Act II: Scene I847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwOdfqsf55
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aI6DfnqT2
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. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiEoG6XciI
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.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7bugI1jT9
You need to leave. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNggPEDJvdL
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxdWSBwf29
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreRY1ppf9e
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-847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf5kPLfgwZ
Wenonah, GO!847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2IPFe4llq
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.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdl8ay3kRTj
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.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYuBAAbX5v
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8enxLU2am
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnc5l3iQGq3
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. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t2gcnSlcV
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. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAI9C7t3S1
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7p0k6GM02Q
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1oqfu7ETX
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. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7FeXeiflR
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. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNJ7ECtUai
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuYJ1e2v7o
Good. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5G4WlhaLg
That voice again. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Za6H7GqHW
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4eMjaUUH1
In a way, yes. I did.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIwn2cuTHT
"And why were they here?" 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlw9Q5AOub
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7KLtDLq4I
"You're not sure," I repeat. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ACwOnKSXH
Wenonah-847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMcSRtIV6q
"It's Wendy," I correct. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUkQERYCoB
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.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtudlKaQ82
"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."847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjixDmma9RE
Wen-847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7caR9rCTla
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKm9Y6C2uc
Wenon-847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31KzaDkNkw
"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!"847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY9PMKI26C
Weno-847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cVmkCR6bc
"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."847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLzVaMkrvL
Wenonah!847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCdxLekUd6
I stop. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrl5EEbr4f
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. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBQxsFBW1g
"Do you- do you understand?"847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAvyCtBjk7
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0U3PvZ3Pbe
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. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFyyuIOHjF
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEnwXSfb2A
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8oB71ofgF
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPpWD80KGq
"I won't, mom. I promise."847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOzIVytgdU
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.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebKpt3iQcU
"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."847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktZt5zZxAG
I gulp and I nod.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSE3fMR4zn
"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."847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNApdvDW6UR
"Why not?" I ask.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mPMOSqISb
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9i3qxsgXFn
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71V0omRlKd
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.847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUZ9YYKJ8U
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 847Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1joATRNqUG
