Chapter 31

Vladimir walks out of the palace and to the entrance of where a carriage is waiting. He enters the carriage and makes his way down the street not too far from the Palace. While going there, he would wave and smile at his people. He likes the feeling of being admired.

The building itself is similar to the Pavlovsky Barracks in height and length. The difference is that this one is light green and white and will be used by the young guards and old guards. He steps out of the carriage and walks to the entrance where an officer is waiting "long live the Tsar!" he says with a salute and he receives a nod in return. The officer introduces himself as Basil.

He turns out to be the one that will be training his young guards. "once arrived his Majesty we started to feed them as most of them were underweight. We also started them with light exercises in the morning, then classes in the afternoon consisting of math, Russian, and history, to name a few. We keep things strict and make sure they have complete loyalty to the Tsar." While talking, they were walking down a hall. Vladimir listens to everything carefully.

"I want you to change it to be loyal to me and me only," he says after thinking. The whole point of them is to be loyal to him and be the force to go against the royal guards. Basil nods and doesn't question it.

They both soon stopped at a door in which Vladimir looks through and sees some children sitting at desks, following along with the teacher and taking notes.

"We divided the children up into age groups and separated the classes and each child was given proper Russian names. With the few weeks we were able to teach them they now some basic Russian,"

"Apologize to the teachers for me," he says then continues "I want the classes to be cut now and have all the children form up. I want to talk to them,"

Basil salutes "as you wish, your majesty" He quickly walks off to carry out his orders while Vladimir makes his way to the back of the building. What greets him is a large rectangular field. "could turn part of it into a park," he says to himself.

A few minutes later, running feet could be heard coming out of the building. It was the children and Vladimir turns to watch them as they form up. From left to right, youngest to oldest.

"This is all of them, your Majesty," Basil says, coming to stand beside him. Vladimir steps forward as all eyes are on him.

"You are the Future Young Guard. The personal and elite force for me. You will carry my orders out with hesitation. You will fight when I need you to, where I need you to! Your loyalty belongs to me and only to me. If I give the order for you to die, then you shall accept it happily. Your lives are in my hands because you know are my personal property. In your upcoming training, you will be trained in discipline, combat, and other studies. No one but me has the right to give you direct orders. Don't think of your old lives when you had to wonder where your next meal would come from when you wore rags. This is a new beginning, a new life, and as long as you work hard, then those things that plagued you before would be nothing more than memories. From this moment on, you are my soldiers and I am your Tsar! You only report and answer to me." Vladimir stands straight and his chest out "Am I clear?!"

"Long Live Tsar Vladimir!"

"Long Live Tsar Vladimir!"

"Long Live Tsar Vladimir!"

The boys shout out. Unknowingly, one older boy's eyes shine bright while looking at Vladimir. He will become Vladimir's most loyal follower.