Okay so this is the Shaymin chapter, not much needs to be said, let’s begin!
Shaymin was out in the apple acres with Applejack, riding on Applejack’s head while she bucked all the apples from the tree in one hit, going to the next tree and doing the same process and then going to the next one and repeating the process while Big Mac and Apple Bloom gathered all the apples and put them in a big cart.
“Applejack, are you sure I’m being helpful?” Shaymin jumped down from Applejack’s head and looked up at her, though Applejack stroked the little hedgehog, Shaymins grassy fur felt so soft, like stroking a little pillow, which made Shaymin giggle a little at how nice Applejack had been to her, even though Shaymin couldn’t get a single tree down from the tree’s, instead she used her ability to regrow them.
“Aww now don’t say that ya little varmint, thanks to you, me and my family could go a few months without having to pick another apple, so I guess you could say you’ve done more work than any of us put together.” Applejack’s smiled at Shaymin, to Shaymin though, she saw only kindness in Applejacks smile and honesty in her eyes, so in response she leapt on Applejack’s leg and with her little paws she hugged Applejack’s leg tight and lovingly.
“Thank you Miss Applejack, thank you so much!” she kept hugging, the flower on her back glowing bright green and the apples growing at a rapid pace on all the tree’s, with Applejack picking up the little hedgehog with her hoof and putting her on her back, with Shaymin getting nice and comfy on her.
“Miss Applejack, can I got to bed please?” Shaymin yawned a little, though it sounded like the cutest little yawn she had ever heard, so without saying anything she took Shaymin back to the house and put her in her specially made bed, which was basically a part of Applejack’s bed with a small cover on it for Shaymin to get nice and comfy.
Applejack placed Shaymin in the bed, tucking her in, all the while having a motherly smile on her face, while Shaymin yawned and started to fall asleep, even though the day was only half over and some work still needed to be done for the apple bucking and to Shaymins worry, that meant that she would be lonely for a while, but she didn’t mind.
Shaymin looked outside and saw Applejack working still, becoming worried for her overworking, she tried to open the door to get out of the room, but was too short to actually reach the doorknob so she went back to the bed and kept an eye on Applejack, or at least till Applejack went out of her sights at least, then Shaymin sighed and happily waited for Applejack to arrive back.
“Miss Applejack has been so nice to me lately, oh I know, maybe I could make her a gift!” Shaymin squeaked cutely and started thinking about how to say thank you to Applejack in the best way possible, running across the room to find something to help her give her ideas, but to her disappointment she found nothing to help her and waited for her to come back.
Suddenly, Shaymin heard some growling and out of fear hid under Applejacks bed and covered her face with her tiny paws, hoping the growling would go away, but instead she heard something leap into the room, she heard snarling from something that sounded fiercely deadly to her, then she saw what looked like wolf paws but they were black with sharp claws, but the growling got louder and louder, the beast sounded angry for some unexplained reason.
Shaymin fearfully looked out from under the bed and saw the beasts body, it was a large wolf like creature with long curved horns on its head with oddly enough long bumps on its back that were the same colour as the horns, a grey that seems similar to a rock or steel maybe, but before Shaymin could think any further, the black demonic looking wolf’s mouth incinerated the bed in a second, with Shaymin covering her face with her little paws as the bed was burned, the ash covering Shaymin and her once beautiful and full of life fur and flower was now as black as coal and lifeless.
“G-go away, Miss Apple-“ before she could finish the pitch black wolf grabbed Shaymin in its mouth and leapt out of the window, Shaymin was too scared to speak or scream, all she could hope for was that the wolf was actually nice and happy, though that was probably unlikely.
Meanwhile, Applejack headed back home to check on Shaymin…
“Shaymin, I got some apple pie for ya” she said as she opened the door to her room, though instead of the cute image of Shaymin happily snoozing away, she saw her bed had been burned to ash and Shaymin was missing, sending Applejack into a panic as she looked around for clues, everywhere she looked she didn’t find anything to help her find Shaymin, and every second she became more and more worried.
