Bionicle: A Nuva World, a Nuva Way

Ponyville, Equestria

The day was young in the small village of ponies. The town had grown over the last twenty years since the last major conflict came to an end. Many new buildings were built, such as a Royal Guard station, as well as a rather large mansion for the House of the Royal Family that lived there, as the old library was no longer suited to serve as a home for a growing family.

In Sweet Apple Acres, another new barn had been built in order to help store more equipment as the Apple Family had just acquired a new plot of land.

This also meant, however, that more labor had to be put in to harvest the necessary apples.

But this was not a problem as the help had already made it a habit to attend to the trees everyday…..

As Starburst bucked a tree, the apples that hung from its branches fell into the waiting baskets.

Satisfied, Star moved onto the next tree.

For the young Princess, it was a daily routine coming to Sweet Apple acres.

But working herself out by bucking trees in order to build up muscle and sweat sometimes eventually led to her passing out from exhaustion.

Some of her friends, including her parents, were not overly fond of her passing out almost everyday at the farm, as they feared for her well being. Only a few ponies enjoyed seeing her break into a sweat, Golden and Starfall being those few.

Star’s thoughts focused on the unicorn for a while. It had been a day since she had last heard from her coltfriend. The last time they saw each other, he said he was going to be refitting his Fortress of “Starfallitude” which according to him was going to take a while. Still, she could not help but think about him whenever he was away for awhile.

Realizing what she was thinking about caused a blush of minor embarrassment to adorn her face.

Returning her thoughts to the task at hand, or rather at hoof, Star then attempted to buck the next tree and fill another basket.

Only to be interrupted by a very loud voice.

"STAR!!"

Shocked, the yellow Pegasus lost her balance and fell flat on her belly.

Suppressing the minor pain, Starburst brought her eyes to the owner of the voice.

“What is it Candy?”

The blue grey Earth pony smiled back down at her.

“Why are you lying down on the grass?”

“....I don’t know, maybe I was feeling lazy and wanted to take a nap?”

“Silly, we both know that lazy is the last word we would use to describe you”

Grumbling while doing so, Starburst got to her hooves and bucked the tree again.

“Seriously, what do you want Candy?”

“I just wanted to tell you about my Doozy dream.”

Star looked at her friend in confusion. “Your Doozy Dream?”

“Yeah! You know how my mom has a Doozy from time to time?”

“How can I not?" Pinkie Pie, Cotton Candy’s mom was practically legendary for her random body language that apparently foretold a coming unknown event, and since Cotton was Pinkie’s child many had suspected that her daughter had inherited the unexplained “Pinkie sense.”

“Well last night I had one while I was sleeping!”

“Wait.. you mean you dreamed you had a doozy or your body had one while you sleeping?”

“The first.”

“Okay…”

Deciding to humor her friend for a little longer, Starburst let her friend continue her story.

“Okay, so I dreamed I was living in Equestria when our parents were younger, but there were these strange creatures all over the place, and there was a really alien looking thing talking to your mom, a yellow mouse with a red hat talking to my mom, and a unicorn with a big blue horn having a picnic with Misses Rarity.”

“Okay...”

“But that’s not the weirdest part! In the sky I saw seven giants with typewriters talking to each other!”

"Giants with typewriters?"

"Yeah, except four of them were ponies and two looked like those human things your mom talks about and the last was a pink midget with venus fly traps for hair.”

"........Ooooookaaaayy, I suppose THAT was the weirdest part?"

"Nope, before I could make any sense of that nonsense everything faded until I was floating in a weird black void, then all of a sudden I had the DOOZY! When it was over a bright light filled the entire place and THEN........"

".......and then what?"

"I woke up."

"So you had a dream about giants, aliens, bright lights and a Doozy?"

"Yeah, that about sums it up..........so......has Starfall reached second base yet?"

Completely caught off guard with the end response, Starburst proceeded to chase her soon to be "wall mount" around the farm, albeit with a much redder face.

200 feet away...

Thorak stirred as his organic muscles responded to the commands of the artificial intelligence that drove them.

"Mata Nui, I gotta lay off that Thornax.”

