Journey of Dreams: Chapter 5 Start

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. Pokemon is owned by the Pokemon Company. The only thing I own is this story.

A/N: As a reminder, there are a few things in this story that may not reflect the games or the anime completely, such as New Bark Town having a port, but the changes should help with the story and in my opinion, they just seem to make sense.

Also, I will periodically reference the month and year of the journey as it will be necessary for the story. I have updated the previous chapters to add the current month and year where it may be helpful to know.

CG: Hello everyone! I'm hoping to give Espeon, Pikachu and Salamence a surprise, so I'm writing this at night so I'll have it finished when I see them next.

*Somewhere off in the other room*

Salamence: *Yawn* Huh!? Where did CG go? Guess I'll go find him.

*Back in the room with CG as Salamence walks in*

CG:*Face smacks into the desk* Of course… I put Salamence to sleep earlier with Hypnosis. No wonder he's awake.

Salamence: Hey CG, what's up? Working on the next chapter already?

CG: Shhh, Pikachu and Espeon are sleeping and you know how they get cranky when they haven't had much sleep.

Salamence: …Right, of course. Oh yeah, should we tell the readers how we became friends?

CG: …Yeah I suppose we should. After all we were at each other's throats last time the readers saw our…interactions. How about we do that after the chap-

Salamence: Yeah, yeah now let's get on with it! We got a story to tell here!

CG: *sighs* Impatient as ever I see.

*Salamence charges up a dragon pulse*

*CG sweatdrops*

CG: …Err, right. Dragons are never impatient, just eager to respect the time of others. Anyway on with the story!

Salamence: That's what I thought.

"Normal Human Speech"

"Human/Pokemon Thoughts/Megaphone or Speaker"

"Pokemon Speech"

"Echoed/Magnified Voice"

(Present Day – August 2000)

The S.S. Anne has just arrived in the Johto Region and is approaching the docks of New Bark Town. On one of the cliffs that overlooked the peaceful entrance into Johto, a lone figure obscured by the shadows watched the ferry pull into port.

"…hmm. I sense something on that ship, someone… different; but who could it be?" The figure pondered for a moment while staring at the ship before realizing something important.

"…I've stayed too long. I must return before it is too late." The figure turned around and started leaving before taking one last look at the ship with a critical gaze.

"I don't know who you are, but I will find you again and when I do…" The figure trailed off.

Meanwhile…

Ash, Brock, Espeon and Pikachu disembarked off of the S.S. Anne, looked towards the ocean they just crossed, and took a deep breath. The ocean mist and cool breeze was just absolutely refreshing! They were finally in the Johto region.

Ash smiled and exclaimed, "Finally, we're here! I can't wait to get started. The Johto League will never knew what hit it!"

Brock shook his head, "Ash, don't get carried away now. I know you're excited, but overconfidence is the quickest way to lose…"

Ash nodded in understanding. He supposed Brock was right and he wasn't prepared to lose, so he simmered down a bit.

Espeon chimed in with a smirk, "Despite the need to not be overconfident, we will still win this thing!"

Pikachu just pumped his fist in the air, also with a smirk, "Pika, pikachu Pi!" ("Yeah, no one will stop us!")

Ash got excited again, "Yeah, this will be awesome!"

Brock just shook his head in amusement, supposing that while Ash may not be overconfident anymore, his enthusiasm will never seem to die down and it seems his Pokemon are taking after him.

The group started walking off the docks when Ash turned to Brock, "Where is the Pokemon lab?"

Brock got out the map of the Johto region that he purchased on the S.S. Anne and took a look at it.

After looking for a couple of moments, Brock responded, "Well, now that we are off of the docks, it looks like we just head down this road on our right and make a left at the end of the street. At that point it should be the third building on the right."

Ash, Pikachu, and Espeon nodded and started heading down the street. Just as they were about to make a turn at the corner, a group of familiar figures dashed by them with some Pokemon in hand, running like their life depended on it.

Ash quickly recognized the group as the same members of Team Rocket from the Pokemon Center in Viridian City and quickly grew irritated.

His eyes flashed blue and he called out to them "HALT!"

The three members of Team Rocket froze in their tracks all thinking the same thing, "No, Not him! Not all the way out here!"

They slowly turned around and looked at the boy slowly approaching them.

