Emilia was left on the steps of the orphanage when she was a few days old. She only had a brief letter with her, saying her name was Emila Lucia, with no last name included. She was a beautiful, happy baby, and was soon adopted by the Carmichael family, who raised her until she was four years old, when she was abandoned again at a local care home.

Emilia had been fostered several times over the next seven years, never spending more than a few months at a time at the care home. She was always fostered quickly due to her angelic good looks, bright blonde hair, high cheekbones and pale blue eyes; however she didn't usually last long at the homes with other children, they seemed to think she was weird or sometimes scary.

It was the day of her 11th birthday, at Mrs. Browning's home where the first letter came.