The Toa of Iron slowly got to his feet, his optics finally adjusting to the light.

When he opened them he took a look at his surroundings.

Thorak was in a ‘forest’ of some kind, expect there was no fauna and the grass was not overgrown, the trees of said ‘forest’ where filled with nothing but some red fruit he had never come across.

"I'm definitely nowhere near the desert anymore."

From what he was told by the natives, Spherus Magna was far larger than your average planet, giving it the potential to sustain multiple lifeforms, so it was possible he had woken up on some unexplored region of the world.

"If that is true, then how did I get here?"

The last thing he remembered was looking at the sand falls before passing out, did someone put him to sleep and teleport him here? If so, why?

"Guess I'd better take a look around, maybe find some answers."

Golden Delicious, or "Del" as his friends called him, trotted along the path that led back to to the barn house, humming a tune he had composed for himself. He kicked a pebble into a small puddle and watched as the ripples it made dissipated.

"I'm bored."

Make no mistake, Del loved bucking apples and working on the farm, but, since all of his chores were done, he had the rest of the day off, except he did not know how to spend it on his way back to the house.

Seeking to keep his mind busy, Del began to think back to the times when his mom used to tell him amazing stories about when she and her friends went on many adventures from when they were his age. Whether it was saving Equestria or fighting parasprites, he always found their stories fun to listen to.

In a way, his mom was his hero and generally she and her friends where the only heroes Equestria had ever known.

But now times had changed, the Elements of harmony were rendered inert, and there was no longer a need for protectors as evil no longer plagued Equestria. It seemed that for two decades peace was all there had ever been, not that anyone was complaining.

"Must have been something back then, saving a kingdom. I wonder if there are any other heroes in this world."

To his knowledge the Elemental bearers were the most "recent" saviors in history, today the only heroes you could find where in either in comic books or movies.

"Guess the world no longer needs heroes, oh well."

As Del was halfway to the house his head turned to the attention of the empty trees.

"Wait, what is that?"

Narrowing his eyes, he saw the sun reflecting off something. Getting a closer look he spotted a tall figure walking through the trees in the distance.

"Strange, wonder what that is?"

Setting down the wagon of apples, Golden walked over the fence and towards the strange being. Hiding behind a tree, he managed to get a good look at it. The figure was mostly grey and burnt orange. At first he thought it was his skin but then realized it was actually armor (which seemed to cover him from head to toe) but what really made his eyes widen was that he appeared to be carrying some sort of weapon on his back. A sword unlike any he had ever seen.

"Maybe I should go get Star first, she might know what to do," Golden said as he turned around and silently trotted back to the barn.

Thorak's curiosity got the best of him and he decided to pick a fruit off of a tree. Concentrating, his hand absorbed the energy and nutrients from the fruit, which then withered when all the life left the apple.

Thorak’s body, however, began to register the energy from the fruit. It tasted unlike anything he had ever ‘eaten’, which said much since Toa and Matoran generally don't ‘eat’ much. It was different but sweet, and all in all it was one of the best things he had ever ‘tasted’.

"I wonder who grew this?"

Thorak looked around him, there appeared to be no visible structures or buildings nearby (at least that he could see over the number of trees) and it appeared that no one lived here.

"Um, hello?"

"Scratch that," he said to himself.

The sound of a female voice spun him around.

And he came face to face with a small pink horse like Rahi.

"Who are you?"

The "Rahi" in question could talk and walked on all fours. It appeared to be fully organic in nature, with no mechanical indications whatsoever. Its fur was pink while its tail and mane were green, but one odd thing was that the female’s eyes were faded as if they were damaged. (A mishap during her creation perhaps?)

"Uh.....my name is Thorak, a Toa of Iron."

The Rahi looked at him quizzically.

"What’s a Toa? I've never heard of that before."

Now it was Thorak’s turn to look puzzled.

Okay either I'm on some part of Spherus Magna that didn't get the memo or I'm dreaming, hopefully it’s the latter.

"I'll explain it to you later, but first tell me where I am. I seem to be lost with no way of knowing how I can find my home."

