Act II: Scene I849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceI2znG86z
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1mZFHQkFj
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. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVmB1HEx0v
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.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOPLhbqKjG
You need to leave. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiMCOf2aBq
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXX5k7s3nM
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v63adlaE9
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-849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9WfzeyUYg
Wenonah, GO!849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMO3fyj4rn
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.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tGgVc6oya
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.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gDMtR0lPP
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnF5WMZ64v9
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvQRlf0xNg
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. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynbqh5Hqzi
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. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO05tGv5BEy
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7FGgg6rm3
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUC5IIm974
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. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUucn3ECjhr
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. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE3O4ySMsd
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJXVJV9FUP
Good. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXpVvUbmXI
That voice again. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbra9ZRkMx
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrqeY6PCzQ
In a way, yes. I did.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSmUMXV1h8
"And why were they here?" 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RUc2z7M9D
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruFfGzboOK
"You're not sure," I repeat. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcUUB2LSnL
Wenonah-849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXYWM3JjDW
"It's Wendy," I correct. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrZGTha8XV
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.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtEf0bBP6f
"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."849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXOSLY3sbF
Wen-849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsQ7W5ovSt
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkhbfyjf23
Wenon-849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOQLu3Wj4r
"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!"849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lfMXGiwav
Weno-849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqU9WT6pOc
"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."849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGB0RnlKZgX
Wenonah!849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74wmJUguoO
I stop. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTdZBPngkk
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. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ADFbHZXNW
"Do you- do you understand?"849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPxd3uKjEJ
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88XF7tmN2A
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. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnEC9sHxiu
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wj3xY0r1B
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrRFJXomSv
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdpkXpgAjt
"I won't, mom. I promise."849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrdSqMMPMN
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.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwcHFvDfO6
"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."849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcW5zmUrO4
I gulp and I nod.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxA4iBcvv9
"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."849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PkYR4UvmF
"Why not?" I ask.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedAKCGW5tf
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfA9zOeooc
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1Mz6ouKyf
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.849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWL6U4heNq
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 849Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuzA2Dv3AZ
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