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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                                     :.........
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.......:~†    /%(*(%&&"*/&(!*"/&)=%()(%)%$&&&**$    †~:.......
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.....:~†^* 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.           ~:........
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.......... ~ ~# 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.                                  £¤*^†~:...
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.....:~†^* ~~~~~ - LOOK OUT! THEY HEARD PERSIAN     *^†~:.....
......:~†^ CALL.                                    ^†~:......
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........:~ ~ ~# 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.                  £¤*^†~:...
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.....:~†^* ~~~~~ - DO YOU THINK HE IS DEAD?         *^†~:.....
......:~†^ ~~~~~ - NOT NINETALES, SAID RAPIDASH.    ^†~:......
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........:~ ~ ~# SUDDENLY, THERE WERE RAINBOWS       ~:........
.........: ABOVE THE CLIFF. THEN IT HAPPENED. A     :.........
.......... VOLCANO ERUPTED.                         ..........
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.......... ~~~~~ - POOR NINETALES!                  ..........
.........: ~~~~~ - PERSIAN, DON'T CRY NOW.          :.........
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.......:~† ~ ~# ANNA FOUND A GREEN RUBY, AND A      †~:.......
......:~†^ BLUE ONE. THEY BEAMED AT THE VOLCANO.    ^†~:......
.....:~†^* IT STOPPED SQUIRTING.                    *^†~:.....
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...:~†^*¤£             ###############              £¤*^†~:...
..:~†^*¤£@        ~ ~# # CHAPTER TWO # #~ ~         @£¤*^†~:..
.:~†^*¤£@#              ###############             #@£¤*^†~:.
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...:~†^*¤£ ~ ~# AFTER A DAYS WALK THEY FOUND A      £¤*^†~:...
....:~†^*¤ WOLF.                                    ¤*^†~:....
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......:~†^ ~~~~~ - WEIRD COLOUR, HAHA.              ^†~:......
.......:~† ~~~~~ - BUT                              †~:.......
........:~ ~~~~~ - "BUT" WHAT.                      ~:........
.........: ~~~~~ - VULPIX! IT'S VULPIX!             :.........
.......... ~~~~~ - YOU ARE ALLRIGHT... RIGHT?       ..........
.......... ~~~~~ - YES.                             ..........
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.........: ~ ~# 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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