Once upon a time the branch manager of a library in California named Nancy found a cat. The

cat had been locked in a pet carrier, a box of food was taped to the top but was full of ants. The

carrier had been pushed behind the library's dumpster.

Being a cat lover, Nancy took the cat home to her daughter, Erin. The cat was a girl cat with

black fur that when the light hit it just right had stripes. Erin named the cat Hermia.

During the day Hermia seemed just like any other cat, but at night she turned into -

HERMIA THE ADVENTURE CAT!

The day after Hermia came into their lives, things thought lost forever began to show up. A ring

of car thieves was suddenly captured that very same week. Crime went down by 50% and a

corrupt member of the city council was exposed. No one knew it was all the work of Hermia.

One day Erin woke up to find Hermia wet and smelling of seaweed. Little did Erin know that the

night before Hermia had been out surfing when she spotted a midnight wedding on the pier. She

had just thought about going up to wish them good luck when the groom's jealous ex-girlfriend

shoved the bride into the ocean.

Without thinking Hermia dove into the ocean. Using her claws Hermia tore through the skirts of

the bride's heavy dress and pulled her to safety. For saving the bride Hermia got all the shrimp she

wanted to eat.

Sometime later Nancy noticed that Hermia had a problem with her head. When Nancy took a

closer look she saw there was a puncture wound in Hermia's scalp!

Little did anyone know that the night before Hermia had been hang gliding over the Alps when

she saw a dragon holding a princess prisoner! Hermia glided down, grabbing a sword from one of

the nearby cowardly princes, the brave cat dashed into a fiery battle! Claws flashed, the sword

rang, and at one point the dragon managed to get one tooth into Hermia's flesh! But the tooth

was rotten because the dragon didn't brush let alone floss and Hermia exploited this weakness,

driving her sword right into the dragon's sore tooth! The dragon fainted from the pain and

Hermia put a golden muzzle on it. The princess tried to kiss Hermia, thinking she was an

enchanted prince, but found out that not only was Hermia a real cat, but a GIRL cat! So instead

the princess gave Hermia the dragon's treasure. Hermia turned around and gave all the treasure to

an orphanage in Russia, providing the children with warm winter clothing, plenty of food, and

even brand new toys!

Because of the puncture wound Hermia had to wear a plastic collar. During the day she

pretended to be miserable. At night however she entertained all the cats and dogs of the

neighborhoods with her One Cat Show of the life of Queen Elizabeth The First Of England. It

was a big hit. Even the mice who snuck in loved it. It got two paws up in the Catnip Monthly.

When she was finally healed Hermia went out adventuring again. In one week she managed to

stop a runaway train, captured some bank robbers, went rock climbing and while out saved a

condor mother and her babies from an evil poacher, and trained the new kitten in her home,

Possum - whom during the daytime she pretended she hated - how to do the Hokey Pokey.

One day Erin looked at Hermia and realized something was wrong. Hermia's entire chest was

cut open! Little did Erin know that the night before Hermia had been star gazing when she saw an

alien ship! The aliens used a special beam to bring her on board. They were Dogginites from the

Sirius - also known as the Dog Star. They were there because the evil dictator of the planet

Rattus were there to abduct the president and The Dogginites needed Hermia's help to stop them!

They flew to Washington D.C. where the Rattusites were about to launch their evil plan. A

pitched battle was fought but the evil dictator managed to get into the White House! Hermia

followed him in. There they fought, first with ray guns, but they both ran out of shots. Then the

evil dictator grabbed a sword from the wall and that's when Hermia's chest got cut. However she

ignored the pain and flung herself down on the floor, tripping the evil dictator then doing what

cat's do naturally with rats - she ate him all up!

For this the president gave Hermia all the cat food and treats she could eat in a life time, but she

gave them to a poor animal shelter and went home.

Of course this meant another plastic collar. The animals of the neighborhood were excited,

hoping this would mean a reprise of Hermia's one cat show. However Nancy's boyfriend,

Richard, took the collar off early. So instead Hermia went out and saved a baby from a burning

house.

And those are just some of the adventures of -

HERMIA THE ADVENTURE CAT!

Now she just had to teach Possum how to ride a bike....

THE END