Today the gang had made it to Floaroma Town, where the next Pokémon contest was. The town was beautiful with flowers and trees everywhere. Dawn loved it. An old woman who lived in the town told the town that many, many years ago Floaroma Town was a barren wasteland, and nothing seemed to grow. It made the people very in despair. But one day a beautiful woman magically made all the flowers and trees grow and Floaroma Town became beautiful as it was today. The gang loved that story, especially Dawn.
Suddenly Dawn noticed a poster that said a poffin cooking class.
"How about we take a class on poffins?" Dawn suggested.
"Poffins, huh?" Ember said, "I already know how to make those. But I wouldn't mind making some more."
"I wouldn't mind trying to make some." Alain commented.
"Then I guess we're making poffins." Brock decided.
The poffin cooking class was held at a house where hundreds of flowers and berries were growing. The garden was looked after by a Roserade and a Lotad. Just then Hana (Budew) came out of her pokeball and went over to Roserade. Roserade started talking to Hana at once.
"That was really quick of Hana making friends with that Roserade." Dawn commented.
"That's because Hana's final evolved form is Roserade and she wants to evolve into that in the future." Ember informed Dawn.
Just then a green haired woman came out; she was the owner of Roserade and Lotad. Ember recognized her as Forsythia.
"Welcome," she greeted, "Are you four here for the poffin cooking class?"
"Uh huh." The gang said in unison.
"I made you wait, I'm terribly sorry." Forsythia apologized with a smile.
"Apologies are a waste of time, I would happily wait until the end of time to have just one glimpse of your radiant beauty, my blooming flower." Brock flirted holding the girl's hand.
"Oh thank you, how nice." Forsythia said, kindly.
"May I ask your name?" Brock asked.
"Forsythia, hello." Forsythia greeted.
"Forsythia for one in a rose for such blossoming beauty it's the perfect name." Brock said. "And standing in a field of flowers with you!"
Croagunk calms him with Poison Jab which makes him cry out in pain.
"I'll stand anywhere." Brock groaned before he fell to the floor.
Crogunk drags him away.
Forsythia led the gang to a kitchen, where the cooking class took place. There were cooking pots and poffin making molds all set out and ready for use. The first step was to place berries, all washed and cut up, in a pot of cold water. Then you turn up the heat while stirring nonstop.
"Stirring gives the poffins their flavor." Forsythia explained.
So the gang got to work on making their poffins. Dawn placed a timer on the kitchen timer on her Poketch. She explained that poffin batter will burn if you keep it on the heat too long and won't cook right if the batter isn't on long enough. Alain took great care with stirring his batter because this was his first time, while Dawn and Ember made the poffins easily like an expert. When the batter was perfectly stirred the batter went into the batter molds and left to set and cool.
Soon Ember, Alain, Brock and Dawn's poffins were made and they came out perfect. Ember released Hana (Budew), Raji (Shinx), Triton (Shiny Piplup), Sora (Staravia) and Tesla (Raichu) joined to try her poffins.
Alain released his Chimchar, Staravia, shiny Shieldon, Ariados and Charizard, they all liked the poffins.
"You did very well there, Ember, Alain." Forsythia complimented.
Ember and Alain smiled.
Brock sent out his Ninetales, Lycanroc, Nosepass, Bonsly, Croagunk and Nuzleaf and his Pokémon liked his poffins too.
Last of all Dawn gave her Poffins to Piplup, Burmy, Buneary and Pachirisu to try. However, they didn't like her Poffins.
"I don't get it," Dawn said, while washing dishes, "I did the recipe, mum taught me of her poffins for her Pokémon, correctly."
"Pokémon have different tastes for different flavors they like, like Tesla likes sweet, Sora likes bitter and Raji likes spicy. You need to check with your Pokémon to see what flavors they like, Dawn." Ember advised as she gave her extras to Dawn's Pokemon who were happy to have them.
Dawn frowned in anger and embarrassment, not happy that Ember outsmarted her again.
After the class was over Forsythia made tea and cake for the gang. Hana continued talking to Roserade. All of the Pokémon were playing outside.
"I'm glad to see that Roserade is making another friend," Forsythia said, "It's only calm with me and Lotad."
Forsythia explained that Roserade has been timid ever since it was a Budew. One day she met it at the Pokémon center and asked if it wanted to come and live with her; because it was so shy it never made friends with the other Pokémon. Budew accepted at once, even though he and Forsythia had just met. Budew came with Forsythia because of her flower garden and berry orchid. Soon it evolved to Roselia and soon into Roserade and it became a big help to her garden and orchid.
