I opened my eyes to realize that something was wrong. I was hot, like really hot. My skin was burning as I lay there on the ground. I could hear people walking past me and snickering. I didn't understand though because I was splattered all across the ground, what was there to laugh about that, right? Wrong. I saw that I was still in the middle of a blood-red pentagram but something was different. As I planted my arms to lift myself up I felt that the cobblestone road was burning hot, and for some reason, it had a red tint to it.

“Get up, you useless neanderthal! You must do my bidding, mwahahaha!” I heard coming from my left. The voice sounded as if you took a toddler and made them a chain smoker for 3 years. It was high pith and grading. I felt a small foot thud into my ribs that made me cough from the force contained in it. When I rolled onto my back I couldn't believe what I saw. Standing next to me appeared to be a fat red imp with a potbelly and 2 crooked horns standing next to me. As I looked at him an arrow formed next to him, and a box dropped out of the bottom of it to show a little screen. *imp, Minor demon* In the realm of Gahanna there are many different demons and other beings, they can be broken down as such: Minion, Minor, Major, Master, and then finally Matriarch.*

I snapped out of staring in shock at the screen when I heard a laughing voice come from next to me.

“Hahaha, I am surprised but I am actually sad for this poor human, being bound to a lowly imp, and only a minor demon at that. Hello male human, why dont you come and join me?”

As I looked over at where the voice came from I realized that It was a succubus. A box dropped down next to her and this time it read *succubus, Minor demon*. I was shaking with fear as I was trying to respond but got tongue-tied. She was extremely beautiful and looking at her brought a blush to my face, making me turn away.

“This neanderthal only answers to me!” He squeaked out as he stomped his feet. “Up, up I say!”

Standing I turn to look at the annoying little creature as it fluttered its stumpy little wings at flew right at my face, before landing on my head and claiming it as his new throne.

“Now on to grow stronger!” he squeaked. Not knowing what to say I decided to just keep my comments to myself and headed in the direction he pointed.

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In no time we walked up to a portal, the first thing that I have seen so far that wasn't red. It seemed to be tinted with green and blue, with sparks of silver and gold in it. I could almost feel a resonance with it as I reached toward it.

“No!” The imp screamed. “I must be the one to touch it first, slave!” He grabbed a tuff of my hair and yanked back on it as if it were the reigns on a horse.

“What the heck you petty little monster?!” I yelled back up at it. This seemed to startle him as he looked at me in shock, before his face grew dark.

“I am no monster you idiot, I am a demon! Do not call me something so low as a beast.” At that, he stood up and started stomping on my head, sending vibrations rattling through my skull and giving me a migraine.

“Oh, ok pardon me you little beast. And how do you propose we gain power?!” so far this was not his day. He had always dreamed of being a summoner, but never being a summon. This was like God himself was playing some sort of joke on him, making him so close to his dreams, yet so far away.

The imp pointed at the portal and spoke. “See that portal? That is a portal to the mortal realms. I'm Gahenna demons can not kill other beings, but in the mortal realms, it is free for all. To gain power a demon must eat or drink the blood of its enemies. Because you are my summon, and you have been to Gahanna you are no longer a human, but a half breed, or a mutt. As such you are still able to eat your enemies to gain strength, and you may use a Gahenna gate, but you are unable to attain a place of power in any of the demon cities and if any mortal knows that you are not a human then they will do everything they can to kill you. YOU are a monster, I am not. I dont have a core, but you do so hah.” The demon spoke and taunted me. I was confused at this point. I was no longer a human, even though I felt like one. Nonsense. I was a human and there was nothing else I could be. I felt like I was going insane, and I let the stupid little imp know that.

“Hahahahaha, you expect me to believe that I am not a human? You truly are a mindless beast if you expect me to believe that!” I spoke through my laughs.

“Have you not seen the screens appear in your vision that is constructed out of mana? And have you not noticed that you are slowly growing horns and a tail? You truly are a foolish mutt”.

I reached up to touch my head to realize that he was correct and I had small stubs where I was starting to grow horns. And when I touched my back I realized that I did indeed have a tail, but it was tucked into my shirt. I gasped as I realized that the imp must not be lying and started to black out from the shock, falling towards the Gahanna gate.

“Noooooo!!! The imp screamed as it tried to get me to stop, not realizing I was already out. I touched the gate and was taken to a random place in the mortal plane.