RPOV

The Queen announced the vote at a council meeting the next day. I wasn't paying too close of attention until she mentioned me and the fact that I was able to hunt Strigoi at 16. That got my attention! I immediately saw that I didn't like where it was headed, but I didn't think it would be as bad as it was until she actually came out and said it.
"We will now vote on the issue of lowering the dhampir graduation age from 18 to 16." I almost screamed. I was the EXCEPTION not the rule! I felt Dimitri tense at my side and grab my arm before I could run out there and rip her head off.
"Relax, Roza. They surely could not be THAT stupid." I heard the malice in his voice. We were quiet as they set up to take the vote. The whole room was silent until someone crashed through the doors.
"I have an alternative! Wait! Let me speak!" the voice of Tasha Ozera rang out.
"Ms. Ozera, I'm glad to see you made it, even if your entrance is a bit... undignified. What is it that you'd like to put before the council?" Tatiana seemed to be trying to hide her happiness at Tasha's entrance.
"I've been working with Alecksander Belikova, I'm sure most of you know him. He's one of the most respected teachers we have and we've been working together to make a course that will teach Moroi who wish to learn to fight how to while teaching the others basic self defense. It will be taught by guardian and Moroi volunteers. I have the full plan here. I request a dismissal of the proposed bill while the implications of this plan are worked out."
The room was silent until Tatiana broke it and began the voting, this time on whether or not to vote on the bill today. The council was divided evenly up to the final vote, Tatiana's. She voted to postpone the vote and we all breathed a sigh of relief. I had faith that Tasha would stop this bill. I knew how stubborn she could be and I also knew that for her to have the support of the queen the bill had to be good. Dimitri had told me that she had been working on it with his uncle and that she'd consulted the queen occasionally.
"I know it is Dimitri. It'll all be all right, I promise. We'll figure out a way to stop this, promise." I said as we walked outside, more to myself than to him. I just hoped I was telling the truth. I honestly had no idea what would happen, only that 16 year olds were not old enough to be guardians. Sure, they could have the physical strength, but nowhere near the emotional strength, except in rare cases. Death, whether of the evil or innocent, is hard to come to terms with especially if you're responsible. I couldn't believe the council was foolish enough to try to do this. So much had happened to me since I was 16. I couldn't imagine someone who had been less mature than I had been trying to go out and guard someone.
"Why don't we go to my place, Roza. Maybe we could call everyone over and discuss this?" He suggested. I agreed and 15 minutes later the place was filled with Lissa, Christian, Adrian, Katia, Dimitri, and myself.
"We need to think of strategies to avoid this now that we know what they're planning. We have a decent amount of time, the rules say they have to deliberate for at least 6 weeks to gather all the evidence. There are a few things we can do. First off, we need to see what we can do about the quorum law. One of us can speak to Tatiana about it. It's a long shot, but it'll help when it comes to a vote. We also need to see if we can get your father out here, Katia. He'll be able to help explain the bill and a lot of people trust him. We need to be networking as the meetings progress, especially with the families who want the bill passed. Adrian, do you think you could find out who they are? The ball in a month should be the perfect place to do so, everyone will be there. Normally working on several fronts would be a bad idea, but we have enough help here to get everything done. What do you all think?" Dimitri took charge of our little get together almost immediately. We all agreed that it was a good plan and got straight what everyone would do. We all knew that it would be challenging, we just hoped that it will be worth it.

A/N: Far more heavy editing from here through where I've stopped for now. A lot of you will notice that I've removed some chapters, but it's only because I can extend the story farther and with more quality writing it this way.