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##¶@$$:«,¨ « «# ONCE THERE WAS A FAMILY WITH TWO    ¨,«:$$@¶##
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ KIDS. THEY WERE CALLED FELICIA, JOHAN.   ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ THE KIDS WANTED A PET, BUT THEY          ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ COULDN'T AFFORD IT.                      ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ « «# ONE DAY, WHEN JOHAN HAD JUST        ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ RECEIVED HIS ALLOWANCE, HE HAD SAVED     ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:$
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ ENOUGH TO GET A PARTICULAR CAT THAT WAS  ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ FOR SALE. THEY BOUGHT ONE. IT WAS        ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ CALLED PERSIAN. THEY MADE SURE HE HAD    ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ IT ALLRIGHT.                             ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
##¶@$$:«,¨ « «# ONE DAY, PERSIAN FOUND A NOTE ON    ¨,«:$$@¶##
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ THE TABLE. IT SAID: THIS IS IMPORTANT!   ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ THIS HERE NOTE I WRITE IN MY ALMOST      ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ LAST MOMENT. SAVE ME!!! FROM ENOK.       ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ « «# STRANGELY ENOUGH, PERSIAN           ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ UNDERSTOOD THE NOTE. HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO  ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:$
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ ENOK WAS, BUT HE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS       ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ IMPORTANT.                               ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ « «# MIAOUUU!!!!! MIAOUUUUU!!!!! HE      ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ MEOWED FROM THE KITCHEN. FELICIA CAME    ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
##¶@$$:«,¨ RUNNING.                                 ¨,«:$$@¶##
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ « «# WHEN SHE SAW THE NOTE SHE FAINTED.  ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ PERSIAN TILTED HIS HEAD. THEN HE RAN TO  ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ GET FELICIAS AND JOHANS MOTHER. HE       ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ PULLED, YES HE PULLED HER INTO THE       ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ KITCHEN (HER NAME WAS ANNA BY THE WAY),  ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:$
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ AND WHEN SHE SAW FELICIA SHE             ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ IMMEDIATELY FORGOT PERSIANS POWERS.      ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ SUDDENLY, PERSIAN GOT A RED RUBY IN HIS  ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ FOREHEAD. THEN WINGS. AND AFTER THAT, A  ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
##¶@$$:«,¨ COMPUTER CAME OUT OF HIM ON WHICH IT     ¨,«:$$@¶##
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ SAID                                     ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
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@$$:«,¨¨¨¨    /%(*(%&&"*/&(!*"/&)=%()(%)%$&&&**$    ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ THIS WAS SEEN BY FELICIA WHO HAD         ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:$
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ AWAKENED.                                ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ « «# PERSIAN TOOK OFF., AND FLEW TOWARD  ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ THE WINDOW. FROM HIS EYES... FROM HIS    ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ EYES CAME A BEAM THAT MELTED THE WINDOW  ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
##¶@$$:«,¨ GLASS. OUTSIDE, PERSIAN MET A FLAME. IT  ¨,«:$$@¶##
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ WAS NINETALES. AND PONYTA.               ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ « «# PERSIAN LANDED: HE SPOKE VULPIX:    ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ « «# THEN THEY ALL FLEW INSIDE. PERSIAN  ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ TOOK JOHAN. NINETALES TOOK FELICIA.      ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ PONYTA TOOK ANNA. NOW THEY ALL FLEW      ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:$
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ TOGETHER TO AN UNKNOWN ISLAND.           ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ « «# THEY SAW A HOUSE. THEY ENTERED IT.  ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ INSIDE THEY FOUND: PERISCOPE, MONEY,     ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
##¶@$$:«,¨ FOOD, LASER PISTOLS, COMPUTERIZED        ¨,«:$$@¶##
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ TYPEWRITER AND MUCH MORE.                ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ « «# JOHAN LOOKED THROUGH THE            ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ PERISCOPE. AND GUESS WHAT HE SAW! HIS    ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ REAL HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.                  ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ « «# THEN HE JUMPED ONTO PONYTAS BACK.   ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:$
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ VULIPX TOOK CARE OF ANNA. AND PERSIAN    ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ FELICIA. JOHAN BROUGHT A LASER PISTOL.   ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ THEY FLEW BACK TO THE MAINLAND. AND      ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ LANDED AT THE SCHOOL. JUST THEN A LOT    ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
##¶@$$:«,¨ OF DUDES WITH GUNS APPEARED FROM THE     ¨,«:$$@¶##
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ BUSHES.                                  ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ ««««« - LOOK OUT! THEY HEARD PERSIAN     ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ CALL.                                    ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:$
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ « «# EVERYBODY GOT OFF THEIR FIGURE.     ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ « «# VULIPX WAS TRANSFORMED INTO         ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ NINETALES!!! AND PONYTA WAS TRANSFORMED  ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ INTO RAPIDASH!!!                         ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
##¶@$$:«,¨ « «# THEN THERE WERE FIRES AND LASERS    ¨,«:$$@¶##
#¶@$$:«,¨¨ BOTH HERE AND THERE,,                    ¨¨,«:$$@¶#
¶@$$:«,¨¨¨ « «# THE NINETALE BEAMED EVERYONE ONTO   ¨¨¨,«:$$@¶
@$$:«,¨¨¨¨ THE STARSHIP SS ENTERPRISE. THEY WENT    ¨¨¨¨,«:$$@
$$:«,¨¨¨¨¨ TO SOMETHING CALLED ROUGHLY DIMENSION    ¨¨¨¨¨,«:$$
$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨ NNN@**$?%. 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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$:«,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«:$
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