While traveling through the Orange Islands, Ash and friends arrive at legend rich Shamouti Island. There the annual legend festival is beginning and Ash is revealed to be the Chosen One. As a greedy collector disturbs the peace between Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno by capturing them, nature is thrown out of balance with strange storms happening all over the planet, turning the tropical Orange Islands into a winter wonderland. Now Ash must head to Fire, Lighting, and Ice islands and retrieve the three treasures that will calm the fighting Legendary Birds, as well as stop the greedy collector from capturing Lugia, the only pokemon who can help stop the fighting birds. But that is easy said them done with the three fighting Legendary Pokemon determined to stop him.

After begin stuck on an island for a week, Ash and friends must go looking for food. However, they end up meeting a kid named Gulzar who wears flowers on his head. He gets upset and demands a battle with Ash. During the battle Ash tries to call out Snorlax and accidentally drops its pokeball, which shatters! The only way to fix it is to go to a Pokemon Center. Now they must get the sleepy and hungry Snorlax all the way to the other side of the island somehow, which is easier said then done.