THE HUMAN GUARDIAN
Prologue-
Guardian numbers were falling with the rise in numbers of strigoi. The Moroi were desperate to recruit new help in order to protect their survival. After the last major attack at St. Vladimir's, a special council was called to the royal court to figure out what to do about the situation. Dhampir and Moroi alike were invited to attend. It was the first time in many years that Dhampirs were allowed into a session as an active voice. It was a desperate time.
Queen Tatiana walked into the room and everyone rose and bowed in respect to her. Once she was seated everyone else was invited to sit. "I have called this special session to court because of the dire situation regarding our guardian numbers. I am saddened by the unfortunate events at St. Vladimir's. They were lucky however to have had early warning to the attack or things would have been much worse. But that brings me to why we are here. With our guardian numbers at its lowest in history, we need to find a way to recruit more guardians, whether it is by natural means or trying to convince those living in the communes to come back to us. Even then we are going to need more help." Everyone stayed silent wondering how there could be more help than that. It's the only logical way. It would be hard, but if more Moroi were willing to have Dhampir babies and more Dhampir women would be willing to leave the job for several months in order to replenish the ranks, eventually the number of guardians would grow.
The queen stayed silent for a moment more before she continued. "I believe it is time that we recruit from the human world. There are many strong young humans that would make great guardians. I propose that at the start of the next term we allow two humans into each of our schools and see how they do." The room was silent. Everyone was too stunned to even say anything. Finally a Moroi standing in the back of the room came forward and bowed. "Your majesty, how would we guarantee that they would keep our secrets from the rest of the world?" He asked. It was a logical question. To the humans vampires were nothing more than fiction, just a scary bedtime story.
Queen Tatiana smiled. "If it comes down to it, we will have to use compulsion on them. I know it is forbidden, but we are desperate and when times are desperate we must sometimes go against what we know is right." Her eyes scanned the room, meeting each person with a look of confidence. "I have every confidence that this will work and if it does than our number will be replenished quickly instead of in years. After one term, if things work out, we will open our school to humans who have potential. We will allow twenty five humans to enter each school starting at freshmen level. In four years each school will have one hundred humans. I also believe that once the humans begin relations with the Moroi, that our numbers will begin to grow even more."
It was actually a genius idea, and everyone seemed to agree. The guardians were asked to send out recruits to the local communities around the world and find the best of the best. They had two months before the new term, so they had to work fast. It was the last hope for the guardians and the Moroi. This had to work!