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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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