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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURU9UaTf4L
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. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlzSToByB3
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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mKMIRAwFL
You need to leave. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUn5gJH3Feo
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAU5t56N0YQ
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SZldq6eyw
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-798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjDnQqIQJD
Wenonah, GO!798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFrUrxbFg6
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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUATvcxdACC
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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMfjZDfwXQ
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdw0YEFvQsJ
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBfhKFoeEA
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. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNHNGUtWRr
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. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsx3oL1cOZH
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRtNLWLlIr
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi0sUuFfZo
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. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rcshB4mbW
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. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Xn6bElf0a
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIOPRRl4hG
Good. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSPJwFDk5J
That voice again. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaCxeprZIV
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7S9f2dw6T3
In a way, yes. I did.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHUkBc7vws
"And why were they here?" 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bkejl6DMy
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm1tBhOGHm
"You're not sure," I repeat. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVJBP5oDSZ
Wenonah-798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VQTaUBpZ3
"It's Wendy," I correct. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHovVLFjHSn
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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EQXJVWDCg
"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."798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8RXOA3VTO
Wen-798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxzIyfMrLt
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NMwUtM1vY
Wenon-798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXArYypjTKq
"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!"798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9VTKrGABl
Weno-798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRg2F2cQQx
"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."798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Lo41nNrJG
Wenonah!798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx1D8TRdgC
I stop. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJSFsQmsKr
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. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbo5K7h5mbD
"Do you- do you understand?"798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32ADNZE55p
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSN9L4ZxVk
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. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8g96gVGzW
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcM7ArKOGU
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ09ZIJwKqL
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TQiFU8mYf
"I won't, mom. I promise."798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxgq4jJfjW
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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV2z7WtMtx
"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."798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aUHWNvnjj
I gulp and I nod.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDUtij0VM0
"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."798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeiulkFDS0
"Why not?" I ask.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLj3vPP5iX
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFAN1EDvJn
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzHgyOtfeu
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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnScEJOAIet
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUWEyuuPwC
