Chronicles of Barus Magna

This story is written by MakutaKrika, please do not edit it.

Prologue

Far away there is a place known as Barus Magna. It was used as the prison of the galaxy, the place to store the most insane criminals. The forces of evil were all imprisoned there. It remained alone, only a few villages residing there (one for each element) and every know and then a hero would come and watch over the prison. The planet rested peacefully for years, until the great earthquake.

Chapter 1

Monak walked across the hardened magma path on his way to his village, Ta-Barus. He looked at the lava pits as he crossed the crumbling bridges. Lava waterfalls flowed down and fell into the heat-powered vats that powered the high-tech prisons. Monak thought that the Matoran living here had the greatest and most important job of all the Matoran. If the lava power failed, the high-tech security would shut down, and the insane prisoners would file out and take the villagers hostage.

He reached his working place, the Lava Command Central. He decided where all the power went, made sure that the high-tech prisons had enough energy, and even made sure there was no blockages in the magma pits. He sat down in his chair, whistling happily to himself, and looked over at the charts flashing across the computer screen. DANGER! DANGER! The computer warned. Monak bolted to attention, immediately typing furiously into the computer. He scanned from file to file until he found what was wrong - three minutes until a massive earthquake hit the planet. Monak gasped and began sending a call for emergency guards to come and help to defend the gates of the prison. Before he could send the call out, it struck. A huge crack smashed down the center of Ta-Barus, smashing and imploding houses and huts along the way. Temples dedicated to the Great Beings crumbled, as chunks of stone fell crashing to the ground, and the temples collapsed on themselves. The lava pits were broken in half, and lava poured out everywhere. Aqueducts, designed to hold lava, broke and lava showered all across Ta-Barus. The lava burned holes in the roofs of all of the buildings, causing lava to drip down on the screaming Matoran. Then the lava flood swept over to the prison. The stone walls began to melt through, and Monak watched horrified as prisoners began pouring out, attacking fleeing Matoran.

Then the lava surge hit the command center, and Monak was forced to jump up on the counter to avoid having his feet melted. The lava began to grow higher, as Monak inched farther and farther away. Then it happened. Just as the lava reached the counter, Monak jumped high in the air, doing a somersault before falling back down. As he got closer, he closed his eyes and thought, I’m not going to survive this. Then he heard the sound of shattering glass, and he forced himself to look. The heat had shattered the glass of the command center, and now Monak was falling through the window toward the river of lava surging below. Monak reached out with his arm, grabbing onto the side of a big bowl-like pit that did not have any lava left. Holding on for dear life, Monak tried to pull himself up to the top of the pit. He slipped and toppled down. Before he hit the lava, a mysterious figure with wings swooped down and caught Monak.

“Who are you?” said Monak in amazement.

“I am Toa Lana, Toa of Air. I was worshiping the great spirits, and I heard them say that I was one of 6 Toa to protect Barus Magna. I saw a Kanohi Mask of Air levitate down to me, and when I put it on, I heard a voice saying, find the other 5 Toa. He said a list of 5 names, and your name was on the list. Now we have to find your Kanohi mask...”

“There-I see it. It’s floating on the lava.” Monak shouted.

“I’m on it,” yelled Lana, swooping down and snatching the Kanohi mask. They flew for hours until they came to Le-Barus. It was over run with villains. Lana hid in the jungle around it and put Monak down.

“Put the mask on,” Lana commanded. Monak did as he said, and put the red Kanohi mask on his face firmly. Monak felt a surge of energy, and looked down a second later to see armor all over him and a flame sword. “I am Monak, Toa Barus of Fire!” he yelled.

Chapter 2

Coming soon!