"Well sir, my name is Athena, but all my friends call me Annie, and you're at Sweet Apple Acres," she said with an innocent smile

"Okay... where in Spherus Magna is that?"

Now Athena was even more confused, "What's Spherus Magna?"

At this point the Toa of Iron was really starting to worry. "Spherus Magna, is that not the name of this planet?"

"No, you are in the kingdom of Equestria on the planet Equus."

Thorak’s mind went blank.

Okay, DEFINITELY not on the right world anymore

“Okay then... Just to be clear, what species are you, Athena?"

"I am a pony. A unicorn to be more precise. Which is one of the three pony races that live in this kingdom.”

"Well then, unicorn Athena, it would appear that this planet is not where I am suppose to be, and it would be very helpful if you could take me to someone who can help me understand where I am... and possibly a place to stay in the meantime."

"Oh, sure mister Thorak, just follow me. My friends and I can help you out."

The pink unicorn then started walking away, with a very confused Toa of Iron in pursuit.

Soon the unicorn asked another question.

"Are you an alien?"

Thorak glanced at her.

"Alien?" he asked.

"Someone who is not from this world or who is from outer space. You said you are from a world called Spherus Magna, correct? And since you are on the planet Equus that must make you an alien."

"I know what an alien is, it’s just that....."

Thorak pondered this for a bit. From what he knew, he had spent the last 101,001 years inside a giant robot flying through space after having emerged from the Well of Matoran. Some had always pondered the existence of aliens or other worlds.  Since he was probably no longer on Spherus Magna, however, and since this creature knew nothing about Mata Nui yet, he would have to play along until he could explain.

"I guess I am an alien then."

"WOW! That makes you the first extra-terrestrial being to visit this planet. I'm sure that Miss Twilight Sparkle will have a lot of questions for you. She never lets her curiosity go unsatisfied, so prepare to answer a LOT of questions."

This Twilight Sparkle sounds like Chiara.

"But in all seriousness welcome to Equus! I assure you the ponies that live here are very friendly."

Then, suddenly, his audio receptors picked up a faint whistling sound, one that was getting louder with every second. He turned his head towards the source. He only had a split second to react as a red blur dove right at him.

Her prey cornered in a barn, the predator stood silent as its adversary attempted to make one last plea for its life.

"Come on Star, it was just a joke," Candy tried to explain.  "You understand right?!"

"Said joke was number 54 of yours and Annie's merciless little "Burstfall" jokes, and when I say 54, I mean the 54th this WEEK!" Starburst retorted.

"Yeah, but we both know you won't really make good on all those death threats you made," Candy said with a genuine smile on her face.

She was right. As much as those two still liked to tease her relationship 24/7 Starburst knew that it was something that came with her new coltfriend.

Still worth trying to scare them.

"Fine, but seriously Candy just please no more dirty jokes. I don't need another Annie around here."

"Okay, but seriously, has he reached second base?"

Before Starburst could reply an orange hoof rested on her shoulder.

"I hate to interrupt your latest chase, Star," Golden said, "but I need your help with something."

"What is it?"

"Well...it’s just I saw someone or something while I was in the acres."

Starburst tilted her head.

"Something?"

"Yup, It walked on two legs with arms and hands."

Sounds like those humans that mom used to talk about

"Is that all? Why come to me?"

"Because It also was covered from top to bottom in some kind of armor, and had a sword on its back."

"...........Okay, Candy see if you can get my dad, since my mom is in Canterlot. He might know what to do in this situation."

"Okie Dokie Loki!" Candy said. The daughter of Pinkie Pie then bounced off towards Starburst's family mansion.

"Okay Del, show me where this guy is and let’s find out what he wants.”

"Alright."

Golden then proceeded to lead the pegasus to where he saw the stranger last.

"You thinks it’s dangerous?"

"Hope not, Equestria has had almost 30 years without a nationwide threat and I’d prefer it to stay that way."

"Let’s just hope this thing shares your view, Star."

The new arrival glared at Thorak with a look of determination and anger. Whoever he was, he did not seem to like Thorak one bit.

"Who are you?" Hot Head demanded, "And what are doing with Annie?!"