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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             ¨,««^**¤@@
@@@¤$*^«,¨ IMMEDIATELY FORGOT PERSIANS POWERS.      ¨,«^*$¤@@@
¤$^«¨¨¨¨¨¨ SUDDENLY, PERSIAN GOT A RED RUBY IN HIS  ¨¨¨¨¨¨«^$¤
#@@¤$*^«,¨ FOREHEAD. THEN WINGS. AND AFTER THAT, A  ¨,«^*$¤@@#
@@@¤$*^«,¨ COMPUTER CAME OUT OF HIM ON WHICH IT     ¨,«^*$¤@@@
##@¤$*^«,¨ SAID                                     ¨,«^*$¤@##
@¤¤¤$*^«,¨                                          ¨,«^*$¤¤¤@
#@@¤$*^«,¨    /%(*(%&&"*/&(!*"/&)=%()(%)%$&&&**$    ¨,«^*$¤@@#
¤¤$**«¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨«**$¤¤
¤$**^,¨¨¨¨ 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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@@@¤$*^«,¨                                          ¨,«^*$¤@@@
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