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@$$†~~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~~†$$@
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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       ¨,~~~~$$&#
#&$~~¨¨¨¨¨ NINETALES.                               ¨¨¨¨¨~~$&#
&&$$†~,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,~†$$&&
##@&$$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$$&@##
@&&$~~~,¨¨                                          ¨¨,~~~$&&@
##@&$$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$$&@##
#&&$$$†~,¨                                          ¨,~†$$$&&#