Chapter 25: Who are the Azmolarians?

The next day at school Bunny got greeted with great enthusiasm. When Bunny hadn't returned to school on Monday the students all knew that she was with the Redeans, preparing to defeat the pesky Sailor Scouts. Now that she had returned, they all knew that their lives would be back to normal very soon.

Now, one very good thing about Bunny's speech was that she hadn't told anyone who any of the other scouts were. So, though a few people suspected who they were, the fact that Bunny was nice to them through them of the track. That meant that all the scouts and their friends were safe from any angry mob members.

However, Bunny had to deal with all her former and future subjects wanting to thank her. She was very embraced, not only by all the attention but because she still felt really bad about what she had done. Finally, just to escape from everyone, she ducked into the office. When the principal saw her she smiled, "I see your subjects are happy to see you."

Bunny smiled back, "Yes, but I wish that I had some time alone. They all want to thank me, and it's embarrassing."

"I can see how that could be a problem," the principal said.

Bunny nodded, then got an idea. "Could I make an announcement to the school, please? Over the intercom?"

"Of course."

"Thanks." Bunny picked up the microphone and turned on the intercom. "Good morning. I'm sorry to disturb you all. This is Bunny, Princess Serenity, here. I know that you all want to thank me for what I did on Friday, and you are all very welcome. I just have one request… please stop thanking me, it's embarrassing. I also want to tell you that this Friday there will be another concert with not only me and Michelle but also Michelle's student, Hotaru. So we have a lot of planing to do, so if you could just let us I'm sure you'll all enjoy this concert as much as the last. Thank you and good day." Bunny turned of the intercom and sighed. "I hope that stops them."

The principal started to giggle, "I think it will if they want another concert. I do like the other performers you chose."

"Well, Michelle, Hotaru and I go way back," Bunny divulged. "So we like to have concerts together."

When Bunny left the principal's office only her friends were waiting for her. "So what made you make that announcement?" Amy inquired.

"Well, I just thought that it might make them stop thanking me," Bunny admitted.

"Didn't you enjoy all the attention?" Mina demand. "I'm sure would have!"

"Well, then you try it some time Mina," Bunny declared. "I just want to forget about the last concert, and what I told everyone, thank you very much!" That quieted everyone up, they hadn't realized that Bunny was still bothered by what she had done.

That afternoon everyone meet at headquarters under the Crown Arcade. They really wanted to find out about the Redeans before the concert on Friday. That didn't give them much time.

After a couple of hours searching, Zoisite announced that he had found something.

"What is it?" Bunny demanded.

"A really old report about some people called the Azmolarians," Zoisite explained. "They were the Redeans neighbors about four thousand years ago."

Luna and Artemis quickly jumped up to read the report. Then they nodded at each other. "I think we know what happened to the Redeans, Bunny," Luna announced.

"What! What!" Bunny asked.

"Well… about four thousand years ago the planet Redicea was attacked by the Azmolarians," Artemis started.

"Wait, the planet? I thought the Redeans had an empire?" Molly interrupted.

"Yes, they have one now, but they didn't then," Luna clarified. "Anyway, the Azmolarians lived on a nearby planet named Azulorosia. Their King and Queen, Azorism and Azalla, wanted to start their own empire. So they attacked Redicea when King Rodo's great-grandfather was on the throne."

"Okay, but obviously it didn't work," Raye pointed out.

"That's true," Artemis confirmed. "But the King of Redicea was killed. It was his son that defeated the Azmolarians."

Everyone nodded. This was all making sense, just one thing… "So why did the Redeans turn evil?" Rini wondered.

The cats shrugged, "We're not quit sure."

"Well this was really helpful," Amara murmured.

"We might not know, but the Redeans might be able to give us some more clues," Artemis remained.

"Well, I guess it's back to Elysion for us," Darien assumed.

Darien, Bunny, Molly and Melvin all returned to the Redean's palace in Elysion. They were going to ask the King and Queen about the Azmolarians.

"You have returned quickly, dears," Ralcea exclaimed when they entered the throne room.

Serenity smiled, "That's because we missed you so much." Serenity and the others took their seats. "Well, that and..."

"And what my dear?" Rodo asked sweetly.

Serenity turned to Endymion, "Well, we were going through some of the scouts files and we discovered that they were interested in a people called the Azmolarians. And we wondered if you know anything about them, or why the scout would be interested in them?"

Rodo and Ralcea looked at each other. Everyone in the royal family on Redicea knew who the Azmolarians were and what they almost did. Apparently it was time to tell their heirs about them. Ralcea cleared her throat, "Yes we know of these Azmolarians. Apparently it is time for you to know as well.

"You see, around four thousand years ago, when Rodo's Great-grandfather was on the throne, our kingdom was only in charge of the planet Redicea. There was a neighboring planet called Azulorosia. The people there were much like the people of Redicea. The most striking difference is that all Redeans have red eyes and prefer the color red to all else, and all Azmolarians have blue eyes and prefer the color blue to all others. Well, their King Azorism and Queen Azalla decided that they wanted to have an empire not just a kingdom. So they attacked Redicea without any warning."

Ralcea disliked talking about that time so Rodo continued, "My Great-grandfather was killed in the initial attack. The Azmolarians thought they had won. They started to treat the Redeans like dirt. My grandfather would not stand for that. He would avenge his father's death, or die trying. He gathered the Redeans together and not only did they push the Azmolarians back to Azulorosia, but they killed Azorism and Azalla and ruled over the defeated Azmolarians.

"However, Grandfather realized that any of the neighboring kingdoms could get the same idea at anytime. Thus, the only way for Redeans to be safe was to rid those kingdoms of their unfit rulers, as we have already explained."

Serenity, and the others nodded. "So that was the start of the Redean empire."

Ralcea smiled, "Yes, but I don't know why the scouts would be interested in the Azmolarians now. They no longer exist outside of our empire, their descendants eyes have even turned red like our own."

"Maybe they just thought to use some of the Azmolarian attacks against us or something," Endymion covered up. "If that's the case, we should be getting back to Tokyo to keep an eye on them."

"Very wise," Rodo agreed. "You are dismissed.

Serenity, Endymion, Molly and Melvin hurried back to the scouts to tell them what they had learned.