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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       ¨¨::\$$§§@
#@@§%$\«:¨ NINETALES.                               ¨:«\$%§@@#
#@@§%$\«:¨                                          ¨:«\$%§@@#
§§$\::¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨::\$§§
@@§$««:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:««$§@@
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##@§%$\«:¨                                          ¨:«\$%§@##