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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.                    ¤%†~,.....
....,~†%¤¤                                          ¤¤%†~,....
...,~†%¤¤#             ###############              #¤¤%†~,...
..,~†%¤¤##        ~ ~# # 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.                               ###¤¤%†~,.
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