[i]This was suppose to go before everything, but for some reason i did't post it, so here it is now[/i] [b]The Gnome Chronicles[/b] [i]Chapter 0: The Lost Prologue[/i] --------------------------------A long long code ago,---------------- --------------------------------In a server far far away... Many years ago, before the time of Halo the first, live a time of peace and knowledge. When the forum just began, back in the days of only one hundred users, there was a group, one with knowledge far more than any other, The original Grizzled ancients. Among this group was a small happy boy, blond, teaming with energy and spirit, he called him self Gnome. It was he, Gnome, that first came up with the idea of a machine, a machine that would preserve this time of peace and knowledge for ever. The Grizzled ancients worked tirelessly at the creation of this machine, with hopes of it to be used only for good. Even though he was to small to work with the machine itself, Gnome was given the most important task, he was to search the Forums for a power source for the machine. With a farewell Gnome wandered off, There was only three forums in that time, The Underground, The Sepitgon, And The Flood. After searching threw the 29 pages of The Flood Gnome moved to the bigger 50 pages of the Underground. It took him a whole day of searching, but he could find nothing suitable for the machine. With out sleep he left for the last forum, there in its 15 pages he still found nothing. Disappointed, he didn’t want to travel back to The Flood with nothing. While searching the Septigon once more, he found a secret exit with a sign posted on it, “Danger! Do Not Enter.” Gnome’s curiosity overwhelmed him and he opened the door. It was dark inside, Gnome slowly walked in searching the walls for a light switch, nothing. He saw a pin prick of light he started walking toward that direction, stumbling over bumps in the floor and walking into cold metal items that were much bigger than he was. Finally he reached the light, there was a window almost completely covered except for a small inch on the bottom, Gnome leaned over and looked in. What he saw startled him, he stumbled back and fell to the ground. He got back up and made he way back to the window and peered in, their was a furry creature sitting at a computer working. The Creature was brown and wore a cowboy hat, nothing else, the room was filled with empty liquor bottles. Gnome scanned the room with his eyes and saw on the counter across from the window an lone power cell. ‘That would be perfect for the machine, but how do get pass that creature?’ Gnome whispered to himself. There was a crash and Gnome quicky looked back in the room, the hairy creature was passed out on the floor. It was the perfect time for Gnome to go in and steal the power cell, he began felling the wall for a door. After five minuets of searching in the dark he found the door, slowly Gnome opened empty glass bottles rattled together as the door pushed them out of the way. Gnome crept in and crossed the room, stepping over the creature along the way. He was startled when he saw a pair of eyes staring at him, it was some sort of Japanese fish. It took Gnome a minuet to realize it was some sort of sponge, he quickly took the power cell and exited the room. He closed the door and noticed that with the darkness he couldn’t see the entree where he had came in. Panicking he blindly started across the mysterious room. Halfway back he ran into a metall wall, he started side stepping trying to find away across this thing when he zapped by something, the pain was unbearable, Gnome collapsed. He awoke latter, at first he didn’t know where he was then he remembered everything. Something was different now, he could see. Someone must have turned the lights on. He got up and looked around, he was in the creatures office, but there was no creature. He slowly stood up and went to the door, he opened it and saw a huge room, full of giant machines that seemed to be powering everything, the floor was covered with cords and the was a loud hum, something that wasn’t there before. He saw the brown creature walking the opposite direction from him, Gnome slowly and quietly followed. It led Gnome to the Door he came in from a while ago. The creature was about to open the door when he stopped and sniffed the air, he ran off down an adjacent hallway. Gnome leaped from his hiding spot and ran to the door, as he reached the door he could hear the creature running straight at him, gnome whipped the door open walked back into the forums and slammed the door shut. There was a Thud, then nothing, Gnome left the door and ran back non stop to the Flood. As the days passed Gnome started to change, he slowly became darker. He soon found out that the ‘zap’ he had felt was a Virus entering his body, he left the Flood in hope of finding a anti-virus, but when he did find the Anti-Virus, he didn’t want it. The Virus had given him strength and powers like non-other, and with the power came insanity. He went back to the forums to claim what was his, the machine. The Grizzled ancients, who feared Gnomes new powers, hid the machine deep with in the forums. This made Gnome very mad and he went on a killing spree, finally someone was able to capture Gnome and thrown into Exile from Bungie, never to return. But in exile he grew stronger, he planed his revenge on Bungie for giving him the Virus that made him mad, and on the Grizzled ancient for sending him into Exile, he would not rest until he got his revenge... -Gnome-