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@¤%%%--~¨¨ ¨¨~--%%%¤@
##%%-~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~-%%##
@##¤%%/-~¨ ############### ¨~-/%%¤##@
@##¤%%/-~¨ - -# # HYPER-CAT # #- - ¨~-/%%¤##@
¤%-~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ############### ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-%¤
#¤¤%%--~¨¨ ¨¨~--%%¤¤#
###¤%%/-~¨ - -# ONCE THERE WAS A FAMILY WITH TWO ¨~-/%%¤###
@@#¤%%/-~¨ KIDS. THEY WERE CALLED FELICIA, JOHAN. ¨~-/%%¤#@@
@@#¤%%/-~¨ THE KIDS WANTED A PET, BUT THEY ¨~-/%%¤#@@
¤%//---¨¨¨ COULDN'T AFFORD IT. ¨¨¨---//%¤
@@#¤%%/-~¨ - -# ONE DAY, WHEN JOHAN HAD JUST ¨~-/%%¤#@@
#%%//---~¨ RECEIVED HIS ALLOWANCE, HE HAD SAVED ¨~---//%%#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ENOUGH TO GET A PARTICULAR CAT THAT WAS ¨~-/%%¤#@#
###¤%%/-~¨ FOR SALE. THEY BOUGHT ONE. IT WAS ¨~-/%%¤###
##@#%%/-~¨ CALLED PERSIAN. THEY MADE SURE HE HAD ¨~-/%%#@##
###¤%%/-~¨ IT ALLRIGHT. ¨~-/%%¤###
#@#¤%%/-~¨ - -# ONE DAY, PERSIAN FOUND A NOTE ON ¨~-/%%¤#@#
@#%%%%/-~¨ THE TABLE. IT SAID: THIS IS IMPORTANT! ¨~-/%%%%#@
@##¤%%/-~¨ THIS HERE NOTE I WRITE IN MY ALMOST ¨~-/%%¤##@
#@#¤%%/-~¨ LAST MOMENT. SAVE ME!!! FROM ENOK. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
@@#¤%%/-~¨ - -# STRANGELY ENOUGH, PERSIAN ¨~-/%%¤#@@
#¤%%/-~~¨¨ UNDERSTOOD THE NOTE. HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO ¨¨~~-/%%¤#
¤%--~¨¨¨¨¨ ENOK WAS, BUT HE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS ¨¨¨¨¨~--%¤
#@#¤%%/-~¨ IMPORTANT. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ - -# MIAOUUU!!!!! MIAOUUUUU!!!!! HE ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#¤%%-~~¨¨¨ MEOWED FROM THE KITCHEN. FELICIA CAME ¨¨¨~~-%%¤#
#¤¤%%%/-~¨ RUNNING. ¨~-/%%%¤¤#
##@#¤%%/~¨ - -# WHEN SHE SAW THE NOTE SHE FAINTED. ¨~/%%¤#@##
#%/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ PERSIAN TILTED HIS HEAD. THEN HE RAN TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/%#
¤¤%/~¨¨¨¨¨ GET FELICIAS AND JOHANS MOTHER. HE ¨¨¨¨¨~/%¤¤
#¤¤¤%%/-~¨ PULLED, YES HE PULLED HER INTO THE ¨~-/%%¤¤¤#
#%%%-~~~~¨ KITCHEN (HER NAME WAS ANNA BY THE WAY), ¨~~~~-%%%#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ AND WHEN SHE SAW FELICIA SHE ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#¤¤¤%%/-~¨ IMMEDIATELY FORGOT PERSIANS POWERS. ¨~-/%%¤¤¤#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ SUDDENLY, PERSIAN GOT A RED RUBY IN HIS ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#¤¤%%%/-~¨ FOREHEAD. THEN WINGS. AND AFTER THAT, A ¨~-/%%%¤¤#
@@#¤%%/-~¨ COMPUTER CAME OUT OF HIM ON WHICH IT ¨~-/%%¤#@@
#%%//~¨¨¨¨ SAID ¨¨¨¨~//%%#
#¤¤¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤¤¤#
#¤¤%%%/-~¨ /%(*(%&&"*/&(!*"/&)=%()(%)%$&&&**$ ¨~-/%%%¤¤#
#¤%---¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨---%¤#
###¤%%/-~¨ THIS WAS SEEN BY FELICIA WHO HAD ¨~-/%%¤###
#@#¤%%/-~¨ AWAKENED. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
