A/N: I received messages from owoonie saying that they came up with theories that could link both Ishihara and Crescent (since I took some of the characters from Ishihara). So basically this chapter is for those who have read both stories (if you didn't... it probably wouldn't make any sense) I'll be posting everything they wrote to me with some tweaks, but full credits go to them! Enjoy and please be nice ^^ It might be a bit of a ride to read this but I love the theories ;-;

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(Note that Ishihara is set in the future, year 3000s while Crescent is set in the year 2000s)

(After Akira and Seonghwa got married, pathway 2)
The Fyrae kingdom made a deal with the Estar kingdom. Estar, which according to the book was making more progress in improving technology than the other kingdoms. As said in the book, they wanted to learn from the mistakes of "old humans". Wanting to figure how to fix these problems, they concluded that they should take a group of people and stimulate them in the life of someone back then.

Fyrae Kingdom was apparently the smartest kingdom and knew their way around "ancient" technology. The royals of both kingdoms considered different plans and who to send. Estar Kingdom knowing the rumors about the living baby that was supposed to be dead figured they could somehow send them back in time. Because Estar was so unsure, they decided to send back only a handful. They would die in the time period and only with luck they could remember what happened in this timeline.

The kingdoms decided that Nyla's current palace occupants - including San, the king - were fit for this situation because they were close but also different humans with different backgrounds. They decided this without the occupants knowing that they will embark on this journey in which they could die. Along with them, they also picked up Jongho, Akira, Yunho, even going crazy and reviving Lucida's former queen, Emira's corpse to be sent off into the 2000s. (They actually brought her back to life using magic from Min Garam - Wooyoung's biological father in Ishihara). They also sent back others who would eventually show as important characters in Crescent (but they don't know lol).

They, using technology Estar Kingdom had, magic from Min Haneul and Min Garam, and help from the brains of the Fyrae Kingdom, successfully sent them all back. Eventually, they would all lose their memories about what happened in their "old life". Hongjoong had realized what was happening hours before and woke everyone up, informing them about the situation. They all seemed to understand, but Seonghwa decided it would be a great time to cry again. He was mostly sad because he wanted to be with Akira, but of course he loves and will miss the plants and animals he's friends with. He didn't want to lose his ability and memories. Mingi teased him again. The bee came back. The people leading the test had caught them awake in the testing chambers and reported them.

However, in the time being, Hongjoong had managed to steal a vial with a potion. He didn't know what it was for and why it was there, but he drank it right before that duo used their magic. All of them were sent safely, forgetting the purpose of why they were sent there safely and their bodies disappeared from the timeline.

Back in the 3000s, the scientists had tried to track them, but failed as it was impossible to get any data about them. The Estar Kingdom raided Fyrae, leaving them nothing but a burnt crisp. Nyla eventually came down, after realizing the most important people of the palace were gone and that the king had gone missing. Estar was guilty about the incident and Nyla went to war with them despite being a peaceful kingdom, resulting in both kingdoms burned to ashes. Lucida was out of the question. They thrived and ended up almost replicating life in the past. A girl who was believed to be the last living survivor of Estar came across the ruins of Estar even though she was living in "New Lucida" which was like 6 hours away. She found a vial, similar to what Hongjoong had taken with him. But she doesn't know of course. Out of curiousity, she drinks the potion and ends up lying there, unconscious, for weeks.

As for the boys, they never actually left. The magicians didn't send them anywhere knowing that it was impossible to go through time with their level of magic. Instead, Min Haneul had teleported them to their hut (the one in pathway one) and kept them unconscious there for at least two months. She also used some magic to put nutrients in the air so they wouldn't die unconscious. But somehow, the magic weakened Seonghwa's ability to talk to animals and plants, plus change the colour of his eyes according to his emotions. Min Garam had used his magic to infiltrate to their systems and data.

The current society had decided that the upcoming year which was supposed to be the 4000s would instead be the 2000s. This was somewhat in honour of the past humans and because they managed to live like them again. The drug which Hongjoong and that girl took still exists. In fact, that leads to Crescent.

