^\~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~\^
\~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~\
~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
\~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~\
^\~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~\^
§^\~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~\^§
#§^\~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~\^§#
##§^\~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~\^§##