Chapter 3: Reborn With Seven Wishes
Floating in the void, after a long pause, Dresden suddenly remembered that he never asked for the weird voice's name.
"Hey we have been talking for such a long time but I still don't know your name," Dresden remarked. "Humph! now you remember, well you can call me Michel, now hurry up and tell me your wishes, I have places to be." grumped Michel. To the annoyance of the angel, it took a few hours for Dresden to organize his thoughts.
After a thorough analysis of his knowledge, he finally settled on the Harry Potter world. There were many reasons for his choice and to list a few; the Potterverse was very similar to earth, the power difference amongst average wizards was not ridiculously high, he could slowly but surely reach the top, he had the most amount of information about this world from all seven books, tens of fan-fictions, fantastic beast movies and other J.K Rowling publications on Pottermore and last but not the least who doesn't want to learn real MAGIC!
This was the most rational decision he could make plus he got to make wishes that would make him unbeatable.
Dresden took a deep breath, after gathering his thoughts he started by describing the timeline and his background and family history. He wanted to be born four years prior to the cannon (this will allow him to participate in the tri-wizard tournament in his seventh year after his transfer to Hogwarts), but it must be in America because he didn't want to jeopardize his and his soon to be family's wellbeing at the hands of the genocidal psychopath of a dark lord Moldy Shorts and the equally despicable whore for the greater-good (gg) Dumb-Old-Dork.
He asked for loving parents, his father would be named Jonathan Winchester (he wanted to keep his last name and there was a famous gunsmith in America called Winchester so it was possible to have a wizarding family with that name.) and his mother would be Leta Scamander (the daughter of Newton Artemis Fido "Newt" Scamander).
Both of his parents would have a knack for adventure and deep love for magical creatures. His family must also be rich so he doesn't have to worry about making ends meet or have familial responsibilities.
Due to the adventurous nature of his parents, they would not be overbearing and would allow him a great deal of freedom from a young age (this would stop any hindrances in his plan). Michel looked at him with calculating eyes and said "Wow, so you basically milked my favor to the highest level, huh, you really make me want to slap the shit out of you, however, I stay true to my word. So, its granted."
After carefully articulating his background and giving a mischievous smile to Michel, he started to list his wishes:
"For my first wish, I want to have the strongest and most perfect body and mind of the wizarding world " (This will allow me to better utilize resources available to me and pave my way to achieve my ultimate goal).
Michel took a deep breath and replied, "It can be granted, but to maintain the balance of the world, you and your magic will grow with age and usage and you will have to develop the other abilities to completely unlock your potential. Now what is your next wish?" he questioned with a furrowed brow.
"Second, I want to be born as a nature Animagus of the highest level, with the ability to communicate with, and understand, all creatures and their languages telepathically, emotionally and verbally be it magical or non-magical. I can justify having this gift from my mother's side of the family as my grandfather also has the nature animagus gift but mine will be a bit more refined" explained Dresden.
Michel was becoming more agitated at the little squirt, "You really know how to push my buttons, don't you? Do you think I don't know why you worded your wish in such a way? You won't be able to pull a fast one on me, I invented these tricks long before you were born. Do you think that through this wish you would be able to use Parsel and dragonish magic aye? Not gonna happen, to learn magic using these ancient languages you would have to master them first. And, you will only be able to do so, if the creature shares a magical contract with you"
"Third, I want to be a Metamorphmagus with complete control over my body's shape, size, and features so I don't have to worry about identity exposure. This gift would be from my father's side of the family," said Dresden. Michel sighed and said, "fine but you will only be able to access this after you have complete control over your body, ie. not before you can walk and talk.
"Fourth, I want to be a natural-born occlumens and Legilimens." These gifts will come from his maternal grandmother as Queenie Goldstein his grandmother's sister is a Legilimens. This would allow him to have a photographic memory and unlimited access to knowledge from other people through reading people's minds thought Dresden.
Michel had already given up his anger because he realized that it didn't really matter to him this was between God and Dresden, though he might be reprimanded if something extreme happened but God himself allowed him these wishes at least he didn't ask for immortality or omnipotence. However, he still had to put up a false front, so he glared at Dresden and said, "Not so fast, you can have this wish but you will have to learn to control and evolve these gifts yourself, there is no instant mastery." "Stingy" growled Dresden.
