Orpheus and Eurydice 1st person

Character in 1st person – Orpheus

Orpheus the best musician ever

I met Eurydice one day, everything was going well until Hades the god of the Underworld, became jealous of Eurydice’s  beauty and scared to making her step on a snake which bit her in the leg and killed her and then hades too her to the underworld. Now was my time to save her, I packed my loot and some water and headed to the cave connecting earth and the underworld and was suddenly knocked off my feet by Cerberus a three headed dog and guardian of the underworld. I fumbled with the strings until they untied and grabbed my loot, I played my best and favourite tune until Cerberus fell to the floor asleep I progresses into the cave and met Hades at the deepest point. It was rocky and Hades was wearing dark red armor. I was singing and playing my loot demanding Eurydice was returned to me, Hades was so moved by this that he said I could have her back on one condition: she would follow me out to the light but if I looked back to see her before we reached the light she would be gone forever. I was happy with this and walked out the cave Eurydice following the further they went the more I believed this was a trick to get him out the underworld and steps from the light I looked back to see if it was a trick and saw her briefly before she disappeared.

I was so sad about this that I wanted to kill my self to be with Eurydice in the underworld but his father, Apollo denied me, said I was the greatest musician ever and couldn’t end my life to be with someone. I obeyed him but the longer time went on the more I missed her so one day I got my loot, my sword and some water and headed towards the underworld.

Unlike last time I wasn’t immediately met by Cerberus and as I progressed through the cave Cerberus came once again and knocked me off my feet. I got up and armed myself with my sword and loot, I played the loot but then noticed this time Cerberus hadn’t even heard, as Hades had covered his ears to make sure it wouldn’t be fazed I grabbed my sword and ran to Cerberus and chopped one of its heads off, he shook and struggled and threw me 30 metres away, I hit a wall and sprinted back to Cerberus but when I saw him again the head I chopped off had regenerated and as I went to swing again it charged at me and knocked down it jumped on me started scratching relentlessly and viciously until I finally stopped struggling and wriggled to safety out the cave.

Everyday I went back but every time Cerberus had gotten the better of me. I fought him every day for years until finally I couldn’t go anymore and gave up.

A few years later all the fighting had caught up with me and I’d fallen dead. Fortunately I was brought to the underworld and was with Eurydice forever.

Ashley Heathfield

Year 7         7W1P