Fear War

Chapter 1
Turaga Nuju walked out onto the Fehrax Pier. So this is how it is, he thought.

Once, the Fehrax Pier had been the dock for boats to take Matoran from Mata Nui to Zeveron, land of peace and a massive Visorak colony. Now that Keperronyx had attacked the island named after the Great Spirit, the pier was closed. The Ignika was somewhere on Zeveron, and Nuju heard the island was being attacked. The Matoran of both worlds were desperate for help, but the Toa Nuva had left for Metru Nui, and had not been heard from since.

The Ta-Koro Guard was fighting the armies of the warlord Keperronyx, but that wasn't enough. The Ko-Matoran aren't warriors, Nuju thought.

But there were warriors on Mata Nui. And Nuju knew at least two of them.

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Shadox and Ferraii talked as their warriors fought. Shadox was an elite Kolavax, and Ferraii was a mutated Visorak. Keperronyx, like Carapar and Shadox, was a powerful Kolavax warlord, and he was set on conquest... of Mata Nui.

"Fight, men, fight!" shouted Shadox to his troops. One of them struck Aviaz, a Ta-Matoran, on the head with his Wrecker Blade. Aviaz hit the ground like an Ussal Crab trying to fly. The war was easy for the Kolavax. They had allies attacking Zeveron, a paradise world, and winning. The world was theirs...

"What was that blast of light?!" yelled Ferraii. Intense light energy filled the sky. It was too much to look at. "Stare at the ground!" screamed Shadox. No Matoran or Kolavax (or Ferraii) was looking at the sky now.

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Nuju couldn't believe it.

Two seconds ago he had been a Turaga, a wise leader of the Ko-Matoran on Mata Nui. Now, he was back to being a Toa Metru. "But how...?" he wondered. True, it is impossible to transform from a Turaga back into a Toa under normal circumstances. But nothing was impossible to the Ignika, and these weren't normal circumstances. This is the Ignika's doing, Nuju realized. But no, he wasn't the only Toa that had been transformed.

Ignika. Gali. Nuju. Veravax. Thadakk. Zelev.

These were all Toa... and they all had their destiny before them.