###@%%:=:¨ ¨:=:%%@###
##@%%:=:¨¨ ¨¨:=:%%@##
#@%%:=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=:%%@#
@%%:=:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:=:%%@
%%:=:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:=:%%
%:=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ############### ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=:%
:=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ = =# # 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. ¨:=:%%@###
##@%%:=:¨¨ ¨¨:=:%%@##
#@%%:=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=:%%@#
@%%:=:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:=:%%@
%%:=:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:=:%%
%:=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=:%