down over his shoulder, squinting intently at the choices they had.
"How 'bout… actually, which is your favourite out of them?"
"Me? I really like Robin Hood," Nick admitted looking back up at her, and then returning his gaze to the DVD.
"Alright, Robin Hood it is then," Judy nodded her approval. Nick grinned up at her, and the bent down to pick the DVD up.
"I have to warn you, I've seen it a million times,"
"He's alive!" Judy squeaked in relief, as she clutched a fraying pillow to her chest, peering over it cautiously.
"Of course he's alive! He's Robin Hood! And he's a fox," Nick smirked, lying back comfortably as a fight scene unfolded.
"Take that!" Judy laughed, as her fear faded and she relaxed a little more. Nick was getting into the movie even more than she was, and once more jumped up and started to punch the air like a little boxer, bashing his opponents.
"Take that you stupid Sheriff! And that!" Nick cried, as Robin Hood started shooting arrows. Judy took a breath in, as she looked up at her friend. He really had a little rage in his eyes, and Judy didn't like it.
"Nick, calm down will you? It's only a movie!" she cried, slightly agitated as the kit looked startled, and stared down at her.
"But it's a great movie," he replied, however following Judy's orders and sitting down, as the fight scene subsided, and the prisoners escaped from the castle.
"You really do like it, don't you?" Judy asked.
"Very much so," the fox kit stated, as he looked back at his friend, his eyes serious.
"Robin Hood may be poor, but he is so talented, and he helps the poor. Also, he's a fox like me," Nick reasoned, making Judy smile a little. Of course Nick would look up to this character. With his mother struggling, they were barely paying his school bills. It was very tough on the young fox, so he would need someone strong to look up to, after his father…
"So, is this where you got the hustle thing from?" Judy questioned, breaking through her thoughts as the movie proceeded in a calm way.
"Maybe," Nick grinned mischievously at her out of the corner of his eyes.
"Wow Nick, just wow,"
"Well, he does hustle them well, and he steals for a good reason," the kit pointed out, making Judy roll her eyes, placing the pillow down beside her on the couch.
"I guess, but it doesn't make hustling good," Judy reasoned herself, making Nick sniff.
"If it is for the greater good, it does,"
"Nick, stealing is bad,"
"Call it how you see it, Carrots. Mammals have different opinions," the fox kit ended, telling Judy the conversation was over. The doe sighed, turning back to the television.
"Who's your hero then, Carrots?" Nick questioned her after a time, making the bunny pause.
"Well," she began, tilting her head to the ceiling as she turned the question over in her mind "Jack Savage, probably,"
"Why him?"
"He's a bunny, and he is the greatest detective and known cop of his time. He shows that bunnies can be anything, especially cops!"
"Okay, I guess that's fair," Nick said in approval, as the movie started to finish off.
"Yes, very," Judy agreed, smiling at her friend as he hopped on to the floor. Nick removed the DVD and put it back in its case.
"Soooo, what do you want to do now?" the kit asked, as he closed the cupboard door with a click. "You still have around twenty minutes until five, and I guess we have about fifteen minutes' free time until you have to leave,"
"How about we play Cops and Robbers?" Judy suggested with a smile.
"Cool! Same roles?"
"You bet!"
"Roar! I am the amazing Jack Savage, and I command you to stop in the name of the law!" Judy shrieked, as her gun hand shoot 'bullets' at the robber.
"Never! Robin Hood slows for no one!" Nick cried over his shoulder, as he shot an 'arrow' back at the officer that pursued him, with 'Jack' effectively rolling out of the way before the arrow hit him.
"You have to stop in the name of the law!" Judy repeated herself, as Nick leapt over the hose in his backyard, making his way to the small tree that was located at the very back of the backyard, in an attempt to seek shelter.
The young kit hopped up, and grabbed a small branch, hauling himself up in time so Judy couldn't pull him back down.
"Hey, no fair!" Judy wailed, as she tried to hop up again to grab at Nick's tail, failing and falling back on the ground.
"Na na!" Nick pulled a face at his friend, chuckling at her dismay. "You should have taken those tree climbing lessons I offered you!"
"No, not when I have… this!" she squealed, bringing back her fake gun, and pointing it at Nick's chest, startling the kit, "Now get down unless you want to be shot!"
"Never!" Nick cried down at her defiantly, and with that Judy 'fired' a bullet. However, Nick pulled his 'bow and arrow' out and shoot an arrow.
"Ha! I shot my arrow through your bullet! Now you've been hit!" He cried in triumph, puffing out his chest as Judy fumed beneath him.
"No! That's not possible!"
"Everything is possible for Robin Hood!"
"No, it's not realistic!" Judy whined, as she sniffed. Nick sniffed, as he cautiously climbed down the tree to his sniffling friend.
"Come on, Carrots, it's alright. It's meant to be make believe," he tried to reason.
"No, it has to be realistic!"
"Carrots…"
"…."
"Please?" Judy still didn't answer, her eyes lowered to the ground, as Nick approached her still. Then, without warning, she pulled her 'gun' out and 'fired', right at Nick's head. This took the fox by surprise and he nearly yelped in alarm, as Judy started laughing hysterically.
"You would make the worst robber!" she squealed, as Nick blinked at her, suddenly realizing what had happened.
"I hate you,"
"I hate you too," she said, making the pair grin, still standing opposite to each other.
Hey everyone! Yay, I updated again! So, I had some reviews, and one of them asked where Nick could have gotten the 'hustle' line from, and it did get me to wonder. So, my wanderings lead to one answer:
Robin Hood
It has been one of my personal childhood favourites, and I really condone Nick either knowing about him, or him actually being Nick's ancestor, considering he was also a fox, has a similar design to Nick, and is created by the man himself, Walt Disney, it is likely the two would end up in the same world.
Also, they are both anthropomorphic mammals, and Zootopia is based on a number of the older movies design, Mayor Lionheart himself based off King Richard.
So, I wanted to inter grade this movie into my story, and therefore explains why Nick is drawn to hustling.
Also, heads up to Jack Savage, one of the previous characters that was going to star in Zootopia but never made the cut. I feel he would have been a cool character, either way.
So, I hope you enjoyed this, and until next time, Carrots!
(P.S And yes, my explanation for how Nick owned a pool)