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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJypSbSBgq
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a7gIgZVSN
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLlWKo2mvx
You need to leave. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNnt4DRk6g
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxWDkaMa2B
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZ5dHaOUcw
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-747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT83Edwnbzm
Wenonah, GO!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSNKuADAgo
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksIyZ8gnsK
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwvsCqk7Wb
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEtmkeBYri
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp2Py1iKfo
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0TQ9frhzf
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m9K6TM6Ap
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunPKeAKrsB
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyg0rDecO0
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfB9Qnttn6
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEugoHc56dB
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSrYyoVZzm
Good. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtzMjZAMt9
That voice again. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyv4BFLpso
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6BMarjI4Y
In a way, yes. I did.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEV8fXYHyz
"And why were they here?" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2GK9tsCGU
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3CAwn304k
"You're not sure," I repeat. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9q7GcMor6B
Wenonah-747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORm7K6ocNn
"It's Wendy," I correct. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03GibBfgJT
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l90EnmYe3
"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."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgnshMZpbt
Wen-747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIYja9EVoM
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZMonFsO2d
Wenon-747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUWtSREtWl
"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!"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulBmI9Txw1
Weno-747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsBGhN399G
"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."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZk0MwN1In
Wenonah!747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3a8HoAP1N
I stop. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuieEtBzfTZ
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOC5r0HAfwz
"Do you- do you understand?"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1qxVjs0uq
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUGriMYob8
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. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbfpVfv0Vy
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2lZw1AIm8
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0OzNUoifg
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQs14kad63
"I won't, mom. I promise."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFnngClnqO
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvXXjakZ4v
"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."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjc8p4VjtY
I gulp and I nod.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlHG0kKFJq
"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."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfhjWerqSs
"Why not?" I ask.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡET1wbqG43h
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRM7YXxNepF
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRQMwWJRbA
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxNogqz1Z9
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdxxE6UzZy
