AN: Starting in this chapter, Ranma shall be called Peace, while the Pluto from the end of time shall be called Tranquility while they are in the Moon Kingdom. Just so it doesn't take you by surprise when it happens. Also, please suspend your belief in reality for this story. A lot of things aren't possible in it. And thanks to the people at the Fuku Fic board for telling me that, yes the sister of a Queen would be a Princess if born into the title and that her daughter would also be a Princess.

THE ETERNAL SUN

CHAPTER ONE

PEACE'S LIFE

Peace's bedroom

Ranma awoke from the bright white light that seemed to have dominated not only her vision, but her thoughts. Getting off the floor, she staggered over to a mirror. It was her, her girl side looking back at her, but "I'm in a dress." Ranma stated flatly. "I've gotta get out of it." She said.

Feeling much better now, Ranma walked over to her closet. The memories were there. She knew exactly what was in the closet and where in the closet what she wanted was. She also knew that she usually dressed in dresses, but said to her self as she pulled out a shirt, some pants, and different underwear, even the, ug, in her mind, bra, "That is going to change. No more dresses for me." Then considering that she was now a Queens Niece, a Princess, and probably had to attend a lot of balls and other formal parties she said "At least not often." She wasn't stupid. In fact one of her favorite quotes to apply to her self was 'I'm slow, not stupid.' She couldn't remember where she picked that one up. Some Western book she had to read once for school.

As Ranma was finishing her changes a knock happened to her door. "I'm changing!" she called out.

"It's your Mother." The voice of Pluto, no Tranquility now, called out.

"Just a minuet." Ranma, no, she better get used to thinking herself as Peace, said. Slipping her shirt on, she called "Done!"

Tranquility walked in to the room and shut the door. Sighing she said "I should have known that's one of the first things you'd do." She said looking at the changed clothes. "Well Peace, your Aunt wants to see you later this afternoon. She came and told me to tell you right after I 'awoke'." She said with double meaning to the last word. One that Peace caught. "You have four hours till you will be summoned." Tranquility said.

"Ok, Mom. I think I'll just practice till it's time." Peace told her. She knew she had to get used to the combination of being in this body and this, and she could tell it, artificial gravity.

"Peace, if you go out and practice, how will you explain how you can do that? Peace never was a practitioner of your art, so how will you explain your sudden mastery?" Tranquility asked.

That stopped Peace cold. "I don't know." Peace said. "But I ain't giving it up. It's all of Ranma I have left! I WILL practice my art. I guess I could say I've been taking lessens in private?" Peace asked.

Seeing the determination in Peace's eyes Tranquility sighed and said "I'll back you up on that. Just realize, your going to cause quite the stir." She said shaking her head in the knowledge that she couldn't stop this, so she might as well let it happen and run damage control on it.

Peace nodded and left the room.

Her body guards fell into step behind her as she left the room. Struggling to remember their names she did so. Siegfried and Raphael. She led them to a clear spot by a pond she remembered relaxing by with her 'Cousin' Princess Serenity the Second. As she got there she turned around and told them "Just watch. Ask questions later." And after they nodded puzzled Peace stepped forward.

Peace started out slowly, and as she got used to the artificial gravity she sped up. She went through her katas, switching from one to the next, making them increasingly harder and faster. As she did so, she just let her mind float, concentrating on nothing. As she wound down with a few cool down katas, she noticed that she had drawn a big crowd, including her 'Cousin' Serenity. As soon as she stopped Serenity asked "Wow! That was amazing! When did you learn to do that!" she asked in a tone of awe.

"Yes Princess, where and when did you learn to do that?" Raphael asked in a tone of mixed disbelief, curiosity and awe as well.

"Um, I've been taking private lessens all my life, but my Sensei just passed away." Peace said, trying to stay as close to the truth as possible.

"Oh that's too bad." Serenity said with sympathy, while Siegfried and Raphael looked at each other in disbelief, mouthing to the other 'When?'

