A/N: This is a Drabble Series with a plot that continues between chapters - AU Where Queen Serenity is reborn as Ikuko. It follows her point of view, so doesn't get to into detail about what the scouts are doing on a day to day whole team makes appearances, but the focus is on Ikuko's and Usagi's relationship from Ikuko's POV. Each Chapter is a single scene- some chapters are much longer than others. I really hope you enjoy this!

Big Thanks To CassieRaven (for Beta-ing) and The Rising Phoenix, for cheering me on every step of the way.

Ikuko took a deep breath, pulling back wavy dark curly hair into a high ponytail in her bedroom mirror. Her thoughts spinning around the day prior, when she'd seen her. The first moment of shock in the years she'd been waiting.

A Little Black cat with a crescent moon bald spot on her head, who went by the name Luna, sauntered through the front door as if she had every right to parade around inside the home, when she'd never seen it before. Trailing behind her teenage daughter, as if any normal stray cat from the street would go near Usagi's exuberance instead of hiding in the nearest alley.

The voice in her head, that strong steady voice from so long ago repeated to her mind:

You may never intentionally reveal yourself to the planet's children including your own.

Until that moment, that clear precise moment, she hadn't been sure it was even real. Looking into the mirror's reflection, She stared into her own dark brown eyes, so different than the royal silver-blue ones from her past life. That the stories, memories and dreams of a lifetime ago were not just some odd figment of an overactive imagination, that she wasn't wrapping herself in fantasy to avoid the boring doldrums of middle age motherhood.

She had been a Queen, maybe arguably, The Queen. Now relegated to observer, to a steady hand in the background to aim for the best. Those that determine such things had been clear. The voice also ordered:

You may never use the Ginzuishou, it is not yours to bare.

It after all, took her life. It may have actually been the deity-esque voice, she wasn't exactly sure. But, she knew, she would never use it again. No matter the consequences for the future, it was not hers. Lost for a millenia, somewhere hidden and safe. Hopefully it would stay that way. But, she knew all things had purpose, and she was here. Evil persists.

Here, Earthborn, she had been blessed with two children, and a husband. She'd been blessed to a world where she was a caregiver, and taken care of. It thus far, had been a simple, enjoyable life.

An alarm beeped on a side table, and she spun towards it- yanked out of her thoughts. She stepped out of her bedroom with a loud shout down the hallway "Usagi! You're going to be LATE !"

Her voice was quickly followed by a whirlwind of a teenager running out the door so fast she may have missed it from aside the noise.

A few minutes later a black cat sauntered down each stair step, clearly taking her time and seeking out a sunspot near the living room window.

Ikuko walked over, with a long steady look before kneeling on the floor. With a momentary pause- as she knew the consequences for breaking the rules were her immediate removal from this world- she softly pet the relaxing animal. After a moment she whispered "Thank you for keeping her company. She needs it."

And with that, she went to make her own breakfast.

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