I'm getting closer and closer to the turning point of this story. Sadly, we're not getting into the exciting stuff just yet. In the last chapter, Nick and Judy had a long talk with their folks and now they know that they are Cloak and Dagger. Even so, they are still allowed to be Cloak and Dagger. For this chapter, Nick and Judy take their first step outside of Zootopia and go somewhere. Bunnyburrow. Now, if you read my last story and paid attention, Judy's mom and dad left Bunnyburrow when she was still 3. So, she has no real memories of it. Also, some... dark things went down in the Burrows that caused Judy's family to move to the city. Nick and Judy both heard rumors about what happened, but do those rumors still apply to Bunnyburrow today? That is what Nick and Judy are going to find out today.

It's good to use the Light we have been given. However, if we overuse and abuse it, we could be left with an everlasting Darkness that we can't see.

Judy was in the living room of her trailer home. She found an old photo album. She looked through the pages of it and sees old photos of her mom and dad in their youth. She even found some old photos of her as a baby. Some of them were a bit embarrassing, yet she still found them to be quite joyous to look at. She then turned the page to see a photo of Stu when he was about Judy's age. He was wearing a white and green cap with a carrot on it, a yellow flannel shirt, and blue overalls. The picture was taken near a carrot field. Stu looked like the proper image of a carrot farmer.

"Psst!" Judy tried not to laugh. "Can't believe dad actually wanted to be a carrot farmer. I mean, look at those overalls."

"Hey! When I was your age, does were attracted a buck in overalls." Bonnie said as she walks into the room as she notices Judy looking at the album. She was in her waitress outfit.

"Does in the burrows must have had some weird taste." Judy said to her mother.

"This coming from my daughter who has a thing for a fox." Bonnie said with a smirk.

"For the last time, Nick and I aren't a thing." Judy said red-faced.

"Not yet at least." Bonnie said with a smirk. "You're already partners. So it wouldn't surprise me if you become more."

"Whatever." Judy said as she scoffed. "I beat when you were with dad, it was awkward between you two."

"Yes... and no." Bonnie answered. "Stu was always willing to do the farmwork, yet he always tried to hide his smart side. He was smarter than most mammals in the burrows."

"That's why Roxxon wanted him." Judy said looking a bit mad.

"Yes. But I never really trusted some of them." Bonnie said. "However, the money good and our choices were limited. Our paws were tied."

"So if dad never got the job..." Judy said.

"We would have stayed in Bunnyburrow. Even if it meant being screwed over later." Bonnie said. "So... we lucked out, Judy."

Bonnie had always wanted to stay in Bunnyburrow. She has told Judy that several times. It made her wonder why she loved the town so much.

"Mom, what was Bunnyburrow like?" Judy asked.

"You don't remember when you were young?" Bonnie asked.

"I was 3. All I remember is big green fields." Judy stated.

"It was more than just big green fields." Bonnie said as she sat down next to Judy. "There were big hills, the air was fresher, the mammals were nice, and there was nothing like food fresh from the farm. To most bunnies, it was a paradise. Of course, that was then, this is now."

"Mom..." Judy said feeling a bit sad.

"Oh. Don't let your mother bum you out. Can't have a superhero with droopy ears." Bonnie said as she leaned her head on Judy's forehead.

"Right. I suppose to give others hope. Can't do that if I'm mopey." Judy stated as she began to smile again.

"I need to work late tonight. If you have to go out to face trouble, please be safe." Bonnie said.

"I will, mom." Judy said.

Bonnie then kissed Judy on the cheek before leaving for the day. Judy was now alone and went back to looking at the album. As she looks at more pictures, she couldn't help but think about things. Why did her mom love Bunnyburrow so much? How different from Zootopia was it?

Meanwhile, Nick was being trained by his dad at the boxing gym again. Nick was practicing his shadow boxing on the heavy bag as John watched him.

"That's it, son. Hit fast and hard." John told Nick.

After finding out Nick was Cloak, John started training Nick a bit more. After seeing John fight Blackout, Nick wants to be just as tough as his dad in a fight and not just rely on his powers all the time. Nick kept punching the bag until John told him to stop.

"Alright, my boy. That's enough for today." John said thinking it was time to be done.

"Already?" Nick said sounding disappointed. "Come on. I can do this for another hour."

"Now now. You don't know if you might be needed. Can't have you get too tired, right?" John asked as he winked.

At that moment, Nick heard his cellphone ring from his black gym bag.

"See? That might be Judy telling you there's trouble." John said.

"OR... she just wants to say hi." Nick stated.

Nick goes into his bag and takes out his phone. He then sees 'Carrots' on his caller ID. It was Judy calling. So he picked up and spoke to her.

"Hey, Carrots. What's up?" Nick asked with a smile.

"Hey, Nick. Listen, I... kinda need a favor. A BIG favor." Judy said.

"Well, it's not like I haven't done you enough favor." Nick said with sarcasm. "What do you need?"

"I... kinda need you to take me somewhere." Judy said.

"Oh. That's no big deal." Nick said thinking whatever Judy was going to ask for wasn't going to be a problem for him. "Where do you need me to take you?"

"Bunnyburrow." Judy answered.

Nick's eyes widened after hearing that and he was silent for a few seconds. Nick then spoke out. "That's... a pretty big favor."

Later, Nick and Judy met up at the church. They were both in their superhero attire, yet their faces were still normal. Nick was drawing on the floor with charcoal to create a Wayfinder with the Maman Brigitte symbol. He was just about finished.

"Annnnnnd... done." Nick said as he finished the drawing.

"You sure this will work?" Judy asked.

"Uhh... no! If this was somewhere close, it would be easy." Nick stated. "But Bunnyburrow far. Like really freakin far."

"Sorry. But after everything mom has told me and everything I know, I think it's time I see it for myself. I want to understand why mom was so attached to the place." Judy said to Nick.

