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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.    #.#.#.#..#
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.##.#.##.# « «# 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 # #« «        #.#.#.#..#
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..#.#..#.# « «# AFTER A DAYS WALK THEY FOUND A      #.#.#.#.##
.##.#.##.# WOLF.                                    #.#.#.#..#
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.##.#.##.# ««««« - 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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