"Meeting the Family part 1 of 3" Based After the events of Zootopia.

Judy was nervous.
She couldn't stop tapping her foot on the train's stairs as she waited with baited breath. She felt her friend and partner, Nick Wilde, chuckle at the sight of her. He flicked at her droopy ears making her shoot a sideways glare at him.

"What are you worked up about?" He asked, removing his paw from her ears to the inside of his pants pocket. Not wanting to push his luck on the aggravated bunny. Knowing how hard she can punch. "We're just visiting your folks right?"

Judy took a breath, forcing her foot to stop. "Yeah, but I'm just thinking of how they'll react when they see you."

"Because I'm a fox?"  He asked. It was no surprise that bunnies are naturally afraid of foxes. He knows that from experience.
Except for Judy. She wasn't frightened by him and he was glad they became close friends. Even now, he would admit that she was the best thing that ever happened to him. But will he say that outloud? Not on the fur on his back.
Judy grabbed his arm from the question.

"No!...well! maybe?" She sighed when he arched a brow. "My parents are super-protective and I know they accepted Gideon to work with them but, you know they still might be a bit... wary."

"Hey, Carrots, come on." he smirked, shrugging his shoulders when he took a step back. "It's me, I'm a loveable guy, your parents are going to love me!" He exclaimed tightening his tie but ignoring his loose and untucked shirt. She turned away and started biting her nails, her foot thumping more rapidly.
Her breath stopped when the train screeched into a halt, immediately the doors open and animals of all species started to spill out.

"Oh we're here!" Judy turned to Nick placing her paws right over his shirt collar. "Let me just-!" Nick's eyes widened when he felt her soft fingers lightly touch his fur until she grabbed his tie. He gagged when she yanked his tie. Her harsh pull made his tie slip out from its lazy knot. Nick grabbed his throat, coughing uncontrollably.

"Hey! That hurt!" He was ignored as Judy knocked his paw aside laying out the tie around his collar. Her small paws moved rapidly as she skillfully made a reasonable knot. He choked when she tightened his more presentable tie.
"There!" She gave the tie a pat. Nick's eyes narrowed giving her a scowl. Not noticing his annoyed look she grabbed her wrist in excitement dragging him off the train as if he was a strayed suitcase.
Judy's eyes scanned the train station of the Bunny Burrow while Nick took the chance to escape from her death grip. Secretly loosening his tie while she wasn't looking. Her ears sprang up when she found her parents waiting for her. She gasped, running to them with open arms. Nick calmly stepped out after her, watching as she collided with her parents open arms. Judy nuzzled both of her parents happily. It had been three months since she and Nick solved the missing mammals case. Three whole months of not seeing them that isn't on the screen of her phone.

"I missed you!" she exclaimed when she pulled away.

"Aw, and we sure missed you too Judy." Her father, Stu, said with a smile. She laughed when her father placed a paw on her head, giving her a playful noogie. "Always happy to see my little tryer!"

"Dad!" She laughed taking a step back. A soft giggle escaped her lips when she touched her sore head. The sound of an animal clearing their throat made her turn and made her parents gasp out as a fox strolled right up to Judy. Nick stood beside her, holding his signature sleepy gaze and larger than life smirk. "Oh! um mom, dad...This is Nick Wilde."

Her parents exchanged glances. Judy's father let out a cough while her mother gave them a polite smile.

"O-oh yes! You didn't tell us he was coming..." Her mother, Bonnie said softly. Judy opened her mouth to explain until Nick placed a firm paw on her shoulder bringing her towards him.

"She wanted it to be a surprise and also, she would have missed me..." He winked. Judy rolled her eyes and elbowed him playfully. Not noticing her father slowly cringing at how close the two were. Her mother, noticing how uncomfortable he was getting placed her paws in between them.

"W-well, its wonderful to finally meet you..." She forced the two apart, making Judy blushed lightly while Nick slid his paws back into his pockets. "Nick, is it?"

"Yup." he popped. "Also big fan of your blueberries, so sweet."

"Oh thank you, maybe you will like to have some when we take you to our home." Her mother said politely, only for Stu to quickly grab her paw, his lips going to his left ear as he whispered.

"We're not going to give him the guest room, will we?" He failed to keep his whisper secret as Nick and Judy heard every word.

