The Journey Begins
After everyone calmed down, Vakama, Jaller, and Takua took Tahu to the Temple of Fire. It would have been nice to say that the trip was a pleasant one. It would have been even nicer to say that Tahu was as sweet as she looked.
Sadly, neither one was true.
"Alright, you guys are going to answer some questions!" Tahu shouted as they walked to the temple, "Who the hell are you?! Where the hell am I?! Why the hell is everyone treating me like some fraking hero (fraking=Matoran profanity)?! What the hell is going on?!"
"A real doll, isn't she?" Takua asked Jaller sarcastically.
"Not exactly what I expected from the "great spirit of fire"," Jaller said using air quotes. Tahu was getting fed up being ignored.
"Hey, Blondie!" Tahu shouted, referring to Jaller who rolled his eyes.
"My name is Jaller," Jaller corrected.
"Whatever Blondie," Jaller groaned at Tahu's insistence of ignoring his name, "You mind telling me what's going on?"
"Gee, I don't know. Do you know how to say please?!" Jaller shot back, angering Tahu greatly.
"Okay then," Tahu said going up to Jaller with concentrated rage, "Would you please tell me what the fell is going on, Blondie?" Tahu said emphasizing her nickname for him.
"Okay, you're really asking for it!" Jaller said rolling up his sleeve.
"You would hit a lady?" Tahu said feigning innocence.
"Trust me, you're hardly a lady!" Jaller shot back, offending Tahu in the worst way.
"Why you!!" Tahu said, her eyes glowing red slightly. Strangely Jaller didn't look scared at all, Takua on the other hand was, and he sensed that it was about to get ugly.
"Um, Turaga Vakama...." Takua called out. The Turaga just turned around and calmly walked in between them.
"Please calm down you two," the Turaga said calmly. He then turned to Tahu, "Toa Tahu, all will be answered soon. All we ask is that you try to be patient."
Strangely, there was something about the Turaga that made Tahu loose her flame. She calmed down almost instantly.
"About fraking time!" she said walking forward. Jaller just stared at her as she walked off.
"Spoiled brat," he said to himself walking after. Takua breathed a sigh of relief and walked after them. Vakama looked up at the sky shaking his head.
"Mata-Nui..." he said to himself before walking after the two younger Matoran and Toa of fire.
The inside of the temple was large and round. Its walls were covered with paintings of six warriors fighting monsters, each warrior a different color: red, blue, green, white, brown, and black. When Tahu walked inside she was mesmerized by the paintings.
"Is that supposed to be me?" Tahu asked referring to the painting of the red warrior surrounded by fire.
"Yes, Toa Tahu. In this temple we pay our respects to the great spirit who slumbers," Turaga Vakama said walking in with Jaller and Takua.
"You mean Mata..... Nui?" Tahu asked.
"So, is your memory returning to you?" Turaga Vakama asked walking past Tahu going to the deepest part of the temple.
"I think so. I don't remember much. All I know is that my name is definitely Tahu, and that I'm here for a very important reason. I think that reason has to do with Mata-Nui," Tahu said holding her head, "Other than that, I'm sorry."
"Wow, she actually knows how to say sorry," Jaller said quietly.
"Watch it Blondie!" Tahu shot at Jaller.
The Turaga chuckled to himself and then turned to the painting behind him. It was of a large shadowy figure hovering over the entire world, "Toa Tahu, what do you make of this figure?" he asked. When Tahu looked at it she actually got really tense for some reason. Something inside told her that the being in that picture was pure evil.
"That's.... Makuta...!" she said, her heart racing for some reason.
"Yes, Mata-Nui's brother. He placed a spell of darkness on Mata-Nui, and uses his absence to spread his darkness throughout the island. For years we've been suffering under his influence, plagued by attacks from the Rahi of the island. We've almost lost all hope," he said looking down in sadness.
"Mata-Nui....." Tahu said looking down in frustration.
"The only thing that gave us even a small glimmer of hope, was the knowledge that the Toa would come to the island on the day that the great spirit was to be awakened."
