My third Bionicle story! This one has been taking a sledgehammer to my brain for a while. (I miss the plotbunny, now all I got is this plotCONSTRUCTION WORKER!) I know many of you are most likely annoyed that I'm taking on ANOTHER story, (And yes I know that's a massive rationalization) but don't worry, I will try to update my others just as frequently. (My other two Bionicle stories more frequently than usual though) Also, this is in a bit of an AU, just because I love the Toa Mata so much! *group hugs all of Toa Mata Team* Ok, enough pointless prattle, I give you... CHAPTER ONE! (Computer-generated studio audience applause)

Disclaimer: In a world,one man/teen-ager with a computer does not own Bionicle...

Zane Braxton looked up from his comic book to see his little sister standing in his doorway. "What is it, Emily?"

"Mom says it's time for dinner."

The 17 year-old sighed. "Tell her I'll be down in ten minutes."

Emily grinned. "Okay! I'll tell her that her only son is too busy looking at pictures of people fighting to spend time with his mother who only has so many years left. I'll tell her that you don't care about her enough to even come down to dinner on time! I'll tell her that-"

"You're incredibly evil for a twelve year-old girl."

Emily giggled as her older brother passed her and walked down the stairs. "I love it when they say that!"

Zane sat down at a small wooden table, followed by Emily and their mother. Shiloh Braxton set a silver platter with a covering on the table. She folded her hands and bowed her head, and her children did the same.

"Dear Lord, please bless this food to our bodies, and please help Kyle to have safe travels on his way home tomorrow. In your name, Amen." The family opened their eyes. Shiloh grinned and lifted the cover off of the platter. "Voilá!"

Zane and Emily laughed when they saw, on the platter, three cheeseburgers, three sodas, and three packs of french fries. Shiloh brought her fingers to her lips and spread them outwards, saying, "Bon appetite!"

A half hour later...

Zane dropped his trash in the garbage can and started up the stairs when his mother's voice stopped him.

"Honey, a package arrived in the mail for you. It's on the couch in the living room."

Zane spun around and dashed towards said room, jumping over a chair and cannoning onto the sofa, right next to his package. He grabbed it and ran upstairs and into his room, slamming the door behind him. The excited teen read the return adress and frowned. This isn't from Comicdudes! Just some weird sales company or something. Zane tossed the package in his garbage can without even opening it. I wish I had that super cool-looking laser gun, when is it gonna arrive? He sighed and flopped onto his bed, picking up his comic book and resuming his reading. After a few pages, he started hearing a low thrumming sound. Zane slowly peeked over the top of his comic. He saw nothing, so he put down the book and walked towards the trash can. The black-haired boy reached in and lifted out the package he had thrown away, which was now producing the thrumming. Hands shaking slightly, he re-read the return adress: Mata Nui.

"Whoah!" The box started vibrating in Zane's hands. Slowly, the boy started opening the package. He laid it on his desk and sat in his chair. After removing the tape and lifting the flaps, he reached inside and pulled out something covered in bubble-wrap. Resisting the urge to pop the bubble-wrap, Zane uncovered a strange black pendant. He listened to its thrumming for a while, just staring at it. It was oval in shape with a white design on it. The design was three dots in a row with two lines swirling on the outside. Hands still shaking, he lifted the pendant string up and around his neck. To his relief, when the pendant lightly thumped on his chest, it stopped thrumming. Suddenly, three great beams of blinding light shot out from the design. Thousands of different shades of colors swirled before his eyes. Then, just as suddenly as it had started, it stopped. Zane collapsed to the ground, overwhelmed by what he had just witnessed...

Jaller ran through the streets of Ta-Koro in a mad dash. He had to tell Vakama! The Matoran skidded to a halt before the Turaga's hut and rushed in.

"Turaga Vakama! Turaga Vakama! The shrine! It's glowing!"

The wise Turaga spat out his tea and hurriedly shuffled after the speedy Matoran, leaning heavily on his staff. He somehow managed to outrun Jaller, and arrived at the shrine where all the Matoran were gathering before the captain of the guard.

