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###&§$\«-¨          « «# # HYPER-CAT # #« «         ¨-«\$§&###
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###&§$\«-¨                                          ¨-«\$§&###
###&§$\«-¨ « «# ONCE THERE WAS A FAMILY WITH TWO    ¨-«\$§&###
#&$«--¨¨¨¨ 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  ¨-«\$§&###
####§$\«-¨ COMPUTER CAME OUT OF HIM ON WHICH IT     ¨-«\$§####
####§$\«-¨ 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.          ¨-«\$§&###
##§\-¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨-\§##
#&&$$\«¨¨¨ « «# ANNA FOUND A GREEN RUBY, AND A      ¨¨¨«\$$&&#
###&§$\«-¨ BLUE ONE. THEY BEAMED AT THE VOLCANO.    ¨-«\$§&###
&&§\««¨¨¨¨ IT STOPPED SQUIRTING.                    ¨¨¨¨««\§&&
###&§$\«-¨                                          ¨-«\$§&###
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&§§§\«¨¨¨¨         « «# # CHAPTER TWO # #« «        ¨¨¨¨«\§§§&
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&&&&§$\«-¨                                          ¨-«\$§&&&&
&&§§§$\«-¨ « «# AFTER A DAYS WALK THEY FOUND A      ¨-«\$§§§&&
&§§§\«¨¨¨¨ WOLF.                                    ¨¨¨¨«\§§§&
####§$\«-¨                                          ¨-«\$§####
##&&§$\«-¨ ««««« - WEIRD COLOUR, HAHA.              ¨-«\$§&&##
###&§$\«-¨ ««««« - BUT                              ¨-«\$§&###
###&§$\«-¨ ««««« - "BUT" WHAT.                      ¨-«\$§&###
###&§$\«-¨ ««««« - VULPIX! IT'S VULPIX!             ¨-«\$§&###
####§$\«-¨ ««««« - YOU ARE ALLRIGHT... RIGHT?       ¨-«\$§####
&$«¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ««««« - YES.                             ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«$&
#&$\---¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨---\$&#
##&$\-¨¨¨¨ « «# A DRAGON! EVERYONE RAN INTO A       ¨¨¨¨-\$&##
&&$\-¨¨¨¨¨ CAVE. ENOK! YOU'RE HERE! BUT IT WASN'T   ¨¨¨¨¨-\$&&
#§\«-¨¨¨¨¨ ENOK. IT WAS A KITTEN.                   ¨¨¨¨¨-«\§#
&&$$$\\«-¨ « «# 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.                               ¨-«\$§&###
###&§$\«-¨                                          ¨-«\$§&###
##&§§$\«-¨                                          ¨-«\$§§&##
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#&$\\\«¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨«\\\$&#
###&§$\«-¨                                          ¨-«\$§&###