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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.                               ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