Bionicle: Equestrian Saga Side Stories

I was walking through the Bo-Altero Market, Bour was checking with his employers that our plans were okay, so I was taking the time to explore the entire city for the day on my own. Bo and Le-Altero was where they tested out new vehicles and inventions, it was also where the network of chutes began, meaning the sky was almost constantly blocked by chutes. Oh well, at least the sun wasn't constantly beating down upon you like in Po-Altero. I caught sight of a stall where a Minotaur was creating things out of leather and trotted over and he greeted me warmly.

"Hello there, stranger" he said, his accent very apparent as he leant on the counter "what can I do for a young master like you then?" I levitated the knife out of my bag.

"Think you can create a holder for this?" I asked, he picked the knife out of my aura and examined it briefly.

"I'll see what I can do" he said "Where do you want the holder? I looked at him in confusion.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Legs, flank, shoulder, side, front or back?" he asked, I thought for a moment before answering.

"um, side please" i said.

"Left or right?" he asked.

"Surprise me" I said "How much will it be?"

"Bits, widgets or bunnoedd?" he asked.

"Bits" I replied.

"That'll be..." he paused for a moment, as if working out the cost "how does...20 bits sound?" I thought for a moment before conceding.

"Alright" i said "am I okay to pay when when it's done" he nodded.

"Sure, it'll be ready in a few hours" he said, i nodded before turning away.

"Cheers" I called back as I began walking down the street once again. I spied an alleyway with a few stalls down it and decided to check it out, I was just walking over to one of the stalls when i noticed the stall when I noticed his eyes widen in fear. Before I could react I felt a set of large, metal talons grab around my chest and lift me up about 10 or so feet above the ground, bringing me face to face with a large helmet that had three spikes on the back and was a mixture of dark and light green.

"Whero me te poniponi pango" he said in what sounded like old Matoran, if I remember what Bour told me correctly. I heard the flapping of wings below me and looked down to see a green pegasus mare with a white mane and tail, she appeared to be roughly the same age as me, in her late teen or early twenties. I couldn't make out her cutie mark as it was obscured by a set of crude and tattered saddlebags.

"Da'alrega!" she exclaimed in a Trottingham accent "Maka ia ia ki raro, i teie nei!" the being that was holding me whined quietly like a dog, the pegasus stomped the ground with a forehoof and looked the being dead in the eyes.

"Puni Eke. Oneone. Na!" she said, the being slowly began to lower me down until I was once again on the ground. I looked up at the being to get a better look at him, he was tall, about 10 ft or more, with digitigrade legs, his left arm had a set of large, silver talons, whilst his right arm had a large, green blade growing out of it. The pegasus walked over to me "Are you alright?" she asked.

"Nothing broken" I said, giving myself the once over.

"I'm really sorry about that" she said "Da'alrega seems to forget the meaning of personal space at times" the last bit seemed to be directed more at the tall, green being, who dipped his head slightly and whined.

"Um...thanks" I said, slightly stunned that a pegasus mare could command such a large being "say, what's a pegasus filly from Scoltland doing here, with a spherus magnan like that thing no less?"

"I could say the same about you" she said.

"I needed to escape from normality for a while" I replied, rubbing the back of my neck. she sighed and her ears drooped

"When I was younger my parents were explorers" she said "they decided to take me on one of their expeditions to the far south, we came across a pack of bonehunters,...my parents didn't make it out"

"I'm sorry" I said.

"Don't be" she said "you didn't cause it. Da'alrega took me in, looked after me, taught me how to survive in the forests of Hordika Valley"

"So, what's your name?" I asked.

"Thunderclap" she said "yours?"

"Surefire" I replied.

"So" she said "where're you headed?"

"down south, but other than that I'm not really sure" I said "I need to talk to Bour about it"

"Who?" she asked.

"Po-Matoran" I said "he's my guide" she burst out laughing.

"A Matoran acting as a guide?" she asked, wiping away a tear "don't make me laugh"

"aha ngā mea e ia?" Da'alrega asked.

"Ta ia mahi o te Matoran rite tona aratohu mō te haere ki raro, ki te tonga" Thunderclap said, he promptly burst out laughing, it sounded animalistic, like a monkey's laugh.

"Is that supposed to be funny?" I asked.

"It's tragic, more than anything" Thunderclap said "with a Matoran, you won't last 2 weeks"

"Why?" I asked.

"Their weak, small, not to mention they don't have any powers other than very basic elemental powers" she said.

"Well then, why don't you two act as our guides?" I asked, she snorted.

"Sorry kid" she said "We just got back to civilization, i'm not gonna go blindly exploring around nowhere just so a stallion and a Matoran don't kill themselves" she then got really close and kissed me on the cheek.

"Though for the record, I think you're cute, try not to get pounced by Vortixx's" she giggled as she turning away and whipped my snout with her tail before she walked off in the direction of one of the stalls. I stood there with a growing redness in my cheeks, I heard a chuckle

"Watch it, kid" Da'alrega said in Equestrian, through with a heavy accent "you've taken her interest, I'll see if I can sway her opinion about coming with you" I looked at him in surprise.

