Gardenia

Now that Cheryl had a Mothim, she and the gang could search for the enchanted honey, but at the moment the only honey Mothim picked up was the ordinary honey from the tree Cheryl had spread on it earlier. By now it was nearly dark, so Brock decided they get rest for the night and continue their search tomorrow.
The next day...
Cheryl and the gang re-started their search for the enchanted honey. But Mothim wasn't doing well finding the Amber Castle. Right now they came across a Gloom; Mothim had been attracted to it's nectar. Suddenly a woman with orange and black hair dressed like a jungle explorer emerged. 
"Ah a Gloom, so magnificent." The woman said.
It was clear this woman liked grass type Pokemon. Just then Gloom sprayed it's smell and ran away.
"Ah I wanted to catch it. Never mind." The woman said.
She introduced herself as Gardenia and Cheryl and the gang introduced themselves to Gardenia. 
"Do you trainers have any grass type Pokemon?" Gardenia asked.
Ash said he had a Venusaur, Parasect, Leafeon, Sceptile, Meganium, Shiftry, Breloom, Cradily, Tropius, Budew and Turtwig. Tomo said he had a Grovyle, Sunflora and Lileep. Brock said he had a Weepinbell, Ludicolo, Lileep and Nuzleaf and Dawn said she had a Wormadam. 
"Wow, that's impressive." Gardenia said.
She was mostly impressed with what grass type Pokemon Ash had.
"Ash, will you be challenging the gym in Eterna City?"
"Yes, and so will my brother Tomo?" Ash answered.
"That's great to hear." Gardenia said.
The truth is, she is the gym leader of the Eterna Gym.
"Is it alright if we battle?" Gardenia asked.
"Hold on though we are searching for some enchanted honey." Dawn said.
"It's okay." Cheryl said. "You have a fun battle Gardenia, Ash."
So Ash and Gardenia took their places to have a battle. The rule was 2 on 2. Gardenia sent out her first Pokemon. It was known as Cherubi. 
Dawn looked it up on her Pokedex.
"Cherubi, the Cherry Pokemon. The small ball holds the nutrients needed for evolution. Apparently, it is very sweet and tasty."
Ash sent his Budew out to battle Cherubi.
"Wow Ash, your Budew looks magnificent." Gardenia said.
"Thanks and we are ready to go." Ash said.
"Razor Leaf." Ash told Budew.
Cherubi dodged the attack. 
"Use Extrasensory." Ash said.
For the second time, Cherubi dodged the attack. Gardenia then returned Cherubi and sent out her second Pokemon, a Turtwig.
"Why did Gardenia return Cherubi?" Tomo asked.
"She's probably testing Budew's strength." Brock noted. 
"Bullet Seed." Ash told Budew.
Turtwig dodged it easily.
To everyone's surprise, this Turtwig was faster than most Turtwig.
"Budew, use Sludge Bomb." Ash said.
Budew fired a glob of sludge at Turtwig, but it dodged and tackled Budew really hard.
"Wow that Turtwig is strong." Tomo said. "It might be stronger than Ash's Turtwig."
Brock agreed with him.
Budew was still able to battle despite being tackled. 
"Bullet Seed." Ash told her.
Once again Turtwig dodged Budew's attack and tackled it really hard. The last tackle was too much for Budew to handle and she fainted. Tomo was surprised to see how strong Gardenia's Turtwig was; it was obvious he needed to train his Pokemon before challenging her to a gym battle.
Ash returned Budew and sent out his Mothim.
"Mothim's a bug/flying type so Ash has the advantage." Brock said. "But how will Gardenia deal with this?"
"Mothim, Psybeam." Ash ordered.
Turtwig dodged the rainbow beam.
'Okay.' Ash thought. 'That Turtwig is faster than my Turtwig. In fact, it's probably as fast as a Rapidash. I need to slow it down and I know just the way to do it.'
"Mothim, Confusion." Mothim lifted Turtwig into the air, preventing it from running away. 
