His eyes shot open; he wasn’t sure where he was. His mind was dazed and there was a scratch across his right cheek. He gazed around what remained of his village. He was on his own. The 60 houses that scattered around the village were now nothing more than smouldering wrecks. The orc banner hung high above the village, its red and golden stripes and the black axe at its centre cast a depressing shadow across the remains of his home.

A tall orc woman walked over to him, her green skin with red war paint shined with sweat from chasing down fleeing humans such as Ellis here. She leaned down and stared at his soft weak face as she raised her battle axe. She looked at him for a few more seconds. But something was wrong, something she couldn’t quite put her finger on. She looked down at the weak human. It wasn’t strong, it looked like a poor mating partner, but then again, it was oddly cute….

“Human!” she said her face blushing red, she wasn't sure what was wrong with this human and what he was doing to her, but she planned to find out. Ellis lay there on the ground petrified with fear. All he could do was stare at the orc’s blue feathered headdress, her leaf and vine top and fur skirt.

“You are now mine!” She yelled as she lowered her axe. She walked over to him and flung his wriggling body over her shoulder. Ellis shivered as he tried to get out of the orc's grasp.

“FUCK OFF!” Ellis yelled in protest.

“Stop moving, it is getting annoying little human!” She said loudly as she gave him a hit on the back, trying to shut him up. Ellis felt the wind get knocked out of him as he reluctantly slumped over her shoulder. He could only dread what was going to happen to him next.

Ellis wanted to yell, he wanted to fight back. But he was simply too weak to fight. The slap she had given to him had knocked all the wind and energy out of his body. He definitely couldn’t beat her in a fight, and from the looks of her athletic body, he most definitely couldn’t outrun her. So, to put it simply he was in deep shit. All he could do was wait for the torture and probably weeks of abuse until they got bored of him and decided to feed him to the war dogs.

The orc girl and Ellis moved past several Warbaz (basically boy orcs who have just become warriors) and over to a large makeshift hut that was guarded by two female orcs with large intimidating-looking black wood spears. The orcs in their red paint and feathered headdresses moved aside and allowed them to enter. The orc gave a small chuckle and threw him onto a large pile of furs and soft cloths.

“Tell me now human, what magic you have used in me?” She said in her deep accent, jumping on him and gripping his neck tightly.

“I…I can’t use magic Mrs” He choaked out. She stared into his weak human eyes.

“I can smell your fear human! Don’t lie to me!” Her voice boomed as she pinned him against the fur bed. She didn’t know what magic he had used but whenever she touched him it seemed that her heart would beat faster, and her face and body would grow hotter.

“I really can’t” He squeaked out; he could feel himself passing out from the lack of oxygen and blood flow that was going to his brain due to her strangling him. She seemed to notice his face turning blue and released her grip.

“Wait in here, if you try to run, I will kill you human,” She said, slapping his chest. She picked him up and threw him back down onto the makeshift bed. She turned and left the hut, not wanting the weak human to see her blushing face. She didn't know what was wrong with her and what magic he was using on her. But by the Dark Gods, she planned to find out this little human’s tricks.