Nightmares

"Sister, wake up! Didn't you say we're going out today?" A sharp voice rang in Qi Jianyi's ears, pulling her from the depths of unconsciousness. 

She tried to open her eyes, but they remained tightly shut, as if resisting her will. The world around her felt distant, muffled by an eerie buzzing sound that blurred her senses. 

A voice called out to her, but it was fragmented, slipping through her grasp like water. Qi Jianyi wanted to respond, to move, to do something—but her body refused to obey. 

Panic crept in as she realized she was trapped, fully aware yet completely paralyzed. 

It felt like a nightmare. 

She saw nothing. Heard nothing. Felt nothing. Yet an overwhelming fear took hold of her, sinking deep into her bones. 

No—this fear wasn't new. It was something she had felt before but forgotten, buried in the depths of her memory.