Emilia Donovan

> *"It's not that easy. I just can't even imagine that you're not really my... That you're not my..."*
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> *"I'm still your Mom, Ems. And I'll always love you more than anyone in the world, no matter what. We both will. Do you understand this?"*
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> *"Yes. Yes, of course, I do. And I love you, too. I just don't even want to think about how my life would've changed without you and Dad. I guess I'd be the most gloomy teenager in the whole universe."*
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**Emilia Dia Donovan** (born **Emilia Josephine Donovan-Jinks**) is the second daughter of Warehouse's agents Claudia Donovan and Steven Jinks. She was raised by her maternal uncle and his wife, with full confidence that Joshua and Dani are her real parents, and didn't know anything about the warehouse or her biological parents for long fifteen years.

Just as she didn't know anything about Claudia and Steve, Emilia was also not aware of the existence of her older sister, Kiara, who was stuck in another dimension with her parents when Lia wasn't even a month old.

## Lia's Story

Emilia Donovan-Jinks was born on October 16, 2015, to warehouse agents Claudia Donovan and Steve Jinks. The couple already had their first child a year earlier, but Emilia's birth was no less joyful event. Despite this, neither young parents nor their children were able to fully enjoy their time together. When Lia wasn't even a month old, her parents and older sister, affected by the artifact, were transported to an alternate non-warehouse reality, leaving their second child behind.

For some time, Lia was under her Aunt Claire's care, but soon Joshua and his wife arrived to help. Initially, they planned to tell everything to Emma Jinks, ​​Steve's mother, and then decide what to do next together. But soon they realized they couldn't find the right words to break the woman's heart again. After telling Emma that her son, his wife and their *only* child went missing, but the process of searching has begun, they still hoped to find some way to resolve the situation on their own (with the help of warehouse agents). Meanwhile, Dani, who was attached to the baby more than she should, was so inspired, for the first time after the death of her own son, that she and Joshua ended up adopting Emilia.

Somehow, Lia fit into their crazy family life fairly quickly. Her new parents changed her name on the day of adoption, wanting to honor her biological mother in it. Both Joshua and Dani kept hoping that everything would get back to normal soon, but deep down they knew that it'd take at least some time.

The girl grew up pretty quickly, and soon she, like a true Donovan, began to show her character. She flatly refused to attend kindergarten, so Dani had to take Lia to work with her. There, she first discovered what science is, and was very interested in this. The entire staff was charmed with the boss's kid, and she, surrounded by unlimited attention (and power), wasn't against this at all. Emilia happily learned new things with secretaries or other scientists when they were free, and studied additionally with her parents during lunchtime.

When Lia was five, she met Julian for the first time. It was an ordinary day in the lab when a suspicious-looking boy slipped behind the door. Lia was intrigued because she didn't often see children here before, so she followed him immediately. The persecution didn't last long, because the stranger soon lost his way and was forced to stop to look around when the assembly hall caught his attention. Emilia didn't like this room much, because she was never allowed inside since she was too young to be around so many equipment. Nevertheless, the boy didn't seem to care about the warning signs on the door, and he soon found himself in the hall. Stunned by his actions, Lia slipped inside as well only to see that he connected his phone to one of the projectors and was now looking at the colorful pictures on the big screen. Lia was fascinated, so she didn't even notice how the head of the local department caught them both and scandalously led them into the common room, under a bunch of admiring "How did you do that?!" addressed to the boy. They finally got a chance to introduce themselves to each other when they were left alone waiting for their parents and Julian's attendant. The last turned out to be his aunt, who tried to get a position at CERN (it's not surprising that she didn't get a job that day). Of course, Lia was grounded for what she did, just like Julian, but at least she learned something really useful that day, and also found a new (as it turned out later, very best) friend.