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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.                    #%%*-,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,-*%%##@             ###############              @##%%*-,¨¨
¨,-*%%##@#         - -# # 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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