"I must ask Ember; will you be evolving Hana to Roserade?" Forsythia asked.
"Yes, she wants to become one in the future." Ember replied.
"Well then you can have these," Forsythia said. She got out three evolutionary stones; one was a shiny stone, which was a very light-yellow color, a purple stone called a dusk stone and a blue-green stone called a dawn stone. "This shiny stone evolves a Roselia into a Roserade, and also evolves a Togetic into a Togekiss. This dusk stone will evolve a Murkrow into Honchkrow and a Misdreavus to Mismagius, and this Dawn stone will evolve a male Kirlia into a Gallade and a female Snorunt into a Froslass."
Ember looked at the Pokémon Forsythia just said on her phone;
[Togekiss, the jubilee Pokémon. The evolved form of Togetic. It shares many blessings with people who respect one another's rights and avoid needless strife.]
[Honchkrow, the big boss Pokémon. The evolved form of Murkrow. If one utters a deep cry, many Murkrow gather quickly. For this, it is called "Summoner of Night."]
[Mismagius, the magical Pokémon. The evolved form of Misdreavus. It chants incantations. While they usually torment targets, some chants bring happiness.]
[Gallade, the blade Pokémon. The evolved form of Kirlia. When protecting someone, it extends its elbows as if they were swords and fights savagely.]
[Froslass, the snow land Pokémon. The evolved form of Snorunt. It freezes prey by blowing its -58-degree F breath. It is said to then secretly display its prey.]
"Wow," Brock awed, "Ember, will you evolve Dolan, Morgana, Philotes?"
{A/N: Dolan (Murkrow), Morgana (Misdreavus), Philotes (Togetic)}
"I will later, but I haven't asked them if they want to evolve yet." Ember replied.
Forsythia told Ember that she could keep the stones because she had plenty of evolutionary stones. So Ember was happy to have more stones in her stone collection.
Suddenly, a giant explosion gets their attention as one of Team Rocket's Mecha steals all the Berries and destroys the garden.
"Stop it!" Forsythia shouted.
"Knock it off!" Dawn demanded.
Team Rocket recites their motto.
"Listen, is that a voice that I hear?"
"Is speaking to me loud and clear!"
"On the Wind!"
"Passed the Stars!"
"Tesla, Raji, use Iron Tail on the basket!" Ember interrupted.
Tesla and Raji's tail glowed a metallic color and slashed it on the clasp holding the basket, releasing the berries.
"Now Swift!" Ember ordered.
"Quick Roserade, use Petal Dance!" Forsythia ordered.
The attacks hit the Mecha which caused it to explode and sent the annoying trio into the air.
"Blasts off is a pain, but two?" Jessie asked with a frown.
"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet shouted.
DING!
"Roserade, you were so brave." Forsythia admitted kindly.
The five then notice the garden was destroyed.
"Talk about an overwhelming victory." Brock commented.
Roserade uses Sunny Day and Lotad uses Water Gun to help repair the damaged garden stunning the five.
"What's this?" Dawn asked.
"Roserade's Sunny Day." Alain replied.
"Now watch this." Forsythia stated with a smile.
Then fresh plants sprouted in place much like the legend of Floaroma Town and a rainbow appeared in the sky.
"Just like the Legend of Floaroma Town." Dawn admitted kindly.
Later that day Dawn tried again with making poffins for her Pokémon, and this time she made the right recipe for her Pokémon because she now knew what flavors her Pokémon liked. So everyone was happy because they knew how to make poffins.
Pokémon Caught:
Ember: Shiny Piplup (Triton)(M), Budew (Hana)(F), Shinx (Raji)(M), Shiny Buneary (Usagi)(F), Staravia (Sora)(F), Burmy (Plant Cloak)(Liko)(M), Shiny Ariados (Arachne)(F), Turtwig (Silas)(M), Shiny Cranidos (Garnet)(F), Shieldon (Bertrand)(M), Pachirisu (Maizy)(F)
Alain: Staravia (M), Ariados (M), Cranidos (M), Shiny Shieldon (F)
Brock: Croagunk (M), Nuzleaf (M), Cranidos (M), Shieldon (M)
Dawn: Piplup (M), Burmy (Plant Cloak Form)(F), Buneary (F), Pokémon Egg, Shiny Pachirisu (M)
