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Chapter Three:
Le-Koro Meeting.

Pohatu paced nervously as he waited for the others to arrive.
He and Onua had arrived at Le-Koro a few hours ago and had already met up with Lewa, who was just as happy and bouncy as ever.

Gali had arrived a mere hour after they had, but for some reason she had gone off to the inn hardly saying a word to any of them. When Onua had gone to check on her, he came back saying that she wasn't there.

Pohatu was getting worried about Gali, very worried. She normally didn't act this way.

He looked up when he heard a high pitched whistle coming from the trees above him.

Lewa jumped down in front of him and smiled.

"Do we know him?" The green Toa asked while pointing down to the forest floor.

Pohatu peered over the edge and saw a mass of white walking towards the base of the tree that held Le-Koro.

He smiled.

"Yes I think we do know him." He said. "Oi! Onua!"

The black Toa looked up from the rock he was examining.

"What?"

"Kopaka's here!"

The black Toa smiled and set the rock down before joining them in watching Kopaka begin to make his way up the tree.

"What's going on?"
They all jumped at the sound of Gali's tired yet sweet voice.

Pohatu looked at her and smiled.

"Kopaka's here." He said. "Where have you been?"

"Up in the trees." Came her tired response.

Pohatu looked her over. He nearly fell over at how weak the normally strong Toa of Water looked. She was shaking all over and her golden eyes were a bit dimmer than usual. Her lovely blue color was slightly paler than normal and her breath came shallow and shaky.

"Gali!" He gasped, drawing the other's attention. "Are you ok? You look like you've been out of water for too long!"

Gali looked at the ground and didn't reply.

Their attention was soon grabbed by the arrival of Kopaka.

The white Toa stood tall above the others.

Greetings and "I missed you's" were exchanged between the boys.

Gali stayed out of it.

"Is Tahu here yet?" Kopaka asked

Pohatu shook his head.

"He probably won't be here for awhile. You know how he likes to make an entrance."

"Thank Mata Nui." Kopaka said in response.

Gali smiled slightly at hearing that Tahu wouldn't arrive for awhile.

"Hey, maybe we can actually get some talking done without him around!" Lewa laughed.

They all laughed.

Kopaka's eyes were drawn to Gali. They were all weak and Exhausted but she looked ready to collapse. He went over to her.
"Greetings Gali." He said with a bow. "It is good to see you again wise one."
He took her hand and kissed the back of it causing her to blush slightly.
"It's good to see you too Kopaka." She said, "How have you been."
"Confused." Was his response. "I do so wish to know what is happening to us."
He leaned close to her.
"But mostly, what is happening to you." He whispered. " You look very ill."
"I'm fine." Gali replied quickly. "It's just hot that's all."
Kopaka looked her over.
She was hiding something from him, and he didn't like it.
"So," Pohatu said suddenly. "Shall we get started?"

~*~
Kopaka flopped back onto his bed with a sigh.
The five of them spent all day talking about what had been happening. All of them had experienced some sort of extreme weakness. Lewa had told them about his inability to jump as far as he used to with a bit of embarrassment. Pohatu couldn't kick very hard anymore. Onua didn't control the earth as well as he used to.
Gali had told them everything. From her weakness to her dreams. She cried silently throughout the whole ordeal. She had made them promise they wouldn't tell Tahu of what was happening to her. They comforted her as best they could. She was in worse condition than all of them put together. She had a right to cry.
"I don't want to let you guys down" she had said, tears falling down her mask. "I love you all too much to do that."
Kopaka had been sitting next to her. After she had spoken he had held her hand in his under the table throughout the rest of the meeting.
He would never admit it out loud but he was worried about her.
Kopaka rolled over on to his side and let sleep overcome him.

Gali gazed up at the crescent moon in silence. She knew the others were worried about her, and it tore at her heart.
She had been slightly surprised at how comforting Kopaka had been earlier. He was normally as cold as ice to her, if not colder to the others.
He did seem to respect her though.
She cleared her thoughts completely and looked up in wonder at the silvery moon. It's radiance suddenly made her feel stronger and more at peace.
It was drawing her to it as though that was what she was supposed to be like and draw power from instead of water.
She liked that feeling, she liked it a lot.
A smile crossed her face.
She was going to become a Toa Leyna, even if it killed her. The world was in danger again and she was going to protect and save it just as a mother would.
She looked down at the forest below. She felt like a mother. The mother of this place, this island.

She felt like Mata Nui.

With that Gali turned and made her way inside not expecting to get any sleep.
Her last thought before Dreamless sleep came over her for the first time in weeks, was that somehow she knew that Tahu would arrive tomorrow.