Children of the Wind and Waves

by Firework Warrior

Sixteen years ago, Nokama gave birth to twins: Ari and Ariel. Before the children could walk, a rogue Portal took them to Earth. On their sixteenth birthday, Ari and Ariel return to Metru Nui and are reunited with their parents, Matau and Nokama. But foes, old and new, are watching them from the shadows. The children of the wind and waves will be tested like never before...

1. Author's Notes

Author's Notes

This is an AU of Metru Nui. Here are the Top 10 differences between the original and the AU:

1. Vahki are on the good side and have their own thoughts/personalities. Also, they're organized in ranks, like in the military. They're my favorite type of Bionicle... turning them to the shadows was wrong, in my mind.

2. The city is ruled by a royal family instead of a Turaga. Termina is the queen. She technically has more power than Idenu, the king. Then there's Mina, the crown princess... that girl's a handful! They live in a palace.

3. "Humanoids" (self-explanatory) exist alongside "full bloods" (regular Bionicle types, like Toa and Matoran.) This doesn't mean they get along all the time, but there aren't too many problems. A genetic anomaly means approximately half of the male population doesn't have full reproductive anatomy.

4. Toa Metru have always been Toa Metru. None of the chaos where six Matoran turned into Toa and the Vahki went after them. Of course, this doesn't mean Matau doesn't get in trouble for his characteristic "Toa-hero" stunts…

5. None of those nasty vines, I have my own villains/antagonists.

6. They're not referred to as Bionicle, but collectively called "four-hearts." That's because they have four hearts - well, one's a heartlight, one's a regular heart, two are nodes.

7. Four-hearts don't start fully grown. They're born or "come in the night." As they grow older, they reach a certain age called "prime of life" or POL. In other words, their bodies are at peak fitness and they stop aging.

8. Since they're born and grow from there, four-hearts go to school; Vahki schools are called "training centers." They're divided into different levels. There are also summer camps - mostly day camps at the training centers/schools/university. But there are also a few sleep-aways in parts of the city that aren't so developed.

9. Portals mean that characters can drop in from other universes. For example, Keika has a friend named Laney. Laney is actually Mulan (based on Disney's 1998 version, to be exact), but a Portal accident brought her to Metru Nui. Her name was changed for "safety."

10. No earthquake, no Matoran getting trapped in spheres, no Visorak overrunning the place. Metru Nui is a beautiful island city and I cried when I saw what became of it in the original story.

Finally, I don't own Bionicle (or any of the Portal-jumpers). I do have a few OCs, some of whom you will meet in this fic.

Now... close your eyes... concentrate on the City of Legends... and let the Portal of writing take you to this fantastic world.