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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HHWCQM8Gn
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. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenFPuEwkor
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.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVI0pVO0r0q
You need to leave. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUMZlD4Kp7
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkN3wrsCgIr
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYZ9WBwxBP
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-907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1FGV2USTV
Wenonah, GO!907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd6IA4gPWY
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.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIpHEAnHub
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.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhiVljY88P
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cccVRWKgv
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibiRXZNOTw
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. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhevdEfyifq
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. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKxeJZL4yd
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGUomhUrrM
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUY7R9E1qX7
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. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxeftsrseB
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. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2bF2XQQR6
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJqXCL2HzY
Good. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIuHK81MwU
That voice again. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9vHntfsj8
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilLvYlbLMl
In a way, yes. I did.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajDmAF66FF
"And why were they here?" 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwu7FXlgOr
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FcA1fXdg9
"You're not sure," I repeat. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpbgx8sQ8V
Wenonah-907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6dzUlGcPp
"It's Wendy," I correct. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySTSpHJKD2
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.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2RmQJ4BWz
"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."907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3j29bOU1hR
Wen-907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBe7OEkeKMj
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ1YR1WLeE
Wenon-907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY2NPdpjIx
"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!"907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D2MNqwegw
Weno-907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv90yIoEr8A
"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."907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN7itXj7pv
Wenonah!907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PaKy7rVla
I stop. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTEZkRFqrc
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. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4ZclqersR
"Do you- do you understand?"907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7UjYG9jZn
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikKCvGm6FN
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. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiHeYHeLEm
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOOUsyG1Fe
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnsxrl9Asj
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhc3OdLWW27
"I won't, mom. I promise."907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjANbuSiSsw
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.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoRNJwdeKj
"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."907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggP70EcFvb
I gulp and I nod.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cOB5jLLog
"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."907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BlxTeZ8Jp
"Why not?" I ask.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrtmLrnJ5P
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3u74yu0GE
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALz6jWhaqD
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.907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBdVnEVwa2
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 907Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyblCMGShv0
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