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"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEA4aDXQB0
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. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlgk8xVWw8
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.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mjrdgfilb
You need to leave. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtFvOVNUi7
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUzeHJPcZ1
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PfDlPUD8D
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-825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgHlPlkE98
Wenonah, GO!825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMmfOfUGOM
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.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iM2rmNI7C
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.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL07nsm5Dak
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgohONqKWhU
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nkuc5GNkB
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. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbmlhszqBF
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. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9mQirhZRB
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SbVngNSyJ
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGpij4PiPL
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. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm47iSCUQNa
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. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZt8wKgjDg
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbG6sNZE8S9
Good. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJS8jOo1JV
That voice again. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnntmSEyhm
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5yJowXmIM
In a way, yes. I did.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7Fj3Y5087
"And why were they here?" 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgC5M1mIXD5
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM0PtyXxzr
"You're not sure," I repeat. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTBPwYbQ8H
Wenonah-825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuSYFoq4pk
"It's Wendy," I correct. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEKhnTcwOT
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.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYhmZlIpZS
"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."825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDiqumXWc6
Wen-825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIF5uafHXc
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qGV6znv1a
Wenon-825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HtEXS60yg
"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!"825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd6YvC6XKX
Weno-825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJqsIbdtp3
"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."825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRQX28wMRK
Wenonah!825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcQAJzM0eM
I stop. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz8MXbLmjt
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. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LldaRv9aW
"Do you- do you understand?"825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZpk3qAx8j
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87p7Y78fyd
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. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACufx4IgfJ
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6kZpBAf9h
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxSaD4TNBB
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzziwEfwHXJ
"I won't, mom. I promise."825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqKYdYr5Xe
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.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAfybndgpo
"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."825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47PnadmShd
I gulp and I nod.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqfsWa3l0Q
"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."825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHlD9ZgeaD
"Why not?" I ask.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAuKRUbj0G
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDj1ZeHPWH
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVjqsrOOb7
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.825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwg6TDteIak
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 825Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi2tMudKFg
