##$$$§=~^¨                                          ¨^~=§$$$##
#$=^¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=$#
&&&$=~~~^¨                                          ¨^~~~=$&&&
###&$§=~^¨                                          ¨^~=§$&###
&&§~^^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^^~§&&
###&$§=~^¨             ###############              ¨^~=§$&###
#$§==~^^¨¨         ~ ~# # HYPER-CAT # #~ ~          ¨¨^^~==§$#
###&$§=~^¨              ###############             ¨^~=§$&###
&&$==^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^==$&&
###&$§=~^¨ ~ ~# ONCE THERE WAS A FAMILY WITH TWO    ¨^~=§$&###
#&&§§§=~^¨ 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.                      ¨^~=§$$&&&
###&$§=~^¨ ~~~~~ - VULPIX! IT'S VULPIX!             ¨^~=§$&###
&$§§~^¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~ - YOU ARE ALLRIGHT... RIGHT?       ¨¨¨¨^~§§$&
###&$§=~^¨ ~~~~~ - YES.                             ¨^~=§$&###
###&$§=~^¨                                          ¨^~=§$&###
##&§~^^¨¨¨ ~ ~# A DRAGON! EVERYONE RAN INTO A       ¨¨¨^^~§&##
&&§§§§=~^¨ CAVE. ENOK! YOU'RE HERE! BUT IT WASN'T   ¨^~=§§§§&&
####&$§=~¨ ENOK. IT WAS A KITTEN.                   ¨~=§$&####
#&&§~^^¨¨¨ ~ ~# IT HAD LIKE A GLOWY THING IN IT'S   ¨¨¨^^~§&&#
###&$§=~^¨ FOREHEAD. IT TOLD THEM IT WAS CALLED     ¨^~=§$&###
##&§~¨¨¨¨¨ MEOWTH. VULPIX TOLD THE STORY OF WHAT    ¨¨¨¨¨~§&##
###&$§=~^¨ HAD HAPPENED, AND MEOW (AS IT IS         ¨^~=§$&###
###&$§=~^¨ PRONOUNCED) WANTED TO JOIN THEM. AFTER   ¨^~=§$&###
###&$§=~^¨ EIGHT HOURS OF WALKING THEY SPOTTED A    ¨^~=§$&###
###&$§=~^¨ KNIFE WITH HOLES IN IT.                  ¨^~=§$&###
##$===^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^===$##
###&$§=~^¨ ~~~~~ - WHAT A STRANGE KNIFE, SAID       ¨^~=§$&###
##&&$§=~^¨ NINETALES.                               ¨^~=§$&&##
###&$§=~^¨                                          ¨^~=§$&###
###&$§=~^¨                                          ¨^~=§$&###
&$$$$§=~^¨                                          ¨^~=§$$$$&
#&&&$§=~^¨                                          ¨^~=§$&&&#
##&§§~^¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨^~§§&##