Queen's Notes: This chapter was co-written with In The Light

To the fans of Light out there, I still do not know where she is, I love and miss her too but she has only sent me one email about 'taking a break' from the internet, fan fiction and rping. I do not know when or if she is coming back.

The Universals were In The Light's concept and [form] story. The Kora and the Bionicle world that this takes place in are my concepts.

Baring that in mind this is still my story as much as hers and in honestly I got tired of waiting so I'm posting this story up. I hope you enjoy the story as much as we did when we wrote this a few years ago.

There's only nine chapters of this.

A New Take To This

Traveling from one dimension to another was never really expected, and the event knocked out the young human so that she was unconscious for most of the 'ride.' Quite suddenly she felt air flooding her lungs and she jerked back to reality with a long gasp. Blueish-grey eyes wide and blinking, the human female coughed a little and looked around her.

...this was not her backyard.

In fact she was in what looked like a...giant sun flower? No wait those were smaller flowers not seeds (thank god). But the human was in one of the great trees of the Le-Wahi forest.

The confused, and somewhat dazed, girl grunted and pulled herself up into a sitting position, eyes wide on realizing what she was on. "A tree," she mumbled. "It's a huge fricken' tree... uh...?" Turning, she glanced around, trying to figure out where she was. Trees like this did not grow in her backyard...

A humm came from above the human, from a horse sized monster, there was no other way to describe it. It was a metal, dragonfly thing with teeth and claws. It was perched on the branch above, looking around...or hunting very likely.

An 'eep!' escaped her throat in surprise, and shock, at the creature above her, making the human scramble on the branch a little before going still, eyes on it the entire time. Perhaps the monster wouldn't see her?

Her sound attracted the thing's attention, it turned and looked down, blinking somehow as it hummed. She gasped inwardly, as it was now pretty much looking at her. The human bit her lip, trying not to start rambling in a panic, and clenched her fist in case she would have to defend herself.

Four wings lifted up and fanned out, starting to hum as they hummed to life, but just as it screamed and launched, a blast of air from somewhere above. The demon-dragonfly screeched, dropping out of sight only to rush back up behind the human.

She gave a yelp and pitched forward, spying another branch below. The timing was almost uncanny, and the human found herself falling a split second before landing on her torso on the branch. She wheezed and clambered up, looking for the demonic dragonfly warily.

It landed over top of the human, the larger claws grabbing her arms as the relatively slender legs wrapped around her. With a grunt it lifted off- not as strong as it looked the thing was still trying.

She gave a shriek and immediately went into struggle-mode, twisting her arms the best she could to try and aim a disc at the thing without burning herself in the process. "Oy! Augh, put me down bug-face!"

The creature screamed back at her as the monster dropped into open air. Then it huffed and started muttering- turned it's head and the thing managed to pale. The trapped human continued struggling for a moment before noticing this and she too twisted her head, finally having to settle for looking back upside down instead. What was the demon dragonfly seeing? It squawked as something big rushed it from above, and the creature did the only sensible thing it could. Being young for it's kind, and thus not AS aggressive, it promptly dropped the organic thing and fled.

"...ACK!" The human let out a string of panicked gibberish, arms flailing as she fell...

THWACK!

...smack dab on another awaiting branch, clinging for all she was worth while trying to keep from yelling. That really hurt! "Ahhh... dang."

The branch she was on jerked and vibrated as something massive landed over her, the new being digging in the claws on his feet into the wood either side. A large hand hovering just above the young woman as the thing (Person?) gave a roar after the demon dragonfly.

'What the...?' Not saying this aloud, Nati scrambled, or tried to scramble at least, up onto the branch instead of hanging from her sore stomach area. Turning, a little nervously, she looked up at her apparent savior.

Well, she wasn't expecting this.

Vividly glowing eyes of several colors peered back down at her as the basic giant lifted his hand propping on a bent knee. Long blades- intricately made swords were hocked to it's forearms, giving him a winged look. He, for it looked male, was clad in green armor with glimpses of tan skin or hide here and there.

He tilted his head, blinking at Nati as if he was just as surprised to see her.

"H-holy crudnuggets-!" The young human wheezed, clambering backwards on the branch in shock. The... thing? Robot? Whatever it was, was huge and definitely had a powerful look to it. "Stay back!"

The green giant (oh look a pun!) cocked his head in a vaguely bird or reptile like way... and then crooned softly to her, a smile forming on it's odd mask like face. The girl had been about to warm up her power, but hesitated now. This... giant green person must have been what scared off that demonic bug thing. So, it had basically saved her, but what on God's green earth WAS it?

The bio-mechanical shifted on the branch, more kneeling on it now as he hummed and then gave a...chirp? Yep. "Mata Nui, kebro goona Ga-humino?" he said extending a hand and twitching his claw tipped fingers at her in a 'come here,' way.

...the thing had claws! And it could speak, if in a different language. So it was smart, right? She bit her lip and eyed the green robot-person warily. "You're not gonna... like, eat me or somethin', are you?"