Ash was about to ask them what they were doing here when he spotted the three Johto starters in their arms looking a bit scared.

Ash quickly put two and two together and addressed the Rockets. "You three still haven't learned your lesson, taking Pokemon from the laboratory. Guess I'll have to make sure that it sticks this time. Espeon confusion."

Espeon jumped forward and its eyes started to glow blue, and the Rockets were surrounded by a blue outline and they realized they couldn't move anything except their heads.

Jessie, James and Meowth looked at each other with a bit of fear and recalled what happened last time.

Flashback (1 month ago, just south of Pallet town)

Some of the wild Pokemon were grazing about in these fields, enjoying each other's company and the peace when all of a sudden a star appeared in the sky accompanied by some noise.

"Loooooookk oooOOUUUTTTT!" *CRASH*

The crash whipped up a huge dust cloud and the noise startled all the nearby Pokemon badly, causing the busy field to become as deserted as a ghost town. When the dust settled, three lone figures were revealed, groaning in pain.

Jessie twitched a couple of times saying, "T-T-That k-kid. He isn't n-normal"

Meowth painfully added his two cents, "Y-Yeah. Ouch. What is w-wit his eyes and d-dat power?"

James groaned, "Ugh, the pain. I-It must have been something." All of a sudden they started hearing an ominous ringtone.

James gasped and pulled out his communication cube and all three of them righted themselves as if nothing happened, "It's the Boss! What do we do? We haven't caught anything!"

Jessie sweatdropped, "Let's just…answer and wing it. We have to be brave and act as if we are making progress.

The team nodded, and James answered the call. A figure's face showed up on a hologram from the cube.

The figure glared at his subordinates, "…You three! Why haven't you reported in? I expect you to have good news for not reporting to me on time."

The three Rockets flinched briefly before Jessie decided to report, "Well you see sir, we were about to swipe all of the Pokemon from the Viridian Pokemon Center…"

Meowth decided to take over, "Yeah, but dis kid was here and his eyes started glowin and freakin us out. Da kid's voice started boomin and da next ting we know we're getting kicked out of da center."

James and Jessie panicked, thinking Meowth just doomed them all as the figure's eyebrow twitched in anger, but restrained himself.

The figured slowly responded, "You mean to tell me that you simpletons were defeated by a kid?"

James, sweating profusely, quickly tried to salvage the situation, "Well Giovanni sir, the kid was abnormally strong considering that he just started his journey not too long ago. He is also very smart as he used electricity to ignite a poisonous gas that created an explosion blowing us away."

The Rocket Boss raised his eyebrow in surprise at that, "This kid… based on what these three said, it sounds like he could potentially have some kind of ability, but even if he doesn't he does not seem to be someone to trifle with if what they said is true."

Giovanni thought for a moment, "I don't have any spare agents to send to monitor him at the moment and these three can't defeat him. I suppose he isn't a threat yet, but if he interferes, we may have to take some…measures."

Giovanni finally responded to his agents, "You three need to train your Pokemon more and perhaps catch some new allies that will be useful for our plan. Return to headquarters immediately, I will expect success on your part from here on out." He did not want any useless agents on his team.

The three saluted in unison, "Sir. What of the kid?"

The Rocket Boss shrugged, "He is of no concern to us at the moment. If he interferes with our plans again, then we will address the issue at the time. Now I will expect you at the base at the crack of dawn tomorrow."

The hologram then faded away, leaving the three Rocket agents to let out a huge sigh of relief while wonder what would happen next.

James voiced all of their concerns, "I have a bad feeling about this."

End Flashback

The three Rockets remembered returning to base and Jessie and James each caught a new member for their team on the way. They trained at their base a bit and were then sent to the Johto region to capture Pokemon that could not be found in Kanto, but that didn't seem relevant now.

Ash decided to take action, "Espeon, have Team Rocket release the starters with your confusion and bring them here."

Espeon's eyes glowed brighter and the Rockets released the Pokemon and the starters hovered over to Ash where they were placed on the ground next to him.

The starters looked around in fear until Espeon reassured them with a smile, causing them to relax.

The Rockets were freed at this point and angrily retorted, "Hey! We stole those fair and square!"

Jessie threw her Pokeball, "Ekans, go get them!"

James then sent his Pokemon out, "Koffing, I choose you!"

