Adayh is a young and brave Indian has a fear of bears and the white settlers of south. But when his brother Dyami was killed by a bear, Adayh sets to kill the bear but only to magically transform into a bear. To make matters his other older brother known as Tala vows to kill the bear that Adayh had become. Adayh's only hope is to get to the magical mountain that is known for the saying "where the light touches the earth" and hopes that's it's magic is powerful enough to change him back to human, enlists a young and brave white girl that he met when he was a little, Kenai, Nita, and Koda from the Bear stories he had heard, and bold-hearted real bear cub Elan.