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« on: February 04, 2008, 08:25:10 PM »
Here's the next chapter.
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Chapter 3
A Dinosaur and a Matoran
Littlefoot heard a loud snap. He looked up and saw something, or rather someone, fall out of the tree above and crash onto him. The impact hurt a lot. Whatever that creature's body was made of, it was very hard.
“Sorry about that,” said the stranger. “I noticed you were following me, so I decided to hide up in a tree. I guess that didn't work.”
Littlefoot stood up and looked at the stranger. What he saw left him stunned. He had never seen anyone like this before. This strange creature stood on two legs, which were quite short, and had two arms, which were quite long. The stranger was also covered entirely in some kind of armor, which was somewhat reflective. The armor was also colored differently; the feet and legs were yellow, the arms and torso were bright red, and the face, at least that's what he thought it was, was light blue. He just stared at the stranger, unable to believe what he was seeing.
“Did I frighten you?” asked the stranger. “Sorry, I didn't mean to.”
Littlefoot finally managed to speak. “I've never seen anything like you before.”
“I've never seen anything like you before either,” said the stranger. There was silence for a few seconds. “I guess that means you can understand what I say, right? Who are you, and what kind of creature are you?”
Littlefoot hesitated for a second. This stranger was the strangest creature he had ever seen. Despite his fears, the stranger was speaking rather kindly and seemed to be just as curious as he was. He finally managed to say, “I-I'm Littlefoot. I'm a dinosaur.”
“A dinosaur?” said the stranger. “I've never heard of one of those before. This is definitely a very different universe. I'm guessing there are also different types of dinosaurs.”
“Yes,” replied Littlefoot, “I'm a Longneck.”
“A Longneck? I can easily tell where that name came from.” The stranger chuckled. Littlefoot couldn't help but chuckle as well. It did seem rather amusing.
Littlefoot was starting to feel more comfortable near this stranger, so he decided it was time for him to ask questions. “So who are you? And what are you?”
“I'm Takua,” replied the stranger. “I'm a Matoran.”
“A Matoran?” said Littlefoot. “I've never heard of those before. Are there also different kinds of Matoran?”
“Yeah,” replied Takua, “I'm a Ta-Matoran”
“A Ta-Matoran? How is a Ta-Matoran different from other Matoran?”
Takua thought about how to explain it. “Well, Ta-Matoran live in Ta-Koro, the village of fire.”
“The village of fire?” Littlefoot was starting to get confused.
“Yeah, the Matoran live in six villages, one for each of the six elements: fire, water, air, ice, stone, and earth.”
“So you're saying there are six types of Matoran?”
“Yeah, there's Ta-Matoran, Ga-Matoran, Le-Matoran, Ko-Matoran, Po-Matoran, and Onu-Matoran.”
“I'm getting very confused now.”
“Don't worry, I can explain everything there is to know about Matoran and how they live.”
Littlefoot thought that such an explanation might take a very long time. “Maybe later,” he said. This stranger, Takua, didn't seem dangerous at all. In fact, he actually seemed quite friendly. Littlefoot knew that his friends would want to know about who he had found here, so he thought it might be a great idea to introduce them to Takua. “Hey, do you want to meet my friends?” asked Littlefoot.
“You have friends?” asked Takua.
“Yes, do you want to meet them?”
Takua felt uneasy about it. What if some of them were not as friendly as Littlefoot? “I don't know,” he said.
“Don't worry, I'm sure they'll like you.”
Takua thought about it for a minute. Littlefoot did seem very trustworthy. Besides, he might be able to learn a few things about these dinosaurs. “Okay, take me to them.”
“Alright, follow me.” Littlefoot started walking back to the Stone Circle with Takua following close behind. Although they both had different reasons, they both had the same thought: they had just made a new friend.
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I sure hope more people are reading this, I'd really like to know if this story is good so far.