Today is supposed to be their final entry. Today, these kids that you watched growing up are turning into responsible people. Or are they?

"Are you nervous?"

"Ha! Are you?"

"Yeah. A bit."

"... Me too, I guess."

The two kids - although, at twelve, they weren't really children anymore - took a deep breathe in.

"Together?"

"Always together."

And together, they pushed the heavy door of the Exam hall.

Eraqus was waiting for them, Keyblade in hand, a proud smile on his face.

"Terra. Aqua. Come forward. The time has come."

They both walked to their Master, and kneeled before him.

"Please, summon your keyblades, both of you."

Aqua summoned hers first. Terra had named it for her. Rainfell. She liked how it sounded. She placed it on the ground before her.

Terra, who had been able to summon his for a week now, made it appear and stared at his weapon for a few seconds before putting it on the ground as well. Earthshaker. It sounded tough, and he liked it.

"It is time for me to start training you as real Keyblade Wielders, for you will become one day accomplished Keyblade Masters. This training will be harder than what you've had before. It will take time. You might have to make sacrifices along the way. Are you willing to follow that training nevertheless?"

"Yes, Master." They answered in unison.

During the ceremony, Eraqus talked about the roles they would one day have, of protecting the balance of Light and Darkness, of fighting forces of evil and of keeping the worlds safe. How the Darkness might be trying to lure them, to tempt them, to seduce them, and how they would have to resist it.

They pledged to always help those in need, to always remain on the side of the Light, to never use their keyblades to hurt, but to protect. Eraqus put his hands on their heads.

"I shall therefore name you my disciples. The real training will start tomorrow at dawn."

They both lifted their head, and, without even knowing the other would do it to, they threw their arms around their Master's neck.

"Woah, easy there, easy! You don't want to break your old master, not until he's finished your training!"

Aqua giggled. "This is the last time we act inappropriately, I promise. Starting tomorrow, we will start acting as proper disciples."

Eraqus smiled as he closed his arms around them in a last embrace. Starting tomorrow, they would stop being his children, to become his students, so he'd rather not waste the last moments of the three of them being family.

They spent most of the day together, playing games, mostly. But when bedtime came, the two students found themselves staring at their door, a bit lost.

"Tomorrow." whispered Aqua.

"Tomorrow, everything will start."

"Tomorrow, some things will stop, too."

Terra looked at Aqua. "Hey, Aqua?"

"Yes?"

"We promised to stay away from the dark. To be responsible. To become people other could trust."

"We did."

"Don't you think it's time for our Apology Books to come to an end? If we have an issue, we should act as adult. Speak about it. Not write it down in a journal and pray things will get better soon."

"You are right. Let's write a final chapter to it, then. I'll go get mine!"

She joined Terra in his room a minute later, and they sat facing each other, the book in hand.

"This is full of memories, though." Sighed Terra.

"Not the best ones, however", Aqua laughed. "This is full of our mistakes. Of how childish we were. We were children, so it's okay, but I wish we had written a Grateful Book too."

Terra smirked. "What for? All these great memories, all these good times, I have them all written down." He tapped his temple. "Right in there."

Aqua nodded and laughed. "I can't believe I've been here for six years."

"Yeah, me neither."

"Do you still remember your hometown? I've realised… I can't remember my father's voice. My mother's smell. I can't tell what colour my bedroom walls were. It makes me a bit sad."

"Honestly… Back there, I had some friends, and I remember only half of their names. I even forgot when was my father's birthday. We were children, I think it's just normal. As long as we remember them, we don't have to remember all there was to know about them."

"There are days where I think… If none of that had happened, I would still live peacefully with my family. But I wouldn't know you, and that makes me sad too. Then I feel guilty of that."

"I think there's no point of thinking of what-ifs. Let's make the most out of every situation. Our past made us stronger. And it's thanks to that that we are friends now. That doesn't mean we can't feel sad for what happened, or that we have to forget it. Let it make us stronger."

Aqua smiled at him.

"You're right. Let's write that conclusion, then, shall we?"

"Sure."

She took her pen, lied down on the floor and opened her book to an empty page.

I'm sorry for all the things I've made Terra live through along those years. And I'm sorry it resulted so often in me angering him. From now on, I will do my best never to hurt him anymore. I am grateful to have him as a friend, because I know he will always be there for me. I am also grateful for this book, because it helped me a lot to forgive him when he was wrong, but also to forgive myself.
This is this journal last entry, because there is no way a Keyblade Wielder can be seen bickering and write down apologies in a notebook rather than using actual words.
Thank you for being by my side for so long.

Terra stared at her as she was writing. She was smiling, and for the first time, he noticed that she was… glowing, somehow. She looked up from her book, noticing his look.

"Come on, you should write too!"

"Alright, alright."

He thought about it for a while. He wasn't too good with words.

I am sorry I made Aqua cry so much. I've been a jerk, I've been rude, I've been jealous. Most of the time, I wanted to protect her, but I did it the wrong way. I never want to make her cry anymore. I want to keep on protecting her, but I also acknowledge that she is strong enough to protect herself. I know I promised I'd never give in to the Darkness, but if that happened to be the only way to protect her one day, I know I wouldn't think twice.
Also, I am grateful for that journal, that helped me put my pride aside. Without it, Aqua and I might not be friends anymore. So thank you for protecting our friendship with that magic. I promise I will do everything in my power to protect that magic even long after that final note.
I am grateful that I met Aqua.

"What did you write?"

"No peeking!" He closed his book quickly, and she laughed.

"Yeah, mine's top secret too. You will never know what's in it!"

Terra shrugged. "I don't need to, anyway. I'm forgiving you everything!" He flicked her forehead before winking at her.

"Hey, Terra, we promised we'd act as proper students from tomorrow on, right?"

"We swore, to be exact."

"I guess sleeping together isn't something proper?"

"Mmh… Probably not. That's something children do. Or couples. Not friends. At least, I think."

Aqua sighed. "Do you think… I mean, one last time…"

Terra laughed and made some room in his bed.

"That's starting from tomorrow! So let's be children one last night!"

She smiled and rushed to lie next to him. He patted her head, and they were soon asleep, hand in hand, the light still on, as they enjoyed one last night of childhood before turning into real apprentices.

There is actually one more entry to come. If you have read Secret Place, you might know which one it is. Some foreshadowing of events to come in games or in my fics in the chapter you just read, actually :p (Don't you worry, Aqua, no one will ever know what you wrote in there... oh, wait.)

Also, that quote "If we have an issue, we should act as adult. Speak about it." ... Mmh, it wasn't meant to but it relates more to my life than what I expected, so I'm afraid, children, that adults don't always tell things when they should x'D (oh, they will learn, though, that's the whole plot of BBS XDD )

Side note: we should get some more KH3 content around Friday (will be Saturday for me), I'm very excited and curious as to what it will be! Be sure to check the #KH3Event on twitter (or to block it if you don't want to see anything!) to know more! Of course, I'll do my best to keep my author's notes spoiler-free of anything too big next week if we learn something really important (although let me tell you that if we get to see, like, a character's new outfit I might decide this isn't too spoilery and will mention it).

Anyway, that's all for today, stay tuned for last chapter next week :D