THE MENEHUNES

A BRIEF HISTORY
(Note: This history could be an expositional story told to The Chosen Seven by Kahuna around his campfire after they were first exposed to the magic and mystery of the Menehunes in the tsunami.) For thousands of years, little people lived on Menehune Island in peace. They were excellent surfers and spent their days playing in the sun. One day tall strangers arrived bringing war and sickness to the island.The Little People knew nothing of fighting. To survive they developed keen senses and became adept at the magic of stealth. Still, they proved no match for the tall invaders and when no more than a family of 4 survived, the gods took pity on them and took the family up into the heavens where they have lived in the safety of the timeless world of the gods. This was the family named Menehune. King Luni Menehune, Queen Tera Menehune, and their two sons, the fraternal twins Uni Menehune and Puni Menehune. (oo-nee; pyoo-nee) Now, it came to pass that the gods granted King Luni and Queen Tera their long-time wish for a daughter. This was princess Hala. Born of purest starlight, Princess Hala was so radiant that King Luni fashioned a mask of finest porcelaine so that others could look upon her without burning their eyes. Every day the family Menehune would gaze down from the heavens in longing for their old home among the ocean waves. But something terrible was happening. The virus of the invaders' greed was leading them to destroy more and more of Menehune Island's incredible natural beauty to make way for a and wasteful mega-resort. Inciting Incident! Note to writers: (need specific scene of peril that is the trigger for Kahuna's plea and the Menehunes persuasive argument to return to the isand...homes being ruthlessly bulldozed along with parts of the jungle? While an early development story involved Mother Earth, the show's main premise of saving Menehune Isand from development must serve the story as an example of Earth's greater dilemma in order to keep the story focused.) It filled the Menehunes with great sadness to see their old home going to ruin. When the Big Kahuna came to the gods in Dreamtime with a plea from Mother Earth, the Menehunes begged to return to their island to help. The gods agreed on one condition: The family Menehune could return as teachers but could not change earthly events directly with the magic they had learned while living among the gods. Having agreed, the Menehunes flew down from the heavens surfing on a beam of light that was Princess Hala herself! They trailed a golden thread that would help to anchor the straying planet earth to the heavens once again. That same morning, the International Surf Competition was being held. The crowd was horrified as they watched a comet crash into the ocean and the surfers disappeared beneath the ensuing tsunami. Caught in the giant glowing wave of energy caused by the Menehunes cataclysmic crash into the sea, the wave was moving much too fast for them to get away and took the seven down! Deep beneath the waves all would have perished but, in sparkling swirls of light, the Menehunes appeared to the seven as if in a vision where each was temporarily transformed into an animal form, revealing the characteristics of their hidden powers. Then, as quickly as it had come upon them, the wave passed and the seven burst up out of the water changing back into their human forms. Together, Menehunes and humans were surfing the wake of the aftershock when all were lifted and carried to shore on the sparkling back of Princess Hala. The shoreline crowd had run to safety as the giant waves crashed upon the shore. Few had seen the spectacle of surfers and Menehunes and, those that did, doubted what they had seen. The seven weren't sure what to make of the past few moments either - or of their peculiar new friends, but one thing was certain: Something had changed. And, thanks to the Menehunes, their lives would never be the same! This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents and locations portrayed and the names used are fictitious. Any similarity to places or persons, living or dead, and products or entities is unintentional and purely coincidental. Any person having access to this website and our related stories or products, published or unpublished, printed or spoken, may not use, reproduce or disclose any information herein without written permission from the creators and their authorized officers. Copyright ©2011 by Benjamin Lucas and Anton Uhl. All rights reserved.