Act II: Scene I620Please respect copyright.PENANA4cfl050VJc
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."620Please respect copyright.PENANAnCpKJp8dE6
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. 620Please respect copyright.PENANA5eHW0hwHaQ
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.620Please respect copyright.PENANAtRnss1a5qE
You need to leave. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAa78Q00HfAh
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.620Please respect copyright.PENANALMlusOTCfK
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.620Please respect copyright.PENANAZdJJjAPMBC
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-620Please respect copyright.PENANA7XozRhYPZf
Wenonah, GO!620Please respect copyright.PENANAJgvBbXxGm4
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.620Please respect copyright.PENANAgvJJBAsWyK
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.620Please respect copyright.PENANAXojVNS88cl
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.620Please respect copyright.PENANA56bQcmhqNF
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAhERrnXHBev
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. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAxaDR7iyfdv
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. 620Please respect copyright.PENANARXmg9Qn02I
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAgxMyA11uUk
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 620Please respect copyright.PENANA6PSIPi4d4d
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. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAzVnx5MvYpo
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. 620Please respect copyright.PENANA1BDsISa0xJ
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.620Please respect copyright.PENANAosf1zv2s2k
Good. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAw2wuAJqNfq
That voice again. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAcULdYyyJiL
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3dIUg1UmU
In a way, yes. I did.620Please respect copyright.PENANADHL6XV5v4t
"And why were they here?" 620Please respect copyright.PENANArbiqQ65yZO
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.620Please respect copyright.PENANAjoTGwItrMi
"You're not sure," I repeat. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAofU5HXD0fk
Wenonah-620Please respect copyright.PENANAHTtX3Swyhr
"It's Wendy," I correct. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAxPi7ZeZdlM
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.620Please respect copyright.PENANAkZHo7bRKUs
"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."620Please respect copyright.PENANAtmopRj12ev
Wen-620Please respect copyright.PENANAS42jfGCJP0
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"620Please respect copyright.PENANA1QZP6y1yIs
Wenon-620Please respect copyright.PENANAkqHQtIcL1q
"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!"620Please respect copyright.PENANA0zWsH6tScn
Weno-620Please respect copyright.PENANATiu6639cCI
"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."620Please respect copyright.PENANANLFo2HhjYR
Wenonah!620Please respect copyright.PENANANNQdZdWehJ
I stop. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAZcaXPSDkw7
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. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAAZ9OiBPbZ5
"Do you- do you understand?"620Please respect copyright.PENANA1vr3M90ue2
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAvtggxs8OsM
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. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAh5PxDtZvTi
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"620Please respect copyright.PENANAunneJDM46c
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 620Please respect copyright.PENANA0nHC9PAlFe
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 620Please respect copyright.PENANA07W1XVXBA4
"I won't, mom. I promise."620Please respect copyright.PENANAKEk9Y9uWUd
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.620Please respect copyright.PENANATCiK0CdvVA
"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."620Please respect copyright.PENANAYmZFsZJL6H
I gulp and I nod.620Please respect copyright.PENANAlanv9cJtf1
"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."620Please respect copyright.PENANAonnYJ7VbhR
"Why not?" I ask.620Please respect copyright.PENANA5GVzCMr9Yq
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."620Please respect copyright.PENANAavJvHqIdGa
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 620Please respect copyright.PENANAmlbzsm6mEY
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.620Please respect copyright.PENANAcTv736y0Au
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 620Please respect copyright.PENANASpiY71Dt06