Turn Darkness Into Light

"Turn Darkness Into Light" (stylized as Turn DΔrkness Into Light) is the 36 th episode of Tears of the Fallen.

Synopsis
To continue from where things left off in the middle of this night while outside, Lillie started to speak with Ash to tell him she couldn't sleep and needed to talk to someone. She mentions how she's been thinking about her brother, Gladion. She reveals that Gladion used to be quite a good person and made things "shine" around him, so he was given the moniker, the "Golden Sun". As a result, given how Lillie's personality has been an opposite of Gladion's, but since the two complemented each other so well, she was called the "Silver Moon". Lillie's friends haven't been calling her that out of respect with what happened with her brother. She starts to feel better about the situation, though, from speaking with Ash. Ash sternly says he's worried about the safety of Lillie and her mom if Gladion returns with them and says that before anything happens, he wants to find Gladion and speak to him himself.

As the talk continues, Ash starts to remember how Arceus wants him to get by himself so it can speak to him, so he ends the conversation with Lillie, reminding her to be the tour guide tomorrow for Division A. Dawn has been watching the conversation still, but can't make out what they're saying, then just goes back to bed. Ash starts to meditate and Arceus begins communicating with him.

Arceus starts to reveal a lot to Ash, firstly going over the incident when he recently got angry when speaking with Dawn about the Tekiyoku's mistreatment of Pokémon. Apparently, Kowamote wasn't the cause of this anger, but only allowing Ash's true feelings to show by releasing his own "barriers" he's placed over his emotions over time. More of Ash's true emotions will show over time unless he overcomes the negative feelings within. Ash wants to know who killed his mom since that's the most major cause of his anger, but Arceus won't reveal this since Ash needs to find this out on his own to truly get over the dark feelings inside him. More topics cover how Ash and Arceus can communicate, mentioning how its power is limited and how it will leave when the power is fully depleted. It's also revealed that Ash's mom knew that he was a Dark Manipulator since Arceus got approval before it happened with Ash's birth. Two other people in the world were made into Manipulators at birth, but Arceus won't say who they are yet. A decision is made that Ash will reveal all of this to Alain and have a talk with him where everything is revealed. Arceus also says that Alain knows what else happens if Ash gets over those negative emotions. The communication eventually ends.

On the next day, the Tekiyoku broadcasts another transmission to the world as the Mokusetsu and Alolan companions watch during breakfast. After some conversation, the group treks through town. Alain and Kiawe speak about some unnamed organization again, with Ash soon appearing to mention there's a video call happening in a Pokémon Center nearby. Upon getting there, Barry is on the call happy to speak with everyone and pestering Alain. Kenny and Zoey of Division B soon appear, along with Bianca. According to Ash, before Barry's call, the others spoke to Lillie's mom, Lusamine. Lillie says her mom used to be an attorney and now owns a marketing company, making her travel a lot, explaining her current absence. Barry desires to make a logo for the Mokusetsu after seeing the Tekiyoku's redesigned logo in the transmission, then ends the call to go make one. Lillie tells Kiawe, Lana, and Mallow that she's fine with her Silver Moon nickname coming back, making them happy that she's starting to feel better about the memories of her brother. Barry returns very soon with a logo already made, earning the approval of the others, dubbing the Mokusetsu's colors to be blue and white.

After the call, Division A and friends go outside. Before starting to train on his own, Ash gets serious and tells Alain they all need to have a talk later where all secrets are told or that he stops gathering Plates. After leaving, Lillie follows to thank him for the talk they had last night. Dawn shows up since she was worried about Ash. After Lillie leaves, Ash tells Dawn it's time to tell everything later.

Around a campfire later that evening, Ash says everything Arceus told him the previous night. Alain is skeptical of this at first, but Ash proves it by making physical contact with him, then contacting Arceus, allowing both of them to speak to Arceus. This marks the first time Alain has spoken with Arceus since leaving the Tekiyoku. Arceus is proud of the job Alain has done so far, but can't stay long since double the energy is being used to speak with both him and Ash. After being convinced, Alain angrily says to not keep any more secrets from him, saying he'll process all of this later.

Alain then has Kiawe help with another secret the two have been keeping. Alain reveals that after he left the Tekiyoku, he spoke with a man in Unova about his plans to gather the Plates once they're not dormant anymore. This led to the man forming a group of people to be trained into fighters to go against the Tekiyoku later with Alain guiding them to the Plates. Alain changed his mind after the group was formed, not wanting to be part of another organization, and also because Arceus had only told him to meet with Ash. This other organization continued its growth, however, presumably because of the possibility of Alain changing his mind later. The organization is called eXpulsion. Kiawe says he wants to join them as well, shocking his Alolan friends. Alain says it's fine to be in both eXpulsion and the Mokusetsu, but warns that eXpulsion is stricter and will likely take up more of Kiawe's time, while his friends end up supporting whatever he chooses to do.

Lastly, Ash asks Alain what will happen if Ash overcomes the darkness in him. Alain then says that if that happens, then Ash will become... a Light Manipulator.

Debuts
(Not necessarily in order)
 * None

Trivia

 * Before the episode, Nocturnal Jay redesigned the Tekiyoku's logo and made the logo for the Mokusetsu. In the story, Barry is credited as the one who designed the Mokusetsu's logo and designated their official colors as blue and white.

Music

 * Tears of the Fallen Theme Song -- composed by Nocturnal Jay

Other Music By:

 * Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
 * Bensound
 * Purple Planet