History Fanfic / ACompanyOfToa

* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:The Vahi imposes a small and short one on Vakama's hut to convince him to give the Vahi to Kapura.]]

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: The Matoran, as per [[invoked]]WordOfGod, don't necessarily feel romantic love and lack a full grasp of the concept, but the intensity of affection between Macku and Hewkii is such that the closest thing that they can call it is Friendship-Nui.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: The Matoran, as per WordOfGod, don't necessarily feel romantic love and lack a full grasp of the concept, but the intensity of affection between Macku and Hewkii is such that the closest thing that they can call it is Friendship-Nui.

''A Company of Toa'' is a Toys/{{Bionicle}} fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Inthehouse001/pseuds/Inthehouse001 Inthehouse001]] beginning during the 2001 ''Chronicles'' era of the toyline.

Only they don't wake up on Ta-Wahi beach...but as Toa instead.

''A Company of Toa'' can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46892203/chapters/118119304 here]] on [=AO3=].

** Kapura becomes a [[PlasmaCannon Toa of Plasma]]
** Tamaru becomes a [[GreenThumb Toa of the Green]]
** Kopeke becomes a [[ShockAndAwe Toa of Lightning]]
** Taipu becomes a [[GravityMaster Toa of Gravity]]
** Hafu becomes a [[ExtraOreDinary Toa of Iron]]
** Macku becomes [[PsychicPowers Toa of Psionics]]

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: When Gali sees Takua the first time after leaving Mangaia, she can't help but wonder if they had met before, referring to their first meeting millennia ago in Karda Nui, but Takua thinks that she just forgot they had already met when dealing with the tarakava in Ga-Koro.

During the Battle of Kini Nui, Takua and the Chronicler's Company (first seen during the ''Mata Nui Online Game'') are in danger of being overwhelmed by the Rahi as they cover the Toa Mata's descent into Mangaia. With the aid from the rest of the Matoran still far away, Takua gets a bright idea, remembering how his activating the Toa Stones that summoned the Toa Mata blasted him all the way to the Ta-Wahi beach, he instructs the Chronicler's Company to do the same. Each of them [[note]]Kapura of Ta-Koro, Tamaru of Le-Koro, Kopeke of Ko-Koro, Taipu of Onu-Koro, Hafu of Po-Koro, and Macku of Ga-Koro[[/note]] takes one of the Toa stones in hand and places them in the Suva-Kaita and are all enveloped in a great flash of light.

It seems the toa stones, which were originally created by the Toa Metru in ''BIONICLE Adventures #6: Maze of Shadows'', weren't exhausted by summoning the Toa Mata, and still had enough juice to create a Toa.

* InsistentTerminology: Once they become the Toa Nuva, Tahu becomes quick to correct anyone that leaves off the Nuva from their names, much to the exasperation of Gali.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The Bohrok-Kal aren't killed when the Toa Nuva overload their Nuva Symbols and are instead bound together and launched into space, until they land on Bara Magna.
* TheSpeechless: Kopeke and while Matoro can understand him, he develops a form of sign language to communicate with the other toa, apparently similar to the hand signs used by the Ga-Matoran to communicate underwater.
* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Toa Tamaru, who is commonly interpreted as trans in fanon, finds her toa form much more comfortable than her matoran body.

Only they don't wake up on Ta-Wahi beach...but as toa instead.

** When Kopeke meets Matoro after returning to Ko-Koro, he says, in as much as he says anything, that Matoro would make a better toa than him, but Matoro says he's much better being Nuju's interpreter.
** Jaller decides to go aid the toa by defending the entrance to the Bahrag's prison, who should join him but Hahli, Hewkii, Nuparu, Kongu and, much to his own surprise, Matoro.

* IGotBigger: Because the Toa Stones somehow restored Takua to the form he had as an Av-Matoran, he's now the tallest inhabitant of Mata Nui that isn't a toa.

* KaleidoscopeHair: Takua wasn't left out when the Chronicler's company activated the toa stones, as they restored his appearance as an Av-Matoran, and unlocked his ability to change his colours too.