Brock decided to interject, "Ash, I'm going to let you handle this battle. I'm going to watch the starters with Espeon."

Ash absently nodded and quickly assessed the situation. Espeon was the logical choice as he had a type advantage, and he was arguably the strongest on Ash's team at the moment, given that he was one of the only evolved Pokemon on his team.

"Hey Ash" Espeon called out.

Ash snapped out of his musings while Espeon continued, "Why don't you give Squirtle and Magnemite a chance to battle? Magnemite is immune to poison and can be a good backup for Squirtle while he also gets experience."

Ash nodded at his friend's logic, "Thanks Espeon, I think I will do just that."

Turning his attention back to the battle, Ash called out, "Squirtle, Magnemite, prepare for battle!"

Ash's Pokemon materialized and made their respective calls to acknowledge their readiness.

Team Rocket was through waiting as Jessie called, "Ekans, use poison sting on Squirtle!"

James followed suit, "Koffing, use Sludge on Squirtle."

Ekans and Koffing both fired their respective attacks at Squirtle.

Ash smirked, "Team Rocket, never take your eyes off any of your opponents. Squirtle, deflect the attacks with Rapid Spin. Magnemite, use Thundershock on Koffing."

Squirtle started spinning rapidly causing the poison attacks to deflect to the side for the most part while Magnemite shocked Koffing causing it to collapse to the ground.

Squirtle got out of his shell mostly unharmed, but ash noticed a purple hue on Squirtle's face. Ash groaned at this, "Just my luck, Squirtle's poisoned."

Meanwhile James tended to Koffing, "Koffing, you've got to get up!"

"Kof..Koff..Koffing" Koffing called out as it slowly started to levitate off of the ground.

James sighed in relief, "Ok, now use Smog on Squirtle"

Jessie decided to mix things up a bit, "Ekans, use Dig. Attack the floating piece of scrap metal!"

Koffing started exhaling poisonous fumes while Ekans snuck underground.

Ash quickly started to see what would happen next and began strategizing faster than ever. He quickly came up with a way out of this predicament, "Squirtle, make the smog dissipate with another Rapid Spin. Magnemite, hover over Squirtle quickly!"

Both Pokemon quickly set to their respective tasks. The Smog attack started to dissipate while the ground started shaking violently. Ekans struck Squirtle from below, causing Squirtle and Magnemite to go flying.

Squirtle hit the ground and slowly stopped spinning and struggled to get up while Magnemite looked alright.

Ash sighed in relief, "Magnemite didn't take much damage because Ekans only hit Squirtle's shell, not Magnemite directly, so it wasn't a ground attack to Magnemite. Squirtle on the other hand…"

He glanced over at his turtle Pokemon, who was panting rather heavily.

Ash mentally berated himself, "While Rapid Spin reduced the damage received by Dig, why didn't I remember Squirtle has been taking damage from the poison as well? I have to end this quickly."

Ash shook himself from his thoughts, "Magnemite, use Magnet Bomb on Ekans! Squirtle, hit Koffing with a Water gun!"

Magnemite started creating spheres of metal out of nowhere and proceeded to bombard Ekans with them while Squirtle launched a stream of water towards the floating ball of poisonous gas.

James, seeing that this wouldn't end well, immediately reacted, "Koffing, try to drive it back with Sludge."

Koffing started to counter as the attacks hit simultaneously resulting in a small explosion that caused everyone to shield themselves from the blast. While the smoke was starting to clear, two orbs of light appeared for a few moments, before disappearing.

When the smoke cleared, everyone present was completely shocked at what was now on the field. Ekans and Squirtle were unable to battle while there were two other Pokemon present on the battlefield.

Ash and Jessie, shocked, wordlessly took out their Pokeballs and returned their fallen Pokemon while staring at the remaining battlers.

James was the first to snap out of his shock with an excited grin slowly appearing on his face, "K-Koffing? You evolved into Weezing?"

Indeed, the floating Pokemon grew in size and now had two faces. The Pokemon in question nodded while glaring at its opponent. James followed his Pokemon's gaze and started paling at what he saw.

Meanwhile, Ash was also stunned, and quickly grew excited as well, "Alright Magnemite, you've evolved into Magneton! Well done!"

Ash then glanced at his opponent and started smirking, "Evolved or not, Weezing can't touch Magneton, unless it knows a fire attack, which is unlikely."

