Lucian is the altruistic, patient and justifying prince of Rosas. He can do magic like his uncle King Magnifico, but he is still learning under his wing despite his talent, even after his mother passed away. With the encouragement of his father's younger sister Queen Amaya, he helps Magnifico grant wishes once a month in a wish ceremony just as his uncle used to with his mother. Though he has a secret long-kept wish he never grants for the sake of his people, including his close friend Asha, who longs for her grandfather's wish to be granted. Yet neither of them knew they saw the other when they were young.
On the day of the wish ceremony, which is also the 100th birthday of Asha's grandfather, Lucian, Asha and their friend Cyra discover who Magnifico turns out to be after he showed Rosas' wishes to the girls during their interviews to become his apprentice. However, regardless of her friends' reasonings, Cyra earns the king's apprenticeship for agreeing with his ways. To make things worse, Magnifico does not grant the wish of Asha's grandfather during the wishing ceremony. Lucian tries to tell his family about his uncle's true nature, but his aunt never listens unlike her brother. Conflicted by this, he makes a wish with Asha for his people to get a chance to have their wishes granted, which brings down a real star from the sky named Star, who knows something about his mother that he does not.
How would Lucian save his kingdom from his uncle's rule while he faces Cyra, who joins his uncle to seek vengeance on Asha for standing in her way? Do the two close friends have what it takes to prove even one wish made on a star can make the impossible happen? And most of all, will they admit to the other their truest feelings?
All credits belong to Disney, Benjamin Rice, J.K. Rowling, Molly McMurtrie, Wendy Wan-Long Shang, Leigh Harline, and Jaycee Dasilva with original songs and altered lyrics by Emma Weltner. While I wrote my cinematic Wish rewrite for all the disappointed fans, this is the rewrite I really wanted to do. I wanted to do my ideas of delving into the world of Rosas, having Magnifico mentor Asha, exploring the evil dragon book, and introducing Star later on so Asha could be more than a love interest. When I first saw Wish, I thought it could make a perfect television series with its fairly large main cast, multiple themes, and several forms of magic. I didn't publish this sooner because I had trouble outlining it until I watched Unicorn Academy, which had the perfect seasonal structure for it, and reviewed the film imagining it as a TV pilot. Parts of the cinematic rewrite will be here, but this is a Lighter and Softer rewrite, so, no trigger warnings.