Lamp of the hidden Ampharos Chapter two,
The brightest light is the one of Curiosity.
Disclaimer, I own nothing, except some of the names of the characters but that's it.
Jack watched the sun rise over the edge of his cliff, allowing himself to remember why he stayed away from the others in the village. He walked down a path he knew like the back of his paw to a small beach hidden to everyone else on the island, except for the few flying types that flew around the area. He walked toward some of the trees growing on the beach and sat in the sand leaning against it, closing his eyes to maybe get some rest.
He allowed the sun to wash over him and warm his yellow fur before he heard a rustling in some of the bushes behind him. He glanced back without moving his head, and saw a few younger Pokémon poking their heads out of some bushes near the trail leading to the beach.
"Look, there he is. That's the Ampharos that stays outside of the village alone." said a young Pichu pointing towards him, he was wearing a small little bandana with a Pichu on it. Comment: Small badana with a Pichu on it? What?
"I wonder why that is...doesn't he get lonely out here all by himself?" asked a Lillipup, who had a flower set right above her ear.
"I heard he stays out here and brings Pokémon that wash up on the beach to town after they get better, but if are on the main beach at night he'll appear out of nowhere behind you like a ghost type," said a small Tepig wearing a badge made out of a green metal he had found on the shore.
"Wow, he must be really nice," said the Lillipup to her friends, while the Pichu sneaked out the bushes quietly as he could try to sneak up on Jack. He got about three feet away from him before Jack looked back at him suddenly making the poor little mouse shock himself out of fear.
Jack shook his head and looks towards the bush, motioning for the Pokémon hiding behind it to come out. He then got up to pick up the Pichu and put him against the tree he was leaning against. He smiled as the two Pokémon behind the bushes crept out and stood by their friend.
"Now you three, I'm not mad. But I want to know how you got here and why," Jack said in a softly.
"Well... uh... you see sir my mom and dad told me about you and how you stay out here alone. My friends and I wanted to see what you did in the day while not looking at the sea like some people say you do..." said the Tepig nervously.
"Well as you can see I spend my time on this beach, the one I washed up on..." he said with more than a hint of sadness in his voice.
The Pichu started to wake up from his initial shock and listened with his friends to Jack. They all looked at each other in wonder. All they heard about Jack was he grew up out near here and simply made this his home.
"You washed up here too?" asked the Lillipup in wonder as she sat down in front of jack along with her friends.
Jack smiled sadly and said, "Yeah. I washed up on this beach 10 years ago. I was just a Mareep; I woke up on this beach after a week of floating on a plank of wood. I was starving, weak, and dehydrated. I was alone on this beach when I woke up until I was able to stumble out of the water and towards the berry bushes nearby. I spent three months on this beach recovering on my own with very little water and the berries," he looked towards the ocean with a sad smile, "I don't know how I survived or why, but I chose to stay here to save anything that washed up on these shores."
"Wow...you must have been scared to wash up alone out here as a Mareep," said the Pichu looking up at Jack with amazement in his young eyes.
"Scared? I was scared of everything on this island before this...I had a small family of my own. But, that is a story for another day...Your parents' must be worried about you three," he said with a frown, the three Pokémon jumped. They forgot that they had to be back to the village soon and ran off quickly shouting good byes.
Jack watched them run down the hidden path and shook his head. He knew the kids would be back the next day, they weren't the first to find this place. He looked at the ocean and watched as the waves beat against the rocks. He saw something washing in and walked towards the water line.
It was a body.
He ran towards the deepest part he could while having his head out of the water as the surf began to push the body closer towards him. He grabbed it without a second look and began to rush to the shore. When he got there he saw the body he had dragged to the shore was something he hadn't seen in over ten years, not long before he landed on the island.
A Human.