* UnstoppableRage: When hit by a Kurahk's staff weapon, Jaller's anger is amplified to such an extent that he want to fight them even harder [[spoiler:it's enough form him to actually ''activate'' his Hau to protect Hahli from an approaching Vorahk]].

During the Battle of Kini Nui, Takua and the Chronicler's Company (first seen during the ''Mata Nui Online Game'') are in danger of being overwhelmed by the Rahi as they cover the Toa Mata's descent into Mangaia. With the aid from the rest of the matoran still far away, Takua gets a bright idea, remembering how his activating the toa stones that summoned the Toa Mata blasted him all the way to the Ta-Wahi beach, he instructs the Chronicler's Company to do the same. Each of them [[note]]Kapura of Ta-Koro, Tamaru of Le-Koro, Kopeke of Ko-Koro, Taipu of Onu-Koro, Hafu of Po-Koro, and Macku of Ga-Koro[[/note]] takes one of the toa stones in hand and places them in the Suva-Kaita and are all enveloped in a great flash of light.

It seems the toa stones, which were originally created by the Toa Metru in ''BIONICLE Adventures #6: Maze of Shadows'', weren't exhausted by summoning the Toa Mata, and still had enough juice to create a toa.

''A Company of Toa'' can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/46892203/chapters/118119304 here]] on AO3.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Rakshi are dispatched while the Toa are still fighting the Bohrok-Kal in the Bahrag's prison, and Takua has already taken the warning totem hiding the Avokhii during that same arc, instead of much later per the beginning of ''[[WesternAnimation/BionicleMaskOfLight Mask of Light]]''.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The Bohrok-Kal, {{downplayed}} as they are still opposed to the Toa in their mission to free the Bahrag and resume the clearing of Mata Nui, but because the story is written with the full story in mind (see LateArrivalSpoiler below) we get more scenes of the Bohrok-Kal's point of view and their confusion as to why the Matoran, Toa, and Turaga are seemingly standing in the way of the will of Mata Nui. [[spoiler: Which wasn't helped by the misinformation given to them by Ahkmou.]]

** Kapura was a Su-Matoran
** Tamaru was a Bo-Matoran
** Kopeke was a Vo-Matoran
** Taipu was a Ba-Matoran
** Hafu was a Fe-Matoran
** and Macku was a Ce-Matoran
* AscendedExtra: The Chronicler's Company, who had very little to do in the BIONICLE story outside the ''Mata Nui Online Game'' are thrust into the spotlight by their transformation into Toa during the Battle of Kini Nui.
* ConspiracyTheorist: In part because of her psionic abilities, and the inconsistency their existence as toa creates with the legends as taught by the Turaga, Macku starts to unravel the truth about their life on Mata Nui until Nokama decides to finally let her in on the secret in chapter 39.
* DidntSeeThatComing: That the Toa Metru's toa stones could still create toa after summoning the Toa Mata comes to a surprise to everyone, not just the matoran and toa involved, but to the Turaga and Makuta as well.

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When Kopeke meets Matoro after returning to Ko-Koro, he says, in as much as he says anything, that Matoro would make a better toa than him, but Matoro says he's much better being Nuju's interpreter.
** Jaller decides to go aid the toa by defending the entrance to the Bahrag's prison, who should join him but Hahli, Hewkii, Nuparu, Kongu and, much to his own surprise, Matoro.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: When Gali sees Takua the first time after leaving Mangaia, she can't help but wonder if they had met before,referring to their first meeting millennia ago in Karda Nui, but Takua thinks that she just forgot they had already met when dealing with the tarakava in Ga-Koro.
* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: Gahlok-Kal in particular [[spoiler: is revealed to have been a friend of Takua's when the latter still lived with the other Av-Matoran before the Time Slip.]]

