&*~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~*&
#@$*/~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~/*$@#
&&**/~¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨~/**&&
##@&$*/~,¨                                          ¨,~/*$&@##
&$//~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~//$&
##@&$*/~,¨              ###############             ¨,~/*$&@##
&***~~,¨¨¨         ~ ~# # 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.                               ¨¨¨,,~*$$@
#@$**/,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,/**$@#
&*/,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,/*&
###&$*/~,¨                                          ¨,~/*$&###
###&$*/~,¨                                          ¨,~/*$&###
###&$*/~,¨                                          ¨,~/*$&###