Witch Way to Run

This story comes from a dreamer like you...

When I was a little girl I had a reoccurring night terror; haunting me almost five days a week. It starts out with myself as a young girl walking alone in the dark towards a body of water. This body of water sat alone under a dark sky surrounded by multiple dark planets. Looking out and up into the sky there was nothing but six or seven lifeless planets rotting away in the dark night sky. Looking down at my bare feet in the dark; I see with every step I take, the ground turns from a hard black dirt to a very fine black sand which is soft as silt in-between my toes. Nearing the lake the water changes from a purple hue reflecting the planets to an infectious black. The transformation starts in the center of the water spreading across the lake like dropping colored dye into a cup of water until the dye completely dominates the water.

I'm surrounded by darkness and I feel a pit in my stomach beginning to bite at my sides as I arrive at the shore of the black water. Looking down into the black water my reflection was there and staring back at me. As I look up from the water; across the lake a tiny shed suddenly emerges from beneath the sand. I can hear the creaking from the wooden boards and the shuffling of the displaced sand falling from the eves of the shed. The shed bares no windows just a single wooden door with vertical boards that contrast the horizontal boards of the walls, and a cast iron handle. All is quiet on the lake as the last few grains of sand fall from the roof of the shed. The iron handle begins to clank; my depth-perception goes from 100 yards across the lake to ten feet in front of the old wooden door. I can see the latch on the handle flipping up and down clanking against the iron bracket on the door frame. Someone or something inside is trying to open the door. The door begins to violently shake and who ever is on the other side begins to pound. I start taking a few steps backward then the door blasts ajar nearly sending the door off of the hinges and out flies this hideous witch.

Dressed in all black with a hooded cap the witch flies across the lake directly at me. She is absolutely horrifying to me; she has the witch like features of her face, long nose, boils and sores. Her face wasn't the main object of my attention though. It was her hands; abnormally large with long fingernails, dirty and covered with sores. As she flew with arms outstretched chasing me around the lake over and over again. She would swoop down at me and try to snatch me up with her large hands. As I was running I could hear her cackle and the nauseating clicking of her fingernails directly behind me. The witch never caught me but I would have this dream over and over all the time as a young girl.  

Interpretations From: http://www.dreammoods.com/
Witch 
To see a witch in your dream represents evil and destruction. It may point to your negative ideas of anything feminine and your experiences with dangerous or heartless women.Alternatively, a witch may be a symbol of goodness, power and enchantment depending on your feeling toward your dream witch.

Lake 
To see a lake in your dream signifies your emotional state of mind. You feel restricted and that you can't express your emotions freely. Alternatively, the lake may provide you with solace, security, and peace of mind. If the lake is clear and calm, then it symbolizes your inner peace. If the lake is disturbed, then you may be going through some emotional turmoil.

Chase 
To dream that you are being chased signifies that you are avoiding a situation that you do not think is conquerable. It is a metaphor for some form of insecurity. In particular, to dream that you are chased by an animal represents your own unexpressed and unacknowledged anger which is being projected onto that animal. Alternatively, you may be running away from a primal urge or fear.

Shed 
To see a shed in your dream suggests that you are not utilizing your full abilities and skills. You are letting your potential go to waste. Alternatively, the dream may be a pun on some characteristic or something that you need to shed and get rid of.