[ WP ] In this world , everyone gets one wish granted a year

The worst moment of the year was coming again. In a few minutes, a new year was starting. And with it, the inevitable chaos resulting from all the wishes. The whole family was gathered and together we were waiting, as per tradition. Maybe it was the last time we were all here. Maybe the world would change drastically. There was no way to know yet, but we'd see soon. 
 Please, please nothing too strange this year. The Wishes Control World Agency had carefully warned everyone, like at every end of year. But as always, some people would not care and would still make erratic wishes. They would disrupt the life of someone, or a bunch of men, or even the whole world. 
 Sure, we had more knowledge about this event than we used to. But we also knew that there was no solution to prevent the disturbing wishes. And that trying to prevent them was actually making things even worse. 
 Yes conflicting wishes were really the worst. That's why every year the WCWA was making sure that we thought about our wish thoroughly and consult with others. If two wishes were conflicting too much, the consequences could be disastrous. The first wish of the year would always be realized. That's what we learned. And that, no matter the wishes. That is why conflicting wishes were a problem. For two wishes that go against each other to be realized, the only solution is that the opposition disappears. From there, that meant the wish needed to be changed in such a way that it would still respect the initial wish but would also not conflict with the second. For example, if you wanted someone dead but that person wished to stay alive, then the result would be that the targeted person would float in another plane of existence. Of course, there was no proof of this very thing, but it was concluded from smaller scale wishes conflicts observation. These particular wishes might even be how ghosts were created. 
 So, yes, we had to be careful about our wish. And make it as fast as possible to be sure it would be the first in the year. So many constraints for something that would seem to be able to improve your life. Most people were doing very simple wishes instead, scared of anyone else's wish to conflict with a more complicated one, or to alter the world in a weird way. 
 And like every year, I was lost in my thoughts. Thinking about the wishes and all we knew about them, afraid of the near future. Trying to not think about what could happen. Soon I could be alone in that room. Or maybe soon I would be the one dead. Perhaps our house would burn. Our country would have a new leader. There was no way to know what people were going to wish. 
 Ten seconds left. Everybody was quiet. I closed my eyes. I repeated my wish in my head, knowing that the first wish I would formulate after the start of the year would be the one. I could n't fail. Nobody could. 
 I hoped everything would be the same when I would open my eyes. 
 
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