Good Luck, Mystic Force
Amy Blankenhooper and her boyfriend, Bob Duncan were expecting their first child—a son. One morning, Bob arrived even earlier than normal—he usually drove her to and from her college classes.
"Bob, what's going on?" Amy demanded.
He entered the house and, holding out a small child, who couldn't be more than eighteen months, said, "Amy, look."
"Whose child is this?" she demanded.
"It's not ours—and I didn't cheat on you—I would never cheat on you—I love you too much to ever do that—he was dropped off on my front step, and I don't know why or where and who his parents could be—he needs us," he explained.
She nodded and took the child from Bob. "We'll raise him along our own, as our son," she told him.
He nodded and from that day forward, the infant child was Nicholas Anakin Bowen Duncan—Bob and Amy Duncan's oldest son.
Amy wanted to use the name Bowen so that he'd have something of his birth parents with him—and Bob was obsessed with the Star Wars movie series so they included the name Anakin.
When his younger brother, PJ Darth Duncan, was born, Nick became jealous and attempted to mail his brother to one of their grandparents' house. Nick was swiftly put in timeout for that.
It didn't work and Nick eventually grew to like PJ. When PJ was two, they got a new sister—Teddy Padmé Duncan. Nick took an instant liking to his younger sister, but PJ couldn't stand her. When PJ attempted to mail Teddy, Nick again attempted to mail PJ—this time taking every precaution necessary to make sure his brother was sent away.
Unfortunately, both brothers were caught. Both were put in timeout and while it worked for PJ, it didn't work for Nick. He had somehow managed to find a way to light the chair on fire, giving Amy the scare of her life. Thankfully, she managed to put the fire out quickly and Nick had to apologize to PJ for attempting to mail him—again.
When Nick was nine, he got a new brother, Gabriel Luke Duncan and Teddy tried to mail Gabe. Nick didn't mind that—because on his picture day, Gabe threw a bowl at the oldest Duncan. Nick went to the hospital and got stitches and then went to school. During his picture, Nick fainted and had to go to the hospital and learned that he had gotten a concussion. As a result, he had a tendency to zone out and would sometimes forget events from the day—especially if it was routine or if he got too much new information in one day.
Then his youngest sister, Charlotte "Charlie" Leia Duncan was born and Gabe attempted to mail Charlie.
Teddy decided to start a video diary project for their sister. When he found out, after he beat up Spencer for cheating on Teddy, Nick asked, "Hey, Teddy, could I do some entries for the video diaries? I mean, I'll be moving out in a couple years—and we can give her advice from both sides of situations, you dig?"
Teddy nodded and said, "Sure, Nick. Go for it. Just don't forget the ending…"
"Good luck, Charlie," he grinned. "And trust me—she'll need all the help she can get to survive our family."
Teddy laughed and nodded in agreement.
Nick tended to be very protective of his sisters, as Spencer Walsh—Teddy's ex-boyfriend—found out when Nick beat him up for cheating on Teddy with Skylar. Nick also warned Spencer that if he ever got back with Teddy and cheated on her again, he would beat him up again—worse than the first time.
He bought a new video camera and set to work on his video diary set for Charlie after learning of Spencer and Teddy's breakup over Spencer's cheating.
"Hey, Charlie, it's your big brother, Nick. I'm helping Teddy out with her video diary set for you. I probably won't be here in Denver—who knows where I'll be—after I'm eighteen or so, so I figured I might as well as give you some advice from a guy's point of view. Both sets should help you survive the craziness of life along with the craziness that comes with being a Duncan. Guys are very different from girls. If you like a guy, I really want you to know that you should just be sure to get to know him. Most of my girlfriends never bothered to do that with me—actually none of them did. Make sure he's worthy of you. If one day, you decide to date a guy as stubborn as me, hopefully, he'll know that if he ever cheats on you, he'll have to deal with me and if that happens, just ask Spencer, you'd better wish him, good luck, Charlie."
When Nick was eighteen, he went to college for a year, but then realized that either (A) college wasn't the right path for him or (B) he just wasn't ready yet, so he asked his parents' permission to travel the world. They said yes and Nick's first stop was to go through Briarwood, because he wanted to visit as many cities in the United States as possible, starting in California.