"C'mon Jubilife city is just up ahead!" Harmony and Dawn call out to the guys grinning. "Let's go get those Poketch's!" they cheer on with one another.

Once they got to the shop however was when everything went south, "A representative from the Poketch company just came to take them all back." the store clerk says much to Harmony and Dawn's disappointment.

"But...but.." Harmony says with a pout before sighing, "Alright thanks though, there's got to be a reason they got recalled then.." she says but Dawn was not having it.

"I really wanted to have a Poketch to wear for my first contest," Dawn says glumly.

"Don't let it bum you out," Ash tries.

"I know how about we have a good lunch?" Brock offers.

"Lunch smunch! I can really go for a triple banana split with extra hot fudge sauce!" Dawn says pulling her magazine back out.

Up ahead there were some clowns with boxes filled with Poketchs. "Poketchs a plenty!"

"Enough to wrap around everyone's wrist in Sinnoh!"

"When it comes to making a fashion statement, you can be sure these three clowns are not clowning around."

"So be cruel or drool!"

Harmony frowns, "That's fishy beyond anything, Dawn I don't think you should...Dawn!?" she cried out but Dawn was not listening instead had gotten one herself and was happy about it.

Ash and Brock had been given them and Harmony had taken one before tossing it in the trash on their way to the park with a huff. "It's clearly fake, too lightweight to be the real thing." she states, "So whatever the scam is I don't want part of it! That's your choice." she huffs flicking her head off to the side.

Leaning against Ash as the four of them tried to sit on a smaller park bench was interesting, especially since Dawn was gawking at her new Poketch the whole time.

"Wow, dreams really do come true! I just gotta win the Jubilife contest now!" she says admiring her Poketch.

All of a sudden a small pokemon came up to them as if scolding them.

"Oh my Arceus it's a Shinx!" Harmony coos, "It's a super cute electric type!"

Ash was confused as he pulled his Pokedex out.

Shinx the flash Pokemon, when it senses danger the hairs on its body light up and it runs away leaving it's opponent dazed.

"Uh-oh, why's that Shinx barking so much?" Dawn questions.

"It's that Poketch!" A little kid tells her his arms crossed over his chest. "Shinx is trying to let you guys know that all those Poketch's are fakes!"

"See! I told you so!" Harmony calls out, "Street vendors are always sketchy!" she points out jumping up and turning to face her friends.

"Fakes? That can't be!" Dawn says looking down at her watch.

"Fraid so! A real Poketch wouldn't be such a dumb color, and soon the paint will be coming off!" the boy states.

"You sure?" Ash asks sounding disappointed.

"Course he's not right! How dare you rank on my Poketch!" Dawn says with a huff.

"Alright, guess I'll have to show you," the boy says with a sigh taking Dawn's Poketch off and moving away.

"Hey! Give that back! What are you doing?" Dawn says upset.

As soon as the kid turned he turned to the water spraying it with it.

"Hey! You ruined my Poketch!" Dawn cries out angrily.

"See? Still think it's the real deal?" The boy states smugly showing the paint ridden Poketch.

"You sure do know a lot about Poketch's don't you?" Harmony questions.

"Yeah, how did you know they were fakes?" Dawn questions.

"That's easy! Because my daddy would never make something so cheap!" the kid points out.

"Daddy?" the four of us question.

The group ended up at the HQ for Poketch with Landis leading them inside.

"Oh no not again." the kids' father apologies, "First of all I'd like to thank you for your interest in our Poketch's. And furthermore, on behalf of the Poketch Corporation, I apologize for my son's actions. I'm sorry for all the trouble he caused."

"No worry, he informed us about the fakes! It's a shame that there are fakes happening, I wonder why someone would do that." Harmony says with a sigh.

"Check it out, so this is where you make the real ones?" Ash questions looking around in awe.

"And as soon as I heard there were counterfeits in circulation I had my distributors pull all my products from the store. Unfortunately, we weren't in time to be able to pull the TV commercial," he admits.

"But sir, will you be selling them in time for the pokemon contests?" Dawn asks hopefully.

"Truth is, unless I get this imitation Poketch problem solved, it's hard for me to say," he tells Dawn.

"Oh, I see," Dawn says disappointedly.