* GoodPeopleBadPowers: Kopeke isn't thrilled by the implications of his [[MaskOfPower Kanohi]] [[MindControl Komau]] and it takes a conversation with Turaga Onewa for him to come to terms with it as he explains that the Komau is more like a powerful suggestion rather than outright mind control.
* IGotBigger: Because the toa stones somehow restored Takua to the form he had as an Av-Matoran, he's now the tallest inhabitant of Mata Nui that isn't a toa.
* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler: The Vahi imposes a small and short one on Vakama's hut to convince him to give the Vahi to Kapura.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: If Ahkmou was still sore about being "robbed" of his destiny as a Toa by the Turaga, the transformation of the Chronicler's Company by the Toa Metru's own toa stones haven't helped matters. In his tent he has also carved a depiction of six toa, presumably him and the other Great Disk Matoran as toa, with the words "Stolen Destiny".]]

** The existence of Metru Nui,
** The Turaga were once the Toa Metru,

* UnstoppableRage: When hit by a Kurahk's staff weapon, Jaller's anger is amplified to such an extent that he want to fight them even harder [[spoiler: it's enough form him to actually ''activate'' his Hau to protect Hahli from an approaching Vorahk]]

* GoodPeopleBadPowers: Kopeke isn't thrilled by the implications of his [[MaskOfPower Kanohi]] [[MindControl Komau]] and it takes a conversation with Turaga Onewa for him to come to terms with it.

* TheSpeechless: Kopeke and while Matoro can understand him, overtime he develops a form of sign language to communicate the other Toa, apparently similar to the hand signs used by the Ga-Matoran to communicate underwater.

** That the Turaga were once the Toa Metru,

* UnstoppableRage: When hit by a Kurahk's staff weapon, Jaller is amplified to such an extent that he want to fight them even harder [[spoiler: it's enough form him to actually ''activate'' his Hau to protect Hahli from an approaching Vorahk]]

* FramingDevice: The fic's version of ''Tales of the Masks'' is reframed to Takua telling the Turaga about the Toa Nuva's search for the Kanohi Nuvas, instead of the Turaga meeting to discuss whether or not to reveal the existence of Metru Nui, though that question is still behind the story's thrust, Takua himself is unaware of it as he tells his tales.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Rakshi are dispatched while the Toa are fighting the Bohrok-Kal in the Bahrag's prison, and Takua has already taken the warning totem hiding the Avokhii during that same arc, instead of much later per the beggining of ''[[WesternAnimation/BionicleMaskOfLight Mask of Light]]''.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The Bohrok-Val, {{downplayed}} as they are still opposed to the Toa in their mission to free the Bahrag and resume the clearing of Mata Nui, but because the story is written with the full story in mind (see LateArrivalSpoiler below) we get more scenes of the Bohrok-Val's point of view and their confusion as to why the Matoran, Toa, and Turaga are seemingly standing in the way of the will of Mata Nui.

* GoodPeopleBadPowers: Kopeke isn't

* UnstoppableRage: When hit by a Kurahk's staff weapon, Jaller is amplified to such an extent that he want to fight them even harder [[spoiler: it's enought form him to actually ''activate'' his Hau to protect Hahli from an approaching Vorahk]]

* AdaptationSpeciesChange After discovering their elemental abilities, the Toa of the Chronicler's Company discover that they actually belong to different matoran tribes than the one they had lived with[[note]] the Turaga were aware that some other types of matoran could have been living in Metru Nui during the Great Cataclysm, but reasoned that there would be so few that singling them out wasn't worth it and just treated them as members of their own tribes.[[/note]]:
** Kapura was a Su-Matoran (plasma)
** Tamaru was a Bo-Matoran (the green)
** Kopeke was a Vo-Matoran (lightning)
** Taipu was a Ba-Matoran (gravity)
** Hafu was a Fe-Matoran (iron)
** and Macku was a Ce-Matoran (psionics)

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Rakshi are dispatched while the Toa are fighting the Bohrok-Kal in the Bahrag's prison, and Takua has already taken the warning totem hiding the Avokhii during that same arc, instead of much later per the beggining of [[WesternAnimation/BionicleMaskOfLight ''Mask of Light'']].

* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: Gahlok-Kal in particular [[spoiler: is revealed to have been a friend of Takua's when the latter still lived with the other Av-Matoran.]]

* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Toa Tamaru, who is commonly interpreted as trans in fanon, finds her toa form much more comfortable than her matoran body.