And so the work started. Everyone toiled away with as much love and care as had been given previously.

Namine was placed in charge of conceptual art so everyone would understand what the castle used to look like. It was simple enough to dig through the memories of the three owners and to draw a wallful of art and details. If someone needed an idea of what something had looked like, Namine could sketch it up easily.

Riku, Goofy, and Roxas were all placed in charge of the heavy work with Terra, finishing the doors and starting up other massive muscle projects. They found and carved away at stone from the mountains around the castle and brought it back, finished up the stairs, sanded away at the rough edges of wood.

Lea, with Isa and Xion by his side, proved to be an excellent glass smelter and managed remake all the glass- stained and not -for the windows in about a week. Another was given to them and the heavy work team lifting them into place and ensuring they would stay.

Yen Sid, Mickey, Donald, and Aqua worked on things that weren't exactly strenuous, but still hard enough work- especially with detail. They replaced all the floors and buffed them to reflective sheen, managed to repanel all the wood walls, and the beginnings of ornamental designs in the arches and balconies and other bits of architecture fell into place. The overgrown gardens were slowly mowed down and the pond was cleaned of scum

Kairi, Minnie, Ventus, and occasionally Namine walked in and did all the finer details- the gold paint carefully placed without a blemish, smaller filigrees carved into delicate grace, gems mounted into the walls without any imperfections. They placed lilies and lilac and roses in the gardens in tasteful and artful ways.

Sora was mostly a jack of all trades, wandering from project to project whenever anyone needed an extra, and was constantly consulting Terra, Aqua, or Ventus.

And after a few more months of work, it was finished.

Everyone was gathered outside, admiring the perfectly restored castle gleaming in the setting sun. Aqua, Terra, and Ventus were all crying. It was beautiful, it was gorgeous, it was heaven. Sora waltzed over to a stone that they hadn't noticed was covered "And the icing on the cake..." he said as everyone but the Masters and Mistress of the Land of Departure joined him and grabbed at a section of the cloth. They all unveiled it together, revealing a memorial in black marble to Master Eraqus and the legacy that shone behind him.

Sora grinned "Figured people should know the history of this place."

Aqua leaned into Terra, who wrapped his arms around her and Ventus; that was more than the icing on the cake it was the whole damn thing.

...

So after a change out of work clothes (everyone seemed despondent to see "redneck Yen Sid" go) into more suitable clothing, a celebration was in order.

Aqua paused in front of her bedroom mirror. It felt like her whole life had changed. She smoothed the familiar icy blue sash at her waist, then a few wrinkles in her periwinkle pleated skirt. She adjusted the shawl on her shoulders, noting how the material, being the same as her sash, let her navy tank top show. Then again she loved how gracefully the material gathered at her elbows.

"You look beautiful."

She jolted and saw Terra reflected in her mirror. He was handsome, with his hair carefully tied back similar to Eraqus's and now wearing robes of dark gray and his pants in earthy tones with armor of rust and brass woven into the whole outfit.

He wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on her shoulder, beaming in pride "You look absolutely beautiful."

Aqua blushed "Oh come now, I'm no better looking than you!"

Terra laughed and backed off "Okay, fine, you can't take a compliment I guess-"

"I can too, Terra!" She giggled back.

Terra lowered his gaze and left the room "Oy, you are such a girl..."

Aqua felt a little sad that Terra left her, like someone had taken out some of the warmth in the air. She then shook her head and composed herself, and left to join him in the great hall.

The place was bustling with everyone admiring their work, and eagerly awaiting Terra, Aqua, and ventus for the event to come. The place glowed with oil lanterns in the walls lit and dancing, and the stars outside twinkled through the glass.

The echoing click of Aqua walking in silenced everyone. She met with Terra in front of the thrones. They bowed to each other, then bowed even deeper to the center throne, and sat on its opposite sides; the center left empty in memory of Eraqus.

Aqua drummed her fingers silently on her throne, waiting for the last person to come and watching as the rambling crowd shifted to the sides. She glanced at Terra, who seemed... nervous?

Suddenly footsteps echoed very loudly, and Aqua turned to see Ventus cautiously striding in. Aqua giggled at how asymmetrical his outfit was; his jacket was white with black border on one side while the other was dark gray and white like always, but the white side now had a longer sleeve that hung loosely around his palm. His armor still rested against the gray side, covering most of its short sleeve, and his black shirt underneath still rested under his chin. His pants had gotten a one-sided change as well, the leg underneath the white a few inches shorter now and the black that had rested from waist to knees was gone and replaced with creamy tan. The straps that rested against his chest were oddly devoid of Master Eraqus's sigil.

Aqua and Terra waited for Ventus to stop before them, and they stood while he bowed.

"Ventus," Aqua began, her voice echoing "after consulting everyone here, yourself, and Master Terra, " Ventus lifted his head a little, then snapped it back down into his bow nervously when he saw Terra lightly shake his head "we have decided that you are ready." Aqua turned to Terra, who pulled Ven's old sigil from his robes. He walked over, and Ventus stood straight so suddenly and stiffly his body trembled as Terra pinned the sigil back onto his straps.

Terra backed away to where he was, saying proudly "I, Master Terra,"

"And I, Master Aqua," Aqua chimed in, joining Terra's voice as they said together "now declare you a Keyblade Master."

The hall cheered, and Ventus quickly wiped up his tears of joy before Roxas, Xion, and Sora tackled him in equal delight. Soon Ventus was lost among the countless people hugging him and congratulating him.

And then the din quieted when Terra walked to Aqua and held her hands "Aqua..." He smiled a little and rubbed her hands gently "There's something I want to ask you, something I want to say." a few of the girls "oohhh"ed as Terra got down on one knee "Aqua, we've been together for so long. We've trained together, fought together, but suffered alone." his voice choked up a little "Having gone more than ten years without you, without your smile, without your care, your voice, your everything, I don't need to imagine what it would be like to live without you and what a hell it is."

Aqua was dumbstruck, but smiling giddily; oh gosh he was going to say it-

"Aqua, I want to be by your side forever. I want to raise new Keyblade Masters with you, I want to wake up everyday to your radiance, I don't want to miss another moment with you." Terra then sighed and looked away nervously "I-I don't know how to say it-"

"Spit it out already! Good grief!" Daisy very rudely interrupted.

Terra laughed uneasily as everyone else joined her and began chanting "Say it! Say it! Say it!"

Terra raised his voice at them "ALL RIGHT! How can she hear it when you're wasting air over there?!" Aqua quietly suppressed a laugh.

Terra turned to her, then pulled out a small silver and gold band that appeared to be made of enamel versions of their Wayfinders. "Will you marry me?" he whispered as he slipped it onto her finger.

Aqua nodded, crying "Yes!" she fell to her knees and hugged him "Yes I will!"

Everyone cheered, but Ventus was heard above the rest "About time!"

;u; happy feels lotsa happy feels and they live happily ever after and Terra and Aqua not only have apprentices they have some key-babies (oh jeez that was a terrible pun) and just everyone leaves the event really goddamn happy for the rest of their lives.

Oh and I changed the title since it wasn't working anymore, and let me just say NOW I am done.