As I woke, I was flooded with loud noises and overly pungent smells. It was a dark night, with the moon hidden behind the clouds. The only source of light came from the nearby campfire.
Within seconds of waking up I saw the causes for the horrible smell and the vicious noises. There were beasts all around me, moving loudly around the small camp. It was a mix of orcs, their skin shades of brown, gray and even some green. Most had hideous disfigurements, such as extra or missing limbs, or a distortion of their spine, causing hunched postures.
Adrenaline began to flow as two enormous wargs ran past, growling savagely at each other. Why am I alive? They should be ripping me to shreds. Each beast was larger than the orcs, but there was no doubt the orcs were the masters.
Orcs, wargs. How'd I get here? Wherever 'here' is. My mind was a gaping hole, filled with nothing but darkness. Everything from before I'd awoken was gone.
I had to get away from this vicious pack of creatures before they noticed me.
I had little time to wonder why I stood up and began walking on four legs, instead of two, because of a savage growl behind me. One of the wargs had been right there, and I'd just backed straight into it.
I'd barely spun around to look before the beast leapt at me, snapping its jaws at my neck. Without thinking, I did the same. Using my front legs to push it away while I snapped right back at it. The tussle only lasted a few seconds before another set of jaws clamped down on my back and threw me away with surprising ease.
I growled defensively, but the beast responsible was even bigger than the rest, and it's coat was white like a ghost.
Every muscle froze instinctually, not daring to so much as twitch as it slowly walked over, sniffing the air around me like it smelt a delicious roast. Well this was it. it was going to eat me. I couldn't even remember enough of life to have it flash before my eyes. All I had was memory of waking up into this nightmare.
"What the hell?!" the beast had moved itself behind me, and had actually tried to mount me. "Get the fuck off!" I spun around and snapped at him so fast he actually looked shocked. Sounds were coming from me that I never thought possible. One of the few things I could remember was that I was supposed to be a human. Nothing I'd been doing since I'd woken up was human-like.
The big albino beast got the message and casually wandered off. finally leaving me alone on the outskirts of the camp to just sit and think.
I had paws, I could see them, hairy and brown. I had definitely not spoken any sort of language just before. All that had left my mouth was angry snarls, growls and a cross between a roar and a bark. I was walking on four legs. Could hear, smell and I assumed see, really well. And I had a tail! It felt odd to consciously move my tail around.
I was just like the other wargs. This had to be a nightmare, I am a human, not a warg. At least, that's what my gut told me. If this was real, I'd remember something from before I'd woken up.
With the conclusion drawn that I was simply trapped in a nightmare, I decided to wait it out. Sooner or later I had to wake up, right?