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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreh4V2FHvo
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. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiD5wUMRmZx
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.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvVsAoZVDZ
You need to leave. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlivGRwuK9t
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNXgjsPZL9
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5dm3AqasC
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-792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVDLzQVHjm
Wenonah, GO!792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhkOsUIjab
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.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsdQTEpH8c
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.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV72AUSYy3
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiwgW1xYVB
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yyPMOrsIJ
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. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdq2njBcSCU
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. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzE19MLDg1
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vBImiMfbz
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OG4NQX4re
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. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1tZUpNsPz
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. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIKPx5d5Ru
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwGpCHGdqH
Good. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRTqjRi1ET
That voice again. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgQkAOW6II
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVKSVxtHUE
In a way, yes. I did.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7tIIuJAI7
"And why were they here?" 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvuGWgiORD
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhLSMDa8jl
"You're not sure," I repeat. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz3agbPNE8
Wenonah-792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNwdlHGrgL
"It's Wendy," I correct. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t8Ulv0GkG
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.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1KB7Z73r9
"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."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeOhQ4vn1C
Wen-792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdCk2n1er1
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzec3lKEhW
Wenon-792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTHaWvs89z
"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!"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsVahFi8CE
Weno-792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddmEWK1c7r
"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."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6wPcWBpgz
Wenonah!792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5thkfKjnbd
I stop. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWEiz7Ghpc
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. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4nAm7jWqM
"Do you- do you understand?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPJnmFpDS4
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QyKePDNSv
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. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFBDOsEP1K
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD80incUZ94
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSnNQh2cIH
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRtXnszM5i
"I won't, mom. I promise."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvW5sTfttw
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.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLFTF3bE54
"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."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahIMJDFRnc
I gulp and I nod.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM35pxVKndT
"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."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNYN7mOUFJ
"Why not?" I ask.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7VClrjuxd
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfENn2ixzOi
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1c54wu8o2T
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.792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM8cl4oWm3
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 792Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0fXvVpmBz
