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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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