Died to Wake Up

Feng Xuan had been running that morning. Day by day, her five laps had gotten easier. Sometimes she would do six. Seven if she really wanted to feel the burn. She loved the sound of her feet pounding, kicking up on the uneven ground. 

She was controlling her breathing and was having a peaceful time while the trees swayed and the cold win powers her from the back. Then she blinked and everything turned dark. The ground that she was walking on turned into fat roots of trees and she was in the middle of a forest.

Feng Xuan looked at her hands. She remained the same. She stopped running as the dark suddenly seemed to swallow her. What is it this time? she thought.

Why was she dreaming again?

Here she was thinking that the nightmares ended because her memories returned. She started walking, seeing no end in this dark moist forest.