Secret Stories Book 1: Imprisoned Mind

Imprisoned Mind is the first book in a series detailing the back-stories of characters made by FlashFirePrime. This story takes place on Spherus Magna in the canon universe during the time after it was reformed and the matoran were settling back onto the planet.

Chapter 1
"I have been here for a long time. I have grown wiser through my time here, learned from past mistakes, and now I will tell a story. A story about a toa of magnetism and his struggles from within."

"We've nothing to do! I remember the days when we would fight against evil, but now we do nothing but sit and sulk around. I want action like we had before: the feeling of adrenaline and the rush of combat." His fellow toa looked at him confused.

"But this is what we've fought for; peace." Said one; a particular toa of plantlife. Markuk was his name.

"Yeah, yeah, I understand but life just feels so dull and boring ever since we evacuated the Great Spirit Robot."

"You're just being youthful. The time will pass and you will be at ease with your new life." Another one spoke, this one was a toa of gravity, Krashun.

"You must've forgot what happened to our leader because of fighting. Now there are only five of us!" Neeva, a rare female toa of fire, glared somewhat angrily.

"Yes, Kyruas was a good man. It's a shame we lost him to the Makuta." A solemn toa of ice, Genkoro, stared at the ground.

"Well, I see your points. I guess I just haven't realized all our problems are gone." He said.

"So team, tomorrow I said we'd help build some houses in the new koros. Who's excited for that?" The four other toa looked at Neeva with resentment. They all sighed and agreed it was a good thing to do.

The next day set in, the bright sun shone in on the toa as they awoke and set off through the dusty paths of Spherus Magna to the new koros. They got there and started helping, doing most of the heavy lifting. All of a sudden the toa of magnetism was tapped on the back; he turned around and saw the turaga.

"Come with us." The leader, a former toa of sonics called Ulter, ushered the toa to go into a small hut. Inside were the other turaga sitting there. Ulter asked,"Do you know who we are or can we skip the pleasantries?" he looked gruffly at the toa.

"You and the turaga here used to be the Toa Casro, right? There is Sisix, Magapellan, Crakeen, Enthak, and Ritiq! You were all great warriors! You all knew how to fight like real heroes!"

"That's what we brought you here to talk about." Said a tired looking Ritiq.

"Let me guess...Oh! There's a big Tahtorak terrorizing the village and you want me to subdue it, right?"

"No, you are quite energetic are you? Reminds me of myself when I wasn't so short! Hah!" Enthak jokingly said as he laughed at his own joke.

"Um..Is there a Kanohi Dragon maybe?"

"No, but this is what we wanted to talk to you about. Your lust for violence." Stated Sisix.

"What!?"

"Yes, your teammates informed us that your hunger to fight is getting increasingly frequent. They're worried and for good reason." Expressed Crakeen with a worried expression.

"They're wrong! All I want is to go back to the good old days! When we were heroes fighting evil! Praised and thanked for our actions! When we had a purpose!"

"You can't dwell on the past, it will consume you from the inside and leave you a empty husk in the sand." Interrupted Magapellan.

"This is ludicrous, absurd! You can't accuse me for something with no proof!"

"You need to calm down before you do something you'll regret. This is why we've decided to send you to the Sandray Canyon until you learn to suppress your anger and perhaps satisfy your craving for combat with the local rahi..."

"...Or the canyon itself if you're really that desperate. Hah!" Enthak joked as he interrupted Ulter.

"Erghh.. Fine! I'll leave! Whatever. It will probably be better there than here anyways."

"Careful on your journey, enlighten yourself, find your true being, learn from your mistakes and most of all don't forget the three virtues." The turaga spoke this as the frustrated toa angrily stomped off to Sandray Canyon. On the way he looked angrily at his fellow toa in a rage-like trance as he stormed off to the canyon. Little did he know this was just the beginning.