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
