,.~†*$@@##                                          ##@@$*†~.,
,.~†**$@@#                                          #@@$**†~.,
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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.                  ##@@$*†~.,
,,,,.†*@@@                                          @@@*†.,,,,
,.~†*@@### ~~~~~ - WHAT A STRANGE KNIFE, SAID       ###@@*†~.,
,,,..~†*@# NINETALES.                               #@*†~..,,,
,,,,~††$@@                                          @@$††~,,,,
,.~†*$@@##                                          ##@@$*†~.,
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,.~†*$@@@@                                          @@@@$*†~.,