The Charmed Seven Family Past Series 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: I couldn't leave a story about Nathan out of the series, so I wrote this one about him.
Main Characters: Nathan, Josiah, Gloria, Terrence Series Note: Follows Part 3: The Second Son. This story takes place about three years after the last story.
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Jessie Jane for her input which has helped me improve this story.
Closed AU until this whole series has been posted.
Warnings: None needed.
Spoilers: None.
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Teaser
When Chris was eight, Terrence became ill because a Darklighter got into the house and shot a poison arrow into him. Darklighters existed to kill Whitelighters and half-Whitelighters with the poison arrows they fired from crossbows. People who weren't Whitelighters would just become ill from the poison, rather than die.
Terrence stayed in bed after the attack, while Gloria called a Whitelighter, who would be able to heal her husband. Chris and Josiah hadn't been told the truth - all they had been told was that their father was unwell. They hadn't been allowed to see their father, so had been spared from seeing the large arrow.
The doorbell rang and Josiah, who was eighteen then, walked to the door to see who was there. He cautiously opened it and saw a dark-skinned man standing there. The man carried a large black bag at his side.
"Are you the doctor?" asked the teenager suspiciously - the man didn't look much like a doctor he thought.
"Yes, my name's Nathan Jackson. I understand that Mr. Potter is unwell," answered the man, offering his hand to the teen. He didn't call himself a doctor as that would be lying - it was bad enough that he had to keep the truth from the boys that he was really a Whitelighter. He was sure the boys already knew about Whitelighters, but he had been instructed by the Elders not to tell them why he was really there.
Josiah shook the man's hand, then answered Nathan's question; "Yes, my father is unwell in bed. Maybe it's food poisoning."
"It might be poisoning," answered Nathan, knowing the young man was half-right, as Josiah led him into the house.
Josiah called up the stairs to tell Gloria that the doctor had arrived. "Mom, Doctor Jackson's here to see Father."
Gloria heard the boy's voice through the slightly ajar bedroom door and walked to the landing. "Come straight up please, Doctor."
"Please help him - he's too young to die yet," requested Josiah softly, as the man started up the stairs.
"I'll try my best," said Nathan - even though he knew he would be able to heal Terrence, he wasn't allowed to say anything to anyone (except Gloria and Terrence) that would indicate he was a Whitelighter who could heal all manner of injuries. He was only at the house to heal Terrence, and then he had to leave.
Josiah watched Nathan walk up the stairs then went back into the sitting room to finish playing chess with Chris. Eight-year-old Chris was very good at chess, after being taught by their father at age six.
"Isn't he a bit young for a doctor?" asked Chris, suspiciously. Chris had been watching discretely from the sitting room's doorway and had noticed that the man only looked to be in his mid-twenties; Chris thought that all doctors were old.
"I'm sure he's fully qualified, Brother," answered Josiah, who liked the doctor, but was slightly wary of him; he did seem nice though.
"He could be a demon in disguise."
"You're suspicious of everyone - even the mailman. I'm sure he's a real doctor," said Josiah as he sat down in his chair to continue their game.
Chris sat down opposite Josiah and started to plan his next move carefully - he had to beat Josiah again. He'd already won the first game, and if Josiah beat him this time, they'd have to play a third game to find an overall winner; Chris didn't want to play another game.
To be continued...