Disclaimer: I so do not own Sailor moon, the concept, the videos, nada. It all belongs to um, well, someone who is not me. But they can feel relaxed cause I'm not making money off this.

Note: I've never actually seen the episodes in order so my timeline's kinda hazy. And anyway, I'm taking liberties. This is the summer before they all get into High School. And Darien has just broken up w/ Serena for whatever stupid reason he came up with this time. ( I like D, I think he's smart, but he just isn't all that bright, y'know?)

Prologue

It was a normal day, just one more day like all the others she'd had this lifetime. A simple variation on a theme. She'd woke up late and run to the meeting at the temple, tripping and falling all over the place. Rei had yelled. She'd yelled back. They'd had the meeting, eaten some ice cream, and all the while she'd been desperately trying not to think about Darien.

But when she got home she'd known something was wrong. Something had gone terribly terribly wrong. Mom and Dad had taken her and Sammy into the family room and sat them down, giving them serious, sorrowful, parental looks the whole time.

Dad was the first to speak. "Serena, Sammy, your mother and I have something very difficult to tell you. You see, I've taken a job in America- New York to be exact."

"Cool!" Sammy yelped, "Wait'll I tell the guys! New York is like the neatest place on earth!"

Serena wasn't nearly so enthused. "WHAT? For how long? Daddy, I CAN'T just LEAVE!"

Dad smiled but he shook his head a little. "I will be working in New York for a year or two… possibly more."

Sammy seemed to pale too. "Years? But dad, what about Mom's job?"

Their mother smiled a little. "I'll still have it Sammy. You see- I'm not going to New York."

Serena's stomach seemed to shrink and drop several inches at the same time. "What? Not… but that means you're you…" she looked desperately from her mother to her father and back, her ocean blue eyes filling with tears.

"Oh Serena, honey, I'm sorry… but we are. Your father and I are separating."

Sammy's eyes were as teary as Serena's. "Dad's leaving us? You don't want us?"

"No!" he walked to his son and put his arms around him. "No, Sammy, I love you both. I want you both to come with me… but your mother and I have decided it's your lives and you can choose."

No monsters' blasts had hurt as much as this. Nothing could hurt this much- not even losing Darien. Because at least then she'd had her mom and dad to look to. Home had been home- it would always be… now this. It was too much. The tears spilled over… she was sobbing… her mother was holding her, trying to calm her down. Kiss away the tears.

No way. This time it was her mother, her father, who'd hurt her and she wasn't about to have either one of them calm her down. Serena stood up and ran. Ran for her life. Ran as though all the evils in all the universe were chasing. Sailor Moon, Princess Serenity of the Silver Millenium, the Future Queen of Crystal Tokyo, ran to her room and cried herself to sleep.