Amnesia: Sol's Dark Descent

Sol sat there keeping an eye on the corpse of the Brute, waiting to spring on it if it somehow gets up. So far that has happened 3 times, Jae had to hold it down the second time while Sol went searching for the knife when it was flung across the room, the knife dripped and almost dried crimson with blood, and Sol turned his attention to Umbra after a while. She had slept for a while now and didn't even flinch when him and Jae were dressing her wounds Obviously, Sol thought, Umbra had gone through a lot before I came here. From what Umbra had told him and Jae, she had been wandering Brennenburg for a long time. Many disappearances and kidnappings have been occurring in the nearby towns and it has been linked to this place. How Umbra got here however, she wouldn't tell, but it was clear that somehow she saw herself and Sol as humans. Sol yawned as morning light flitted through the windows.

"That night seemed to fly by." Sol whispered to himself and got up stretching. "Those 2 hours of sleep were refreshing..." Sol said with a sarcastic tone in his voice. Sol heard Jae's voice in his head. If you would've trusted me to watch the Brute you would've slept as good as Umbra.

Umbra stirred and her eyes slowly opened and she got up.

"Don't tell me you let that lantern burn all night." Umbra walked over and turned down the flames and checked the oil in the lantern. "Great now the lantern has about 1/16 of oil left." Umbra scolded and she hit Sol on the back of the head.

"Well how else could've the room stayed at least a little lit? I'm no unicorn as you can plainly see." He nearly shouted and he looked around the room. It was expensively decorated, it had a velvet rug, plush furniture, and what was supposed to be a chandelier hanging on the ceiling. But now the rug was covered in blood and one of the couches sliced in half, and the chandelier broken and on its side.

"You know, it's weird that you call yourself a pegasus although your human. And those wings do seem genuine..." She gave them a hard pull and Sol yelled in pain. "They are real. So what are you? Some kind of mutant, scientific experiment, or angel?" Sol face-hoofed.

"No, I'm just a normal pegasus!" Sol got tired of answering the same questions over and over again. For some reason, this unicorn was convinced that she was a human, whatever that was. When Sol took one final glance behind him as they proceeded he got a glimpse of the darkness that he had narrowly gotten away from. His vision blurred once more and when he turned his head he thought he saw something riding on Umbra's back. It looked at him and smiled, he tackled it stabbing it repeatedly with the same knife used to kill the brute. Jae's head started to cut into his mind, Sol, what they hell are you doing?! STOP, just because I'm a statue doesn't mean that I can't feel pain! Sol felt Umbra's hooves jerk him off of the thing he was stabbing at, and Umbra slapped him to make him return to reality.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Umbra yelled at Sol but immediately saw that Sol was losing his state of mind and took a bottle out of a satchel. "Drink this. Quickly." Sol didn't give it any second thoughts, he took the bottle and drank whatever was inside. He started to feel like his old self yet again. However Jae, although the knife didn't pierce him, Jae looked like he could've been mauled by timber wolves.

"Did...I do that?" Sol said with a dazed look on his face. Yeah you bastard! You would've torn me to shreds if Umbra didn't snap you out of your trance!. Sol's bewildered look gave a clear explanation that he didn't know anything of what just happened. He must be losing his sanity. Just like Daniel, poor thing drank through sanity potions like a camel. Umbra thought it out for a while.

"I'll take the lead from here. Jae, use your "powers" to keep Sol at bay when he starts losing more of his sanity." Jae was reluctant but he knew that something had to be done or Sol would eventually kill Umbra and dispose of Jae, and sooner or later, kill himself in his delirium. Sol nodded and put Jae in his satchel and they continued through Brennenburg Castle.

Umbra's Perspective

Umbra couldn't really believe it, this angel, mutant, human, thing. He was actually losing sanity, and Umbra couldn't really see anything wrong with the young sandy-haired, sandy-feathered, teen. Poor kid...can't say I can blame him. Brennenburg is said to hold dark secrets. Sol caught Umbra's eye and she just smiled at him.

"How are you feeling?" She asked, arms behind her head. Sol shrugged.

"Kinda sick. Feeling like someone's talking to me when there's no one talking to me. Is this what insanity feels like?" Sol stared at his hands while walking. She went over and put a hand on his shoulder, trying to figure out what to say.

"I guess. It sucks, I know. My dad told me about it's symptoms, but I've never really experienced it myself." Umbra managed to say after a while of walking in the corridor. Sol then let out a sudden scream and latched onto Umbra's arm like how a child grabs onto his mother. Umbra admittedly was shocked and she could hear Jae's telekinetic raspy breaths.

"What was that about Sol?" Umbra stroked his hair and he looked confused.

"There was a grunt...It was coming straight for us...please tell me that you have seen it right?" Sol looked pleadingly at Umbra and she mouthed no and kissed his forehead.

"Sol...your losing sanity. Your seeing things. Things that aren't really there, you should just close your eyes. I'll cover your ears and me and Jae'll walk you through this corridor. What do you say?" Sol nodded in agreement and he squeezed his eyes shut and Umbra pressed her hand against his right ear and his left ear against her breast. He wasn't that much shorter than she was, but she was about 2 years older than him. She felt like she was comforting a child.

In about 2 hours of walking and without a Grunt, Brute, Kaernk(if they could see it), or any other type of monster to be seen, they came across a room with a statue of a goddess and a corpse. In the room there were 3 sanity potions. Jae levitated them to Sol and all it took was 2 to get him back to his regular sanity levels. Umbra sat across from Sol and they heard three voices sounding from someplace.

"Justine? Where are you Justine? We know your around here somewhere, Justine..." Umbra cringed. Damn! Not those guys! Why do they keep insisting that I'm Justine? I look nothing like her! She looked behind her and sure enough there they were: the Suitors.