Every day is a battle I face / Strange life I lead but it's what you've decided / I'll give it all into your hands, / Do what you will with me, and oh / I'll smile when you speak

Name:
Nicola Hoofstead

Voice Actress:

Aparna Nancherla

Gender:
Female (she/her)

Sexual Orientation:
Bisexual/Biromantic

Parents:

• unknown (mother)
• unknown (step mother)
• unknown (father)

Siblings:
none

Love Interest:
Stacey McClaw

Species:
deer

Occupation:
student / waitress

Relation to Zootopia:

Childhood friend of Bellweather.

Personality:
Nicola has an air of mystery around her - she's quiet, calm and collected a large majority of the time, while also being a hard working student at ZCU. However, those that take the time to get to know her find that in actuality, she is a massive, sweet dork. with a sweet sense of humour, with a tendancy to overowrk herself.

History:

Nicola was born to a young couple in the heart of a small, quiet, predominantly-prey village. Like many young couples, unfortunately, they simply weren't meant to be, and so not long after the birth of their daughter the new parents divorced, with Nicola's mother remarrying a few years later. While Nicola kept contact with her father, she was much more content living with her mother and step mother and merely saw him as a "family relation" and nothing more.

Though she was just a little younger, Nicola was a very close friend to Bellweather. The two practically grew up together. In their teens, Bellweather always spoke of big ideas of moving to Zootopia, the oppurtunities there, all they could do, and Nicola agreed. But obviously, Bellweather had much bigger and different interests in power and control, while Nicola was more interested in integrating into a bigger, diverser comunity. Bellweather left to study sooner than Nicola due to their age differences, and after that the two drifted apart. When she heard of Bellweather's plot, she was saddened, but she couldn't say she was surprised.

Nicola, working hard up through her education, secured herself a place at ZCU (Zootopia City University) on her own merit, and vowed not to waste her time. She started on a course in psychology and studied hard, day and night, determined to do her absolute best, graduate, and start her life in the city.

One night however, after a particularly stressful weak, her friends and room mates insisted that she come out just for one night on the town, to relax a little bit. Not wanting to disappoint her friends, she agreed... and on this night out, she met a rather slick tognued lioness: Stacey McClaw.

While Stacey may have you believe that it was love at first sight, Nicola would disagree- Sure she was cute, and she could make her laugh, but it took her some time to properly walm up to her. The fact she'd so easily gotten into ZCU without trying grated on her nerves a little, but she learned to love it in her own silly way.