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£@@^=..... = =# 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     .,=^†@&£##
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#&@@@†^=,. THIS WAS SEEN BY FELICIA WHO HAD         .,=^†@@@&#
&&@†=..... AWAKENED.                                .....=†@&&
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#£@^=..... 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.           .,,,=††@&&
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#££&@†^=,. = =# 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     ....,,=^@&
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&@†=,..... ===== - LOOK OUT! THEY HEARD PERSIAN     .....,=†@&
###£&†^=,. CALL.                                    .,=^†&£###
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##£&@†^=,. = =# 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.                  .,=^†@&£##
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###£&@†=,. ===== - DO YOU THINK HE IS DEAD?         .,=†@&£###
&††=...... ===== - NOT NINETALES, SAID RAPIDASH.    ......=††&
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£&@@†=.... = =# SUDDENLY, THERE WERE RAINBOWS       ....=†@@&£
£@^^=,.... ABOVE THE CLIFF. THEN IT HAPPENED. A     ....,=^^@£
££&&@†^=,. VOLCANO ERUPTED.                         .,=^†@&&££
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££&†^=.... ===== - POOR NINETALES!                  ....=^†&££
##£&@†^=,. ===== - PERSIAN, DON'T CRY NOW.          .,=^†@&£##
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##£&@†^=,. = =# ANNA FOUND A GREEN RUBY, AND A      .,=^†@&£##
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&&†=,,.... IT STOPPED SQUIRTING.                    ....,,=†&&
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#&†=,,,...         = =# # CHAPTER TWO # #= =        ...,,,=†&#
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#££&@†^=,. = =# AFTER A DAYS WALK THEY FOUND A      .,=^†@&££#
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##£&@†^=,. ===== - WEIRD COLOUR, HAHA.              .,=^†@&£##
&††^^,.... ===== - BUT                              ....,^^††&
##£&@†^=,. ===== - "BUT" WHAT.                      .,=^†@&£##
£&&@†^=,,. ===== - VULPIX! IT'S VULPIX!             .,,=^†@&&£
##£&@†^=,. ===== - YOU ARE ALLRIGHT... RIGHT?       .,=^†@&£##
###&@†^=,. ===== - YES.                             .,=^†@&###
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###&@†^=,. = =# 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.                  ...,,^^@&#
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