He tilted his head, a clear, "Eh?" heard before he rumbled and twitched his fingers again. At the same time looking pointedly in the direction the monster-bug had fled.

"Oh, fine," she muttered, making her way closer to the huge green being, still wary of him pulling any tricks or moves on her.

He leaned forward, picking her up as he stood. Wrapping his arms around Nati, and with the size difference she was like a child in his arms. A broad smile- what could only be a smile, was flashed down at the human before he spook softly and boosted the girl up to his shoulder, down behind on his back she could see that the way the armor was, there were actually grips for hand and footholds.

Nati blinked at the grips before easing down and grasping them, shaking her head. This was just so odd. Then again, best just go with the flow. She leaned up a little and sideways, as if trying to see the being's face, or mask... whatever it was, "So now what, green bean?"

The being tilted his head, just able to see her out of the corner of one glowing eye, than he hummed. Hopping surprising lightness to another branch, and then another, climbing upwards. His movements were slow at first, letting Nati get the hang of how he move, but soon enough he picked up speed. Never once miss stepping or faltering, if anything this giant of a being had and in-human grace to him

Despite her confusion (you'd be confused too if you went from backyard to tree, to demonic bug, to giant green being all in under ten minutes) the human was actually in wonder at the being's unusual grace despite his largeness. 'Weird... what the heck is he anyway?' she frowned.

Suddenly, everything changed as the bio-mechanical being stood up, there was an explosion of life and color out shined the more brown shades of the giant tree close to the trunk. It was a jungle Nati was in, but it was massive, putting all of those of earth to shame not only in the colors but size. The smallest trees were the height of old redwoods and rising up to tower with sky-scrapers.

The 'robot' inhales deeply, the air thick with scents and tastes now that they were in the breeze, before letting out a warbling cry that was a throwback to his ancestors. It was a call of pure joy of being home again, no translation needed for that.

The human suddenly felt very, very... itsy bitsy. Just plain tiny compared to this mass of jungle life around them, not to mention the green weird robot person Nati was clinging to. She winced a little at the warble, startled slightly. That was weird too... the thing roared and had claws like an animal, yet it spoke earlier. She was really stumped with this guy, not to mention her surroundings.

"Cita Ga-humino." The being spoke, glancing back, lifting his hands into her line of sight and making a grasping motion. Hold on.

"Erh," she blinked and nodded quickly, tightening her grip. "Yeah, I'm gonna do that." Nati replied. Now why did she have the feeling things were about to get even more interesting?

The being smiled again before turning, launching into a run down the massive branch, and leaping off at the end. Nati yelped again during this, holding on as tight as she could while trying to get a good look at what the guy was up to. He fell several body lengths before landing on a natural code- made from a mix of alien vines, it was like grinding but with a lack of sparks.

That un-nerving grace and balance was expertly used here as he leapt for another of the massive trees, the deeper into the jungle region the thicker and more intertwined it became. The being had no trouble maneuvering, even picking up speed it seemed, but he always glanced back to be sure how Nati was doing.

The human seemed to be caught in both awe and wonder, and the need to scream at the brand new sensation of sailing from one tree to the other, with naught but grips in this person's back armor to hold onto. "Ohh, gosh... oh gosh, so high, wow..."

It would take a few minutes to realize, since the relatively smooth ride had gotten the human used to the being. But there was a faint glow from the mask like face, and the being himself had since pulled his arms back tilting them just right so the ends of the blades attached to his forearms were toughing his hips.

Then all at once it would click, they were in open air, gliding along a warm air current.

Nati gave a gasp-like squeak and would have been humiliated at the sound if not for the fact that... well, they were IN OPEN AIR. Only once had she ever gone flying, and she didn't even recall the event. More or less had been strapped down by a seatbelt probably, this though was so much different than a plane ride, there was the feelings of exhilaration, freedom and yes a little bit of fear.

Eye wide as they glided on the air current, Nati noticed how easily this oversized robot-being was handling the flight. As if he had done it before, or many, many times, or was simply born to do it.

A few moments later as they wove between the massive branches of one of the greater trees, there were scattered hut/cabins. They became more in number but soon it was clear that many of these buildings weren't in the best of shape. From being half destroyed to being taken apart to the 'bare bones' of the structures.

There had once been many boardwalks crisscrossing around and once connecting all the buildings, now there were just rims as well. The whole thing gave the impression of a ghost town.

The human stared at the buildings in the tree with awed interest and curiosity. Strange, why would someone put all of these up in a tree? And why were most of them destroyed so much? "What happened?" she wondered aloud, not expecting to get an answer that she could understand.

The biomechanical male glanced back at her with a reassuring humm as he flew, seeming to know just where he was going. Though there was a soft sound of sadness as he passed over this place. Obviously this destroyed place meant something to him, she realized. But wait, there were tons of the buildings... did that mean there were more giant robot-like beings too?