Ash then looked back at his Pokemon, who was staring at him awaiting orders. "Magneton, use Lock-on!"

"Mag, Magneton" Magneton's eyes then started glowing red and emitted a red pulse which settled on Weezing's head.

Meowth was growing irritated with the lack of action, "What in da world are ya doin James? Don't just stand dere, attack already!"

James, realizing that he was still in a battle, nodded in response and called out, "Weezing, hit that Magneton with Gyro Ball!"

Weezing started spinning rapidly and took off towards Magneton.

Ash was surprised at this, but shrugged and ordered, "Take it." Ash's Pokemon nodded in response while James smiled, thinking that after its previous hits, he might get lucky and take it out.

James was shocked when his Pokemon made contact with Magneton, and bounced right off and floated back on his side of the field.

"W-what, what happened? Why didn't that do a thing!?" James cried out.

Ash closed his eyes and shook his head, "While it is impressive that your Weezing already knows Gyro Ball, a steel type move will do virtually nothing against Magneton. Magneton has a 4x resistance to Steel Type attacks. You would have been better off using Tackle."

Ash opened his eyes, and calmly ordered, "Magneton, use…" Ash's Pokedex decided to interrupt and Ash pulled it out to see one notification listed on it.

Ash smiled as he realized what happened. "Alright, Magneton may have forgotten Magnet Bomb, but this is better!"

He smirked and ordered, "Use Mirror Shot!"

Magneton charged up its move and launched a few small beams metallic light towards its target."

James panicked, "Weezing, dodge it!"

Weezing floated out of the way, causing the beams of light to launch past only to arc around and strike home, causing yet another explosion.

When the smoke cleared, Weezing was on the ground out cold.

Wordlessly, James grunted and called back his fallen Pokemon. He turned towards Ash with a glare, "How did that attack arc around and strike Weezing after missing?"

Ash lazily responded, "Lock-on. Look it up."

To Ash's surprise, James only nodded, and suddenly the wings of jetpacks appeared behind the Rockets. He mentally berated himself for thinking they were just bags and not jetpacks.

Jessie called out, "You got lucky this time kid, but this isn't the last time that you will see us. For your own sake, I suggest you don't meddle with our affairs in the future. It won't be this easy next time."

Meowth decided to add his two cents, "Yeah, da boss is-mmph!"

James smacked a piece of duct tape over Meowth's big meowth, "Can it! Do you really want to get us all in trouble by revealing top secret info to the enemy?"

Meowth calmed down and decided to take off at this point with the other two rockets following suit.

Ash just watched them leave, then returned Magneton. He turned towards Brock with a hint of frustration, but maintained his cool, "Brock, why didn't you help fight the Rockets?"

Brock just took a sip of the coffee he had in his hand in response.

Ash did a double-take, "Wait, where and when did he get a hot cup of coffee?"

Brock swallowed his drink and finally responded, "Eh, you looked like you had it covered and I got to learn a bit more about your battling style, and I said before I was going to help Espeon with the starters."

Ash groaned in annoyance, "Next time those crooks show up, you're battling them while I get a drink."

Brock nodded in response, "Call out Squirtle, he needs a revive and an antidote."

Ash just reached towards his belt and called the turtle out. He knelt down applied the medicine he had in his backpack on the water type.

After he finished applying the medicine and put the containers back in his backpack, he glanced over and waited for his friend to wake up.

He didn't need to wait long however, as the turtle slowly opened his eyes and smiled as he slowly got his energy back.

"Hey buddy, how are you doing? You feeling better?" Ash asked while he rubbed his Pokemon's head.

Squirtle nodded happily, "Squirt, Squirtle Squirt!"

Ash sighed in relief, "Good to hear buddy, now take a nice long rest."

With that, the Pokemon nodded as a red beam enveloped him and returned him to his Pokeball.

Ash stood up and turned to Brock, "Let's go, the professor is probably wondering where his Pokemon are."

Brock nodded in agreement and followed Ash, along with the starters and the rest of the gang to the lab.

Time Skip – 3 minutes; in the Professor's lab

Ash glanced around in amazement, if there was an organizational system in this lab, he didn't see it. There were papers absolutely everywhere, a bookcase was knocked over, and used bowls and plates were left on the coffee tables.

