When an odd boy leaves Tara's hometown of Cherrygrove, she starts having nightmares. But one night they stop. Because he came back. But no sooner is he back than he's gone again, and Tara's only hope of stopping the dreams is find him.

Zene isn't normal. He has special powers. The natural genetic mutations caused by his parents' attachment to a certain pokemon make him a near perfect trainer. And he knows it.