Author's Note:

Hello there! This story is an attempt at an AU story of Sherlock. I have no idea how it will go, and whether I will be able to write Sherlock and John in character, or anyone else for that matter, but I will try. I already know John will be at least a little OC, as I am making him more intelligent then he is portrayed in some of the episodes. Please excuse the long author's note, I just want to let you all know everything before I start.

Summary: Vampires and werewolves made their presence known to the humans. The humans, after a long period of denial, accepted them and they learnt to live together harmoniously... kind of. Vampires hated werewolves. Werewolves hated vampires. Humans were stuck in the middle as mediators. But what is going to happen when one person attempts to shake things up, and tries to provoke an ASW; an All Species War?

So, I hope you enjoy the story, and please, read and review. Also, I apologise in advance for any mistakes made in the writing; grammatical, punctuation, spelling, etc. I also apologise if I use the wrong slang, I am not British, I am Australian, so while our slang is similar, I do not honestly know what is American, British and Australian, so I'm going to mix them all up, be completely wrong and have John going on about bogons and rednecks and pants. ;-) Just a heads up and an apology in advance, just in case it keeps you up at night, fretting over the fact the slang was mixed up.

This chapter is the Prologue, and explains the set-up of the world and how everything works. Stay tuned for the first chapter, and the start of the plot.

Disclaimer – I don't own anything you recognise. Nothing what-so-ever. I am an innocent teenage girl who is writing stories instead of studying for VCE and probably going to have to cram pretty damn hard every night because of the lack of study.

So, on with the story, enjoy, and please review, let me know your thoughts and what I can improve on and what-not. :-D


Prologue

For all of history, there was one time, and one time only, where vampires and werewolves met peacefully. Well, relatively peacefully. Insults were tossed around, threats made, snarls and growls exchanged and amongst all of that, an agreement was reached. It was time for the world to be brought into the light. It was time for humans to be let into the 'know'. Time for the race that was the largest population on Earth (in numbers) to be told of the other species sharing their world.

The vampires went first. Caused mass panic; people barricaded themselves in their homes and the werewolves waited patiently, quietly. Three months later, the humans calmed down enough for a vampire spokesperson to explain to the world what was myth and what was real. Vampires drank blood, but they didn't kill or poison or turn the donors by just drinking. Sunlight burning them was a myth, as well as being able to turn into bats. Animal blood couldn't be used as a substitute food, it made them sick, but they had synthesised a fake blood that had all the nutrients and things vampires need to keep healthy.

As the panic settled, the werewolves stepped forward, announcing their presence, the fact you couldn't be turned into a wolf, that you had to be born one and that it was time for the three major species on planet Earth to learn to live together.

It did not go down well.

Countries forgot wars between themselves and joined together to fight the wolves and vampires. Rarely did a vampire or wolf die from human weapons, and they tried desperately to avoid killing humans so they could eventually live together, once the humans matured and grew up. Years passed. The vampires and the wolves were replaced by their young but didn't change, but the young humans who replaced the old ones were hip, radical and different. One by one, the countries dropped the war against the other species. Delegations met and hashed out agreements, treaties and laws. Vampires couldn't drink from humans. Werewolves couldn't hunt endangered species nor in anywhere but specific areas. They weren't to mix socially or physically or romantically between species. Inter-marriages and inter-relationships between species were illegal. Vampires and werewolves ignored each other, as to avoid conflict, as they were supposed to want to live peacefully all together. Humans gradually accepted the other species.

Fifteen years after the war stopped, one Nelly Dean held a campaign, claiming if a human wanted to let a vampire feed from them, they should be able to. If a vampire and human loved each other, they should be able to marry. If a human and werewolf loved each other, they should be able to marry. Hundreds of people; human, werewolf and vampire alike, supported her and the laws were modified. The human government added the legalisation of marriage between wolf and vampire to the bill, despite the reassurances from laughing wolves and vampires that that situation would never occur.

Generations later, it was the norm for the vampires to be lawyers and students, it was normal for wolves to be politicians and accountants, it normal for humans for be doctors and police officers. The three species lived peacefully, despite the feud between vampires and werewolves. If people chose to announce what species they were, they did, if they didn't no-one cared. It was common to come across half-breeds and full-breeds that didn't want to let people know their heritage, just as it was common to come across people who wanted to brag about their kick-arse awesome vampire dad or fully-sick werewolf mum.

The world lived together peacefully. There were still crimes and murders and robberies. The criminals were never isolated to one species. Each country had different political systems. England's government was made up of three councils; human, vampire and werewolf, that meet and govern the country under the Queen's name. Each species had specific courts and punishment system. The police departments were a mixture, but once the criminal was caught and their species determined, they were sent to the appropriate one and punished accordingly.

Blood banks were established at set locations, for vampires in dire need. Donors were paid large amounts to donate blood for vampires. Werewolves had specific meeting points for during the full moon and their compulsory transformations. There were paths mapped out in the cities specifically for the wolves to run on those nights, and any other night.

All was peaceful, as peaceful as a world with a population of 8 billion could be. There were conflicts, wars, disagreements, feuds, but it never reached a world war status, or what the people jokingly call, an ASW, an All Species War. The vampires put up with the wolves, the wolves put up with the vampires, the humans put up with their petty feuds.

All was good. All was fine.

Until Moriarty.


TBC