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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkG1aBpuyr
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. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuJkA8fvC0
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.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMggKz555WJ
You need to leave. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpYP9M3zth
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6t2uvGTpy
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImtArr4Gq1
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-902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh74AqLEQTD
Wenonah, GO!902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXmeWswWqU
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.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0lGSyMVX7
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.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnT4WcUIzLB
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB69CuQmz3l
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFPfzAuhFN
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. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPxs6TFJkZ
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. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxfI7KDSaY
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiK9jO3GQY
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxhhXxkxcH
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. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y9j95wmoT
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. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqLUjydas2
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1AfqoP1VA
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That voice again. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoyLHhNB1t
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6edL5eAOHc
In a way, yes. I did.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4T0iOALHD
"And why were they here?" 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2UprSDrNj
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUTWlBtyXB
"You're not sure," I repeat. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC8vTDnu6T
Wenonah-902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzZnPxG1A7
"It's Wendy," I correct. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKw4VnozCw
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.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLv1hveeXBu
"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."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5Q9JDhrc5
Wen-902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdJwC0zVF4
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeayCTFYkOX
Wenon-902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCJH32rvKi
"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!"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUVd5HqKxJ
Weno-902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnp8457tvDl
"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."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNq8YlQZfL
Wenonah!902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvIsiuh1vP
I stop. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOgl1eAp7E
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. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflTjYNhyd7
"Do you- do you understand?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwal7S6cgFh
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjjvoS7bJX
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. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXtVyznf8h
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjSlq3390G
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2z1Rghg6R
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjmRBaRYx9
"I won't, mom. I promise."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApvjZKesM2
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.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAtKYsfXB0
"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."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsCDw8BcWP
I gulp and I nod.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhddSZBWBW
"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."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiJQMa32fX
"Why not?" I ask.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvB4fZXqnY
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PYeY92ah1
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25Vnr1NbCU
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.902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmihKDUG6AP
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 902Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevnS3yu9K7