"Fifth, I want animagus powers like a Metamorphmagus, so that, I could animate my body and transform into any animal"
"That's it, it's not possible otherwise you will break the power balance of the world. You can only choose a maximum of three magical and three non-magical forms. Even these forms come with conditions; firstly, you cannot use any animagus forms before your first magical maturity at 7, secondly, your magical Animagus can only be harnessed at the age of 15 because they require enormous amounts of magic and you will also be required to use willingly given heart blood to transform into the magical creature you want for the first time." He continued on by saying that to obtain regular non-magical animagus forms he would have to learn a different ritual for each form.
Dresden had an idea of what he wanted for his magical animagi forms i.e. A kelpie as a water-based creature, a thunderbird as an airborne creature, and finally a Nandu as a land-based one. As for the nonmagical forms he wanted a harpy eagle to help in assassinations from the sky, a dragonfly for reconnaissance, spying and sneaking in small locations, for the last one he wanted a white tiger to roam the mundane jungles and as the official form, he would register.
"Sixth I want to have regenerative powers stronger than Deadpool where I can regrow limbs no matter if they are severed through dark magic or otherwise because I don't want to end up like moody or worm tail."
Michel limited this one to one regeneration per month and in extreme cases of life and death only but he will suffer pain comparable to the one he felt when he was in the Eye of Tamara. Dresden started to get a bit angry and agitated as well, "Had he not sacrificed enough? Had he not suffered enough? Then why was he being limited over and over?" he thought. However, he still managed to get huge benefits from his Wishlist so far.
"Lastly, I want an enchanted ring with a similar function to newt Scamander's trunk but with a huge space and real terrain suitable for all magical creatures." finished Dresden with a straight face.
"You can't be born with it obviously, so it can be arranged but it will not be available at your birth, you will have to find it on one of your adventures with your father." ended Michel. "Now off you go before I get pissed off and make you born as a squib" threatened Michel.
Dresden was sweating bullets; he thanked him and closed his eyes and when he opened them, he was submerged into a jellylike blob and there was total darkness. He knew that he was about to be born. He cursed out Michel, He could have gained consciousness after birth but Michel probably wanted to see him suffer through the traumatizing ordeal of being born.
After a few weeks later, on a stormy evening outside the maternity ward of Lancelot Hospital for magical maladies and injuries New York, a middle-aged man with silvery-white hair was pacing back and forth in the hallway. An old couple was sitting on two mahogany chairs holding hands. "Calm yourself, Jonathan, Leta will be fine, come, have a seat you have been pacing for the past two hours, she is in very capable hands." said the woman. "I just can't stop worrying about them Tina and walking helps me calm my nerves a little," he replied.
Half an hour later a melodious cry was heard. Jonathan dashed towards the door and almost crashed into the healer who delivered his baby. "Sorry!" he exclaimed, "how are they my wife and child," asked Jonathan while being a little agitated. "They are fine, congratulations you are now a father to a beautiful baby boy, you can go ahead and see them. I will give you your privacy" the female healer replied.
As he stepped inside the room, he saw his wife laying on the bed with their son next to her. The boy had pitch-black hair like his mother with streaks of silver running through them, his eyes were deep blue and had a mesmerizing quality that sucked you in. It was as if they could see through the very soul of the person looking into them. He was the most handsome baby he had ever seen and he knew that when this little devil grew up, he will break many a maiden's hearts.
He leaned over and kissed his wife's forehead and scooped his son into his warm bear-like an embrace. Then he sat next to his wife and started whispering sweet nothings in her ear when the door opened and Newt and Tina came in to look at their grandson. They were especially happy when the baby snuggled into newt's robes and fell asleep.
July 16th, 1976, 5:47 pm was stamped on the birth certificate that was handed to Jonathan when he reached the counter. He and Leta already agreed upon a name even before the baby was born and now it was time to fill the name column with Dresden Scamander Winchester. (Dresden S. Winchester) After all the formalities were done the small family of five headed home.
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Asad_Dogar
Asad_Dogar I know its a little slow-paced, but I want to cover every detail I can. I made up the character names and the hospital as I could not find one that existed in the American magical community. Lancelot was a healer at saint mungos in the 1800s. The main character will be a lot stronger than his peers but not too OP compared to top-level wizards in the beginning. He will grow stronger as he harnesses his gifts and other resources available to him. Please continue the support and keep posting comments. It helps when I see someone reading and appreciating my effort and motivates me to write more. Thanks.
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