Act II: Scene I888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcWPV6QYXK
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ku1BGZbnp
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. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrsopwmjBg
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.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEybVWPsDEw
You need to leave. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pmjmaL3d2
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjq0h9nNpzg
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAeeWs7wsu
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-888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWVcYWYfD4
Wenonah, GO!888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxk5l885pYy
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.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnb1xVwo5y
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.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbyH34MSjA
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwrQVJexEZ
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYn3vO3cck
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. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lg22YMzax
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. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAnAE4lmmV
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLszdGWdvX
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUJy8am0BK
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. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTDv4to0Ng
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. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6h9XG0GVGf
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EXO1rQFPt
Good. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxp3iOGWMv
That voice again. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDbc4HZXR7
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKe0hV2sybX
In a way, yes. I did.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXpAU8UMOj
"And why were they here?" 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTt2RlzcWo
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmsAmeVYCc
"You're not sure," I repeat. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrXqD6VlHj
Wenonah-888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPWankmkBu
"It's Wendy," I correct. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0p8WiLEFG
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.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly2NbxVx2z
"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."888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BkekvVcEb
Wen-888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifZ6fCn80Z
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0d4XXwvmU8
Wenon-888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyF9WU2hRh
"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!"888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurP3LLqH1d
Weno-888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSsWrK0vXk
"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."888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lBaiFcpDi
Wenonah!888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh05D95inmc
I stop. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDqwAkde20
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. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJM2DtZdNKO
"Do you- do you understand?"888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IqEetugPY
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WlhNuh0Rz
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. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kNfR8kq53
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JO5Xd9X6Y
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYzOrVuaHe
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTQGFG4auU
"I won't, mom. I promise."888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfFGi2Ji8Y
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.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPj2j57pX2
"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."888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHrdNPyjTf
I gulp and I nod.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsa21GlGGmv
"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."888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmgefjJ7q8
"Why not?" I ask.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcDwj7hldH
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDglOjKDTuw
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1lOvSzAZR
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.888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaB4DwQ9rQB
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 888Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF7J8TCLbj