"Excuse me are you a pokemon coordinator?" Landis asks.

"Yeah, the Jubilife contest will be my first one!" Dawn says happily.

"I see, we have a rookie on our hands I see," he says smugly.

"I'm a coordinator as well, and Jubilife will be my first one in the Sinnoh region." Harmony tells him with a grin trying to ease Dawn out of it. "And everyone is a rookie at some point, but that's what makes it more fun!"

"My combinations are all ready for the big time!" Dawn tells him her temper getting to her.

"I have something you might be interested in," Landis's father points out, "right here is a prototype it's our newest model." he says reaching behind him to the desk, "it actually measures a pokemon's friendship you see?"

"What?" Dawn asks confused.

"That refers to the friendliness and good relations between pokemon and trainer," Brock explains.

"Cool!"

"Would you mind testing Pikachu and me?" Ash asks.

"Why not!? Of course" he says holding the Poketch up to the two of them, "It seems you get along well, but how well?" he questions as the machine does its thing. It soon beeps showcasing the data. "Goodness gracious! You two are almost off the graph!" he says before leaning down to show his son.

"Wow, that might be the highest rating I've ever seen!"

"Well, of course, that's because me and Pikachu have been best friends for a long time!" Ash says with a laugh.

Harmony, Brock, and Dawn soon followed suit wanting to get their readings too. Harmony's went off the chart while Brock had a strong friendship going with Crogunk. Dawn, however, her and Piplup didn't seem to have that strong of one at all which made Dawn upset.

"Friendship has much to do with how long you and your pokemon have been together. I'm sure it will go up before you know it!" he tries to reassure her.

"My advice don't enter that contest no matter what you do." Landis says smugly, which seemed to make Dawn angry.

"Well if you're so smart, why don't you test the friendship between you and Shinx!"

"Uh sorry, no can do. I'm too young, see I'm still just a student at the trainer school."

"But, what's a trainer school?" Dawn asks making Harmony gasp.

"You didn't go to a trainer school? Is it not mandatory? Galar you have to have at least a few years of schooling done before you can get a pokemon at all, or be enrolled in a school in order to have a pokemon to train along some of the less high-level areas of Galar." Harmony states with a shake of her head.

"As soon as we graduate Shinx and I are going to enter the Sinnoh League!" Landis states happily.

"I guess that makes us all rivals huh?" Harmony teases nudging Ash who nods.

"We're both entering the League right now!" Ash points out.

"But I thought you were a coordinator?" Landis asks.

"I am, you can do both it's not common, but a lot of my pokemon love doing both." Harmony points out.

"Wow, that must be awesome! You must be real good!" Landis says with wide eyes.

Soon they were led out and waved goodbye to them as they headed to the Pokemon Center.

Dawn was pacing around the room while Harmony laid on her bunk bed and Ash and Brock sat on theirs listening to Dawn's ranting.

"Dawn chill out, don't take it to heart, he's a kid and still learning." Harmony says boredly.

It was then that Pikachu and Chu, who were cuddling against one another had their ears flick towards a sound, causing them to get up confusingly.

"Huh? Pikachu what?" Ash questions as he looks out the window.

"What's going on?" Harmony asks from atop of her bed, sitting up from laying down.

"There's a bunch of Pokemon leaving" Ash points out "They look kinda weird though." he points out making Harmony frown and get down from the top bunk to join in.

"You're right, that's weird. It looks suspicious too...let's check it out!" she says and everyone goes to get their shoes on.

"Where are all these pokemon going?" Ash questions as the group made it outside.

"They're acting so weird!" Dawn says confused.

"I don't think they can even hear us, Dawn…" Harmony says trying to get better looks at the pokemon. "In fact, I think they're in some kind of trance…"

"Hey Kids!" The four of them hear in the distance to see the Poketch president and his son running towards them.

"It's you," Ash says confused.

"Why are you out here?" Dawn asks.

"It's Shinx! Shinx just ran off with no reason!" he explains, "We've been looking everywhere we could! Those fake Poketchs started playing the sound of a Psyduck calling some attack move then Shinx just ran off. Shinx would never just leave. I was hoping perhaps you have seen Shinx wandering with this pokemon group?"