"You speak Equestrian?" I asked.

"I can speak it, I just have trouble understanding it from fluent speakers at times" he said, leaning on his blade like it was a walking stick "I also prefer to speak in my mothertongue"

"Why try and change her mind?" I asked "you barely know me"

"Like she said, you won't last 2 weeks in the wild" he said, pointing at me "it would be a waste of life if you just wet rushing in blindly" he then walked down the alleyway after Thunderclap. With nothing better to do I walked into one of the larger stalls and began looking at the different items for sale to see if anything took my fancy. I quickly decided that i wasn't interested in what was on offer and was just leaving when I bumped into a certain Rock tribe Agori from yesterday.

"I believe you have something that belongs to me" he said. I noticed he had a dent on his helmet.

"Heh heh" I chuckled nervously as I began backing up "h-hey mate, no hard feelings, right?" he chuckled sinisterly before pulling out an even larger knife than before, this one was more like a shortsword.

"You're lucky I have a spare" he said as he began to walk towards me with the knife held down low. I felt my flank bump against the wall

"Hey!" I heard Thunderclap yell, we both looked over to see her running towards us "fi rẹ nikan!" the Agori chuckled.

"Eleyi rẹ omokunrin?" he asked, she shook her head, he chuckled "Daradara, i amoro o yoo ko lokan ti o ba ti i ṣe eyi!" her eyes widened and I felt something sharp go into my chest. I looked down in shock to see the blade sticking out my chest and I fell to the ground when he pulled it out before running, I barely registered Da'alrega running after him. Thunderclap ran over and gasped.

"Oh pōhēhē" she turned to the crowd that was gathering "Me ahau a Toa!" my vision began to go dark.

"No-no, stay with me" she said as my eyes began to close. I heard a loud thud just before my eyes closed and my mind went blank...

...I felt myself returning to consciousness and I could begin to hear voices

"Sur...re...can...me?" I opened my eyes saw white lights and multiple dark blobs.

"Surefire?" a voice asked, I shook my head to clear my thoughts and my vision cleared to reveal Thunderclap, along with Da'alrega and Bour. There was also a tall female with blue and gunmetal armour. I tried to sit up but she placed a hand on my shoulder and gently-but-firmly held me down.

"Take it easy, young one" she said, her voice had a motherly quality to it "you still need rest"

"*urgh* What happened?" I asked "Where are we?"

"You're in Ga-Altero" she said "you're incredibly lucky to have survived the stab wound, a few more moments and you would have been beyond my help" I looked down  my chest and, to my surprise, there was a mere scar

"Th-thank you" I said in amazement, before remembering something "How the heck am I gonna pay the minotaur for the holder now?"

"You mean this one?" Thunderclap asked, before chucking over a leather knife holder, complete with knife. I stared at it with a stunned expression on my face.

"W-what?" I said dumbly, Thunderclap giggled before saying.

"As they were taking you away to be healed the Minotaur called me over and asked if I knew you, I explained what happened and he finished it free of charge, he even rebalanced the knife for you, he said to 'consider it a get-well gift'" I was left speechless.

"Will everything be okay from now on?" the female asked. Thunderclap nodded.

"Thank you, Toa Gali" she said, Gali nodded before walking out the room, once she was gone I turned to the others.

"How long was I out?" I asked.

"A few weeks" Bour said, before smirking "Thunderclap hardly left your side the whole time" said pegasus blushed.

"Bour!" she exclaimed "I felt responsible to look after him whilst he was unconscious"

"Sure" Bour said, rolling his eyes before walking out the room as Thunderclap stared daggers into the back of his head.

"I really hate that kohli head sometimes" she said.

*a few days later*

I was sat in a restaurant along with my friends. Da'alrega had managed to convince Thunderclap to come with us, so as a group we had planned where to go, whilst they advised me and Bour on what locations were okay or not, so we now had a basic route planned out and we were just working out the finer details.

"Right" Thunderclap said through the pencil held between her teeth "personally i'd suggest taking the route to Hordika Valley, stopping in Zebrabwe along the way" she went to say something else but was interrupted by a low boom.

"The heck was that?" I asked, the others simply shrugged. My question was answered in the shape of large, metallic, purple pyramid which quickly descended before jets appeared underneath it, rapidly slowing its descent before it touched down with a soft thud. A random Glatorian cautiously walked over, and tapped on the side as everyone looked on curiously. This quickly turned to horror as the side opened up and a two pronged, glowing sword was plunged into the Glatorians chest by an 8ft tall reptile in purple armour. The reptile regarded the Glatorian with curiosity before chucking him to one side and stepping onto the ground.

The creature turned back to the object before raising up his sword and shouting out in a language that I didn't understand.

"WORT WORT WORT!!!"