Ok, I'm writing this story with my friend, so each chapter will be in my POV and then in hers, except for the first two which will be me. Also, we'll be combining some ideas of the book and the movie.

Disclaimer: We don't own Howl's Moving Castle, but we own the story line

Prologue

"Howl, my love," began Sophie, holding Howl's hands and looking into his eyes. "This isn't going to work. Our marriage." A tear slipped down Howl's face when he heard her words.

"Fine," Howl said. He tried to pull his hands away from Sophie's, but she held tight.

"Let me explain, Howl," Sophie tried again. It was terrible, watching one of the men she loved being destroyed by her. "Let me explain."

"What is there to explain, Sophie? I gave you my love and now I take it back. You no longer mean anything to me, Sophie. I know no person by the name of Sophie, now. Leave."

"Howl, I'm going to explain whether you like it or not–"

"Explain what, stranger?"

Sophie started sobbing. She wanted to take her hands to cover her face, but if she let go of Howl, he'd run away and she'd never explain. So, she started just telling him, she knew he'd hear, if not listen.

"Remember all the time that your heart was in Calcifer's keeping, Howl? It didn't grow up. It was still a boy's heart. I wasn't a true wife to you, I was more of a mother. You are still a boy, in a man's body. I don't want to be married to a child, Howl. I don't."

In the corner, a bent old woman was drooling as she watched. She watched Howl get his heart broken, she watched Sophie break it. Unfortunately, her old and tired mind thought, that it needed to happen. Otherwise, it would have been as Sophie had said. In Howl's case, it was a mere infatuation of his boy's heart. In Sophie's case, she fell half in love with anyone who thought her beautiful, having never been thought beautiful before. Too bad it had to end this way, though. Too bad.

"Goodbye, Howl. I'm sorry it had to end this way, but it had to end." With that, Sophie went outside, her silver hair blowing in the wind. She stood with her hands clasped under her chin, waiting to be taken away.

Soon a plane came in front of the flying castle, and hovered there. A man was standing there, with light brown hair and cream colored suit.

"Sophie, are you sure?" Prince Justin asked gently. "You did love him. Are you sure you want to leave?"

"My heart has changed, love," Sophie replied, slightly grimly. "There is no turning back." Prince Justin took her hand and helped her onto the plane.

"Farewell," she called as she set off to her new home, with her new love, knowing there was no turning back. Michael and the Witch of the Waste, now out of the corner and drooling in the yard, both looked off into horizon watching as the small ship flew out of sight. Turning back to the castle, the boy and the old woman caught a glimpse of Howl's pale face leaving the window. His eyes were shining with unshed tears, but they never were fell from the cradle of his eyelids.

Howl's personality had a dramatic change. He began to develop two seperate personalities. One side was loving, kind, and affectionate, open to others and with himself. While the other was loving and kind, he kept to himself a lot, not allowing anyone to see through his outer mask. Howl switched between the two aliases a lot, never keeping one for very long, but they seemed to be two different people in one body.

After research on Michael's part, him and the Witch of the Waste found out what had happened. Howl's heart had been broken in two. The pieces of the heart had grown into complete hearts themselves, for two different people. Both were adult hearts now. Unfortunately, they were still both in one body.

So, the Witch of the Waste, with Calcifer's help, performed a complicated piece of magic that split the body in two to match the two hearts. They would be like twins, but definitely two separate people.

It was difficult, but was done, in the end. The original's hair turned blonde, taking in the open personality. The second was called Shadow for his black hair and masked face.

Each had the same magical abilities as the original, which included traveling through the worlds. Soon, the two became known as the Dimension Travelers, never staying in one universe or place for long, always moving on, never stopping.

The two men, each looking the same (excluding the hair), would once again find happiness.

Author's note: That's what I got next is the first chapter by me. In first person, that is just telling you what has happened.