"Well come on Peace! We have two hours till Mother wants us, so I thought we'd visit Reba!" Serenity said, pulling on Peace's arm.

As Serenity Pulled Peace along, followed by their body guards, all eight of them now, Peace was trying to access her memories as Peace, to figure out who the heck Reba was. Then she remembered. Reba was a mage/scientist who Serenity and Peace really liked. She was not only the head mage/scientist in the castle, but also their tutor in magic and science. And Serenity and Peace liked her a lot. She was funny, intelligent, and took great care to explain their lessons in way's they'd not only understand, but enjoy. She also was a little scatterbrained, but that was part of her charm as well.

It was then Tranquility came up to them, coming from the opposite direction. "Hello Princess Serenity, I need to have a few words with my daughter. If you don't mind?" She asked.

"Oh, ok. But I keep telling you to just call me Serenity Aunt Tranquility." Serenity said.

"That wouldn't be proper. Now come along Peace, we have some thing imported to discuss." She said turning around and walking away.

Peace followed her to her room, where they left the guards outside, signaling for quite, tranquility pulled out her Time Staff and opened a portal. Signaling Peace to follow, she did so, wondering what the heck was going on.

They arrived at the end of time, and Pluto turned and said "Ranma, we have a problem."

Ranma sighed, while it was good to be called by her real name again, she was worried what the problem could be.

"What is it?" she said with a sigh.

"This." Pluto said showing an image in the Time Gates.

"That's the Tendo dojo. What's wrong with that?" Ranma asked.

"More specifically, that's the Tendo's dojo, right after you left it. The problem is, it shouldn't exist. By coming here and taking the place of Peace, this" Pluto said, waving her hands at the image, "should never have existed. What happened is, as far as I can tell, we made a split reality." Pluto said sighing.

"Huh?" was all Ranma asked.

"It's like a fork in the road. Originally time went left. We tried to make it go right. But it went both ways." Sighing and massaging her temples Pluto went on. "But that's not the worst of it. That reality's, for some reason I can't fathom, time stopped at the moment in time you left it. But that's not the worst of it!" She cried, throwing her hands up in the air. "That reality seems to be searching for you!" She wailed.

"I don't get it." Ranma said.

Taking a deep breath, Pluto calmed her self down and started to slowly explain things to a confused Ranma. "Ok, this is what I know. The old reality exists, even though it shouldn't. The old reality's time stopped when you left it. Got that so far?"

Ranma nodded and said "Yes."

"Good. Now the old Reality is, in the grand scheme of things right next to the new one. If all realities were on a highway, then we would be one car, and the car right besides us would be the old reality. Got that?" Pluto asked Ranma.

"Yes." Ranma said, not sure where this was going.

"Well eventually, and as far as I can tell at the point in time in the new reality, when you left the old one, the two realities are going to crash into one another." Pluto said evenly.

Ranma, dumbfounded, said "Oh. Can we stop it?"

"I don't know. Although I think I have a way to delay it." Pluto said.

"Um, how?" Ranma asked, knowing this was going to involve her working her ass off.

"You must spend equal time in both realities, until I've got a better plan. But I've got to prepare. You see, while it seems that that reality waits for you, for some God unknown reason, I severally doubt the new one will. So I must come up with a way that pops you over to the old one, and brings you back to the new one with no time past. That should take me a few days to a week." Pluto told Ranma.

"Do we have the time?" Ranma asked.

Sighing at Ranma's denseness, she said "Yes we do."

"Ok." Ranma said happy that they had time to do it right.

"Come on lets go back. I'll take us to fifteen minutes before the Queen wants to meet you." Pluto said.

As she opened the portal Ranma asked "What is it about?"

"Guess." Pluto said, walking through the portal.

Ranma then shrugged and walked back into her life as Peace.

AN: See why I told you to suspend your belief in reality? Any way I hope this makes for an enjoyable story for you all, and more will be explained later. And yes, this means Ranma will spend equal time in both realities, until true shit hits the fan. Thanks for reading, bye.