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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoyo7NRdC1
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. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKwAgl2Z0K
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.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHHdjfURPl
You need to leave. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamJINNqZEB
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZYLb0U4hx
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgREP2nD7I
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-800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezLZjOUYVH
Wenonah, GO!800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhX92sA3oA
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.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVlWiuP2yD
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.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3koogErzJx
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqlYIEFqQk
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTc8qZ5bph
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. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gcB5rSyEl
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. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GZEkA25PN
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMipU0vHQTm
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UixfojDZZ
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. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g33MLb0iH
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. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rXQaKKMax
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24m7tRRDEw
Good. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShrPZwnni6
That voice again. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1wSYOTKkE
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltiU8J5uwm
In a way, yes. I did.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDpY3hf1VL
"And why were they here?" 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05w0PJFzlf
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilYXKQQogC
"You're not sure," I repeat. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgEiYvkwSt
Wenonah-800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfUGdzBB6c
"It's Wendy," I correct. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRVzUKARhs
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.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzLCXeGX7d
"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."800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2mr8qC1nI
Wen-800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhjFcHtISm
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy82134PH2
Wenon-800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCtSC6YQ4Y
"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!"800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iPdQkcJ8X
Weno-800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDcwLxcm4s
"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."800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqeW4kKUyz
Wenonah!800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyRxxESHTo
I stop. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeQeT9zSrk
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. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08o3OIzh3O
"Do you- do you understand?"800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej0e3DYQ4C
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHqsK4RhPk
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. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcafVZnBheX
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1PeqKPpto
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbkWPSUAC1
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLv1GH9AJpF
"I won't, mom. I promise."800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHiDe623l5
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.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfu2QotxYMZ
"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."800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeLgKi1SpV
I gulp and I nod.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvhP24QwBg
"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."800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGniLxBjSC
"Why not?" I ask.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4FKfSdpUr
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJLzx1xXPN
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKaicIXUt1
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.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFU0mfQ0Sh
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBna2exJgYC