"But what is a Toa?" Tahu asked earnestly, she then looked down, "I don't understand. Why am I so special? I don't look any different from all of you."
"Ah, but you are quite different," Vakama said walking over to Tahu, "The Toa are Mata-Nui's guardians. Each one commands one of the six elements of fire, water, air, ice, stone, and earth, and each one has a sacred Kanohi that gives them added power."
"Sacred.... Kanohi? What's that?" Tahu asked.
"The Kanohi are pieces of jewelery worn by various Matoran. The ones worn by the Toa give them additional magical abilities along with their elemental powers," Vakama pointed to Tahu's choker, "Yours, Toa Tahu, is called Hau, the sacred Kanohi of protection. It grants you the ability to generate energy shields to protect those around you along with yourself."
"Hau..." Tahu said stroking the choker. When she thought about it, it was interesting that it was the only thing she had with her upon awakening. She then concentrated on the choker, creating a red energy shield in front of her. Both Jaller and Takua were shocked.
"Amazing..." Takua said, Jaller nodded in agreement.
"The Toa are the only beings in the world besides Mata-Nui and Makuta who are capable of using magic," Turaga Vakama went to the back wall and picked up a large sword with a red handle and a silver blade, "This fire sword is yours to wield," Vakama said handing the sword to Tahu. As she held it, something awoke inside of her. She was then surrounded by a large flame. As the flame spun around her, she swung her sword letting the fire dance around her.
"Wow..." Jaller said looking at Tahu. He had to admit, that she look absolutely beautiful.
Tahu then pointed the sword at the end of the temple, shooting it at the large torch in the back. The flame then lit up showing the large painting of the spirit of fire above it.
Tahu looked at it with lit up eyes. Jaller and Takua walked up to her and stood next to her also looking at the painting.
In the village of Ga-Koro, a boy who looked about as old as Tahu, with short blue hair, golden eyes wearing blue shorts, a blue jacket, fancy blue bracelet similar to Tahu's choker, no shoes, and two hook like blades on his back was swimming to the village carrying a sack of fish. When he got to the village, the Matoran there all cheered for him. One Matoran took the sack of fish from the boy, who just smiled peacefully.
"Scattered throughout the island, are five other's just like you," Turaga Vakama explained to Tahu as she prepared for her journey.
In the village of Le-Koro, a little boy about ten years old with long neon green hair and light green eyes, wearing a black shirt, dark green vest, green shorts, brown sandals, a necklace with a green gemstone on the end, and a battle ax with a green handle and silver blade walked out of a house stretching. He saw some people racing on strange boards with sails in the sky above him, His eyes lit up looking at that.
"Some are younger than you, some are older,"
An older man with shoulder length dark gray hair, wearing black glasses with green lenses, long black pants, black sleeveless shirt, and robot hands shaped like claws was digging a tunnel near Onu-Koro. He stops and is looking at the village of Onu-Koro, which he dug a tunnel leading to.
"But they are Toa all the same."
In the village of Po-Koro, a really big and strong looking woman with brown hair going down her back, orange eyes, wearing long baggy brown pants, a brown vest that was closed yet still showed the top and middle of her large bust line, golden armored boots, and golden leg bracelets punched through a pile of rubble. Inside was a small brown dog. She reached down and picked up the dog, and gave it to the little girl next to her. The little girl hugged her dog, and ran off waving to the large woman, who waved back at the little girl smiling.
"You must journey to the other five villages, and find them,"
In the village of Ko-Koro, a tall man with long white hair, one blue left eye that was visible, the right eye covered by a mechanical monocle like object with three lenses, wearing a gray cloak, full white body armor, and holding a large circular shield on his left arm, and a long white and silver sword in his right hand was walking out of the village actually into the blizzard.
"Because only united can you defeat Makuta."
Tahu walked out of the village, with Jaller and Takua at her side.
"Jaller and Takua shall accompany you on your journey to find the other Toa. Take care of each other, and may the light of Mata-Nui guide your way."
Tahu, Jaller, and Takua took one last look at the village of Ta-Koro, and ventured out on their journey.