A/N: The Muslims believe in the djinn as much as the ancient Persians did, but Islamic spiritual beliefs say that there are good djinn and neutral djinn as well as evil djinn. It is also believed by some that djinn, or genies, can be female as well as male. The Wishmaster movies are not especially good, but the concept of a djinn granting wishes for a price intrigues me, and I thought I'd try my own spin on the Wishmaster story, based closely off of the first movie.

By the way, my knowledge on the Islamic views of the djinn is scant at best, so please forgive me if I get something wrong about the Muslim view of the djinn. I'm just trying to create my own colorful story here.

Disclaimer: I do not own Wishmaster, though if I did I would improve upon its bad qualities, but I do own this particular story.


"Ancient spiritual beliefs of Persia and Islam state that when God created the angels through light, and man and woman on the earth, fire created the mysterious wish-granting beings called the djinn. It was popularly, and infamously known, that many djinn were pure dark and evil, and would always twist a granted wish to harm or kill the person who made the wish, or someone who was close to the wisher. If a djinn was roused on Earth, he or she would grant the awakener three wishes at no harm to that person, but on the granting of the third, a portal would open and the unholy legions of the djinn would emerge to terrorize mankind and rule the Earth.

"Of course, one thing that was common knowledge to Muslims, but not Persians, was that some djinn were not evil at all, but good, and even holy. Some djinn preferred to use their wish granting for the betterment of mankind, though their wishes still came at a price, but not a twisted price like with the evil djinn. They, too, would grant three wishes to one who awoke them, but upon the granting of the third, if the wishes were selfless enough, the hallowed djinn would enter the world through the same portal and create wonders for the good men and women of the Earth and purge it of the impure and unrepentant sinners that unwittingly helped the evil djinn.

"It's also said that there were even neutral djinn, genies that didn't take either side, neither holy nor unholy, and preferred to live the lives of their own choice. They would not take part in any battle between good and evil, and when they granted wishes, the consequences could go either way; they could be positive, like from a good djinn, or negative, like from an evil djinn. They also had little desire to create wonders before an adoring humankind, nor did they want to ravage and rule the Earth. They just wanted to live and let live, not caring what way the balance of the universe went, and to go their own way.

"This is not the story of a neutral djinn.

"But it is the story of a good djinn who comes out of the void that is the prison of the djinn and is willing to grant wishes for her awakener. Yes, this djinn is a female, and a most radiantly beautiful one, too. Her name is Victoria, and she shines with the light of God Himself.

"It is also the story of a certain evil djinn who has frequented the Earth before, and has killed and tortured the souls of many greedy, foolish, or selfish people who wished for things that shouldn't have been theirs, and who has also been foiled more than once by a few young women who awoke him, but figured out intelligent ways to trap him within the fire opal that was his prison once again. His name is Nathaniel, and he is always eager to find a way to bring his evil brethren into the world and destroy all that is green and good.

"Here, the evil Wishmaster and the good Wishmistress come to a head ultimately, and fight a titanic battle of the spirits for the dominance of the world and the welfare of the human race. But this story doesn't begin with their battle. Numerous people ask for things from both genies, and face whatever consequences come with the wishes, be they gentle admonitions or twisted tortures. And the very beginning of the story doesn't begin in modern times, like the rest of the story takes place in.

"It begins in the same place where Nathaniel's story began, in a small Persian kingdom, ruled by a king who is awed by magical wonders. And it begins with a certain sorcerer who approves no more of good djinn walking the face of the Earth than evil djinn, Zoroaster."