I was murdered. I was walking slowly on the top floor in the big, Royal Colosseum. I was cleaning near a window when I heard a quiet noise. I turned around and saw a person wearing a battle helmet coming towards me. I yelled to him saying that the Royal Colosseum was closed. Those were the last word I said. Before I said anything else, he ran at me and pushed me hard. I stumbled through the big window. I fell quickly towards the solid ground. I still can’t believe I was murdered.

After a while a person crept silently in the dark shadows. He thought if it was worth the gold coins to kill that hard-working janitor. He just went outside the big, Royal Colosseum when a woman yelled to the police and pointed at him. The strong police officers ran quickly at him. He noticed them so he ran away even faster. He turned around to see if the ferocious police officers were near. That was his fatal mistake. He didn’t notice the stable in front of him. He tripped hard on the yellow hay and fell near a brown horse. The scared horse panicked loudly so all the beautiful horses panicked too. They ran crazily and stomped on the murderer till he died. That is how Pablo Trinor died.

I’m Spartus Serminor. I’m a janitor working in the Royal Colosseum. My past generations were all gladiators except my wonderful mom who was a farmer. My generations won the championships many times so I guess people have a slight grudge against me. My father said I was too wimpy to be a gladiator. That was my past.

I woke up by a sad riverside with a lot of people. Actually they look like shadows. No, they look like shades. I was in the Hades! I then realized that I don’t have an obol. A shade then came to me by floating swiftly towards me. He came to me and told me that he was the person who murdered me. He told me that he was sorry for what he did. I forgave him. He wanted to give me his one and only obol that he had but I told him I don’t need it. I then saw something sparkling in the sand. It was a gold and shiny obol! I grabbed it and clenched it hard. I told him that I found an obol and we should cross the river. That is how we became friends.

We were across the river so we walked towards the gate were Cerberus was. I thought he was going to bite us but I guess he was a well-trained three-headed dog. We walked quickly through the moaning forest to the wood courthouse. Once we got inside, we standed in the short line till it was our turn. Pablo was first so I had to wait. After a while, they said his life was good until the murder. Hades then banished him to Tartarus when I yelled loudly and told him to banish me to Tartarus instead of him but Pablo refused and told me that it was his fault, not mine. I told him it was my fault because he is my friend so he shouldn’t go and I forgave him already. Hades then looked from Pablo to me. He said he was confused so we can both go to Elysian Fields. We cheered loudly and thanked Hades. That is how we lived happily ever after.