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