"Layla wake up, its time for school" said my mum I sighed and opened my eyes
"Mum do I have to go to school?" I asked her "I mean all the other schools I went to well just didn't work out for me"
My mum went over to my certains to pull them over
"oh come on, you're going to make a fresh new start, in this school" she said smiling
I frowned at her a bit "Mum you said that everytime I started a new school, I mean can't you just homeschool me or something?" I asked
Mum sighed " honey we've been through this I cant homeschool you, cause I have to work and I can't afford to have someone come over and homeschool you either"
"But mum, I won't have any friends I never do, they all think I'm well weird and call me a freak "
Mum looked at me with sympahy and sat dow next to me
" Layla look at me you're not weird,you're just different ok everyone in zootopia is"
But mum I have no fur I have no tail I have no special appilties like you or other animal,
"Look you do have something special okay?, you have a mother who loves you, sure I might not be your biological mother ,but do you think that changes the way I feel about you?"
"No" I mumbled but I did start to feel a bit better I tehn began to smile a tiny bit
"Of course it doesn't you will always be my daughter no matter what"
"Ok mum I'll give school a try" I said mum kissed my cheek
"Good girl" she then left so I could get dressed
Well I thought I know it will the same as everyother school I've been to ,but maybe a miracle will happen and I will make a friend, but then again maybe a pig will fly
"Come on then Layla" mum shouted me ,"come have breakfast then we'll go ok?"
So I went downstairs and my um had made me jam on toast I sat down at the table and started to eat it, I looked at mum and smiled
Ok I think nows the time to tell you a bit of my background story ok my mum is an deer, as for me well I just don't know what I am my mum said she had found me when I was just a little baby, but no one knows what I am, when I was 5 I started school ,but everyone either bullied me or avoided me it was then I relased I was different
" Layla it's time to go" said my mum I nodded and got my bag we both went in the car
"Mum can we have the radio on?" I ask my mum nodded and out it on
I sang some of the songs in my head which helps me just forget everything I guess, then we arrived at the school
"See you after school honey" my mum said
"Bye mum" and I walked into the school gates and as always the staring and whispers appear I hear what they say
"what is that?"
"Don't know she looks freaky"
"maybe she escaped from the local freak show"
I sighed I had heard these words many times in the past, but trust me they do still hurt
As I looked around the school I saw a young fox about my age, now I know by now in zootopia a lot of animals are prejudice towards foxes, they think them to all be sly and untrustworthy, I never judge anyone before getting to know them,
Then I saw a bison come over to the young fox, at first I thought they were friends but then I heard the bison talk
"Come on you dumb fox" the bison sneered "give me your money now"
The poor fox was shaking like a leaf,I could see he had tears in his eyes
"Please" begged the fox "my mum, she didn't give me any money today, " the fox was breathing heavily as if he was going to have a panic attack at any moment
"You know the rules" the bison said as he took a step closer to the trembling fox "if you haveno money you get hurt" then he pushed the fox down and made a fist
"Hey leave him alone" I shouted, which made both the fox and bison look over at me
"And what if I don't freak?" asked the bison as he stepped closer to me,towering over me
"Or I will tell the teacher" I said the Bison just chuckled
"Wow a snich as well as a freak" the bison smirked "fine I won't harm the fox,I'll hurt you instead"
But then the bell rang and I felt relived
"I'll see you at break" the bison said and walked away
I knew to avoid that bison now,I turned around to see the fox on the ground, I helped him up
"Are you alright?" I asked,as I helped him brush some dirt of his fur and clothes
He nodded "Yeah,uh are you new here?" He asked "I've never seen you before"
I nodded "yeah I just moved to the neighborhood last week"
He smiled at me "well thank you for helping me back then"
"Hey no problem,trust me I know what it feels like to be bullied"
The fox then looked a little uncomfortable "Uh if you mind my asking"
Oh boy here it comes I thought the question
"what are you?" He aksed " I've never seen an animal like you before"
I bit my lip and sighed "Look the truth is I don't know what I am, my mum doesn't either, I wish I knew but I just don't"
The fox looked at me sadly "I'm sorry about that" he said "well uh better get to class"
"me too" I said " what class are you in now?"
"Uhh cooking" he said
I looked at my timetable and saw I had cooking too I smiled
"Me too shall we go together" I ask
The fox nooded "Oh um I'm Alfie by the way" he greeted
"I'm Layla" and we shook hands and paws
We walked to class together and once again I heard whispers and saw people stare at me, I tried to ignore them but it is quite hard to do
We arrived at the class and sat down I sat next to Alfie since no one was sat with him
The class stared at me in disgust you know the way you look ,when you found you stepped in something horrible
Alfie had noticed this too he looked over at me with sad eyes I smiled at him too assure him I was okay,
"I'm use to it" I say to him
"Well I don't think it's fair to pick on someone just cause the look different, I mean we're all different right?"