"Judy, if we're really going to do this, there are 3 things I need to state." Nick said with 3 fingers out with his right paw. He then holds out 1 finger. "1.) Most of the time when I teleport, it's because I've been there or I know where the area is. I've never been to Bunnyburrow at all. So knowing where I will pop isn't 100 percent." Nick then held out 2 fingers. 2.) The amount of power it would take. Teleporting multiple times uses a good amount of my Darkforce energy. The longer the distance, the more energy needed. I'm fine as long as I take short breaks. But Bunnyburrow is over 300 miles away. So, once I teleport there, I might below for a while." Now Nick had 3 fingers out. "Lastly, 3.) Even if I'm able to teleport that far, that doesn't mean there won't be any repercussions. If not for me, then for you. With distances like this, anything could go wrong. I mean, I can do a short distance with a bunch of people. But a long-distance, even with one person, I can't promise that nothing will happen to you."

"Nick, I'll be fine. I've teleported with you before. I'm used to it." Judy stated.

"This is different. I haven't even tested going this far yet." Nick said.

"First time for everything." Judy said as she takes a step on Nick's markings. "Now, let's do this."

"Hold it!" Nick said trying to halt Judy once more. "Judy, are you sure you really want to go to Bunnyburrow. I mean, I read about what happened years ago. For all we know, the town never recovered."

"I've already prepared myself for whatever we find out." Judy said as she had her paw near her chest. "I'll know I will be able to handle it more if I have a friend with me."

"I still don't know if you will be safe." Nick said.

"If you wrap your cloak around me tight, I know you will keep me safe." Judy said looking up at Nick.

Nick blushed a bit from hearing Judy's comment.

"We really have to stop doing that." Nick said trying not to be mad with Judy. Nick then put on his hood and became Cloak. "Alright. Let's do and hope for the best."

"By the way, do we really need to change?" Judy asked wondering why they needed to be in their costumes.

"If there is a chance some random person sees a young fox and bunny popping out of nowhere, then they might ask questions. If we are at least Cloak and Dagger, that will be less of a problem to explain." Cloak stated.

"Fair point." Judy said before summoning up a dagger and changing into Dagger. "Ready when you are."

Cloak walked over to the Maman Brigitte symbol and wrapped his cloak around Dagger.

"I've never been anywhere outside of the city before." Cloak stated.

"Before we became Cloak and Dagger, I've never been anywhere." Dagger stated.

"First time for everything." Cloak said repeating Judy's words. "Since you were actually born in Bunnyburrow, you should do the chant."

"Uhhh... how does it work exactly?" Dagger asked.

"Just think deeply about where you want to go and why. Do that and my powers should take us there." Cloak said. "I think."

"You think?" Dagger asked.

"I already told you, I've never done this before. At least you were at Bunnyburrow before. Your basically our key to all of this." Cloak stated.

"That makes sense, I guess." Dagger said. She then closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and started chanting. "Take us to Bunnyburrow. I want to see what became of the town I was born in. I want to understand why mother loved it so much."

After Dagger said all of that, Cloak closed his eyes and tried to work his magic. Shadows started to surround the two and then... they vanished. As Cloak and Dagger traveled, something felt different. The two opened their eyes and were shocked by what they were seeing. The two find themselves flying through some weird dark space-ish place at high speed. They were both started to freak out a bit.

"Woah! What?!" Cloak said both confused and a bit scared of what was happening.

"Nick! Nick! Where are we?!" Dagger shouted out a bit scared.

"How should I know?! This is the first time this has happened." Cloak asked sounding just as scared as Dagger.

"Can you stop yourself?" Dagger asked.

"I can't!" Cloak stated not being able to really control himself. "Hang on. I think I know where we are. Remember when I told you I'm a conduit for my own pocket dimension? This must be that dimension. Whenever I teleport, I must be using this space."

"Then how come we've never seen this before?" Dagger asked.

"We never traveled this far before." Cloak answered. "Think of this as a type of speedway or... like sending an email to a far place."

Cloak and Dagger then see a hole or tear in the space. It seems that they were heading straight for it.

"What's that?" Dagger asked.

"I think that's our exit." Cloak replied. "Hang on!"

Cloak and Dagger came running straight to the hole and went straight for it. As they did, out of a cloud of shadows came out the two heroes. After that crazy experience, Cloak and Dagger were down on their knees and breathing heavily.

"Okay...*huff* *huff* THAT... was nuts!" Dagger stated trying to get a grip. "Let's not do that again."

"*huff* I would say, gladly. But we need to get back home the same way like that." Cloak stated as he got up. He then could feel that his powers were drained quite a bit. "As expected, I'm totally drained from that stunt. We're gonna be here for a while." The fox then looked right and left to see their surroundings. "Is this the place?"

Dagger looks around and sees mostly green fields.

"Big green fields. The only thing I remember." Dagger said. "This is the place."

"First, since the coast is clear, let's change." Cloak suggested.

Dagger nodded. The two then changed back to their normal selves. Nick had on his black hoodie over a blue shirt, grey jeans, and a black cap on. Judy had a white vest, with a green shirt and blue jeans. She also put on some glasses. Even if she didn't need them. The two then walked a bit until they stopped when the "Welcome to Bunnyburrow" sign between some railway.

"Looks like we really did make it." Nick said looking up at the sign. "Doesn't get any clearer than this sign."

Judy then looked at the sign and felt that something was off.

"That's odd." Judy said.

"What's up?" Nick asked.

"There was supposed to be a counter that shows the population of the town. I don't see that here." Judy stated. "They must have taken it out. No surprise after hearing about the... you know."

"By the look of things, we still have a ways to go before we can get to town." Nick said.

"Can't you just take us closer to town?" Judy asked.

"What part of 'totally drained' did you not understand?" Nick asked looking a bit mad with Judy. "My body isn't used to traveling this far of a distance and I never been here. So I think we're lucky that we were even able to get here."

"Right. Right. Sorry." Judy said apologizing. "I'm not the one who can teleport, after all. That's all you. Want me to boost you back up?"

"Maybe later. To put me back at full, you would have to use a pretty good chunk of your power. No point in both of us feeling drained." Nick stated.

