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As a child, Joseph loved to look to the stars. He would gave fondly to the twinkling lights above, wishing and begging for a way to reach high enough to touch them. He was 8 when he first began to reach higher. He hadn’t understood at the time why exactly the sky, the stars, had suddenly seemed closer, and the instant he heard his mother shout, the sky dropped away from him. 

His mother wouldn’t tell him why she had shouted at him, and he wouldn’t find out why until he was 13. His mother and father had left Joseph and his brother alone while they went to work, and the elder was trying to entertain his 9 year old brother. It was difficult at first, but the instant Joseph realized he was levitating a ball without touching it... he seemed to catch Lillian’s attention. 

Joseph had made his brother promise not to tell their parents, and it had been easy to convince the child. The two kept it a secret- a secret between brothers- for years, years, and more years. The instant Lillian went into high school, the instant he met the young boy who insisted his name was Roderich, it became harder to keep Joseph’s powers a secret. Lillian told Roderich everything, and Joseph told Lillian nearly everything. 

It wasn’t until many years later that Joseph found out why exactly Roderich had believed Lillian when he had told the boy about his older brother with magic powers. It wasn’t until Joseph, himself, was being targeted by a member of Roderich’s family that he found out how happy Roderich had been to know someone else who had magic. Though Roderich’s magic wasn’t the same as Joseph’s, he appreciated the boy’s acceptance and his introductions to the two people who soon became Joseph’s most trusted companions.

Joseph would look back on those early days, the days when he knew nothing of his place in the world, nothing of the impact he would have on those who held such an immense amount of power. Joseph would remember those days, and he would miss them. He would feel the pain coursing through his veins any time his enemy’s curse would surge greater in strength, and Joseph would wish... he would wish and he would beg for the chance to turn back time and forget some of the things he learned which had put him in this situation. He would beg for the chance to live normally once more.