Deciding to take a break from walking so much the group of four teens decided to go fishing in hopes of catching a powerful Buizel that's been spotted in a nearby river.
"I get that you want a powerful Pokemon Ash, but do you really think it will all for more fishing? It obviously loves to take on challengers, I don't think it wants to really get caught" Harmony points out to her overly excited friend.
"That's all the more reason for me to catch it and add it to my team! Don't you think it will be an amazing team member?" Ash points out.
"While I didn't say it wouldn't, but it might not want to join a trainer, some pokemon love being wild, you have to catch it with a fishing rod first."
The group was soon joined by Zoey, Dawn's friend, and rival, who happened to be in the area to do some fishing of her own.
With Zoey joining everyone was distracted until Dawn who ends up with Buizel on her fishing line.
Buizel defeats Dawn's Piplup and promptly challenges Zoey. Zoey's Glameow is no slouch, but Buizel wins that battle and then still has the energy to take on Pikachu and win.
Now all three Trainers are determined to catch it.
"Really, do you have to make a competition on this? Yeah, it's a strong pokemon, you'd have to gain it's trust somehow, after all, it took the fishing rods." Harmony points out.
When they came back across Buizel, it was in the middle of a workout.
The only problem was that Team Rocket decided to be party crashers and caught it in a net and tried to take off in their balloon.
Of course, the teens didn't let that happen with Harmony's Shinx, Lyn, and Ash's Turtwig cut Buizel loose with Swift and Razor Leaf.
Dawn was also determined to rescue Buizel, although Buizel didn't seem convinced that it needed any help at all. Once freed from the net, it helps defeat Team Rocket and still wants another battle with Piplup.
"You really should try again Dawn, it's great battle experience, and I think Buizel is a great opponent for Piplup." Harmony encourages her, elbowing Ash who looked like he wanted to complain that he really wanted Buizel. "Right, Ash? She should try again, shouldn't she?" Harmony says tuning to the other teen and narrowing her eyes at him.
Ash seems to pause as his mouth was open before shutting it and nodding in agreement, "You really should Dawn, it'll be great for you."
It was clear that Buizel was a strong, powerful Pokémon, but this time Dawn and Piplup realize they had a creative edge, especially with being coordinators, there was nothing wrong with trying to dazzle and distract a pokemon in order to win and catch it.
By using the combinations they had been developing for Contests, Piplup is able to defeat Buizel and Dawn finally caught it in a Pokeball.
After parting ways with Zoey who was going to stay behind to do some fishing for a new Pokémon of her own, Harmony and Ash were just a bit closer to their next goal, that being the Eterna Gym battle!
Dawn and Ash are hoping a friendly battle with Turtwig will help Dawn's new Buizel warm up to its new companions. But instead of wanting to perform, Buizel wants to play rough, and it won't even listen to Dawn's commands.
"Maybe we should head for the Pokemon Center now? It's not too far from here, and clearly there needs to be some easier ways that might work better at a Pokemon Center than out here in the forest." Harmony says gently to Dawn.
Upon arriving at the Pokémon Center after the battle and that's where they meet Lucian, a Trainer who specializes in Psychic Pokémon.
"I've met him somewhere, I can't remember where though…." Harmony mutters rubbing her head, "Probably some gala that Leon dragged me to…" she grumbles to herself. Finally, it hit her, "Oh right! He's one of Sinnoh's Elite Four, a top group of Trainers next to the Champion Cynthia of course."
As soon as those words came out of Harmony's mouth Buizel perked up and rushed over to Lucian, it was itching to have a battle with him.
For whatever reason that Harmony couldn't fully understand Lucian agrees to the match and sends out his Bronzong.
Unfortunately just like before Buizel ignores Dawn's commands again and continues to battle its own way.
With Buizel not listening it made it very easy for Bronzong to win as Bronzong is just too tough. Buizel was soon knocked out of the match, but with its continuous winning streak, it has difficulty accepting this defeat.
"I feel bad for Buizel." Harmony says softly, "It's never really lost before, so this is a big blow."
"And so that maybe, but it could also be a good thing, it would have happened that it lost at some point no?" Lucian says from behind her making Harmony jump.
"Bloody 'ell, don't sneak up on me!" she cries out.
"Sorry, guess you were lost in thought as well. I was about to talk with Dawn but noticed you here. You're with the Champion of Galar correct?"
"Well not with him, he's my best mate, and always has plus ones for certain events, mainly because I'm his only mate that's a girl besides Sonia, you were at the champions gala that one year right? With all the champions and elite four members. Chairman Rose wanted Leon and me to mingle, but we more so stuck to ourselves."
"Yes, you two were the youngest from what I remember."
