Chapter 1: Arrival

Julia walked quickly into the lighthouse with the other passangers after thanking the captain of the ferry that took her to the lighthouse.

"Thanks again captain Morgan, i will see you again in four months." Julia said as she waved goodbye.

"Have a good time with your Aunt and Uncle in Rapture Julia, tell your uncle Albert I said hello." Captain Morgan called back cheerfully.

"I will be sure to let him know." She laughed back, "Take care."

The door to the lighthouse closed and Julia sat down in the waiting room with the other passengers. It has been six years since she went to Rapture with her Aunt and Uncle when they moved in. She couldn't wait to see the city again after all these years, she wondered if it had changed much. She knew her father would have loved the place, but the thought of her father caused a tear to drip down her smooth face. Her father died fighting in the war in Europe 7 years ago, and since then she has been living with her grandparents in Baltimore. Julia never knew her mother, who died during childbirth. The memories of her father caused Julia to hold her only bag tightly against her chest, which contained a picture of her and her father right before he left to fight, and three changes of clothing.

Julia shook her sad thoughts out of her head, she was heading back to Rapture to spend the summer with her Aunt, Uncle, and her little cousin Katie. She should be exited Julia thought to herself. She was looking forward to see Katie again, the last time she saw her, Katie was only a baby.

During her previous trip to Rapture, when her Aunt and Uncle invited her, her grandparents took the trip with her. The trip was one of the most memorable experiences of her life, even though she was only there for three days. Now, she wasn't 11 years old anymore, she was 17, and according to her uncle Albert, she was old enough to make the trip on her own. She was exited to spend an entire summer down in that wonderful city. She smiled in anticipation as the other passengers took their seats and the bathysphere began to leave the lighthouse and descend into the oceans dark depths.

Julia pushed away her Raven black hair away from her eyes, her hair was always somehow falling back in front of them somehow. Her hair was a black as a ravens feathers, and fairly long, it barely fell over her shoulders. It was also very flat and smooth, and it covered her ears. Her skin was a light creamy color. Her soft eyes were an electrifying blue color. She was about five foot nine, and had a rather slender figure. She was wearing a loose knee length casual white dress, which hid her body rather well, which was not Julia's intention, she just put on the first thing she saw. Julia didn't consider herself one for fashion, although she did feel out of place after looking at the other passengers in their flashy suits and fancy dresses, with all of the women wearing fine jewelry. The only jewelry Julia had was a necklace with a small sapphire on it. It was her mothers, but her father gave to her for her fourth birthday, and it has since been her most treasured possession. Julia also never wore makeup either, it just wasn't her thing. She was rather small in the chest department, which she didn't care about anyway. Overall, she was an average looking 17 year old girl.

Julia looked out the one of the bathyspheres windows again after observing the other passengers, all of whom were either reading a newspaper or talking, each one seeming like they have made this trip a million times before.

Julia always loved the ocean, she lived by it her life. When she lived with her father, she lived in Nantucket. She now lived in Baltimore with her Grandparents.

Julia's face lit up with a large smile as she saw the underwater metropolis of skyscrapers for the first time in six years. Blue neon lights covered the buildings, creating a dazzling display of lights on the seafloor. She saw fish swimming by everywhere, and even a shark darted by. Julia loved watching sea life, the other passengers however did not even bother looking out the window.

The bathysphere soon reached the docking bay, and the doors opened revealing the wonderful city to Julia's eyes once again. She moved her hair away from her eyes and got up out of her seat, grabbed her suitcase, and hurried out of the bathysphere. There was a bunch of fancy dressed people milling about in the streets, some of them stared at Julia, but then quickly went back to whatever they were doing. Giant lights lit up the streets, and there were windows everywhere which revealed the rest of Rapture and any sea life that happened to pass by. Julia was so happy to spend an entire summer down here, in fact, if given the chance she thought, she would live down here. Julia's thoughts however were disrupted when she was distracted by a familiar sounding voice.

"Julia, Julia, over here!" Called out a familiar looking man, who was now waving at her.

"Uncle Albert!" Julia cried out as she ran over to her Uncle and gave him a big hug.

Her uncle was an average 40 year old man. He was about six foot one, was wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie, and has his slick black hair combed nicely. His deep brown eyes were always filled with joy. His face was beginning to age, but as far as Julia was concerned, he was aging well. His big mustache was still there, just as thick and black as ever.

"Wow Julia, you grew into quite the young woman since i last saw you." Uncle Albert said with a huge grin plastered on his face as he held his Neisse.

"It is great to see you too uncle Albert, you don't look you aged a day since i last saw you." Julia said with a goofy grin plastered on her smooth face as well. Her compliment made her Uncle chuckle.

"Ah Julia, thats why your my favorite Neisse." Uncle Albert said as he looked down at her. He was about six foot one, so he had to look down a little to look Julia in her lightning blue eyes.

"Im your only Neisse uncle Albert." Julia smugly told her uncle.

"But that doesn't mean you cant be favorite still." Albert said as he tussled Julia's Raven black hair, which made her laugh as she batted his hands away.

"So, whats new in Rapture?" Julia asked as she put her hair back in order.

"Oh, you wouldn't believe half the things i told you unless i showed you." Albert said, "Now come on, your aunt Mary is making your favorite dinner tonight, king crab."

"I cannot wait for dinner then, oh by the way, how is little Katie?" Julia asked.

"Oh, Katie is not so little any more, she is almost 7 now. She cannot wait to see you by the way, so we better start heading to the house." Albert said as he took Julia's bag, and the two started to walk in the direction of the house.

"Oh, i almost forgot to get Max's food, do you mind waiting on that bench or something while i go grab it from the postal office?" Albert asked as he began to make his way over to the postal office.

"Okay, but who's Max?" Julia asked as she took a seat on the steel bench.

"Oh, he is our pet hyacinth macaw, we got him five years ago, you will love him. Just wait there, I will be right back."

Julia was about to ask what a hyacinth macaw was, but her Uncle had just entered the post office. She couldn't believe that she was finally back in Rapture. Just then she noticed that there wasn't any people walking around in the street anymore.

Suddenly, something caught her eye from one of the windows in the corner of the massive room. It looked like a man in a massive diving suit, and he appeared to be setting rivets into one of the steel beams supporting the window. Julia's curiosity was peaked, so she got up and began to walk over to get a closer look at the man in the diving suit.

All of a sudden, someone yanked her back by the back of her dress, and placed a damp foul smelling rag over her mouth and nose. She tried to cry out for help for her uncle Albert, but the rag muffled her cries for help. She desperately tried to break free and began to desperately flail her legs, trying to kick her attacker, but the mans grip who was now rapping one of his arms around her body to stop her from struggling was simply too strong. Soon, Julia began to feel very tired, she tried to fight the feeling but it was too strong. Julia tried letting out one more cry for help as her eyes slowly rolled up, and then, blackness.

This is my first Fanfic, so constructive criticism will be greatly appreciated.