Disclaimer: I don't own Zootopia, just the plot. The exception to this rule is all of the OCs, like the cops and the scientists, and the invention of the transfigurers. That was all stuff coming directly from my imagination, so if anyone steals this idea, just know that I had it first.

It started off as just a regular day at the ZPD. Judy, as usual, was there obscenely early, before even the sun got up. And Nick, her partner in crime (or very possibly stopping it) was just making the cut for work. Everyone else was mingling rather loudly, but the pair of cops were sharing a seat and sitting calmly.

"Look, Carrots, if you are here super early, why can't you pick me up a coffee on the way? You've got time to burn." She gasped in mock shock.

"You? Being late because you wanted coffee? Well I never. But Nick, I'm not going to buy you anything. You'll try to bleed me dry." It was true, and the fox knew it. Even becoming a police officer hadn't drained all of his bad habits out of him; only the vast majority. He began to open his mouth, but was saved from trying to come up with a terrible defense by Chief Bogo. The buffalo (or perhaps bull; Nick had never really been sure) had moved up to the podium with a handful of new assignments.

"Attention!" he bellowed. Everyone turned their eyes to the front of the room. "Good. Officers Dogwood, Greitch, and Polo; Tundra Town. We have a major robbery case that needs immediate resolving. Now officers Eleanor, Racket, and Ramsbottom; you will be working in Sahara Square on a missing persons assignment. Leonard, Salane, and Griffith; you officers are going to put away a hacker stationed somewhere in Rainforest District. The rest of you cops, head off to Savana Central to deal with some escaped criminals." The animals in the room walked up to the front, picking up their pamphlets one by one. Judy and Nick were the last to leave. "Up bup bup," Bogo scolded. "Not you two." Judy blinked.

"What?" she asked. "Did we do something wrong?" Nick shrugged back at her, just as confused.

"Why," the Chief started, rolling his eyes. "Would I put my top cops on an assignment I already issued out to 5 officers? No, I have a special assignment for you two." He cleared his throat and brought out a small red folder from the podium. It was shinier than the others, and thicker, sure signs that this task would be special. "You two must understand that it is extraordinarily important, and with that importance, it is top secret. Get it? You tell no one." The two cops nodded their heads and sat back down, still confused. The Chief leaned in.

"In this folder," he said, sliding the case file across the table towards them. "Is the information on a project our best scientists have been working on. Do you know how hard it is to go undercover in a city filled with animals? It is far too easy for other creatures, especially those of the same species, to identify our cops by smell of hearing. And no matter how good any costume may be, it cannot compete with actual flesh and blood. What if you could turn into another animal as your disguise? Not just look like a sheep, for example; become a sheep. For real." The duo looked at eachother, awestruck. Turning into another species? It sounded incredible; and insanely outlandish.

"You mean this project allows officers to turn into other animals for stealth purposes?" Nick asked doubtfully. "Have you been reading too many books, Chief?"

"I am not crazy, WILDE!" he yelled indignantly, rage leaking into his voice. He attempted to calm down and compose himself again. "Project T has been developing a machine known as the Transfigurer. It will allow you two to shape shift into other creatures. For Hopps, a fox. For Wilde, a bunny. Since you two are already incredible partners and of different species, they elected to field test the technology on you two. The device looks and feels like a watch, but when you press the side face, a button will pop out. It will only activate to your fingerprint, naturally, but once pressed it will transform you into your other state. Don't worry; it is perfectly safe. But we need you two to be trailblazers for the future generation of cops. We need you two to do this for all of Zootopia."

"Okay," Judy answered after a second. "If it'll help, then of course we'll test it out in the field." Nick gaped.

"We don't know what that'll do to us! Personally, I like being in my own body, and -" Judy covered her partners mouth and smiled awkwardly.

"We'll be going now. By, Chief Bogo!" she grabbed the file and opened it up, finding the address of the laboratory. She dragged Nick out of the room. "Nick!" she hissed. "This is important! We. Will. Be. Going. You heard Bogo! And besides, there wasn't a lot of room for argument." The fox opened his mouth, but she closed it.

"Nick, we're leaving. Now. I'll . . . I'll . . . get you a blueberry muffin and a coffee on the way! Okay?" He scowled. Carrots knew him far too well.

"Fine, Carrots. But it better be a deluxe cup."

They soon arrived at the facility with a large coffee cup and a muffin wrapper clutched tightly between Nick's paws.

