Guardians

Chapter One: Guardians

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         My life had been planned out since the day I was born or reborn. I was a Guardian and the sole purpose of my life was to protect the Dragons. All my life I had been trained to protect them and kill anyone who tried to hurt them. They depended on us for protection as we depended on them.

         My people went back as far as time. We were created by the Dragons. They had given us special powers and each Guardian had a power that came from the Dragon that created their bloodline. I was different; I was a Fire Guardian, the very first Fire Guardian.

            No one knew why I was born. When the last Fire Dragon died three hundred years ago everyone thought the Hunter took her gem, but somehow her gem had been put in the Gem Nest. The Elders had no idea the gem was there till I came from it.

When a Dragon dies their body vanishes, leaving only the gem. From the gem a Guardian can be born. A Guardian born of a gem was called a Rebirth and as Rebirth I was much more powerful.

            So when the Elders found me it was a shock. Somehow I had lain dormant for three hundred years. Normally a Guardian would be born from the gem within fifty years after that the gem was considered dead and a Guardian would never be born from it.

            It also didn’t help me that I was the first Guardian born of my generation. The first Guardian born was called the Son or Daughter. The Elders would arrange with a different pack for their Son and Daughter to be mates. The Daughter would have to leave her pack and join the Son’s pack. Together they would be the next leaders. If the first child was a Daughter then the next eldest male would become the leader and he would be paired with another Guardian in his pack.

            So this was to be my life. Leave my family and pack to be married to a total stranger all for the sake of the Dragons and I was all too happy to lay my life down for them. That was till I knew better.

            I listened to Menia talk about what it’s like to be the female leader of the pack. “Cass remember your mate is the true leader and you serve him. It is your job to listen to him.”

            “Menia I know. We’ve talked about this a million times. I won’t be first command any more but second. I follow my mate and then everyone follows us,” I said as I sat down on my bed.

            Menia was a very old school mother. She was very into helping the town and she followed all the Guardian Laws. She was tall with short blond hair and always wore a pant suit or business dress.

            The thing about being a Rebirth is my parents weren’t really my parents. They we assigned to raise me as one of their own. My brother Will was their real son and my dad thought of me the same as Will but my so called mother never thought of me as her daughter. To her I was a waste of space. It’s why I called her Menia instead of mother, I was no daughter of hers. She had made that clear long ago and I had no wish to be her daughter.

            “Menia do you mind if we don’t talk about this right now? I know it’s important but I had a long day at school and I have homework.” I fell back onto the pillows. “We’ll talk tomorrow. I think I’m still in shock it’s so close. All my life I’ve know this would happen but now that it’s about to happen I’m nerves.”