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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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