After a while of frantic searching she found what looked like a trail of ash, seeing the ash made Applejack have thoughts of Shaymin being captured by some monster made out of ash, or some fire creature or something but those thoughts had to be put aside as she grabbed her lasso and followed the trail of ash, going as fast as her legs could carry her.
Back to Shaymin…
The pitch black wolf placed Shaymin on the ground, though Shaymin was scared out of her mind by the wolf as it yelled “Houndoom!” at her, making her shudder in fear and cover her face with her little paws in fear of the wolf, though it howled to get Shaymins attention again.
“W-what d-do you want? I-I don’t have anything!” the wolf didn’t listen and fired a blast of fire just above Shaymins head as a warning shot, its tail point to an apple tree that appeared to be worn out and partly useless to any farmer.
“Y-you w-want m-me to grow some apples?” Houndoom nodded and glare flaming eyes at Shaymin, making Shaymin hurry up and attempt to make the apples grow, but the ash on her body and on her flower was making her magic and powers not work, which made Houndoom angry and was about to breath fire, till some whimpering could be heard, but not from Shaymin for once.
Three little pitch black puppy’s appeared from behind a bush, with the Houndoom going over to them and nuzzling and moving them behind the bush again, though Shaymin realised the situation at hand, or this case paw.
“I-If you want me to grow you some food, I’ll need to get clean again, my powers don’t seem to work at the moment an-“ Houndoom grabbed Shaymin and went over to the nearest lake, quickly throwing Shaymin in for a second so the ash could come off, and a quickly brought her back to the tree, with Shaymin getting rather confused at the fast cleaning.
“Umm… o-okay then, please don’t be so rough though” Shaymin said in a cute whisper, still scared about the pitch black wolf that could breath fire and had a name with doom in the title, but then the little pups came out of hiding and sniffed Shaymins flower, which made her giggle a little and putting a adorable little smile on her face as she used her powers to make the apples grow again, with Houndoom howling in appreciation of Shaymins kindness.
“There you go, now I’ll go-“ but out of a bush, Applejack came along and rammed straight into Houndoom, with the wolf quickly getting back on her paws and getting ready to fight the orange pony.
“Shaymin, get behind me, this varmint going to get a taste of a apple family hoof to the stomach!” Applejack put Shaymin behind her, with Houndoom growling at Applejack, trying to intimidate her, but Applejack leaped at Houndoom, getting ready to kick the wolf in the stomach, with Houndoom leaping at her also, with the ferocity of any manticore or bear know to Equestria but Shaymin had other ideas…
Leafs from some tree’s started to glow, which grabbed Applejack and Houndoom easily, holding them back from fighting each other, while the pups hid behind Shaymin for protection “Miss Applejack, Houndoom needed me to make apples for her baby’s, and well… “The pups all barked in happiness at the fact of Shaymin being there friend “well there my friends now” Shaymin smiled nervously, letting Applejack go.
Applejack looked at Houndoom and the pups, feeling a bit little sad for them, but getting a good idea for them “Hmm… I reckon I may have a idea, if the big wolf there, Houndoom right?” Houndoom nodded, with the five little pups smiling and cheering happily at the fact they were going to be fed “Well you can help me at the farm carrying the apples or something, and you can have a basket or two at the end of the day, how does that sound partner?” Houndoom smiled, though it was a creepy smile due to Houndooms fangs and horns but still a happy smile nonetheless.
“And hay, my buddy Fluttershy could look after your little pups while you’re working” Houndoom happily nodded, with Applejack leading Houndoom and the pups back to the farm, knowing that one she would need to get a new bed, and two she now had to feed six wolfs, five of which were only adorable little pups, but how bad could it be?
To answer that question for Applejack, don’t worry, they're only little puppies. Oh and I should point this out, but this is part of trilogy of dark type Pokémon chapters, so for all those dark type fans out there, this is a good time.