##%%%%/-~¨ - -# PERSIAN TOOK OFF., AND FLEW TOWARD ¨~-/%%%%##
@@#¤%%/-~¨ THE WINDOW. FROM HIS EYES... FROM HIS ¨~-/%%¤#@@
@¤%//-¨¨¨¨ EYES CAME A BEAM THAT MELTED THE WINDOW ¨¨¨¨-//%¤@
¤¤¤%-¨¨¨¨¨ GLASS. OUTSIDE, PERSIAN MET A FLAME. IT ¨¨¨¨¨-%¤¤¤
##¤%%--~~¨ WAS NINETALES. AND PONYTA. ¨~~--%%¤##
##@#¤%/-~¨ - -# PERSIAN LANDED: HE SPOKE VULPIX: ¨~-/%¤#@##
##@#¤%/-~¨ - -# THEN THEY ALL FLEW INSIDE. PERSIAN ¨~-/%¤#@##
¤¤¤¤%%/-~¨ TOOK JOHAN. NINETALES TOOK FELICIA. ¨~-/%%¤¤¤¤
#@#¤%%/-~¨ PONYTA TOOK ANNA. NOW THEY ALL FLEW ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ TOGETHER TO AN UNKNOWN ISLAND. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#¤¤¤%%/-~¨ - -# THEY SAW A HOUSE. THEY ENTERED IT. ¨~-/%%¤¤¤#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ INSIDE THEY FOUND: PERISCOPE, MONEY, ¨~-/%%¤#@#
###¤%%/-~¨ FOOD, LASER PISTOLS, COMPUTERIZED ¨~-/%%¤###
@#¤¤%%/-~¨ TYPEWRITER AND MUCH MORE. ¨~-/%%¤¤#@
@#¤%%//-~¨ - -# JOHAN LOOKED THROUGH THE ¨~-//%%¤#@
#@#¤%%/-~¨ PERISCOPE. AND GUESS WHAT HE SAW! HIS ¨~-/%%¤#@#
¤%/---~¨¨¨ REAL HOUSE WAS ON FIRE. ¨¨¨~---/%¤
#¤%/~¨¨¨¨¨ - -# THEN HE JUMPED ONTO PONYTAS BACK. ¨¨¨¨¨~/%¤#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ VULIPX TOOK CARE OF ANNA. AND PERSIAN ¨~-/%%¤#@#
###¤%%/-~¨ FELICIA. JOHAN BROUGHT A LASER PISTOL. ¨~-/%%¤###
#@#¤%%/-~¨ THEY FLEW BACK TO THE MAINLAND. AND ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#%%/----~¨ LANDED AT THE SCHOOL. JUST THEN A LOT ¨~----/%%#
#%%/--~¨¨¨ OF DUDES WITH GUNS APPEARED FROM THE ¨¨¨~--/%%#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ BUSHES. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
¤%///~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~///%¤
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ----- - LOOK OUT! THEY HEARD PERSIAN ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ CALL. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
##@#%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%#@##
#%%%-¨¨¨¨¨ - -# EVERYBODY GOT OFF THEIR FIGURE. ¨¨¨¨¨-%%%#
¤%%%/~¨¨¨¨ - -# VULIPX WAS TRANSFORMED INTO ¨¨¨¨~/%%%¤
#@#¤%%/-~¨ NINETALES!!! AND PONYTA WAS TRANSFORMED ¨~-/%%¤#@#
@@#¤%%/-~¨ INTO RAPIDASH!!! ¨~-/%%¤#@@
##¤%%-~¨¨¨ - -# THEN THERE WERE FIRES AND LASERS ¨¨¨~-%%¤##
#@#¤%%/-~¨ BOTH HERE AND THERE,, ¨~-/%%¤#@#
##@#¤%/-~¨ - -# THE NINETALE BEAMED EVERYONE ONTO ¨~-/%¤#@##
#@#¤%%/-~¨ THE STARSHIP SS ENTERPRISE. THEY WENT ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ TO SOMETHING CALLED ROUGHLY DIMENSION ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ NNN¤**%?%. THERE, THERE WERE ONLY ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#%/-~~¨¨¨¨ POKEMON. ¨¨¨¨~~-/%#
@¤%%%%/-~¨ - -# BULBASAUR SAID: HELLO PERSIAN! ¨~-/%%%%¤@
