Charon Origin Myth. I began walking towards the shore, and then I saw Charon. About Six feet, very skinny wearing a black robe with a hood. He looked old and worn out, almost like an old man who was tired of it and wanted to die. I approached his boat with curiosity, gave him my coin and got on the boat. He looked very surprised when he saw my coin. “Where did you get this beautifully sculpted golden coin?” Charon asked, “It was a gift from my lovely wife, she was a great craftswomen indeed, but that’s not the only thing she is good at.”I replied. “I will leave that topic between you, her and the Gods.” Charon said. I saw a little smile when he said that, this made me feel as if I am getting to Charon. “So, how did you get here Charon” I said. “That is a story that should only be between me and the gods, and it is also quite long” He replied. “We have plenty of time” I said, “No “He replied. “How about this Charon? We flip the coin I gave you, and if it lands on heads you answer, if it lands on tails I give you a two more of the same coin.”, “I would hate to decline such a wonderful offer for such wonderful coins. You have yourself a deal.”As he flipped the coin I began to pray, looking at the coin spin I felt as if my prayers are affecting the spin. “It’s tales”. “Hold on, hold on, hold on, you can either take the coins or flip again. By flipping again you will be able to get four more coins and if it lands on heads after you tell your story, I will also tell mine. What do you say?” Charon took a moment to think about. During that moment I began thinking of how thankful I am for having these coins my wife put in my tomb. “I’ll do it. On one condition, I still want an extra coin if it lands on heads.”, “deal” I replied. Charon flipped the coin ever so gracefully. “It’s heads.”I was excited I am a step closer. Right before we crossed the intersection between the river of Acheron and the river of Styx he began telling his story. “I was a hard working man, very ambitious for my age. I was born in Venice, started working by the age of 8 as clerk at a convenience store. My parents were very poor so I had to provide, I did whatever it took to make more money. By the time I was 16 I started working with a Gondola, getting people places. I hated it. Especially when tourists started speaking ‘Italian’, just bloody hated it. I got some money from that job, but I needed more money. So I started killing my co-workers for more hours. I started getting more confident with my killing abilities. So I thought of better ways to get more money. I started killing mangers so that I can take their position. After that I started killing executives and CEOs for my personal gain. After 18 years of killing, It worked I have successfully become a Chief executive officer of companies that control countries and I loved it. I started exploring the luxuries of life like cars, clothes, food, drugs and women.” I was so amazed by his story that my jaw was down and my eyes were bulging out. I looked like a trout. “Are you ok?” Charon said “yes, please continue” I replied. “As I was saying I loved the life style, but I wanted more. I started ruining people’s life for my enjoyment; I started firing people to increase my profits. After a year of this I have been seen by the gods and they did not like what they saw. I remember the day I was dragged here like it was yesterday.” He paused; I was scared because I thought that he was going to ask me about my story.” Can you continue please?” I asked. When I saw his face I realised he forgot about our deal. “Of course” Charon Replied. “
By this time I was living in Los Angeles. I love it a lot there. It was warm, filled with women and drugs my two favorite things. It was 10 o’clock in the morning I was driving home from a strip club I have been too. It was unusual to see such little traffic so I started whistling and humming out of happiness. As I got out I heard birds singing and humming, it was truly beautiful. I started walking towards my front door I noticed a 6 year old girl falling off her bicycle. This made me giggle for a while because I saw her in pain. After that I went inside and saw my dog. I named him Sparky because that is original. “I chuckled because of his serious tone. I didn’t know if he was being serious or sarcastic. Charon continued, after playing with Sparky I washed my face and gave him water and poured myself a cup of champagne. I go about my usual routine I started flipping channels trying to find something. Then I stumbled onto a movie where people were lit on fire this caused my dog Sparky to bark a lot. This is because he was a firedog before joining me. A couple of hours later I brushed my teeth and went to sleep. I had a very horrible dream that night. The dream began by me waking up to an alarm sound I have never heard before; I started coughing this part felt so real. I heard a knock on the door, opened to see a ticking time bomb on the door, I ran fast enough so that the blast radius won’t catch me. I started giggling for an unknown reason. Out of nowhere fighter jets, helicopters with machine guns came into the dream. I woke up feeling bruised and burned, I was in the middle of the hospital, and I could not remember what happened. All I was hearing was the heart monitor beeping away. The beeping then brought me a bad memory of when I used to box. It brought the memory of me fighting Nick “the tooth”. I lost that fight, there was a huge crowd and in the first thirty seconds I got knocked out. I was admitted out after one day, no one would tell me why I was there. Afterwards I was trying to start my car; it took a while to start. It didn’t really make a difference because the traffic was backed up. As I pulled up to the train intersection I noticed a broken rail but it was too late. The train had come and crashed into my car. A huge explosion occurred due to the gasoline and friction. This is when I was taken to the underworld. I heard drops of water echoing throughout the cave I was put into. I started weeping, I was terrified.
Then I see a light, I couldn’t believe it. It was Zeus. Behind him was Hades they both come towards me. “How dare you do this to our world?” Zeus said
“Do what?”
“All the people you have killed for no reason are staying at the shores; you have over populated the shores.” Hades replied.
“You will be punished because of your actions; you will be the ferryman of Hades, you will carry souls that have a coin, from the shores to the underworld, you will do this with a gondola. This job will make you have to watch all the people you killed for eternity and transport people, which I know you hate.” Zeus said.
“That was about a thousand years ago and I am still here” Charon said
“Wow that is incredible” I replied.
“We are near” Charon warned me
I was scared; I was so amazed by that story that I forgot what my plan to escape from here was. Zeus appeared out of nowhere stopped the gondola. “Charon I forgive you for what you have done you have suffered enough, a thousand years. I am immortal and I think that is a long time. You will go back to your world and you will be born as a baby. You will remember none of this.”
“But who will replace me?” Charon asked “Someone sicker, more twisted than you” Zeus replied “Who is that, if I may ask my god? “Charon asked “The passenger you are carrying right now.” Zeus yelled.