Okay before I start here's a bit of back story. In some strange twist of fate or whatever Usagi gets split in two, cloned. One side is deemed the fake, the other becomes the original. What no one realizes is that both are the same. So the "fake" Usagi, secretly meets with the "real" Usagi and together they try to figure out a way to fix things but end up being forced to agree that there is no way to join back together. The "fake" Usagi makes a heartbreaking decision and the story picks up from there. They are about 16/17 when it happens.

Chapter 1- The Split

Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need of hell.

-Emily Dickinson

"You'll experience a shock in whatever world you land in. Each world has a different time line so you may find yourself a few years younger or older suddenly to match it. She said it was however old you would be if you had been born in that world. It took some convincing to get this key, are you sure this is the right thing to do?" My other self had tears in her eyes, though she didn't make a sound.

"You know there is no place for me here." my breath hitched, "It'll only get harder as you grow and the future we know to be coming unfolds. I... I know we are one and the same, but it will still feel like my life is being lived by someone else." I would never see them again; the image of their angry, disbelieving looks would be imprinted in my memory forever. It hurt so much.

"Well... Luna also knows the truth. And her future self is the one that helped me get this, she also told me to give you this and this little guy." Usagi handed me an ornate key, a bulky cloth-wrapped item and a small black and grey kitten with a gold moon on its forehead.

"I... I can't..."

"Yes you can," she said as I slipped the unknown item into my pocket and took the small kitten with gentle hands. "Luna said that the princess must always be accompanied by an advisor. Eclipse may be young, but he knows everything he needs to and you are still me, still a princess." She hugged me tightly and the tears that I had been holding back, beat past my barriers and fell, "This way you are not completely alone. She says take care of yourself and take care of her son and that she loves you always."

"This is making it harder." I fastened my coat and trembled a bit at the enormity of what I was doing. I would never see him again. Would never feel his arms around me, hear his whispered words aimed at my heart. I was wavering. I had to leave now. "Please," I whispered as I hugged Eclipse closer to my aching heart. "Please take care of them, please love him. Never let him find out the truth about this, it could break his heart. Please love him enough for both of us..." the building pain choked my words off.

She was crying harder now. "Of course I will. I am you and you are me. I wish I could ease your pain..."

"Goodbye." It was curt but I was at my limit. I whirled away from her, my reflection, and pointed the ornate key at the heavens. "Key of time and space! Take me from this world to a place where I may start anew!" The air swirled around me pink and sparkling, I felt a small tug and I was flying.

She fell to her knees, full out sobbing. It felt like she had lost a part of her soul and really, that was exactly what had happened. But there was no turning back now, nothing to do but pick herself up and move forward. It didn't stop the ache though.

Usagi turned her head to the mocking sun and cried.

When I landed I didn't know where I was. That of course wasn't a surprise, neither was the way my clothes now hung baggily on my now childish shoulders, but it didn't help the agony. Eclipse stirred in my arms and looked up at me.

"It'll be okay, your highness. You have me." But his purr made me think of Luna and I lost all control. I don't know how long I cried; only that the sun had been mocking me at first but now night had fallen. Eclipse licked my tears, trying desperately to console me.

"My dear, are you okay?" The voice startled me and I looked up. I hadn't realized that I had sunken to the ground on a street with no driveways and houses, but many walls. "Are you lost?" An old man stood in front of me with a worried look on his face. Two men in black suits stood on either side of him, watching the surroundings. "Miss, have you been hurt in any way? What is wrong?"

"I... I have nothing anymore..." I couldn't help it; the words came out along with a fresh bout of tears. "My friends, my family, my future... it's all gone... my Mamu-chan... my Mamu-chan..." I clutched at my stomach, rocking back and forth, the stomach that would never grow big with Chibi-usa inside, the hands that would never again caress Mamu-chan's face, it hurt, it hurt.

The old man extended his hand down to me with a comforting smile. "What is your name?"

I almost answered Usagi, but that name was not mine anymore, who was I now? My mind went blank for a moment until, "Serenity." I hiccupped, "Tsukino Serenity."

Alrighty then! First chap is now edited to fix the time-line mishap!

So ya know this will no longer be told from 1st person view... that was to dramatise the first chapter, and to simplify the separating of two Usagi's.