"No wonder the starters were kidnapped. How could anyone pay attention to anything in a place like this?" Ash thought in bewilderment.

Pikachu, Brock, and Espeon silently nodded in agreement.

Espeon picks up Ash's current thoughts via telepathy and shares those thoughts with Ash's other Pokemon and Brock if they are not personal and if they are not in a battle.

Suddenly the starters got excited and started heading towards the back of the lab. A man in a white coat came in from the back with his hand on his head, trying to soothe his massive headache.

The man sighed, "Man, where could they have gone off to? Huh?"

The man turned his head towards the noise of something on the ground and saw his three starters coming to him with a large smile on their faces.

The man perked up, "Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile! Where have you guys been? Thank goodness you are all ok!" He knelt down and gave his friends a hug.

After a minute, the man looked up and saw two individuals waiting on him, "Oh excuse me. My name is Professor Elm, I work here researching Pokemon Evolution. I didn't keep you waiting long did I?"

Ash and Brock shook their heads no.

Elm sighed in relief, "Whew, I was worried for a second. You see, these guys went missing not too long ago, and I had to go out to find them. I was about to lose hope that I would find them. Did you guys find them?"

Ash slowly started, "Well, we did, but they were not missing. They were taken by a criminal organization known as Team Rocket."

The professor paled at this, "What!? Well thank you very much for rescuing them! You must be quite the trainer if you were able to run them out."

Ash shrugged, "I don't know about that, but I've run into them before. They were weak, but they seemed a bit stronger this time."

Ash put his hand on his chin thinking about this. Seeing that Ash wasn't about to say anything Brock decided to say something, "My name is Brock, and this is Ash. Ash here, was wondering if he could register for the Johto League."

Professor Elm nodded, "Of course, I just need Ash's Pokedex for a moment."

Ash just stood there until he felt a smack on his head. He turned towards the source of the pain until his eyes met that of Pikachu's.

Pikachu gestured towards the professor, "Pika, Pikachu."

Ash nodded, silently thanking Pikachu for bringing him back to reality. He dug into his pocket until he found his Pokedex and handed it to the professor.

The professor nodded, "Professor Oak mentioned there would be a trainer from Pallet town with the National Pokedex. I guess that would be you. Very well, just one moment."

Professor Elm walked over to his computer and opened a slot that was made for Pokedexes of various sizes and inserted it. A few moments later and the registration was completed.

The professor pulled the Pokedex and gave it back to Ash, "There you go Ash; you should be good to go. Just remember to call me once a week per Professor Oak's instructions, ok? Oh! I forgot to reward you for finding the starters. Please feel free to pick one of them to join you on your journey!"

The starters looked to Ash with huge smiles on their faces hoping that they would be picked.

Ash saw this and turned back to the professor and shook his head, "Professor Elm, I would love one of them to join me, but I already have a starter and you never know when you may get a new trainer looking for a starter."

Ash walked over to the starters while Professor Elm nodded with a smile, "Well Ash, you've already exceeded my expectations. Professor Oak was right about you. Maybe…" The professor mused while Ash knelt down to the disappointed starters.

Ash gave a soft smile, "Hey guys, please don't feel down. I didn't decide to not have you guys with me because there was anything wrong with you, I just believe that there is something better for you guys out there."

The starters looked up at Ash with confused expressions and Ash chuckled, "The bond between the starter and their new trainer should be special, and I believe that you guys would miss out on that bond if you went with me since I already have a starter. We can still be friends though."

Ash held out his hand while the starters just stared at him surprised. Ash started sweatdropping, "Did I say something offensive?"

Espeon heard this and was about to respond when the starters started hopping up and down excitedly and giving Ash a hug.

Ash started laughing while the group watched on all thinking the same thing, "All's well that ends well."

Elm decided to interject a thought. "Well Ash, it seems that you get along with many Pokemon just fine. If you are looking for the nearest gym to test your skills, I suggest checking out Violet City and looking for the Gym Leader Falkner."

The professor continued, "Hey it's starting to get late. Why don't you guys join me for dinner?"

Ash and Brock just sweatdropped and looked around, as if the problem was obvious.

The professor sheepishly smiled while putting a hand behind his head, "Heh, not here of course, I have some cleaning to do. I'm thinking of a decent pizza restaurant in town."

