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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECavAvGfJG
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. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbeRwEF77T
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.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurGQDRIUJv
You need to leave. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcJqsl6bKD
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NuAYFOxDn
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrrYfmep8d
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-794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM5X8XuzOV
Wenonah, GO!794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYw9Es9eDw
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.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxTpsPGBmJ
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.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNKOdagk7U
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSJT8B93sU
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGIJRr9hB1
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. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi7MvjY3zQ
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. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rwJCMSSFA
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9x4WJmEs1a
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtaKUBcT27
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. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKwFgrzOZ1
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. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh93oLAE0m
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPJBnmpSMD
Good. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPv8p0JdsT
That voice again. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtgECWQziv
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoirAcehHis
In a way, yes. I did.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiizD4xhGY
"And why were they here?" 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nJtj4c9sI
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r51qXW31p
"You're not sure," I repeat. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMI2uM6S5e
Wenonah-794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYsgks5Be8
"It's Wendy," I correct. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYav83UrD2V
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.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aYZUr1Qxo
"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."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RLXJhUYC1
Wen-794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNy6kVYP5b2
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J8kgL7vyJ
Wenon-794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6ctPkm5D2
"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!"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbSskkrwWO
Weno-794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAziXgSEj1E
"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."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0Ife3bX14
Wenonah!794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBARYRlGDPR
I stop. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwviVWFDIhn
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. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj9lAbrPd9
"Do you- do you understand?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtM6LuN14r
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXzhFnp4qP
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. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5DGlgJkej
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnag3zxPigy
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrLqVpp4Gs
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUWDY1MSZJ
"I won't, mom. I promise."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoZMvAy74n
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.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbgSR1RzLt
"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."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj9eZTSgML
I gulp and I nod.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaVVgs9yAQ
"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."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32LxkdBI4Z
"Why not?" I ask.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLJjvSrkxI
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqYOqCPlOH
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqbPezKmDD
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.794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmz1FTBGEdA
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 794Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVq3TR2T3v
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