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You know, I've always always been told how lucky I am. The Wish Pokémon. How great it must be to be able to grant anyone's wishes with little effort!

Oh, the things I could do by my own wishes. Power, fortune, glory; the entire world could be mine!

I always laugh at the Pokémon who say this to me. "How adorably naive," I think as I watch them eye me with envy.

I could grant my own wishes, that is true. I could rule the universe, but Arceus was careful when he created me. He would never create a Pokémon powerful enough to rule the universe in his place.

It is true, I could grant my own wishes. However, every wish has its price, its consequence. One person's fortune is another's demise.

The price for granting my wish? A life. My life.

When we first met, you didn't act the other creatures who had come to see me. You didn't immediately demand a wish, nor did you strike up the conversation purely to gain my favor.

You were simply curious. Curious about me, and not my powers. And gradually, I grew to trust you.

You never asked for a wish, and when I inquired as to why, your response intrigued me.

"I simply have nothing to wish for," you answered.

I admit, I was puzzled. There were plenty of things you could have wished for. More power, perhaps. As I watched you struggle through your life barely scrapping by, I wondered about the comment. Surely it was foolish not to wish for more than simple survival, correct?

However, now I understand. I understand what you meant, and how wise you were back then.

You did not mean you had nothing you could wish for. There was simply nothing you wanted to wish for.

You had friends and family who loved you, believed in you, and supported you. That was all you needed.

However, now you are powerless. The light in your eyes has dimmed, your energy drained, and even now every breath seems shallower, weaker.

It pains me so, to watch you suffer in such a way. You have not done anything to deserve such a fate.

For you, my dear friend, I wish my first and final wish, my doomed desire.

I wish you a new life, filled with satisfaction and cheer, far away from any pains you suffer now. I wish for you a new light, so that you may brighten someone else's life, just as you brightened mine.

I wish you well, my friend.