Act II: Scene I622Please respect copyright.PENANAs3dbi5a5sT
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."622Please respect copyright.PENANAwaUh5Vyt3Z
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAtGZoWkh7lQ
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.622Please respect copyright.PENANAsmRxbxY6fx
You need to leave. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAh6m0Oqlrfk
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.622Please respect copyright.PENANAbudF4p21dR
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.622Please respect copyright.PENANAvgt4OECirU
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-622Please respect copyright.PENANA94F3FmPRwD
Wenonah, GO!622Please respect copyright.PENANA9D4GfCAQi2
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.622Please respect copyright.PENANAFuMZZfq1rs
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.622Please respect copyright.PENANAmLUHOWIRA3
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.622Please respect copyright.PENANACiV9kSZduF
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAtU8nL0lxVM
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAFolwBeJySx
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANADK6Njm3Tms
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAC38Qh8MS3n
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAYbVN9Z8q5z
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAb1Sm5oNDU1
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAiMDHPhhZcA
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.622Please respect copyright.PENANAd53ARZnMLq
Good. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAHwsU3N4v6d
That voice again. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAyQ4qgCDrVe
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 622Please respect copyright.PENANANOb9ZCv6vp
In a way, yes. I did.622Please respect copyright.PENANAFC92ioZ981
"And why were they here?" 622Please respect copyright.PENANAur8xgFsJl3
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.622Please respect copyright.PENANAhbaKUFEqaY
"You're not sure," I repeat. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAiDE5p1EjQP
Wenonah-622Please respect copyright.PENANAgHFlyIGSu5
"It's Wendy," I correct. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAc75oHcJkDN
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.622Please respect copyright.PENANA4Q4NiWYjQQ
"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."622Please respect copyright.PENANAqrHYJfCVu0
Wen-622Please respect copyright.PENANArN9DK7yHj6
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAmCZ40cO95q
Wenon-622Please respect copyright.PENANAITwQQP8tDJ
"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!"622Please respect copyright.PENANATEg24GMrqF
Weno-622Please respect copyright.PENANAQZTIcYxDJ1
"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."622Please respect copyright.PENANAbmM04xp2Gi
Wenonah!622Please respect copyright.PENANAhEcZmv3KjK
I stop. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAVhzqaCpUde
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANASB6ERGy1tW
"Do you- do you understand?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAAsXiNDbwvD
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAVFfglWIxoE
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4ZMZeDVXX
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAiwSmoC1sck
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 622Please respect copyright.PENANACR9yRPOAtk
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 622Please respect copyright.PENANA98myumZnA7
"I won't, mom. I promise."622Please respect copyright.PENANAhmRUAZv7in
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.622Please respect copyright.PENANADWQBgNczQD
"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."622Please respect copyright.PENANA2rfITsr71u
I gulp and I nod.622Please respect copyright.PENANA2amLYSjM4f
"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."622Please respect copyright.PENANAk8KiFAtRsS
"Why not?" I ask.622Please respect copyright.PENANAdHZXPQTVep
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."622Please respect copyright.PENANAK5F5BETI1Q
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 622Please respect copyright.PENANArzlP2pfGm4
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.622Please respect copyright.PENANAJYPFxS4klx
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAc7uBxYex4n