As the candles were blown out, the lights in the whole town went off which was alarming to everyone, whispers spread all around the house and most people were trying to figure out what Liana had wished for and if it was what affected the lights.
“Gather some candles everyone”, Liana’s grandmother said while whisking her away to her room.
“Stay here Liana, don't open the door for anyone”.
Liana who had just turned 16 stayed in her room obeying her grandma, she didn't understand what was happening and why her wish had just come true.
She didn't even mean for her wish to happen, she simply felt awkward when everyone was singing “happy birthday” to her and simply wished that the lights would go off which it did.
“How did my wish come true and what would happen if I made another one”, Liana thought.
Quickly, she decided to lock her doors and try to make another wish, but what could she wish for though; maybe her favorite meal, a new coat, or something else?
Finally, she settled that she would wish for a dog because she had always wanted one, and if her wishes were coming true then it was the perfect time to get one.
“I wish for a dog”, Liana said aloud.
She waited for a few minutes to see if a dog would appear, but nothing happened and this made Liana question what went wrong now and what had happened then.
Sighing in disappointment, she decided to climb onto her bed, but stopped when a sound came from her wardrobe.
Looking in the direction and walking towards it, she saw movements which frightened her but before she could run away, a tiny terrier ran towards her making her fall down and the dog began licking her which made her laugh.
“My wish came true, it truly did but how?”
Liana decided not to concern herself with the hows and just enjoy her new dog, but after a few minutes of playing, she heard a knock that startled her.
“Who is there?”
“It's me, your grandmother”
The response immediately made Liana open her door and her grandmother walked in and was shocked when she saw the dog.
“Made another wish, haven't you, Ana”
Liana laughed which made her grandmother chuckle too, but after she stopped laughing,she proceeded to ask her grandmother how it was possible that her wishes were coming true.
Her grandmother took a deep breath and explained to Liana how her great grandfather had helped a fairy who got lost and in exchange, the fairy gifted his lineage with the ability to make wishes when they turned 16, but for some reason, the power skipped certain people including her grandmother and mother.
She further explained that while it was an amazing gift, Liana needed to make wishes that weren't selfish and would help others just like her great grandfather had helped the fairy.
Liana nodded her head and promised her grandmother that she would only use her wishes for good and from that day forward that was what she did.
She helped her community anyway she could and because of her wishes, her town prospered and they lived in peace.
THE END
This post has been manually curated by @bhattg from Indiaunited community. Join us on our Discord Server.
Do you know that you can earn a passive income by delegating to @indiaunited. We share 100 % of the curation rewards with the delegators.
Here are some handy links for delegations: 100HP, 250HP, 500HP, 1000HP.
Read our latest announcement post to get more information.
Please contribute to the community by upvoting this comment and posts made by @indiaunited.
Liana, made good use of her wish.
Helping others is worth doing.
It truly is, thank you for reading
Smart Liana! She must have been nervous to wish for the lights to go off as her family celebrated with her. What a funny and strange wish. 😄
Beautiful story. !LADY
I feel like that is something I can do especially with my social anxiety
I wish I meet a fairy someday. That would be incredible.
Don't we all have that wish
This is charming story, @khaleesii, and it underscores the importance of the Golden Rule, which is something we need more of in this world! Thank you for sharing your story in The Ink Well, and for reading and commenting on the work of other community members.
Thank you so much
What a fun birthday surprise that would be! Most 16 year-olds would ask for cars and clothes and popularity. It's good that Liana had her grandmother to guide her.
I know that surely I would have asked for the weirdest things also but thankfully Liana isn't me and she had her grandma
A smart teenager is what I would call her. She made a good wish, I know what I wished for when I was that age, I'll give a hint, it was for helping people
Well you are better than me, I would have been wishing for new things 😆
Interesting. I love what she did with the power to wish for anything, to help the community and not have all to herself. Such a generous heart Liana is.
She is indeed a smart girl:))
What a great gift, I wish I could have such a gift...it'll be used to help a lot of people but first I think I'll follow Liana's lead and get myself a dog..hehe
..great story...❤️❤️
Hehehe smart wish and a great plan you also have
The power to wish for anything is like the air you can grasp. In Liana's case, she had the best opportunity there is and applied it where she deemed best.
Great imagination you had with the setting.
Thank you so much
The story setting is very nice. I love everything about it.
Thank you so much
Id like to meet that fairy though🤔😅. Liana is so lucky now isn't she
She is and I think everyone would love to meet a fairy