"Dad!" Judy scolded loudly, making him flinch. Nick's ears shifted down, he was prepared for it. Her father's reaction was no surprise but he was glad to have Judy defending a shifty-looking fox like him. Her mother was just as surprise as her, giving her father a good wag of the finger.

"Stu, this is not polite! He is a guest and a friend of your daughter!"

Her father stammered. "B-but what if he takes something from the house, foxes do have quick hands, you know."

"Stu!"

Judy slapped a paw over her face, her face glowing red from her father's words. "Dad! you're embarrassing me!" she said, her teeth gritted. Nick scratched his cheek lightly, unsure of how to respond. He was suddenly grabbed by Judy's paw wrapped around his own. He was forced to follow her as she quickly walked away from the situation. "Let's just head to the farm!" she yelled. She decided it was best for the two of them to walk ahead of her parents. Making sure they were at least a hundred feet away she let go of Nick's paw.

"I'm sorry, Nick." She said gently, staring at the dirt road ahead. "My dad doesn't know what he is talking about..."

"Hey. Nothing I heard before right?" He said giving her a smile. He wanted to make her feel better but his words didn't seem to convince her. She huffed, crossing her arms in annoyance.

"But you shouldn't!"

Nick bit the inside of his cheek. It was quiet between them for a moment. Judy was always the one who spoke out against those who treats animals by only using their stereotypes, especially Nick. Even though he was a certified ZPD officer, not every animal saw him as "respectable" or "trustworthy". He ignored the low whispers and the loud angry slurs against him. He stuck to his motto, he was never going to let them see that they get to him. It was easy to follow. No matter what he heard, it never really bothered him. But it bothered Judy. She wasn't shy to reprimand the ignorant animals. Some days he had to force her away from a bad situation.

"He is right you know..." he began, making Judy look up at him in surprise. He chuckled, unsheathing his claws at her. "I do have quick paws! Better be careful!" He swiftly tickled her sides making her laugh loudly before slapping his paws aside.

"Stop! That's not funny!" She giggled. He chuckled giving her a mischievous grin.

"Looks like some bunny is ticklish!" he dug his fingers into her sides, giving her another tickle. She laughed again, curling her body forward as she tried to escape from his grasp. Nick's tail wagged as he laughed loudly.

"Stop! stop! Hahaha!" Judy quickly jumped back and gave him a good punch in the arm.

"Ow!" He rubbed his right arm as Judy stuck her tongue out at him playfully.

The corner of his mouth twitched upward. "Sly bunny."

Her nose wrinkled. "Dumb fox."

The Bunny Burrow was much larger than what Nick was anticipating. When Judy told him that she had over 300 brothers and sisters, he thought he was pulling her tail. Her home was more like a neighborhood. There were grassy mounds in every direction with cobblestone paths leading to each one. There were purple shaped rabbit doors that led into them with easter colored windows. He guessed that each mound could hold almost 100 hundred bunnies. There was one mound that was much larger than the rest and in front of it was a crowd of bunnies from all ages. Above the large mound, attached to the wooden frame of the door was a white banner with colorful bright letters that read: "Welcome Back, Judy!"

Judy's ears sprang up from seeing her family, Nick did not prepared himself to what happened next.

"Look it's Judy!" yelled one of the younger kittens. Suddenly the earth began to shake as a stampede of little bunnies ran towards Judy. Nick's ears went back as he jumped back away from the little kittens as they collided into Judy's arms, grabbing and pulling on her arms and legs in excitement, shouting her name and jumping up and down. Nick was surprised by how Judy accepted it as a normal occurance as she answered each one's frantic questions.

"Did you got us any presents?!"

"Where's my present Judy?!"

"Yeah Judy!"

"How was Zootopia?!"

They pulled on her arms and legs more impatiently, not giving her one second to respond to each one. "Okay! okay! No pulling guys!" She laughed trying to struggle against fifty tiny paws. "I didn't bring any presents!" All the ears in the crowd went down in disappointment as a combined 'aww' filled the air. Judy bounced slightly when she clapped her paws together. "But I did bring my friend!"
She pointed to Nick who was far behind her and away from the kittens. He flinched when he saw hundreds of big eyes stare right at him. He slowly put up a paw, letting out a strained smile.

"Hey kids..." he waved. His expected them to cower behind Judy for protection against a "mean-looking" fox like him. One child ears sprang up along with a gasp.