"Yeah, kinda hard to mingle when we're only thirteen and everyone else is later in their teens and early twenties. Plus no offense but you lot are intimidating, we felt out of place really. I bet that's how Buizel feels, with Dawn being a coordinator, he's not used to being flashy, rather than just being a battler, she'd have to adapt to him more than he to her." she admits.
"That might be an excellent idea for you to tell her."
"I'll tell her later, she's too worried right now and it will go in one ear out the other." Harmony points out to Lucian, "But if you want to talk with her nows the time."
That is what Lucian did, he wen up to Dawn that this loss could be very important: if Buizel doesn't learn how to overcome this setback, who knows what might happen?
What happens, however, is that Team Rocket took this opportunity to trap Buizel in a cage so they can steal it.
While Dawn, Ash, Brock, and Harmony all rush to try and help, Lucian thinks this is actually a good thing.
Because Buizel was so angry at being captured that it forgot about its defeat and breaks out of the cage.
Once freed Lucian shows Dawn how to adapt to Buizel's style so they can work together to beat Team Rocket.
After the villains are blasted off once again, Dawn and Buizel have a rematch with Lucian and Bronzong. It goes to show that even after only a day had passed that they were able to demonstrate improved teamwork.
Before Lucian leaves, he encourages Dawn to keep training and says he'll see the group of four teens again someday.
"WE MADE IT TO ETERNA CITY!" Harmony cheers tugging Ash by his arm as she spotted the city just up ahead, the two teens excited as they were closer than ever for their gym battles.
"I bet you I can find the gym first!" Ash calls out to her making Harmony narrow her eyes.
"Oh yeah? I bet you're wrong. I already know where it is! All thanks to Rotom!" she points out with a grin, "I'm not losing this race for sure and I get to challenge the Gym leader first this time!"
"Harmony, Ash, slow down!" Dawn cries out trying to run after Harmony and Ash.
"You two promised we'd check out the museum first!" Brock points out to the two teens causing them to wince.
"Aww man, I thought you'd forget about it before we got there…" Harmony says with a pout. "I love history but do we have to really go to a museum?" she cries out.
"But the gym!" Ash cries out with Harmony.
Both Brock and Dawn give the two teens a look making them sigh in defeat.
"...fine…" the two mutter slightly unhappy about it.
After getting to the Eterna Historical Museum the alarms start blaring as someone had just stolen the Museum's Adamant Orb, a few minutes after they had gotten inside.
The Adamant Orb was an artifact that is said to increase Dialga's power.
"I think it's still here though," Harmony whispers to Ash as they rush in to see what happened, "After all everything shut down, no one is getting in or out."
Turns out she was partially right, the security footage suggests a Sunflora was one of the culprits.
"Are you sure that's a Sunflora? It looks funny, not like a Sunflora...in fact isn't that some sort of charm on its head, Sunflora if I remember correctly don't have that, but Meowth's on the other hand?" Harmony mutters looking at the image Jenny held up. It almost looked like Team Rocket with Meowth disguised as Sunflora. From what Harmony could tell with the not so great security footage.
But it's the Pokémon bard, Nando and his Sunflora that have been cornered by the Officer Jenny of Eterna City. Luckily, the group of teens and their recent acquaintance Gardenia, are ready to vouch for Nando's innocence.
"Wait! You're the Gym Leader!" Harmony cries out before sulking. "You didn't tell us when we met in the forest," she says with a pout on her face before she gets a lightbulb over her head. "Are you looking for other grass types!? I can get you in touch with our Galarian Grass-type gym leader! He's newer to it but it'd be great!" she tells her only to be nudged by Ash. "Oh...uh yeah...wrong time to ask that… sorry."
This is a day for duplicates, because there's another Officer Jenny in town from Viridian City, too. Everyone splits up to search the Museum for the real culprit, with the Eterna City police very eager to find the Orb first and uphold the honor of their department.
But it was Piplup, Pikachu, and Nando's Sunflora who spotted Team Rocket gloating over their theft, and soon backup was on the way.
Now that Meowth is no longer in the Sunflora costume, Team Rocket tried to easily bluff their way out of the problem they put themselves in, but they had no such luck in doing so.
It was too risky to battle Team Rocket while they were holding the precious Orb, so Officer Jenny from Eterna City has her Stunky spray Team Rocket with its powerful stench.
Harmony was able to retrieve the Orb. Though once she touched it she felt as though the time was familiar to her, and as if it was welcoming her, almost putting her into some sort of trance before Giardina took it from her to keep safe.
It then was a simple matter to defeat Team Rocket.
However, it left the teens to ponder the legends surrounding Dialga and Palkia... as well as the true motivation behind this attempted theft of something so historically important and so valuable.
Especially what was the Original One and what did it have to do with Dialga and Palkia? What could someone want with it? And why did Harmony feel some sort of connection with it, to begin with?