"If you say so." Judy said.

The two then continued walking down the plain road. As they did for a while, an old red pick-up truck came. The driver of the truck was a middle-age male rabbit with light brown fur, a white shirt, blue overalls, and a straw hat. The rabbit sees Nick and Judy and drives over to them. He then honks his horn to get his attention. After that, he slowed down to talk with Nick and Judy.

"Howdy!" The rabbit said greeting the two teens.

"Um... hello, sir." Judy said speaking to the rabbit.

"What are y'all kids doing out in the middle of the road to town?" The rabbit asked.

"Oh. Ummm..." Judy said as she tried to think of something.

"We're from the city and we took a bus come here. But the bus dropped us off here instead of just going all the way to town." Nick said coming up with something on the fly.

"Nice, Nick." Judy thought proud of Nick. Some of Judy's clever lying was rubbing off on him.

"Makes sense. They shut the bus system years ago. I'm surprised that they were able to take you so far." The rabbit said.

"Wish we knew that sooner." Judy said.

"You kids need a ride into town?" The rabbit asked. "I'm more than willing to let you sit in the back."

"You're really willing to give to random teenagers a lift?" Nick asked.

"Yup." The rabbit answered.

"But... one of us is a fox." Nick stated feeling that a normal bunny would be scared of him.

"And?" The rabbit said not being bothered by the fact Nick was a fox.

Nick and Judy felt that this was a bit odd. A bunny out in the country and not afraid of a fox? In Zootopia, most rabbits were still quite afraid of foxes. Not including rabbits that were a fan of Cloak. Even with that, some still feared the fox of darkness. So it was a breath of fresh air that someone like this random buck existed.

"So kind of you to offered, but I think to walk the rest of the way there." Judy said not wanting to be a burden.

"You sure? Cause getting to town is about another 5 miles of walking." The rabbit stated with a smirk.

Both Nick and Judy's ears went straight up. Nick was already still pretty tried from teleporting all the way here. He didn't want to do more walking than he was already doing. Judy didn't really want to walk the rest of the way either if the town was another 5 miles away.

"Yeah... I'll think we'll take that offer now." Nick said.

"Good choice." The rabbit said with a smile. "Name's Bill, by the way. Bill Harely."

"Nice to meet you." Judy said greeting Bill. "I'm... Tandy. Tandy Doewen."

Nick gave Judy an expression that said "Really?" because Judy was using her fake names. Nick didn't know why she would use her fake name. Judy tilted her head as she wanted Nick to do the same and use a fake name. Nick felt it wasn't needed, but decided to do it anyway.

"And I'm Tyrone Todson." Nick said with a straight face. "Guess... you can call me Ty."

"A pleasure, Tandy and Tyrone." Bill said as he tipped his hat. "Hop in!"

Nick and Judy, or... Tyrone and Tandy, got into the back of Bill's truck. It wasn't much of a problem to get a good seat in the back, but Bill did had a few farms produce like corn, tomatoes, and carrots.

"Guessing he's a farmer." Judy said to Nick.

"Kinda on the nose, ain't it?" Nick said.

Bill then continued driving with Nick and Judy in tow. Neither of them have actually rode in the back of a truck before since both of them were pretty much city-breaded. As they rode, they looked out at the horizons and were in awe with what they saw. Fields filled with evergrowing crops, the fresh air, and... town. The town was colorful and filled with several little shops, many animals around the town. Not just bunnies, as the name stated, but foxes, sheep, lions, bears, ferrets, rhinos, pigs, deers, goats, and many others. While it seemed small, to the eyes of Nick and Judy, it was breathtaking.

"This is Bunnyburrow? A town that fell in ruin?" Nick asked.

"It's... it's beautiful." Judy said. "I don't know why, but... it just is."

"I don't understand. What about all of that stuff years ago? Did the town actually recover from all of it?" Nick asked Judy.

"I don't know. I'm as shocked as you." Judy said to Nick. "You think the town would look like some apocalyptic or run-down town. Yet I've seen parts of Zootopia that aren't as good-looking as this."

"Think we should ask Bill what's the deal?" Nick asked.

"Better not." Judy suggested. "If he doesn't bring it up, then neither should we."

Nick nodded in agreement. Bill then made it into town and dropped Nick and Judy off. The two got out of the back of the truck and looked around. As they did, a few of the residents were nice enough to greet Nick and Judy. Bill then got out of his truck and walked over to Nick and Judy.

"Welcome to Bunnyburrow, you two. Hope you enjoyed the ride." Bill said.

"A bit uncomfortable. Especially, with the tossing and turning." Nick said honestly.

"Ty!" Judy said as she looked mad at Nick and called him his fake name.

"Haha! It's okay. When I was a kid, I didn't like riding in the back of my pa's pickup truck either." Bill said in a jolly tone. "So, can I ask what brings you two to town?"

Nick and Judy agreed that they wouldn't talk about the real reason they were here at Bunnyburrow. So they came up with a believable reason.

"As we said, we're from the city. Zootopia, to be exact. We love our city and all, but sometimes, it can be a bit... much." Judy stated.

"So Tandy and I decided that we should go somewhere outside of the city and we chose here." Nick said. "The town seemed nice, but... being a fox, I was a bit... concern. You know, cause the town is called 'BUNNYburrow' and I assume it's because the town's like, 99% percent bunny."

"That's a bit of an overshot." Bill stated. "It's true, the number of bunny mammals is much higher than other mammals here. But I would say the population is closer to... 30% rabbit."

"WHAT?!" Nick and Judy shouted out.

"That's... smaller than we thought." Nick admitted.

"As for foxes, the town's about... 10% fox." Bill added.

"WHAT?!" Nick and Judy shouted out again.

"That's... higher than we thought." Judy admitted. "I mean, it's not bigger than the bunny count, but still..."

"With something like that, this place should be called Bunny-Foxburrow." Nick suggested.

