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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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