"Now Psybeam." Ash said.
Mothim hit Turtwig with a rainbow beam.
"Success." Dawn cheered.
"Confusion stops a Pokemon in it's tracks." Brock noted.
Dawn thought this would be useful because her Smoochum also knew Confusion.
Gardenia was impressed, but she wasn't beaten yet.
"Turtwig, use Leech Seed." She said.
Turtwig released a seed from the sprout on it's head and Mothim was ensnared by vines, draining his energy. Ash knew he was in trouble now.
"Leaf Storm, Turtwig." Gardenia said.
"Use Protect Mothim." Ash ordered.
As Turtwig released a storm of leaves, a barrier formed in front of Mothim. His energy was still drained by Leech Seed though.
"Use Leaf Storm again." Gardenia ordered.
This time Mothim was hit by the leaves before Ash could do anything. The leaves and having it's energy drained by Leech Seed was too much for Mothim to handle and he fainted.
Ash lost the battle. He wasn't disappointed though because this proved to be good practice for the gym battle with Gardenia and made the Ketchum brothers realize what they were up against. 
"I was impressed with your Budew Ash." Gardenia said. "Why I think it will evolve soon."
"Really?" Ash asked. "Because my Budew wants to evolve. She's not the only one either. My Piplup and Shinx are eager to evolve as well."
"I encountered Piplup, Shinx and Budew after their old trainer died. They had been together for a long time." Ash explained.
"I understand." Gardenia said.
With the battle over, Ash and Tomo had some time to think about what to do when they challenge Gardenia.
That night
"I'm searching for the amber castle to get enchanted honey." Cheryl explained.
"Ah I've heard of that." Gardenia said.
"My grandfather was a treasure hunter who was never successful with finding the amber castle and I intend to find it." She added.
"Well." Gardenia said. "You know the enchanted honey is made from the nectar produced by Combee?" 
"I do." Cheryl nodded.
"Well I come to Eterna Forest to capture grass type Pokemon all the time." Gardenia said. "And there are some pomeg plants where Combee gather and there's also a big Combee wall, which is actually a big gathering of Combee."
"That makes sense to me." Ash said. "So the honey must be near the Combee wall."
So everyone agreed that tomorrow they will go look for the pomeg plants and Gardenia agreed to lead the way since she knew Eterna Forest like the back of her hand.
"Oh Cheryl." She suddenly said. "Since you're a treasure hunter, could you tell me what that is?"
She removed a light green plate with a dark green outline from her cloak.
"Hey, that's a plate." Ash instantly recognized it.
"You know what this is Ash?" Gardenia asked him.
He removed two plates from his backpack.
"Those resemble the one I have but they're different colors." Gardenia said.
"I came across this plate in a bush before we entered Jubilife City and this light brown one was in the Oreburgh Mine." Ash explained.
The brown one also had a darker outline.
"Well Ash you can also have my plate. I don't need it after all." Gardenia handed her plate to him. 
Ash now had three mysterious plates.
"Okay everyone, let's get some rest for our exhibition." Brock said.
The others agreed and soon they all fell asleep.
The next day
Gardenia guided Cheryl and the gang to a location where some pomeg plants were; they grew Pomeg Berries. There were no berries on the plants right now; they were growing flowers at the moment. Suddenly a Nuzleaf appeared. 
"This Nuzleaf brings me messages." Gardenia said.
The Nuzleaf said there was a emergency in Eterna City, so she had to leave. 
"I appreciate the assistance." Cheryl thanked Gardenia for her help.
"I wish you luck with your search for the enchanted honey." Gardenia said.
She then left with Nuzleaf.
Suddenly a yellow, orange and black Pokemon, that resembled a combination of three honeycombs and a honey bee, came out from behind a plant.
"It's a Combee." Brock said.
"Then the enchanted honey must be close by." Dawn said. "Let's go."
So after finding a Combee, Cheryl and the gang felt they were close to finding the enchanted honey.