Hey all!

Ok, in this story, there are HINTS of some Xovers... But they won't be in the plot. The xovers are the past of one of the minor characters, so you won't hear about after this chapter.

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I know my mother, Hazel Maranta, is odd.

For one thing, what she collects. My Obaa-san collects pretty animal crystals, while my Ojii-san collects stuff from the different places he was been. (Obaa-san and Ojii-san divoriced when Kaa-chan was 14.)

Kaa-chan collects small plastic toys called Bionicles... And books, and video games.

She doesn't want me to go to school. Her reasons are that even though the schools do teach well acedemicly, they don't teach well morally.

Third... Kaa-chan won't tell me about my Father.When ever I ask about it, she gets really sad and quiet. Then tells me that she isn't ready to tell that tale. Not yet.

My name is Roywyn Maranta. I'm 13, my birthday being May 17, and that's only a few days from now. I have redish-brown hair like Kaa-chan, and yellow green eyes. I have glasses, which Kaa-chan says makes me look smart. Not that I want to look smart, I want to BE smart too. Also like Kaa-chan, I am very short for my age. Kaa-chan herself is only 4 foot 11 and a half. I am almost 4 foot 10...

Kaa-chan and I love to joke around, roleplay, play D&D, play games like the Legend of Zelda, Four Swords adventures, Warcraft, Diablo, ect... And read. Kaa-chan is a author, a writer of fantasy stories.

Anyway one day, I was standing at a "book"shelf in our living, staring at the items on the shelf. This book shelf had Kaa-chan's collection of Bionicles on it. I was staring intenly at Tahu (nuva), when Kaa-chan walked in.

"Hmm? Roywyn, what are you doing?" She asked with a laugh.

"Kaa-chan... when I walked through here on my way to the bathroom, Tahu had been facing Gali... But now he is facing Kopaka look!" I said, not taking my eyes of the Toa of Fire.

There was the sound of something being set down, then Kaa-chan walked over.

"Hmm... Silly." She said, placing a hand on my head. "It was proably one of the cats that moved him, while they where climbing on the shelf." I looked at her, then at what she had placed on the floor. A pale orange cat sat in our recently cleaned laundry.

Kaa-chan and I are the only human beings in our house, which is on the outskirts of Kingston. But we have lots of pets. 3 cats, named Zelda, a long haired, pale orange cat, Fireheart, a black cat with bright orange eyes, and Diamond, a pale point siamese with pretty silver eyes, all girls. 2 dogs, a girl mutt called Analise, and a new puppy, a daschund named Max. Also we have 2 rats( or ratlings as we call them), a black hooded rat called Star, and a white lab rat called Currie. And a 23 year old leapord gecko, a female named Franco.

I smiled. "Yeah, and Fireheart has been hanging out here more." A tiny voice in the back of my head said But still...

As I skipped down the hall to go find Max, I heard Kaa-chan say, "Keep up with that, and you'll betray the secrets Firespitter..."

"Kaa-chan?" I said, looking at her from down the hall.

"RPing outloud." Was Kaa-chan's respons, smiling at me. She walked back over to the laundry, plucked Zelda out of it, and walked to her bedroom to sort the laundry.

I smiled. Kaa-chan had a habit of roleplaying almost all the time.

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That Night, when Kaa-chan sat with me on her bed, I asked, "So, what story will you read outloud tonight? We read the Darkness Below last night, so what next?" Kaa-chan and I would often read a whole book before bed. That's the nice thing about being homeschooled. Don't have to worry about catching a bus!

"I think tonight..." My Kaa-chan said softly. "I'll tell you story..." I blinked.

"What story?" I asked holding my fox plushie called Naru-kun.

"It doesn't have a name... And It's not one I can publish, 'cause it's fan fiction... It starts off with the Legend of Zelda, but ends with being a cross over to the extreme."

"Tell me! Tell me please!" I begged, grining.

Kaa-chan smiled. "All right... It starts off with a young child named Victoria. She is 9 years old and in grade 4. Her only friend was sick that day... So at recess, she was sitting, alone on a hill. Humming. She didn't know where she had learned that song, only that it... soothed some part of her. 'Hey.' A voice said. 'Where did you learn that song?' ..."

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When I opened my eyes again I was in my room. "Huh?" I said, getting up.

Once dressed and I ran from my room and into the kitchen. Kaa-chan was making breafest.

"Oooo-kaaa-chaannn!" I whined.

"Speak, I don't understand Kira."

We shared a laugh.

Kaa-chan's sister, Aunt Kira, used to whine a lot when she was younger. So this was joke about that.

"How come you didn't wake me up when I fell asleep?" I asked Kaa-chan. She smiled.

"Roywyn, the only thing you ddin't inhearite from me was my ability to sleep lightly. I couldn't wake you even if I wanted to. What was the last thing you rememer hearing?" Kaa-chan asked.

"About how Victoria had the spirit fo Zelda within her." I said, still awed at my Kaa-chan's story. It was too bad she couldn't publish it!

"Alright, we'll start from that tommrorow." Kaa-chan said, struring a pot of beans. "Set the table please." She said, not looking up from the pot.

Nodding, I grabed plates and forkes and knives and glasses. "So, are we going out today? It's a saturday!"

"Yup. Going to the wave pool." Kaa-chan said, putting beans, bacon, toast and a few eggs on the plates.

"Yay!" I cheered, dropping the knife I was holding. It fell to the ground with a clatter. Laughing, Kaa-chan picked it up.

