Omie's notes: chapter redone!

Kora: Mata Nui

Prologue

In the time before time, far beyond what we humans know in myths and legends there was a universe within a world. A being of great power, a true towering giant was the ruler and protector of this universe inside of them. This Great Spirit was known to their people as Mata Nui, they also created powerful beings known as the Toa. Their purpose was to further protect the native people from the smaller dangers they could not always foresee.

Or just see given the size differences. You might want to forgive Mata Nui for this. He is rather large.

Some Toa were made, others were once Matoran, the most common of the population of their inner universe. They were all strong and brave, and in some cases maybe just a bit to stubborn to realize they should be afraid. Yet Toa were dedicated to protecting not only the Matoran but Mata Nui as well. Each Toa had a gift of an elemental power as well as a great Kanohi mask. They were able to control one of the six common known elements: Air, Water, Ice, Fire, Stone and Earth. A true Toa is strong and dangerous in their own way, while gentleness remanded in their hearts.

The Toa sometimes were alone, working solo on missions, where others could not see them trip on a rock, but a vast majority of the time they stayed in teams called Sets. Or rather families of six, with each member representing a different element and thus balancing each other. At least normally, where one could be strong where their brothers were vulnerable to what they faced.

Toa were protectors, guardians and peace keepers in some way, but they were not the only ones to carry those duties.

Mata Nui, aware of other words that could do harm to their Matoran, made another kind of guardian. They were like the Toa, only 'younger.' Smaller then the Toa in stature, about half their size, the Kora were not as powerful in their elemental energy, thus why the Kora were considered younger. There were several teams, families of Kora. Always at least one set at a time, and all were watched over by a Toa group made for that reason.

In truth, the Kora were a back up plan incase the world of the Bionicle was warped in anyway with other worlds, such as the one of the humans. When ever the seal between the worlds were weakened and then possibly broken, the Kora would essentially wake up. Disguised as human, the Bionicle Kora would regain their true forms so they could make a new seal as well as making sure no one was away from their home worlds and in one they should not be in.

After that, the Kora would live out what was left of their lives with their Toa in the human world before being reborn again.

This time, when the seal to the teleportation systems, the gateway between the worlds weakened and was found, there was someone on both sides that should not have been there.

The Makuta, the lord of shadows, had forced his brother Mata Nui into a deep sleep... And now, he sought to either convert the current set of Kora to his means, or make sure they would never be able to reseal the barrier of the worlds. After all, there was a whole new world he could plunge into shadows, a world full of resources.

This story, the story of the Kora Nata starts just before the barrier's seal was full breached and the gateway cast open.