"Haha! With that said, foxes and bunnies getting is really a problem here. Hasn't been for years. So don't feel uncomfortable about being a fox and rabbit couple." Bill said.

"We didn't say we were!" Nick and Judy shouted out with both of them blushing.

"So you're not? Huh. Could have fooled me." Bill stated while shrugging. "Either way, you both seem to be fond of each other to be a fox and bunny."

"We... just knew each other when we were kids once." Judy stated as she twiddled her fingers.

"Y... yeah. We're basically still just reuniting." Nick added.

"I see." Bill said. "So, now that you're in town, what are you two's plans?"

"Plans?" Nick and Judy went in confusion.

"Plans. Aren't you two here for a reason? Like seeing the sites?" Bill asked.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhh..." Nick and Judy uttered. The whole time, they thought about going to Bunnyburrow. But didn't know what to do when they got here.

"WHAT?! Y'all are here and you didn't even come up with anything to do or where to go?" Bill asked shocked from hearing that. "Geez. Do kids your age even think these days?"

"Hey! Coming here was Tandy's idea." Nick said while pointing at 'Tandy'. "I just came with her so she wouldn't be lonely."

"Grrrrrr..." Judy growled looking a bit mad.

"How about this? I'll show you kids around some of the parts in town. I take you to some of the most important spots, let you meet some of the people, and I'll even treat you to dinner at my house.

"Oh. We don't want to be too much trouble." Judy said not wanting to be a burden.

"Nonsense. I'm not really doing much. I already finished my farmwork for the day. So I'm more than free." Bill said.

Nick and Judy felt that Bill did enough for them to town. But they really could use a guide and it really didn't seem like Bill wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer.

"Okay. Guess you have Ty and me for the day." Judy said with a smile.

"Great!" Bill said before locking his car door. "Let me start by showing you around the stores."

Being guided by Bill, the two teens walked around the sidewalk and saw some of the stores they had. They were pretty much small standards stores. They were no different from the stores you would see in certain neighborhoods in the city. However, these ones seemed more authentic. A tailoring shop, a clothing shop, and a nice looking candy shop. Bill stopped Nick and Judy at a fresh produce stand with fruits and vegetables.

"Hello, Bill." Said the white-furred doe owner of the stand. She then noticed Nick and Judy. "Who are these new faces with you? Some new workers?"

"Naw. This is Tyrone and Tandy. They are from the big city." Bill stated.

"Ah. Some Zootopian city-slickers then." The doe said with a smile. "But looking at them, they look a bit more toned than most."

"Toned?" Nick said a bit surprised to hear that.

If Nick and Judy are toned, it's because of the muscle they developed when they started becoming Cloak and Dagger. Even before then, Nick and Judy were actually pretty fit. Still, this bunny was able to pick up on that.

"We do happen to play a few sports." Judy said coming up with something that was partially true.

"I'm wearing a hoodie. So I'm surprised that you were able to pick up on that." Nick said impressed.

"Stacy here has good eyes. She knows how to pick the best fruits and vegs around." Bill stated.

"Huh. Must eat a lot of carrots." Nick making a joke.

"Ty! Don't be offensive." Judy said to Nick.

"No. He's right. I do eat a lot of carrots. But it's only a myth that helps you see better." Stacy stated. "However, the food I grow and pick is second to none." Stacy then gave Judy a carrot. "Try this."

To Judy, it looked like a regular carrot. Like the ones, she has on a daily basis. She shrugged and then took a bite out of it. The carrot was not only fresher but way better than the average carrots she tries.

"Ahhh!" Judy went with a happy look on her face. "This is the best carrot I've ever had."

"Heh. Of course, you would say that." Nick said as he shrugged with a smirk.

"Perhaps you need to try something too." Stacy said.

"Not much a carrot fan." Nick stated.

"I had other foods. Beets, corn, blueberries..." Stacy said as she went through the list of food she had.

"Blueberries?" Nick said sounding interested. Nick then had his paws out. "I'll try a few of those."

Stacy then placed a few blueberries into Nick's paws and the fox plopped them into his mouth. His reaction was pretty much the same as Judy's.

"Ahhh!" Nick went with a happy look on his face. "These are the best blueberries I've ever had."

"Heh. Of course, you would say that." Judy said mocking Nick.

"I... got thrown off on how tasty these would be." Nick stated. "Then again, I don't I've ever had fresh blueberries before." Nick then dug into his pocket and took out his wallet. "I want some more."

"I want some more carrots too." Judy said getting her money out.

"Happy to offer you more." Stacy said with a smile.

After filling up on blueberries and carrots, Bill shows parts of Bunnyburrow to Nick and Judy. As well as introduce them to most of the townsfolk. Many of them were very nice. Nicer than the mammals of Zootopia. With that and the nice view of the fields, the town was quite a paradise in Nick and Judy's eyes.

Nick and Judy were in the back of Bill's truck again as they looked out at the fields. Nick looked out at the fields with Judy.

"You know, this town isn't half bad." Nick said to Judy.

"Yeah. I find it hard to believe what happened really did happen. The town is so peaceful." Judy said liking all of this. "Makes me want to..."

"Want to what?" Nick asked.

"Nevermind." Judy said dropping the subject.

"Come on, Tandy. Tell your buddy Ty what's up?" Nick asked still wanting to know what was on Judy's mind.

"All of this, makes me want to stay in Bunnyburrow." Judy replied.

"Wait? Stay?! Carrots, you can't just stay here." Nick stated frantically.

"Don't get your tail in a knock. Tandy's not planning on leaving her fox anytime soon. I'm just saying... mom always wanted for us to stay here and I finally understand why." Judy stated as she placed her paws on the edge of the truck. "I was born here after all. So... I felt connected to this place."

In some way, Nick understood what Judy was talking about.

"I think I get it. Bunnyburrow seems smaller than Zootopia. Yet, it feels so much nicer." Nick said. Nick then sees some farmers working together. "All the mammals here get along so much better and not getting on each other's nerves or trying to kill each other. It makes me want to stay too. But we can't. We still have a responsibility, as well as still needing to get back at Cooperman and O'Clawdon."

