Part I: The Beginnings

Life. A word we all know and say hundreds of times in out lives. Yet, we do not know i what /i it actually i is /i . Even to the Great Spirits of the others worlds, it remains a mystery how they came to existence. For they have asked the trees and flowers, but they remember not. They have asked the Earth and stones, but they recall not. Even the Earth and stones do recall not.

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Hahli darted down the kolhi field, Hewkii trailing her. She stopped, ran backwards a few steps before rushing toward the Po-Koro goal with all of her speed. She shot and..

"Goal to Ga-Koro!" the announcer bellowed over the roar of the roar of the crowd. Hewkii looked stunned, then smiled. No Ga-Matoran ever scored on a Po-Koro goal and got away with it.

He and Hahli stood in the center of the field, waiting for the ball to emerge. When it did, Hewkii scooped it up as it came up. But Hahli was smarter. When Hewkii scooped it up, she darted toward her goal to defend it beside her partner. She hadn't needed to. Macku blocked it by hitting it with her kolhi stick. Luckily, Macku had hit it in Hahli's direction. The Ga-Matoran sped toward the Po-Koro goal once again.

Two minutes.

She willed her legs to go faster. Hewkii was now by her side and they were fighting for control for the ball.

One minute.

Hahli shot the ball in the goal. Hewkii frowned. Hahli had made yet another goal.

Time up.

"Game and goal to Ga-Koro!" There was a yell of approval from the Ga-Koro section of the stands. The Po-Koro section hung their heads in shame. Everyone agreed that Hahli and Macku were almost unbeatable. Almost. The team had lost to Le-Koro by a slight default.

"Good job, Hahli." Hafu said, clanking his stick with her's.

"Thanks Hafu. Great goal keeping." the Ga-Matoran said with approval. "Good game, Hewkii. You're my best competition on the whole island!" Hewkii smiled and gladly clanked his stick with her's. Hahli and Macku complimented each other the four stood in a row facing the Turaga.

"Good job, Ga-Koro. Well played." Turaga Nokama said, smiling kindly upon both teams. The crowed roared. Everyone cheered as their teams left the field.

"Gladthat's over." Macku said, entering a room. Hahli followed.

"Why?" Hahli asked her friend and kolhi partner.

"Now I can give Hewkii the gift I've been working on."

"Oh." Hahli giggled. "How long have you two been friends now?"

Macku shrugged. "Not sure, really. I guess we've always been friends."

"Yeah..."

"What about you and Jaller, Hahli?"

Hahli flushed at the thought of her good friend.

"Macku," a clear and sly voice said, "you remember they became close friends back during the Bohrok siege." Both Ga-Matoran turned to see who it was that had entered the room.

"Kotu!" Macku cried. She ran over to give her best friend a hug "Where have you been!"

"Yeah!" Hahli called, putting their equipment in a bag.

"Well, I've been busy studying some new Rahi for Turaga Nokama." the Ga-Matoran answered. "So, what did I miss?"

"Hahli's best game ever!" Macku announced. Hahli flushed.

"Oh darn." Kotu frowned in a joking way. The three chuckled.

"Still have your good humor, Kotu." Maku gasped through mouthfuls of laughter.

"Common, we can go to my place for tea and seaweed cakes. And you, Kotu, can tell us all about the Rahi." Hahli said with a cheerful smile.

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Jaller sat at a table looking at a map that had once been a very useful part to getting around the island, now it only shows what the history of what the island had once looked like. He heaved a sigh of frustration.

"Something wrong?" a too familiar voice asked. The Ta-Matoran never looked up from the map.

"Go way Takanuva." He groaned irritably. The Toa of Light pulled the old parchment away from his friend.

"Ease up, Jaller." The gold Toa smiled at his friend, then frowned. "You've cooped yourself up in here for days now... Oh, now I remember why I had come here in the first place!"

Jaller raised an eyebrow, "Besides bothering me?"

"Yes, that does sound fun, but no. Anyway, Hahli and Macku won their last game."

"Who was it against?"

"Hewkii and Hafu, I think."

"I'm not surprised."

"Why not?"

"Hahli's really fast and Macku has a good defense strategy... Besides Hewkii is still trying to get Hahli back from embarrassing him at the last tournament."

"I never would have guessed that." Takanuva said, sarcasm glazing his voice. Jaller almost laughed at the quip.

"Very funny. Any other news I should know of?"

"Yeah, lava surfing contest in two days."

"Thanks, you may go."

"Okay... Wait a minute! i You /i didn't send for me!"

"Just go! I have too much work to do at the moment."

"What if i I /i took care of them for you while you took some time off?" Jaller laughed and raised an eyebrow curiously. He sighed.

"Alright." he declared in defeat. "Turaga Vakama said not to over work myself in the first place... Okay I'll visit Hahli for a while and enter in the Lava surfing contest... But after that, I'm going strait back to work."

"Yes!"

"Promise me you won't get me into trouble again?"

"I promise."

"Here's a list of all my duties." The Ta-Matoran scribbled down a large list of things. "Think you'll be able to do them all?"

"Hey I'm a Toa now. I've taken ahold of my duties, so I won't let you down... again."

"Good you better not-- or else!" Jaller shook his fist playfully at his friend before dashing out of the door.