The Charmed Seven Family Past Series
May make more sense if you read "The Seventh Brother" first – that was the first story I wrote in this AU and is set in the modern day, while this series is set in the 1900's.
Disclaimers: Charmed and The Magnificent 7 weren't created by and aren't owned by me, and I only use them in fanfiction for fun without any money-making involved.
Author's Note: This part came about when Jessie Jane's mom asked questions about Josiah's adoptive parents: the Potters; and I decided it would be best to make a separate part to give some background information about them. Main Characters: Gloria Potter, Terrence Potter Series Note: All of this story takes place before Josiah was rescued, but after the start of Josiah's story (in Part 2). The story should be read before Part 2: The First Son.
Acknowledgments: The idea for Gloria Potter's job came from Patty Halliwell's job as mentioned in the "That Seventies Episode" episode of the Charmed TV series. Thanks to Jessie Jane and her mom for their input which has helped me improve this story.
Closed AU until this whole series has been posted.
Warnings: Violent scene mentioned, but nothing too graphical and nothing gory. Also includes the death of a minor OFC. Sensitive subject alluded to, involving contact between a man and a boy (absolutely no graphic details given.
Spoilers: Two small spoilers for Part 2.
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Teaser
In a busy diner in Denver, Colorado, a waitress with short dark-brown hair bustled about, serving the lunch-time crowd. Two of the other waitresses had called in sick, so the pretty young waitress named Gloria was doing their jobs as well as her own.
Gloria was just twenty-five and had graduated from college not long ago with the qualifications needed for teaching. She was still looking for a teaching position - then she could leave this low-paying, unrewarding job.
Besides being a trained teacher, she was also a good witch. Her parents were witches, so they had passed the witch genes down to Gloria, their only child. Until Gloria was eighteen, she hadn't known about her destiny as a witch, as her parents had her powers bound until she was old enough to use them responsibly, and had kept magic a secret from her. Despite being a witch and having to protect people from evil magical beings, Gloria still needed to work to earn money, as being a witch wasn't a paying job.
As Gloria hurried about, trying to keep the customers happy, she was being very careful not to come into physical contact with any of them. She had the power of premonitions, but so far only future ones; and as she was fairly new to using her power, she could receive premonitions from anyone she touched - premonitions about happy or sad future events for the person touched. Although Gloria was happy to save innocents, she didn't want to get a vision about an innocent while she was at work and they were so busy, as she'd hate to leave the diner even more short-staffed. At that time, Gloria only seemed to be getting visions from touching people; when her power grew, she would be able to receive premonitions from touching objects as well.
Gloria was still waiting to receive a premonition from a person who would soon be in danger - then becoming their innocent - then she and Terrence would protect that person and vanquish any evil beings that were endangering their innocent.
Gloria was thinking about Terrence, her husband, as she was carrying a tray to one of the tables, and didn't see the man walking to the side of her. As she drew level with the man, she brushed against his long, brown, hooded robe with her arm.
Gloria's eyes closed and she stood still, as she suddenly received a premonition. It was as if she was seeing out of someone else's eyes, as she watched the events unfold. A man with dark brown hair was standing near the top of the stairs, arguing with a slim younger woman with long silky blonde hair. Suddenly his arm moved out and he pushed her hard. The woman stumbled then screamed, as she began to fall down the stairs. When she reached the bottom, her head hit the wall a short distance from the bottom stair and she was knocked unconscious.
Then Gloria heard a young girl's voice behind her in the vision. "Jo-Jo? What was that?"
"Nothing, don't worry, go back inside and we'll finish our game," said a voice of a boy that came from Gloria's viewpoint. She was clearly seeing through the eyes of a young boy - maybe the man and woman's son.
"Okay, Jo-Jo." Footsteps signaled the girl moving back inside the room, clearly accepting the boy's answer.
Then the vision ended and Gloria re-opened her eyes. Luckily, the diner was so busy that no-one had noticed her strange behavior; except for the monk she'd brushed against.
The monk began to speak in Latin, as he hurried away from her and out of the diner. His voice sounded angry as he chanted words that Gloria couldn't understand; she'd never paid attention when her parents had tried to teach her Latin.
Gloria remembered her premonition and decided it must relate to the monk. She realized that he must have come from the nearby boarding school where monks taught the boys discipline among other things. Parents sent their sons there if they thought the boys were too disobedient. There had been rumors circulating about what went on at the school between some of the monks and the younger boys there; but so far whatever happened inside the school, remained inside its walls. But how could that relate to the two young children and their parents, who had obviously been inside a house? The man who'd pushed the woman in Gloria's premonition looked nothing like the monk.
Gloria decided that she had to go and see her half-Whitelighter and half-witch husband straight away; maybe he'd understand why she'd got the premonition about the family from a monk. Terrence would be working on a car at the garage, but she was allowed to visit him at work during the day. Terrence's boss, Thomas Simmonds, knew all about the Potters being witches so was happy to help them in any way possible so that they could save their innocents. Simmonds wasn't magical, but had always been open to magic being real, so he had been happy to keep the secret when he'd found out, after being saved from a demon's attack by Terrence.
Thomas had been working in the garage late one day and a demon had suddenly appeared, intent on killing the mechanic; Terrence, only nineteen then, had suddenly orbed in, having worked out the demon's next victim. Then the half-Whitelighter had thrown a small bottle at the demon and the demon had exploded. Thomas had been very grateful and had said he'd give his rescuer anything he wanted in return for saving him. Terrence had then revealed he needed a job and asked Thomas if he'd keep a look out for any vacancies in the area and call his name to summon him if he had any news. Then Simmonds had created the mechanic vacancy, and Terrence had accepted the job-offer straight away, keen to learn how to be a car mechanic so he'd finally be able to earn a fairly decent wage.
In the busy diner, Gloria carried the tray to the lady who'd ordered the contents, then went to collect her things from the kitchen. Her boss, Erin, was there checking things as there was going to be a kitchen inspection in a few days.
"Gloria?" asked the Irish woman. "You look worried, is there something wrong?"
"I have to leave early and see Terrence, I'm very sorry, Erin," apologized Gloria, as she untied her apron.
"Lunch-time rush is almost over anyway, I'll see you tomorrow." Erin smiled kindly at Gloria; the Irish woman cared a lot about her staff and didn't like to see anyone looking unhappy, especially her youngest waitress, whom she saw a lot of her past self in.
"Thanks, I'll see you tomorrow." Gloria put down her apron and picked up her coat. She started fastening her coat, as she thought some more about the premonition she'd received - maybe the monk knew the boy and his family somehow.
To be continued…