Author's Note: Wow, it truly has been such a long time since I've written a story, I feel my fingers shaking a little bit as I type. I know based on my profile it seems as this might be my first story, but once upon a time I was a seasoned face in the FF world. Hope to give you all a story you can enjoy, it's been in my head for so long that it just had to come out.

Without giving too much away, this story will be mixing timelines, seasons, anime, AND manga while trying to keep it as much in character as possible. The present time will be set during the ~infamous~ break-up arc, but bringing certain characters earlier into the mix, and pushing others later. Please let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the rights to Sailor Moon, I just owe Naoko Takeuchi my first born.

Synopsis: With Earth at stake, what if King Endymion did more than send nightmares to the past to test the strength of Mamoru's and Usagi's love? With a princess struggling to cope with her own destiny, how will this affect the break up arc and how will this alter the Senshi and the planet's future?

30thCentury Crystal Tokyo

Staring out at the view from the balcony, he sighed a deep breath he didn't realize he had been holding in for so long. What a barren wasteland he thought, gripping the broken marble of the ledge as he looked at the sprawling desolation, nothing in tact for miles.

He had looked at this view ages ago – he couldn't tell you how long because he wasn't sure how measurements of time flowed between galaxies – but he wasn't quite sure if this was even the same planet. There was stark coldness where there was once warmth. Tall skyscrapers were now decayed industrial stumps. Sunshine and the delicate foliage of Japanese maple replaced with a dusty and toxic haze. He missed the hues of blue in the ocean water, the same blue he could once see in her eyes. He closed his own eyes and wondered how things could have gotten so bleak.

The taps of dress shoes snapped his focus back into the moment, and he quickly opened his eyes and looked at the source of the sound.

"King Endymion," he murmured, bowing slightly and noticing the subtle shrugging off of his movement; formality had been waived during such a state of crisis.

"Have you thought about my proposal?" King Endymion asked. Straight to the point, he noticed. The king, usually handsome and youthful-looking in his lilac-toned suit, seemed almost haggard after watching his beloved planet, his friends, and now his family perish before his eyes. The King looked permanently haunted, and he honestly did not have it in him to hurt the King even more.

"Are you sure this is what you want me to do? This could forever alter your timeline. It could alter what happens for Earth entirely," he asked, desperation tinged in his voice as he subtly pleaded the King to reconsider this idea.

He had heard the King's call beckon him from his own planet, galaxies away, not knowing this had been the outcome of the planet he had stayed a time ago. All he had to see was Usagi, no -Neo Queen Serenity- , encased in the crystal coffin for him to realize he had become a last resort.

"I don't care. I don't care about anything unless it brings her back," the King croaked, a warm and silent tear that the King did not realized he had left falling down his cheek. The King reached over and placed one of Pluto's Time Key in his hand. He looked at the Time Key placed in his palm, and despite the extremely desolate circumstances, he could not help but wonder about the possibilities. The King choked a sound, something between an anguished cry and a laugh.

"It's possible, but that's a risk I will acqueise for her to come out alive and free through all of this," the King responded, a trained empath who could read the accelerated heartbeat as the feeling of hope. He had the common sense to feel guilt coursing through him, and stiffly nodded as the King motioned him to step towards the path of Chronos Gate.

He looked at the King one last time. Stormy eyes, desolate as the wastelands of Earth, started pointedly at him. The King was well aware of the laws of time he was breaking in this moment. It was clear how dire the situation must be for the two of them to be standing there together, thinking of the woman they both loved.

"Save her."

They nodded at each other as he went into Chronos Gate, the door closing ominously behind him.

The King stood there, already feeling the repurcussions of this ilicit time travel alter his state of being.

Please let this work.