Prologue

"Hey mom, can you tell us a bed time story?" The young ram asked. His mother, who was tucking his older brother Phobos to bed, looked up at Aries direction and smiled warmly.

"Of course, But let me tuck in you and your brothers in first."And with that,she was done tucking Phobos, and was heading to Aries. After being tucked in, he watched as she checked on his adopted brother Scorpio.

"Is your stinger cap on ?" Deimos asked carefully holding Scorpio's stinger, which needed to be capped so that he wouldn't sting himself or others. "Yes mom". Scorpio said as he was being carried by Deimos to his bed.

Once everyone was tucked in, Deimos went to a small bookshelf,which was for the boys ." which story do you like to hear tonight Aries?" Not even a second had passed and Aries had already decided. "The Story of King Cepheus of Ethiopia".

"Didn't we heard that one on your last turn?" Phobos called out. "And the time after that?" Scorpio also pointed out. Aries smiled."Well that's my favorite one, has so much glory in it, right mama?"

Deimos,with book in hand, smiled as she sat down on a chair in the middle of the room. "That's correct Aries, stories are for all from the thought of real facts or imaiginated opinions." The boys smiled at their mother's advice, knowing that despite it being in opinion, they knew it was a fact at heart.

Deimos opened the book and begin to read:

"Before the Solar was created to coexist, Their was only one kingdom only, and that was Ethiopia". "It was a place full of peace, everyone fully trusted upon each other"." And they had a king named Cepheus."

Aries had somewhat memorized the story, and yet still feel like this is the first time he heard it.

"Cepheus was a good king, he protected his Kingdom from anything bad". "And as any king he had a Queen; Cassiopeia, and together they had a daughter who was named Andromeda".

Phobos tensed a little, he knew, they were heading to the "big" part of the story.

"However the citizens were slowly losing trust, due to others questioning the other's excestince, class,and race, it started with insults....then arguments....then fights. "And since Ethiopia was made by love, it slowly started dying from hate."

Scorpio watched in silence as his mother continued the story.

"Soon plants started to die, So did the animals, food was scarce, sickness came, But no one noticed, they fought, blaming the other citizens. "Only the royalty noticed, but they knew they wouldn't be able to stop the commotion."

"And once the citizens did saw what was happening to Ethiopia...it was too late". "Ethiopia that was so beautiful was nothing but a corpse of a biosphere"." only the people and the royalty remained".

"Cepheus had enough of the fighting and demanded them all to reconcile, Ethiopia was slowly decaying that preety soon, they all perish". "The citizens, finally noticing their mistakes, apologized to each other of their wrong doing, and agreed to remain as one".

"That's when something remarkable happened". A voice was heard behind Deimos. The boys, including Deimos was startled at the sudden interuption of someone who had entered the room, without them knowing. Mars.

"Yes, Ethiopia did split due to the hate in the world,but surprising to the royalty and the citizens, the pieces of Ethiopia formed into more planets, for more,for all."

"and Cepheus decided to allow anyone to live on the 8 children of Ethiopia, because he knew that Ethiopia had forgive the people for their wrongdoing".

Mars approached Deimos, sat next to her and gave her a warm smile. Deimos, smiled back. "And when the solar was completed, the people from all 8 planets were at peace once more." Deimos finished, closing the book.

The three boys clapped softly in amazement. "That was cool". Phobos spoked out. Mars chuckled." Well I was heading to your room to say good night when I heard your mother telling my favorite story so...i went along".

Deimos smiled and got up the chair. "Well it's time for you boys to go to bed". Aries watched as his parents kissed him and his brothers goodnight.

"Sleep tight boys". Mars said closing the door. as the door closed,Aries looked around the room, Phobos was falling asleep along with Scorpio, With a smile Aries snuggled himself in the bed a looked at the ceiling. With heavy eyes, he drifted to sleep.

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