Act II: Scene I844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCnTCX2GOf
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoBEy1leRp
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. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77Y2BynWsS
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.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtr9o2MuqI7
You need to leave. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkT9mtqAFqK
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnQdcx7IPT
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vW6DcNrMP
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-844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UcQBtxWLS
Wenonah, GO!844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zsfDBrpGK
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.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfcR7JUz0X
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.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob8zfhcNAh
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTFIsR0mlg
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwfzt4miXJ
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. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tOVoFd5di
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. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGj3bui6S1
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDzSEYpRj6
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYcIwqXVrh
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. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93nAVSX99s
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. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmxACpNnGA
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8j8nAp7F81
Good. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZwCVMb6j6
That voice again. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88mNpEFOuM
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDW7O5Q5kE
In a way, yes. I did.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbP1EFWNxFr
"And why were they here?" 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCuOFNqTv7
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaWHhYq8pF
"You're not sure," I repeat. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8yIsqhQGm
Wenonah-844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmfRoBgzHK
"It's Wendy," I correct. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPXyVNzwlA
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.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSLGvLGEyL
"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."844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQybOv5JRch
Wen-844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi28Gawr7UT
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5lkpbU2rI
Wenon-844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AJonWVmT6
"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!"844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzBK7GxdaP
Weno-844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eJ5c5xAiH
"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."844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV06DpqupEE
Wenonah!844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kOkenz3Wb
I stop. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYamVBAkmT1
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. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVael2kAhH
"Do you- do you understand?"844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVfYz0rBLP
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYlMIFm0H9
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. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMwKRcGLMx
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2SLGV0MmT
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXJqZ8q7rH
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCZnEZY1Bs
"I won't, mom. I promise."844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbz5LADuDa
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.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnQvidH4Rl
"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."844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYWGO8R4Gu
I gulp and I nod.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RBCFJGwzQ
"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."844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwPo3i9QKd
"Why not?" I ask.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhDCfOzvGd
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIfBg6T8p2
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvM0GbqUTW
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.844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPJm7pIfAh
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 844Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgikw7Amdn4