"But once we do that, what then?" Judy asked. "It's peaceful here. We wouldn't have to keep going out risking our lives and making our parents worry. I'm not saying we should give up what we have. But if you were to choose a place like this, would you?"

"Would I?" Nick asked himself. "Ummmm..."

As Nick was thinking about Judy's question, he would be lying if he said he didn't agree with Judy. Images of a peaceful life with his parents and even David with his parents started popping up in his head. Part of him would have liked a life like that. A few seconds later, Bill halted his truck. It caught Nick and Judy by surprise.

"SORRY BACK THERE!" Bill shouted out.

"WARN US, NEXT TIME!" Judy shouted out not sounding too happy.

"AGAIN, SORRY!" Bill said before getting out of his truck. "Now, how about you kids get out of the truck for a second?"

Nick and Judy hopped out of the truck as Bill asked them. They were both in front of a gigantic field of carrots. Just by looking, they could tell that they were hundreds, maybe even thousands of carrots buried in the ground.

"Wow! Look at all those carrots." Judy said as she looked in awe.

"Meh." Nick said unimpressed. "I'd be more impressed if they were blueberry bushes."

"Why did you bring us here?" Judy asked Bill.

"This field here happens to be my pride and joy." Bill stated. "As you can see, I have a few of my workers helping out. However, a few of them called in sick today. Good thing I found two strong and youthful teens around."

"Oh." Nick and Judy said with straight looks on their faces.

"So that's your true intentions." Nick said.

"You find two kids in need of a guide and after showing them kindness, you ask them to help out with your as daily labor." Judy said.

"And since we're such good kids, we're not going to say no. That's it, right?" Nick asked Bill.

"See, smart too." Bill said with a smirk.

Nick sighed as he took off his hoodie and wrapped the arms of it around his waist and turned his cap around. "Alright. Let's get to it.

"Yeah. Shouldn't be too hard." Judy said determined as she put her glasses over her head.

Judy would regret those words soon after. Turns out, farmwork was brutal. Pulling out some of the carrots from the ground was harder than Nick and Judy expected. Especially the ones that were really invented to the ground. Bill had no problem with this simple farmwork. It really showed that he has done this for years.

After an hour or so, they were finally finished. Nick and Judy were looking pretty exhausted as they panted, heavily.

"We fight crime on a daily basis. How the hell can't we do some simple farming?" Nick asked Judy.

"Somewhere in heaven, my farming ancestors are laughing at me." Judy said close to passing out.

Bill then walked over to Nick and Judy.

"Excellent work, you two. Even though you both struggled, you did a great job." Bill said. "I think that you all did enough today. So, how about I treat you all to dinner, as I promised."

"Yaaaaaaaaay..." Nick and Judy went sounding unmotivated.

Once again, Nick and Judy got on Bill's truck and he drove them to his home. The average Bunnyburrow house is usually a large house that's several stories invented into a large hill with windows. However, his house was just a regular red two-story house that look exactly how you would expect a house in a farm town to look. There was also a brown barn in the far left. Bill parked his truck right near the house. Nick and Judy then got off the truck once again.

"This is it. My house." Bill said to Nick and Judy.

"Huh. Looks... rustic." Nick replied. "I like it."

"Me too." Judy said agreeing.

"It's not much, but it's home." Bill stated. He then walked up to the house and shouted out "KIDS! I'M HOME!"

Opening the front door were two little bunny children. The young girl bunny looked around 6 years old. She had light brown fur, blue eyes, and a yellow dress. The second was a young boy bunny that looked around 7 or 8. He had a darker brown fur than his sister, green eyes, a black shirt and blue jeans.

"DADDY!" The two children went as they ran to Bill and hugged him.

"Hope you kids didn't make any trouble." Bill said to his children.

"Of course not, daddy." The little girl said.

"I made sure not to answer the door for any strangers." The boy said.

"Good boy." Bill said patting his son's head. Bill then faced Nick and Judy along with facing his kids to them. "Kids, this is Tandy and Tyrone. They will be having dinner with us. Tandy, Tyrone, these are my children. My son, Dash and my daughter, Alyssa."

"Hello." Judy said waving at the kids.

"Sup?" Nick went.

"Hi." Alyssa said politely.

"Hey there." Dash said politely as well.

"Dash is the oldest. He's 8 and Alyssa is 6." Bill explained.

"They're different ages. That's rare." Nick thought.

"If the law in Bunnyburrow is still in effect, then it only makes sense that the kids are different ages." Judy thought.

A few minutes later, Nick and Judy went into their home. Bill told them it was going to be a while before dinner was ready. So he wanted Nick and Judy to make themselves at home. Nick and Judy looked around and the house looked quite normal. A rustic wallpaper, a fireplace in the living room, chairs and couches, and some photos of the happy family. During this whole look around, Judy noticed Alyssa had her eyes on her the whole time.

"Ummm... is something wrong?" Judy asked Alyssa as she fixed her glasses.

"You're really pretty." Alyssa said with a smile.

"Oh. Thank you." Judy said surprised, yet happy to hear that.

"Also, your boyfriend is very tall." Alyssa said thinking Nick was pretty tall.

"Oh! I'm not her boyfriend... also, I'm average height for a fox." Nick stated.

"You look like you could play basketball." Dash added.

"I mean, I actually do. But many other players are still taller than me." Nick stated.

"Are you from town?" Alyssa asked.

"No. We're from Zootopia." Judy stated.

"ZOOTOPIA?!" Dash and Alyssa shouted out surprised.

"That's where Cloak and Dagger are!" Dash said.

"Wait? You know who Cloak and Dagger are?" Nick asked.

"Yeah. They are the coolest superheroes ever!" Dash said excitedly.

This was new to Nick and Judy. They both knew that they were popular in the city, but not outside the city too. So it was nice that they were starting to get quite the rep outside of the city.

"I'm guessing you two are big fans." Judy said.

