¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨              ###############             §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§          - -# # 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.                               ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§