The Greatest Wish Novels & Stories

"And Christmas is coming up fast. But remember, wishes don't always come true exactly as we think they will. Sometimes they happen in ways we don't expect." Malaya nodded thoughtfully, then closed her eyes as Laila clasped her hands gently. "Ready to pray?" "Mhm." "Dear Lord," Malaya whispered solemnly, "please bless Mommy and my grandparents and family. Please let me get all the toys on my Christmas list… and please let me get my Christmas wish. Amen." Laila chuckled softly. "Care to tell me what your Christmas wish is, nugget?" Malaya's shoulders curled inward. "I… I don't want you to be mad at me."

I also wanted to finally let go of the resentment in my heart in the very place I'd once feared most. I hated these people, but more than that, I wanted to finally love myself. After saying my piece, I felt lighter than I ever had. As I turned to leave, Wesley stepped in front of me. "Ophie, can't you give us one more chance? We're your family…" I dodged his trembling hand and pointed at everyone in the room, saying coldly, "A chance? You never gave me one." "Ophelia, you bitch! You ruined everything! I'll kill you!"

"When he was being rushed in and wheeled into surgery, I remember that he kept repeating something under his breath. "Something like… his birthday wish finally came true, or something along those lines. That might be what he cares about most deep down. If you want to try waking him up, you could start from there." Mom kept turning the doctor's words over in her mind. She murmured to herself, "A birthday wish? That's right… Zero has never once celebrated his birthday. He must really want that. But what was his birthday wish?" I wanted to tell her that my birthday wish was to die. All she needed to do was stop the treatment, and my wish would finally come true.

Still I answered. "There are so many things I wish for, first I want mother to be free and happy. To have everything she wants. I also want to be happy. I want to have a beautiful garden where I could watch the sunset and sunrise. I wish to dance in the Rain, to have a pet. Perhaps a dog... I trailed off looking into space, my heart clenching as I thought of what I wished for the most . I wish could turn back time to the day I met Alexander Greyford then I'd do everything in my power to make sure our paths never cross.

"The Well reveals every regret. Every sin. Every hidden truth. It breaks most people. Few return sane." Killian tightened his grip on Aiden. "And if someone survives?" The Guardian answered, "The Heartspring grants one wish." Silence. One wish. Seraphina's heartbeat quickened. "A wish powerful enough to separate fragments?" "Yes." "Powerful enough to save Aiden?" "Yes." "Powerful enough to save Caelan?" "Yes." Hope flickered—small, fragile, but alive. Killian stepped forward immediately. "I'll do it." Seraphina looked at him. "No."

"What do you need from me?" My mother’s eyes lit up with hope. "A kidney! Please, I’m begging you to save him!"

"I wish for my loved ones to always be by my side." Renfrew sounded a little anxious. "Mommy, you’re not allowed to say your wish out loud, or else it won’t come true!" Hesper shook her head and said with a smile, "Renfrew, wishes are all fake. I believe that we must fight for everything in life. Those who pray to the gods won’t get their wishes answered, so I want to make my wishes come true myself, one after another. I’ll keep everyone that I love by my side."

The booth had a plate that read, 'The Wishing Booth' and another plate that read 'The Wishing Tree' by the tree. People seemed to have written their wishes on cards and hung them on the three. He walked over and glanced through some of the cards. "Um... 'Pass my exam'... 'Get my dream guy'... 'Slim down!', 'Get rich'!' He chuckled after reading a few cards aloud. "Do you want to write your own? Maybe it will come true." "I don't think I have any wishes. I feel like I'm the happiest person on earth, and it would be greedy of me to make any more wishes." She considered it in all seriousness and realized that she did not have any wish.

“If you have a wish in life, you can make it every time a plane flies by. If you make the wish a hundred times, it will come true.“ Carter nodded in understanding. “So, mommy, what is your wish? Will it come true soon?“ Natalie smiled and let Little Candie explain again. “You cannot tell anyone what your wish is until it comes true. If you do that, it won't happen,” she said. Carter was bewildered. “You know so many things, Little Candie,” he said, with some jealously. “But, I will start making my wish soon too.“

"Best Christmas wish ever." "Agreed."