Last night was the first time in while that I was actually woken up by a dream.
I dreamed that I was in a sort of cavernous mine type thing, who knows how deep underground. Occasionally there is a strange creature, but I shoot it with an unknown weapon. I've been watching a lot of Binding of Isaac videos lately, which showed in that I was looking for something hidden behind a wall. It was something that started with an s, I think it might have been called the Silo, but I can't quite remember. Eventually I tap on a wall, and it collapses inwards. I step into the gap, and find myself on a wooden platform, with a ragged edge. Looking down, I see the cavern continue into the darkness, and the walls are studded with crystals and streaks of gold. There's some rats, but my logic, which now is a combination of dream and video game logic, tells me that they are the easiest foes I can face. I'm getting ready to jump down, when I feel the sort of same sense of dread that I get often in dreams. As usual, I jump down anyway, trip on the landing, and fall face down. I flip back over, and the cave is completely different. Up until then, the area was lit up by an unseen light source, as is common in video games. Now, it is extremely dark and I can't see anything. The wooden platform, which was about seven or eight feet up when I jumped, is now only about one or two feet from the ground, so I don't have room to get up. I can barely move, and then I see the rats begin to gather. They start approaching slowly, one by one, and I kick at them. They begin to bite at my feet, which for some reason don't have shoes anymore. The bites are now taking out small pieces of skin and flesh, and I am now scared enough to wake up.
I'm not normally scared of rats, but the idea of being unable to move while small animals slowly nibble me to death is rather terrifying.