Amelia and Everleigh

## General Information

### Intimacy Levels

Family, Aunt/Niece Amelia is Josephine's paternal aunt and was her guardian); Allies, Love each other; Amelia protected Josephine fiercely and would destroy any threat that comes the child's way, Amelia raised Josephine for several months as an infant and protected her until it was safe for her to return to Alicante, Amelia and Josephine were separated because Josie went to Earth with Rosalind Carstairs for Protection from her half brother Max Deveraux.

### Status

Family, Aunt/Niece, Allies

**The family relationship between the Original Vampire, Amelia Mikaelson and her niece, the tribrid, Josephine Mikaelson**.

Amelia is the paternal aunt of Josephine, the daughter of Christopher Mikaelson and Ariana Salvatore-Deveraux. Josephine's parentage and unique status as a living hybrid made her an ideal target for exploitation or sacrifice by numerous adversaries even before she was born. Amelia, whose relationship with Christopher had been strained for centuries, had left Alicante not long before Josephine was born to start a new life for herself.

By the time Josephine was born, the supernatural situation in the city had deteriorated to the point of all-out war between the Original Vampires, non-original vampires, witches, werewolves and mortal factions. Josephine's parents along with Brandon, her paternal uncle, knew that she would be under constant threat from these enemies. Wanting a happy life for their daughter, Ariana and Christopher concluded that it would be best if she was not raised in the embattled city. The first step to achieving this goal was to convince the world that their newborn child had died on the day she was born. In order to ensure Josephine's safety, Christopher then called upon Amelia - who, despite their troubled history, he trusted above all others - to take and raise his daughter in secret, far away from those that would see her dead. She gladly did so, promising Christopher that Josephine would be happy.

## Early History

Amelia saves Ariana and Josephine twice. Amelia is first able to save Ariana and Josephine from a group of Marcel's nightwalkers, remarking *"that is not how you treat a pregnant lady!"*. After Ariana tells Christopher she is willing to abort the baby—Amelia saves Ariana and Josephine from an angry Christopher, stating that he preaches about not wanting the child but is willing to punish Ariana for trying to kill it.

Agnes suggests that Ariana should go for a routine check up on the baby, Ariana remarks that she can't just go to the Quarter for a checkup. Amelia states that she is surprised that Ariana is not taking all the precautions to take care of Josephine as some people—including Amelia herself—would kill to be able to have a child of their own.

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Amelia–after being released by Christopher–appears to Ariana to say her goodbyes. Along with her goodbyes to Ariana, Amelia warns Ariana that Christopher is mean but does want something more from life than to be feared. Along with the warning about Christopher, Amelia warns Ariana that the Mikaelson Family have an endless list of enemies and Lexa will inherit them all, she also asks if Ariana will tell Lexa stories about her "crazy aunt Amelia".