Quincey is a teenager in high school.

One day, she runs out of her school and into the woods.

She finds herself at a clearing with a stream.

She explores the woods.

She finds
an abandoned house,
a cell phone,
and a waterfall that disappears into the earth.

As she wanders,
she learns that she can instantly return to the clearing at will.

She uses the phone to call her mom.
She asks her to pick her up by a nearby highway.

When her mom arrives,
she grabs a pamphlet from her car
and runs again into the woods.

The pamphlet is entitled “The Mystery of Devil’s Kettle Falls.”
It tells of a waterfall that disappears into the earth.
No one knows where the water goes.

She returns to the clearing and walks to the top of the waterfall.
An unknown voice prompts her to jump.

She jumps.

Quincey wakes up in a lantern-lit cavern,
and walks into a passageway.

She feels a powerful sense of fulfillment.