"How did the Psyduck get in the Poketchs?" Ash asks.

"Ugh if you're asking me this is a low even for them, and it wasn't in the Poketch's Ash! It was playing the sound, so either it's being broadcasted from somewhere in the city or its live." Harmony explains, "So we should follow the pokemon and see where it leads us!"

Eventually, the pokemon did lead the group somewhere, that being the park where they were all inside some metal box.

"Really, this is their plan?" Harmony grumbles, "At least they can be creative…" she muses about Team Rocket.

Shinx was out in the front of the group and Landis raced towards it wanting his pokemon. As soon as he did that the door started to shut causing Dawn to be quick on her feet and race to grab him to be away from the slamming door.

"Look out!" Dawn calls out.

"Landis, you okay?" Dawn asks worried after he had slammed into the ground with her.

"That was close, alright who's doing this?" Dawn asks.

"Who else do you think Dawn?" Harmony groans as Team Rocket start to do their motto.

"We get it, shut up ya bloody bastards! Stop saying the same old shtick!" she calls out earning a rude response from Jessie.

"No! You keep botherin us so Imma call you out about it! You want a battle We'll give you one!"

"Chu! Pikachu! Piplup! Let's go!" Harmony, Ash, and Dawn call out only for their pokemon to be trapped in glass balls.

"Are you kidding me! I am over this now!" Harmony growls out grabbing one of her other pokeballs, "Ciders! I need your assistance!" she calls out, her Cinderacecoming out in all it's glory getting in a battle stance.

"Woah!" everyone says before backing away a bit already sensing Harmony's wrath forming. "

"Okay Cinders, we have to get that thing down somehow without crashing it, means Pyro Ball is out of the question…"

"Hey, Harmony I've got an idea I want to try with Buneary!" Dawn says grabbing her arm.

"...Okay, Dawn, let's see you use Ice beam and we'll take care of the rest," she says with a grin.

That was just what Dawn and Buneary did throwing an ice beam straight at Team Rocket, reeing them and allowing for Pikachu, Chu, and Piplup to be released.

"Cinders! Quick! grab them with an Extreme Speed" Harmony calls out, her football-loving rabbit pokemon darting at a quick speed. "That's it! Way to go!"

Soon the balloon and box came tumbling down and all the pokemon inside seem a bit befuddled on what had happened, but awake nonetheless.

"I think they're waking up!" Dawn says happily as Ash had rushed to grab Pikachu from Cinders holding his buddy close to him.

"The fall must have caused a shock that snapped them out of it," Harmony says with a grin as the pokemon slowly come out.

"Listen! Go back to your trainers right away!" The Poketch president says and the pokemon disperse Shinx running up to Landis as quickly as it could.

It was then Team Rocket somehow got out of the ice and were rather angry about the pokemon getting away.

"Cinders let's show them what a Galarian does with annoyances like these." Harmony seethes her eyes narrowing not even giving Team Rocket a chance to throw their pokemon out. "Give 'em a Pyro Ball!" she calls out her rabbit doing just that by kicking a pebble from the ground forming it into a large fireball and kicking it straight for Team Rocket, causing them to fly up into the air.

"Great, now that that is over I'm tired…" Harmony says with a sigh of relief moving to lean against Ash who had moved to hug her.

Before they could call it a night officer Jenny and Nurse Joy came driving in on Jenny's cycle.

"We heard there was a group of hypnotized pokemon." Nurse joy says worriedly.

"We came out as soon as we could, is there anything we can do to help?" Officer enny asks and Brock quickly goes lovesick in front of them only stopping when Crogunk hits him with a poison jab.

The next morning Harmony and Dawn were gushing about their new Poketch's they had gotten as thanks. Harmony's was sitting on her left wrist while she still had her Dynamax band on her right even if she couldn't use it anywhere but Galar.

"Check them out!" Harmony says happily showcasing her baby blue colored band in the sun as Dawn did the same with her pink one. "They look so cool! Now we're both ready for the contest right Dawn?"

"Right Harmony, and you know I'm going to win of course!"

"You keep wishing that, but I am so going to win!" Harmony says the two linking their arms in with a playful look on their faces. "I won't go easy on you just because we're friends."