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@&&*†«,... « «# 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.                    ....,«†*&&
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##@&&*†«,.         « «# # CHAPTER TWO # #« «        .,«†*&&@##
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&&*†«,.... « «# 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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