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.:~^**#@##         ~ ~# # HYPER-CAT # #~ ~          ##@#**^~:.
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.:~^**#@## ~ ~# 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                                     ##@#**^~:.
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.:~^**#@##    /%(*(%&&"*/&(!*"/&)=%()(%)%$&&&**$    ##@#**^~:.
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.:~^**#@## 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.           ###@#**^~.
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.:~^**#@## ~ ~# 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.                                  #@##**^~:.
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.:~^*#@### ~~~~~ - LOOK OUT! THEY HEARD PERSIAN     ###@#*^~:.
.:~^**#@## CALL.                                    ##@#**^~:.
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.:~^***##@ ~ ~# 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.                         ###**^~~:.
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.:~^**#@## ~~~~~ - POOR NINETALES!                  ##@#**^~:.
....~^*### ~~~~~ - PERSIAN, DON'T CRY NOW.          ###*^~....
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.:~^**#### ~ ~# ANNA FOUND A GREEN RUBY, AND A      ####**^~:.
.....:~*## BLUE ONE. THEY BEAMED AT THE VOLCANO.    ##*~:.....
.:~^**#@## IT STOPPED SQUIRTING.                    ##@#**^~:.
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.:~^*#@###              ###############             ###@#*^~:.
.~^**#@###         ~ ~# # 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.                             @@#*^::...
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.:~^**#@## ~ ~# 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.                  ##*^~.....
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.:~^**#@## ~~~~~ - WHAT A STRANGE KNIFE, SAID       ##@#**^~:.
.:~^**#@## NINETALES.                               ##@#**^~:.
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