LEGEND OF THE TOA
Chronicle of the Shadowed One
With dark forces pushing Matoran defenses backwards and backwards until the point of demise, the once-peaceful island of Mata Nui is facing its most dangerous trial yet. The only thing keeping the Matoran fighting for their lives is their faith in the arrival of six brave warriors, called Toa, but their Turaga leaders have finally become uncertain... and one Matoran is making sure the Toa never arrive.
Chapter Three
Takua sighed with joy and calm, like he always did on his journeys to Ga-Koro. It was the home to a great waterfall, which was the birth of the longest river on the island of Mata Nui. All of the Ga-Matoran swam and played around here. Others worked inside their leaf domes, forging weapons or armour to protect themselves from Tarakava. Tarakava, like the ones Takua had faced in Mangaia, were mostly found in Ga-Koro, fighting the Ga-Matoran who desperately tried to defend their homes.
So far, the Ga-Matoran hadn't noticed the arrival of Takua and Jaller.
"Some security system they've got going on here!" Jaller said.
Just then, Jaller tripped a wire. Almost immediately a pile of leaves that was in front of the two Ta-Matoran exploded, revealing a complex contraption of dual missile launchers. Then, a radio folded above them, emitting a deafening sound. Takua and Jaller forced their audio receptors shut, and as the machine saw that they weren't leaving, the missiles fired, blasting boiling water and soggy seaweed and mud at the Ta-Matoran.
Once Takua had found the surfaca after being buried by dirt, he saw that Jaller was still struggling with the seaweed on his face. But that wasn't the problem. About ten or twenty Ga-Matoran stood there, pointing tridents at the Chronicler and soon at Jaller, because he too had freed himself from the tangle of seaweed.
"Hi there..." Takua tried to sound more confident than he was.
"I am Jaller, Captain of the Guards of Ta-K-"
"We know who you are!" a Ga-Matoran snapped, her commanding voice silencing the once-confident Jaller.
"H-Hahli?" Jaller asked, confused at the hostility coming from his friend.
"What are you doing here, Ta-Matoran?" Hahli snapped.
"We've come to inform Ga-Koro of a quest that Takua failed of completing by himself. We would be honoured if one of you -" Jaller started.
Coughing, Takua said: "Hahli."
Jaller gave Takua an enraged look before carrying on: "As I was saying, we would be-"
"Sorry, Jaller, but Ga-Koro doesn't have any Matoran to spare right now. We have our own problems, with the Tarakava and all." Hahli said.
"Still? I took two infected ones out single-handed on my own! In Mangaia lair!" Takua boasted.
"Yeah? Well we have to fight off twenty daily swarms of a hundred and one Tarakava! Think about that, Chronicler!" Hahli snapped.
"If we keep fighting, we will all be enemies, Hahli. You of all Matoran here should know that!" a croaky voice came from behind the Ga-Matoran.
Hahli turned around, looking ashamed of herself. "I'm sorry, Turaga Nokama. It's just we have to deal with enough things lately, not including these two fools."
"They are no fools, Hahli. If they were, they wouldn't be Chronicler and Captain of the Guards." Nokama made herself visible. She was slighly taller than the Ga-Matoran and her shade of blue was paler. Like Vakama, she held herself upright with an elongated version of the Ga-Matoran's tridents.
"But-"
"No butts, Hahli. You will travel with them, and Macku will take over your position while you are gone," Turaga Nokama said, and the turned to Takua. "Tell me, Chronicler, what is this quest you need to go on?"
"We need to find a Great Kanohi. It may give us a clue to the -" Takua started, but Jaller threw a pile of mud in his face.
"It may give us a clue to why Makuta is doing what he does." Jaller finished.
"Well then, you may take Onepu and Nuparu as well. They have come here to help us build our new Tarakava defenses. I'm sure Turaga Whenua won't mind." Turaga Nokama said, waving her hand to tell the two Onu-Matoran to come. The purple and orange-masked Matoran made their way over to Jaller and Takua, and they helped the two Ta-Matoran to their feet.
"Hahli, I trust you not to fall out with the Ta-Matoran fools." Nokama said. "Or you will not be getting your position back as Captain of the Ga-Koro Guards."
"Yes, Turaga Nokama." Hahli bowed her head.
"Then you may all leave. Make sure you find this Kanohi. I'm sure you will know when you've found it." the last part of Nokama's farewell was directed at Takua. Before the Ga-Matoran and their Turaga left, Takua gave Nokama a confused look, but she seemed to know what she was talking about.
"Weird..."
"Come on, Chronicler!" Hahli snapped, making Takua jump. "You going to stand their staring all day like a statue?"
"No, Turaga Hahli!" Takua snapped back.
Hahli took a step forward, but could think of no reason to continue with the quarrel. Takua and Jaller both laughed as Takua threw a handful of mud at the back of her mask, making her shake her head with an irritated moan.
Onepu looked at Nuparu, rolling his eyes: "This is going to be a long trip."
