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¨¨~-†^%&##              ###############             ##&%^†-~¨¨
¨¨¨~-†^%&#         - -# # 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.                               %^†-~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~-†^%&                                          &%^†-~¨¨¨¨
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