Act II: Scene I1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPzKDnVRzK
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuySfDBdra7
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. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8U0eVr5oJ
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.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIGsFo2IxI
You need to leave. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0f995GVuW
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxeYteC5X4
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAebLvtjBw
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-1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOlrN5w98q
Wenonah, GO!1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6UvQfJgy4
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.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaQNHZYYmu
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.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡps55a52flq
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3S9ximKLo
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknwnj2U42m
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. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlw7kLlJQu
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. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡye5E5pzRct
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00uX7zu0Oo
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CLJNJEk28
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. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCet1F8crd
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. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrBPQBv20W
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2TuavxSWn
Good. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Uqp06iOxn
That voice again. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sVRQZjgTD
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sYdxghEjr
In a way, yes. I did.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOIgI3Z9rT
"And why were they here?" 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3SDvOSugC
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigBMHHgPV4
"You're not sure," I repeat. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwMk94qzWK
Wenonah-1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjS3Vk5ZqL
"It's Wendy," I correct. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ziCEsX2Nz
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.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtw07Hj4zM6
"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."1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmZL91JjIL
Wen-1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPgU4Jd1f1
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFBuEL1rB2
Wenon-1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO0ALLV7dQ
"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!"1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z8rXQpaAW
Weno-1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eqdq9lpHg
"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."1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypE6ncKKyk
Wenonah!1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpk54gDebDA
I stop. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWGTFI7B2q
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. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXtZ2pKIC1
"Do you- do you understand?"1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm2NWseHbO
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IePbSYNUx
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. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXAYfjq3oy
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl3DOrbbtq
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d3hS9iRoQ
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveD8rvfjGo
"I won't, mom. I promise."1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxu9IDoqyB
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.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp97japmw2a
"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."1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwl9t0UL8n
I gulp and I nod.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1wW4j9X7L
"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."1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWGhVGc6yL
"Why not?" I ask.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLaunmGmvQ
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2B51g8ybK8
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYiik1fnxx
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.1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8r9y94J25
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 1089Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56iw3RVIe9
and then Add to home screen.