Act II: Scene I1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6D9Yv5vQr
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JfSpLQ4sT
I clutched onto the red dreamcatcher with all the might I've got. It's forming red marks on my hand. But the glow it's emitting is brighter than any red I've ever seen. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxVUuGcXeP
The dreamcatchers, they're glowing still. And there are million of thoughts whizzing past my head but not one that could reason with what I see right in front of me. I'm tempted to touch but instinct tells me not.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD1IsZ5fiN
You need to leave. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhAPAief5Z
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRxHu57FPC
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAx22CXdZiY
I hear it again and I look around. There's no one. I look down at the dreamcatchers, the glow- soft and steady, and for a second I think that maybe-1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTECXYenLem
Wenonah, GO!1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBbd7bICjZ
I don't think twice. The urgency in that voice is too strong to ignore. So I run upstairs and throw the things I think I'll require. A toothbrush, a couple of clothes, and money. I take in my mother's credit card, her diary, And for some reason I can't explain, I throw in a few dreamcatchers as well.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0qNNh3Xmu
To be honest, I don't even know for sure why I am packing my things when I don't have any reason to run, when I don't have anywhere to run.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8BBp1kD7j
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh1cROdMCX
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxm6FiqEf2f
I'm done with getting my things ready and before I can hear the voice order me around again- there's a knock on the door. And my heartbeat quickens. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHh1gAvlwph
It could be anyone out there. The police, the neighbors, the lawyer. It could be anyon And yet no one would be able to explain the glowing dreamcatchers or this voice that I hear, other than accusing me of witchcraft. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBs3Ezt6m0m
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78zfAs2aB7
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjG3aQG2UZ
When I'm out, I don't wait for the flashing red lights to notice me. I'm running. I don't know where to. Or what for. But I am. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtOoSnq21e
And I allow myself to look back just once, and the house is completely dark. Like no one lives there. Like no one ever lived there. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdr5Qr1KQL
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaO366WAt9Z
Good. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS393XPMIA3
That voice again. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5G3Li8HkP
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopMjHw8PyZ
In a way, yes. I did.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvGkcrGdMY
"And why were they here?" 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjdfUBWDxk
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbCAxi91aB
"You're not sure," I repeat. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWCuE5u7Ww
Wenonah-1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaKZD9pTjs
"It's Wendy," I correct. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhW3fxNjTJ
Wenonah, the voice continues. You needed to get out of there. I helped you do that. You don't know what was going to happen.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuPumEHhKD
"I don't even know what just happened!" I exclaim, a bit too loud for a person talking to herself. "They were glowing! The earthquake. Everything. I don't know."1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCdcffpaKL
Wen-1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlpLd36afU
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7yia7S8CO
Wenon-1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8sLTmGarg
"There has to be a reason, right? Maybe I'm hallucinating. I'm seeing things and I'm hearing voices. I must be going crazy!"1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0msoC6qfqL
Weno-1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOaCjU5IpQ
"Do you think craziness is genetics? I mean my mom was crazy, wasn't she? I could easily inherit the madness. Oh god, I'm going crazy."1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQ3w2u2FwM
Wenonah!1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOpkiOMgYu
I stop. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf1DshSVD1
It's okay to be scared, the voice reassures. And I understand things went too fast for you to grab hold of what was going on, or even the time to panic about it. I understand. And I'm sorry. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt3QY6YSuz
"Do you- do you understand?"1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJczuRUuBKO
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNjsQ2IGiC
Before I could say a word, a flashback hits me in the guts. It's so painfully physical that I cry out in anguish. My stomach hurts, my head spins, and I can't seem to stand straight. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3rvIhNs5e
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFY7vFKzCc
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkzZ69mgS0
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3t51fIJ9B
"I won't, mom. I promise."1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDk7EoXXVw
She smiles. "Now, this one's a bit important." She bends down on her knees so that we're on eye-level with each other.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbLMjEyef1
"Don't trust anyone with the dreamcatchers," she tells me. "No one. Whether I'm dead, alive or lost. Don't let anyone make you use them."1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpVUW5IAed
I gulp and I nod.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOUP6Gn80I
"Wendy," she whispers, bringing me close for a hug. "There's more to the dreamcatchers than you know. It'll protect you, guide you, and save you from harm. And there will come a time, in the future, you'll find yourself alone and scared. Mom won't be there that time."1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2COzrMNuK
"Why not?" I ask.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeu2iQfloR
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ4K47aOr6
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SyNCuWpbr
I vomit out the pain, one by one. Until the pain's gone completely. I look at the empty alley and look to see if someone saw me. There's not a soul in sight.1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjefn2si1yT
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 1084Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HzDFKGaps
and then Add to home screen.