"So this is it. You know, I expected it to be . . . I dunno, more intimidating," remarked the fox, rather unimpressed with the plain white building in front of them.

"You shush," Judy scolded. And with that, she hopped out of the car and pulled open the door of the building. Inside was a giant science lab, complete with white-clad scientists running around. "Wow!" she gasped. It was incredible. The space seemed 3 times bigger than the outside suggested it to be, and inventions littered the area. One man ran up to them. He was a a panther.

"Hello, coppers. I am Thenson, the top scientist on the Transfigurer invention." He said this was so much pride, it was impossible not to smile back. "Follow me to the back room and we'll get you outfitted. I trust Chief Bogo had already told you the gist, but in case he hasn't, just know that ll of the extra information you should need will be in that file." He nodded at the scarlet folder, still walking. Finally, after ducking other swinging machines and dodging mini explosions, the trio reached the back door.

"Right this way," the panther declared, holding the door open for the officers. Inside was two watches, one silver faced, one golden. "Judy is silver, you are gold, Nick. We wanted it to be easier to tell them apart, so we tinted the faces different colors. Just put them on and activate the button. It won't work the first time, just scan your fingerprint for future use. Judy grabbed her watch without question, popping open the button and scanning her print. Nick, however, still hung back.

"Come on, Nick," she encouraged, holding out his watch. "Just press your finger to the button, like I did." He glared at her, but relented.

"I'll do it," he said gruffly. "But I still don't like it. I'm just doing it for you, Carrots." He scanned his paw on the tiny button.

"Excellent!" beamed Thenson. "Now Judy, you press the button again. this will be your first time transforming, so it might feel strange at first, but not painful." The bunny nodded, and after taking a deep breath, she pressed the button again.

The change was almost instantaneous. Judy could feel her body stretching and growing, her tail elongating. It felt odd, but not uncomfortable, much like the panther had said. Soon she was changed. Thenson looked proud, but Nick . . . Nick was just gaping at her.

"How do I look?" she asked nervously. Her partner shook his head in disbelief.

"Carrots . . . you are very possibly the most beautiful fox I have ever seen." He looked her up and down again. "Yeah, definitely." Her nose twitched from both flattery and annoyance.

"You're just saying that because I'm your friend. Thenson, where's a mirror?" He turned her towards the bathroom, and Nick followed them. Judy looked in the glass and gasped.

Gone was the cute bunny face she was used to seeing in her mirror at home. Instead, Hopps found herself staring back at a beautiful auburn fox, with streaks of gray and silver layered in between all of the dark russet. She had a dainty muzzle with a small black button nose. Her eyes, thank goodness, were still her familiar violet shade, but they were lined with snowy white fur that also trailed down her stomach and tinged the tips of her ears.

"I'm a fox!" she shrieked, rather excited. Nick laughed, although he still felt rather awkward around his (extremely attractive) best friend. He had always thought she was attractive as a bunny, but this . . . this was jaw dropping. Wow.

"Why yes, yes you are, Carrots," he remarked affectionately, touched by her childlike spur of happiness. "Now my turn." He clicked his button and turned into a bunny, in a rather opposite process. It felt like he was being gently compacted. Now he was a dark gray bunny with speckles of orange around his face and orange ear and tail tips. Nick looked at his incredibly fluffy tail and small paws in the mirror before touching the two together.

"My tail it so fluffy. Carrots, why didn't you tell me how fluffy your tail is?" her partner said, infatuated by this new discovery as he poked him own backside. Judy snorted.

"Real mature, Nick. But now I finally get why other animals feel the need to call bunnies cute. You're adorable! So tiny and furry! Seriously, I want to squish you right now. I think I need to change back." So she did, and within seconds, she was her bunny self again. Nick sighed.

"Alright, I'm becoming myself again, too." He pressed his button, and after turning into a fox again, his partner jumped up into his arms.

"I'm happy you're back to normal again."

He smiled fondly at the bunny. "Yeah, I'm happy you're back too, Carrots. Even if you didn't really go anywhere." He pulled her closer. A warm feeling stirred in the pit of his stomach, and Nick was pretty sure he could stay that way forever.

"Well," interrupted Thenson with a cheerful clap of his hands. "This went really well!"

So that was the end of chapter 1. I hope you all liked it! I will try to update as soon as possible, but just know that I have several other stories to work on. Just know that I will not be abandoning this like other authors. Even if it all turns out terrible, I will be taking this through to the end at some point. Keep a lookout for future chapters in the near future!