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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnchnUCR5q
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWuh5oZPxh
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.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGWrFC3W9P
You need to leave. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdW8qxbup3T
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qrlxNiyt5
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGcWhvypkN
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-872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4z235sIcqm
Wenonah, GO!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDCvnlGKSi
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.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE89ExePUOq
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.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2nciVoGHM
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePVrtc9Hdk
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAscUqz2I7R
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNqujTRQnx
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9DP3DVYRJ
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJVt2nAjOs
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKZIXzZ7N4
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb6XyV6OiV
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19JrsnzZCg
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOGcRrBpsr
Good. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN47soL5X0E
That voice again. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjp0cuJx6b
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3ahJ1AQOo
In a way, yes. I did.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGakAEW0TC
"And why were they here?" 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9xarxR7Eb
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmRTLqMqP7
"You're not sure," I repeat. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivCwCwANkF
Wenonah-872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWU00F0PRyx
"It's Wendy," I correct. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojBDIu1OLe
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.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNYQnkAutK
"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."872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1dLJ7srUp
Wen-872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgG1EvY88h
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfrEwzU2AO
Wenon-872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdK2stNV7w
"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!"872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunIwD5Zytk
Weno-872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtblzjUKB5
"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."872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFauBUYzR1D
Wenonah!872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt5eO2k5g9
I stop. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88zi9YxXiM
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrVphsyT6r
"Do you- do you understand?"872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNimbSq34yR
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZRfrOmkpC
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. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IXznAVB5Y
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBlih1lt75
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0IK6csKcG
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vaP25xZR9
"I won't, mom. I promise."872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAlz5jw4Uu
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.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqDm7yvxp1
"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."872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iffplcofm
I gulp and I nod.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6SJ069CuU
"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."872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3onyG2vERi
"Why not?" I ask.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIR1ioZ9Lg
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRISdtuUSjt
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kh2xKdEjT
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.872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEK7G1rVQJ
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 872Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIcZ17G1oW
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