He shook himself awake. Something was different, he knew. He gave the shackle around his wrist- no not his wrist- a tug. His hand wasn't there anymore. In it's place was a paw. The dank cell he found himself in had no other furnishings, except the remains of what was once a wooden crate. He took an experimental step forward. Chains clinking softly. He growled, latching onto the metal with a snarl. He had to get free. He had to find them. The world was distorted around him, shadows dancing wildly despite the low torchlight.
A sound caught his attention. Outside his cell was a woman with black and white markings. He almost mistook for a monster, for her small shape, sharp canines, and strange mask covering one orange red eye.
The imp smiled, floating above the ground just outside the green and grey wolf's cell. Just as she appeared, she reappeared in a blink inside the cell. "Found you!" Her words were strange and unfamiliar to his ears, but somehow he understood. He snarled, though a part of him was still unsure about these foreign instincts he found within himself. "Ooh, aren't you scary?" She mocked. "Eee hee! Are you sure you want to be snarling and glaring at me?" The teal markings on her small arms glowed. "Well that's too bad..." She pouted. "I was planning on helping you... if you were nice."
He flicked his ears, raising his head.
She laughed at his quick response. "That's much better! You humans are obedient to a fault." She knew? "Oops! But you aren't human anymore are you!" She patted the underside of his long chin. "You're a beast!" He snapped on her, but she merely laughed again and jumped back. "There, there. You be a good boy and calm down. No need to bite!" She held her hands together, black lighting forming within her cupped hands. The chain binding him to the floor snapped.
"You look surprised!" She jumped back, black bubbles shrouding her from view as she phased through the bars. "I bet you're wondering where we are, so I'll make you a deal. I might find myself feeling generous enough to tell you. But you have to come over here..." Her hair morphed into a large hand, waving at him mockingly. He snarled sniffing around the cell, despising her babying comments.
He missed his home already.