Act II: Scene I629Please respect copyright.PENANA0dSwjmh9Yd
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."629Please respect copyright.PENANArtRBtpsgoY
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. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAAc2dUgM5hI
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.629Please respect copyright.PENANAhLWRzLMwnM
You need to leave. 629Please respect copyright.PENANA8GPR1uU8ah
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.629Please respect copyright.PENANAKGzGT6JVTP
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.629Please respect copyright.PENANAWkR7BG05oU
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-629Please respect copyright.PENANA8e4yAqw9ue
Wenonah, GO!629Please respect copyright.PENANAxwwShDKLIO
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.629Please respect copyright.PENANAlcmXSr4CP3
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.629Please respect copyright.PENANAkUVSMAlCd7
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.629Please respect copyright.PENANAAMrL2VGQ7V
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAvxkJYy6B82
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. 629Please respect copyright.PENANANoYSZ8PYk6
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. 629Please respect copyright.PENANArrisO0vT9R
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAfyers04Ecu
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAlsxysxwCM1
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. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAs4790tkJ4H
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. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAJXQUqxZKwf
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.629Please respect copyright.PENANAKAFtXQW5M1
Good. 629Please respect copyright.PENANA1WSC5qfZrZ
That voice again. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAQYHicFxfIA
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 629Please respect copyright.PENANACd1ROJBKiv
In a way, yes. I did.629Please respect copyright.PENANATxZt5GTvFM
"And why were they here?" 629Please respect copyright.PENANAJHWaoPwpgB
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.629Please respect copyright.PENANALzzP4l3zQS
"You're not sure," I repeat. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAhRspTYI9o5
Wenonah-629Please respect copyright.PENANAR1mVzHdiMZ
"It's Wendy," I correct. 629Please respect copyright.PENANA8rYAj8YFhs
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.629Please respect copyright.PENANA6L2GooaTId
"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."629Please respect copyright.PENANArxfhpl5rXo
Wen-629Please respect copyright.PENANA8GEgTnui3w
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"629Please respect copyright.PENANAXnVTlnBTWd
Wenon-629Please respect copyright.PENANArzfjjZCVLu
"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!"629Please respect copyright.PENANA4CwNBqdVQw
Weno-629Please respect copyright.PENANAfENgrI51bd
"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."629Please respect copyright.PENANACSgyLPrMSm
Wenonah!629Please respect copyright.PENANAATifQx6pcy
I stop. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAGbyuc1UN87
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. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAySlGonpxKp
"Do you- do you understand?"629Please respect copyright.PENANAvBTf68VAdQ
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAMceyBA1fqW
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. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAHPbtNKHPdH
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"629Please respect copyright.PENANA8y9IistZpm
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAmjOfPWe54J
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 629Please respect copyright.PENANAL6cnpgOElj
"I won't, mom. I promise."629Please respect copyright.PENANAYop3GsVibu
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.629Please respect copyright.PENANAxYmRPOAof0
"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."629Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nqa309QlE
I gulp and I nod.629Please respect copyright.PENANA3qrrcqkLcT
"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."629Please respect copyright.PENANACQVmOKPbi9
"Why not?" I ask.629Please respect copyright.PENANASwN9I32eDO
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."629Please respect copyright.PENANA2LiC8Gprj3
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAKOlZS57QxM
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.629Please respect copyright.PENANAcrwIshl6ad
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 629Please respect copyright.PENANAqHQ12IwCKl