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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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