Ash, Brock, Espeon and Pikachu nodded in agreement, each with large smiles on their faces.

(Time Skip – 2 hours; Outside the lab)

The sun was just about down for the day, so Ash and Brock turned faced the professor and thanked him for his time and help in registering for the Pokemon League and walked off onto the next route, hoping to find a place to camp for the night.

"Hey Brock, it's getting late, what do you say we set up camp for the night?"

Brock agreed to this as he set his pack down and started to set up his tent, "Sounds like a plan. What would you like to do when we get up in the morning?"

Ash thought for a moment as Espeon set up his tent with Confusion.

Brock's eyebrow just twitched, "Lucky kid, having a psychic type around."

Espeon heard this and just laughed.

Ash, unsure why his friend was laughing and ignorant to his friend's thoughts replied, "We need to train for a little bit, but we'll do that after breakfast. I'm going to work with Bagon tomorrow and come up with a schedule for the others as well. I think Bagon is close to evolving, he's seemed pretty determined lately."

Brock folded his arms impressed. He thought this was a good idea, "Good, you don't want to go to the gym unprepared. I'll focus on making breakfast and lunch tomorrow to give you extra time to train."

Ash smiled, "Thanks Brock. You are a great friend. I'll see you tomorrow." He then went into his tent with his Pokemon and closed it up for the night.

Brock started walking towards his tent inwardly cheering when Ash spoke up, "Oh, and Brock? You are still battling the Rockets yourself if they show up again unless you lose."

Ash, Pikachu, and Espeon just snickered at Brock's expense when they heard what he said next.

Brock just flinched, then shouted to the sky in frustration, "AAAARRGH! I was THIS close to getting away with that!"

Chapter 5 End

A/N: Hmm, a bit of foreshadowing? These transition chapters (in and out of regions) always seem to be somewhat difficult to me, but I'm finally starting to get this story moving. I already have some great ideas that I just cannot wait to implement into this story when the time comes. Also, as you may have noticed, Team Rocket doesn't seem to be overly smart, but they will not be nearly as incompetent as in the show.

Oh, just so you guys know, Ash will not be completely overpowered, at least not this early in the journey. He will slowly be gaining power for his prospective place in the journey as time goes, but I also have a plan for this. He will have some strong Pokemon though as they will be needed in this journey, and that is why there have been a few evolutions so far.

CG: …And there is Chapter 5.

Salamence: CG, why was I not in this chapter? Didn't we discuss this?

CG: *sighs* Yes Salamence, we did. I didn't include you yet because you are Ash's secret weapon. A secret weapon is never revealed to the enemy *cough, team rocket, cough* until the moment where an unexpected surprise is needed.

Salamence: …Fine, just start including me again or else…now tell them how we patched things up.

CG: Ah, very well my friend *turns to face the readers* you see guys, it went like this:

*Flashback – 1 year ago*

CG: Salamence, land now!

*Salamence landed, curious to see what CG was going on about*

CG: I have had it with you. You will start listening to me as of right now. I've been giving you food, rest, shelter, and in return you've been wrecking everything!

*takes a deep breath*

CG (in a calmer tone): Forget it, I need a fresh start anyway, but you WILL help me build a new house. Now go cut down some of the nearby trees and haul them over here.

*Salamence looks at CG stunned from what he was hearing and didn't budge*

CG: Did I stutter? Get them now!

Salamence: I've never seen this side of you before CG. I thought you were just some pushover this entire time, but now I see there is more to you than meets the eye. I'll get the wood, but I'm interested to see what else you've been hiding.

*Salamence takes off into the sky headed to the forest*

End Flashback

CG: …From there, we just started talking and working out our differences as we built the house. I've now got a log cabin. This is pure awesomeness!

Salamence: Yeah, but you are forgetting how long it took to build though.

CG: *deadpans* You're the one who decided to light it up in flames when we were almost done.

Salamence (exasperated): You accidentally sneeze and breathe fire ONE TIME and you never hear the end of it.

CG *smirks*: You know it. Who knew dragons respected those who show assertiveness rather than attack anyone who shows some backbone? Anyway, until next time everyone! Remember, your reviews and messages will help to make this story everything it has the potential to be! I'll be looking this chapter over for any corrections that may need to be made.

-CyberGuardian7

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