Act II: Scene I853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGkKR4WwH6
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf7deRkPZM
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. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIoIJ6LTFD
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.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KVHg5jIB4
You need to leave. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgB3Hw7fvXZ
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgcvbWCczY
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9AjlXrhqC
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-853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZiGuiAgx9
Wenonah, GO!853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9keTW7fDP6
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.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVY5bsIdsc
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.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1NBqVIRYZ
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzwsrIZPMP
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSRZqsQID7
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. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEpt2fH7p3
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. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwd5p0S0Yz
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkDnQHZWtW
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjeVNMStv7
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. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfDfZP02HA
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. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mTM6yVOcg
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajOIzYRS8M
Good. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKP3NAtHAGZ
That voice again. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ07H2itPVo
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0fk8YJtKS
In a way, yes. I did.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHlig6SsrH
"And why were they here?" 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiChBOXRJ7r
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWWCvU9QQm
"You're not sure," I repeat. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr75ma3vFIN
Wenonah-853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyDesrcNko
"It's Wendy," I correct. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEa8hbMSlb
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.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIR53zebv6B
"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."853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpb1Alor5c
Wen-853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7er7Z9R1W
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblaatfTNpE
Wenon-853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXv5DFg4qV
"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!"853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbNXXLRdxg
Weno-853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtalVeDxU2
"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."853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWoNIGfgkw
Wenonah!853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQHcateCnP
I stop. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkYTkbd0N3
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. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KUmRU6urn
"Do you- do you understand?"853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVj4qxDUeYj
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dibSJx6D2
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. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdgVa6sEia
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JMUcXjnZ9
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xHwq10f0I
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD9lJ7SesF
"I won't, mom. I promise."853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmw3H5hNTE
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.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ661OfqYqbZ
"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."853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEWhzOgHZg
I gulp and I nod.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqCmBwCG2g
"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."853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3D3GA7sNA
"Why not?" I ask.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0gwOLAXf3
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMqbFxoA6q
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGyfDHkLpS
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.853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAStPe1DJq
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 853Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcEjzvQzQS
