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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9NcTcI633
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI204ILXc0
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.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMGFfgloCs
You need to leave. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENAT28M7UT
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGhPvLd8ha
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOQsE57v12
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-739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4IgpFSD0D
Wenonah, GO!739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCa03OQdM6
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.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHTflvZqDA
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.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZWxziDUs7
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjtFQsWS0O
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGRfTUsmOv
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnm7bEkrC6
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRltIiGyhL
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmjT4hOspM
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasCF16jOon
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy7Cc4okLT
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwunVUtOqpj
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWQATVfsCj
Good. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh31Cvit10c
That voice again. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLniYPZ8WWA
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU677O0RChz
In a way, yes. I did.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0KdNqyiqX
"And why were they here?" 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6z43PI04W
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XGJcehuEW
"You're not sure," I repeat. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOw9INhL61M
Wenonah-739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltmILNaM4C
"It's Wendy," I correct. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡof5sHu8lGC
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.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPOZC66mPI
"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."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j3SHeQzlG
Wen-739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uuEQMKqw1
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4u3dw4Ci8
Wenon-739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPwoyE44Tb
"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!"739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaUnJclkQJ
Weno-739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeshRrBt5J
"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."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2HZJAei32
Wenonah!739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSBI1xOsIM
I stop. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtcDxCyF3q
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbA1OHcBt3
"Do you- do you understand?"739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcjX8Tx2l7
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe7jTblmXk
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. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjml8B7AZ6
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5Z7ofgu7N
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfGpwvHCdS
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQdZ5zpDGg
"I won't, mom. I promise."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGNmSDtDsg
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.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wGREOyvdm
"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."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCtlVUw7Ti
I gulp and I nod.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u2URovM6l
"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."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjUvGsd229
"Why not?" I ask.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsUtfHVZPU
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bxTZxY7wA
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyolxMNxMcz
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.739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UG5flBE4z
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrLWS9h5IW
