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Chapter 5: The Final Clue

Gali awoke the next morning remembering what happened the night before. She remembered the dream and the strange matoran.

"Toa Gali?" a voice asked. Toa Gali turned to see Hahli, the new chronicler.

"Yes, Hahli?" Toa Gali asked her sister Ga-matoran.

"Do you know where Turaga Nokama is?" Hahli asked.

"I'm sorry Hahli. No I don't know where she is."

"It is okay. I just wanted to ask her something."

"Okay then...Hahli, could you send Amaia to me. I need her to do something for me."

"Yes, Toa Gali," Hahli said. And Hahli hurried off to find her friend Amaia. Minutes later Amaia arrived.

"Toa Gali...Why have I been requested?" Amaia asked.

"I need you to do me a favor. I need you to go to Le-Koro and find Toa Lewa. I want you to tell him that I need him to summon all of the other Toa. When you are finished telling him that, tell him to tell the others to meet at the Kini Nui."

"Yes, Toa Gali," Amaia said and then hurried off to find Toa Lewa.

Later that day, when Amaia finally got to Le-Koro, she found Toa Lewa sitting in a tree, humming to himself.

"Toa Lewa?" Amaia asked. Lewa stopped him humming and looked down at the little Ga-matoran.

"What brings you deepwood, wayfinder?" Lewa said.

"Toa Gali asks if you could summon all of the other Toa. Could you tell them to meet at the Kini?"

"Yes, I can. And I will be everquick about it too," Lewa laughed. And with a nod, he grabbed his twin air katana and shot to the sky. He was barely visible he was moving so fast. Amaia wandered through the trees wondering if Toa Lewa would get the order right. Because Toa Lewa had the tendency to mess things up.

Lewa's first stop was Ko-Koro. It was closest to where he had his brief conversation with Amaia. He flew until he came to the village square, where he found a very frantic Matoro talking to a very exhausted Ko-Kohilii, who was trying to confront Matoro.

"Mata Nui? Where has he gone? He's never been anywhere without me!" Matoro cried frantically.

"Matoro, it will be alright. I'm sure he's fine." Ko-Kohilii tried to reassure him. Toa Lewa walked up behind Matoro.

"What is wrong, young icebrother?" Lewa asked. Matoro jumped and spun around to face Lewa.

"TuragaNujuisgone!" Matoro gasped.

"Sorryoops, icebrother. I did not understand," Lewa said.

"He said Turaga Nuju is missing..." Ko-Kohilii told him.

"Mata Nui!" Lewa exclaimed.

"But I've been trying to tell him that Turaga Nuju is probably out for a walk in the snow. But we have not seen him all day. So he probably not out for a walk. Maybe he is out talking to one of the other Turaga," Ko-Kohilii said rubbing Matoro on the back.

"That is not possible. He needs me to interpret for him. Otherwise the other Turaga would not understand him," Matoro snapped.

"Oh, right," Ko-Kohilii sighed.

"He is not in Le-Koro though, I would know. That is not why I came highflying so everquick though. I need to wayfind brother Kopaka."

"You will find him in his hut," Ko-Kohilii said briskly and she returned to confronting Matoro.

"Thank you," Lewa said. Those two would make such an adorable lovecouple. Lewa thought happily. Lewa grabbed his katana and took to the skies to find Kopaka. Nearby Ko-Matoran stopped to watch.

When Lewa landed in front of Kopaka's hut, he found Kopaka pacing back and forth. He knocked on the wall. Kopaka turned to face the door and looked the Toa of air in the eyes. A fire burning brightly in the fireplace behind him.

"Lewa..." Kopaka spat.

"Do not get ill-tempered with me, brother. It is hardluck that your Turaga has gone deephiding," Lewa said sympathetically.

"Sorry..." muttered Kopaka.

"Sister Gali requests your presence at the Kini."

"Why?"

"I don't know."

"I understand," Kopaka said nodding his head slightly.

"I must wayfind the other Toa," Lewa said as he walked out the door.

