Heroes meet heros, a Zootopia/MLP crossover

by Applejack224


Chapter 2: The Spell

Zootopia, later that evening


The arrest of the three young fox thieves was surprisingly simple and quick. Perhaps it was the shock of seeing police at their hideout or that a fox was one of the cops that led to their rather quick arrest. Though, in truth, it was a combination of those two combined with the fact the three thieves simply weren't trained in how to fight with their bare paws properly that led to their takedown and arrest. After the three were taken to the station, Chief Bogo called Judy and Nick up to his office.

"Sir, is something wrong?" Judy asked shortly after Bogo had taken his seat.

The chief glanced at the two before replying, "yes, this is something big."

The two officers glanced at each other before Nick asked, sarcastically, "big? There are many 'big' officers in this station, I think you may have to narrow it down."

Bogo narrowed his eyes while Judy tried hard to stifle her laughter.

"Very funny, Wilde."Bogo said while Nick gave a smug grin.

"No, this is actually something kinda serious". the chief continued, grabbing something from a drawer in his desk.

What he pulled out caused both officers to be stunned into silence: a white T-shirt with the phrase I :heart: Gazelle on it.

"Nick, Judy," began Bogo, who rarely ever used their first names, "I need to ask you a favor. Could you please, PLEASE, get this signed for me by Gazelle the next time you go to one of her concerts?"

"Uh.... sure, Sir.." Judy replied, still a little stunned.

The chief Bogo and let Judy borrow it until the shirt was signed.


....

"Well.... that was, um, strange." Nick said as the two walked out of the station.

"Yeah, that was completely out of left field." replied Judy, still holding onto the now-folded shirt.

"Say, I'm really hungry. Want to grab something to eat?" Nick asked, seeming to ignore the strangeness of earlier.

"Alright, but this time, I choose the place. Larry's Bug Emporium wasn't exactly my cup of tea." Judy replied, giving an snarky smile.

"Oh, come on, Carrots, their beetle sandwich isn't that bad." Nick protested.

Judy simply gave a whatever shrug to which Nick simply shook his head and said nothing.


....

The sun had just set and all the lights in the city were beginning to turn on. Nick and Judy had just gotten off the city-wide train system and were beginning to make their way to Judy's apartment complex and the night-time summer heat was killer. Several times, Nick had to swat at flies that were getting too close to his ears.

Suddenly, Judy stopped, her ears perking up. Nick stopped behind her and asked, " what is it, Carrots?"

"Nick, do you hear that noise?" Judy asked, her voice very serious.

Nick said nothing, listening closely for whatever she was talking about. At first, he heard nothing but the sounds of crickets chirping in the night air, but the closer he listened, the more he can make out the sound: a faint humming sound.

"Yeah... what is that.. humming noise?" he said asked in response.

"I don't know, but it's coming from that alley way." Judy replied, pointing to an alley entrance about ten feet away.

She ran at a full sprint towards the noise, surprising Nick and he ran after her, shouting, "HEY CARROTS, WAIT FOR ME!"

Nick eventually caught up to her, and the two found themselves standing in front of some kind of swirling mass on the brick wall. The mass was dark blue with light pinkish-purple on the edges; the swirl being a continuous stream. At this distance, the two could very clearly hear the hum, despite its faintness.

"What.. is this?" Judy asked.

"I..I don't know." Nick replied, feeling very weirded out.

Whatever this thing was, it felt... unnatural, like it should not exist at all.

Judy tilted her head curiously and approached the strange mass of swirls.

"Is this some kind of.. portal?" she asked, seemingly to herself.

"A portal?! Ha! Have you been reading science fiction books again?" Nick jokingly asked.

In truth, while he may have been joking, Nick was absolutely terrified and wanted to get out as quick as possible.

Suddenly, the swirling mass expanded, swallowing Nick and Judy in a flash taking them through to wherever it came from.


Crystal Empire, Equestria, 10 minutes earlier

Dinner had ended an hour ago and Sunburst was back in his study, trying to get this new spell right. While the spell may seem like a simple teleportation spell, it really served two purposes: one was to create a means of getting to one area in dimensional space and the other was to simply observe whatever world or dimension the user may wish to see. For testing purposes, Sunburst only intended to observe and not travel and finally, he had it. After days of practicing and studying, Sunburst had finally worked out how to not only cast the spell, but maintain the tridimensional gate/mirror at least an hour after casting. Right now, Sunburst was observing what appeared to be an alleyway. At first, Sunburst had reasoned the alleyway was one of the many alleyways in Equestrian cities and thought nothing of it. However, when two strange beings approached the gateway. Sunburst realized that the world he was observing wasn't Equestria at all. Rather, it was some strange dimension where animals had gained the intelligence of ponies, yet walked upright instead of on all fours. The two strangers were a rabbit and a fox, dressed in what Sunburst could only assume were the uniforms of some kind of law-enforcement agency. The real shock was when he heard the two speak in perfect, non-accented Equestrian. How they spoke the same language as ponies was beyond him and so many questions were swirling around in his mind at the moment, that he lost focus and the gateway went from merely observing to actually enveloping and dragging the strangers across the gateway. Suddenly, and without warning, the strangers were right in front of him, the fox on top of the bunny, clearly stunned. Sunburst looked, wide-eyed, at the two and one thought ran through his mind: oh Starswirl the Bearded.