Amnesiac (And Other Yipping Tales)

I don’t know who I am. I just woke up in this dark room, unaware of my name, my life or even how I got here. I’m not really sure where I am, even. All I see is near pitch black darkness, and I can make out a few objects. But I don’t even remember what they’re called! Is that a... book? No, I don’t even remember what that means.

I keep trying to stumble along and find something or somepony... wait a second! Somepony! Either I must know what a ‘somepony’ is, or maybe it’s someone’s name! Somepony, huh? Probably a great person, I would love to meet him someday. Or maybe it’s a she? Oh well, I’ll figure out eventually.

Hey, I just found something cold and round... I can turn it? What does this mean— whoa! The door just flew open! Wait, it’s called a door? I guess my mind is solving these mysteries on its own! So what could that thing I was twisting be? A door round? No, that’s not it. Oh well, I guess I can’t remember absolutely everything.

Now I’m taking some steps into another room. It’s pretty pitch black too, and I can’t make out anything more. It’s just like the other room, now that I think about it! Wait, room? My mind is working wonders today! Now if only I could remember what my name was— oh, what is this? Another of these so-called doors? Interesting!

Urgh, it won’t budge! How else am I going to get through this? It doesn’t look too strong, maybe I can break it down! But how? With my hoof? Well, there you go. I learned something else. I might as well give this a try! HYAAAH!

Buck! I was no match for this door this time, but I’ll get you next time! Now, if I could see, maybe I could get something from in here and bust down that door without hurting myself. Wait a second, there’s something poking me on the wall! And it lighted up the room when I pressed it! Gee, my mind is thinking it’s either a light switch or a finger... finger it is! Now that I used the power of this finger, I now know all about light!

Let’s see how much I can use in this room! Hold on a second, there’s a bunch of big, heavy things here! Nah, it probably won’t bust down the door. How about this shiny little stick thing with teeth? A... key? No, it doesn’t look strong enough to break down a door.

Aha! I know what I’ll use! I’ll use my head! Surely, this pointy thing at the end was supposed to be used as a battering ram! Here we go! One, two, three!

This didn’t turn out so well. The pointy thing appears to be sensitive to the touch! And now I’m in serious pain... at least, my mind is telling me it’s pain. I don’t really feel anything! But that’s not an issue right now, I still need to get that door open! That key looks really important, maybe I am supposed to bust it down with it? Why not, I have all the time I need!

Constant beating appears ineffective. I keep trying to jab it into the door, but to no avail. What if I try it on the round thingy? Oh no, it got stuck! Urgh, I can’t get it out! I might as well let go, no point in— hey! The door opened! Maybe the key opened it with magic! Oh, it just led to another dark room, isn’t that just great? And why am I still thinking to myself? I could just go and do stuff, but this whole thinking thing is slowing me down!

Hey, the light from the other room is coming through! How fantastic! I can see a little light at least, but it’s still somewhat dark in here. Oh, what’s this? It’s some plastic thing... plastic, huh? Weird, it feels all soft and neat! I really like this plastic thing! But what does it say? It seems to have some writing on it! Darn, this darkness isn’t making it any easier to tell what it is. How can I find out what’s on it?

Oh, right. I can move to the other room. Duh!

Hmm... it has a picture of a pony on it that’s red, just like me. Wait, what even is red? Did I mean purple? If only I knew what colours were like, I’d know what colour I was! What a sad life I must live now! Carrying on now... it says the name is... deceased? I see some black writing underneath, but all I can see is the big red word spelling ‘deceased’ on top. Is deceased my name? How odd! The rest of the information on the plastic has the same red writing on top! At least I know my name now!

Maybe if I get out of here, I can find this Somepony person, or find someone to help me. What if everything I’m learning about is a lie, though? I don’t even know what colour I am, so maybe my name isn’t really Deceased! Maybe that wasn’t a key I used! First things first, though. I’ve got to get out of here first, then I’ll think of questions.

Oh! Light is coming from another door in the last room! And the round thingy on it has the same shape as my key! Now I can finally get out of here and into the light! Here we go, it’s time to open this! I’m inserting the key, and the door is opening slowly...

Oh, okay. There’s light in here, but it’s coming from the second room I was in— hey! I’m in the first room again! Have I been going in round shapes? ...Circles? Whatever, I don’t even care anymore about round shapes! I’m just going to sit down and be the only thing I know I am; Deceased.

It’s fun being Deceased.