"You should check out our room." Alyssa said before grabbing Judy's paw and tugged her. "Come on, Tandy."

"You too, Tyrone." Dash said as he pushes Nick from behind.

"Hey! Easy. Easy." Nick said not wanting the kid to push him too hard.

Alyssa and Dash took Nick and Judy upstairs and to their room. The two were shocked by what they saw. The two bunnies' room just screamed 'Cloak and Dagger'. The left side of the room had a bed with white sheets, a Dagger poster, and a few Dagger plushies and figures. The right side of the room had a bed with black sheets, a Cloak poster, one Cloak plushie, and a bunch of Cloak figures.

"Wooooooah!" Nick and Judy went.

"Jeez. This room really is decked out top to bottom with Cloak and Dagger stuff." Nick stated in awe.

"Guess you two ARE big fans." Judy said as she picked up a Dagger plushie.

"Daddy got us all this stuff because of it." Alyssa stated as she hopped onto her bed. "Dagger is my favorite. She's brave, beautiful, and has the best powers ever. She can create daggers that can cut anything and she can even heal the hurt."

Judy couldn't help but smile. It always made her happy to hear a fan that adored her.

"Sure, Dagger is cool. But the coolest is definitely Cloak." Dash said while holding up a Cloak figure. "Cloak can teleport anywhere and controls shadows. He's so strong that all the bad guys fear him. He never backs down no matter how big of an enemy he faces."

"And you're not scared of him?" Nick asked.

"Why would I be? Cloak only goes after bad guys." Dash stated. "That, and his dark look only makes him that much cooler."

Nick was pretty happy to hear that the little bunny didn't fear him at all.

"He's not as cool as Dagger." Alyssa stated.

"No way. Cloak is cooler." Dash said.

"Nuh-uh! Dagger's cooler!" Alyssa said sounding mad.

"No way! Cloak's cooler!" Dash said getting mad too.

"Dagger!"

"Cloak!"

"Dagger!"

"Cloak!"

"Dagger!"

"Cloak!"

The two went on like that for a while. Both Nick and Judy found it a bit entertaining. But, brothers and sisters shouldn't argue. So they tried to break it up.

"Now now. You don't need to fight." Judy said.

"Both Cloak and Dagger are cool. Trust us. We're from Zootopia, so we should know." Nick stated.

"But who do you think is the coolest?" Dash asked.

"Who do we think?" Nick and Judy said taking a few seconds to think about it. "Uhhhhhh..."

"Well, not just taking species and gender in mind..." Judy said as she twiddled her fingers.

"... If I had to pick..." Nick said thinking about.

"... I would say Cloak/Dagger." Nick and Judy said together while saying their own hero persona names. This then caught both of their ears. Guess we're pretty much expecting each other's names as a common courtesy.

"Hmm, Ty. Funny you say Cloak." Judy said with a fake smile. "Why is that?"

"Well Tandy, they are called Cloak AND Dagger. Cloak's name is first and he's clearly the planner of the two." Nick stated.

"Hmm. Fair statement." Judy replied. "But I do believe that it's Dagger who does most of the fighting. After all, she is more capable of fighting."

"Good point." Nick said fake smiling even if he was angry on the inside. "However, if it wasn't for Cloak's teleportation, Dagger would never be able to get far or at the right moment when danger arrives."

The tension was about to rise.

"At least people aren't afraid of Dagger. Just getting a look at him makes people scared of him. Not just the bad guys." Judy stated firmly.

"You kidding? Dagger LITERALLY throws knives at peoples!" Nick stated just as firm as Judy. "She's an angel, but a deadly angel."

At that moment, Nick and Judy started to argue even more than Dash and Alyssa. It started to make Dash and Alyssa a bit of concern.

"Wow. They must like Cloak and Dagger more than we do." Alyssa said to her brother.

"Yeah..." Dash said agreeing with his sister. "You think since their big kids that they wouldn't agree so much."

"Hmm hmm!" Alyssa went while nodding.

Shortly after debating on which hero was better, dinner was ready. Bill made a hearty root vegetable stew with a side of cornbread. As Nick and Judy sat on the table with Bill and his kids, they chatted a bit. About Zootopia, Cloak and Dagger, and why it's a get city. Nick was really enjoying the stew and his boy was empty.

"Can I get another helping of this stew?" Nick asked Bill as he waved his empty bowl.

"My? I knew us rabbits love my root stew, but don't think I've ever seen a fox enjoy it so much." Bill stated as he takes Nick's bowl and pours some more stew from a pot in the center of the table. "Then again, I guess foxes happened to have a bigger appetite than bunnies."

"Naw. I'm just a fox that knows good food when he tastes it." Nick stated has he takes his bowl back with more stew. He then had another spoonful.

As Judy ate her stew, she thought quite a bit about the house. Compared to her trailer, this nice little home was better. A neat dining room, pictures of family on the walls, and a nice fireplace for when it gets cold. It was nice and all, but... one thing came to mine.

"Where is the kids' mother?" Judy thought.

She then looked at an empty chair at the table. Nick and Judy were guests, so it made sense to bring more chairs at the table. But why was there one extra chair? Was Bill's wife just working late and they brought the chair out for when she decided to come and join them? Either way, Bill may have noticed Judy eyeing the chair.

"You're wondering where my wife is, are you?" Bill asked.

"Oh. Umm... kinda." Judy admitted. "I mean, your family seems to get, so it feels weird that the mom is missing."

"Well..." Bill said getting a little sad.

"Our mommy is in heaven." Alyssa answered.

"Oh..." Judy and Nick said with drooping ears.

"Even if my dear Lisa is gone, we still keep a chair out for her as a way to remember her by." Bill stated. "The kids were still pretty young too. Alyssa was still pretty a baby back then."

"That back, huh." Nick said feeling bad for them.

"I... lost my father. And I wasn't that much older than Dash and Alyssa." Judy shared with them.

"Oh. So sorry, dear. Didn't know you lost someone you were close to." Bill said feeling sorry for Judy. Bill then looked at Nick. "Tyrone, did you lose anyone you were close to?"

