Amnesia: The Waking

I woke up with a sharp pain in my temples as I looked around the room I was in, feeling confused. I was lying on the floor, holding a small empty bottle in my right hand. I stood up slowly, feeling light-headed as I kept looking as I kept looking around the room. I noticed a piece of paper on the desk that was next to me. I lifted up the paper, seeing that it was a letter of some sort. I read the letter slowly and carefully.

'Dear me-'

Wait… I wrote a letter to myself? Then again, I don't remember anything when I woke up. I started to read the letter again, to see if anything will trigger my memory.

'Dear me,

You came into this house approximately two days ago. Your parents bought this house for you and now… you are trapped here, Ms. Alexandria Watson. You can't remember a thing due to the drink that you had to make you forget. Therefore, I must say this… YOU MUST ESCAPE! This house is filled with horrors unthinkable. You must find a way to escape this place. Make sure you keep your sanity. Good luck….

Your former self,

Alexandria Watson'

Keep my sanity? Horrors unthinkable? All of this was confusing to me. I set the letter back down on the desk, noticing a key right next to where I placed the letter. "Hm…" I picked up the key and examined it. "Might as well keep it… it might be useful." I looked around the room once again and grabbed a satchel that was hanging in front of the wardrobe closet. I placed the key and the letter inside the satchel. I walked to the bedroom door and twisted the doorknob. "Locked…"

I took out the key and tried placing the key inside the keyhole. Didn't fit. I turned around and I noticed another door across the room. "Hmm…" I walked over to the other door as I saw something that made me flinch in fear. "Oh, God…" I stared at the bed, which had a naked man that happened to appear out of nowhere. The man was covered in dry blood and dirt. He was lacking one of his limbs… his right arm. I looked at the lifeless man then I looked at the door, placing my hand on the doorknob slowly and carefully. I opened the door and slowly peeked inside. The room was dark, and incredibly silent.

…

"Too quiet…" I mumbled to myself as I walked inside the room, looking around the room for a light so I can see. Suddenly, something hit against my foot, something metallic. "O-Ow…" I kneeled down and felt the metallic object in my hand, lifting the object up. I went back to the bedroom and looked at the object.

"A lantern…?" I looked at the lantern closely.

"No oil… there's probably some in this room somewhere…" I looked around the room and noticed something on the bed… the lifeless figure was gone. I shook a little, opening one of the drawers to the end table. I picked up little bottles that contained a black substance inside… oil. I put the oil in the lantern and walked back into the dark room, lighting up the lantern and holding the lantern up. The room was gray and it showed only a wooden table against one of the walls. I walked to the table and saw another little bottle, but this time… the substance was blue. I picked up the bottle and placed it in my satchel.

"Gotta find a way out…" I saw another door as I turned away from the table. I walked up to the door and tried turning the knob. Locked. I took out the key out of my satchel once again and placed the key inside the lock. I turned the key, hearing a loud click on the door. "It's unlocked!" I opened the door quickly as something large fell on my head. Instead of one lifeless body, there were multiple bodies, covered in dry blood and have missing limbs. I gasped a little, walking slowly away from the bodies. "This house isn't right…"

Suddenly, I collapsed on the floor, feeling extremely exhausted. I closed my eyes, falling into a deep sleep.

I was in a hallway that was dark and my vision was blurred. I groaned softly as I started walking across the hallway. My vision came into focus as I kept walking down the hallway. I turned my head and saw a horrific figure running towards me. It looked like a life-sized doll; its mouth was hanging down, ripped away from his face. I started running down the hall, hoping to find a way out. I reached the end of the hallway, but no door or any kind of escape route. I turned and saw the creature getting ready to attack. I started to scream in fear, the creature starting to slice my flesh.

…

I opened my eyes, panting hard as I got up from the floor.

"I need to find a way out of here…"

Then the lantern went out hearing low growls in the darkness.

To be continued…