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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjii05mXkM
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. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQT9SvDERUC
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGVulNxiOI
You need to leave. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQl1Vm1JKpV
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MAoHo7NdU
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡto74fBfksi
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-766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtH3957skT
Wenonah, GO!766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS6kWy2Pez
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG5iXg1H4w
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1RJORv2GZ
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37IHrBkaxC
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3OA2tRASg
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. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Pds7bF3Od
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. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xih3peG6a
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hj7i72g5L
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMblwVhCzXb
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. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcODXuOSfU
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. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4g5ICRr0H
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOZ2OUdfj5
Good. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4O3Rvcnq5r
That voice again. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkBnzCOW5C
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OztNIUxMb
In a way, yes. I did.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnr9LVCoAj
"And why were they here?" 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLm4fDxBfzd
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhdUK79BCi
"You're not sure," I repeat. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6L2FOyAkr
Wenonah-766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyj3erJJtR
"It's Wendy," I correct. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklAakUWbmU
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjltxnqFEB
"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."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28nUfDPqA8
Wen-766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3JFL5vvrz
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytz4eng0Wn
Wenon-766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwvGLprPHQ
"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!"766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3Qz2dV7N4
Weno-766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUh64avqKC
"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."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mgnv0jViI
Wenonah!766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NXXsgnfaq
I stop. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6RW7PlJ4s
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. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0xQwmhoke
"Do you- do you understand?"766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcBgPbhPVs
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0oajq5FMA
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. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzljYvzJub
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PYkKkQKOF
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40M7O2DVMy
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA8jkfIunO
"I won't, mom. I promise."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4dGcEOAYi
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzDh5qJGUb
"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."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn2a7avjqP
I gulp and I nod.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24D5zqM7kS
"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."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinp4QNR4Xj
"Why not?" I ask.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc2CMv9Nl5
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlRXIhEd46
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2rAZFMfBn
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.766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4RYKf59mI
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 766Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV52A90oLVy