"My... big brother." Nick replied. "It was around the same time Tandy lost her dad."

"You poor kids. It must have been hard to lose someone you are close to. Believe me, I know." Bill said. "How did you lose them?"

"Car accident." Judy answered.

"Shot." Nick replied with his head down.

"My Lisa died from... events." Bill told them.

That one word. Events. It was enough to paint the picture for Nick and Judy. The two had already known what happened in Bunnyburrow years ago. When the town became overpopulated, food stocks got low, many farms were lost, and riots happened as the town nearly went bankrupt. The two were starting to doubt if those things even happened, but just from Bill's one word, it meant that it has actually happened. Nick then looked at the Dash and Alyssa.

"Do you kids remember anything about your mother?" Nick asked.

Dash and Alyssa shook their heads.

"Alyssa was only a baby, but I barely 3." Dash said. "I do think I remember mom holding me a lot."

"How did you feel after losing her, Bill?" Judy asked.

"Like a bunny, you should probably know. When a bunny loses their soulmate, they usually die along with them. But... our children needed their father. So, I stayed alive." Bill stated sounding a bit serious.

"It was a bit of the same for my mom." Judy stated. "I was able to still be alive from the crash and that was enough for her to live on. However, she... wasn't the same."

"I see. So it was harder for her than you?" Bill asked.

"Yes... and no." Judy admitted. "I would say more... but I really don't want to bum out the kids anymore than we already have."

"Right." Nick said agreeing.

"Thank you." Bill said. "Now, how about I talk to you about the stew."

"Yeah. I got like 5 to 10 questions about how you got this so flavorful." Nick stated as he has another spoonful.

"It's all about how you cook it and what you throw into it." Bill said sounding happy again. "You see..."

Bill then talked about how he makes his stew and Nick and Judy hang on to every word. Mainly Nick because he wanted to make the stew one day. The kids would also talk more and more about Cloak and Dagger and how cool it would be to meet them. The irony, since Nick and Judy were actually them. But Nick and Judy were nice enough to tell them some stories. They had to be sure not to give them too many details. Just enough to not have them know it was them.

Once dinner was finished, Bill asked Tyrone and Tandy to come back outside to his truck. Before leaving the house, they wanted to say goodbye to Bill and Alyssa.

"It was nice having dinner with you, Tandy and Ty." Dash said smiling.

"Thank you for having us." Nick said as he leaned down with a smile.

"Hope you come to visit again and tell us more about Zootopia. And Cloak and Dagger." Alyssa said happily.

"Yeah. We will." Judy said smiling.

As Bill drove his truck with Nick and Judy in the back, the two kids waved goodbye to fox and bunny. Nick and Judy then just sat in the back wondering where Bill was going to take them now. It was getting late and the sun was getting ready to set.

"THE LAST TRAIN TO ZOOTOPIA IS IN AN HOUR! SO I HAVE TIME TO TAKE YOU TO ONE MORE PLACE!" Bill shouted out from the driver's seat.

"WHERE IS THAT?" Judy shouted back.

"YOU'LL SEE!" Bill shouted. "BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS! IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO SEE!"

"Most important?" Nick thought.

After driving for quite a few minutes, Bill took Nick and Judy to their destination. The two were completely horrified by what they saw. Unlike the last few sights that were cheerful, this sight wasn't. In fact, it was very grim.

"No... no way..." Nick uttered as his whole body shakes.

"This... this can't be real." Judy said in shock.

"But it is." Bill said.

In front of Nick and Judy's eyes was a cemetery. A HUGE cemetery. A cemetery that stretched longer than any farm fields that you could see where it ends. There were countless tombstones out in the field. Saying that there were only a couple thousand would be a major miscalculation. Why would Bill take Nick and Judy to a place like this?

"There are... so many graves." Judy said shaking at the site.

"Let me ask you two something. You both already knew what happened years ago, did you?" Bill asked. "That's why you two are here, correct?"

"It's... part of the reason." Nick admitted.

"Back then, they called those times The Dark Age of Bunnyburrow." Bill stated. "Because us bunnies just happen to be bunnies, overpopulation happened. The town couldn't manage with so many residents. It started with lower income, then lower supplies, then when families started losing their farms, everything was set off. That's when the riots happened. Us bunnies were so stubborn with following our old ways, we didn't realize what we were doing to ourselves. So when we realized it,... it... was too late."

"So this... is the result of it?!" Judy asked as she grips herself.

"Yes." Bill said while nodded.

"How many?" Nick asked. "How many people died from all of that?"

Bill waited a few seconds before responding. "People die every day in the world. But the amount of people that died over the years when it was happening... has to be somewhere... in the millions."

Nick and Judy's hearts sunk when they heard that. They knew people died during the events, but never expected the number to be in the millions.

"Mil... millions?!" Judy uttered as she looked horrified.

"Take note, about 99 percent of those were rabbits." Bill stated.

"That many died?!" Nick asked still in shock.

"As hard as it is to believe, it's true. I know." Bill said to Nick. His attention then went to the graves out in the open. "Look. So many bunnies are buried here. Friends, family, children, even babies after they were born... and even before they were born."

"That's... so sad." Judy said trying not to cry.

"It's hard to believe this. I mean, Bunnyburrow seems so perfect now." Nick stated.

"You actually believe Bunnyburrow is perfect? I'll tell you right now, it's far from it." Bill said sounding firm. "The only reason why the town is the way it is now is because we are all still reminded of those dark times. We each have to live with those memories and the loved ones we lost." Bill's tone then softens down. "Many of us lost brothers, sisters, even cousins. I had over a hundred siblings, yet I nearly lost them all."

"All of them?" Judy asked still doing her best to keep herself together.

"Yes, after losing my wife, my kids are the only family I have left." Bill stated.

"How did your wife died?" Nick asked.

