A/N: I was thinking of an interesting premise to write about and ended up writing this.
Removed all POV headers due to suggestions
Chapter 1: Alone with a kit
I hear a voice, I feel something jumping on top of me.
"Wake up, wake up mister fox," said the rabbit kit. "Oh, mister fox, your eyes finally opened! I've been here waiting for you to do that."
I take in my surroundings. I'm lying on the floor. I can feel my back ache due to the smooth hard surface. The kit was jumping my back. I am wearing my green Hawaiian shirt and grey pants. I am in a small room. The walls are made of stone. The ceiling and ground is too. There's a screen on the left. It's currently displaying nothing. The room is dimly lit by glowing purple crystals along the walls. A single grey metal door leads out of the room. The room is scattered with carrots but nothing else. The rabbit kit's shirt is yellow. His pants are white. His ears are pointing upwards indicating he's content. The kit's fur is just a normal grey.
I think about how I got into this predicament. Clawhauser came up to me one day with a deal and he said he would pay me ten thousand and all I have to do is go camping for a month in the wilds with Judy. This was such a good deal, who wouldn't take it? It far surpasses my salary from working with Judy. Judy seemed extremely happy to be going on this trip. This is strange she's usually obsessed about work. We were going to take a month's vacation to go into the wilds. We packed camping supplies and she drove us to a rather peaceful place. A forest with a mountain behind it. We set up camp and now I'm here.
I ask the kit, "Where am I? Do you know where Judy is?"
The kit replies, "Who's Judy? What does she look like?" The kit's voice is filled with boundless energy.
Considering we're famous, it's safe to say I'm probably not in Zootopia. I reply, "She's a bunny and she's wearing a pink shirt as well as blue pants."
"I don't know, the fox that brought me here told me, "You can leave, when the fox eats." He threw me inside here. I have been waiting for you to wake up ever since. I don't see any food for you though mister fox. Maybe, the fox will bring you some?" The kit finally seems to have calmed down. So, there's a fox involved. Apparently, I have to eat something to get out?
I decide that I should finally try to leave this place. The kit watches me with eager anticipation as I try to open the door only to find that It is currently, locked. I ask the kit, "Do you know where I am?"
He replies, "This place is called Everlight. I heard the fox say, it."
Everlight, fascinating, I've never heard of this place. "What's your life like before you got thrown in here?" Unable to leave, I might as well attempt to learn more about my current situation.
"I lived in a large family, many siblings kept disappearing, I never knew why. I tried asking my parents, they never answered the question. I tried asking them at different times, they told me the family was never that big in the first place."
I ponder over the information that I'm told, so his family members disappeared too, it feels like they probably disappeared to similar places like this. "What do you remember on the day you got thrown in here?"
He replies, "It was a regular school day. I was in math class, they were writing some math equations on the board. Sometimes tigers, wolves, foxes and lions stop by and just take someone away from class. They're lucky, school is boring. Today, a fox decided to pick me. I was led out of the valley that I live in and I was thrown in this cell, with you."
What education system is this? The schools in Zootopia don't allow that. "Animals are taken out of class every day?"
"Yes, is something wrong?"
How can this be normal for the kit? Where am I? "Have you ever seen animals taken come back?"
"The fox teacher just tells us they went to a better place. When am I going to get to the better place? It's been boring here so far. I mean, there's only you in this room.
"There was this one time, I was supposed to be asleep though. Three of my classmates were taken that day. A wolf, a fox, and a lion took them away. I gazed out of the bedroom window at night. I saw in the distance I saw a tiger. He was leading the three bunnies taken earlier back to the village. The tiger's eyes glowed a solid piercing blue. The tiger was shirtless, he had a black ring on his neck. His body was covered with strange blue markings. He had a red crystal around his neck. I saw things appear out of his back when he jumped, then they disappeared he landed. Rabbits from our village met with him. He left our village carrying vegetables.
"The next day. I met the three bunnies that were taken in class again. They were blaming the tiger for preventing them to reach the better place. They said the tiger appeared and talked to the three animals that were leading them out of the village. They went off to somewhere, then only the tiger returned and led them back here. I didn't see the tiger around anywhere."
The kit finally finishes his tale. Okay, so they live in a valley, sometimes animals come to take them away from the village? It's also supposed to be a good thing? I think the kit was dreaming. He did say, he never saw the tiger again. Maybe, more bunnies have come back and he just didn't notice?
I ask, "Do you know when the fox will come back?"
The kit replies, "I don't know mister fox." Okay, so we're not alone in this, that's a start.
"Do you have a name?"
"Other bunnies call me Alim or Al." He seems indifferent about his name as if it doesn't matter.
"You can call me Nick, nice to meet you Al."
"Mister fox, I learned in kindergarten that we aren't supposed to use names to refer to foxes. The fox teacher always told us, call them by either mister, sir or master. He said that it was very important to follow this rule." A rule I have never heard of, at all.
I wonder, if the kit has heard of Zootopia at this point. "Al have you heard of Zootopia?"
"No, I haven't, would you like to tell me about it?" So, where am I? This rabbit has not heard of Zootopia. This isn't good. I tell Alim the basics of Zootopia. "Mister fox, that sounds like a wonderful place, can we go there?"
He looks at me with wonder. I reply, "Of course, you can once we leave this place."
Alim becomes hungry and eats carrots. There's nothing to do in this room, no clock, no window, only purple glowing crystals, A screen that plays nothing. I suppose I could eat some carrots. I did eat carrots a few times at Judy's apartment. I picked up a few carrots and ate them. Alim says, "Oh, mister fox, you're not supposed to eat that."
I inquire, "What do foxes eat then?"
"I don't know really. We have a cafeteria at our school. I see foxes eat something pink, but it wasn't carrots. It also had red water on the plate sometimes. Every fox there seemed to be really good friends with a rabbit. They would go everywhere together. Generally, those rabbits have black rings along their necks. Just like the tiger that came to our village. I have never seen foxes eat carrots. It's always this pink stuff with red water."
I hyperventilate as I realize the implications of the kit's words.
Alim is jumping on me again, "Oh, mister fox you started breathing really fast then fell asleep. Mister fox, are you okay?" Need to show that they don't get to you.
I tell Alim, "Don't worry, everything's fine. I'm just missing the warmth of the sun, that's all." I show him my most reassuring smile. The kit gets off me and sits on the floor again.
Alim asks, "What is the sun?" Where am I? The kit doesn't even know what the sun is.
I hear footsteps and the sound of someone approaching. I stand up expecting company. The fox opens the door. The black fox is wearing purple mail armor, his armor has purple crystals embedded into it. His belt has two swords which are sheathed. The fox says, "I see you are finally awake."
I reply "Where am I?"
"This is Everlight. You can leave as soon as you finish your food."
"Was there anyone with me?"
"We didn't find anyone. We did find a pet though, is she yours?"
I think, pet. What is this place? This doesn't seem like the world I know at all. The term pet, hasn't been used for a few centuries, back when slavery was somewhat legal. Is it a good idea to say yes? What happens to her if I don't? I think over my predicament, I decide to say, "Yes, she is."
The fox says, "Depending on your cooperation, she won't be harmed. You can be with her as soon as you finish your food."
"Are you going to bring me food then? So, I can eat? Carrots aren't quite enough."
"You know, what you have to eat. I can see it in your eyes. We are one and the same. I'll be back later, you can leave tomorrow if you finish your food."
The fox shut the door and left leaving us alone once more.
Alim asks, "What do you have to eat, mister fox? Can you eat it so we can get out of here?"
A/N: I've always wondered, what would happen if Nick was confronted with the choice of eating someone alive.