"Than wayfind you will," Kopaka muttered under his breath as he grabbed his pack. Should I bring the stone? Kopaka thought. Yes, I will bring it. Maybe someone knows something. Kopaka threw the stone into his pack and when he turned back to the door, Lewa had gone. Lewa and his silent mysterious ways...Kopaka chuckled.

Kopaka thought for a moment. He should bring somebody along. Yes, he should...the best pair he knew, Matoro and Ko-Kohilii. Kopaka hurried off to find them. When he found them they were still in the village square.

"Toa Kopaka..." Ko-Kohilii said as she bowed her head in respect. Matoro followed her lead.

"I request your company as I travel to the Kini."

"Oh, yes! I would love to see the Kini!" Ko-Kohilii exclaimed. "What's the Kini?"

"The great temple in the center of the island," Matoro explained. "I will go."

"Good," Kopaka said shortly. "Come we must go now. So far to go, so little time." And the three started to journey to the Kini Nui.

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"Oh, Yes! If sister Gali needs me. I will be there," Toa Onua told Lewa. "I should leave now if I want to get there in time." Onua stopped a nearby Onu-Matoran. "Have you seen Turaga Whenua?" Onua asked.

"No...I have not seen him, Toa Onua...sorry," the matoran replied.

"If you do see him, could you tell him that I have left for the Kini?"

"Yes, sir!" the matoran saluted and hurried back into the mining tunnel.

"Goodbye, Lewa. See you at the Kini," Onua shouted over his shoulder as he hurried into one of the tunnels.

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Lewa was flying over Po-Wahi when he saw a figure running extremely fast. Lewa flew lower and saw that it was Pohatu. Lewa came to a stop a few hundred feet from Pohatu. Pohatu saw him and stopped himself.

"Yes, Lewa? What brings you to Po-Wahi."

"Sister Gali requests your presence at the Kini," Lewa recited.

"That is where I am headed," Pohatu said.

"Have you already been informed?" Lewa asked.

"No," said Pohatu. "I am searching for Turaga Onewa. The matoran said he left to go somewhere...They have not seen him all day."

"I see. Keep going, brother of stone. You will find sister Gali waiting for you. She has summoned all of the Toa for a meeting." Lewa watched Pohatu activate his mask of speed and speed off into the horizon.

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"Toa Tahu, Toa Lewa is here to see you and Toa Takanuva," one of the Ta-Koran guards told Toa Tahu.

"Go get Takanuva," Tahu commanded. "I will go see Lewa." The guard hurried off in one direction while the Toa of Fire in another. He found Lewa waiting by the gates. "Lewa...What brings you to Ta-Koro?" Tahu commanded.

"I will wait for brother Takanuva..." said Lewa stubbornly. Just then Takanuva came around a corner.

"You are lucky you did not have to wait long. Little Takua here has been know to dawdle," Tahu joked. Takanuva glared and cursed under his breath.

"Toa Lewa," Takanuva said. "What brings you here?"

"You are a matoran no more...call me brother Lewa," Lewa chuckled. "I have come here to tell you that sister Gali would like to meet you at the Kini."

"And..?" Tahu asked impatiently.

"I don't know the reason," Lewa said. "I heard from one of her matoran."

"I see," Tahu said. He turned to Takanuva. "Find Jaller. Tell him to come with us."

"Yes, Tahu. Um...where should I meet you?" Takanuva questioned.

"Right back here," Tahu responded. And Tahu raced off to his hut. "I should bring the stone," he told himself. "Maybe someone knows something about it..." Tahu reached his hut, grabbed the stone and put it in his pack. He was racing back to the gate when another guard stopped him.

"Excuse me Toa Tahu, have you seen the Turaga?" He asked.

"No," Toa Tahu replied. "Sorry. He probably is off talking to one of the other Turaga, Why?"

"One of the gears is jammed...we can't close the gate."

"See to that it's fixed," Tahu said as the matoran started walking away.