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A group of people wanted to see what this drug was. They were apparently descendants of Emira, the former queen. Emira seemed ruthless in her time ruling, and she was. She only came to her senses in the end. They gave the drug to the occupants and they were unconscious for weeks. They woke up but nothing happened. The group was furious because they wanted it to be some mind control potion. So, using what they had, they seemed to successfully create that drug. Of course, no one was going to willingly try it. They forcefully took kids who had no background.

This group of cruel people had no name. They decided to call themselves Bifidensis, thinking it was a cool name that radiated dominance to the test subjects. The group used this drug and trained them hard mentally and physically. They taught them emotion was a bad thing and would only get in the way of important things. Hongjoong had informed the man who took him under his care what he had found before going unconscious. The man, Hodong had just shrugged it off. It wasn't important to him as he was one of the Bifidensis members. It was him who had the great idea about putting Hongjoong and his friends - well they didn't remember each other - in the facility. Eventually, they found that girl who had drunk the potion and put her into the centre.

Hongjoong realized that the new drug was slowly eating away his old friends, but thankfully he still had that drug (in the vial) he took. He didn't drink all of it, leaving half in the bottle. He snuck in at least 5 drops in each of their food and the effects of the mind control drug started to wear off. They had emotions again, but not their memories. The Bifidensis created fake backgrounds and backstories specifically for them. They somehow even input fake memories in their head, even to Hongjoong and the girl. They knew it was fake however.

Hongjoong had tried convincing his friends they were fake, but it was no use since they didn't remember the past. He eventually found that girl who also took the drug, who revealed herself to be Suria, the youngest princess of Estar. Suria changed her identity to Lee Eunbi. She wanted to forget everything and everyone from her life as a princess. She eventually fell for Yunho. (YOU KNOW HOW THAT WENT Y'ALL. BLUE SUN PURPLE STAR HWAYOUNGIE)

Hodong realized that Hongjoong and his old group along with Eunbi were immune to the drug. To make it worse, Hongjoong and Eunbi know everything even when they aren't supposed to. Everyone in the experiment was supposed to forget. He realizes this when he's had enough of the Bifidensis. But what no one knew is that this was a drug Emira once used to gain loyalty from her people and servants. They didn't actually create the drug; they just stole it from Emira years before her passing. Behind the scenes, Hodong created a big plan for the group. They would somehow take KQ down but in reality the reason for this was to remove any more evidence of the old kingdoms.

Hongjoong and Eunbi realized this and literally stayed in their cells for days, remembering the memories they once had in the kingdoms. All of them were bittersweet. Of course, Hongjoong took this as a time to mourn his happiness once again. Once the group of 8 was released for the facility as agents, they called themselves ATEEZ! Yunho and Eunbi had a baby and Yunho had custody because Eunbi supposedly died. She changed her identity to Han Byul and of course, told Hongjoong because he was a secret friend to her. It took a lot of acting to not spill anything about the kingdoms and their true past. A lot.

When the group found out that Hongjoong was supposedly keeping a secret from them, he only mentioned the surface of it. Thankfully, the members took it as enough. He locked himself and thought about his memories before planning the big finale explosion. When Wonderland exploded, Hongjoong and Byul saw it as a reminder that their past is over. Live your second life freely. And they did.

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(After Crescent)
As for Seonghwa and Akira, they were looking through documents and found one linked to the palace occupants. Curious, thinking it was some lame story, they looked through it. When he saw his name along with the others, he had a massive crying session. Hongjoong couldn't help but say that "Past Seonghwa or Future Seonghwa, he'll still throw fits for days". Mingi will tease him and here comes the bee.

Byul died of laughter. She wasn't there when it happened, but the mental image was hilarious especially in the palace setting. The others took it as if he knew something about their past seeing the document. He did. He explained, hoping that it would come back to them. It did and it didn't. Seonghwa, Akira, and Yunho somehow remembered. But not fully. The rest were lost. He still had that potion and it was hidden in his room. He gave everybody a small gulp and they were knocked out leaving Byul, Hwayoung, and Hongjoong alone.

They remembered. With memories of two lives, they got real close to each other and came the massive load of teasing.

"Hey, can you get me some water?" - San

"OK THEN YOUR MAJESTY."- Woo

"EXCUSE ME? WHAT IS UP WITH PEOPLE CALLING ME yOuR mAjESTy."- San

The end.