The Homeless

Damorek, the right hand of Magek, the Turaga of Aneta, stood on the fertile slopes of Mount Muamak. A deep rumble came from below. ‘An eruption is near,’ the Turaga said. ‘The whole island might not survive.’

Damorek turned around. Before him lay a enormous forest, the forest of Anele. The cold peaks of Aneko rose above the horizon. His people were once dwellers in a enormous robot. His memories of that time were faded. They had left the Great Spirit, driven away by hordes of Skakdi, to find this paradise. Angraban they had named it. He could barely believe all this would soon be nothing more than broken rocks on the bottom of the ocean, that every living being on this island would die. ‘I will prepare the evacuation, Turaga, I will sent messengers to the other villages,’ Damorek said.

‘No need for,’ Magek replied, ‘The other Turaga know, the fleet is ready.’

Turaga Nadanah, the Turaga of Anega, the village of water, watched over the whispering crowd of Ga-Matoran, standing on a high rock. Besides her stood Deceah, her pupil. She would become leader of the village after Nadanah had grown too old. As the Turaga started to speak, every whisper fell silent.

‘Matoran from Anega,’ she said, ‘a disaster awaits us all.’

She raised her hand and pointed at the enormous flume shadowing above the island.

‘Mount Muamak has awaken.’

She saw the fear in the eyes of her villagers. They understood. The crowd fell apart, most Matoran went to their homes and gathered their most valuable possessions, others spoke with others. Suddenly, the ground started to shake. Trough the flume on top of Mount Muamak, fire was spotted. A giant toxic cloud of red-hot ash tumbled down from the slopes, burning everything in it’s path. Panicking, the Ga-Matoran rushed towards their boats. The ones who where brave, curious, or stupid enough to look behind them saw the forest of Anele burning.

Magek and Damorek walked down the slope, both were silent. The sky had turned black, allowing no light to shine of Angrabans’ surface, covering it in darkness. As they arrived in the village, everything was covered with a thin layer of ash. ‘I didn’t expect the volcano to erupt this soon,’ Magek said, worried…

Apearances

 * Magek
 * Damorek
 * Deceah
 * Nadanah
 * Angraban
 * Aneta
 * Anega
 * Mount Muamak