Damon's Daughter
Chapter 6
Juliana
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When the clock on the wall chimed eight 'o'clock Julia set down the book she was reading and glanced at Emma. She was having a tea party with her bear, Teddy, and her dolls, which Julia could never remember the names of because Emma changed them so often. As Emma served the bear invisible tea Julia smiled a bittersweet smile. Mikael would be coming for her soon, and Emma would be on her own. Julia sighed and looked at the clock.
"Emmy, I think it's time you go to bed," Julia sweetly ordered.
"But Mommy! I'm not tired, and neither are Teddy, Angel, and Victoria!" Emma argued, gesturing to her dolls. Just then Emma yawned and Julia gave her a look. Emma sighed. "Okay, okay, I'll go to bed," she gave in, sticking her thumb in her mouth.
"I'll be in to tuck you in soon," Julia called to Emma as she tottered up the stairs. "Just let me finish the dishes."
As Julia washed the many dishes she heard a noise. She shuddered, imagining the worst, but then considered that it was probably just Emma. She shook the thought of
him out of her head and got back to work. When she picked up a china plate she saw a terrifying reflection in it. Mikael.
Julia tried to run but she wasn't fast enough or strong enough to get away from Mikael. Not even Klaus or Rebekah could avoid him. Mikael grasped Julia's neck and roughly held her against the wall.
"Hello Juliana, or is it Julia now? I can never tell," he sneered.
"Michael, please don't do this," she begged as she backed away.
He had a dagger in his left hand, and was prepared to plunge it into Julia's heart when she spoke.
"I know where Klaus is," she boldly lied, trying to distract him.
Michael smirked. "Lying makes things worse Juliana. I was going to just kill you and spare your daughter, but now-"
"No! Just kill me. This isn't her fault, just kill me, please. Please, Mikael. She's done nothing wrong, nothing at all."
Michael took a step back and thought over what Julia had said. And then he nodded. Julia didn't know what had changed his mind. Maybe seeing how much Julia loved Emma caused him to think about his own family and that made him feel something again, or maybe he knew that Emma was strong, strong enough to kill Klaus, but he not only let Emma live, he let Julia tuck her in.
Nearly ten minutes after Julia slowly walked up the stairs to tuck in Emma, she walked down them with tears running down her face, but her head held high. She knew that for Emma to live, she had to die. Michael coolly walked over to her, and plunged the ash covered silver dagger into her heart.
I woke up to the sound of my irritating alarm going off. It was time to get ready for school. I sighed and threw the covers over my head. Just five more minutes, I thought to myself. Five more minutes and then I'll get in the shower.
I had a dream last night about my mom. Those happen pretty frequently, especially when I go to bed angry or sad, and I was definitely both last night. I hate having those dreams. They usually mean that I'm going to have a really shitty day.
I still can't believe that Klaus daggered Elijah. Just thinking of it made me see red. Elijah is the only person who has always stuck by Klaus, even though he's a pretentious ass who deserves to be slapped. Elijah has always been there for him, and look at what he gets in return.
"Stupid Klaus," I mumbled into my pillow.
I suddenly heard Damon's footsteps on the stairs. Ugh. I don't want to get up. All I want to do is lie in bed and watch The Avengers, I inwardly groaned. Seconds later my covers were abruptly pulled off me and the blinds were opened, which let an obscene amount of light into the room.
"Dude, seriously?" I grumbled, covering my eyes with my arm.
"Seriously," Damon replied, and then he poked my arm. "C'mon, wake up sunshine! You've got a big day ahead of you!" He cheerfully shouted. I could practically taste his sarcasm.
I groaned and ignored him, pulling my pillow over my head.
Damon rolled his eyes. "Emma, get your ass up. I made food."
I raised my eyebrows and pulled up the pillow a bit. "What kind of food?" I asked suspiciously.
"Bacon, Eggs, and Waffles. We don't do pancakes in this house," he replied, smirking.
I swiftly jumped out of bed and practically flew down the stairs. Maybe this day wouldn't be as horrible as I thought.
So, remember when I was all like "Maybe this day won't be as bad as I thought"? Yeah. I was right. It hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, it's been worse.
