Ash is running towards a train. He shouts back to Brock and Brenda behind him, "Come on guys, theses train tracks run parallel to the light, we can get there faster if we ride it!" He leaps into the train. Brock and Brenda manage to make it on just as the doors are closing. They all take seats.
It's not long before all the other passengers are pointing to Myoken and whispering. Brenda whispers, "Maybe it wasn't the best idea to bring a Legendary Pokémon onto a public train…"
Myoken notices the attention and tries to burry itself under Ash's jacket. Ash nods. "It may not have been the best for Myoken either…"
The silence stops when a rough and rugged old man comes stomping forward. He has a bald head and a long white beard. The clothes he's wearing make him look like a sailor. He declares, "I heard that Myoken was here, where is it?"
The passengers all point to Ash. The man approaches Ash. Once Myoken comes into view, his face lights up. He's stunned. "It…really is you…Myoken…" He's overcome by emotion.
Brock asks, "Excuse me sir, but do you know Myoken?"
The old man nods. Myoken peeks out from under Ash's jacket to see him. He takes a closer look, and Myoken instantly hides again. He asks, "Myoken, don't you recognize me?"
Ash explains, "I'm afraid Myoken wouldn't recognize anyone right now. It had a rough time recently and has amnesia. We're trying to help it out."
"That's awful. Poor, poor Myoken. Is there any way I can help? I owe my life to that there Pokémon."
Brenda asks, "How do you know Myoken?"
The old man smiles. "I'm glad you asked." He takes a seat. "I met Myoken back in my youth, when I was nothing but a young man with nothing but a boat and a dream." The passengers all listen in too.
As the man tells his story, it is shown in a flashback. A much younger version of the man is alone on a medium sized fishing boat out in the open sea. "I, like so many before me in my family, had heard the call of the sea, and sailed out to heed the call. All went great – at first. That night, a massive storm came and blew me off course." The sky fills with ominous black clouds and rain begins to fall. The man switches between steering his boat and bailing out water. "It was the closest I ever came to Davy Jones' Locker. I thought I was a goner. I had no bearings, and my map was destroyed by the storm. When all hope seemed lost, I looked up to the sky to see a small gap in the clouds. Through that gap I could see a single star. I didn't realize it at the time, but that star was Polaris, the North Star. I wished upon that star that I would make it home to see my family again. Then, as if by magic, my wish was answered. A column of light came down from the sky and Myoken descended in it. It told me not to worry, that everything would be alright. It then created a beam of light that I followed back to mainland. Myoken saved my life. And you know what, I never had the chance to thank it. I've been hoping my entire life to one day meet Myoken again so that I could thank it." The flashback ends.
Ash looks down to Myoken, who is sneaking a peek at the old sailor. As soon as Myoken realizes that Ash and the sailor are looking at it, it hides again.
The old man laughs heartily. "You may not remember me Myoken, but thank you. Thank you so much for saving my life."
Ash says, "Wow Myoken, you may not remember it, but you're a hero. That's so great."
Meanwhile, several seat down, a group of three, Team Rocket in disguise as tourists, sit and listen. Jessie asks, "Are you hearing what I'm hearing?"
James nods. "It would appear that the twerps have stumbled upon another Legendary Pokémon."
Meowth then says, "That's not even the half of it, it's a Legendary Pokémon that can guide you anywhere. Imagine what it could do for Team Rocket."
Jessie and James both nod and say at once, "Let's get it." They all get up and start creeping up towards Ash and Myoken.
They're just about to reach up and over the back of Ash's chair to grab Myoken, when there's a sudden crash. The side of the train bursts open and the Dracosmic from earlier bursts into the car. It roars, "Cooooosmic!" It begins to unleash a series of Dragon force attacks around the car, the beams of purple energy destroying anything they hit. The passengers begin to run around frantically.
One beam hits Team Rocket. They're sent flying through the wall opposite of Dracosmic. They shout, "But we didn't do anything yet!" as they blast off.
