My life has been anything but normal.
My name is Kalina Michaelson, nickname 'Kali'. Sixteen years old. I am the daughter of Niklaus Michaelson and Andrea Labonair. People know her as Hayley Marshall. She is a werewolf and my dad is the Original Hybrid—an Original vampire and werewolf combination. That makes him the most powerful creature on the planet. Or so my stepmother, Caroline Forbes, says. Hayley and my father aren't exactly in love with each other. They're just friends who had a one-night-stand with each other and the result of that was…me.
I live in New Orleans. Because my family is complicated, I call my parents by their first names – even my stepmother. It just makes it easier for me because calling 'the most powerful creature' my dad is awkward. I rarely call him 'Father'. Rebekah and Elijah are the only people I call "Uncle" and "Aunt". To normal people, we're just an extended family that moved back to New Orleans. It wasn't a total lie. They just didn't know this family consisted of supernaturals.
My dad is kind of like a "King" here. I wasn't there as I was just an infant at the time. According to Hayley, this is what happened.
Basically, the vampire Marcel couldn't keep the witches under control. The young and powerful witch, Davina saw that Marcel only wanted to use her. Because some witches were out to kill her to finish a ritual, she trusted only a couple of other witches and planned to overthrow Marcel. The only problem in their way was none other than my father who wanted to take control of New Orleans once again. Klaus just wanted this witch thing over and done with. Since killing ruthlessly isn't on my Uncle Elijah's agenda, he made a deal with Davina that he and my father (much to his distaste) would help her with Marcel. In return, Klaus would be the new "king" and the witches could do what they want; they would be able to practice magic as they pleased.
When it came to a battle between Uncle Elijah, Klaus, Marcel and other vampires, it got ugly. Since my father thought of Marcel as a son, he gave him the option of leaving New Orleans and the witch situation to him. It was a reasonable offer since my father just kills to get what he wants. Marcel left, the witches rejoiced and all was happy.
Up until this point, I've been homeschooled because Hayley and Klaus were scared that something terrible may happen to me. Uncle Elijah agreed with them. Of course, they would never really admit that. Caroline and Aunt Rebekah didn't like this. When Caroline pointed out to Uncle Elijah that I would be lonely for the rest of my life, that's when he saw that I was lonely. Around mid-summer, Caroline spoke about this again to Klaus and Hayley. She wanted me to experience high school and making new friends. Klaus argued about my safety to her. They bickered for a couple hours before I got sick of it. I used my vampire speed to run into the kitchen and told all five of them to stop. I told Klaus and Hayley that I wanted to go to high school. When I pointed out to them that if we were to keep this 'normal' family façade up, it'd look better if the people saw I was going to high school. Klaus and Hayley just looked at each other and they knew I was right. They gave in, finally.
So, here I am standing in front of the high school building. It loomed over me and it felt like it was going to swallow me whole. I thought twice about going in and wanted to run home to Klaus; to beg to get me back into homeschooling.
I took a deep breath and was about to go in when a blonde haired figure dashed to my side. I jumped and growled when I saw that it was just Caroline.
"You scared me, Caroline!"
She raised her eyebrow as if she was saying 'really?' and walked to stand in front of me, blocking me. Facing me, she placed each hand on my shoulders. "Are you ok? Remember, don't be afraid. First days are always tough." As she said that, two girls walked by and looked at me like I had ten heads.
"Oh, that's the new girl," scoffed the one girl. The other laughed with her and they both walked inside.
Caroline rolled her eyes at them and her attention was back to me, "And definitely do NOT listen to what other students say."
"Caroline, I'll be fine," I smiled. "I'll try not to let my temper get the best of me if they insult me." That's another thing about me. I inherited my father's temper. I wished that I didn't and I was more like Hayley.
Caroline was more like a mother to me than Hayley was. Unlike Hayley, she was there for me. Hayley was there for me only some of the time while she and Uncle Elijah did things together. Complicated, I know.
She hugged me close to her and she started to tear up. "Little Kali is finally going to school!"
Now, it was my time to roll my eyes. I hugged her back saying everything was going to be ok and she let me go. The bell rang for school to start and sighed.
Well, here I go, I thought. I opened the door and finally walked in.