First, I got lost in the stupid mammoth of a high school, so I was late to home room, which isn't a great way to start the day. I don't understand why the high school is so big. I mean, seriously. There isn't a big student body in Mystic Falls, so why is the school so freaking huge? Once I got to home room, the teacher did that stupid thing where they introduce the new student. I understand why they do that, but I don't like being stared at. I also don't like it when a stupid football player with a girlfriend whistles at me when the teacher announces my name to the entire class, which actually happened. When the idiot jock whistled his beautiful girlfriend stared me down and glared. Great, I've already made an enemy and I've barely been here for two days, I thought to myself. Good job, Emma!
After the bell rang I practically sprinted to first hour Advanced Biology, and looked around for Elena or Caroline, praying that they were in this class too. Of course, they weren't so I was stuck in a smelly room with people I didn't know. It's been like that for the last couple hours, and I am currently in Algebra 2, waiting for the bell to ring so can go to lunch and sit with Elena. So far, she's the only one who knows about Damon being my dad.
It was weird at first, well it still is actually, especially because she has obvious feelings for Damon, and she's living in the Boarding House as well. But she's nice to me and that's all I really need right now.
When the bell rang I jumped out of my seat and made record time to the cafeteria. I searched the round tables for a familiar face, but I couldn't see anyone I knew. I about to give up and just drive to a fast food joint and eat when Elena came up to me and lightly took my elbow.
"Caroline and Bonnie want to go to The Grill and eat. You want to come? Anything is better than the food here," Elena smiled.
"Um, sure," I said. "But I don't have any money…"
Elena cut me off. "Oh, no that's fine! Me either. It's Caroline's turn to pay. Now, let's go before the lunch rush starts," she replied, and pulled me out of the crowded cafeteria.
When I saw Caroline and Bonnie sitting at their table in The Grill I suddenly became very nervous. I'm not very good at meeting new people, and I don't know how they'll react when they find out that I'm Damon's kid. Most people don't particularly care for him according to Elena.
"Caroline, Bonnie, this is Emma Salvatore," Elena announced. She's Damon's…" Elena trailed off and glanced at me, waiting for my approval. I nodded and sat down, and Elena followed.
"Emma is Damon's daughter," Elena whispered.
I don't think I can even accurately describe Bonnie and Caroline's facial expressions, but I can tell you how completely different they were. Caroline's face was full of complete surprise with a mix of mortification, while Bonnie suddenly looked like she wanted to shank me.
"What?" Caroline whispered, but I don't think you could really call it whispering. It was more of a raspy shout that half of the Grill heard.
"Shh," I told her. "Let's not advertise it for the rest of Virginia!"
"Damon is your dad?" Caroline exclaimed a bit quieter this time. "But, how? Vampires can't reproduce?"
I was about to answer Caroline and tell her all about my mother and how I came to be, but Bonnie had it taken care of.
"Her mom made a deal with a witch and the witch gave her mom a potion that made it possible for her to conceive, which is completely against the laws of nature," Bonnie spit.
I leaned back in my chair and smirked. What a total witch. I'd heard this speech before. Next, she would tell me what an Abomination I was.
"What's so funny?" Bonnie said, glaring at me.
"Oh, nothing," I grinned. "It's just that this speech is quite familiar. Go on, Bonnie. I can't wait for you to tell me how absolutely awful and repellent I am."
Caroline and Elena glanced at each other, puzzled.
"Why would she say that?" Elena cautiously asked.
I was going to answer, but once more Bonnie beat me to the punch.
"Because she's an abomination. She's the Abomination," Bonnie hissed.
Elena and Caroline continued to shoot confused looks at each other.
I propped my elbows on the table. "Let me explain to you a thing," I smirked. "Bonnie here is obviously a witch, a Bennett witch, to be precise. To sum it up, witches don't like me very much. They all think I'm some sort of abomination, and always give me this crap about how vampires shouldn't be able to procreate, yada, yada, yada."
"This isn't funny, Emma. You shouldn't exist! Nothing should have this much power," Bonnie harshly said. "It's unnatural."
"Well, so is that outfit, but I figure that's your business," I snapped.
Caroline giggled and Bonnie shot her a glare, while Elena looked extremely uncomfortable. Then, I suddenly realized what an awful mistake I had made coming here to Mystic Falls.
I mean, seriously, what was I thinking? I was completely fine beforehand. I don't need a family, I don't need friends, and I most certainly don't need a bitch like Bonnie to tell me how "unnatural" I am.
I abruptly pulled out my chair and stood. "I'm getting this feeling that my company is completely undesired, so I'm going to go. Have a nice lunch," I sarcastically said and strolled out of the Grill, just before the lunch rush started.