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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL6FYjYiuM
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. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27rVFDsyx3
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai5izXrvm5
You need to leave. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTZQK7yCRZ
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp0cYaNFDV
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbh3SMbYKJ
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-801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEjPRpWpdO
Wenonah, GO!801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuZENcqMmU
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkmz9elbeK
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRkoQNl1DE
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QwJxPmj2x
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpj14rTZdjU
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. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDSuQpHfbi
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. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2yIvrcNYD
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZscFBUbqj
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UnObjzGK5
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. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC1VYXmtYz
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. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcQllrCD2c
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ73Wfr8CCq
Good. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyL6z1JCyw
That voice again. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuWc9NqAJp
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2J2KEZBAZW
In a way, yes. I did.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KJocwGCRo
"And why were they here?" 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWsaY3j0Qe
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOpux0D9W4
"You're not sure," I repeat. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsOJx8kx6b
Wenonah-801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtUVYGAp2O
"It's Wendy," I correct. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1yEj5vV6D
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkz1O8TssPR
"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."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYX86TsEAyl
Wen-801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0ISyVN4Wo
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCmrMNn1vd
Wenon-801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH67YWGuvv
"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!"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF28nR5IYXa
Weno-801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrogMIijUGR
"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."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmn2muy1yGP
Wenonah!801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iNf0QJ730
I stop. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa165vBzI86
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. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatVr4LWsw0
"Do you- do you understand?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIq1YBfqgv
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsxKCso8ZY
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. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgyuWhvYYT
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZFEECrRvW
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3VLQeWRQz
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMPTZhoMWm
"I won't, mom. I promise."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ018osTu8gr
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmisn8LtKT
"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."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwuzm2QSjO
I gulp and I nod.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCNIvINocv
"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."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡum4T0ZY567
"Why not?" I ask.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhERAxwgUse
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡka9kMSeGWH
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nZRCc4tzC
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhui11SOMLS
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPth7hyfma
