Chapter 10: The Choice

I stood on the beach and overlooked the sea, the water gently touching my shoes. I looked down at my lucky charm I held in my hand as the wind blew my hair back. Right now I needed to make a choice of my own to make. I've put almost three days of thought into it, today I must decide. I smiled as I looked at my charm. After the attack I took some time to study up on Aqua, turns out she made a star charm for good luck as well. I guess we're more alike than I ever thought. After a few more minutes of thinking I heard footsteps coming up behind me.

"Are you ready to go?" A voice called.

I turned around to see Sora standing a few yards away from me, wearing a casual smile. I turned around and ran toward him. "Ready as I'll ever be."

We quickly ran down the beach to where Riku, Roxas and Namine were waiting for us. "Let's get this over with." Roxas said as he opened a portal and we walked through, ending up outside the Mickey's castle.

Roxas and Namine walked over and sat under the shade of a tree while Sora, Riku and I started up the stairs. I turned around and looked at Namine. "Aren't you guys coming?" I asked

Namine shook her head and smiled. "This is something you guys have to do by yourselves."

I felt a bit nervous but I nodded and ran up to Sora and Riku who were waiting at the top of the stairs. We walked in and met in the throne room. It was a pretty big room and took a little bit to get across. When we finally came to the throne we all dropped onto one knee in front of Mickey.

"You three have been chosen to become the next chasers and keyblade masters. You have been given time to think it over, now you guys must make your choice. Sora."

Sora brought his hand over his heart and looked up at Mickey. "I have made my decision and I've decided that I will become a keyblade master and chaser."

Mickey nodded and looked over at Riku. Riku took the same position as Sora and said, "I too have decided to become keyblade master and chaser."

Then I felt Mickey's eyes gaze on me. "Kairi what is your decision?"

I felt nervous. I knew my decision earlier but now siting here I wasn't so sure. I could feel all eyes on me know and I closed my eyes not knowing what to do. Then I saw an image of Aqua quickly flash through my mind. I knew what my choice was then and I felt confident about it. I quickly copied the other two's stance and spoke loud and clear. "I too will become a keyblade master and chaser." Everyone smiled at me.

"Alright, wait right here." Micky said as he got up and disappeared into a different room.

When we walked out, Roxas and Namine were still waiting by the tree. They smiled at us as they saw the new accessory on our shoulders as we walked down the stairs, holding our heads up proud. As I looked out at my friends I saw three figures in the distance smiling back at us. For a second they took the shape of Ven, Aqua, and Terra before fading.

As we walked home I felt different in a way even though I was the same me as before. I had made my choice and it was a choice I could live with.

Authors note: This is the last chapter. Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed. If you didn't know already I am taking story requests if you'd like me to write you something. ~kairiangel035