¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§              ###############             ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨          ~ ~# # 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.                               ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