Act II: Scene I883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGk2T5sJOx
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeR3wU4EAC
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. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d0ZNu1TxR
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.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvTU1NHRQ2
You need to leave. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39SpJqAc7U
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelwCpOQ0SM
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1XvVDp2oz
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-883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAJeq4DzWU
Wenonah, GO!883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8tks3yLP9
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.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qbrxBndKY
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.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk5RaHpbbD
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlkd9tS334
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQPkcV036V
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. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ztP98rfLt
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. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwmya4gIVI
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFFpb1JXO9
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZqIovvTdf
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. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P6V5skSXH
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. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpHvRp2IfC
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuAm1idEIl
Good. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0tUDyyZUs
That voice again. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3FnIucYdt
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIt93J4f2hi
In a way, yes. I did.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbauKOSCpA
"And why were they here?" 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYED9jzZWzU
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFvwA2e4Bh
"You're not sure," I repeat. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbDTdZEr4w
Wenonah-883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxRGqYqYJY
"It's Wendy," I correct. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2d1aPzUwfz
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.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOy48HSyvGC
"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."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoIUy8k5up
Wen-883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1kDFnJE98
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGiX78Yhxa
Wenon-883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1yFyaQA6d
"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!"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9ar3kTrYU
Weno-883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyYKcNSLZp
"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."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GyusoXZie
Wenonah!883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsdKDnMWJp
I stop. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzGLxAdYSR
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. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKi9zMjdEdM
"Do you- do you understand?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkujtGvlVfG
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN2Gzd8KHS
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. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYImLC9w2Y
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDg8jkjS1y
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYe2lK6qLJ
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeZR6N0LYG
"I won't, mom. I promise."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDS6B4RUcp
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.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYnhwWDoEU
"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."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDstl2Ws95V
I gulp and I nod.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPao8mwAWk
"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."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQaki2xhH1
"Why not?" I ask.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXAMkiJNm6
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjw8yqwaRHj
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3erNx0jvW
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.883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuEVmbbrK3
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 883Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBfZqIYPRt
