Chapter 2

Story by judithpiberius on SoFurry

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#2 of Spellbound (Wildehopps Enchanted AU)


"I'm getting married!" Nick yelled aloud, his tail swishing in excitement. It was already the next day, and as promised he was to get wedded that morning to the princess he met just the other night. Skye Whitetail, his beautiful bride to be. He danced around his room, as he sported a rather dashing suit with gold lining and white rose patterns. His nails were clipped to perfection, his tail and head groomed. Now all he had left to do was wait for his bride. He was interrupted from his thoughts, by a knock on the door. Confused, Nick moved to open the door. He was greeted by the sight of a ram, who looked rather nervous. He greeted Nick with a strained smile, and proceeded to explain his reason of being at the fox's door.

"Hello, Prince Nicholas. I have come to let you know, that the Queen would like to have a word with you." Nick furrowed his brow, the Queen? Wanted to speak with him? He shrugged it off, looking back at the clock. Thirty Minutes till the ceremony started. He had plenty of time to be back. Locking his door, he followed the ram who introduced himself as Douglas, or Doug as he preferred to be called. He listened as the ram, talked about the weather and the land, and almost everything under the sun, and was very glad when they finally reached their destination.

The ram showed him to the Castle's garden, where Nick spotted the Queen, sitting by a rose bush. Nervously, Nick walked up to the sheep as she stood and greeted him with a kiss to the cheek.

"Nicholas, oh how very nice to me you. Come, come child. I have much to discuss with you." She motioned for him to follow, as Doug disappeared behind a row of magnolias. Nick walked beside her, in silence wondering what she could possibly have to say to the Tod.

"So, Nicholas. It seems, that you are going to be married to my daughter today. Is that right?" She suddenly asked. Nick's face lit up at the mention of the vixen and he nodded eagerly.

"Oh, yes. Skye is such a beautiful women. I am very excited to be married to her. And I wish nothing more than to make her happy. She is the princess I have been looking for all along, and I feel we were just made for each other." He exclaimed in happiness, he didn't notice the bitter expression that crossed Bellwether's face, as the ewe quickly morphed her face into one of delight.

"Ah, yes. You two are quite the pair. Say, Nicholas. My child. Why don't I show you the beautiful well here? Hmm?" Nick shrugged following the small ewe as she led them to a beautiful well between a bush of roses. Nick leaned down, looking at the water that flowed down below, a glow upon it causing the water to sparkle like millions of little crystals. He tilted his head back up as he faced the ewe who, encouraged him to look again. "Why don't you make a wish, dear? After all this is a magical well, that will give you anything your little heart desires." She offered. Nick felt himself intrigued and he turned to the well, closing his eyes he leaned down further to make a wish. Just as he was about to lift his head up, he felt his back being pushed from behind and before he could gain back his balance he found himself tumbling down the well. He screamed, as he felt himself falling faster and faster. Gravity pulling him. At last, his body touched the water and he gasped. He tried to move, finding that the little sparkles he saw in the water, were starting to get stuck to him. One by one, they began to cover him from head to toe. Trying to wiggle around, the dots got brighter and brighter before it all faded to black.

Nick sat up, finding himself on cold cement. He stood up slowly, his suit wet and clinging to his body. He found himself to be in some kind of tunnel and he slowly trudged forward, looking for some sort of civilization. He could hear loud noises above him, and he looked to the source. A large circle, lay above him with tiny little holes which he could see bright colors coming from. Squinting he took hold of the circle, and tried to move it. It scraped hard against the cement as Nick finally moved it, and he sighed in relief. Feeling fresh air coming in. Climbing up, Nick slowly peeked outside of the circle. Tall buildings, and cars zoomed past. He could see, billboards with pictures of a gazelle on it. Looking around, Nick was in awe. What was this place? Climbing out of the small hole, Nick began to walk around.

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Judy sighed as she rode in the back of a taxi van. Her daughter Daisy sat next to her, singing quietly to herself holding a Princess Meowana doll. She smiled, and just as she was going to speak up to her, her phone rang. Rolling her eyes, Judy picked it up sighing as a client began to rant to her about her cheating husband and how she wanted a divorce as soon as possible. Judith Hopps, was a divorce attorney who often was home late due to the many cases she had to take care of. After her husband, Joshua left her with Daisy when her daughter was only three years old. Judy lost the bright attitude she once had on life. She grew bitter, seeing the world as it was. A cruel and dark place. Raising Daisy was hard, seeing as the now nine year old often asked why she didn't have a dad, yet her friends did. Judy was broken out of her thoughts, as her daughter suddenly yelled "A Prince!" And jumped out of the taxi. Luckily the taxi wasn't moving at the time, seeing as Zootopia was heavy with traffic. Yet that didn't stop the bunny from panicking as she hurriedly unbuckled her seat-belt and followed her daughter.

She ran up to the girl, grabbing her and turning her to face her. "Don't you ever do that to me again. Young lady, you could have been hurt." The bunny squirmed, in her mom's arms jumping up and down as she pointed up.

"Mom, look. It's a prince. Like from my Princess book." She stated. The bunny followed her finger, and gasped as she saw a fox dressed in a fancy looking wedding suit as he stood on a billboard with a picture of a castle, banging on it and asking if anyone was there. Judy titled her head in confusion, what in tarnation was that fox doing?

The bunny tried to step in, hoping she could help the fox before he hurt himself. "Sir, um excuse me. Sir, are you alright?" She called. The fox turned suddenly, spotting the small bunny with an even smaller bunny at her side. He hurried to answer.

"Oh, yes. I was just wondering if I could speak to the Queen. But it seems she is not here. Do you know where I could find her?" As he asked this, the fox didn't realize that his foot was hanging off the ledge of the billboard, and he suddenly found himself falling...again.

"Mommy, catch him!" Daisy shouted as the fox found himself reaching the ground rather quickly. Just before he could break his skull against the hard cement, he found himself in soft arms. Blushing, Nick turned to see he was in the arms of the bunny. Bridal style, the bunny too blushed putting him down and she stared at the fox in confusion.

"What were you doing up there?" She asked. The fox looked back to the picture of the castle.

"Well, I was looking for someone to tell me where the queen is, but I'm afraid no one has been really nice to me here." He answered softly, Judy hummed looking around awkwardly.

"Well, um. Welcome to Zootopia, I guess." She answered with a smile. The fox grinned at her holding his paw to his chest.

"Oh thank you so very much, you're really kind." He said. Judy nodded and then seemed to realize something looking at the fox.

"Uh, do you need me to call someone for you?" She asked.

He shook his head "Oh, no. That's okay, I don't think they'd hear you anyway." he stated.

What?

Judy turned to him again. "Um, well I guess you can stay with us for one night till we find you your parents or whatever." The fox thanked her, and they got in the taxi.

They reached Judy's home, opening the door she let the fox go first.

"Daisy, show him the guest room please." Daisy nodded, pulling the fox by the paw as she skipped down the hallway to show the fox his room. Judy followed, watching from the door as Daisy introduced herself to fox, whom said his name was Nick. She smiled as they seemed to get along, and Judy left the room. Heading to her own. Soon enough, Daisy came letting her mom know, the prince had fallen asleep.

Judy laughed shaking her head, before opening her arms for the bunny. They hugged each other embracing in the warmth of one another.

"Mom, do we get to keep him?" Daisy asked.

Judy laughed softly deciding to play along

"We'll see baby, we'll see."