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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaeB6Y46qu
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. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJuhAiPfCP
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.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpw2Yyt1pW
You need to leave. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ6og2X9LS
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWfl0dTZzB
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgvpCmn26c
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-823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbR9zX1OBs
Wenonah, GO!823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtztynuBXyD
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.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZESp3L5lJo
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.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoeRREKs2t
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ka8usxwaW
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsaJOHrb6V
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. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2sNj532Bz
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. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JG8E2Lfpq
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrDFqfSg6z
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMffQ8pIjRz
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. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuA7S5XJFkg
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. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23jG3GthGG
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXDHBxNraH
Good. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPKpKCuvvE
That voice again. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtu4H5jvEd
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvssvAstKN
In a way, yes. I did.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbP4NRvXB5S
"And why were they here?" 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSCkufbsNX
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63ziU8ubk2
"You're not sure," I repeat. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ2pq6h28O
Wenonah-823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ771OY8eiUM
"It's Wendy," I correct. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHYSYxZSma
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.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDp2ZzBKal
"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."823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQAwZZbgER
Wen-823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLgdy9zZGd
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUcihXt9yc
Wenon-823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5mQPwqwPu
"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!"823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQDORRbrLq
Weno-823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPgJLTWhA8
"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."823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTa4GLY2rV
Wenonah!823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBbEDt6IJ6
I stop. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMMUYREwoY
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. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCZ97WOsyb
"Do you- do you understand?"823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9QUZNv0hy
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpOj6Rx95Y
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. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxlvW5aKOV
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWJ4nmxXFs
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaz8frm41n
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanGz8whDk8
"I won't, mom. I promise."823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumsEep55ku
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.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡait65Y7EII
"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."823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kjQJfUqUc
I gulp and I nod.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO8M8D3Enp
"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."823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3ZZYkeL5s
"Why not?" I ask.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkH8H7ixbYg
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVo0GclmE9B
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwexCmcS9I
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.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaBHiPD8CY
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzMycqUNLu
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