A blue-masked Matoran, Takua, nudged Jaller when he arrived. "Hey, Jaller. Look at the way it's 'shrining!'" Takua burst out laughing at his own joke, earning several glares from the surrounding Matoran.

Turaga Vakama raised his hands. "Attention, Matoran of Ta-Koro. This is a sign from the Great Spirits! It could be great joy!" The Matoran gathered at the shrine erupted in cheers. "Or it could mean great disaster." The crowd grew silent. "In times like this, we rely on our mighty Toa!" He gestured at a carving of Tahu by the shrine. Vakama turned to Jaller. "Where is our brave hero now, captain of the guard?"

Jaller kicked up some dust and stared at the ground. "Um, I don't know, Turaga."

Vakama blinked at him. "What do you mean, you don't know? Wasn't it your duty to watch for him?"

Jaller kept his gaze riveted on the hard rock ground. "Y-yes, Turaga." He sighed. "I shall begin a search for him at once!" The Ta-Matoran looked up and around at his fellow Matoran. "I will take... Takua, Lalto, and -Hahli?" He blinked in shock at the Ga-Matoran, who had just arrived with two other blue-armored Matoran. "What are you doing here?"

"We are here on serious business. Our Toa has gone missing!"

Several gasps of surprise went up from all who gathered around the shrine, except for Vakama. The elder raised a hand for silence. "It would appear that ours has gone missing as well. Jaller, your search party will team up with Hahli's and search for the two Toa." He pointed a red finger to the south. "Start by heading to Le-Koro. On your search, check with each of the villages to see if their Toa have gone missing as well." The Turaga turned to Hahli. "Go swiftly, young one." He turned to look steadily at Takua. "And no foolishness." Vakama faced all six searchers. "May the Great Spirits be with you! Be off, now, and find our Toa!"

Zane sat up on his floor, dazed. He looked around, confused. What just happened? He jumped up when he remembered and searched the room for the pendant. Zane felt a thump on his chest and looked down. The pendant was still there, only it had stopped glowing and thrumming. Weird... I must have hit my head on something... He shook the pendant. I could've sworn it was glowing before. Must have been a trick of the light or something. The teen shrugged and walked back to his bed. He picked up his comic and sat down just as his mother called to him.

"Zane, honey, I'm going to the store! I want you to mow the back yard while I'm gone, OK?"

Zane grumbled to himself. He hated mowing the lawn. It always took him several tugs to get the old push-mower to start, and the large yard with several trees took an extremely long time to finish. Well, no sense in complaining. Might as well just do it and get it over with. The teenager walked down the hall, past his sister's room, where she was practicing her karate. He felt slightly impressed when she flipped backwards onto her bed, then jumped into a flying kick. Emily was a blue belt, but could beat up a black belt in five seconds flat. The only reason she wasn't a black belt yet was because blue was her favorite color. Zane smirked at the thought of a big tough guy lying on the ground and whimpering because a little girl broke his legs.

The boy descended the stairs and walked across the dining room to a sliding door, which led to the back yard. Zane walked to a shed and pulled the lawn mower out. He checked for gas and pressed the ignition button. The teenager pressed down on the little bar that stretches across the handle and tugged against the cord. To his surprise, the mower started instantly. He looked down and saw that his pendant was glowing black. (Like those black lights that make white stuff glow) He shrugged this fact off and began mowing. Five minutes later, he was finished.

"Wow, that went quick," He thought aloud. "It usually takes me at least a half hour… Maybe it just seemed faster this time." He accepted this conclusion as logical and went inside; not even realizing his pendant was fading brown.

Ok! New story, new adventures! For all you people going, "This has barely any Bionicle content at all! This stinks! I'm going to go watch the entire series of the Bionicle movies five times!" I say: "Can I come?"

But seriously, it will have more Bionicle stuffs (like the Toa! Woot!) in the next chapter. For now, I leave you to wonder about the strange pendant, where the Toa have gone, and why donuts have holes. R&R!