"Hey look at his tail! it's fluffy!" Nick's brow rose and suddenly saw the rest of their ears sprang up from the new information. One little kitten, a little girl with a peach colored coat and a blue dress stepped forward. Her nose twitching. She looked to be at least three years old. She gasped happily when she locked eyes on Nick's red tail.

"I want to hug it!" and ran forward. Nick took a small step back, putting his paws out for her.

"N-no, no, no, no touching..." She giggled when she followed him, trying to grab his tail. He twist around in a circle wanting to lose her. Thinking it was a game continued her onslaught. "Okay seriously, you don't need to-!"

She jumped forward, wrapping her small body around it. "Hugs!" She nuzzled it lovingly, almost as if it was new stuffed toy. Judy placed her paws over her heart, sighing at how cute her little sister looked. Nick cringed, the little kitten wasn't causing any pain but he noticed that she wasn't going to let go anytime soon. Judy taking the opportunity, nudged the younger bunnies forward.

"He's really nice." She whispered to them, giving them another friendly push. "Why don't you go and play with him?"

"Can we climb on him?" asked her little brother. Nick's ears sprang up in alarm when Judy smiled and nodded.

"Sure! He can give you piggyback rides too!"

"Wait-!" Nick put out his paw. "Carrots!"

"Oh boy!" and the bunnies rushed towards him. He was overwhelmed by fluffballs. They pulled at his arms and latched onto his legs, and he had five climbing over his back and onto his head.

"Wait! wait!" His cries were silenced by how loud the children's laughter were. He was being used as playground equipment! Judy laughed by how affectionate her little brothers and sisters were being towards him. She was glad that they didn't care that he was a fox. They were glad to finally had someone tall enough to climb on top of.
Nick fell forward. One of the bunnies pushed him, making him fall flat on his stomach. Before he had time to react he was suddenly grabbed by them and was starting to be dragged off. His front paws clawed forward, his nails digging into the earth in fear.

"Wait! where you taking me?!" he demanded, but only heard more laughter in response. His paw reached out to Judy who was standing there with a smile, not seeing the problem in the situation. "Carrots! Help me!" His nails dug into the dirt again but he was no matched to the combined strength of fifty bunnies. Judy put a paw over her mouth, hiding her laughter as she saw Nick struggle in vain. "Rabbit! you better help me right now or-OW! don't pull my tail!" His eyes widened as his body was now halfway through the front door and into the dark burrow.
His paw reached out to her one last time, begging for her assistance.

"Judy!"

She lifted her paw and gave a little wave before he was taken away. His cries echoing in the burrow. She shook her head from Nick's over exaggeration. She knew he will be fine. Her brothers and sisters aren't naturally rough when playing. The only thing Nick will experience is a makeover and fur-braiding. A favorite in between her rabbit siblings. A set of soft steps made her ears radar towards it. With a turn she saw her parents, who noticed a set of claw marks in the dirt. Her mother sighed heavily.

"Oh dear, they dragged off another one." She shook her head when Stu snapped his overalls.

"Don't worry about the kids, dear. They are just being friendly...I just hope that Nick fella doesn't bite them."

Judy scowled. "Dad! that's enough." She said sternly, crossing her arms at him. "Nick is not violent, he is nicest guy you will ever meet, he wouldn't even hurt a fly!"

"We know he is Judy." Her mother began, not liking to see her daughter upset. " Don't we, Stu?" She said giving her husband a glare, almost telling him to keep his mouth shut.

"Alright, Alright, I'm sorry...I'm sure he is a swell animal. He does work with you in the force right? I'm I right? He isn't some random-"

Judy groaned, rolling her eyes. "Yes! Dad please! I told you about him before and I want you to at least try to accept him..." She gave her father a small smile. "Like Gideon, he is helping you guys expand your business isn't he?"

"Well, I suppose he is." Stu said, looking at his wife for consolation. She nodded feveriously.

"Oh yes, very helpful!"

"And isn't he a fox?" Judy pressed. Her father nodded. "Then there you go! If you could like Gideon, than you can at least give Nick a chance. Can you guys do that for me? He's really important to me."

Her father opened her mouth, almost to oppose but one look at his daughter's wide and large eyes made his heart melt in agreement. "Okay Judy, if it will make you happy."

She gave her father a hug making him chuckle. "Thanks Daddy, just you wait! you two are going to love him!" She pulled away and grabbed each of their paws. Skipping towards her childhood home with them trailing beside her but one look into the home made her parents scream in horror.