After the battle Heather shared with Rachael and Clover caught a Poliwag, the four trainers continued on the path to Olivine, just making it in the late afternoon.
"We still have time to get to the gym!" Free exclaimed, running through the town with Heather, Clover, and Deka on his heels. He stopped at the front doors and tried pulling on the handles, but it was locked.
"Hey, open the door!" Heather cried, knocking on it.
"Jasmine is at the lighthouse," a man said from behind them. He had a handlebar mustache and was wearing sunglasses. "You must go talk to her there if you wish to battle."
The man walked off and the trainers looked at one another.
"I guess that's all we can do," Heather shrugged.
Heather looked around and spotted a massive lighthouse on a cliff by the ocean. Once they got inside, they noticed it was pitch black.
"Come out, Flaaffy. Use flash to light up this room," Heather threw a Poké Ball down.
"Baa!" Flaaffy cried, lighting up her tail. The trainers looked around and saw no one.
"Maybe she's upstairs?" Clover guessed, pointing to a staircase. Heather and Free nodded and were the first to head up the stairs.
"I promise you'll get better, Amphy!" They heard a girls voice call from upstairs. "I just need to get you your medicine… if only I wasn't too afraid to leave you alone…"
"Hello?" Free said when they reached the top.
"Oh, hello. Can I help you?" A young girl with brown hair asked. She sat on the floor cradling a yellow, hairless, sheep-like Pokémon that was almost as big as her. Free pulled out his Pokédex as Heather spoke to the girl.
"Ampharos, the Light Pokémon. Electric-type. Ampharos is the evolved form of Flaaffy. Ampharos gives off so much light that it can be seen even from space. People in the old days used the light of this Pokémon to send signals back and forth with others far away," the Pokédex read aloud.
"Are you Jasmine?" Heather asked.
"I am," she replied, stroking the Ampharos's head.
"We'd like to challenge you to a gym battle!" Free announced.
"Can't you see I'm taking care of a sick Pokémon?" Jasmine snapped, glaring at the trainers. "However… I suppose if you do me a favor, I will battle you."
"What do you need us to do?" Heather asked.
"Could you head over to Cianwood and pick up some medicine from the pharmacy for Amphy?" She gestured at the yellow Pokémon. "They already have my order in, but I'm too afraid to leave him alone."
"Sure! We'll do it!" Heather replied cheerily.
"Anything to help a sick Pokémon and get a gym battle," Free added. "We'll head out right now!"
"Baa…" Flaaffy cried, staying in one spot as the trainers started to head down the stairs.
"What is it, Flaaffy?" Heather asked. Flaaffy pointed at Amphy.
"I think Flaaffy likes Amphy…" Clover whispered to Heather.
"Ohhh…" Heather smirked. "Do you want to stay with Amphy?"
Flaaffy nodded and rushed to Amphy's side, tripping and rolling over to him in the process. Amphy turned his head to the side and smiled at Flaaffy.
"Isn't Pokémon love just the cutest thing you've ever seen?" Clover sighed dreamily.
As the four friends made it out, Heather realized a problem. "We have no way to get to Cianwood."
"You guys need to get to Cianwood?" A skinny, timid looking boy with long, brown hair asked. He stood by the beach and was holding a bunch of tiny seashells and beach glass in his hands.
"Yeah, we're trying to help Amphy get better. Jasmine told us to go to Cianwood to pick up medicine from the pharmacy for her," Free explained.
"My name is Raver. I'm sorry to have bothered you," the boy said, stuffing the sea treasures in his pockets, "but you could use my Lapras to get across, if that wouldn't be too much trouble."
"Really?" Clover squealed. "I've always wanted to go sailing on a Lapras!"
Raver smiled. "We can leave right now, if you want. I mean, if that's alright."
"As soon as possible!" Heather shouted. The five kids walked down towards the south beach of Olivine.
"Come out, Lapras!" Raver said, throwing a Poké Ball out to the water. "I'm sorry to ask this of you, but could you take me and these four trainers to Cianwood?"
"Reeoar!" The Pokémon replied happily.
"Oh, thank you!" Raver exclaimed. "Well, climb on guys. Lapras has plenty of room."
"Thanks! This is great!" Deka replied, taking a seat on Lapras' back.
Raver just grinned sheepishly and rubbed Lapras head.
A/N One of our shorter chapters. So, a little bit of background information. The author to this story, Heather (or Thea), doesn't really like this chapter. She wrote it over a year ago. You'll see improvement as we go. I, Free, personally love this chapter. It holds something dear to my heart. Raver is based off of a really close friend of mine back whenever we were writing this chapter. I have a short contest for all of you! Whenever Raver introduces more of his Pokemon, see if you can find out what all of his Pokemon share. We have a gym battle coming up soon, then a special tournament! I can't wait for the tournament. It'll feature Raver and another rival.
Okay... JohtoBlue
