Cantasia- Part 3: The Sun and Moon

The group meets face to face with a child, looking about ten years old and wearing a ruby red bandana and cloak. He introduced himself as Cyrus. The group was immediately freaked out, trying to figure out where they were. The boy tells the group that he found them outside, wounded and sickly so he and his brother took them into their small shack in the middle of the forest and patched up their wounds

The boy asks the group if they're from Centrus Village.
This confused to the group, as they thought he meant Centrus City.
The boy didn't know what they were talking about and he told them there was no city around Centrus Village.
They asked what year it was, and where they were.
They were in the boy’s shack, which he shares with his big brother Moon. They were in a forest on the outskirts of the village, and the year wasn't 758. It was 678!

The group was shocked. The portal they were cast into send them eighty years into the past!
The boy introduced himself as Cyrus, and immediately gave the group a smug attitude as they were waking up.
Eventually, everyone woke up except Jones. As the boy is talking, another man walks in. The boy’s big brother- Moon. He and his brother both tended to the wounds of the group, because they couldn't take them into a hospital. The group soon learned the rules of this land were much different than the city they were used to. If you were a halfling, you were outcast from the city and were not cared for. This explained why the brothers lived in the forest.

Brook, Isabelle, Dresden, Pyce and Abyss all went with the boy to see this city, though the boy took them somewhere else- a large pit where spectators sat and watched some fighters battle with their magic and weapons.
It was brutal to watch, as the tournament was a fight to the death. The group learned from Cyrus it was a large tournament with a prize of 50 platinum- a large mint anyone could achieve noble class with- even an outcast. Him and his brother were participating in this tourney.

The group soon learned of the savagery that took place in this timeline as they watched people killing people for sport, and the spectators cheering them on. As Dresden looked around, he noticed that there were a handful of people watching the tourney above all the other spectators, the area around them guarded.
After inquiring about this, he learned from Cyrus that they were the nobles that created this tournament. Dresden decided to infiltrate this place, and soon learned that the nobles have put in fighters that they've payed in advance in order to stop the outcasts from winning- including Cyrus and his older brother Rune..

Meanwhile, at Moon’s side, he was patching up an unconscious Jones when he discovered that there  was a hole where his heart was supposed to be, the part of his chest completely missing. Though somehow he was still breathing- Kai told the group this was most likely Dolos’ doing before they were sent back into the timeline, and if they defeat Dolos before Jones dies they can most likely save him.
Back at the tournament, Cyrus had informed Dresden and company about the nobles- how their laws caused their parents to die from a sickness, and how they made his tournament for their own entertainment. Cyrus also told them how his brother despised the nobles and the authority.
Dresden decided to use his nobility to get close to the nobles, and listen in on what they had to say. Dresden learned that the nobles had payed multiple people in the tournament to specifically kill the outcasts inside and outside of the ring. Having heard enough, Dresden walked away.

Brook, Isabelle, and Cyrus left as well, having seen enough. But little did they know they were being followed by an Officer named Harris.
Officer Harris, unlike most cops, stuck with his morals- and they were those of justice. Distrustful at first, Cyrus grew to like the Officer as he stuck by to protect him as he learned that there were people after Cyrus.

As the group got back together, Moon became furious that his brother brought a cop into their home, right after that he brought a group of strangers to live in their shack and let them eat their food. Moon stormed off, telling Cyrus he was done with him.

It was almost time for the finals- between Cyrus, Moon, and a strange Yura wielder who used artifacts to fight. The group and Cyrus were sitting in the shack when suddenly they were attacked by a group of people, most likely sent by the nobles.
The group tried to defend themselves while also protecting an unconscious Jones, when suddenly a shadow appeared and started to kill the attackers, along with sneaking inside the group’s defenses and killing off Graham, with a yell from Frank, Brook runs inside, draining all of his power into defending his comrades. The shadow suddenly reveals itself by a figure- Dolos.. Or rather, a being similar to his appearance. It gathers next to Moon, Cyrus’ brother and is revealed to be Dolos’ user. Moon has two blades on his back, Kai’s blade and Dolos’ sword.
Moon also has the stone, telling Cyrus that his father made the company who had provided the stone and swords.

Moon fights the group, and utterly defeats them.

After that, the group wakes up a week before the finale of the tournament inside a hospital. By the time that day comes, Brook and Abyss have come to terms of where they are, who they are, and what they need to do. But not just them. The group of a bunch of random people, their bond forged through their journey.. It all ended here.

**Moon was Dolos' user**

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moon, Cyrus, and the yura wielder garbed in multiple artifacts- AKA the Kook, met with each other in the arena. Moon summoned Dolos, Dolos fighting the Kook as Moon went for Cyrus. Moon quickly took care of Cyrus, using his mastery of portals to incapacitate him and everyone around the tournament. The group decided to save Cyrus from getting killed and hopped into the arena, fighting Moon while Dolos was fighting the Kook. The group fights Moon until Cyrus jumps back in, remembering the bonds he has formed with the group over time- especially that of the officer, Harris.

The group give Moon and Dolos a hard time, using a great amount of power to try and stop the two. Moon drains the stone’s power, causing him and Dolos to transform into the Dolos and Moon the group saw in their own time.

In the midst of the battle, Cyrus and Abyss get towards Moon and manage to split the stone in half, Moon and Cyrus grabbing a halve for the each of them. The power of the stone causes Cyrus to awaken, his once useless spirit transforming into a large man with the power to “seal” things, including Moon’s portals and Moon himself into a coffin. Dolos, out of Moon when he was sealed, escapes from the tourney grounds. The Kook stands by the group, watching them as Cyrus splits the stone into eight different pieces, telling the group he’ll spread the stone pieces around Cantasia, so no one can use their powers again. Cyrus takes one of the pieces- the one they were missing- and gives it to Abyss for safe keeping.

Cyrus uses the power of the stone to redirect the group back to their time after saying goodbye to them, and after they return to their own time Cyrus leaves. The nobles and the spectators wake up- the only conclusion they can get is that the Kook- Tyrion Metarix- wins the tourney, gaining the fifty platinum and becoming a noble.

The group returns back to their time, regaining consciousness right before the battle with Moon.

The final battle starts.

Moon and Dolos fight the group, the group ending up using their combined powers to make an opening for Kai- using the sword that he gained in the past and almost killing himself with a point blank explosion as he connects the swords and causes a singularity. Kai is blasted back, his arms disintegrated. Moon is blasted back as well, his entire right side disintegrated. Moon sits up, Dolos phasing out of him and completing his missing half. Brook and Light come in with the final hit before he can recover, and as Moon cries out his brother’s name, Brook stabs his sword into Moon and Light sets him aflame. Moon perishes, the stone becoming dust from being overloaded, including the piece Abyss gained.

Afterwards, the General comes inside, Dolos’ influence gone. The General and his royal guardsman come in, treating the group and congratulating them on their victory. Jones wakes up, the hole in his chest gone.

The group had won. Everything returned to normal.

.. Or so it had seemed.

Cantasia- Part 4: The Rise of Destructus