But no, the buildings were more her size then his, as they swung in close. He flipped his blades from hands on to his forearms again, dropping from the air and attached himself to the trunk. This was a reason he had sharp claws as well claws on his feet. Digging into the wood and letting him stay in place as his chest expanded and fell as he... Well, not quite panting but still taking deep breaths as he started to climb up.

"So, now we're goin' up?" Nati remarked aloud, turning and looking over her shoulder and down... maybe that's not such a good idea after all. She quickly redirected her attention to 'up' instead.

The being said something in that other langue as he continued up, snaring a hand on hanging vines that could support him he swung in a long ark to a branch he was just able to crouch on. Leaning forward the being tilted his head and shoulders down enough that Nati would see over him across open air to another set of two sky-scraper trees.

"It's like, tree city or something." she remarked to herself quietly, in amazement, blinking her grey-blue eyes.

It was half way up and on the two trees, connected by any number of different types of bridges from vines, ladders, nets and boardwalks. Compared to the ruins of the old village, this place was as vibrant as the green being that now launched himself into the air again, "Le-Koro!"

"Oy!" Nati yelped when he did this, gripping onto his back armor once again. She was surprised she hadn't lost her lunch yet from all of this... 'excitement' for lack of a better word. "What's a Le-Koro?"

The being jerked his head at the tree bound village ahead of them, "Koro."

Nati tipped her head for a moment. "What... the buildings are a Koro?" That word must have meant something like neighborhood or village.

The being glided in, lifting up as his mask glowed again before landing on one of the wide platforms scattered in the tree-top town/village. Seeing that they were no longer in open air, or balancing on a tree branch made Nati sigh inwardly, now to get down... she shifted around a little, trying to find an easy route without falling from his height and breaking a few bones in the process.

That was solved for her as the being reached behind him, hocking his claws on her shirt to drag Nati up, shifted to get a grip and pulled her over his shoulder and into his arms. The human had winced a little when the claws got involved-they were rather large after all!-and blinked now from her new position. It certainly beat hanging on for dear life on the being's back.

She looked up at offered a small, grateful smile. Nati got a flashed grinned back...and a wink as the being moved, walking at an easy pace in the quite village.

It just winked, really...? She blinked, thinking of something. It wasn't really acting all wary of her, or surprised at seeing something of no relation to its own species.

Odd...

Nati was lifted and then placed down on her own feet. Right across from her was another very surprised biomechanical being. Only he was smaller, her sized, hunched slightly in age and a darker green in color. It was sitting in what looked like a rocking chair with a staff over his lap and a cup in his hands. He also looked like he had been napping or basking in the sun.

"Uhum," Okay first off, she was glad that THIS one wasn't massive in height nor did he appear to have any weapons built onto his frame... although that staff could count for something maybe. Blinking awkwardly, Nati waved a hand weakly, "Hiya."

Red and orange eyes blinked a few more times before the elder sighed, looking regretfully at its cup. Downing that far faster then he wanted he heaved himself up, searching under the rob like fabric over his shoulders and coming out with something he'd learned to keep with him at all times now.

Nati couldn't help but look at the elder, he was obviously an elder, with slight fascination. Beings like this guy existed? Not to mention the even bigger one that brought her here...

The elder motioned for Nati to come closer to him, not speaking yet other than some barely heard mumblings. The human teen stepped closer, uncertainly. What did the guy want anyway? With a hand on her shoulder he guided her to dip her head and put what looked like a stone medallion with a leather braided strap over Nati's head. He stepped back, "There, better?"

She blinked. "What the...?" She pulled at the strap and looked at the stone before it seemed to click in her mind, "Um... yeah. Thank you."

"Translations stones are very helpful," the elder chirped with amusement, "Are you alright young one?"

"I found the little Ga-gi near the hive." A deeper voice spoke from behind, the giant had shifted quietly so he was lounging stretched out on his side.

"Ga... what?" Nati blinked, tipping her head slightly, her tight ponytail in need of re-fixing after the events at this 'hive' the bigger guy spoke of.

The elder shook his head, waving the bigger being off, "Toa Lewa..."

"Sorryoops," Lewa ducked his head in apology but the playful look he flashed at Nati said it wasn't really sorry for confusing her.

She blinked at his use of two words put together before turning back to the shorter dude. "Umm... could you tell me where I am?"

"You are in the homeKoro of the people of air." The ender said motioning around them, and then smiled himself, "We are on the island of Mata Nui. Though this wiseold Turaga didn't expect to see another human in his lifetime..."

"Yeah, well, I wasn't expecting to wake up on a tree branch with a demon dragonfly trying to eat me," Nati replied, a little nervously. Seriously, this guy... what in the world was he? And the other one, 'Toa Lewa' too. She was really confused.

The elder blinked again, "Dragon- Oh! A darkbad Rama... Here, come sit with Turaga Matau and explain what has happen to you, and I will sharetell our story as well."