Act II: Scene I656Please respect copyright.PENANAYUace3SA3c
"Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams."656Please respect copyright.PENANAMmx2aZVu9j
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. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAp3LvD0Xd6J
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.656Please respect copyright.PENANAjYNDPkBMt1
You need to leave. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAD1pBwTAU6N
Wait-what? The voice resounds over the house, like it's talking from every angle there is.656Please respect copyright.PENANAWVOlTdhLoz
Just go. Pack your things. Leave.656Please respect copyright.PENANAzBWsrPM3kh
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-656Please respect copyright.PENANAYRFSAhbyOn
Wenonah, GO!656Please respect copyright.PENANAa5nNTIiEpR
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.656Please respect copyright.PENANALCBWWWnk3r
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.656Please respect copyright.PENANAMvEK4sLDUu
It'll be okay, Wenonah. Just hurry up.656Please respect copyright.PENANAVDeKFqCmaY
The voice is too demanding for my taste. But still I follow the voice like a lost kitten. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAajRvCHUJyU
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. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAb30pgvNiYM
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. 656Please respect copyright.PENANA97NpkGjHWI
The knock gets louder, more impatient. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAwO9mIMQHuh
So, I grab my bag, run downstairs, ignoring the hallway and to the exit near the kitchen. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAxGV5cUhrg0
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. 656Please respect copyright.PENANA7HSG0SIktl
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. 656Please respect copyright.PENANADbuh4SvkQo
I run until I find myself in an empty alleyway.656Please respect copyright.PENANAciqoOSlwnJ
Good. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAcWr0QixrX1
That voice again. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAuqvYKy1q8x
"Did you know that the police would be here?" I ask, not sure where to look. 656Please respect copyright.PENANANsB6w37cxQ
In a way, yes. I did.656Please respect copyright.PENANAKXp51zVIpT
"And why were they here?" 656Please respect copyright.PENANAHQja0yeiZu
That, the voice pauses. I'm not sure.656Please respect copyright.PENANAzNyJmsjTKq
"You're not sure," I repeat. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAUUBsc1BB3D
Wenonah-656Please respect copyright.PENANALFsjSCN8vt
"It's Wendy," I correct. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAwIs8emnhBS
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.656Please respect copyright.PENANAH5dzGFoGiS
"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."656Please respect copyright.PENANA0qoHVyJ1Cq
Wen-656Please respect copyright.PENANAGAWsGGJtR9
"There are about thousands of dreamcatchers in that house! All of them glowing! Glowing! Can anyone explain that to me?"656Please respect copyright.PENANA2smZZ3KE1n
Wenon-656Please respect copyright.PENANAn5bFOhB4c2
"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!"656Please respect copyright.PENANA1ob2U0DOB7
Weno-656Please respect copyright.PENANALHzeuPnAxj
"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."656Please respect copyright.PENANA6h5NpsMeWU
Wenonah!656Please respect copyright.PENANAn9xD37QIkr
I stop. 656Please respect copyright.PENANA9bDG7Sn4jH
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. 656Please respect copyright.PENANA8S4qtHmkyM
"Do you- do you understand?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAoQS3kKmR4H
I do, Wenonah, the voice says softly. And I need you to trust me on this. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAcR2cq43AHo
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. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAygL7L3owht
"Now here are the rules, Wendy," my mother smiles. "One, don't tell anyone about the dreamcatchers, alright?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAqqs6Dzp2aT
I nod, not knowing what was going on. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAbKIjcF0b1O
"Two, don't break any dreamcatchers, okay?" 656Please respect copyright.PENANA4hfwta7nhY
"I won't, mom. I promise."656Please respect copyright.PENANAjXZqKgfK8V
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.656Please respect copyright.PENANAfzVFW6jDv2
"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."656Please respect copyright.PENANAJCS3vGsoAI
I gulp and I nod.656Please respect copyright.PENANAU5G2VfFIxY
"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."656Please respect copyright.PENANASSdmAkCaVZ
"Why not?" I ask.656Please respect copyright.PENANAJgA3KWUYVf
"She just won't. So, that time- I need you to trust yourself. I need you to trust the voice."656Please respect copyright.PENANA5I9SbK1A6g
The pain in my stomach grows and I puke. I hold my stomach, and take support in the nearby wall. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAZ69g9741ix
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.656Please respect copyright.PENANAaEJPDTxwn7
That's enough to make me realize that I'm alone. Again. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAk4WIBgKlBC