Epilogue: Coronation Day:
Radiant Garden – Grand Hall
Two Months Later
While the Grand Hall of Radiant Garden's castle was always crowded on busy days, today was different. It had been two months since the Draco Sieges, and today was the day Kairi was crowned Queen of Radiant Garden. After years of training and two months of transition, the former Princess of Heart was ready to take her place on the throne. With the responsibilities of leadership passed on to his niece, Ansem the Wise had been offered the job of serving as the Daybreak Confederation's first ambassador to the United Nations. But despite the uncertainty about the future, Kairi was ready. She wore a brilliant white gown as she marched up the stairs towards the throne on hall's upper level, her gaze steady and her posture impeccable.
By her side, her husband marched with her, their movements in perfect sync despite their contrasting attire. While Kairi wore white and green, Sora wore white and red. But while only one of them was actually going to be doing the work of running the city, Sora couldn't be happier for his talented wife. Thousands had come from across the world for this day. World leaders… friends… family… Everyone was coming to see the new leader of Radiant Garden finally ascend to the throne. Kairi had proven over the last six years that she was more than capable of juggling the workload of the job, and journalists everywhere were anticipating her term as Chair-person of the Daybreak Council.
In the wake of the Draco Sieges, the government of the Daybreak Coalition had been modified to become the Daybreak Confederation. While the original framework of the Coalition Charter simply set standards for things like education, healthcare, defense, and other inter-world things that the first Council agreed would be best to ensure were the same across the board, the new version was different. The original framework remained, albeit with the addition that rather than each world having its own sets of laws, the laws of the Coalition would be standardized across the board for all member worlds, with a council made up of three representatives for each province. The rulers of the various states would all rotate annually for the position of chair-person of the Confederation's new legislative body.
Having spent much of her life on Destiny Islands, Kairi had grown up with an appreciation for the simpler things in life, and, as such, would have preferred a smaller, quieter ceremony. But this was one situation where big, ostentatious spectacles were practically a requirement. So she and Sora took the over-the-top extravaganza of her coronation in stride. After a few more minutes, they finally reached the throne. Once they reached the dais, husband and wife knelt together. The ceremony took barely ten minutes, and once it was done, Kairi rose to her feet and stood, not as a Princess, but as a Queen.
Well folks, that's it. It's finally over. I'll have the timeline and end-of-saga author's note uploaded within the next five minutes. It's been a blast everyone, and I hope you enjoyed reading this crazy, convoluted saga of mine as much as I enjoyed writing it in the first place.