"I will!" he called over his shoulder. When Tahu got to the entrance, Jaller and Takanuva were waiting patiently for him.

"Captain of the Guard, have you seen the Turaga?"

"No, I have not seen him since we met Ko-Kohilii."

"Who?"

"The female Ko-matoran," Jaller explained. And boy she is fine! Not as good-looking as Hahli though. Jaller thought merrily.

"I see. We had better get going," Tahu told them. "Come." Tahu led the way the way out of Ta-Koro and in the direction of the Kini Nui.

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When Kopaka and his two companions arrived at the Kini Nui, they found Gali meditating peacefully.

"Gali?" Kopaka said softly as he touched her on the shoulder. Gali slowly opened her eyes.

"Kopaka, Matoro, Ko-Kohilii...good to see that you have come on such short notice. I expect the others will be arriving soon." Almost a minute after Gali spoke the line, Lewa appeared. He soared around the temple once and then landed on the ground near the four. Shortly after, Pohatu came running into the area. Followed by Tahu, Jaller and Takanuva. Onua popped up from underneath the soil very shortly after Tahu and his group arrived.

"Good to see you all are here," Gali said to the crowd. Tahu coughed something under his breath which sounded a lot like, 'you wish'. Gali shot him a look at, Tahu who instantly put on his innocent face. "As I was saying, I have called you are together...because of the this." Gali pulled something out a slab of stone from behind her back. Tahu and Kopaka both gasped.

"What?" Pohatu asked. Kopaka and Tahu reached into their packs and held up similar slabs.

"Does anyone else have one?" the Toa of Fire asked. The other Toa shook their heads.

"Does your stone have any writing or symbol on yours?" Gali asked.

"Yes," Tahu said. "Mine has the "TOA" on it."

"Mine has the word "THE" on it," Kopaka told them.

"EIGHTH," Gali said in a one word sentence.

"Hmmmmmmmmm..." Onua thought out loud.

"What is it, Onua?" Takanuva asked.

"The eighth Toa..." he said. "If you string them together in the correct order, they word out 'the eighth Toa."

"He's right..." Kopaka muttered. For the first time, he actually took the time to study the stone carefully. The edges were rounded off in a strange pattern, as if a puzzle piece. "I've got it! Each slab of stone is a piece of a puzzle. If we put them together, they will word out 'the eighth Toa', but maybe more..."

"Good thinking, Toa of cool breezes. I think..." Tahu retorted.

"How did you get these?" Gali interrupted.

"A strange matoran gave it to Toa Tahu," Jaller told them.

"Yes, me too," Gali and Kopaka said in unison.

"Best give it a try...putting the pieces together, I mean," Tahu said.

"Agreed," Gali said. Kopaka just nodded. Kopaka laid his stone down on the ground in the center of the Kini. Gali fit her piece onto Kopaka's slab and Tahu put his next to hers. A soon as the pieces were connected, the cracks in the now completed puzzle, glowed white hot and seemed to melt together. When the white hot lines disappeared, the stones were now a single stone. Which shone in the sun, as if it had been polished. Ko-Kohilii grabbed it from the center of the Kini. Onua was looking curiously at it.

"Let me see that, Ko-Kohilii," Onua said. He took it from her. He ran his black fingers over the polished surface. He ran his fingers over the front of the stone and then flipped it over. Nothing.

"Something is different about this stone." Onua kept the back of the stone face-up. He closed his eyes and concentrated hard on something.

"Onua..." Takanuva's voice rang through his thoughts. Onua opened his eyes. The stone started to vibrate and again, the white hot lines began to burn something into the stone. The stone became very hot and Onua dropped it with a yelp. When it cooled, Onua picked it up. He read the message inscribed on the back:

In the land,

Where the winter wind blows,

Anger and hatred

Will surely show.

Then one amongst them all,

Will help them realize

The similarities that they have

Inside.

And on the bottom of the stone was an arrow. Not one to point in any direction of anything, but one that was the final clue.