Myoken sees the Dracosmic and freezes up as it remembers what happened to it last time it saw it. Myoken shouts, "You have to protect me! That monster wants to destroy me!"
Ash gets up. "Don't worry Myoken, you're safe with me."
Dracosmic is looking around the room. Its eyes finally settle on Myoken. It then looks up to see Ash's face. It roars with anger, "Cooooosmic!" It unleashes a Dragon Force attack aimed at Ash.
Brock shouts, "Get out of the way Ash!"
Ash manages to dive out of the way just in time. He then gets up and shouts at Dracosmic, "Why are you after Myoken!? Stay away, it's had a hard enough time as it is!"
The Dracosmic just roars with rage and attacks again. This time Pikachu counters with a well-timed Thunderbolt. The attacks cancel each other out.
Brock and Brenda are standing next to the hole made by Team Rocket as they blasted out of the train. Brock shouts, "Ash, we've got to get off this train! We have to jump!"
Ash looks towards him and nods. "Come on Pikachu, cover my back!" Pikachu nods, and keeps up its Thunderbolt. Ash runs to the hole. Brock leaps first. He lands on the ground and rolls to soften his fall. Brenda is next, she does the same. Ash looks down to Myoken and says, "Alright Myoken, I'm going to jump now, are you ready?"
Myoken looks at the fall ahead of it and is reminded of its fall to Earth. It begins to cry. "No! I can't! Don't make me!"
"Myoken, we have to, or that Dracosmic will catch you. Please, trust me."
Myoken looks up to Ash. It is seemingly reassured by his face, and then it nods. "Okay, let's just get it over with."
Ash nods. "Alright, one…two…three!" He leaps. Pikachu stops its attack and leaps after him. They all land on the ground safely. Ash looks to Myoken and says, "There, that wasn't that bad, was it?"
Myoken breathes a sigh of relief. "I guess not…"
Brock and Brenda come running to meet Ash. Ash looks to see the train moving out of sight. He says to Brock and Brenda, "I don't think Dracosmic got off in time. We should be safe now, we got away."
Brenda asks, "What do we do now?"
Ash looks up to the sky and the ribbon of light above them. "There's only one thing we can do. Follow the light."
Aries and Pleiades are in some sort of abandoned warehouse that has been transformed into an ad hoc laboratory. Aries is running from machine to machine, observing their readings and calculations. Pleiades watches him with worry. Aries declares, "Myoken has activated its Guiding Light. Even if I can't see it, from my studies of Myoken, I believe that it emits energy at a certain frequency. If I can just isolate that frequency, I can find out where Myoken is going."
Pleiades reluctantly asks, "Sir, aren't there more important things we should be focusing on?"
Aries suddenly halts midstride and looks at Pleiades with utter confusion. "What could be more important than getting back Myoken and finding the Celestial Gem and proving them wrong?" When he says them, he says with complete disdain.
"Well sir, you know the legends better than I do, but I thought that if the Celestial Gym was removed from its spot in the Celestial Temple then it would cause a misbalance between the Earth and Moon and bring about the end of the world."
Aries isn't sure what to say. "And your point is…?"
"Well sir…um…the Celestial Gem seemed to be missing from the Celestial Temple when we got there…doesn't that mean the world is in danger right now? Shouldn't we be trying to find a way to stop this from happening?"
Aries suddenly starts laugh. "Oh Pleiades you jokester."
"I wasn't joking sir."
"Why should I care about something like that?"
"…Um…because you live on this planet and you don't want it to be destroyed?"
Aries laughter suddenly turns to rage. He shouts, "Don't you ever question me again! Nothing is more important than my revenge! I'd rather see this planet die a hundred times than fail to achieve my vengeance! And you'd best remember that if you want to keep on being my assistant."
She nods regretfully. "Of course sir…" She looks over to a nearby computer that's printing something out. She walks over to it and asks, "So this machine is tracking the location of Myoken, right?"
