Venom of Insanity

   The city of Medusa, it's not the most beautiful in the underworld, but it is the biggest and the closest to the Styx and the over-world or the Land of the Living. Named after the Gorgon the could turn others into stone of course. I have no name myself, but I was born in the underworld about 18 years ago, and up to this point I have many allies That defend each other and me.

Nearly a year ago it was said that a champion from the four corners of the underworld would come fourth and fight the over-would's champion to the death the outcome unknown, Right now there are only 3 candidates for the champion position: Anguish, Malphas and Me.

I'm not much just a pony with dragon wings and horns that are crocked, also silted eyes, kinda like a snake, and based on my parents that's to be expected, because my Dad is also part Cobra, And his name is Anguish. Yep, my dad is a candidate for champion. The head of a cobra and the body of a scorpion, he said he's a creature called a Krylock by Hades.

Hades is going to choose a champion very soon, however I don't want to be the champion of the underworld, so I'm leaving to the over-world before he picks the champion. Hopefully I can make it to the world I belong in.

The road will surely be a long and hard one, unless I go to the Fields of Asphodel, then it should only take three days, The only real obstacle is Cerberus, how am I going to get past him, her... it? Eh whatever, but it's still going to be a challenge.

"I wonder what the over-world is like?" I asked myself wondering the obvious, starting on my way across the fields on a long and boring journey. The fields are Harsh and empty, so I start talking to myself. "What will the first thing I'm going to do when I get out of this hell hole be? Find some of the inhabitants? or try some of the food sense I didn't pack all that much in the first place?" I just continue on like this for what seems like a week, until I see a river. "That's the Styx." I say knowing I'm almost out of the underworld, however that means Cerberus is also up ahead.

I approach the gate keeper Charon the faerie-man and hand over some of the underworlds drachmas. "I would like safe passage the the over-world, please." I say with an air of life which is unheard of down here. "You speak of a task that is impossible for the dead young soul." Charon replies with a voice that sound like dust and racks with age. Now getting a better look at him he was a skeleton of what looked to be a Were-bat, a large bat with arms that have claws like knives and a face that looked like it was pulled out of a nightmare. "Well what if I were born here, then would you faerie me to  the Land of the Living?" I was met with a posture of disbelieving. (He has a skull, no expression) " Is it possible that a being could be born in such a place as this, if so why is it you have not tried to escape sooner?" A logical response, I desire to answer. "I have only now turned 18 and wanted to prepare myself for you'r challenge." "Ah, so you know of the challenge of passage, how delightful." It looked to me his skull twisted into a sinister smile. "Fallow me brave soul, so that you may be challenged by Cerberus himself."

We approached the hell hound by the name Cerberus but it didn't seam to notice me only Charon. " I will get no closer to him do to fear." Charon said as I heard bones shaking behind me. The beast in front of me still did not even seam to care about me only Charon. "This unimaginable, how is it that Cerberus can't sense you at all?" the almost pile of bones said obviously surprised that I was standing right next to the beast six times my size. " well it could be that he not allowed to let the dead leave or the living in, But.." I was cut of by the dumbfounded bone head. "But that would mean you spoke the truth in that you are alive! You are free to go, the passage to the Over-world is open to you and you alone. With the proof that I truly did not belong in this world I set forth onto the next, where I find my new life.

The underworld is finally behind me and life is my new Sovereign meadow. I open the door and step into a new world that I have dreamed of so often as of late and step into the light of peace.