"Sadly, a lack of nutrition." Bill said. "We went through some hard and barely had enough to fe. ed even two little baby bunnies. Lisa ate lesser and lesser so we could eat more. Before I knew it, she became to frail from the undereating. When I found out, I was beyond mad with her. The husband is suppose to be the one willing to make sacrifices. But... Lisa knew I was stronger of the two. After she was gone, I had to stay strong for the kids... even if they needed their mother."

"Is she buried here?" Judy asked.

"Yes." Bill answered.

"Do you know where?" Judy asked.

"*sigh* Not anymore." Bill admitted. "How can you find the one grave you want to find in a sea of graves like this? It's also more than that."

"What do you mean?" Nick asked.

"Take a look." Bill said pointing at one of the graves.

Nick then walked over to the tombstones and as he looks at some of them, he stunned with what he realized. Many of the tombstones were completely blank. No name, no date of birth, no date of death, and they didn't even have anything written for them.

"What the hell? A good amount of these have no names on them." Nick stated.

"What?" Judy said surprised to hear that.

"And there it is." Bill said with his head down. "So many had died, they couldn't even get the names of everyone buried here. Some of the bunnies here are only lucky to even get a tombstone."

"So, people could have family buried here... AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT?!" Nick shouted out.

"That's just how it is." Bill said.

"..." Judy was silent and had her head down.

"It's... it's so unfair." Nick said hating all of this.

"Life has never been fair... for anyone." Bill stated. "Anyway, I show you this place not to bum you out, but for you to understand. Things are never as perfect as it seems. We all have hardships we got to deal with. But even so, we live on. Live on for the ones who can't and learn from their mistakes. That is what keeps the new Bunnyburrow together."

"Live for the ones who can't." Nick thought.

"Learn from their mistakes." Judy thought.

Nick and Judy took Bill's words to heart. Before leaving, Bill, Nick, and Judy prayed for the ones buried here. Later, Bill took Nick and Judy to the train station. The train wasn't coming leaving for 20 minutes or so. Bill then stayed with Nick and Judy to say goodbye.

"Tandy, Tyrone, even after what you saw, I hope you enjoyed your visit." Bill said.

"We did. Thank you, Bill." Nick said.

"You sure that you will be fine on your way back home?" Bill asked.

"We'll be fine." Judy stated.

"By the way, can I ask... why did you come all the way here to Bunnyburrow?" Bill asked. "Was it really just random or was it to see that the rumors were true? Or... perhaps another reason?"Ni

Besides the names, Nick and Judy were honest with Bill. However, they had to tell another good lie for his own good. Judy then took off her glasses.

"Ty and I... are actually in a relationship and our parents didn't approve of it." Judy lied. "So... we ran away."

"We thought that we could have a life together here, but after today, we decided that we should go back home and convince our parents again that we want to be together." Nick lied forwarding Judy's lead.

"We think they will actually listen this time." Judy said.

"That's good." Bill said. "So you two really are together?"

"Sorry that we lied about it." Judy said.

"It's fine. I'm happy for you two." Bill said with a smile.

"Thank you." Judy said with a light smile.

"You better get back to your kids, Bill." Nick said as he fixed his cap.

"Right." Bill said agreeing. "Take care."

"You too." Nick and Judy said.

Bill then left Nick and Judy as they waved goodbye. Once Bill was out of sight, Nick and Judy went back to having sad expressions on their faces.

"Nick, let's go home." Judy said sadly.

"Yeah." Nick said.

Instead of taking the train, Nick and Judy went somewhere else and changed into Cloak and Dagger again. Traveling back to Zootopia was easier for Nick than going all the way to Bunnyburrow. So he didn't need to make a symbol for them to get back.

Traveling through the Darkforce Dimension again, Cloak and Dagger flew threw the dark space. Neither of them seemed to be phase from traveling this way like they were the first time, yet both of them were silent after what they saw today. Dagger tightly held on to Cloak's cloak. At the old church, black mist appears and out from it came Cloak and Dagger. Cloak took off his cloak, went back to being Nick, and sent it away to his pocket dimension. Dagger reverted back to her normal Judy self. Judy was silent and had held her own arm. Nick could tell after seeing the massive field of graves, Judy had a lot on her mind.

"Judy..." Nick said trying to think of something to say. "I don't know what I can say or do to make you feel better after that.

Judy then turned to Nick and looked up at him.

"Nick... can I... borrow your hoodie? Just... for a minute?" Judy asked with her arms out.

Nick didn't ask. He didn't need to. So he took off his hoodie and gave it to Judy. Judy then hugged the hoodie tightly as tears start to form from her eyes.

"This is the closest thing to getting a hug from you." Judy said as she started crying.

Judy then let out some heavy sobbing and gets her knees down on the ground. This had to be the saddest that Nick has ever seen Judy. He didn't even care that Judy was getting her tears all over his hoodie.

"Judy, if only could do more." Nick thought.

Later, Nick and Judy went to their homes. Judy opened the door of her house and sees that her mom was watching TV. Bonnie sees Judy and notice her deep sadness and turned down the TV.

"Bun-Bun?" Bonnie said getting the attention of her daughter. "What's wrong? Did something happened?"

"Nick and I... went to Bunnyburrow." Judy told her father in a saddened tone.

"Oh..." Bonnie said understanding as her ears drooped down.

"The town may have recovered, but... we saw... so many graves. So many of them didn't even have names." Judy said still looking sad.

"I see. I'm sorry that you had to see that." Bonnie said feeling guilty. "But... you understand why your father moved us out there."

"I do." Judy said before she started walking. "I'm going to my room. I need some alone time."

"Okay." Bonnie said understanding.

Before going into her room, Judy stops by the door to say one more thing to Bonnie.

"You were right, mom. Bunnyburrow... it was beautiful." Judy said.

Judy then went into her room and close the door. Bonnie felt her daughter's pain but was happy to hear her say that she thought their hometown was beautiful. Bonnie then turned off the TV and then looked up at a picture of her and Stu with Judy as a baby.

"Stu, we made the right choice after all." Bonnie thought with a smile.

End of Chapter 17