....~«**%&                                          &%**«~....
.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
.....««*%&                                          &%*««.....
.~«=*%&&&#                                          #&&&%*=«~.
.~«=**%%&#                                          #&%%**=«~.
...~«=**%¶             ###############              ¶%**=«~...
.~«=*%&###          « «# # 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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.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.
.~«=*%&¶##                                          ##¶&%*=«~.