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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7si8VSPGdK
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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZkfbBAphR
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.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U5xBB45sJ
You need to leave. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnSbQPovod
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggCI0qzCtJ
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdADuyEVlq
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-848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcEC5iFJWY
Wenonah, GO!848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3jbGS5ul4
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.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqx8TL7nPf
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.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBcRwtdJu7
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFyzaVMnp1
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySHyauDs4O
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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIhoK3WkOG
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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAvHVFkaAY
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinYQtxOf1J
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Su5symDG9
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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQsn2qPNAy
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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7bbXk6fi5
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7fg41t4tS
Good. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9PeHyw7Fb
That voice again. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjYRGBvWpm
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrzkv2dI2t
In a way, yes. I did.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKPPJadN18
"And why were they here?" 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNILaesb7Hr
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWeHP4WZEc
"You're not sure," I repeat. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgl4kOS7tgu
Wenonah-848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZlAVP02Bp
"It's Wendy," I correct. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkU3KsWTNDr
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.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7peDYTJfL
"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."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXHWuo93G1
Wen-848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQtizGSUfA
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELjFVROcgO
Wenon-848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4gojbesK3
"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!"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fgw63SWf9
Weno-848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd593ACdSz
"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."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttHk1u4A3X
Wenonah!848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5onix22v0A
I stop. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpRDCLZYhR
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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTl49anQ169
"Do you- do you understand?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIGtYwCWfW
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ844FDycBAa
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. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAdEEqgI87
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlImGbGpV2V
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2rxq7wvyN
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRy1UxaOcbd
"I won't, mom. I promise."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlI4q8kl1X
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.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3beD0FkOTb
"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."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1gtnfsAv3
I gulp and I nod.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Zwg1Chpug
"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."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoflE62S5p
"Why not?" I ask.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAc5595ogH
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyfswVWtbw
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJ7ucRvcsw
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.848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTB3DcLCwE
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 848Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH5dMUSxUv
and then Add to home screen.