All of Aries' rage suddenly vanishes. He says rather joyfully, "Indeed it is, Pleiades. Tell me, has it printed any of its readings yet?"
While Aries isn't looking, Pleiades takes the printout and stuffs it in her pocket. She takes a deep breath. "No sir, it hasn't printed anything yet."
Ash, Brock, Brenda, and Myoken are in the middle of their journey. A montage is shown of this journey. They start off in an area of rolling hills covered in grass and flowers. Brenda spies a particularly colorful flower and picks it. She then walks over to Ash and tries to hand it to Myoken. Myoken starts to reach out to grab it, but then recoils and hides. Brenda sighs.
Next they've made it into a grassland, with the ground flat for as far as the eye can see. Ash looks up to the Guiding Light in the sky. It stretches straight forward for as far as the eye can see.
Now the plains have given way to mountainous terrain. The group has to climb up a cliff wall to continue following the Guiding Light. While Ash is climbing, Pikachu sits on one shoulder, and Myoken on the other. Pikachu is entertaining Myoken with more of its Pokémon impersonations. Myoken is actually smiling because of them. Brock looks down below him to see this and smiles himself.
After the climb, they mountain has become more forested. It's now sunset and the group has stopped for dinner. They're all sitting around a campfire next to a lake and Brock is passing out plates of food. Myoken sits next to Ash and is staring into the fire. Brock sets a bowl of Pokémon food in front of Myoken. Myoken leaps up and hides behind Ash. Ash says something to it, and Brock steps back. Myoken peeks out from behind Ash and eyes the food. It slowly floats out from behind Ash and approaches the bowl. It sits down and cautiously picks up a piece of food and takes a bite off of it. It instantly smiles and then begins to rapidly consume the food. Ash, Brock, and Brenda all watch it eat ravenously while they smile and laugh.
Ash and Myoken are sitting on the banks of the lake they're camping next to. The campfire is out, and the others seem to have gone to bed. Ash is looking up into the sky at the Guiding Light. In the darkness of night its true beauty is apparent. It slowly drifts back and forth in a fluid motion. Small sparkles of light can be seen cascading from it. A shooting star crosses the path of the trail of light. Ash points, "Look Myoken, a shooting star!"
Myoken watches it with awe. It says, "Wow…it's so pretty…"
Ash looks around, and then points up at a star. "And look, that's the North Star. They say that it's what you embody."
Myoken looks to it, but then looks down in shame. "No I don't…"
Ash looks to it. "What do you mean? Of course you do."
Myoken sighs. "Maybe I did, but I don't anymore. I'm not the same Pokémon as I used to be…that old man from the train, the sailor, that wasn't me who saved him…it was someone else who looked like me. I'm just an echo of that Pokémon…a leftover…"
"Come on Myoken, that's not true, and you know that." He beckons up to the Guiding Light. "Look, even now you're guiding us."
Myoken shakes its head. "But it's all different. I'm not helping you. You're helping me, and I don't deserve your help."
"Don't say that, of course you deserve my help. Maybe this is my way of repaying you for all those things you've done to help people in the past."
"But that wasn't me. I don't remember what I used to be, but I do know it's not what I am now. From what I'm told, I used to be some selfless Pokémon that would help those in great need, but all I am now is a worthless Pokémon that's too afraid to do anything but cry ad hide."
"It doesn't matter if you remember it or not, you are still you. Besides, after everything you went through it's completely understandable that you're scared. I don't think anyone could experience what you have and come out perfectly fine. And don't worry, you'll get your memories back, and you'll remember what a brave Pokémon you used to be. Everything will go back to normal."
Myoken looks up to Ash. "Do you really think so?"
Ash nods. "I promise, Myoken. I promise that I will not leave you until we find your memory and get you home."
Myoken smiles. "Thank you Ash…thank you so much…" Myoken hugs Ash. Ash hugs back.
