Hello my lovely pups, this little chapter is about Protectors. What they are, what they do, how they come to exist, etc. I hope that this can answer any questions you have about them. If not, let me know! Ask me your questions. I love to hear from my readers. Also, feedback is greatly appreciated. As long as it's constructive. With that, I present the first chapter of The Chronicles of Cassandra Black.

Protectors are a mixed species. They are half-human(Witch or Wizard) and half-"monster". Normally, the "monster" half is either vampire or werewolf. They are a rare species because it's so rare that a witch or wizard would mate with a werewolf or vampire. After there is an offspring, they go to a certain school to study defensive and offensive magic. Upon graduation, if they are not already assigned a family, they are put up for sale. Many pureblood families have a protectors already assigned. Protectors are very spiritual bases. They have 3 parents. Two biological and one spiritual. The spirit parent is a kind of spirit guide and is the predecessor for the family. The spirit guide is the soul of the last protector. Aging in Protectors is difficult to understand. A protectors mental age grows very quickly. Meaning, if the body is 5, the mind is 11. When the body is 15, the mind is 25-27. The body of protectors grow slowly so that they can live through 3 generations of a family. The maturity level of a protector grows faster than the mental. By the time the body is 5, the brain is 11, the maturity is 20. After the maturity level gets to 100, the protector stops maturing. The brain and mental part of the protector keeps learning however. Now that we’ve discussed the aging and physical entity of Protectors, let’s discuss their roles in society. I was presented this question when my editor (My family and Mr. Firewizard2400) read through this. Now, Protectors are the strongest of races. They are strong because of their “monster” half. The question that was posed was “If they are so strong, why do they serve wizard-kind?” The answer to me is simple but as I was explaining it, they didn’t understand it. I will do my best at explaining it but bear with me if you don’t understand, it will make sense.

Protectors stretch way back into the times of Merlin. In fact, Merlin had his own protector. Leaving the idea of protectors for the moment, let’s talk about werewolves and vampires on their own. These two species are regarded as “evil” or “shameful” or “an embarrassment”. Being under these accusations, the creatures had children with humans under the idea that they might be more accepted. This did not happen. In fact, they were regarded even worse than before. This led the concept of protectors, one brave protector stepped up to an aristocratic pureblood one day and offered to protect their child in return for safety. The pureblood was very wary because he too thought that the protector was a monster. He accepted the offer but kept house-elves and other family members keeping an eye on his child. After the child grew to a certain age, the pureblood began telling his friends about this amazing protector who kept their children safe. This began to become a fad and soon, there were organizations that had pureblood families come to adopt a protector. All of this came from the need to be protected and to be safe. So, it’s not really just a one way protection. It’s a two way protection.