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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6T87DOxHHc
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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FRG3dyB8C
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ex6jy2i1d
You need to leave. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjsN5yx5rI
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhff0duSaw
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfQPG7wQlx
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-828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT87yWKYSEp
Wenonah, GO!828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OgNHcaNbs
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleVji0NNOw
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeBmSo5lcw
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATzBAYbh2T
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBODj7GIXZ
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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnHhLcxkNG
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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iqyMoClrY
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn62FquJhtg
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ItdovUeYq
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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKza0W4jUMB
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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnH1nMFlAO
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD02fMRDEF2
Good. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVA8bOJPWh
That voice again. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAcSJEbqbk
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0etLUpvvOP
In a way, yes. I did.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGrN505ir4
"And why were they here?" 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6SbMJUWR9
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3XkogdI2b
"You're not sure," I repeat. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrHxBU2wNW
Wenonah-828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4WVODGlGm
"It's Wendy," I correct. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NJW2YWAK9
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmAwbJqKZ1
"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."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJMghMg0xw
Wen-828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR2zRjWNKc
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTMqx3b4ir
Wenon-828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl1Du8YvSE
"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!"828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7FQZ4kQPS
Weno-828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjFtxVbAKs
"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."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuz4ScOUUR
Wenonah!828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeuHMbkyEf
I stop. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBydwPIhBC
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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimQZqMrSuH
"Do you- do you understand?"828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0AHqOH8GG
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtDVBBqL3l
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. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cFsNn4Z0Y
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLYIgRGLzN
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OIVpB5qPx
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLvRKoQfNE
"I won't, mom. I promise."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaB4hO1myEA
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GuEhIuGTj
"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."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepoANmUuI6
I gulp and I nod.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79RhTLyXqu
"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."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhZPd86EAw
"Why not?" I ask.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbJFgoWDMd
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhdfOZwl7n
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXSHQ0pcMI
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.828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAjureSDN2
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 828Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tu41VRBP9
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