Act II: Scene I889Please respect copyright.PENANAabDJo0pZci
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."889Please respect copyright.PENANAQP16BX3fKI
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. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAi6pP9V95th
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.889Please respect copyright.PENANATtqBqmFLm7
You need to leave. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAMP3kpPD7xk
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.889Please respect copyright.PENANASUPtawcJQc
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.889Please respect copyright.PENANAHFwaizXhQX
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-889Please respect copyright.PENANAulMlQkz8G2
Wenonah, GO!889Please respect copyright.PENANAfD1YOBF2qk
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.889Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y3JlhbLqP
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.889Please respect copyright.PENANA2s9sxZ53Fr
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.889Please respect copyright.PENANA9aBkWGhj8G
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAu2H64bb2on
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. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAfK5A9rs7SE
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. 889Please respect copyright.PENANA0PW4t6cqyq
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAAJplNbBJli
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAMDrIbmtpk4
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. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAM2AzZArUeJ
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. 889Please respect copyright.PENANA9zA9aAj1dq
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.889Please respect copyright.PENANAJsq98W0Xuv
Good. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAcs2uqPfqHd
That voice again. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAzxfHtlK1Xm
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAzW7O1MYZgf
In a way, yes. I did.889Please respect copyright.PENANAOV3gxVVFYj
"And why were they here?" 889Please respect copyright.PENANA8x9pN3Mj7S
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.889Please respect copyright.PENANAkkCJenRPFJ
"You're not sure," I repeat. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAzlR6urcNRs
Wenonah-889Please respect copyright.PENANA8vP9W5YBtF
"It's Wendy," I correct. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAbsbi3I7Hjw
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.889Please respect copyright.PENANAmampUxgmcY
"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."889Please respect copyright.PENANAVufqRv2D40
Wen-889Please respect copyright.PENANADtswDlqxT4
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"889Please respect copyright.PENANAvKuCtAQc1R
Wenon-889Please respect copyright.PENANAHoiipPymuJ
"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!"889Please respect copyright.PENANA6z6dd46ByC
Weno-889Please respect copyright.PENANAqpemMqHEbt
"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."889Please respect copyright.PENANAqwOBmDW6dQ
Wenonah!889Please respect copyright.PENANAOAdAYfFSrU
I stop. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAnODeAUiZpw
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. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAp1kikJLBSO
"Do you- do you understand?"889Please respect copyright.PENANAQu1ApEMFiB
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAJqY6XwjXwA
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. 889Please respect copyright.PENANA0aSVFiiKPb
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"889Please respect copyright.PENANA1qXKDlxclb
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 889Please respect copyright.PENANApxmgz0uUPA
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 889Please respect copyright.PENANAJMj6ZCdOIf
"I won't, mom. I promise."889Please respect copyright.PENANAUloKIDz2JD
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.889Please respect copyright.PENANApeyWIv2aFC
"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."889Please respect copyright.PENANAt90LMzYDWi
I gulp and I nod.889Please respect copyright.PENANAGnwDvnqRLc
"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."889Please respect copyright.PENANARdJ9KdCRtJ
"Why not?" I ask.889Please respect copyright.PENANAFcVLLMGehf
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."889Please respect copyright.PENANAMfDNo77JUk
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 889Please respect copyright.PENANALFSn9Q6mDd
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.889Please respect copyright.PENANA1svw8OyoJW
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 889Please respect copyright.PENANAHpFoVe4Cle