I smiled at him wow this guy must have a heart of gold or something
"Yeah" I agreed "but some animals just hate differences"
"True" Alfie nodded "I know how it feels, I mean just cause I'm a fox people hate me"
"Do you tell your parents?" I ask him he remains silent for a moment ,and then shakes his head
I nodded "yeah me neither. I just don't want my mum to worry"
The teacher saw us both talking and the asked to us to stop
Wow I thought to myself I think I may have finally found a friend, this fox is so well he's special,but I still hate he's getting bullied just cause he's a fox
[break time[
"So,who do you hang out with?" I ask Alfie
Alfie looks down at the ground " Uh no one,I don't really have any friends" he admits sadly
"What?, but you seem like a really nice guy, I knew you were been bullied, but I would have thought you have friends" I say
He shakes his head and I smile at him
"Well I'd be your friend if you want" he looks at me and smiles
"Ok" he says "this will be great,"I can't believe it my wish came true" he then blushes a bit
"Mine too" I say "it's great we met and to think If I didn't come to school we may have not met"
"Hey you freak" says a voice, I turn to see the bison from before coming towards me and Alfie
"I'm not a freak" I sigh he smirks and chuckles
"Yes you are, and anyway why are you hanging about with him?" He ask pointing at Alfie
"he's my friend"
"Aww the freak and the loser are friends are they?" He mocks,"well anyway , I believe that you and me have some unfinished business" he grins as he cracks his knuckles
Alfie then steps in front of me "leave her alone" he growls
"Or what, you gonna stop me?" He taunts Alfie
Alfie stares at him and then takes a deep breath "yeah I am" he says "I am gonna stop you"
"Oh really?" He ask then he punches Alfie in the eye and he falls to the ground
"Alfie" I cry out "are you ok?" He gets up and nods we notice that the bison has gone
"How does it look?" Alfie ask pointing to his eye I can see it beginning to bruise already
"I think you should see the nurse" I tell him but Alfie shakes his head
"Uh no I'll uh be alright" he says
Than the bell goes and we head to our next class
"Alfie what happened to your eye?" The teacher ask noticing his black eye
"uh I walked into a door sir" he says he looks like he's ashamed for lying
"Are you sure?" He ask Alfie nods and takes his seat
"Alfie, maybe you should tell him what happened" I whisper he shakes his head
"No I don't want to cause any trouble" he says
I sigh and look over at the teacher
"ok class remember next week we go on the trip to the ZPD"
Alfie smiles at me "my parents work there" he says "oh I can't wait to visit the ZPD"
I smile at him I didn't know they were going to the ZPD
"Uh sorry whats your name?" The teacher ask me
"Layla" I say
"Well Layla,please get your mum to sign this and bring it to me tomorrow ok?"
I nod and put the slip in my pocket ,I've always wanted to visit the ZPD, I remember on the news I saw a bunny cop and a fox, they were the ones who found the missing mammals and arrested bellwether the one behind it all
After our lesson it was then dinner time
"hey want to go to the library?" Ask Alfie "we're allowed to eat their and hardly anyone goes there"
"ok" so we both head up to the library and Alfie was right no one was there expect the libraian
"Hello Alfie" she says "who's this? she gestures to me"
"Oh this is my new friend Layla" he says
"Oh nice to meet you,I'm miss doe"
"Well I like to read, so I might get some books out" I say
Me and Alfie sit down and eat our lunch
"So are you looking forward to the trip?" I ask him
"Yeah, I can't wait, I want to solve crimes and mystery's too"
"The one mystery I want to solve is what am I?" I sigh
Alfie looks at me sadly "it doesn't matter, what you are, it matters who you are" I look at him a bit confused
"Look,even if you did know what you was,do you think that would make a difference to who you are inside?"
"No" I say Alfie smiles at me
"Anyway I know what you are" he grins at me kindly
"What?"
"You're the best friend ever"
"thank you" I say
"Do you want to look at some books now?" Alfie ask me
"Uh sure"
I look over at the crime books and notice one,Sherlock moles and I take it
"Oh I've read that ,it's good" Alfie tells me ,so I begin to read a bit of it,Alfie's right it is good I take it to miss doe to check it out
"You're right Alfie it is nice here" I say "no one to bother us"
"I use to come here,if I was being bullied" Alfie says "reading helps me feel better"
"Yeah me too" I tell him
Then the bell goes for end of dinner as we head back to the class a bear comes up to us
"Hey I like that book too" he says pointing at the Sherlock moles book I have
"Uh thank you" I say suddenly he takes it out of my hand
"Hey give that back" I say but he just chuckles then he starts to rip the pages out
"What are you doing?" Alfie screams ,"that's a library book
"Do I care?, no" the bear grins and walk of
I sigh and Alfie puts his paw on my shoulder "it's ok I'll pay for the book" he says
"No you don't have to ,it's not your fault" I say
"I know, but I have some money at home,and I'll tell miss doe lost the book by accident"
"Look,Alfie I appreciate it but"
"I don't mind honest" he tells me "I want to"
I sighed this guy won't give up
"Ok then,but I will pay you back someday" I smile
We head to class and unfortunately, the bear is there he sits with his friends, and I hear them whispering and snickering
"He always takes others things" Alfie whispers to me "yesterday he took my homework"
I don't say anything, I don't know what to say I just look at the bored and listen to the teacher, I'm sick of bullies
[after class]
"Well it was great to meet you Layla" Alfie smiles at me
"Same here" I say "see you tomorrow?"
He nods "Yeah"
So we go our separate ways and I see my mum, I wave to her
"Hey how was school?" She ask
"Good" I smile "I made a friend"
"That's great ,what's their name ?"
"He's called Alfie" I say "he's really kind"
I smiled to myself I can't believe that Alfie didn't have friends, I mean he's so wonderful , but then in this world animals don't look inside, they only look out
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