Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu continue their travels, and come to Mount Moon,
where they save a scientist named Seymour, who is being attacked by some Zubat.
Zubat rarely come outside in broad daylight, but as somebody has strung lights
through the cave - confusing all the Pokémon who need the dark - they are not
behaving normally. Turns out Team Rocket is at fault. They strung up the lights
because they are looking for the Moonstone - a mystical meteorite from space,
which is said to increase a Pokémon's power.
Pikachu befriends a Clefairy, who takes the good guys to a cave where the
Moonstone is. There are a lot of Clefairy dancing around the Moonstone, praying
to it. Seymour thinks the Clefairy came to Earth from the moon travelling from
the Moonstone. Then Team Rocket shows up and steals the stone (somehow), but at
Seymour's urging, the usually shy and friendly Clefairy team up to defend their
sacred stone, and send the villains packing. The Moonstone explodes into many
fragments, and those that touch Clefairy turn them into Clefable.