Chapter 12: Bunny vs. the Scouts?

Ralcea and Rodo grinned at each other. "I told you it would work," Ralcea reminded her husband.

"You're right. With Sailor Moon turned against the scouts, Earth if finished," Rodo boasted. "Turning Molly and Melvin to our side was brilliant."

Ralcea smiled, "Yes. And I have another brilliant idea. Why not get Sailor Moon to help us? Think of how easy it will be with her on our side."

"Your right," Rodo agreed. "With her Silver Imperium Crystal we can easily conquer any planet."

The rulers of the Redeans decided to let Molly and Melvin work on Bunny alittle longer. They had to make sure that she was truly turned against the scouts before they risked bringing her to them.

Everyone was worried about Bunny. If the Redeans had truly gotten to Molly and Melvin who knows what they had planed. They decided to split up and look for her. It was Darien and Luna who checked the Crown Cafe.

"There they are," Luna whispered in Darien's ear.

"Well, they seem to be normal enough, but I have a bad feeling about this," Darien whispered back. He walked over to the booth that Molly, Melvin and Bunny were in. "Hey Buns, having fun?"

Bunny looked up, "Yes. We had a great chat." Bunny smiled, fakelly, and leaned over to receive her kiss. She couldn't let these traitors know that she was on to them.

"Hi Darien, Luna," Molly greeted them. "What brings you here?"

"Well, I finished my research, and I was wondering where Bunny was," Darien admitted. "It is getting late."

"You're right. We should be getting home," Melvin agreed. They all got up to leave. "Talk to you soon, Bunny."

While Darien had been talking, Luna had called the others to tell them they had found Bunny. Everyone returned home, thinking everything was fine.

When Bunny and Darien got home Pearl came out of her room to see them. "How was your day Bunny?" she asked.

"Oh, it was fun," Bunny replied absently. Bunny couldn't believe all she had gone through to save this girl, the daughter of the person who destroyed her kingdom.

Luna, Pearl and Darien all noticed Bunny's strange behavior. They were worried. No one had ever thought that Bunny would be the one to turn. But for now they just hoped they were jumping to conclusions.

The next day they had all planed a picnic. Bunny had told Molly and Melvin about all the picnics. "Probably to keep an eye on you," they had told her. She agreed, and asked Molly and Melvin to meet her at the park.

When everyone arrived at the park they could all tell that something was up with Bunny. She was acting so cold towards all of them, particularly Luna and Darien. When Molly and Melvin arrived they all groaned, especially when Bunny ran up to them laughing.

"What's up with her?" Vesta asked. Everyone shook their heads, they had no idea.

"Hi guys, thanks for coming," Bunny whispered to Molly and Melvin.

"They don't look to happy to see us," Melvin observed.

"Who cares," Bunny brushed the others aside. "I'm supposed to be the leader, right? I should be able to hang out with whomever I want."

"That's right," Molly agreed. By that point they had joined the others. Everyone tried to act normally, but there were serious feelings of misgivings amongst all the scouts.

They played jump rope and leap frog, and got ice-cream from Miss Caya. Michelle, who had brought her own violin, was playing a song she had composed.

"That was wonderful Michelle," Amara congratulated her. Everyone agreed.

"Yes," Molly stated. "That song reminded me of the oceans, and somehow of Neptune as well." That put everyone alittle on edge. It wasn't the first time that day that Molly or Melvin had said something obviously referring to the scouts. If they had had any doubts that they knew of their secret identities, they didn't anymore.

"Well, this has been fun and everything, but it's time we were going," Jadeite said.

"Yeah, we have an early class tomorrow," Nephrite agreed.

"See you in school tomorrow," Jade called as he and Jet left.

"We should be going home too," Pearl advised.

"Your right," Darien consented. He and Pearl started to leave, then he hesitated "Are you coming Buns?"

Bunny looked at Molly and Melvin and grinned, "You go ahead. I want to stay here awhile longer with Molly and Melvin."

Darien nodded and turned away. He knew something was terribly wrong with Bunny and she was shutting him out of her life. Luna jumped onto his shoulder, "I'm going to stay here and keep an eye on things. Don't worry I've got the communicator." Luna then jumped down and walked over to where Bunny was sitting.

"Hey Luna. I'd thought you'd go home with Darien," Molly greeted.

"Meow."

"Oh, I see, we're not good enough for you to talk too?" Melvin asked.

"Meow?"

"Stop fooling around Luna. They know all right? They know you can talk, and about the scouts, so stop being a pain," Bunny grumbled.

Luna looked at Bunny. Molly and Melvin figuring out the scouts secret identities is one thing. But there was no way they would know about Luna talking unless they had been told, they were just too careful about that. "You told them?" Luna demanded.

"So what if I did?" Bunny sneered. "There my best friends, and I'm sick of lying to them."

This was to much for Luna. She got up and left. If Molly and Melvin knew she could talk she wouldn't find out anything hanging around there. Furthermore, she needed to talk to Darien.

"Well, that got rid of her," Bunny smiled.

"Yeah, good riddance," Molly added.

"So tell me, how did you find out so much about the scouts and all?" Bunny wondered.

Molly and Melvin smiled at each other. They had been waiting for this. That morning Queen Ralcea had asked them to bring Bunny to her, if the opportunity arose.

"Well, we were getting kinda suspicious. You know, they way you and your 'friends' would become all preoccupied every once and a while, then be back to normal," Melvin shared.

"And then we listened to one of your meetings. The one were Luna, Artemis and Diana pointed out that everyone seemed depressed," Molly divulged.

"Wow, that was pretty smart of you to put it all together," Bunny commented.

"We also got some help," Molly admitted.

"Help? From whom?" Bunny questioned.

"From King Rodo and Queen Ralcea of the planet Redicea," Melvin replied.

"The Redeans? Now that's strange, that's who Trista told us our new enemy is," Bunny pondered.

"Is it really that surprising?" Molly asked. "Come one. The King and Queen want to meet you." They stood up and suddenly they were in Elysion, before the rulers of the Redeans. Molly and Melvin walked forward and bowed, receiving a smile from the beautiful rulers. When they turned around they gasped. Bunny and morphed into Princess Serenity.

"Greetings, lovely princess," Ralcea said as she rose to take Serenity's hand. "It is an honor to meet you."

"Thank you for having me here," Serenity replied with a regal curtsy. Ralcea took her hand and lead her to a smaller throne close to hers and the king's.

"I suppose you are wondering why we told your friends about your secret identity," Rodo guessed.

"Yes, I am. Though I am also grateful, because it allowed me to brake free of the scouts hold," Serenity affirmed.

The King and Queen smiled, this was going perfectly. They started to tell Serenity the same thing they had told Molly and Melvin. Pointing out how the scouts had used her from the start. Princess Serenity just listened. She believed everything they said.

"So the question now becomes, what are you going to do about it?" Ralcea pointed out.

Serenity didn't even have to think about it, "I'd like them to pay for what they have done. I would also like your help in doing this. Hopefully we can become allies."

"Of course we would love to help you," Rodo smiled, then turned to his wife.

"You see, we have no children of our own," Ralcea sniffed. "And we would be honored if you allowed us to name you our heir."