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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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! =~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨~=;%£# UNDERSTOOD THE NOTE. HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO #£%;=~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨~=;%£# = =# 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=; THE WINDOW. FROM HIS EYES... FROM HIS ;=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨~=;%£# WAS NINETALES. AND PONYTA. #£%;=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=;%£## = =# PERSIAN LANDED: HE SPOKE VULPIX: ##£%;=~¨¨¨
¨¨~=;%£### = =# THEN THEY ALL FLEW INSIDE. PERSIAN ###£%;=~¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~=;% INSIDE THEY FOUND: PERISCOPE, MONEY, %;=~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SIGN SAID "DONT EXIT!". NINETALES WENT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THAT WAY. HE IS FALLING DOWN A CLIFF ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = =# SUDDENLY, THERE WERE RAINBOWS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ABOVE THE CLIFF. THEN IT HAPPENED. A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CAVE. ENOK! YOU'RE HERE! BUT IT WASN'T ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ENOK. IT WAS A KITTEN. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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