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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTGEMWzIdC
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. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx68iT4dGc
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.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSs9SQSw1I
You need to leave. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahwi2jwEJK
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftLdGQ77Et
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGVtKxFW2P
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-859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPPlXTn4HC
Wenonah, GO!859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeH6oRu9qwX
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.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1j3xGAdID
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.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr88PZIzIYl
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXkNs2e9TF
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoUFW8Kz97
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. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1f2VY3Y4E
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. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabszoPnIiT
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpl1UeCxOM
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpL8cqAVrn
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. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJllocMiQM
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. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RP5ulLgZ5
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnX8wvRCqGu
Good. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseLxkWSZCT
That voice again. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oTS9YcTAn
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNptqfEBjCr
In a way, yes. I did.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0LftDkxsw
"And why were they here?" 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRdekmv06B
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eAlhibKU5
"You're not sure," I repeat. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c7qr1kZIf
Wenonah-859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ATCkCbdQz
"It's Wendy," I correct. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCyfjiKA6F
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.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzSYFEA17j
"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."859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHE5FnEHHuY
Wen-859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIQ2KghCQI
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpruOlBqen2
Wenon-859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnilnoJeMo
"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!"859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDxfSNhDaC
Weno-859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SvnSebOJ1
"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."859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDUpGLjxhV
Wenonah!859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfc7Vui5k4
I stop. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDLVixnadI
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. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLZU6GDYMR
"Do you- do you understand?"859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO9NhvJqTO
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9eH8Qeryz
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. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcS5B84oqeI
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFzpqGZ7gD
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjigOM7CWd
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJkb2GXI1n
"I won't, mom. I promise."859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrEO8lQpjz
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.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMm2AG4Gi6
"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."859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD55PKFmSvi
I gulp and I nod.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDBA3CiLg5
"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."859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j9J5GerbG
"Why not?" I ask.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLiS1szo3H
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNTYf8xH57
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAeEUPlEUK
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.859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QxwNaxZXT
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 859Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5oPaiCdQs
