diff --git a/src/sharding/Shard.js b/src/sharding/Shard.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af71d23b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sharding/Shard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const childProcess = require('child_process');
+const path = require('path');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+
+class Shard {
+  constructor(manager, id) {
+    this.manager = manager;
+    this.id = id;
+    this.process = childProcess.fork(path.resolve(this.manager.file), [id, this.manager.shards.size], { silent: true });
+    this.process.on('message', m => {
+      if (m && m.type && m.id) {
+
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  send(type, timeout = 60000, data = {}) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const id = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex');
+      this.process.send({
+        type,
+        id,
+        data,
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = Shard;
diff --git a/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js b/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
index 90ec133ae..ea7bcd1f2 100644
--- a/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
+++ b/src/sharding/ShardingManager.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ const childProcess = require('child_process');
 const path = require('path');
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 const Collection = require('../util/Collection');
+const Shard = require('./Shard');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
 
 class ShardingManager extends EventEmitter {
   constructor(file, totalShards) {
@@ -12,11 +14,12 @@ class ShardingManager extends EventEmitter {
     }
     this.totalShards = totalShards;
     this.shards = new Collection();
+    this.waiting = new Collection();
   }
 
   createShard() {
     const id = this.shards.size;
-    const shard = childProcess.fork(path.resolve(this.file), [id, this.totalShards], { silent: true });
+    const shard = new Shard(this, id);
     this.shards.set(id, shard);
     this.emit('launch', id, shard);
   }