#@#¤%%/-~¨ - -# JOHAN WAS SCARED. HE FAINTED. A ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#%%-~¨¨¨¨¨ SIGN SAID "DONT EXIT!". NINETALES WENT ¨¨¨¨¨~-%%#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ THAT WAY. HE IS FALLING DOWN A CLIFF ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#%%/-~~~~¨ HEEEELP!!! HE SCREAMED. ¨~~~~-/%%#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤#@#
¤%%%/--~¨¨ ----- - DO YOU THINK HE IS DEAD? ¨¨~--/%%%¤
@¤¤%%//-~¨ ----- - NOT NINETALES, SAID RAPIDASH. ¨~-//%%¤¤@
##¤%%/-~¨¨ ¨¨~-/%%¤##
#¤%/~¨¨¨¨¨ - -# SUDDENLY, THERE WERE RAINBOWS ¨¨¨¨¨~/%¤#
¤%---¨¨¨¨¨ ABOVE THE CLIFF. THEN IT HAPPENED. A ¨¨¨¨¨---%¤
@#%//--¨¨¨ VOLCANO ERUPTED. ¨¨¨--//%#@
###¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤###
#%/-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ----- - POOR NINETALES! ¨¨¨¨¨¨-/%#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ----- - PERSIAN, DON'T CRY NOW. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#¤¤¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤¤¤#
##@#¤%%/-¨ - -# ANNA FOUND A GREEN RUBY, AND A ¨-/%%¤#@##
@@#¤%%/-~¨ BLUE ONE. THEY BEAMED AT THE VOLCANO. ¨~-/%%¤#@@
#@#¤%%/-~¨ IT STOPPED SQUIRTING. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
¤¤%%-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨-%%¤¤
@¤¤¤%%/-~¨ ############### ¨~-/%%¤¤¤@
¤%%-~¨¨¨¨¨ - -# # CHAPTER TWO # #- - ¨¨¨¨¨~-%%¤
¤%%%%//-~¨ ############### ¨~-//%%%%¤
@¤%%%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%%%¤@
¤¤¤%%%/-~¨ - -# AFTER A DAYS WALK THEY FOUND A ¨~-/%%%¤¤¤
@#¤%%--¨¨¨ WOLF. ¨¨¨--%%¤#@
¤¤%%%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%%%¤¤
@#%%/--~¨¨ ----- - WEIRD COLOUR, HAHA. ¨¨~--/%%#@
#%/---¨¨¨¨ ----- - BUT ¨¨¨¨---/%#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ----- - "BUT" WHAT. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
@#¤%%/~~~¨ ----- - VULPIX! IT'S VULPIX! ¨~~~/%%¤#@
@#¤¤%%/-~¨ ----- - YOU ARE ALLRIGHT... RIGHT? ¨~-/%%¤¤#@
#%%//-¨¨¨¨ ----- - YES. ¨¨¨¨-//%%#
#¤¤%%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%%¤¤#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ - -# A DRAGON! EVERYONE RAN INTO A ¨~-/%%¤#@#
@¤%/-¨¨¨¨¨ CAVE. ENOK! YOU'RE HERE! BUT IT WASN'T ¨¨¨¨¨-/%¤@
@##¤%%/-~¨ ENOK. IT WAS A KITTEN. ¨~-/%%¤##@
#¤%/~~¨¨¨¨ - -# IT HAD LIKE A GLOWY THING IN IT'S ¨¨¨¨~~/%¤#
¤¤%%/~¨¨¨¨ FOREHEAD. IT TOLD THEM IT WAS CALLED ¨¨¨¨~/%%¤¤
¤¤¤¤%%/-~¨ MEOWTH. VULPIX TOLD THE STORY OF WHAT ¨~-/%%¤¤¤¤
##@#%%/-~¨ HAD HAPPENED, AND MEOW (AS IT IS ¨~-/%%#@##
###¤%%/-~¨ PRONOUNCED) WANTED TO JOIN THEM. AFTER ¨~-/%%¤###
#@#¤%%/-~¨ EIGHT HOURS OF WALKING THEY SPOTTED A ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ KNIFE WITH HOLES IN IT. ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤#@#
¤%%%/~¨¨¨¨ ----- - WHAT A STRANGE KNIFE, SAID ¨¨¨¨~/%%%¤
##%%%%/-~¨ NINETALES. ¨~-/%%%%##
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤#@#
#@#¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤#@#
@¤%%/-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-/%%¤@
¤%%-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-%%¤
###¤%%/-~¨ ¨~-/%%¤###