Genie
When Harry was little, he would overhear his Aunt tell Dudley bedtime stories. Usually they were about a Prince, with beautiful blonde hair and who was a bit plump, who would rescue the beautiful princess. Her name would change every few nights, according to Dudley's preferences of course, but she was always beautiful and the Prince always got her in the end.
Harry was most interested in the only story that wasn't about a prince or beautiful princess.
"Once upon a time, there was a genie that was trapped in a lamp. He was a young man who was tricked by a horrible wizard – the nasty man – and the genie would only come out when someone rubbed the lamp three times. The Genie, who was always known as the Genie and just that, would grant only three wishes – any three you could think of – and was invisible to everyone but the possessor of the lamp.
"One day, a young man came across the lamp and wished for three things in a row. He wished for a beautiful woman, whose name was as beautiful as her. The second wish was for great friends, who would protect each other no matter what it took. For his last wish, he wished for a beautiful son with the eyes of his love and the heart of a lion.
"Of course, the man could not know the Genie's wishes always came with a price. After the Genie granted these three wishes, he disappeared forever to the man. The man, still not knowing of the curse these wishes would eventually give him, lived peacefully for almost a year.
"In the end, the wishes fell apart. A Dark Lord killed both husband and wife, destroyed the friends' lives, and cursed the young son. The young son lived on, a hero to everyone, but was forever cursed to live with and be surrounded by people that would never truly love him."
Harry would eventually cry himself to sleep.