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As I headed for my room to grab my bathing suit and goggles, I saw that Tahu and Kopaka had their weapons crossed!

"Kaa-chan! They moved, again! And this time it couldn't have been the cats!" I called from the living room.

Kaa-chan poked her head into the living room. "I was playing with them earilier. Don't worry. Now come on lets go!"

I nodded, and walked to my room, grabbed my stuff and ran back to the kitchen. As Kaa-chan closed the door, the small voice in my head said, She's hiding something... Why?

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Later that evening, as she were getting ready to tell to the story, there was a knock on the door. "Stay here, you're in you pjs." Kaa-chan told me.

Nodding, I stayed under the covers. Kaa-chan's cheerful voice reached my ears.

"Hello, how can I..." It trialed off. I strained to hear, but any words spoken were to low to hear... Untill...

"No! No, I can't! You know that!" Kaa-chan's yell surprised me. What was wrong?

"But!" A voice said, a extremly framilier voice... But whos?

"NO! I cannot, and I will not. Now please leave."

A few second of silence. "Fine..." the voice was deafeted and sad.

Kaa-chan returned shaking her head. "Roywyn go to bed."

"Kaa-chan, who was that? And what about the story?" I asked, not wanting to move.

"Roywyn, I... Please... Just... Go to bed..." Kaa-chan gripped the edge of her dresser.

"... Good night... I love you..." I walked over and hugged her.

She hugged me back, then I left. It was some time before my Kaa-chan's quiet crying stopped.

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2 days later, and I was 14. I was so happy!

The day after the person arrived at the door, Kaa-chan had barely spoken to me. Even when I had told her that Hordika Vakama seamed to have moved closer to Roodaka, she mearly shook her head.

Today, she glomped me on my way to the kitchen.

"Yay, you're 14!!" She cheered.

I laughed when she left go. "Are you feeling better?" I asked.

"YUP! You know me, I get over things quickly!" She grinned.

On the outside... But on the inside you still cry... ... Where did that thought come from? It didn't sound like my own...

"Come on, let's make pancakes!"

Kaa-chan nodded. "Sure... But before then..." She produced a wrapped package smiling. "Just so you know, it ain't a toy."

I nodded. That's ok with me! "Thank you!" I said, opening it. Under the wrapping was a box, and in the box were two things wrapped up in tissue paper.

"Hoh boy, Tissue paper!" We said at the same time.

Laughing, I opened the first one. Inside was pen, black with a pretty silver ... Some kind of shape on the top. "Hoeh..." I said, eyes shining.

Kaa-chan smiled as I opened next one. Inside was a small note book, red, with funny symblos on it. Circles, some with lines others will smaller circles. The Matoran alphabet? I didn't think that any Bionicle merchidise was being made right now... I blinked. Then grinned.

"Thank you!" I shouted, hugging her.

"Use it like a journal." Kaa-chan said, voice soft. "And you're welcome." She looked sad...

Why force this upon her? Why should she have to lie like that? While I whipped my head around, Kaa-chan stared long and hard at the book shelf that had the Bionicles on it. I could hear (Well, what I thought I could hear) whispers, but I couldn't make them out.

It seamed to take years, but in less than 5 seconds it was over. "Well, come on, let's make a brithday breakfast!" Kaa-chan said.

I was left wondering what thoses voices had been about.

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Later that evening, I could not find Kaa-chan.

She wasn't at her computer typing, nor was she outside, the two places I would normaly find her.

The Toa Nuva and the Turaga were not on their shelvs either.

"Okaa-san!" I called. No answer.

I would find my Kaa-chan in the basmet. And not only did I found her, I found a strange sight.

The Turaga and Toa Nuva where strune about in one corner of the room, with Kaa-chan staring at a wall. Her right hand was resting on the wall, which was now covered in strange markings and symbols. In her left hand rested a paintbrush that has dipped in black paint. The room was light only by candle light.

"Kaa-chan?" I squeaked. Had she done this?

She turned and looked at me, with a somber expresion. "Come here." Her voice didn't hold any of her normal cheerfullness. It was the voice of someone who had seen too much in a short amount of time. That wasn't my Kaa-chan!

Still I walked towards her. At her feet was a small bag, and I could just make out my new pen in one of the outside pockets. Was my new journal in there too?

"Kaa-chan?" I asked again once I drew close.

"Do you know what this is?" She asked, turning back to the wall. Her tone... It was... Not like her at all...

I looked at the wall, thinking. A few seconds, and a ridiculous idea popped into my head. "It... Looks... Kaa-chan, it looks like the drawings you did and labled, 'A portal in the making.' ... What is that?"

Kaa-chan picked up the brush again, and painted on one more symblo... It looked like a letter from the Matoran Alpahbet. The letter "R".

I felt something go up my spine. The power of the room shifted... And something opened in the wall! It was a great swirl of colours, white, green, red, blue, black, brown, yellow-gold, and purple.

Kaa-chan picked up the bad and shoved it into my hands. "If-WHEN you come back... I'll tell you more about Victoria..." She looked at me one last time, grabbed my shoulders, and shoved me head first into the portal.

My last thought before my world disappeared was Why?

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WHEW! Done! D

I know it doesn't have a lot to do with Bionicles yet, but don't worry, they'll be coming next chapter.

And a note: For those reading my Ask the Toa Nuva / Metru story, I was going to update on sunday, but I ended up going to my dads before I could, and now I can't update till later this week. I'm sorry!

Anyway, hope you like this!

Brawenn-wolf